2009 PitchFork Festival Closer
Which was followed by this mess of business...
Vids from my phone and possibly pics coming soon.
Also, Hock, that band we were trying to figure out is M83.
More on the waaaaaaaaay...
Showing posts with label concerts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label concerts. Show all posts
Monday, July 20, 2009
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Umphreakin'
Umphrey's McGee! That's right, another UM post. Hock, Claudio, and I just went see Umphrey's in South Bend, IN and it was fuckin' sweet!
Pre-show: We set out at roughly 3:30 and got there in no time. It took about 2.5 hours. We found a parking spot in a lot right next to the venue....for only $5. Killer. We wandered a little ways down the main street until we thought, "let's just grab a few drinks right next door to the Morris." and we did. Hock and I downed a few brews and SVG suckled his (excessively strong) Long Island. We moseyed the fifty feet to the venue with an hour until the band was slated to start. So we grabbed another beer in the lobby (and another one eventually). I managed to embarrass myself like 3 times in only ten minutes, for instance:
Woman doing a raffle for UM poster: "Wanna win this poster?"
Me: "I wanna win this poster"
Woman: "Five dollars to enter"
Me: "I don't wanna win this poster"
Woman: "No Freebies"
...or me trying to bring a beer into the venue, when it was obviously a dry venue. I suck. So we got to our rockin' seats in the Upper level two rows from the rail. And the show began:
Set I: Glory>2x2, Wappy Sprayberry>Soul Food I*>White Man's Moccasins, Birthday^, End of the Road>Much Obliged>Hajimemeashite>1348
Set notes: They kept the set on the slow side except for when they needed to RAWK. The Wappy was sick. They played The Beatles' Birthday (with an old Ali Baba's Tahini member on drums) for the first time in like almost 1100 shows. Lucky us! Highlight: Sould Food I (my first!)
Set II: JaJunk>Cemetery Walk>JaJunk, Partyin' Peeps, Cemetery Walk II, Ringo$>Eminence Front>&Ringo, Preamble>Mantis
E: All in Time
(*So What teases, ^with Steve Kronjniewski on drums, $My Name is Mud teases, &Eminence Front teases)
Set notes: JaJunk with CW1 in the middle is crazy awesome and they really killed The Who's Eminence Front. Even after they went back into Ringo, Joel was still rockin' some EFront teases, it was pretty tyte. I wish the encore would've been something else, since I have seen AIT so many times, but the version they did was pushing 20 minutes and really let loose on some good jams (despite Jake's malfunctioning guitar cord).
All in all, it was a very boss experience.
GOERG out.
Pre-show: We set out at roughly 3:30 and got there in no time. It took about 2.5 hours. We found a parking spot in a lot right next to the venue....for only $5. Killer. We wandered a little ways down the main street until we thought, "let's just grab a few drinks right next door to the Morris." and we did. Hock and I downed a few brews and SVG suckled his (excessively strong) Long Island. We moseyed the fifty feet to the venue with an hour until the band was slated to start. So we grabbed another beer in the lobby (and another one eventually). I managed to embarrass myself like 3 times in only ten minutes, for instance:
Woman doing a raffle for UM poster: "Wanna win this poster?"
Me: "I wanna win this poster"
Woman: "Five dollars to enter"
Me: "I don't wanna win this poster"
Woman: "No Freebies"
...or me trying to bring a beer into the venue, when it was obviously a dry venue. I suck. So we got to our rockin' seats in the Upper level two rows from the rail. And the show began:
Set I: Glory>2x2, Wappy Sprayberry>Soul Food I*>White Man's Moccasins, Birthday^, End of the Road>Much Obliged>Hajimemeashite>1348
Set notes: They kept the set on the slow side except for when they needed to RAWK. The Wappy was sick. They played The Beatles' Birthday (with an old Ali Baba's Tahini member on drums) for the first time in like almost 1100 shows. Lucky us! Highlight: Sould Food I (my first!)
