Whiskers & Whiskey

Happy Halloween Hopmonk Sebastopol

Happy Halloween to all of you who partake in the hallowed eve of debauchery. Ghosts and ghouls in the west county of Sonoma have the option to get rowdy at the local water'n hole this Halloween. Hopmonk is hosting a spirited adult evening dubbed, Whiskers & Whiskey. Sounds good. Mustache's will be in full effect, I've been cultivating the caterpillar on my upper lip for a few weeks now.

In the abbey Phutureprimitive and El Radio Fantastique will be performing, along with others. There will also be a garden stage with live music and DJ's. Cheers to the local scene.

Here's to a fantastic Halloween, no matter how old you are. To all those driving, be on the look out for the trick or treaters and the late night staggerers. Have fun and be safe. Enjoy!

eightychoices.

tis the season...

... for some great music ...

the next few days brings a couple of choice options for those of us in the bay area to sweat some of those turkey day calories off. on thursday there's going to be a dance party at the hopmonk in sebastopol. 1320 recording artists dark party (featuring eliot lipp & leo 123) will be throwing down. eliot is one of my favorite electronic artist & has been for a while. steele street scraps, off of hefty records, was full of melodic tracks. on the verge of minimalism, it was a new school form of song crafting driven by a bright young mind & created via modern technologies.

then, on friday at the independent, on divisadero in SF, there's sure to be some serious shredding going down thanks to some brilliant musicians who will be covering Led Zeppelin tunes. marco benevento, a filthy good organist/keyboardist & billy martin, percussionist extraordinaire from medeski, martin & wood are teaming up with marc friedman for a limited run a shows. hope to see you at one of them. especially the benevento/billy martin show... it really will be stellar. shoot, you might as well hit divis early for some little star pizza (the best pizza in the city, for real yo) & then hit the mini bar (a cool lil art bar with great beers & top shelf spirits) across the street for a pre show jameson served neat with a pbr. enjoy.

~ eightychoices

anders osborne & stanton mooore

two of the coolest cats to call new orleans home will be teaming up at the hopmonk in sebastopol. the well traveled anders osborne & big easy native, stanton moore, have collaborated in the past & are now on tour together. their show is wednesday night, may 12th.

stanton seems to be everywhere lately, leaving his mark on all sorts albums. garage a trois' newest, power patriot, came out earlier in the year in which he drums along side skerik, mike dillon & marco benevento. he plays in the band dragon smoke, (featuring eric lindell on guitar, ivan neville on the keys & robert mercurio on bass) which made an appearance at the hopmonk back in december & is rumored to be working on an album. then there's the latest installment, ya-ka-may, from the funk machine that is galactic. and yet, amidst all of that creativity he managed to drop his solo record, groove alchemy. not to be outdone, he produced anders' latest record, american patchwork, for alligator records. that's how those who are that gifted roll i guess? thankfully those of us in tune with the true & real music of contemporary america can tap into these artistic treasures. thanks to NOLA for making great music, while preserving & passing down its robust culture through narrators such as these. make it out to the abbey for some killer tunes & fine ales, you don't want to miss this! see you there...

~eightychoices

eoto @ hopmonk

there will be good times brewing in the abbey tonight at the hopmonk tavern. eoto is playing. they are a break beat, downtempo duo with a storied past. i caught them in asheville & it was a dance party. support your local music venue & be a part of live music whenever possible.

~eightychoices

local flavor

new monsoon...

this sf based band treated those in attendance at the hopmonk on friday to a whale of a show. not only did they play their own material with style & professionalism, they also threw down on some great covers. the "hot 'lanta", originally by the alllman brothers, was steamy. the drummer was spot on during his solo. and "don't do it", branded by The Band, sounded flawless. they did such a good job of playing with soul & skill. check them out, they're on tour.

eightychoices.