2008 favorites

excellent/memorable shows by local musicians other than myself at local venues (chronological)
• Fogel/Nishi/Winant, Yasi Perera, Allbee/Baker @ 1510 8th St, Oakland, 1/13
• Jon Raskin Quartet & Quintet (Allbee/Robair/Shiurba/Cremaschi) @ Climate Theatre, SF & 21 Grand, Oakland, 1/15 & 11/6
• Breezy Days Band, KIT, Bay/Oslo Double Trio, High Places @ ATA, SF, 1/23
• Mute Socialite, Ettrick, Little Women @ 21 Grand, Oakland, 1/28
• Peter Evans, James Fei, Damon Smith & Weasel Walter @ Hemlock, SF, 1/31
• Sextet (Aspelin/Davignon/Dryer/Greenlief/Lindsay/Nishi), Sophistifcuffs @ 1510 8th St, Oakland, 3/8
• Allbee/Greenlief/Nakatani, Brzytwa/Fogel/Nishi, Marielle Jakobsons, Pink Canoes @ 21 Grand, Oakland, 3/21
• Joe Colley, RHY Yau, Elf Ass, Sudden Infant @ Terminal, Oakland, 5/9
• Core of the Coalman, Midmight, Trampoline Sequel, Arachnid Arcade, Sudden Infant (Godwaffle Noise Pancakes) @ ArtSF, SF, 5/10
• Kaseki/Nishi, Chan/Evangelista/Vittum, Wiener Kids @ 21 Grand, Oakland, 5/22
• Butcher/Djll/Perkis/Robair/Shiurba @ Hillside Club, Berkeley, 6/5
• sfSound w/ John Butcher & Gino Robair @ ODC, SF, 6/8
• Wolf Eyes, Deathroes, Chronicles of Lemur Mutations, Basshaters @ the Compound, SF, 6/19
• Tony Dryer w/ Pigs in the Ground @ Fort Gallery, Oakland, 6/26, & w/ Allbee/Heule/Shiruba @ 21 Grand, Oakland 12/12
• Core of the Coalman, Bran (...) Pos, Dirty Branchez (Composers Decomposed) @ Heco's, Oakland, 6/28
• Bullshit Detector, Dye Mark, Theremin Barney, Heule+Nishi @ Pharoah Maybelline's Sound Trough, No Toilet, SF, 6/29
• Djll/Perkis, Raskin/Nishi, Shiurba/Rosenberg, Brown/Fei, RTD3, Dijkstra/Greenlief, SL Morse (Skronkathon) @ 21 Grand, Oakland, 7/13
• Neung Phak, Thai Cultural Center Musicians @ Cafe du Nord, SF, 8/6
• Anderson/Brown/Dobson/Mendoza/Schott @ 21 Grand, Oakland, 8/7
• Moe! Staiano, Bubble & Squeak @ Temescal Arts Center, Oakland, 10/7
• Allbee/Josephson/Lindsay/Walter/Winant, Wiggwaum, Death Worth Living @ 21 Grand, Oakland, 11/19

favorite albums
1. Phil Minton, No Doughnuts in Hand [Emanem]
2. Core of the Coalman, AsoltMusket [BOC]
3. Christian Weber, Walcheturm Solo [Cut]
4. Stephan Bodzin, Bremen Ost/Station 72 [Herzblut]
5. various - Living Is Hard: West African Music in Britain, 1927-1929 [Honest Jons]
• Dryer/Heule/Lindsay, Idea of West [Creative Sources]
• Basshaters, Teeth on Concrete [Occidentalize(d)]

top stouts consumed in 2008
1. Nøgne Ø Imperial Stout
2. Raven's Eye Imperial Stout (Eel River)
3. Jopen Extra Stout
4. Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout (North Coast)
5. Old Engine Oil Black Ale (Harviestoun)
6. Central Waters Brewhouse Coffee Stout
7. Stone Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout
8. Lump of Coal Dark Holiday Stout (Ridgeway)
9. Rogue Shakespeare Stout
10. Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout