Outdoor Live Band Karaoke at the JP World’s Fair
What could be funner?! Yes, I said FUNNER!
Strategizing with Abby & Jon
I’m holding amazing tickets for two gigs this summer: Gnarls Barkley and Throwing Muses/50 Foot Wave. If you read my blog at all, you know I have a longstanding love of Kristin Hersh and all of her pursuits as well as a strong newfound appreciation for GB.
Guess what. SAME FREAKIN’ NIGHT!!!
Bostonist Jon (fellow music lover) and I are trying to think up a plan for how to see both. It’s the same night as the Sox are in town.
GB are at Avalon and TM/50FW are at the Middle East. Now I know that the Middle East is known for having extremely late shows.
Here’s the trip we need to take (click on the map for more detail):
I found a set list from a very recent show on Stereogum which may help us strategize. Seems they are doing “Crazy” before the encore, but we will still miss some good songs afterwards.
I really can’t believe this. the TM/50FW show is pretty special. Kristin Hersh just NEVER does songs from both catalogs. I mean, I have to be there. She’s only doing that once, here, in Boston, where I happen to live. It’s crucial.
I like the bike idea. If only my lungs had not been atrophying for the last two years. I’ll risk a heart attack for this.
And the next night? Yeah Yeah Yeahs for FREE!!!
I am SOOOOO there!
They are an Oberlin band, you know:
Yeah Yeah Yeahs got their start while students at Ohio’s Oberlin College in 2000, with Karen O (short for Orzolek) on vocals, Nick Zinner on guitar and Brian Chase on drums.
I saw the at the Fillmore in SF a few years ago, and MAN, they are good live. Go. Go! GOOOOOO! See you there?
North Atlantic Blues Festival, Rockland, ME
I’ve been such a lazy blogger lately. Here’s the blog post Anna just wrote about today:
Abby & I are in a remote camp in Maine which for some reason has a wi-fi connection. Abby was bright enough to bring her laptop! We went to the North Atlantic Blues Festival today and got back to the cabin right after the 24 year old law students (who had skipped the blues festival to stay here and party) left for a bar crawl. Kids are weird.
PERFECT! So we’re listening to Bhangra, drinking wine and searching Roadside America for quirky attractions, as well as lighthouses and yarn shops to visit on the way back to Boston (although I blew it in Unique One Sweaters in Camden today). Dude…some weird japanese lambswool laceweight I had never SEEN. Great yarn store, and I am not easily impressed by yarn stores. One picture, Two Art Forms: Abby’s Photography and My Knitting:
Sock Goes to the Blues Festival
And here is an audio recording I made from the festival. What’s amazing is that you can’t hear the music in the background at all. And it was LOUD!
