Thursday Triptoids

Around the blogosphere today, I am tripped out on the following rock-a-toids:

- Singer-guitarist Dylan Connor, whose music sounds fresh, orchestral in parts and rockin' pop all around - Take a listen at his MySpace page or check out his snappin' video for Breakaway and Burn, featuring cool Burning Man footage. He also has a pretty cool wedding video, too! His press folks also wrote...

"Touring the Northeast throughout February and March, Connor is supporting both Breakaway Republic, and his ultimate tribute to Weezer, the Almost Green Album. A song-by-song cover of Weezer’s Pinkerton follow-up, the lighthearted release showcases Connor’s sugar-sweet vocals and the hooks only one of the best power pop bands of all time could muster.
02-17 New Haven, CT @ Café Nine – 10pm
02-18 Philadelphia, PA @ O.N.E. Rittenhouse Square – 8pm
02-19 Baltimore, MD @ Joe Squared - 10pm
02-20 New York, NY @ The Living Room – 12am
02-28 Cambridge, MA @ Lizard Lounge – 830pm
03-18 Brooklyn, NY @ Pete’s Candy Store – 10 pm
03-20 Bridgeport, CT @ Acoustic Café – 9pm

- The Music Slut shares with us the lovely Antony and the Johnsons singing 'Aeon' on Dave Letterman's show last night. FIne music, not for me, but maybe for you. :-)

- Eric Hutchinson is on tour, singing and playing his "own brand of funky pop music with smart, charming lyrics" with G. Love and Special Sauce - he hits my neck of the woods on March 5th, with a show in Tempe at the Marquee. The ASU Web Devil news interviewed Eric for the recent grab and take.

- Roky Erickson's partner in the 13th Floor Elevators was a guy named Tom Hall - that's him paying the mouth jug thingy in the video of their big hit "You're Gonna Miss Me". Read a swell SF Chronicle piece on him that describes his still-current LSD use and long historical anecdotes about it all. "An originator of acid rock in the '60s, Tommy Hall used LSD to expand his consciousness. He’s still psychedelic."