Set II: JaJunk>Cemetery Walk>JaJunk, Partyin' Peeps, Cemetery Walk II, Ringo$>Eminence Front>&Ringo, Preamble>Mantis
E: All in Time
(*So What teases, ^with Steve Kronjniewski on drums, $My Name is Mud teases, &Eminence Front teases)
Set notes: JaJunk with CW1 in the middle is crazy awesome and they really killed The Who's Eminence Front. Even after they went back into Ringo, Joel was still rockin' some EFront teases, it was pretty tyte. I wish the encore would've been something else, since I have seen AIT so many times, but the version they did was pushing 20 minutes and really let loose on some good jams (despite Jake's malfunctioning guitar cord).
All in all, it was a very boss experience.
GOERG out.
Friday, April 10, 2009
F-R-E-E-Z-E-P-O-O-P...incorrect. Try again.
So Claudio and I went with Lisa, a friend from work, to Mac's Bar to see the one and only Freezepop. It was awesome. There were two opening bands:
Dr. Device - They are a complete load of shit. It was they most effin' random music ever. And not in a good way. It is like if An Endless Sporadic had a demon child with a scream-o band. They almost never played the same passage twice and every passage was less than a minute. It was four guys: A bass player/screamer, a keyboardist (hanging around his neck), a drummer, and a big black dude on his Macbook. They all seemed like they are good artists, but why would they subject themselves to such filth (can't even call it music)? Thank god it was only 30 minutes!
Deastro - He is saweeeet. I would describe him/them as a less rocky Minus the Bear. He definitely got my feet a-tapping and my butt a-swerving. Unfortunately, he only played 30 minutes as well. He closed with this awesome cover of Prince's "I Would Die For You." He was one of those artists who just has a bunch of random crap on stage for atmosphere, which I love. He threw out this homemade vest with a hood on it that had multi-colored puff balls all over it into the audience. I then proceeded to where it for the last song. Killer! After the whole show, he was loading his van and signed his 7"/CDs for Lisa and her friend, Jeff.
FREEZEPOP! - No Kasson this time, either. :( It was Liz Enthusiasm, Sean T. Drinkwater, and Bananas Foster on drums/auxillary keytar. Regardless, the show started off okay. As the show progressed, the energy got higher and higher. The first few numbers weren't quite together. The songs were (if I can remember all of them and not in order): Brainpower, Super Sprode, Get Ready to Rokk, Special Boy, Frontload, Plastic Stars, Ninja of Love, Do You like Boys?, Stakeout, Boys on Film, Lost That Boy (new), Magnetic ____(new), and the 'encore' was Less Talk More Rokk, Don't Stop Believing (Journey), and The Final Countdown (Europe). It was truly awesome! The energy got crazy sweet near the end, despite the fact that most of the drum tracks were playing off of a keyboard to the side of the stage area. ROKKKKKKKKK!
The banter at this show was priceless. They kept talking about how many songs they have with 'boy' in the title. Since there was no backstage, when they left for the "encore" they just stood at the back for the stage and waited. The entire show was basically requests from the audience which was sweet. A lot of songs they said, "you don't want us to play that," probably meaning they are Kasson's songs or they couldn't pull it off without more notice (i.e. Jem Theme). When people were yelling "Plastic Stars," Sean said, "We don't play that song live...which means we will play it in about 20 minutes." Later, he said, "Sorry, we don't play 'Less Talk...' live." And we all know how that turned out. This whole show was a lot of fun.
-GOERG out.
Dr. Device - They are a complete load of shit. It was they most effin' random music ever. And not in a good way. It is like if An Endless Sporadic had a demon child with a scream-o band. They almost never played the same passage twice and every passage was less than a minute. It was four guys: A bass player/screamer, a keyboardist (hanging around his neck), a drummer, and a big black dude on his Macbook. They all seemed like they are good artists, but why would they subject themselves to such filth (can't even call it music)? Thank god it was only 30 minutes!
Deastro - He is saweeeet. I would describe him/them as a less rocky Minus the Bear. He definitely got my feet a-tapping and my butt a-swerving. Unfortunately, he only played 30 minutes as well. He closed with this awesome cover of Prince's "I Would Die For You." He was one of those artists who just has a bunch of random crap on stage for atmosphere, which I love. He threw out this homemade vest with a hood on it that had multi-colored puff balls all over it into the audience. I then proceeded to where it for the last song. Killer! After the whole show, he was loading his van and signed his 7"/CDs for Lisa and her friend, Jeff.
