Remembering the Encores

Who: Kacey Musgraves with the Lone Bellow and Humming House When: April 25, 2015 Where: Fox Theater/ Oakland, CA With: Alex Of Note: HUMMING HOUSE!!! 2015 was a year in which I traveled a lot. Too much, maybe. Anyway, traveling that much is how I ended up waking up after four days in NYC and a full week in Chicago, flying from Chicago to SFO, and heading straight to a restaurant across the street from the Fox. And I still didn't yawn during the concert as much as Alex, despite the fact that I'd been awake since approximately 4am PST. I am a beast. Alex loooooves the Lone Bellow, which is (I think) mostly why we went to this show but, HOLY HELL HUMMING HOUSE. Humming House were the first opener and were the most amazing, high energy, poppy side of bluegrass band ever and they looked like they were having SO MUCH FUN on stage. One highlight was 'Cold Chicago', a foot-stomping ode to getting back to the Windy City that has the most satisfying bum-chick driv...

Who: Beach House When: December 18, 2015 Where: The Filmore/ San Francisco, CA With: Chelsea, Katelyn Of Note: This is not actually about Beach House So, it's January and that means reflecting on the year that has passed, correct? We'll get this out of the way first: I totally did not write enough in 2015. I'm looking to remedy that in 2016 starting now. Anyway, 2015. I feel like 2015 was a year in which I was not very kind to myself. I often felt out of sorts, and was far harder on myself than I needed to be (even for me) and was certainly more emotional than usual. Several times throughout the year, I noted that it was exhausting being me which, while true, is not something I've ever felt as acutely as I did this year. I've spent a fair amount of time trying to figure out why - why was I so much tougher on myself this year? Why did I not treat myself with the care and respect I treat others with? What on earth was I doing? 2015 was a year in w...