Girls in boots. Playing songs by The Kinks. Everbody’s gonna be happy! Catch one of Silicon Valley Rocks!’ own—The Minks at El Rio in San Francisco. The ladies go on around 10 p.m. We’ll be there passing out postcards and channeling Ray Davies.
Monthly Archives: October 2008
And now for the line-up!
October 28, 2008 – 1:50 pm
Folks, we have bands in the house! I am so excited by the diversity of this group and know this will be a great show! We even have a couple of “Silicon Valley Rocks Specials” – groups who have formed just for this event. Here’s the lineup (not necessarily in this order):
BLACKMAHAL – HTTP://WWW.MYSPACE.COM/BLACKMAHALSF
FONKSQUISH – [...]
Zep in 2009? Shelley’s Got the All-Access Pass!
October 26, 2008 – 4:11 pm
This the first in our interview series of music influencers.
Shelley Lazar, a Music in Schools Today (MuST) Board member since 1995, has been dubbed “the mastermind behind rock royalty’s all-access passes” by Vanity Fair magazine. A colleague of rock impresario Bill Graham since the late 60’s, Shelley worked as a New York City schoolteacher and [...]
Who Can Say No to Music and Education?
October 14, 2008 – 7:41 pm
The answer is…lots of people. Especially those who don’t understand how music can expand kids’ minds, develop creativity, teach discipline and tenacity, and actually improve test scores. To educate about on the cause behind Silicon Valley Rocks!, I’d like to share a bit about Music in Schools Today. That’s where the proceeds are headed.
What they [...]
Two Cool Music-Related Events Coming Up!
October 13, 2008 – 1:07 pm
The music industry business model, as we have known it, is going away. I know, we’ve been saying this for years, but really folks, it is happening now. Here are a couple of events that are about what’s here, not what’s coming. And, look for Silicon Valley Rocks! deals and discounts to these events:
Music Makers [...]
Thank You, Warren Hellman for Plant & Krauss
October 4, 2008 – 12:43 pm
One of the nice things about living in the foggy Richmond District is that I am a short walk to every GG Park music festival. One of my favorite events is Hardly Strictly Bluegrass which is literally a gift (a $2 million one at that) to the city.
Last night, amid the threatening clouds and the [...]