FREEZEPOP! - No Kasson this time, either. :( It was Liz Enthusiasm, Sean T. Drinkwater, and Bananas Foster on drums/auxillary keytar. Regardless, the show started off okay. As the show progressed, the energy got higher and higher. The first few numbers weren't quite together. The songs were (if I can remember all of them and not in order): Brainpower, Super Sprode, Get Ready to Rokk, Special Boy, Frontload, Plastic Stars, Ninja of Love, Do You like Boys?, Stakeout, Boys on Film, Lost That Boy (new), Magnetic ____(new), and the 'encore' was Less Talk More Rokk, Don't Stop Believing (Journey), and The Final Countdown (Europe). It was truly awesome! The energy got crazy sweet near the end, despite the fact that most of the drum tracks were playing off of a keyboard to the side of the stage area. ROKKKKKKKKK!
The banter at this show was priceless. They kept talking about how many songs they have with 'boy' in the title. Since there was no backstage, when they left for the "encore" they just stood at the back for the stage and waited. The entire show was basically requests from the audience which was sweet. A lot of songs they said, "you don't want us to play that," probably meaning they are Kasson's songs or they couldn't pull it off without more notice (i.e. Jem Theme). When people were yelling "Plastic Stars," Sean said, "We don't play that song live...which means we will play it in about 20 minutes." Later, he said, "Sorry, we don't play 'Less Talk...' live." And we all know how that turned out. This whole show was a lot of fun.
-GOERG out.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
My New Year's Eve Eve
I started off my day by driving to a nearby town to drop off Gilmour to my mom so he will be taken care of while I am off having the time of my life. I impatiently wait around for JCottonmouth's call. His car took forever to get fine-tuned. But sooner or later, it was done and he was off. I swung by the trusty 711 for some peanut butter and bread for the "snacks" later. I hit the road with some Umphrey's blaring and headed towards Hammond, IN.
The car ride was easy and uneventful. I arrived about 2o minutes after JCottonmouth (JC) did. It should have been sooner, but, of course, I took a wrong turn at the very last moments of the trip. Psh. I pulled my shiznit out of the car and hauled my ass into Room 240. JC and I 'relaxed' for a bit and then set on to Chicago! Fast forward 45 minutes!
We get to a parking garage in Chicago and eat a couple sandwiches (I think they were moldy, wink). I grabbed the tickets and we head toward the streets. We get lost a little walking but we eventually find the right path....and panic! I can't find the tickets! I must have dropped them somewhere along the way. Self-loathingly and trudgingly we head back to the car to look for them. We decided to go to the show and buy tickets and suddenly, JC has a great idea. He asked the hotel front desk for help and they knew that there was a FedEx Kinkos right next door. We went there. I sufficiently made an ass of myself in there. We left. With super speed we walked to the concert.
Unfortunately, the concert was already 30 minutes in when we arrived. (wah wah wah) We still had a rockin' time at the concert. A solid set and a half. Both sets were peppered with new (Wizard Burial Ground, Rocker (Part 2)) and classic (DBK, Ocean Billy, 40s Theme) UMaterial. Each set had some guests: Joshua Redman on Sax (in DBK!) and Stanley Jordan (on Great American!).
After the show, we hiked a mile or two to Reggie's Rock Club to see OTT and Pretty Lights. I do not know much about the DJ style of music, but I dug it. Pretty Lights was a lot more hip hop sounding, but still very dancy. By the time OTT had come on, I was exhaaaaausted. At one point I was falling asleep in the chair in the club (that guy!). The club was a frickin' sweet place with an upstairs viewing area fenced in by pieces of, well, fence. JCottonmouth and I headed back to the car (via a Taxi, this time) and back to our hotel room in Indiana.
We got back in the room and did some more 'relaxing' and talked of the many concert/psychedelic experiences we've had. Good fuckin' day.
