Culture Club – The Truth Is A Runaway Train (original version)

Longtime friend, and manager of his most popular musical acts, Debbie Gordon shares some Gary Floyd memories, some of the many stories shared by friends at remembrance service at the Celebration of Life for Gary Samuel Floyd at herchurch in San Francisco on June 1st 2024. A YouTube playlist of a compendium of clips from the Gary Floyd memorial service at herchurch is available here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYCwcHRp7aII&list=PLnDT27GLEb_d7jpWud8061NqJIXOefz_4 This link below is to the GoFundme set up by memorial co-organizer Doug Hilsinger to help cover the added unexpected expenses in the wake of Gary's passing of administering and executing the Gary Floyd Estate and to support Gary's longtime partner and caregiver Brother Lilith of the Order of Ecumenical Franciscans https://gofund.me/e2ea822d ZOOM0013 1

This Karen Dalton cover of a song from a 1971 album was a favorite of Gary's Floyd's, and he performed and recorded it with the Buddha Brothers combo. It was a poignant part of their live sets in San Francisco venues they regularly appeared at in the late 2010's such as the Lost Church, Eagle Tavern and Make Out Room. There is a multi-cam video version seen here shot in a rehearsal studio https://youtu.be/yXO0a3Aa_GY. Greg Dale, who was a long time fan of Gary's since the late 80's, eventually became a member of his band in the mid 2010's before he moved to Ohio, and came back through San Francisco to play the celebration of life ceremony at herchurch on June 1st 2024. A YouTube playlist of other clips from the Gary Floyd memorial service at herchurch is available here https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnDT27GLEb_d7jpWud8061NqJIXOefz_4 This link is to the GoFundme set up by memorial co-organizer Doug Hilsinger to help cover the added expenses of executing the Gary Floyd Estate and to support Gary's longtime partner and caregiver Thom in the wake of Gary's passing https://gofund.me/e2ea822d

Lynn Perko-Truell introduces the Gary Floyd song "Hey Kids" from the 1991 Sister Double Happiness album "Heart & Mind" recorded at the Celebration of Life for Gary Samuel Floyd at herchurch in San Francisco on June 1st 2024. a playlist of clips from the Gary Floyd memorial service at herchurch is available here https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnDT27GLEb_d7jpWud8061NqJIXOefz_4 This link is to the GoFundme set up by memorial co-organizer Doug Hilsinger to help cover the added unexpected expenses in the wake of Gary's passing of administering and executing the Gary Floyd Estate and to support Gary's longtime partner and caregiver Brother Lilith of the Order of Ecumenical Franciscans https://gofund.me/e2ea822d

Ryan O'Neal was a classic bad dad with a terrible temper, his relationships were often ruined by his ego maniacal mood swings, substance abuse and indiscriminate infidelities. In other words he was a Hollywood legend. The son of actress Patricia Callaghan and writer Charles O’Neal, Ryan O'Neal started boxing as a young man and began his acting career as a stuntman on TV’s Tales of the Vikings before landing various bit parts on shows like Dobie Gillis, Bachelor Father, and My Three Sons. For five years he played the bratty scion Rodney Harrington on the primetime 60's TV soap opera Peyton Place. The popular show, chronicled the gossipy goings-on in a fictional New England town, whose torrid affairs and libidinous storylines paled in comparison to O’Neal’s offscreen romantic life. Divorced from actress Joanna Moore, the mother of his children Tatum (who would go on to become the youngest person ever to win an Academy Award) and Griffin, O’Neal went on to woo and marry his Peyton Place costar Leigh Taylor-Young. Even before starring in 1970's Love Story, which propelled him to marquee status, O’Neal had already cut a wide sexual swath through Hollywood with the likes of Ursula Andress, Barbara Parkins (another Peyton Place alumnus), Anouk Aimée, and British sexpot Joan Collins. By the early seventies he was seen as a Playboy Mansion regular, and would later number among his conquests Diana Ross, Bianca Jagger, Diana Ross, Melanie Griffith, Barbra Streisand, Peggy Lipton of TV's Mod Squad, as well as the lengthy relationship with all time best-selling pin-up poster model Farrah Fawcett, the mother of his son Redmond. One apparent reason for his success with women, explained his first wife Moore, was that Ryan was simply “an incredible lover, totally devoted to giving a woman pleasure.” In 2012 he revealed he was battling prostate cancer, and he has died now at age 82 in December 2023.

