We've got what should be a pretty interesting show coming up next Thursday, Nov 30: they're calling it "Reload", and their goal is to play with new ways of presenting and sharing live music online. There are three bands:

• Halou (who are awesome)
• Zoë Keating (formerly of Rasputina, who is/are awesome)
• Pants Pants Pants (whom I haven't heard)

Besides that, there are a couple of interesting twists:

• DNA Prototype will be at DNA Lounge while doing a live DJ set inside Second Life;
• and after the event, the video and multi-track audio of the bands will be available for download and remixing.

There's also a San Francisco Podcasters Meetup just before the show.

There are a few more details at Rebecca's myspace and Upcoming.org. Promotions seem to be off to a very late start on this show, and it's next week, so please spread the word...

Ladies and Gentlemen, the DNA Lounge Kitchen is now open for business!

We're not serving full meals yet; our initial menu consists of nachos, quesadillas, and rice krispy treats. See, we've got a pretty decent menu planned out, but to buy the additional equipment needed to make that food, not to mention stocking the food itself, is gonna cost a few thousand dollars, which we don't have. So we finally said, "fuck it, let's see what we can do with a hundred bucks and just get this thing open." So Chef Sundance is up there making nachos for you all. Head up and say hi...

It's up on the balcony, on the other side of the room from coat check.

In less good news, we had no webcast on Thursday or Friday because our other Soundweb blew up. Soundweb, as those of you who have been reading for a while will recall, is the (pair of) computers/appliances that run our entire sound system. One of the pair died almost exactly a year ago, and we replaced it, but the second one died yesterday.

We've yet to be able to find a replacement, so the sound system is current being held together with chewing gum and strong language. A side effect of this is: no webcast. Oh, and a second side effect is that it's going to cost us like another five grand.

Imagine my joy.

Photos are up of Saturday's Pop Roxx.

We still haven't gotten the sound situation fully fixed, but Devon and company managed to figure out how to cut out enough not-totally-essential stuff to fit our configuration onto a single Soundweb instead of two. So we have the webcast back, but it's mono for now. We managed to find a single loaner Soundweb in town, but it turns out that one was broken too, so I guess it'll be mono until we're able to order a new one (or replace the whole system with something different and more easily obtainable, which is looking like maybe not such a bad idea.)