My New Year's Eve day began with JC and I parting ways. I then had to occupy 6 hours of time by myself in a town I know nothing about. Great. Needless to say, it was boring as shit. I spent over 1.5 hours inside a KMart and 45 minutes in Best Buy. At one point, I just said, "Fuck it. I'll go see a movie." After turning around many times and asking for directions even more, I found the theatre. I ended up seeing The Spirit.
The Spirit was too ridiculous to be taken seriously. It was a little over the top and over acted, I think. After looking past the visual effects, there isn't much left. The plot was a little weak.
From here on out my day is pretty much the same as Hock's so I will just comment.
-Hock changing over four lanes of traffic was fucking exciting! He nailed it. I couldn;t have done it.
- The seats were high up, but every seat in that house was perfect. JC and I were in the bottom level, back of the theatre, and even there it rocked!
- Nate is the king. He called that UM would play Wappy wrapped around Auld Lang Syne way before the show even started.
- Hock pretty much nailed the feeling of the night. ..."with balloons and confetti and the lights and the ohh my god super-awesomeness."
- UM played "With a Little Help From My Friends" with the mass choir. I nearly shit myself.
Amazing. Every bit of it.
G-O-E-R-G
The car ride was easy and uneventful. I arrived about 2o minutes after JCottonmouth (JC) did. It should have been sooner, but, of course, I took a wrong turn at the very last moments of the trip. Psh. I pulled my shiznit out of the car and hauled my ass into Room 240. JC and I 'relaxed' for a bit and then set on to Chicago! Fast forward 45 minutes!
We get to a parking garage in Chicago and eat a couple sandwiches (I think they were moldy, wink). I grabbed the tickets and we head toward the streets. We get lost a little walking but we eventually find the right path....and panic! I can't find the tickets! I must have dropped them somewhere along the way. Self-loathingly and trudgingly we head back to the car to look for them. We decided to go to the show and buy tickets and suddenly, JC has a great idea. He asked the hotel front desk for help and they knew that there was a FedEx Kinkos right next door. We went there. I sufficiently made an ass of myself in there. We left. With super speed we walked to the concert.
Unfortunately, the concert was already 30 minutes in when we arrived. (wah wah wah) We still had a rockin' time at the concert. A solid set and a half. Both sets were peppered with new (Wizard Burial Ground, Rocker (Part 2)) and classic (DBK, Ocean Billy, 40s Theme) UMaterial. Each set had some guests: Joshua Redman on Sax (in DBK!) and Stanley Jordan (on Great American!).
After the show, we hiked a mile or two to Reggie's Rock Club to see OTT and Pretty Lights. I do not know much about the DJ style of music, but I dug it. Pretty Lights was a lot more hip hop sounding, but still very dancy. By the time OTT had come on, I was exhaaaaausted. At one point I was falling asleep in the chair in the club (that guy!). The club was a frickin' sweet place with an upstairs viewing area fenced in by pieces of, well, fence. JCottonmouth and I headed back to the car (via a Taxi, this time) and back to our hotel room in Indiana.
We got back in the room and did some more 'relaxing' and talked of the many concert/psychedelic experiences we've had. Good fuckin' day.
My New Year's Eve day began with JC and I parting ways. I then had to occupy 6 hours of time by myself in a town I know nothing about. Great. Needless to say, it was boring as shit. I spent over 1.5 hours inside a KMart and 45 minutes in Best Buy. At one point, I just said, "Fuck it. I'll go see a movie." After turning around many times and asking for directions even more, I found the theatre. I ended up seeing The Spirit.
The Spirit was too ridiculous to be taken seriously. It was a little over the top and over acted, I think. After looking past the visual effects, there isn't much left. The plot was a little weak.
From here on out my day is pretty much the same as Hock's so I will just comment.
-Hock changing over four lanes of traffic was fucking exciting! He nailed it. I couldn;t have done it.
- The seats were high up, but every seat in that house was perfect. JC and I were in the bottom level, back of the theatre, and even there it rocked!
- Nate is the king. He called that UM would play Wappy wrapped around Auld Lang Syne way before the show even started.
- Hock pretty much nailed the feeling of the night. ..."with balloons and confetti and the lights and the ohh my god super-awesomeness."
