30 June 2023

BISS List 6.30.23: Ezra Lipp’s 40th Bday Shindig (7.11) + Sunshine of Love MiniFest (7.28) + Best of BISS this Week

Hello BISS Listers!

Jenni here filling in again for Pamela while she is away at High Sierra Music Festival.

#LastWeekend The Iceman Special delivered two nights of roaring, simmering, swamp funk at Boom Boom Room. Phil captured some pics and video of the first night, check it out here.

#ThisWeekend kicks off with WANTED: A DangerAte Funktion (*WIN*) tonight @ Neck of the Woods. It was at this very venue at a show like this that BISS was born! If you didn’t already, read all about it here. And in a merging of two beautiful things, Prince’s horn section & Paul Simon’s band come together to create Groove 8, playing two nights @ Boom Boom Room, tonight (*WIN*) and Saturday (*WIN*) I’m also really excited for Santigold @ Stern Grove on Sunday.

#MarkYourCalendars for Ezra Lipp’s 40th Birthday Show & Shindig (7/11) and Sunshine of Love’s MiniFest with Smoked Out Soul & Pamela’s Parker’s Fantastic Machine (7/28) – more on both in our spotlights below.

But wait, there’s more! This week’s #ListenToThis is “City Federal Building” by St. Paul & The Broken Bones. Be sure to check it out below!

~ Jenni, BISS Social Media Maven

SPOTLIGHT ON BIRTHDAY BASH

Ezra Lipp’s 40th Birthday Show & Shindig

July 11th @ Ivy Room

For his 40th bday show and shindig Ezra Lipp invites you to gather with some of his favorite musical friends for a night of music and magic that’s not to be missed! With a very special reunion performance of his band Magic In The Other, a set from his newer ensemble of Ezra Lipp & The Lipp-Shticks (formerly known as friends and relatives), plus special guests and surprise goodness!!

SPOTLIGHT ON SUNSHINE OF LOVE

Sunshine of Love MiniFest
Smoked Out Soul & Pamela Parker’s Fantastic Machine

July 28th @ The Independent

Sunshine of Love presents their Summer MiniFest w/ Smoked Out Soul, Pamela’s Parker’s Fantastic Machine, Jason Cropper Band and more special guests. Smoked Out Soul is rooted in funk and looking into the future. Blending the classics with modern production – a high energy DJ set laced with live horns, synth, guitar, drums, and percussion. Pamela Parker’s Fantastic Machine creates rock n’roll chemistry by blending sultry soulful vocals with powerful rock anthems and a dynamic stage presence that can drive you, make you dance, or take you on a journey. Jason Cropper is a bay area artist who formed the band Weezer as the band’s original guitarist. He also started the band 22 Jacks, followed by Chopper in the nineties. Now Jason produces music with up and coming bands at his studio in Oakland, CA.

And… there will be a Sunshine of Love disco theme inspired costume contest (group or solo) Winners get some great fun things from Sunshine of Love Festival and the bands!!! Stay tuned for more details TBA and for now lock in the date and grab your tickets now for Friday, July 28th!!!

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LISTEN TO THIS

Listen to “City Federal Building” by St. Paul and the Broken Bones, from their new album Angels in Science Fiction.

Frontman Paul Janeway had this to say about the song, “City Federal Building is an actual building in Birmingham, which is my daughter Marigold’s hometown. It is where she was born, and where I was born. It’s a pretty prominent feature in the skyline of Birmingham, so you can’t really miss it. There are two folds with this. The idea of understanding ‘Why are we here? Are we just here to build and destroy?’ That’s in the song asking her, telling her. It is like I’m taking her up to the top of the building and showing her those things.”

St. Paul and the Broken Bones just played at Blue Note Napa a few weeks ago, but they will be back in the bay area again later this year at the Castro Theatre.