1:01 / 2:49 Shane MacGowan (1957-2023) A Man You Don't Meet Every Day Tribute Video In Memorium To #Pogues #Popes vocalist #ShaneMacGowan   Shane MacGowan, was "a man you don't meet everyday". For better or worse he had an outsize influence on my life, and after hearing their debut recordings on the Stiff Records label inspired several of my high school era friends to start our own celtic punk group in the latter 1980s. On our 3rd gig we were invited to open for the extremely influential band he fronted and I swigged a lil' tequila with Shane & Joe Strummer backstage before the show, they of course swigged a lot more ... the punk poets of yore. For past two decades it was amazing to me that the fragile freak o' habit known as Shane was still alive, while the seemingly invincible Joe Strummer was dead... I hope now those two blokes can rekindle that friendship... Shane was as brilliant and bold a bastard as he was tragic and sad, he made ya laugh and cry, you could either laugh with him or at 'em, and whatever you thought you knew, we can only agree there will definitely never be another - Sláinte!!! Sharing a bill with their band at The Fillmore back in 1987, it twas indeed a thrill, and musically they were phenomenal, and alcoholically, they were equally acccomplished. I was especially wowed when discovering that they had large roadcases with drawers filled with ice and libations to be utilized by their own onstage bartender... MacGowan was already technically under doctor's orders not to drink any hard liquor, so his solution was to consume several, and by several I mean many more than a few, full bottles of 18% buy volume port wine onstage instead. Along with multiple bottles of gin & brandy and shandy in their tour rider , The Pogues would request 48 large, clean towels. ( I believe the 4 dozen towels were to clean up all the gob & puke...) The band had a good time, and a good run, made some epic timeless music, and in any town, full of Irish ex-pats, or wannabe paddys, were always heartily embraced. Most of their regional shows in Northern California were held to foot stompin' delight at The Fillmore, including their return in 1988 and several solo MacGowan shows when he was estranged from his former bandmates, and oft barely coherent onstage, gripping a mic stand for dear life to keep him upright... for decades after their debut albums he had really slipped into a cartoonishly grotesque caricature of himself. By 1989 Shane failed to show up for a gig at Berkeley's Greek Theater with one of his writer idols Bob Dylan and the band began soldiering on without him . It was truly sad by the early 90's when an ecstasy & dope addled Shane left the Pogues...or was kicked out or whatever the hell happened... and sadder still they had to atempt to relive past glories, after a decade of lost time, and reunite for cas$hflow in the early 2000's... I last saw the #Pogues in 2009, Shane only half intelligible, making attempts to drunkenly pronounce the title of his not so poetic final early era Pogues single "Yeah Yeah Yeah"... He once said his inspiration and goal in life was to "Cram as much pleasure into life, and rail against the pain you have to suffer" - #ShaneMacGowan R.I.P.

Mini reel of highlights from a special SF Sketchfest tribute set to the soundtrack music and creative spirit of Alex Cox’s 1980's era cinematic cult favorite “Repo Man”. Special guests during this February 3rd 2023 live performance at The Great American Music Hall included commentary and anecdotes from the film's writer & director, Alex Cox, plus co-composers from the soundtrack  Tito Larriva (The Plugz) and Zander Schloss (Circle Jerks), who also played Otto's nerdy pal ‘Kevin’ in the film. Other musical co-horts seen onstage include Adam Dubov, Petra Haden, drummer Toby Dammit (Swans, Iggy Pop), Blag Dahlia & Pete Straus (The Dwarves), Chuck Prophet (Green On Red), Eugene Robinson (Oxbow/ Whipping Boy), Tom Ayres (Persephone's Bees), Dina Maccabee & Scott Larson ( Beats Antique) , Karina Denike (Dance Hall Crashers, NOFX) and guest comedians and actors including Kevin McDonald (The Kids in the Hall) and Dave Hill (Cobra Verde, Valley Lodge). 

