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What $1.75mil Gets You in Oakland, CA

Posted on June 13, 2010 by Max Sidman

Even though I’m not balling anywhere near this level, we stopped by this open house on the Oakland / Piedmont border today, just because we drive by this place pretty much every day, and hardly any of the house is … Continue reading →

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Tour: Anchor Brewing Company, SF CA

Posted on June 13, 2010 by Max Sidman

Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer // Anchor Brewing Company, San Francisco, CA. Friday, June 11, 2010. No cameras allowed past the first room on the main floor.

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See, Hear…

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Max Sidman

Over the last year or so I’ve been going back and forth with the hipster blog grotto known as Tumblr. I was trying to make something fly over there, and I finally realized that don’t really like it, and the … Continue reading →

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Another One In The Can: Ovipositor Recording Session

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Max Sidman

Ovipositor went into the studio last Tuesday, May 25, 2010 to record our fourth album (the second on which I am the bass player). Because we were (and still are) really happy with the way the last record, Oakland Minor, … Continue reading →

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Omens Of Awe at The Stork Club, Oakland, March 23, 2010

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Max Sidman

The night after I got back from SXSW, I got a text message from High On Fire bass player Jeff Matz — who I was fortunate to hang out with in Austin a few weeks ago, before their SXSW show … Continue reading →

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NAMM 2010 Wrap Up

Posted on January 23, 2010 by Max Sidman

Every year in January, the Anaheim convention center in the heart of Orange County, CA is overrun with pro audio nerds, guitar and bass shredders, drum geeks, marching bands, producers and engineers, mad scientists, music store buyers and instrument distributors, … Continue reading →

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Ovipositor / Generalissimo Northwest Tour 2009

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Max Sidman

It’s been about two months since this tour happened. I suppose that’s more than ample time to digest, brain-dump, edit, reform, re-edit, reconsider and re-re-edit the experience in writing. We haven’t played together since, but we’re getting together next week … Continue reading →

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Them Crooked Vultures, Fox Theater, Oakland CA 11.19.09

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Max Sidman

I generally approach any manifestation of the so-called supergroup with a raised eyebrow. The formula usually boils down to a group of has-been rock stars who pool what’s left of their collective fame and make a last-ditch run at the … Continue reading →

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Big Business, Bottom Of The Hill, SF CA, 11.02.09

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Max Sidman

I ventured out and across the newly reopened Bay Bridge on Monday night to catch Big Business at the Bottom Of The Hill in San Francisco. It was my fourth time seeing the bass-and-drums metal duo (who are now a … Continue reading →

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The Jesus Lizard, The Fillmore, SF CA, 10.17.09

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Max Sidman

It’s been roughly a decade since The Jesus Lizard was a full time, regularly touring band, and despite all that time off, their reunion tour stop at the Fillmore in San Francisco on Saturday night served as a blunt reminder: … Continue reading →

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