20050809 Tall Dwarfs, Skygreen Leopards and Paula Frazer at the Bottom of the Hill. 20050820 Nerf Herder, Teenage Harlets and Sabrina Stewart at the Bottom of the Hill. 20050824 The New Pornographers at Ameoba, SF. 20050902 New England Roses, Still Flyin' and Paradise Island (missed, arrived late) at the Bottom of the Hill. 20050910 Run_Return, Dealership and Brown Rainbow at the Bottom of the Hill. 20050914 The Hospitals, Burmese and Nies Enemondi at the Elbo Room. 20050924 Xiu Xiu, Das Yellow Swans, someone else at the Bottom of the Hille. (missed, sold out) 20050927 The New Pornographers, the Destroyers and some other opening band (missed, was watching the Giants game on TV) at Bimbo's 365. 20051004 Mando Diao, The Lashes and Music for Animals at the Bottom of the Hill. 20051011 Fear Before the March of Flames, Bear vs. Shark, Since by Man, Fall of Troy at the Bottom of the Hill. (went to the BoTH, stood outside the door and listened to one of the opening bands and thought, "I can't listen to this sort of music (loud hardcore) tonight.") 20051021 The Briefs, The Spits, Radio Reelers and Last Target (missed, arrived late) at the Bottom of the Hill. 20051025 Pretty Girls Make Graves, Eleventeen and Razrez at the Bottom of the Hill. (postponed because the singer got sick) 20051027 Captured! By Robots, Dead Hensons and Pleaseeasaur at the Bottom of the Hill. 20051031 Pretty Girls Make Graves, Eleventeen and Razrez at the Bottom of the Hill. (rescheduled from 10/25) 20051104 Slippery People and Substitute (arrived too late, missed) at the Tongue & Groove. 20051119 Old 97's and Firecracker at The Independent. 20051123 Street Brats, The Lucky Stiffs, Abuse and The Secretions (missed, having dinner) at the Bottom of the Hill. 20051201 The Wrens, The Rum Diary and The Pale Pacific at the Bottom of the Hill. 20051214 The Eyeliners (cancelled -- van broke down), The Phenomenauts and Fabulous Disaster at the Bottom of the Hill. 20051227 Rose Melberg and Doug Shepard at the Hemlock Tavern. 20060101 Golda Supernova (Golda and her buddy doing an acoustic set) and The Femurs at the Make-Out Room. 20060106 Fiero (left early for siu yeh (消夜)), State Motto and Matthew Bourdet at the Blackthorn Tavern. 20060114 Magic Bullets, Cold War Kids and Matt Hopper at the Edinburgh Castle. 20060125 Rondo Brothers, Christopher Willits and Nobuko Hori at Annie's Social Club. 20060126 Film School, Sound Team and Citizens Here and Abroad at the Bottom of the Hill. (missed, sold out!) 20060129 Calexico at the Make-Out Room. 20060131 Downtown and Anne Donohue at the Dive Bar, Las Vegas. 20060202 Shanghai 5 at the Art Bar, Las Vegas. 20060206 Fucking Ocean, Moggs and Archeopteryx at the Elbo Room. 20060209 Boyskout, Elephone and Condor at the Bottom of the Hill. 20060215 Morning Theory, Slippery People, Seven and the Animal Underground at the Red Devil Lounge. 20060220 Dave Chappelle at the Punchline (I biked down there but got intimidated by the long lines so I turned out to go to Memphis Minnie's instead (which was closed, boo!) I know Dave Chappelle isn't music. I don't care.) 20060221 Scared Girl, Clevergirl and Randit at the Make-Out Room. 20060301 Six By Silver, Ilyzium and Ferona Vei at the Beach, Las Vegas. 20060315 Dexter Danger, Tragedy Andy, Sloppy Meateaters and Inverness at the Bottom of the Hill. (Got a flat tire on the way, but I tried, ya?) 20060321 Belle & Sebastian and the New Pornographers at the SF Design Center Concourse. 20060325 Arab Strap, His Name Is Alive and A Whisper in the Noise at the Café du Nord. 20060327 The Flaming Lips, Midlake and stardeath & white dwarfs at Bimbo's. 20060328 Every Move a Picture, Scissors for Lefty, Communique and Push to Talk at the Bottom of the Hill (abbreviated night; arrived late, left early.) 20060330 Her Space Holiday, +/-, Loquat, Pants Pants Pants at the Bottom of the Hill (sold out! d'oh! And here I thought everyone would be going to see Rogue Wave, The National or Thursday.) 20060331 Film School, Cloud Room, Birdmonster and Send For Help at Slim's. We are Scientists, Foreign Born, The Grates and The Blood Arm at the Independent (arrived late.) 20060401 David Dondero, Craig Wedren, El Olio Wolof and Dead Science at The Knockout. 20060404 Truxton, The Morning Benders and Sentinel at the Bottom of the Hill. 20060425 Mecca Normal, Continental and Magic Bullet at the Bottom of the Hill. 20060428 Bloc Party and The Go! Team at the Joint, Las Vegas. 20060429 Koufax, Cordero and Tragedy Andy at the Bottom of the Hill. 20060504 Rainer Maria, Ambulette and The Henry Miller Sextet at the Bottom of the Hill. 20060509 Starlight Mints, dios (malos) and The Octopus Project at the Bottom of the Hill. 20060529 Theo and the Skyscrapers, Barbara Steele and Fabulous Disaster at the Cafe du Nord. 20060608 DJ Wreck at Hannah's, Las Vegas. 