Sun - May 16, 2004

BASSIST? WE DON'T NEED NO STEENKING BASSIST!


Sleater-Kinney at the Majestic Ventura Theatre

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Tue - March 23, 2004

ONLY YOU AND YOUR GHOST WILL KNOW: Missing the Mekes at the Troubadour


Number of mekons tracks in my iTunes library: 188

Approximate value of concert tickets I've eaten since moving to California 3.5 years ago: $200

Number of bands I want to see play live more than I want to see the mekons: 0

I hope this means I'm a good boyfriend . . .





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Mon - March 15, 2004

YOU'RE GETTING SMALLER IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR


Damn, what did they play in the all-important 13th-song slot?

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Tue - March 9, 2004

POSTSCRIPT: THE LOS ANGELES TIMES WEIGHS IN


Thus far, I've been consistently absent at weigh-in.

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Thu - March 4, 2004

ELVIS IS KING


Concert review: Elvis Costello with Steve Nieve
Royce Hall, UCLA
Wednesday, 3rd March 2004

Elvis was irreducibly himself at UCLA’s Royce Hall Wednesday night, crooning his way through one of the most remarkable catalouges in pop: his own. Though his current tour is more-or-less a promotional outing for North, his collection of Only the Lonely-style downbeat ballads, he stayed true to his in-concert M.O., performing an expansive set that drew from nearly every chapter of his songbook without once succumbing to routine.





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