12/9/2004: Music music music, yatta yatta yatta...

Here's to your Thursday afternoon, funky people.

Hope you're all doing well out there in Showyland.
Weekend is coming... screw Christmas shopping, you've
got music to see! Particle is coming through with a
special guest tabla master, Adam Willis is gigging all
over the place, life is good!

|||||| THURSDAY 12/9 ||||||

Topaz @ Boom Boom Room $7
Straight from NYC, Topaz rocks soul-jazz and diso-y
afrobeat with players from a bunch of hot bands. Save
some dough on the Thursday show or catch 'em Friday.
http://www.topazmusic.com/

|||||| FRIDAY 12/10 ||||||

Speakeasy Trio @ House of Shields $FREE
Another Adam Willis project, this time a happy hour
6-9 free gig. I'm headed down, wanna come with?

Particle & Karsh Kale @ Independent $18
Get down with the Funktronica Friday and Saturday
night. Particle will bounce you up and down with
high-energy funky live electro sounds mixed with a
healthy dose of rock and roll. They've recruited tabla
wizard Karsh Kale for these two SF gigs. I think I'm
headed for the Saturday show...
http://www.particlepeople.com/

Topaz @ Boom Boom Room $12
See above.
http://www.topazmusic.com/

|||||| SATURDAY 12/11 ||||||

Particle @ Independent $18
See above.
http://www.particlepeople.com/

Vinyl & BLVD Trio @ Boom Boom Room $12
Live beat sounds from BLVD warm up the room for
smokin' latin funk rockers Vinyl.
http://www.vinylgroove.com/

|||||| SUNDAY 12/12 ||||||



|||||| TUESDAY 12/14 ||||||

Charlie Hunter Trio @ Yoshi's, Oakland $12-22
Tuesday-Sunday shows! Charlie is a master of his own
craft; playing guitar and bass at the same time on a
whacky 8-string apparatus. He's bringing sax and drums
with him to Yoshi's.
http://www.charliehunter.com

Shotgun Wedding Quintet @ Bruno's $6
Jazz Mafia brings you the hip-hop. Word on the street
is this quintet is getting really tight lately. The $2
Stella Artois is the icing on the cake.
http://www.realisticsf.com/

Swoop Unit @ Boom Boom Room $4
Our pal Adam Willis is sitting in with this 7-piece
funky soul jazz band down at the Boom Boom. Can't beat
a 4-buck show...
http://www.patrickgreene.com/listening_room.html

|||||| WEDNESDAY ||||||

Charlie Hunter Trio @ Yoshi's, Oakland $12-22
See above.
http://www.charliehunter.com

Samantha & the Ritual @ Boom Boom Room $5
Soulful vocals from Samantha and funky rockin' organ
sounds from Jordan Feinstein make for a sweet sounding
mix.
http://samanthamusic.com/