LJFH Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 In a two to three hour driving distance? anything going on worth seeing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 Well, within Ottawa, What The Thunder Said and Inglewood Jack are at Cafe Dekcuf on Saturday. If you want to drive around for a couple of hours before and after the show, that's up to you. Aloha, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatpatguy Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 I second what Brad said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 The John Henry's are at Irenes on Saturday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJFH Posted September 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 STFUB!!!!! I'm going to drive to your house and drink beers!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 The John Henry's are at Irenes on Saturday night.Booche is wrong. They're at Babylon.http://www.thejohnhenrys.com/http://www.ottawaxpress.ca/music/artist.aspx?iIDGroupe=12844Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 Whoa..........thanks BradM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 Whoa..........thanks BradM. You're welcome. I didn't mention the TJH show because it conflicts with the WTTS/IJ show (and as a member of IJ, I have a vested interest in promoting our show), but I feel honour-bound to help ensure people who want to see TJH end up going to the right venue. Curse you, schedule conflicts! Aloha, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatpatguy Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 Welcome to being a working musician BradM.. trust me.. there are many more painful conflicts to come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gentlemonkey Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 Controller Controller Friday. I'll be there... Are they good? I've heard from a few people that they are painfully horrific. I do like the name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 According tohttp://www.zaphodbeeblebrox.com/calendar/showevent.php?id=103060controller .controller’s sound is an energetic, rhythmic post-punk rock, taking a cue from late 70's/early 80's bands like P.I.L., The Slits and Joy Division, but departing significantly from there. It's about tension and opposition, juxtaposing discordant and jagged rhythms with disarmingly pretty melody and counter-melody. They wed propulsive, angular rock structures with minimalist death-disco accents and grooves that seductively embrace sometimes sweet and sometimes barking vocals.No, I don't know what all that means.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lara Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 Shit I didn't delete that in time!That was actually me... sorry. I'll be there. Dave will be playing with Mr. A.They put on a great show at Bluesfest. So far their music hasn't changed my life but they're totally into their rocker roles, have all the rockstar moves and amuse me fully as singer batts her eyelashes and spins on her heals, while bassist falls to the ground in shredding mania. I'll be covering it for Jambase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YearsAlongTheSea Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 The John Henry's put on a good show and it's approxiamately 500 paces from my apartment and about 300 calories of a commute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 No, I don't know what all that means. Now you know what I feel like when I read your descriptions of music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 Controller Controller Friday. I'll be there... Are they good? I've heard from a few people that they are painfully horrific. I do like the name. I saw them at Bluesfest and disliked them for all the reasons KitKat liked them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 I'll be covering it for Jambase. Shainhouse?Is that you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lara Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 Ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lara Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 Controller Controller Friday. I'll be there... Are they good? I've heard from a few people that they are painfully horrific. I do like the name. I saw them at Bluesfest and disliked them for all the reasons KitKat liked them. Really? You didn't like them at all? Truthfully I wouldn't pay to see them unless I was bored and had $$ to spare. But there are a lot of bands I'd go see for free and they're one of them. They're fantastic to photograph because they totally do it up. I didn't dislike the music, I enjoyed it but at Bluesfest it didn't compare to how much I enjoyed the New Pornographers. Ollie - you dont enjoy a band's 'show' at all? You only care about the music? On the music/show scale I'm about a 80/20 split. Thats why I love Umphrey's McGee so much. They're totally incredible musicians and they put on such a awesome show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 Really? You didn't like them at all?Truthfully I wouldn't pay to see them unless I was bored and had $$ to spare. But there are a lot of bands I'd go see for free and they're one of them. They're fantastic to photograph because they totally do it up. I didn't dislike the music, I enjoyed it but at Bluesfest it didn't compare to how much I enjoyed the New Pornographers. Ollie - you dont enjoy a band's 'show' at all? You only care about the music? On the music/show scale I'm about a 80/20 split.Thats why I love Umphrey's McGee so much. They're totally incredible musicians and they put on such a awesome show.To be fair I only saw about 15 minutes of their set but they left a bad taste in my mouth. I thought they were "faking the funk" so to speak, posing for the sake of posing without having earned the rock credentials to do so. In short, I wasn't buying what they were selling. I feel even more confident in this opinion after having recently seen Wolf Parade, about the only band I have seen lately that has the rock equivalent of "it".Interesting that you mention New Pornographers because when I was watching them on the same stage later that night I thought how refreshingly unpretentious they presented themselves in comparison to Controller Controller.Fuck, maybe I'm just old.I enjoy a band's "show" a lot! I don't know about a percentage split but I take in the overall experience when evaluating a concert. I might even put less emphasis on the music than most. It wasn't the music I disliked about CC, it was everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lara Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 Its true - Controller Controller are exceptionally talented posers (as were many of their fans...not sure if you noticed...) Yeah - The New Pornographers. They were freaking brilliant and I agree, very refreshing. I'd love to see them again. They and Jamie Lidell were my highlights of Bluesfest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffhead77 Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 Its true - Controller Controller are exceptionally talented posers (as were many of their fans...not sure if you noticed...) Yeah - The New Pornographers. They were freaking brilliant and I agree, very refreshing. I'd love to see them again. They and Jamie Lidell were my highlights of Bluesfest. Jamie Lidell is the freakin' SHEEEAT!! Such stage presence and talent taboot...to think he'd been not using his voice for all these years making minimal techno...not that there's anything wrong with that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 Jamie Lidell was on my wishlist but the World Cup final won out. I like his last album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 Controller.Controller just burns me in a bad way...I can't put my finger on it but it reminds me of Metric if Metric really truly (I'm sure to some of you this is already true) didn't write good music. Everytime I hear them on CKCU the hairs on my neck standup in a bad way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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