it’s Musical Monday. My apologies, but you’re just gonna’ have to deal with a band that you’ve heard before on here. You see, I went to see One-A-Chord, Maoli and Jordan T. at the Elbo Room on Friday night. We already know that the Mission is far from being my favorite area of San Francisco. The crowd was cramped into a somewhat small upstairs room. One-A-Chord was alright; didn’t quite do it for me. Maoli and J.T. were even better than the previous two times I’d seen them. Unfortunately for me, my lower back had been killing me since Friday afternoon. I, who am known for never taking medicine of any type, actually popped a couple of Advils ’cause my back was hurting THAT bad; must have injured myself at the gym. Anyhow, both Maoli and J.T. were standing around on the sidewalk prior to the start of the concert. Had I been feeling better and/or had a few drinks, I would have asked to take a photo with them. As it was, alcohol is not advised with Advil and my back was demanding somewhere to SIT immediately. I managed to find a seat upstairs and remained there until Maoli came on-stage (except that brief moment when I bought another Maoli T-shirt to add to my collection). At that point, I forced myself to stand up and go closer to the stage. Aside from the drunken guy who kept yelling “Yeah, boy!” every 5 seconds and his equally drunken girlfriend who kept dancing, bumping into me and getting her sweat all over me, the crowd was pumped, but not out of control and disrespectful to others. I find that’s how it is at most Poly events in SF, though. My favorite songs by Maoli are “Whisper,” “Write Me A Letter,” “So Incredible” and the one you’ll find below. It’s even better when the crowd is amped and singing along. Hope they come back soon and hang out on the sidewalk again ’cause I BETCHA I’ll get a picture with them the next time!