The late great odd ball Joe Sloan composed immersively poignant and impressively pungent poetry for his band Spot 1019. This track was featured on their 1986 debut LP that was first issued by Pitch-A-Tent records, and later after the Rough Trade bankruptcy in 1990, was reissued by Frontier. Shortly after attending Joe's memorial, I was inspired to assemble this 1:1 ratio home made ( actually bus made ) fan video for Milkbomb! The song Milkbomb! WAS recorded in Tempe Arizona back when Ronald Reagan was President and mixed at Different Fur studios on 19th St at Valencia in da Mission back when Feinstein was mayor. The debut album SPOT 1019 was re-released digitally in June 2024 via BandCamp here: https://spot1019.bandcamp.com/album/spot-1019 _________ l y r I c s ________ When you #DanceLikeMadonna You #DriveAllTheBoysWild You look like woman But you #ActLikeAChild All the #barbecues #BurstIntoFlames When you walk down the street Your purely #ElasticEmotion #MakeLivingComplete Milkbomb! Your mama's a taxi Your daddy a clerk The #AirConditioning keeps them from aging When they get home from work Your #WarmDietPepsi Your #PowerfulDope The sweet sticky smell of #baloney and #IvorySoap But all the #IceCreamAndCoffee, all the steaks and #souffles Cannot ever make you forsake your #PrimitiveWays Milkbomb! It's #SixInTheMorning We've got #DaffyandBugs But the real reason, baby That you're still awake is Your #ExpensiveDrugs I must be #YourMonkey I will be #YourClown Strap me to the back of your scooter And #DragMe through town Milkbomb! #PeterTripodi #JimbLyons #GregWinter #PitchATent

Kelley Stoltz and his talented band including Allyson Baker on gtr, Doug Hilsinger on gtr / doodads, Corey Largent on bass and Rusty Miller on drums, performing a live version of Never Change Enough a single from his Agitated Records release Ah! (etc) available at https://kelley.bandcamp.com/album/kelley-stoltz-ah-etc all video shot by Lil Mike http://lilmike.me --------------------------------------------------------- If ya dig my vids, please consider donating a $1 to my virtual tip jar to help keep my YouTube channel churning out uploads. I spend hundreds of dollars & hours a month mangling with files, paying for gigs and gigabytes of hosting, software & restocking camera supplies, editing and travel and what not just to keep all the clips coming. Any help is always appreciated! Keep On Rawkin' In The Free Whirled! http://paypal.me/lilmikesf Eyeballs & Kaleidoscope Pattern overlays provided free by Porechenskaya and MaxWebbFilms courtesy Pond5 https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/86377197-minimal-motion-art-eyes-background?ref=LilMike

On August 9th, 2019 – over two decades since they played their first ever show at The Make Out Room in San Francisco, the funked up fungal presence of Mushroom reemerged from furtively fertile creative soils and recorded Songs of Dissent with 3 of their original members including drummer/bandleader Pat Thomas. Two new members make their recorded debut here on guitars – David Immerglück & Victor Krummenacher (of the Monks of Doom). This music is for download or via physical media via LightInTheAttic https://lightintheattic.net/releases/7858-songs-of-dissent-live-at-the-make-out-room-8-9-19 or direct fom the artists on Bandcamp https://mushroom3.bandcamp.com/album/songs-of-dissent-live-at-make-out-room-8-9-19

Pandemic perseverance pays off for passionate popsmith Kelly Stoltz who has taken to outdoor stages such as the one seen here while performing his most streamed song. This lo-fi video was captured live on stage in the summer of 2021 during an Ivy Room Presents at Fireside Lounge the Tiny Towns concert series in Alameda. The studio version of the tune first appeared on his 2006 SubPop album from "Below The Branches" but this version features his current backing band including Doug Hilsinger on keys, Rusty Miller on drums, Allyson Baker on guitar... You can keep up with Kelley online at https://www.facebook.com/kelleystoltzofficial https://kelley.bandcamp.com ​ https://kelleystoltz.bigcartel.com/products

Recorded 9/17/2011 at Moonlight Graham , a now defunct clothing emporium in Orange County California ... another live track from this show at Moonlight Graham is available as a bonus track at Bandcamp on the audio recording John and Exene - "Singing and Playing" .https://johndoeandexenecervenka.bandcamp.com/album/singing-and-playing