- UM played "With a Little Help From My Friends" with the mass choir. I nearly shit myself.
Amazing. Every bit of it.
G-O-E-R-G
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Reflections on 23 years.
Well, I have completed my 23rd year of being on this earth as of 8:18 am. Looking back on this year, I have done a lot yet done nothing. I have:
- Moved several times
- Seen Umphrey's McGee at about 7 different shows
- Seen close to 200 new movies (not including ones I have already seen)
- Ended the only real relationship I have ever had
- Schooled for the entire time
- Rose to the position of Head Prep Guy at Gables
- Drove to South Carolina and saw the beautiful states in between
- Went to Lollapalooza
- Saw Brand New in concert
- Found many many new bands
- Lost friends
- Gained friends
- Kept friends
- Continued my pot habit
- Watched about 4 seasons of Gilmore Girls
- Kept up with my shows: Heroes, Always Sunny, South Park, Entourage
- Lived alone for three weeks
- Did some psychedelia
- Re-read Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, only to be disappointed by the movie postponement
- Saw Weird Al in concert
- Became a regular at the Alphabet Dinner
- Became a regular at Coral Gables' Monday Night Debauchery
- Have never felt stronger about who I am.
And those are twenty-three things I did in my twenty-third year. Love you guys.
Peace, G-O-E-R-G
- Moved several times
- Seen Umphrey's McGee at about 7 different shows
- Seen close to 200 new movies (not including ones I have already seen)
- Ended the only real relationship I have ever had
- Schooled for the entire time
- Rose to the position of Head Prep Guy at Gables
- Drove to South Carolina and saw the beautiful states in between
- Went to Lollapalooza
- Saw Brand New in concert
- Found many many new bands
- Lost friends
- Gained friends
- Kept friends
- Continued my pot habit
- Watched about 4 seasons of Gilmore Girls
- Kept up with my shows: Heroes, Always Sunny, South Park, Entourage
- Lived alone for three weeks
- Did some psychedelia
- Re-read Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, only to be disappointed by the movie postponement
- Saw Weird Al in concert
- Became a regular at the Alphabet Dinner
- Became a regular at Coral Gables' Monday Night Debauchery
- Have never felt stronger about who I am.
And those are twenty-three things I did in my twenty-third year. Love you guys.
Peace, G-O-E-R-G
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Brand Spankin' New
So SVG and I went to Brand New tonight for free at the Breslin Center and it fuckin' rocked. Cottonmouth, this show was way better than their Lollapalooza show. The setlist was as follows:
Tautou
Sic Transit Gloria...Glory Fades
Jaws Theme Swimming
Okay, I Believe You, But My Tommy Gun Don't
Luca
Sowing Season (Yeah)
Jesus Christ
The Archer's Bows Are Broken
You Won't Know
Degausser
The "Okay, I Believe You..." was amazing. They extended the middle bass break down into something of a pseudo-jam. And they played for over an hour (unlike the 45 minute Lolla bullshit).
The down side was that this concert was also co-headlined by Nas. So we were surrounded by not just Brand New fans but slightly annoying (and annoyed) Nas fans. But, whatever. All-in-all is was so awesome...especially because it was freeeeeeeee!
[Umphrey's in exactly a week]
G-O-E-R-G
Tautou
Sic Transit Gloria...Glory Fades
Jaws Theme Swimming
Okay, I Believe You, But My Tommy Gun Don't
Luca
Sowing Season (Yeah)
Jesus Christ
The Archer's Bows Are Broken
You Won't Know
Degausser
The "Okay, I Believe You..." was amazing. They extended the middle bass break down into something of a pseudo-jam. And they played for over an hour (unlike the 45 minute Lolla bullshit).
The down side was that this concert was also co-headlined by Nas. So we were surrounded by not just Brand New fans but slightly annoying (and annoyed) Nas fans. But, whatever. All-in-all is was so awesome...especially because it was freeeeeeeee!
[Umphrey's in exactly a week]
G-O-E-R-G
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Stop screaming Hock....