20060612 The Mountain Goats and Barbara Morgenstern at the Bottom of the Hill (sold out!) 20060619 J Church and This Is My Fist! at the Hemlock Tavern. 20060621 The Fair Saints, Slippery People and Stella Royale at Studio Z. 20060626 Panda & Angel, Val Esway & The Mirage and Danny Allen & the High Diving Horses at the Bottom of the Hill. 20060705 Ex-Boyfriends, Music for Animals and Sholi at the Cafe du Nord. (I biked out there, but left my wallet at home.) 20060706 Thee More Shallows, Okay and something-rocket (forgot the name) at the Cafe du Nord. 20060719 My Monster, Myshkin's Ruby Warblers and Micropixie at Thee Parkside (Micropixie didn't go on until 10.30, so I left in the middle of Myshkin's set around midnight.) 20060720 Camera Obscura at the Great American Music Hall (sold out.) 20060722 The Rentals and Ozma at the Great American Music Hall. 20060728 Clevergirl and Fake French at the Make-out Room. 20060731 Carrot Top at the Joint, Las Vegas (Zappos.com Vendor Appreciation Party. I'm still not sure if I should give myself credit for this.) 20060807 The Editors and Cold War Kids at the Fillmore. (Sold out! Bourdet thought I could get a ticket from scalpers around the corner. I thought he was right, but I decided to just get something to eat instead. 20060815 Get Him Eat Him, Evangelicals and The Living Blue at the Bottom of the Hill. 20060821 Envy, Sleeping People and Jupiter Shifter at the Double Down Saloon, Las Vegas. 20060830 Finest Dearest and Tomihara at the Hemlock Tavern. 20060905 Deerhoof and Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog at the Great American Music Hall. 20060910 Citizens Here and Abroad, Thee More Shallows and The Like Young at the Bottom of the Hill. 20060926 The Briggs, Time Again, Blood or Whiskey and The Objex (arrived too late) at the Dive Bar, Las Vegas. 20061002 We Are Scientists, Art Brut and The Spinto Band at the Fillmore. 20061007 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 6 (in particular Gillian Welch and Billy Bragg) in Golden Gate Park. 20061015 Melissa Ferrick and Kinnie Starr at the 12 Galaxies. 20061016 bobFisk and Paco at the Cooler Lounge, Las Vegas. 20061028 Alias and Tarsier, Electric President and Aquanautilus (arrived too late) at the Bottom of the Hill. 20061029 Susan Werner and somebody-I-forget at the Freight & Salvage, Berkeley. 20061030 Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins (missed the opener) at the Fillmore. 20061103 Kitten on the Keys, 1manbanjo and Dedications (left early) at the Sanbox Studio reception. Rykarda Parasol, Mark Lutz and Petracovich (arrived too late!) at Edinburgh Castle. 20061104 Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, the Dead Science and Sholi at the Bottom of the Hill. 20061109 Starlight Mints, Bishop Allen and Tom Heinl at the BOCA. 20061119 Straylight Run, Matt Pond PA, Street to Nowhere and Kevin Devine (arrived too late) at the Bottom of the Hill. 20061129 Sweet Crude Bill & The Lighthouse Nautical Society, The Silent Years (left early), Swims and 1manbanjo at the Elbo Room. 20061205 The Little Ones, Small Sins, and Pants Pants Pants (arrived too late) at the Bottom of the Hill. 20061206 bobFisk at the Cooler Lounge, Las Vegas. 20070105 Push To Talk, Audrye Sessions, Pompeii, and Hanalei (arrived too late) at the Bottom of the Hill. 20070119 Strunz and Farah at The Railhead at Boulder Station, Las Vegas. 20070201 Of Montreal and Gold Chains at the Bottom of the Hill. 20070303 The Spinto Band, Dios Malos, The Changes, and The Old-Fashioned Way (arrived too late) at the Rickshaw Stop (Noisepop). 20070413 Kenni & Company at Murphy's Irish Pub, Sonoma. 20070427 Track Star, Eax Autres, and The Bright Lights at the Hemlock Tavern. 20070429 Golden Gate Park Band in Golden Gate Park. 20070524 Agent Ribbons, Barzin, and the Matinees at the Makeout Room. 20070801 Bishop Allen, Page France (Minipop pinch hit), and Audio Out Send at the Independent. 20070815 Film School, Pela, and The Union Trade at the Bottom of the Hill. 20070826 The Merchants of the New Bizarre at the Panhandle Bandshell. El Olio Wolof (left early, I've seen them before), Skybox, and Lady Genius at the Make-Out Room. 20070914 Japanese Baby (left early) and Darkwave at El Rio, San Francisco. 20071106 Lady Genius, Beatbeat Whisper, Lamb, Megamoog, Le Fits, and Little Naps at the Hotel Utah (left early coz I was hungry -- that's six bands, and they didn't even start until 10pm!) 20071205 Casiotone of the Painfully Alone and Papercuts at the Bottom of the Hill. 20090325 Spinto Band and ??? at the Bottom of the Hill. 20090529 Jenny Lewis, The Sadies, and some other local band at the Fillmore. 20090702 The Moondoggies, The Harbours, and Sarah Bethe Nelson at the Rickshaw Stop.