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Music, Ear Bud, Jun 2, 2010
Amoeba to Launch Indie iTunes

Plus Ashkenaz creates new public access show, Outside Lands lineup announced, and The List celebrates twenty years.
- by Kathleen Richards
- Tags: Ear Bud, Uptown, 924 Gilman, Stork Club, Ashkenaz, Golden Gate Park, Shoreline Amphitheater, Great American Music Hall, Thee Parkside, Coda, The Independent, Amoeba Music, La Peña Cultural Center, Shoreline Amphitheatre, The Uptown, La Peña Cultural Center

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Music, Ear Bud, Apr 7, 2010
I Want My YouTube

New Musicians Wanted program boosts local indie musicians; Newsom wants to kill Entertainment Commission.
- by Kathleen Richards
- Tags: Ear Bud, YouTube, Musicians Wanted, OK Go, Mike Relm, Goh Nakamura, Gavin Newsom, Entertainment Commission, Club Oasis, The Papercuts, Sub Pop, Air Guitar Championship, Hot Lixx Hulahan

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Music, Ear Bud, Jan 27, 2010
Scrutinizing Lorenzo Hoopes

Maybe there are other reasons not to reappoint him to the Paramount board. Plus Haiti benefits and RIP Jazz Island.
- by Kathleen Richards

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Music, Ear Bud, Mar 17, 2010
A New Home for East Bay Bands

An all-ages venue in San Lorenzo hopes to fill a void. Plus, a new web site builds momentum for local indie bands through video.
- by Kathleen Richards

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Music, Ear Bud, May 5, 2010
924 Gilman's Woes, Continued

Rent increases prompt internal changes, plus Guitar O Rama owner dies.
- by Kathleen Richards
- Tags: Ear Bud, 924 Gilman, Alternative Music Foundation, Karen O'Brien, Peter Webster, Guitar O Rama, Primus, Tidal Wave, McLaren Park Amphitheater, Abysmal Dawn, Stone Vengeance, Giant Squid, Near Life, OR3O

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Music, Ear Bud, Feb 10, 2010
La Peña Embraces More Hip-Hop

Plus, Paramount board member goes on the defense, and bluegrass fest starts.
- by Kathleen Richards
- Tags: Ear Bud, La Peña Cultural Center, Susie Lundy, K-Dub, Blitz the Ambassador, Bryant Terry, Amara Tabor Smith, Lorenzo Hoopes, Clinton Killian, Paramount Theatre, 11th Annual San Francisco Bluegrass and Old-Time Festival, Loudon Wainwright III, Nashville Bluegrass Band

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Music, Ear Bud, Mar 10, 2010
Express Launches Club X

Not all newspapers are dying. Plus a local medical marijuana proponent takes his cause to hip-hop.
- by Kathleen Richards

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Music, Ear Bud, Aug 15, 2010
Outside Lands in Your Living Room

Follow East Bay Express Twitter feed for tips and other coverage.
- by Rachel Swan
- Tags: Ear Bud, Outside Lands, Twitter, Janelle Monae

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Music, Ear Bud, Apr 14, 2010
Changes Afoot for Oakland's Cabaret Laws?

Plus Record Store Day and the opening of all-ages venue X.
- by Kathleen Richards
- Tags: Ear Bud, Nancy Nadel, Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland, cabaret permits, Public Safety Committee, Nuisance Abatement Division, Record Store Day, Exene Cervenka, 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Amoeba, Mayhem, Ludicra, John Cobbett, Wolves in the Throne Room, Slim's, Earth, Treasure Island Music Festival, Another Planet Entertainment, Noise Pop, Green Day, Rock Band, 924 Gilman, Fox Theater, the Zeros, the Mutants, No Alternative

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Music, Ear Bud, Jun 23, 2010
The Ballad of the Summer Fest