With Hock's increasing need for a break in boredom, here are some things in my life:
-September 25th, I will be seeing Brand New (for free!) at the Breslin Center, top-billed with Nas (meh). I see this show as a chance at redemption since it was so disappointing show at Lollapalooza. Now I get to see them inside (yay for acoustics)! And hopefully they will expand their repetoir to not only "Devil and God are Raging Inside Me" and only a few tracks from "Deja Entendu." I am really hoping that they do not jsut plug their newest album again and totally disregard their previous efforts, which were amazing. Fingers crossed.
-October 2nd, I will be seeing Umphrey's McGee (surprise!) in Kalamazoo. This will be my 5th time seeing them this year and 23rd over all. Yes, I am obsessed. I can't help it. Amazing musicians + breathtaking songs + everchanging setlsts = David's boner.
-October 19th, I wil see Minus the Bear in D-Town. This should be interesting. I have no idea what they sound like and the guy I am going with I haven't seen since I stopped working at Domino's. But MtB rocks and should prove very awesome. I hope they play everything from "Menos el Oso."
-September 23rd, sneak peek of "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist," Claudio, you in?
- I miss Mike. It's only been a few days, but lonesome is a very mean mistress. Hope all is well, my friend.
-I miss my Marky. Who bist du? Sind alle gut?
-I have recentl watched all of "Freaks and Geeks" and "Undeclared." Two Judd Apaotow joints. All very great. I especially liked Undeclared (better than F&G). Jay Baruchel makes awkward, hilarious. And there are so many crossover actors from show to show. I highly recommend both.
-I am starting to watch the entire series of Gilmore Girls. Just finished the first season and am currently downloading the second. I have already seen the 6th and 7th season, so it is really weird to know how the series ends and now start it over.
-I am always looking for new movies, but, alas, my internet has been gone for about a week and a half. This sucks. It should be back by tomorrow. (more finger crossing)
-I just saw "The Sasquatch (Dumpling) Gang." It must have been by the same people that do Napoleon Dynamite. So very awkward and funny. Watch it.
I guess that is all for now. Keep in touch, Clusterfuckers.
G-O-E-R-G
-September 25th, I will be seeing Brand New (for free!) at the Breslin Center, top-billed with Nas (meh). I see this show as a chance at redemption since it was so disappointing show at Lollapalooza. Now I get to see them inside (yay for acoustics)! And hopefully they will expand their repetoir to not only "Devil and God are Raging Inside Me" and only a few tracks from "Deja Entendu." I am really hoping that they do not jsut plug their newest album again and totally disregard their previous efforts, which were amazing. Fingers crossed.
-October 2nd, I will be seeing Umphrey's McGee (surprise!) in Kalamazoo. This will be my 5th time seeing them this year and 23rd over all. Yes, I am obsessed. I can't help it. Amazing musicians + breathtaking songs + everchanging setlsts = David's boner.
-October 19th, I wil see Minus the Bear in D-Town. This should be interesting. I have no idea what they sound like and the guy I am going with I haven't seen since I stopped working at Domino's. But MtB rocks and should prove very awesome. I hope they play everything from "Menos el Oso."
-September 23rd, sneak peek of "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist," Claudio, you in?
- I miss Mike. It's only been a few days, but lonesome is a very mean mistress. Hope all is well, my friend.
-I miss my Marky. Who bist du? Sind alle gut?
-I have recentl watched all of "Freaks and Geeks" and "Undeclared." Two Judd Apaotow joints. All very great. I especially liked Undeclared (better than F&G). Jay Baruchel makes awkward, hilarious. And there are so many crossover actors from show to show. I highly recommend both.
-I am starting to watch the entire series of Gilmore Girls. Just finished the first season and am currently downloading the second. I have already seen the 6th and 7th season, so it is really weird to know how the series ends and now start it over.
-I am always looking for new movies, but, alas, my internet has been gone for about a week and a half. This sucks. It should be back by tomorrow. (more finger crossing)
-I just saw "The Sasquatch (Dumpling) Gang." It must have been by the same people that do Napoleon Dynamite. So very awkward and funny. Watch it.
I guess that is all for now. Keep in touch, Clusterfuckers.
G-O-E-R-G
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