Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Treasure Island Music Festival - Day Two

Sunday I had the opportunity to take a ride to San Francisco to drop by the second day of the Treasure Island Music Festival. It was a very small place-8,000 people-compared to the Outside Lands Festival. There were two stages, and the bands switched off. The Kills would play the smaller stage, then Spiritualized would play the bigger stage.
When I got there, The Morning Benders were playing. My favorites to see were, of course, The Raconteurs, Vampire Weekend, and Okkervil River.
The Raconteurs were amazing. Same with Vampire Weekend and Okkervil River. My only crticism, and believe me, I'm not complaining, but I did want the Raconteurs to play "Together," one of their softer songs. But the show was great. They weren't letting cars drive and park on the island, so we parked in the San Francisco Giant's ballpark parking lot. Then we took a shuttle over to the island. They got us in and out of there very quickly, so it was great.

Friday, September 12, 2008

Amazing Drumming

I won't usually post videos up here, but I just had to show you all this one. This is Tim Jackson playing drums like you've probably never heard before. Amazing. Just watch.


Amazing Drumming Phenom - Funny videos are here