Local promoters of High Sierra Music Festival and Outside Lands try to stay relevant. Plus a controversial hip-hop trio comes to Oakland.
- by Kathleen Richards
- Tags: Ear Bud, Rebecca Sparks, High Sierra Music Festival, Plumas Sierra Fairgrounds, The Black Crowes, Widespread Panic, The Avett Brothers, Ozomatli, Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, Femi Kuti and Positive Force, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Lotus, The Mother Hips, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival, Golden Gate Park, Radiohead, Sherry Wasserman, Another Planet Entertainment, Kings of Leon, Further, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Das Racist, Soundwave Studios, Victor Vazquez, Himanshu Suri, Ashok Kondabolu, Dap, Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, HIGHTIDE, Dublin Death Patrol, Forrest Day, High on Fire, Lil' B, New Earth Creeps, Nocando, Stone Vengeance, One in the Chamber, Nabahe & E.K., Jack London Rehearsal, Sharkbite Recording Studios, Fort Gallery, Polarbears, Namesake, Shuteye Unison, Absolutely Kosher, 1-2-3-4 Go!, Alternative Tentacles, American Dust, Antenna Farm, Broken Rekids, Chocolate Covered, Gold Robot, Lefse/Waaga, Misra, Porto Franco, Prank, Ralph America, Seismic Wave, Slumberland, Three Ring, Tricycle, tUMULt, Zum, Sunny and the Sunsets, Fat Possum, Bottom of the Hill, Pitchfork Music Festival, Sleep, Al Cisneros, Matt Pike, Neurosis, Jason Roeder, Regency Ballroom

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Music, Ear Bud, Apr 28, 2010
Joe Rut Battles Fire, Flood, and Tar Dust

After ten years and many obstacles, the Oakland songwriter finally releases his album.
- by Kathleen Richards
- Tags: Ear Bud, Joe Rut, Great American Music Hall, Flux Summit, Pyramind Studios, 924 Gilman, Ex'pression College for Digital Arts, Afrolicious, Elbo Room, Aphrodesia, Chico Mann, DJ Sabo, DJ Similak Chyld, Fugazi, Brendan Canty, Berkeley Art Museum, Brent Green, Donna K

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Music, Ear Bud, May 26, 2010
Is There a Price Reduction in Ticketmaster's Future?

The San Francisco MusicTech Summit takes the pulse of the industry.
- by David Downs and Kathleen Richards
- Tags: Ear Bud, Uptown, 924 Gilman, Stork Club, Ashkenaz, Ashkenaz Live, Larry Dekker, San Francisco Foundation, Berkeley Community Media, David Jolliffe, Baba Ken and the West African Highlife Band, Pellejo Seco, LiveNation, Ticketmaster, Noah Maffitt, San Francisco MusicTech Summit, Hotel Kabuki, Ben Folds, Tim Westergren, Pandora, UC Berkeley, Dave Wessel, Rhapsody, Tim Quirk, Andrew Dreskin, TicketFly, LimeWire, Jason Herskowitz, Michael Robertson, MP3Tunes.com, Cisco, Daniel Scheinman, Eric Garland, BigChampagne, Facebook, Kush Arora, Ubiquity, OM, Mezzanine, Blasthaus, A-Trak, Fool's Gold, Diplo, Mad Decent, Bagel Radio, Ted Leibowitz, National Association of Broadcasters, Live365, Rock Make Street, The Bay Bridged, Surya Dub, Club Six, Ninja Tune, Poirier, Silian Rail, Parks and Records, Sonny & The Sunsets, Pitchfork Music Festival, Girls, Swing Goth, DNA Lounge, Lee Presson and the Nails, Fromagique, Barry Syska, Fantasy Orchestra, US Air Guitar Regional Championship, The Fillmore, Live 105, BFD, Shoreline Amphitheater

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Music, Ear Bud, Jun 30, 2010
Oakland Okays the Sale of Henry J. Kaiser

Plus Yoshi's SF finally makes money and a new studio aims to make the Bay Area a recording mecca again.
- by Kathleen Richards
- Tags: Ear Bud, The Independent, Yoshi's, Jean Quan, Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Studio Trilogy, Talking House, Alton Jelks, Kaz Kajimura, Peralta Community College District, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Yoshi's Oakland

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Music, Ear Bud, Mar 31, 2010
One Musician, 100 Records, 200 Songs

Sonny Smith celebrates 100 Records project, plus local showcases and a memorial for a longtime punk writer.
- by Kathleen Richards
- Tags: Ear Bud, Sonny Smith, Rusty Miller, James Finch, Kelley Stoltz, Tim Cohen, The Fresh and Onlys, Ty Segall, Heidi Alexander, Grace Cooper, The Sandwitches, Bart Davenport, 1320 Records, STS9, Flying Skulls, Savage Henry, David Murphy, David Phipps, Nalepa Dub Orchestra, Virtual Boy, Knowa Knowone, Jesse Jay Harris, 77 El Deora, Merle Jagger, East Bay Grease, Drunk Horse, Eli Eckert, Red Meat, Michael Montalto, Jason Morgan, Carson Binks, Raj Kumar, Antioquia, Jarrett Fenlon, Bruce Roehrs, Texas Thieves, Sharp Objects, Ruleta Rusa, Bad Tickers

