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Best Shows of 2014 | Info Gluttony
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Skip to search - Accesskey = s. Best Shows of 2014. By echan on January 1, 2015. As I predicted in my 2013 round-up. My show going would fall precariously in 2014. As the year came, to a close, I felt sort of “meh” about this year’s show-going experiences. Something about this snippet from the Atlantic piece on the mid-life malaise. I’m going to start with a run down of this year in live music, and end with my “top 3.”. Kraftwerk at the Fox in 3D. Beck at the grand re-opening of the Masonic. Jeff Tweedy ...
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Don’t be deceived by Chana Jaffe-Walt’s This American Life / Planet Money piece on Federal Disability | Info Gluttony
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Skip to search - Accesskey = s. Don’t be deceived by Chana Jaffe-Walt’s This American Life / Planet Money piece on Federal Disability. By echan on March 23, 2013. Addendum (3/25/13): Since this was posted two days ago, someone at TAL / PM has made changes to the web supplement. An original version of the story that circulated on the TAL website can be found here. Two instances of the changes are pointed out here. It must be true! On Twitter, “ @planetmoney. The most infuriating thing is how Ms. Joffe...
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Best Shows of 2013 | Info Gluttony
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Skip to search - Accesskey = s. Best Shows of 2013. By echan on January 2, 2014. The year was notable because there were a lot of bands that I saw perform twice in 2013 (Yo La Tengo, Alt-J, Peter Hook, and the Savages). I also got in a fair number of nostalgia acts (Blur, the Postal Service, Peter Hook x 2, Johnny Marr, the Stone Roses, New Order [without Peter Hook], OMD, and Stone Temple Pilots [without Scott Weiland]). Junip at Bimbo’s – in spite of the drunk concert bros shouting “W...For posterity&#...
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Best Shows of 2011 | Info Gluttony
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Skip to search - Accesskey = s. Best Shows of 2011. By echan on January 20, 2012. In keeping with my tradition. Round-ups, here are my noteworthy shows of 2011, a year, where I saw everyone from Prince. And Arcade Fire twice. I didn’t cry tears of emotional joy at any of the 2011 shows, but the band that took the top spot very nearly put me into concert retirement with their performance at the Greek Theatre. So, in ascending order of how much I enjoyed myself:. 8 Cut Copy at the Regency. 8211; I went to ...
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Why is the Rent So Damn High? | Info Gluttony
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Skip to search - Accesskey = s. Why is the Rent So Damn High? Posted in san francisco. By echan on October 16, 2013. Today I went to SPUR’s. Brown bag discussion on “ Understanding the Bay Area Housing Market. And permitting process that drives up the price of developing new housing (constricting the supply side). The topic of Boomers wasn’t really discussed today, but I’m thinking these are mildly affluent, empty nester boomers, who are trading in their suburban homes for the convenience and...You are c...
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Best Shows of 2012 | Info Gluttony
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Skip to search - Accesskey = s. Best Shows of 2012. By echan on January 1, 2013. This annual round up is just about the only remaining item of consistency. I started out the concert year in Seoul, where I was very entertained by the innovative coat check at the city’s electronic music festival. And my friend’s friend’s Korean Justice banner. Here are the 6 “top,” aka notable shows, of 2012 (from very good to best):. 6 M83 at NSSN. 5 Cat Power at the Fox Theatre. 4 Tamaryn at the Independent. 8211; The ba...
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For posterity’s sake, today’s email exchanges with Gawker. | Info Gluttony
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Skip to search - Accesskey = s. For posterity’s sake, today’s email exchanges with Gawker. By echan on March 4, 2014. Today, I was a little bit incensed about this post from Gawker. This discussion. Similarly, Max Read, an editor at Gawker asked me to reach out to him via email. Okay, Max, you can review our tweets for our take on the post. So, what is your response? Do you have an apology for the post’s insensitivity? I can’t and won’t tell Nitasha how she should feel or respond to the write...But I don...
