Meeting up with friends in San Francisco, I had about the best birthday you can imagine for my 53rd trip around the sun. After a weekend of dinner, gifts, record shopping, shenannigans, and recording a podcast and directly hitting the bricks for the show, I was excited to get back to my favorite venue in town, Great American Music Hall. Tonight was gonna be killer with Baroness playing all of their Red Album and Blue Record in full, and the brash boys Weedeater in tow. Meeting up with my photog, Anita, and my concert buddy, Laurie, we entered the fast-filling-up-to-sold-out-capacity venue.Continue reading →