I saw the Afghan Whigs last night at the Fillmore in San Francisco, with tickets I was stoked to receive as part of a package deal while supporting the KALX Berkeley fundraiser.

This is the era of the reunion tour, and I have seen some seriously shite, purely money-making, insult-to-the-fans tours lately where the band hates themselves, their fans, and their songs. Not so with the Afghan Whigs -- they killed it! Not only was the band in top form, rocking like it was 1994, but genius singer and songwriter Greg Dulli's voice has not aged. For a man who yells a lot of his lyrics, that is saying something!

So. good.

Oh my, look what I just won tickets to from KALX 90.7!

Gang of Four, Jesus and Mary Chain, M83, and The Duke Spirit. This will be awesome, even at the Shoreline. Yeeeeeeeee!

I love my life.

In order to marry my interests in, 1) ranting about everything I like or dislike to anyone who will listen, and 2) glorious eating, I've broken down and begun Yelping. Check it, here.

But saudade, you cry, isn't teh rant what you do here? Yes, but at Yelp you get those little star-thingys and it is oh so satisfying.

NR: Abundance: a Novel of Marie Antoinette

NP: KALX, 90.7 FM Berkeley