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Music, Ear Bud, Apr 13, 2011
Art in Oakland Expands and Contracts

A new club night debuts, while arts grants are on the chopping block.
- by Kathleen Richards
- Tags: Ear Bud, One Night Music, Club Drama, Robyn, New Karib bean City, Burning Man, KUSF, KZSU, Club Drama, The Uptown, Starr Piwowarski, Robyn, Jean Quan

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Music, Ear Bud, Jul 7, 2010
Fillmore Jazz Festival's "Cattle Call" Raises Concerns About Musician Pay

The offer of $75 drew ire from a local promoter/booker and musicians, while others say it's just the reality of the economy.
- by Kathleen Richards
- Tags: Ear Bud, Fillmore Jazz Festival, Steven Restivo, Steven Restivo Event Services, LLC, Union Street Festival, North Beach Festival, Stephanie Dalton, Urban Music Presents, Facebook, Adam Theis, Jazz Mafia, Kurt Ribak, Wil Blades, Thomas Reynolds, Fillmore Merchants Association, Jim Passard, The Lost Cats, Calvin Keys, SFJAZZ, Yoshi's, Anna's Jazz Island, Carnaval San Francisco, Another Planet Entertainment, Greek Theatre, Fox Theater, The Independent, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

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Music, Ear Bud, Aug 11, 2010
FreshFest Uses Hip-Hop to Get Youth of Color in the Eco Movement

The event formerly known as Grind for the Green relocates to Oakland this year. Plus a protest to help save Jelly's from eviction.
- by Kathleen Richards
- Tags: Ear Bud, San Francisco Green Festival, Zakiya Harris, Grind for the Green, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, FreshFest, Get Fresh, MyGetFresh.com, Stuff White People Like, Mosswood Park, The Coup, Boots Riley, Pete Rock, Erk tha Jerk, Nu Dekades, Do D.A.T., Holly Saucy, Environmental Service Learning Initiative, Global Exchange, Mandela Marketplace, Kijiji Grows, Oakland Green Youth Arts & Media Center, Port of San Francisco, Jelly's A Dance Café, California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, Mua, The New Parish, Cali Swag District, DJ Mindmotion, Jelly's Cafe

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Plus Ashkenaz creates new public access show, Outside Lands lineup announced, and The List celebrates twenty years.

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New Musicians Wanted program boosts local indie musicians; Newsom wants to kill Entertainment Commission.

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Plus two new venues open in Oakland's Uptown and Laurel districts.

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Plus a black metal doc comes to Berkeley and a bunch of new releases.

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Micro-funding for the DIY set. Plus locals try to expose underground niches.

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Maybe there are other reasons not to reappoint him to the Paramount board. Plus Haiti benefits and RIP Jazz Island.

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An all-ages venue in San Lorenzo hopes to fill a void. Plus, a new web site builds momentum for local indie bands through video.

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Rent increases prompt internal changes, plus Guitar O Rama owner dies.

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Plus, Paramount board member goes on the defense, and bluegrass fest starts.

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Not all newspapers are dying. Plus a local medical marijuana proponent takes his cause to hip-hop.

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Follow East Bay Express Twitter feed for tips and other coverage.

Tools

Plus Record Store Day and the opening of all-ages venue X.

Tools

Local promoters of High Sierra Music Festival and Outside Lands try to stay relevant. Plus a controversial hip-hop trio comes to Oakland.

Tools

After ten years and many obstacles, the Oakland songwriter finally releases his album.

Tools

The San Francisco MusicTech Summit takes the pulse of the industry.

Tools

Plus Yoshi's SF finally makes money and a new studio aims to make the Bay Area a recording mecca again.

Tools

Sonny Smith celebrates 100 Records project, plus local showcases and a memorial for a longtime punk writer.

Tools

A new club night debuts, while arts grants are on the chopping block.

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The offer of $75 drew ire from a local promoter/booker and musicians, while others say it's just the reality of the economy.

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The event formerly known as Grind for the Green relocates to Oakland this year. Plus a protest to help save Jelly's from eviction.

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