Kaley, how about road trip #2?

[BH]

I'll meet you in San Fran.

From Paste.....

British Columbia-based psychedelics Black Mountain had quite a successful 2008. On top of a guest appearance on Conan O'Brien and a tour with Bon Iver, the band received a hefty critical nod; their Jagjaguwar-released In the Future was shortlisted for Canada's Polaris Prize for the best full-length album based on artistic merit.

The new year sees Black Mountain teaming up with fellow shaggy Canadian band, The Sadies (who are also soon to release a country record with John Doe), for a West coast tour. They'll be winding down the coast in March, following Black Mountain's stint in Australia.

March
20 - San Francisco, Calif. @ Rickshaw Shop
21 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ The Echoplex
22 - San Diego, Calif. @ Casbah
23 - Santa Cruz, Calif. @ The Crepe Place
25 - Portland, Ore. @ Hawthorne Theatre
26 - Bellingham, Wash. @ The Wild Buffalo
27 - Seattle, Wash. @ Neumos

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You know, San Fran. is the next on my 'US cities to see'...don't give me any ideas!  I'll have to make it home for the 22nd, that's when Will Oldham's in town.  ;)

My return is imminent.  But when?!  :D

Damn, I can't wait to hear that Sadies/John Doe album.  

[mjkoehler]

Do it man, do it! Frisco is a magical place.

[dragonboy]

Do it man, do it! Frisco is a magical place.

I've heard that Las Vegas is where it's at...wanna see Tom Jones with me in August K?  ;)

[tomEisenbraun]

Or here's a thought. Plane ticket to Nashville. I pick you up. We drive to see all these people less than an hour away...

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Phish (two shows)
Beastie Boys
Nine Inch Nails
David Byrne
Wilco
Al Green
Snoop Dogg
Elvis Costello Solo
Erykah Badu
Paul Oakenfold
Ben Harper and Relentless7    
The Mars Volta
TV on the Radio
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Gov't Mule
Andrew Bird
Merle Haggard
MGMT
moe.
The Decemberists
Girl Talk
Bon Iver
Béla Fleck & Toumani Diabate
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Galactic
The Del McCoury Band
Of Montreal
Allen Toussaint
Coheed and Cambria
Booker T & the DBTs
David Grisman Quintet
Lucinda Williams
Animal Collective
Gomez
Neko Case
Down
Jenny Lewis
Santogold
Band of Horses
Robert Earl Keen
Citizen Cope
Femi Kuti and the Positive Force
The Ting Tings
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Kaki King
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King Sunny Adé
Okkervil River
[size=16]St. Vincent[/size]
Zac Brown Band
Raphael Saadiq
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Crystal Castles
Tift Merritt
Brett Dennen
Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue
Toubab Krewe
People Under the Stairs
Alejandro Escovedo
Vieux Farka Touré
Elvis Perkins In Dearland
Cherryholmes
Yeasayer
Todd Snider
Chairlift
Portugal. The Man.
The SteelDrivers
Midnite
The Knux
The Low Anthem
Delta Spirit
A.A. Bondy
The Lovell Sisters
Alberta Cross

...sound like a plan?