A tribute to late bandmember #AaronZimpel this track was brought to life by a revamped #AnvilChorus featuring David White ( Heathen/Defiance) on lead vocals. He was backed by longtime Anvil Chorus guitarists Thaen Rasmussen & Carlos Hernandez, with their musical accomplices including Stephen Paul Goodwin (Vicious Rumors/From Hell) on bass, Phil Bennett (of Mickey Thomas' Starship) on keys and his brother Joe Bennett on drums... Recorded at the last show at Cornerstone in Berkeley CA before the damned COVID lockdown that has brought darkness to so many venues, and despair to so many lives. If ya dig my vids, please consider donating a $1 to my virtual tip jar to help keep my YouTube channel churning out uploads. I spend hundreds of dollars & hours a month mangling with files, paying for gigs and gigabytes of hosting, software & restocking camera supplies, editing and travel and what not just to keep all the clips coming. Any help is always appreciated! Keep On Rawkin' In The Free Whirled! http://paypal.me/lilmikesf

From The Rubinoos latest album on Yep Roc records

Live from the PianoFight in San Francisco Beserkley's Finest perform a track from their spankin' new black & yellow splatter vinyl Lp on YepRoc "From Home". The song is a musical tribute to late great female drummer Honey Lantree of the Joe Meek produced 60's group The Honeycombs. Dunbar/Prophet written lyrics: I saw her first on TV Pounding on a four piece set of drums ’Till then it was a mystery I’d always wondered where that sound was from You got your Charlies and your Ringos You got your jazz guys with their bongos But I’ll take Honey Honey from the Honeycombs Honey from the Honeycombs Honey from the The bass drum starts to thumping Gets my heart a-pumping deep inside She’s up there on the bandstand Counting off the numbers, laying down the time I know it’s crazy but I just can’t stop it You got a lot of choices rocking But I’ll take Honey Honey from the Honeycombs Honey from the Honeycombs Honey from the If I was to strap my Burns on, crank it up real loud Would she play along, play along? You got your Charlies and your Ringos You got your jazz guys with their bongos But I’ll take Honey Honey from the Honeycombs Honey from the Honeycombs Honey from the Honey from the Honeycombs I know it’s crazy Honey from the Honeycombs I can’t stop Honey from the credits from From Home, released August 23, 2019

One of the final US dates with guitarist Yasuto Muraki on the Church Of Misery 25th Anniversary North American Tour ended with Murderfreak Blues (Tommy Lynn Sells) a song from their 2016 album "And Then There Were None" . Shot by @lilmikesf at Bottom Of The Hill in SF CA

San Antonio TX based saxophonist Ant Thomas Martinez tries out his recently acquired circa 1953 King Saxophone made in Ohio that he's dubbed "The Silver Swan". The tune is called Rollin' Right and performed with an improvisational combo he's nicknamed the Hustle featuring fellow San Antonian raised percussionist Vince DeJesus, recent Cuban emigre Yadier Noa Chamble on bass, and Minneapolis raised and Dave Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet alum Javier Santiago on the keys. Performed during a Friday Night Lakehouse Jazz sesh at the Stow Lake Boat House in Golden Gate Park, the musicians seen here are all on the forefront of a 21st century Bay Area jazz renaissance. This "pain jazz" tune is featured on his most recent Black Note album "Live at the Palladium" You can catch up with more of Anthony's music at his http://EyeAm1.Bandcamp.com page and via Social Media where he goes by the handle @IAmAnthonyThomas

Bassist Casey Watson sings lead vocal on "Hell's A Lot Better", the lead off track from the Old Firm Casuals' 2017 EP release 'Wartime Rock 'n' Roll". Shot Dec 27th 2019 at Eli's Mile High Club in Oakland, here's their closing track that night.

Cock Sparrer perform at the Pirates Press 15th Anniversary Rock The Ship 2019 aboard the USS Hornet Aircraft Carrier presented by Dino & Luigi ... for more info on this and other shows I've shot, please hit up my website http://lilmike.me

Steve & Jeff MacDonald, along with Jason Shapiro and Dale Crover are the latest incarnation of Redd Kross seen here on their fall 2019 tour in Berkeley CA performing a song off their Researching The Blues album. If ya dig my vids, please consider donating a $1 to my virtual tip jar to help keep my YouTube channel churning out uploads. I spend hundreds of dollars & hours a month mangling with files, paying for gigs and gigabytes of hosting, software & restocking camera supplies, editing and travel and what not just to keep all the clips coming. Any help or assistance is always appreciated! Keep On Rawkin' In The Free Whirled! http://paypal.me/lilmikesf

