Wives @ The Smell 2004

This band put on some of the best Los Angeles shows and I always found myself upfront. I wanted to showcase the awesome shit this band brought to L.A.  Its too bad they arent around anymore.  the post Wives projects are not the same and it should be that way..

you can find their LP. Erect the Youth Problem on Coldsweat which is most likely out of print.

Coldsweat Records

Wives also put out a few records on Post Present Medium

Big Business at Alex's Bar 1-4-12

Big Business played a show in Long Beach with Neil Hamburger opening. I had already eaten earlier, so I skipped the Hamburger and watched Big Business. Big Business were promoting their latest album Quadruple Single. Below are pictures from the show.

http://bigbigbusiness.com/
http://twitter.com/bigbigbiz

Watch the Throne Tour

The Watch the Throne Tour had three shows at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. I attended the middle show on Monday December 12th show. When I heard that Jay-Z and Kanye West where collabrating on a album of the same title as the tour I was hoping they would tour in support of that album. I had seen Jay-Z at Coachella in 2010 and Kanye the following year at Coachella 2011. They are in the top 10 of my favorite rappers of all time, so I was very excited to see this show. They performed all the tracks on the Watch the Throne album, but Jay-Z and Kanye did material from their personal albums mixed into the show. There was a main stage and a second stage that was smaller. Both stages had a platform that raised about 20 feet in the air, and the platforms had LED screens attached to them to project videos of animals. The show started around 9:30pm and did not stop until after midnight. The only thing that I did not like was that Jay-Z and Kanye perfrormed the same song 9 times. There was a running record on the tour that the first city they performed the song one time, the second city two times, so when they came to Los Angeles the record was 8 times. They broke that record by performing it 9 times. I am sure it is some kind of political statement or a statement on our current society and/or culture. The was one of the best Hip Hop shows I have ever attended, below are pictures from the show.

http://twitter.com/kanyewest
http://twitter.com/S_C_

FUN FUN FUN FEST 2011 Beanzattack Edition

This should be the last set of photos from the 2011 Fun Fun Fun Fest. these were my personal favorite performances and events of the weekend... see ya soon. I have a bunch of good plans for the next few months!.

Beanz

Slayer

Slayer played the last show on the Orange stage at the FFF Fest. They played almost 90 minutes straight and their light show was one of the best that weekend. Two nights before Glen Stefani was complaining about everything and caused her set to be cut short. Slayer definitely did not want to repeat and came out and played a complete set.

http://www.slayer.net/us/home