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Shocked show shut down over gay slur Leah Garchik Updated 1:54 pm, Monday, March 18, 2013 At Yoshi's San Francisco on Sunday night, singer Michelle Shocked pretty much shocked her audience by saying, among other things, "God hates fags and you can tweet that I said so." This came about halfway through the show, in the middle of a rant against gay marriage, tweeted James Patterson, who was at the show. Something like two-thirds of the crowd walked out. Even more horrified than the audience were Yoshi's staffers. The manager, assistant club manager, and sound production engineer who were on duty shut down the show immediately, turning off the lights and cutting off the microphone, said Yoshi's representative Lisa Bautista. An apology was made and refunds were offered. Tweeting started immediately. Patterson thought most fans were offended, but some seemed to think her statements were made ironically, but "If it was intended to be satire or irony, she misread the audience reaction in San Francisco." On Monday afternoon, Hopmonk Tavern in Novato canceled Shocked's March 29 show because of the singer's comments at Yoshi's, said Dean Birsch. Refunds may be obtained at the place of ticket purchase. Official statement about last night, and Michelle Shocked: "This was Michelle Shocked's third visit to Yoshi's San Francisco; her first was March 2009. She has never given any indication that she is anti-gay or racist in her previous plays. She obviously has some serious issues and unfortunately chose our venue to vent them." ~Derek Hunter, Artistic Director, Yoshi's San Francisco Posted to Twitter: WE AT YOSHI'S SF DO NOT & WILL NOT EVER TOLERATE THE TYPE OF BIGOTRY & HATRED EXHIBITED LAST NIGHT BY MICHELLE SHOCKED. SHE WILL NEVER BE BACK.

RT at Antone's in Austin last Thursday RT at the Parish in Austin last Friday

Just saw this on FB

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Forgot about that one. I have it on vinyl........but it's boxed up in the closet

Freeeeeeeeeeeeeee, you're not having ANOTHER birthday, are you?? What's up with THAT??? Don't do anything I (we) wouldn't do.

I don't see Vol 1 on eMusic, Jon, but I'm sure 2 & 3 will enough for a WHILE!

Nice going!

My friend DL'd the 3rd one from eMusic. He's always talking about it.

Although I hadn't listened to him in years, it still came as a surprise. Sadly, his demise was similar to how Tony Williams died. Like they say, 'there's no such thing as a "routine" surgery'

Some rock stuff at Amoeba yesterday

eMusic Change The Beat - The Celluloid Records Story 1979 - 1987 32 tracks/162 minutes - $5.99

Excellent - nice shot, too! I'm seeing him in Austin in about a week and a half.

Just heard about THIS previously unknown recording. New Recording Surfaces of Jimi Hendrix Gig in London

Interesting little chat/demo video with Nels Cline. Nels Cline Plays His 1959 Jazzmaster

It could be debated about the horns and guest vocalist material, but the other stuff is unquestionably eye-opening IMO. It's amazing to realize that there's still so much quality music that remains commercially unreleased. And it's not just marginally different alt takes of the same old tunes.

Whole album available for streaming on NPR. First Listen: Jimi Hendrix, 'People, Hell And Angels'

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Esperanza got an hour on Austin City Limits tonight. I watched most of it. She had her "big band" with her that had a more varied mix of races and genders than you usually see in this context. I was having trouble "getting" the tunes, though. They seemed sort of formless to me, and jumped around quite a bit from funk to big band to even some outside playing. That, in addition to her rather thin voice made it hard for me to latch on to anything. But maybe I'm missing something. She certainly seems to be on a fast track in the music biz.

The set arrived today. A little nicer packaging than Vol 1. Haven't listened through it yet, though.

Just saw him with Dave Holland recently. While he wasn't featured much, he was definitely impressive.

Ha! Yeah.......exactly.

Well, that should be a lively discussion. Saw a similar panel there in 2010 (Miles Davis-Bitches Brew 40th Anniversary Tribute) with Kahn and Wilburn, but also Erin Davis, Steve Berkowitz, and Lenny White.

Miles Davis Quintet: Live in Europe 1969—The Bootleg Series, Vol. 2 Daedalus Books $29.95 (+shipping)

I have nothing to add - but good topic, Chuck!