had to be hard to keep hating yourself when these people are so well behaved
Tag: set lists
revisiting big star’s third/sister lovers
I have been fascinated by the coverage of, and reaction to, last weekend’s NYC performance of the Chris Stamey organized Stroke It, Noel: A Fully Orchestrated Performance of Big Star’s Third/Sister Lovers. Especially, really, the reaction of strangers; NYC is a world away to me, and Stroke It, Noel still, four months later, still feels so…
static minds @ reservoir/sinful savage tigers @ the station
Things I forgot: how dark both the Station and Reservoir are. Things I learned: every beer Fullsteam makes is great, and so are Sinful Savage Tigers. Things I never forget: how much I love the Static Minds, and Erik in particular. 31! I celebrated by staying up until 4 am last night playing Angry Birds…
slingshot cash recording
i’m trying hard to have more sympathy than you if you’re keeping score at home i’m up three to two Fucking around in the studio last night while the Cowboy and his lead guitarist finished up the last track on Slingshot Cash’s new album.
the moondoggies @ local 506
The Moondoggies surprised the hell out of me last night: I assumed that they made their huge tidal-wave sound with two or three guitar players in addition to their keyboard player, but they don’t; it’s just four of them, wringing sweeping sounds out of guitar and bass and keyboards and drums, and it’s as slow-burn,…
onward soldiers @ nightlight
I have, at various points in time, spent a lot of time entertaining myself by thinking up interesting/hilarious/very specifically themed tour pairings. It’s something to think about when I don’t have anything else to think about, and occasionally I entertained myself not just casually with these ideas, but wildly with them, although most of those…
play colors
Painters stand between the junkies and the psychos. They don’t move, they don’t jump or whisper or dance; they listen ferociously. I admire this. — Kristin Hersh I’m reading Kristin Hersh’s Rat Girl right now; it is fierce and gorgeous and utterly heart-breaking. Highly, highly recommended. (I reading it among other things, I should say, as…
grant hart @ motorco music hall
I went to college in Minnesota; before that, I listened to the radio, to a few things I found on my own, to the Rolling Stones and the Band. And then I moved to Minnesota, and I met people who knew a ton about music, and my world opened up. Seeing Grant Hart last night…
american aquarium @ motorco music hall
Such a polite crowd on Saturday night; I am not used to American Aquarium crowds who are that attentive and subdued. Also, the Motorco drink named after the band: the same blend of deliciousness and shame that I have come to expect from the band. (Band of my heart, my heart, my heart.)
the static minds @ kings
About halfway through the Static Minds’ set last night, I turned to t. and said, “All frontmen should come with hips and hair like Erik’s. It should be a requirement.” I know a lot of really great lead singers, lead guitarists, and Erik Sugg is among the best I’ve seen in the Triangle in forever….
brand new kind of photography 