[The Record Crate] I am socially networked to capacity

I am socially networked to capacity. I have my blog comments go to my email, my Twitter feed updating my Facebook, all accessible on my current phone, nursing a lukewarm desire to upgrade to a better phone. I get music streamed to me by subscription services like Rhapsody, and listen to music free on lala.com. I am like that famous evolution poster of a fish crawling out of a lake, then on four legs, then stooped on two, then walking upright, with an additional image of a man whose posture is slumping back toward the simian, peering into his phone. I might have a problem.

And just when I thought there was no more dust to cast into the digital wind, I found Blip.fm, a service where you can post a song immediately, and have it post to Twitter, then Facebook, than the cosmos. So here I will demonstrate with a few acts you should check out this week. In person. From my Twitter feed:

cookalexv: Matt & Kim are so cheery and immediate that it feels like they were spawned by social networking sites ♫ http://blip.fm/~2mld7 5 minutes ago from Blip.fm

cookalexv: You never know exactly which personality of Kool Keith will present itself, but they are all pretty entertainin... ♫ http://blip.fm/~2mlfz 3 minutes ago from Blip.fm

cookalexv: Just to show that you don't have to be forever chasing after the latest, hippest thing to use this, Hoobastank ... ♫ http://blip.fm/~2mlkn 4 minutes ago from Blip.fm

cookalexv: MONOTONIX! MONOTONIX! MONOTONIX! ♫ http://blip.fm/~2mmcw less than 20 seconds ago from Blip.fm

cookalexv: If a 65-year old blind blues singer like Bryan Lee is up on here, you can do it too. ♫ http://blip.fm/~2mm1h less than 10 seconds ago from Blip.fm

C’mon… you can even bring your phone and can update your status that you went. Just remember to tip your bartender, unless there is an iPhone app for that now.

Wednesday, March 4

Matt & Kim (early) at Spanish Moon

The Molly Ringwalds at The Varsity

Thursday, March 5

Benjy Davis at a free Abita Beer event at Red Star

Friday, March 6

Malcolm Holcolmbe at Red Dragon

Monotonix at Spanish Moon

Rebirth Brass Band at Chelsea’s

Bright City Lights at Click’s

Rudy Richard at Teddy’s Juke Joint

Saturday, March 7

Kool Kieth at Spanish Moon

Secret Annexe, Field Day, and Jean Claude Seagal at North Gate Tavern

Project H and Slackjaw at Click’s

JJ Johnson at Teddy’s Juke Joint

Sunday, March 8

Bryan Lee at Teddy’s Juke Joint

Tuesday, March 10

Hoobastank at The Varsity