allen is probably listening to, at any given time:

tom waits • uncle tupelo • r.l. burnside • son volt • belle & sebastian • massive attack • g.s.y.b.e. • mogwai • looper • pj harvey • johnny cash • deathcab • pavement • air • bjork • st.etienne • e.b.t.g. • neko case • built to spill • lucinda williams • rufus wainwright • radiohead • henry rollins • the old 97's • rainer maria • aesop rock • dj shadow • the magnetic fields • whiskeytown • kid koala • amon tobin • john coltrane • beth orton • victoria williams • the shins • kasey chambers • bright eyes • modest mouse • jeff buckley • the pixies • the jayhawks • jimmy smith • m83 • sage francis • iron & wine • beastie boys • the decemberists • the weakerthans • prefuse 73 • hem • songs:ohia • boards of canada• rachels • rjd2 • four-tet
...not that that narrows it down much.


Saturday, November 17, 2001
i'm going to start a project here that might take a little while. i'm going to try to list every music concert, gig or show i've been to. maybe i won't have specific dates (but if i find the ticket stubs, i'll put the date) and i certainly won't remember all of them. this should be interesting, it's something i've thought of doing for some time, and blogging it will make it easier for me to add things as i remember them (or as they occur) no matter where i am. if you went to a show with me that's not listed, remind me! anyway, here goes:


1984 - oakridge boys/ ???? (1984 world's fair)
7/4/?? - beach boys (4th of july on the mall in dc)
1988 - living colour/ rolling stones, steel wheels tour (superdome)
1991 - my life with the thrillkillkult/ siouxie and the banshees (n.o. municipal auditorium)
1992 - eric clapton (uno arena)
1992 - chicago (saenger)
1992 - pearl jam, lush, jesus & mary chain,
soundgarden, porno for pyros (lollapalooza '92, uno arena grounds)
1993 - jellyfish (tipitinas)
1993 - phish (orpheum theatre, memphis)
1993 - cowboy mouth (hob)
1994 - **** (rhodes rites of spring '94)
1994 - nine inch nails, downward spiral tour- (memphis auditorium)
1994 - dead milkmen, dick is coming tour (antenna)
1994 - concrete blonde (new daisy)
1994 - black crowes (?memphis)
1994 - ween, chocolate & cheese tour (antenna)
1994 - blind melon/ rolling stones, voodoo lounge tour (liberty bowl)
1995 - the eagles, hell freezes over tour (superdome)
1995 - dewey redman (tubingen, germany)
1995 - **** (rhodes rites of spring '95)
1996 - r.l. burnside (new daisy)
1996 - del amitri (hob)
1996 - harry connick jr. (orpheum theatre, nola)
1996 - man... or astro-man/ stubborn all-stars/ poi dog pondering/
garrison starr/ jackopierce (rhodes rites of spring '96)
1996 - the toasters (tipitinas)
1997 - cowboy mouth (rhodes college)
1997 - joshua redman (new daisy)
1997 - cowboy mouth (new daisy)
1997 - henry rollins spoken word, public insomniac tour (hob)
1997 - matthew sweet/ suzanne vega/ emmylou harris/ taj mahal
michael hedges/ marcia ball (b'ham city stages)
1997 - **** (rhodes rites of spring '97)
1997 - kc & the sunshine band/ the doobie brothers (endymion extravaganza, superdome)
1997 - the subdudes/ van morrison (memphis in may '97)
1997 - cowboy mouth/ creedence clearwater revived (jeff fest '97, lafreniere park)
1998 - ween, the mollusk tour (hob)
1998 - dr. john (endymion extravaganza, superdome)
1998 - run dmc, archers of loaf (rhodes rites of spring '98)
1999 - son volt (tipitinas)
1999 - cowboy mouth (c.a.c.no)
1999 - r.l. burnside (hob)
1999 - sonny rollins (hob)
spr/00 - dr. john (tulane graduation)
sum/00 - solex (mermaid)
sum/00 - andrew bird's bowl of fire/ neko case (mermaid)
fall/00 - r.l. burnside, c'mon in tour (tipitinas)
10/??00 - cypress hill, (voodoo fest 2000)
11/??/00 - willie nelson/ dixie chicks (no arena)
11/??/00 - victoria williams/ marc olsen (tipitinas)
12/??/00 - low (hob parish)
12/??/00 - blue mountain (mermaid)
4/??/01 - henry rollins spoken word, rollins in the wry tour (hob)
4/??/01 - lucinda williams/ dave matthews band (no jazz fest)
5/??/01 - eric clapton (no arena)
6/??/01 - calexico (shim-sham)
6/??/01 - elton john/ billy joel (no arena)
8/??/01 - harry connick jr/ellis,wynton,branford,delfayo&jason marsalis (uno arena)
8/??/01 - mogwai (howlin' wolf)
9/??/01 - american analog set (mermaid)
9/??/01 - edith frost (mermaid)
9/??/01 - the white stripes (shim-sham)
10/??/01 - old 97's, cracker (hurricane fest)
10/??/01 - old 97's (hob)
10/??/01 - wilco (hob)
10/??/01 - ron sexsmith/ lucinda williams (hob)
10/30/01 - black mountain/ blackfire (ark)
10/??/01 - the strokes (howlin' wolf)
11/05/01 - cowboy mouth (hob)
11/15/01 - the shins/ preston school of industry (hob parish)
11/30/01 - the hellbenders/ riverboat gamblers (mermaid)
3/8/02 - kelly hogan (matador)
4/??/02 - alex chilton (matador)

* local new orleans acts seen so many times i can't even imagine counting - all that, new orleans klezmer all stars, royal fingerbowl, rebirth brass band, soul rebels brass band, lil' rascals brass band, kermit ruffins & the barbeque swingers. as you can tell, i've also seen local favorites cowboy mouth an ungodly number of times, but i'm actually trying to remember all of those...
3:28 PM   {l} {c}


Friday, November 16, 2001
just went and saw the shins tonight at the house of blues 'parish'. they were pretty good - not what i expected really, and sadly it took them half of their set - up to and including 'new slang' - to warm up to the show. for the few songs after that, they had really kicked it in, and sounded great.more on that later, when i'm not about to fall asleep. oh, and the preston school of industry was there too.

also. got the new handsome family cd, 'twilight.' not my favorite work of theirs, in fact i'm pretty disappointed. the don't seem to have broken much new ground - they sound like a caricature, or a bad imitation, of themselves. some songs verge on easy listening, none break any new ground, even with the addition of the occasional drum machine. ick. the handsome family with drum machines. what's wrong with this picture? more on this later too.
3:18 AM   {l} {c}


Saturday, November 10, 2001
I have a day to look forward to. April 9, 2002. alice and red drum (woyzcek).

I've had the songs from aliceon a bootleg cd for a couple of years now, since right around mule variations. but it's always gratifying to have the bona fide, tom-approved real thing (and i can't wait to see the cover art) in your hand. oh, the joy of hearing tom recite jabberwocky. my two favorite tastes that taste great together: tom waits, and alice in wonderland. the coincidence of which two concepts is maybe the best proof of the existence of the divine that i've yet encountered.
3:04 PM   {l} {c}


Friday, November 09, 2001
is it just me, or do boards of canada tread perilously close, at times, to new age music? is that ray lynch i hear? or is it enigma? don't get me wrong, i love my celestial soda pop and sadeness part 1 as much as the next guy, but there's a time and a place, you know?
12:19 AM   {l} {c}