YearsAlongTheSea

Hallucinogen (aka Simon Posford) live set from Camp Bisco IV. Absolute lunacy.

It's seems a nice idea, unfeasable, unrewarding, logistically impossible, but "nice"

Radiohead - idioteque

"Ice Age Coming, Ice Age Coming, let me hear both sides, let me hear both sides."

ilya is a sick drummer and was in line to replace sammy behind the kit behind the biscuits.

What's with trance-fusion bands needing new drummers?

I know... do you?

good on ya buddy.

I'm missing a crew down south of the borderline, a backpack full of cd's and if I could remember better, a whole bunch of other stuff.

I miss my mind as it now has a mind of its' own.

"Theft over $5,000.00" (unless it's worth less than that). (... and we manufacture many, many cars in this country.)

Make and manufacture are different.

What do you call a stolen Canadian car?

Oh... Canada doesn't make cars...

string

cheese

incident.

So true. So bad.

From Pollstar.com

Oshega Festival

The New Deal. A little cocky to call yourself 'fresh' IMO

I wonder whether the name is taken from FDR's The New Deal.

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Not very Canadian of them then... eh?

The New Deal. A little cocky to call yourself 'fresh' IMO

hell yeah.

I love these guys.

There I said it.

Sweet tits, I missed TO and will be trucking down that way.

Thanks, good news...

They'd go over well anywhere, anytime; if the time and place were right.

Bring the Colorado Boys up North I say.

I'm glad you raged it Cowboy. I think he buys a new pair of jeans for every show. I would if I was him.

Terrapin Station>etc.... 4/19/82

Thanks Archive.org for keeping me sane at the crack Cafe.

If I did that I would be caught in an awful web of segues where songs would just errupt into the ending or start in the middle of a intro jam.

Gruff Rhys was embarassing in my opinion. I could have put a boombox and a marmot in a cage together and watch them battle and been more entertained. I felt bad for the people clapping. I was sure if they felt obliged to show compassion or they really liked the two-bit act he brought to the table; either way, it was awkward. He must be stoked that rehearsal and performance time were combined while touring with Bright Eyes. Oh well, should have been late.

As for Bright Eyes. Great to see. I'll admit I had high expectations going in and was generally let down by the performance but it was still gratifying. There were a few things beyond Bright Eyes control that lessened the performance quality: a. sound and b. the fact that the crowd were glued to their seats, notably at points where dancing was simply customary. It was as though 98% of the crowd was witnessing their first concert ever and weren't sure how to act.

Then their was the music. The problem at hand, and I get the impression from Conor's general lack of enthusiasm, that he would agree, was a general void of talent surrounding him. His steel pedal, guitar player, etc... was excellent. His bassist did his job. The guy on the violin was on point. If you ask me, the weak link fell on the drummer and keyboard player. There is a certain density to his music that definately fell short as a result of their short comings. They rocked out "Another Travelling Song" really well, and "First Day of My Life," was really nice and intimate. I think Conor said it best in the new song they played: "Soul Singer in a Session Band."

He needs more drum. E-drums wouldn't hurt. He needs more mood coming from the keys. That couldn't hurt either. He has a lot to say, and he needs help spelling it out, and it was like he was running on a mac, innovative and quick, and the rest of the band was running on Windows '98 and kept crashing.

So, all in all, I still had a great time. The opener served as comical entertainment value if anything, and while my bar for Bright Eyes may have been set on the high side, he still sang true.

p.s. The corridors felt like being in high school. I was waiting for someone to send me to the principals office for using the bathroom during assembly.

John Henry's "Dawson City."

In my head, tight version.

Thank you SCI for not coming to Canada.

Your consideration has been acknowleged.

And thank you Nershi; what a fine beard.

I agree with the medley of everything said above and will rant accordingly later,

One down, one to go. Me thinks I'll be lucky at the door, but I ain't giving up yet.

"The best that I can do now,

Is pretend that I've done nothing wrong."

-Bright Eyes

Edit to add: Thanks for the help AD

So, tomorow night, as you may or may not know; Bright Eyes will be playing at the Bronson Center in Ottawa, Monday June 12th. I'd like to make this a multifaceted thread and allow for the appreciation of Bright Eyes while you're here. I'm a fan. But, the former presents a more urgent agenda and helps perpetuate the latter so, with that said, I am looking for two extra tickets so that, mainly, I don't have to hang out in downtown Ottawa with my finger in the air. That's a little outdated for my own sensibilities. So, if anyone has or knows of any extras floating around or any medium of obtaining said tickets, I would appreciate the insight.

So, if you don't have an extra but want to drop some praise on Bright Eyes, go ahead. If you have an extra, please contact me immediately.

Thanks in advance.

And Finally, 'Digital Ash in a Digital Urn," goes really well with "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning."