A cold night in the East Village.
Krieger-finally learned what a "duvet" is.
Speaker-announced the celebration of his 100th song of the day--a performance this coming Thursday. Played "Layin Low with the Dirt Worms and "Telephone Switch Board Operator," Good stuff, Brian, particularly the first one. Speaker-later on played Scrabble with Lach.
Baglivi, w Ariel. the two of them together have a great sound. Some really good guitar playing and Mike's voice sounded so impressive the other night. A random guy in the front row with a drum started playing along and it really worked. Songs: "New York Afterparty," and part of "Mary Rose" cause they ran out of time and couldn't play the whole thing.
Simone-hmmm. Don't know what to make of her quite yet. She played in a percussive plucking style that might be kind of cool or maybe a little weird. A genuine effort at something interesting though. The folks jamming downstairs were really loud and kind of competed with her performance.
Young Dads. Man, these guys are great. Can't say enough about them. I remember feeling the same way when I heard Ching Chong Song the first time. It was something so original and striking. If you haven't seen them yet, the YDs are two guys, one who plays bass and the other a box drum that he sits on. Yet with just the two of them their sound is very full. They played "I Have Planned Stuff for Us," and "Who Invited This Guy," about assholes we all have met. I noticed that they have at least two songs that mention random lists. In other hands something like this might seem like trying too hard, but they keep it well within the range of tasteful. Looking forward to more.
Anis Hofmann (sp?)
Was wearing a newsboy type cap and a 70s nylon shirt with Wagon Wheels. One of his songs was Shipwrecks on the Shore.
For reasons not worth recounting I had to leave really early last night so that's all I got.
Anything else fun happen, anyone?
till later,
Herb
a great group called The Relatives "got the gig": www.myspace.com/wearetherelatives. They were awesome, quiet, great arrangement, and interesting song. I like the shorter style, and then longer interludes into specific artists (like you did with 2YDs). Its like Sportcenter, where you give us the highlights and then have a feature in the middle of the episode.
ReplyDeleteThanks REL. What really happened is that I started off short, but lost my discipline by the time I got to the YDs. But, I think your idea is a good one to keep it short with occasional longer items.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if this will be the first and only time "Sportcenter" is mentioned on this blog. Well, I guess now it's been twice.