Holy!!! My band The Glowing Stars finally played our first show opening for Anamanaguchi and Peelander-Z at DNA Lounge last night, and it was seriously the best night of my life. Wait, yeah, it was. Those who weren’t actually at the show totally missed out, but were able to catch it on the livestream. BUT, if you STILL missed that, someone luckily posted our entire set on YouTube.

I had so much fun, and the guys from Anamanaguchi and Peelander-Z were so awesome. I’m super glad crashfaster (who hooked us up with the show) got to perform for a bit before us as well. Also DJ-ing between sets on his iPad was Doctor Popular who played a GREAT selection of music.

So what’s next from here? Well, finishing up our EP, of course, which people were able to start pre-ordering at our show. We’re releasing a limited run of physical copies in the form of custom USB drives made out of old Game Boy cartridges. We’ll be opening up pre-orders online probably next week. We also have a show lined up for May, and a few shows in June, as part of our first West Coast tour. More on that later.

If you took any photos last night, feel free to share them on The Glowing Stars’ Facebook Fan Page at http://www.facebook.com/theglowingstars

Also, I FINALLY updated my links page and added a BUNCH of cool people you should check out, including the people I mentioned above AND Digital Accomplice (who helped with our band’s mini webisodes), Mike Hales (who designed the flyer for the DNA Lounge show), and Jonathan Mann and Tommy Wallach, who are playing a show in San Francisco in THREE DAYS! Please come! I’ll be there!

I also updated my articles section, which includes all of the print work I’ve done so far. The online portion isn’t really updated… I’ll have to look for those.

Thanks to everyone who made last night amazing!

I’m really excited to be back in the whole music scene again with all The Glowing Stars stuff, but also being immersed in just a flood of other talented musicians in the Bay Area and beyond. My friend Jonathan Mann of YouTube Song-A-Day fame, and who has also played at MacWorld 2011, will be playing a show at Sub-Mission Gallery in the Mission District of San Francisco in two weeks along with my other friend Tommy Wallach, also of YouTube fame (one of his videos was shortlisted for the Guggenheim/YouTube Play exhibition).

Also playing is Lucky Cloud, a cool band referred to me by my friend Lewis Patzner of Judgement Day (um, best local band ever?). Zach Ehrlich of Lucky Cloud is formerly of The Boticellis, and currently in a new jazz fusion band with Lewis called So.

That said, if you like good music, cool spaces, cheap drinks, and an easily accessible venue, you should come hang out with me at this show. The Sub-Mission Gallery holds a place near and dear to my heart since my old band Sputterdoll played a show there November 19, 2005 (I remember this because I made the flyer). They’ve since renovated the space, and I was just there tonight and it’s made me even more excited for this show. They now have a stage, full P.A. system, bar, and holy crap - the bartender is a sweetheart. Here are some notable videos to check out:

Jonathan Mann’s Song-A-Day #807 - Happy Birthday Lizzie Cuevas (yeah, I know)

Tommy Wallach - Charade of the Encore

See you at the show! Look these people up, because they’re awesome.

Jonathan Mann & the Rock Cookie Bottoms w/ Tommy Wallach and Lucky Cloud

Monday, April 11th, 2011
8 p.m.
All Ages
$7

Jonathann Mann & the Rock Cookie Bottoms
http://www.songatron.com/

Tommy Wallach
http://www.tommywallach.com/

Lucky Cloud
http://www.myspace.com/luckycloudband