Flipper captured performing the opening number of the set their 40th Anniversary Tour at a sold out show in San Francisco at Great American Music Hall. There was a brief intro of the Flipper as the “the greatest band in the history of forever” by a young female fan in the audience, and Yow & Co take over. David soon leaps into the sold out crowd of some 500 attendees and we’re officially off! More info at : https://lilmike.me/flipper-the-lights-the-sound-the-rhythm-the-noise/ If ya dig my vids, please consider donating a $1 to my virtual tip jar to help keep my YouTube channel churning out uploads. I spend hundreds of dollars & hours a month mangling with files, paying for gigs and gigabytes of hosting, software & restocking camera supplies, editing and travel and what not just to keep all the clips coming. Any help or assistance is always appreciated! Keep On Rawkin' In The Free Whirled! http://paypal.me/lilmikesf

Michael had a slipper tree and nothing more to bear Than a pair of silver slippers every year The King and Queen started for a visit to see Michael and the slipper tree, slipper tree, slipper tree Brand new shoes for you and me

https://lilmike.me/dwarves-and-a-3-stripper-crash-the-stage-pileup-make-burger-boogaloo-the-place-to-be-in-vogue-oakland/ It was lil’ bit smutty, a lil’ bit rock ‘n roll as the old school Dwarves lineup of Blag Dahlia, HeWhoCannotbeNamed and bassist Salt Peter Strauss were onstage along with Rex Everything and spry lad Hunter Down on the drum kit. As host John Waters says of the Burger Boogaloo , “Burger Boogaloo is the perfect cult gathering of young and old music rebels who hate everybody in the world except each other.” Here’s a 360° video perspective the Dwarves closing down their set with “Unrepentant”, the lead off track from their 1997 album “Dwarves are Young & Good Looking” which was their first release after getting booted by Sub Pop for pranking the death of one of their own band members in a PR seeking stunt meant to ride the 90’s post Kurt Cobain suicide sympathy wave. The song is all chunk rifs and bluesy wails, dark humor augmented by some anti-crowd control antics as the end their appearance at Burger Boogaloo July 6th in Oakland’s Mosswood Park. They are joined by some feral female friends like Burlesque beauties Szandora LaVey and Bo Vixxen. I brought a new 360° camera to capture some of the action stage side at Day 1 of the Burger Boogaloo but as soon as I took it out, the frantic pit action and stage diving of big boy Blag Dahlia soon knocked the lil dual lensed guy off its gimbel mount and into the mud, so I apologize for the smeared lens on some of this footage. Thankfully of my co-camera operator Eric Moffat noticed it flying and snagged it from the mud, I later saved his camera as it was knocked around onto the ground minutes later during the stage diving and crowd surfing caught at the end of this number.

written by Bruno Bersani, John Lyons, Tim Murphy and recorded on the very first Osgood Slaughter demo in 1987. Here it is played live 30 years later at a reunion show at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco

Pedigreed adult rock musicians with resumes including 4 Non Blondes, The Go-Go's, PJ Harvey Band and Tom Waits convene live at The Hemlock Tavern Sept 21st 2018 with Pietro Straccia on guitar, Joe Gore on bass, with Dawn Richardson on drums.

A rowdy sold out SF Indie Documentary Film Festival crowd enjoyed audience Q & A with director Adam Dubin, film narrator Brian Posehn and theme song musician Tom Hunting of Exodus at the Premiere screening of new documentary Murder in the Front Row: The Bay Area Thrash Metal Story at The Roxie Theater in the Mission District. This is a snippet of the excitement as the first few frames hit the screen and the most of Q & A afterwards including an open invite to drink beer by a current resident at the former "Metallica Mansion" in El Cerrito . According to promoters this film was the only one in their 18 year history of 3000 films that SF Indie Fest sold out all seats of two screenings within 24 hours of tickets going onsale.

To Whom It May Concern Now You've Put Your Foot In It The Day Before / Climbing The Stairs This Is The A.L.F. The Final Conflict just days after completing a Mexican Tour, Colin Jerwood configured his US touring version of Conflict, and started from Phoenix, bringing the band up to Oakland, for this pit stirring set conclusion shot at the non-profit Oakland Metro venue at Jack London Square 5 20 2019, presented by Numbskull Shows. Joining vocalist and band founder Colin in this US touring lineup in this video is William Faith on guitar, Preston Maddox on bass and Andrew Sole on drums. Special thanx to touring bassist Preston from Austin TX for the setlist

David Immergluck and Greg Lisher, who've also been part of Counting Crows, join with Camper Van Beethoven members Victor Krummenacher and Chris Pedersen to resurrect their Monks of Doom guitar-o-riffic side project for the Bronte Pin tour and pay tribute to some classic rock n roll and late guitarist, Danny Kirwan All video clips shot by @LilMikeSF on May 19th 2018, finally edited May 19th 2019 on a Lenovo laptop utilizing Adobe Premiere, audio from Zoom Q2N & Sony MV1 cameras Make Out Room house audio by Chris Brague using a Tascam Board

Redd Kross live in San Francisco performing a track from the 1997 LP Show World in December of 2018. The band with current lineup of Dale Crover on drums, Jason Shapiro on guitar with brothers Jeff & Steve McDonald are touring with the Melvins in the fall of 2019.

Shotwell performing a song from their first new album in a decade, Dead Bats live at the Volx Kuche anniversary event at St John's The Evangelist Church in San Francisco. Shotwell ( here just Jimmy Jazz & Steve Moriarty ) are playing the song "Replay" available now on Dead Bats, the new release is available via The Record Collective and Mid Heaven Mailorder

Death Valley Girls (Bonnie Bloomgarden, Larry Schemel, Pickle, and The Kid) found time to visit Amoeba Records in San Francisco on a Friday night in April 2019 for an in-store signing and performance between playing at Starlite Social Club in Oakland and a run up to headline an indie rock festival in Chico CA. At the event they signed copies of two vinyl albums, a reissued clear & green speckled version of their Burger Records "Glow In The Dark" vinyl and pressings of their newest release on Suicide Squeeze "Darkness Rains". Amoeba's staff were hospitable and gave the gals matching black tees that they wore with the store's moniker done up in white death metal lettering.

Celebrating the Year Of The Dog EP on Lost Puppy Forever Records, Scarlet Szatan & Boom King perform "Chow Nasty" the 7" vinyl's lead off track at the SF Eagle. Enoy the Bark, Sweat and Treats and order the ltd edition vinyl import EP here https://lostpuppyforever.bandcamp.com/releases

Hub City Stompers perform a ska song from their Altercation Records release 'HATERS DOZEN' about a crazy bald head romance gone bad, live in action at Make-Out Room in San Francisco. Hub City Stompers released their first full length CD, "Blood Sweat and Beers" in May 2004 on Megalith Records.bringing a renewed spark into the wasteland of the seemingly "dead" and burnt out Third Wave ska scene. Hailing from New Brunswick New Jersey the band bring their brand of Dirty Jersey Ska to wherever they can and have over 6 full length CDs to their name. Group founder Travis Nelson aka frontman Rev Sinister says of this song, that he wrote : “The quintessential sequel to the Jenny Whiskey hit ‘Skinhead Boi’. ‘Skinhead Boi’ covered the struggles during the subject’s relationship with a skinhead. ‘Hard Place To Be’ covers the end of it all, as the skinhead walks away from what’s most likely the best and most redeeming aspect of his life so he can continue his path of irresponsibility and destruction in place of growing into true manhood. I’d been writing that one for a while, very specifically for Jenny to sing, obviously. And the lyrics are kinda wordy so I was worried about her memorizing it and articulating it. She of course banged it out and had it down in like a week or two.” For more info on Hub City Stompers check out their page here https://hubcitystompers.bandcamp.com if you dig my youtube channel please consider dropping a buck in the donation hat to help keep it alive & kicking! http://paypal.me/lilmikesf

El Vez (Robert Lopez) the Mexican Elvis performs Say It Loud I'm Brown & I'm Proud, and Huarache Azul originally from from the album Graciasland live on his 2019 Cinco De Mayo Tour at The Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco.

Slumberland recording artist Tony Molina and his merry men gathered at The Ivy Room in Albany California on April 17th 2019 and delivered a blistering ballz out 35 minute set of short sweet indie rawk gems and this 80'z cover originally by MPLS college rawk legends The Mats.

This song from Brian Eno's Another Green World was reinterpreted musically live at The Make-Out Room in San Francisco 4 /6 / 2019, Doug & Caroleen are backed by Bruce Ducheneaux on drums, Dusty Jermier on bass, Steve Perrone & Sunny Haire on additional guitars. Doug, Caroleen, Sunny, Steve, Bruce and Dustin dusted off their unique guitar centric take on the 70's era Brian Eno classics live at The Make-Out Room for a sold out Enorchestra + Mayya & the Revolutionary Hell Yeah! concert held Saturday April 6th 2019. This is but one of their many Enorchestra takes Brian Eno's rock classics. in 2004, Doug Hilsinger and Caroleen Beatty lovingly made a homemade cover version of Brian Eno's second solo album, "Taking Tiger Mountain (by strategy)", a wonderful record originally released in 1974 on the EG label. Brian Eno happened to hear the new versions of his old songs and was joyous, proclaiming "I like it very, VERY much!". And so it was released on cd by DBK Works label, with Brian Eno writing the liner notes. Two years later DBK went out of business and the cd is now out of print. if you want a CD with all the artwork, get in touch with Doug Hilsinger thru http://www.saucefaucet.com

Here's some previously unseen footage I shot of foot stompin' stadium ready rockers Giuda, in an attempt to capture the goonish cartoonish energy of these sexy swarthy saviours of the lost sounds of the 70's, who've revamped the past into a catchy 21st century glam punk hybrid. Enjoy! The band have just released a new album this week called E.V.A on BURGER RECORDS in the US and coincidentally I just found some 2 year old live footage of the band in action that I shot here in SF that I feel must be shared! The main two members of Giuda are the songwriters Lorenzo (guitarist) and Tenda (lead vocalist) who have known each other since they were toddlers and were also in a band called Taxi for ten years in Roma before Giuda started and put out their first album in 2010. That debut album "Racy Roller" was described as “Cock Sparrer twinned with the Equals” and features the studio version of this song in the video I just cobbled together. Giuda music is available on as purchasable actual vinyl artifacts or streamable through all evil innernetted outlets in the universe. I first caught a glimpse of Giuda by chance in a packed Parkside circa summer 2016, when I was there to catch the Briefs. I was ill equipped for the frenzy, late to hit the thick sweaty pit and get their act down for posterity. When they came back to the Bottom of the Hill in fall of 2017, I made sure to spread a few cameras around, and try to trap a little of the glory. Unfortunately batteries started fading during opening sets by Buster Shuffle and So What and then Giuda's road manager ixnayed me placing a camera up on the stage where I could get a better view... By the time the mighty power pop professionals of Giuda came downstairs and popped onto the stage to deliver their 70's style schtick like the equivalent of a Sardinian Slade tribute or an Sweet & Cheap Trick influenced Italian suedehed band, I was down in front clutching an iPhone 6, a bootleg $40 Go Pro knock-off and a lo-rez outdated Zoom Q3 I had found in the garbage a year earlier. (All 3 devices are since either fried, dead and buried or lost). Pinched by the front of the stage, between a floor wedge, whilst getting elbowed by a still photographer with a big pro looking lens while constantly getting banged into by moonstompers from behind I did my best. I made a go of capturing some shaky video while trying to avoid concrete poles and flying drinks, and hopefully getting some not altogether too overloaded and muffled audio. It took about 8 hours to edit and render this puppy, much of it spent on trying to EQ and balance the audio so you could hear a semblance of vocals over the boomin' bass amp I was right in front of. lemme know what you think in the comments!

Scott Holderby of Mordred/High Nobles join founding Crucifix members Sothira & Jimmy for a Thin Lizzy encore during Jimmy's 60th Birthday celebration at Bender's Bar & Grill in San Francisco March 23rd 2019 For more background info on my videos and a deep dive visit http://lilmike.me

Bauhaus frontman Peter Murphy managed to pull of some 17 shows at San Francisco venue The Chapel in March 2019. One of the final nights was a tribute to one of his major musical influences David Bowie. After the song he introduces the touring band featuring drummer Marc Slutsky, guitarist Mark Gemini Thwaite, and multi instrumentalists Casey McAllister and Emilio Zef China who'd just tackled the classic 70's glam rock album cut Jean Genie.

On the new single, the band comments, ""Monsoon Rock" is just a song to rage to and celebrating good gigs/live music, we wrote it around the time of Gizzfest 2017 when it was pissing down with rain but everybody still got into it, just muddier and wetter and real feral. We ran out of time to make a video and it’s always fun making funny shit, if you don’t have a sense of humour and can’t laugh what’s the point of being alive?" The single Monsoon Rock i available through ATO Records in the US, Rough Trade in the EU and Flightless Records in their home of Australia. It's a Thursday morning, I am sleeping in my home town I can see, I can see the sky from the clouds The rain was falling down and we're all begging it to stop Instead we're gonna do the monsoon rock I looked to the gutter, I looked to the drain Everywhere I looked, it was all the same We can't control the weather, the ground was getting wetter Something came over him, and they were doing it It was the monsoon rock, alright! [Chorus] The monsoon rock The monsoon rock You just try it, it's no fuss The monsoon rock The monsoon rock You try to stop us Their hair turned to weapons, they were playing all the hits People came from everywhere, they dared to look like this I'm not gonna lie, I ain't gonna sugarcoat it The monsoon rock was happening, and it was fucking lit [Chorus] The monsoon rock The monsoon rock You just try it, it's no fuss The monsoon rock The monsoon rock You try to stop us Amyl and the Sniffers, AussieIndie, #AussiePunk, #Flightless, #PubRock, #HardcorePunk

After doing 5 shows in Texas including multiple SXSW gigs, feisty Melbourne band Amyl and the Sniffers play their first headlining gig in San Francisco at Thee Parkside on March 22 2019. Here are two songs excerpted from the ferocious and fast, barely 35 minute set featuring diminutive dynamo Amy Taylor on vocals.

Martin Rapalski Grilled By Commisioner Laguana at SF Planning Board Hearing March 11th 2019

Celebrating the #OMNIVORERECORDINGS reissue of his landmark 80's #INDIE/#PUNK/#FOLK/#UKULELE LP I SHALL BE RELEASED, backed by t featuring Tim Vaughan on drums and Ned Doherty on bass + longtime guitarist Dan Olmsted and the lovely ladies of Loretta Lynch on vox, experience the grandeur of #CarmaigDeForest and friends live at the illustrious Make-Out Room in San Francisco with pristine live sound supplied by Chris Von Sneidern.... Here they share a ribald tale of a drunken beach Barbie and her friend Midge commiserating over frothy blended of drinks at the Malibu beach front Dream House.

Spike Slawson's band The Re-Volts play a classic mid 20th century ballad popularized in the 1960's by Ketty Lester, Nat King Cole and Peggy Lee, then quickly plow through three original 21st century compositions. Two of the songs featured are available on recent Pirates Press label releases. Recorded live on Feb 28th 2019 this raw multi-cam clip features the current lineup featuring He Who Cannot Be Named, Colin Delaney , Bone Cootes , Rob Goodson, Paul Oxborrow and whomever else dares show up To order the Re-Volts latest vinyl & flexi disc releases visit http://PiratesPress.com

classic 70's punk tunes by NYC's Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers and UK's Slaughter and The Dogs seen here performed live in 2019 at Thee Parkside in San Francisco during a special 8 city west coast tour featuring original Heartbreaker Walter Lure and Mick Rossi

From her 2018 album " En cas de tempête, ce jardin sera fermé " French Canadian chanteuse Béatrice Martin performs an encore in front of her largest west coast audience yet in San Francisco. She comes on stage with the comedic comment "Welcome To My Netflix Special!" Je comptais tes pas Dans la danse qui sépare l’espace de tes choix Je n’étais pas seule Les fleurs, tu les comptes sur le bout de tes doigts [Pré-Refrain 1] Qui défient noirceur et supplice Mais moi, je suis attirée par le vice On s’assemble et ensemble Mais peux-tu m’attendre ?

Depraved Rock n Roll from FLA finally makes its way after XXX years to the Taube Family UC Theatre in Berkeley CA. The original studio version of this track was featured on the 2009 album "Blackheart Revolution". Oh, yeah! Well, I said I was a sinner, baby Said I was alone Saw the walls come-a crashing down I'm goin' out with a devil in a bottle, Devil in a bottle yeah (ooh yeah!)

San Francisco Bay Area Retro Rockers The Chuckleberries played two Coasters' tunes in a tribute to late great Purple Onion proprietor Tom Guido at Kell's in San Francisco's Barbary Coast neighborhood in February of 2019. Deep in the basement at Kell's, the sixties silly scene faves "Along Came Jones" and "That Is Rock & Roll" were performed to an enthusiastic crowd of subterranean scene survivors.