I hate to blog the weather too much around here, but seriously, it’s weird how snow and my music plans have been linked up recently. At the moment, the forecast calls for just six to 10 inches of snow tomorrow.
Following on the heels of snowpocalypse, this is definitely not what DC needs. My street is still a mess, with snow piled high and a downed tree on one end of the block. No mail. My office was half empty today. Inventory at grocery stores is getting pinched. Sure, it’s a long way from Katrina (and a really long way from Haiti), but dude, another six inches of snowfall is troublesome.
On the music front, worst case scenario is that Trey gets canceled. Best case scenario is that the show goes on, but the snow and pain-in-the-ass factor of getting to the club thins the crowds at 930 Club tomorrow. Trey gig at 930 back in 2006 was utterly packed.
Not much in the hopper this evening, except something I meant to link to a few days ago. The Dog Gone Blog has a nice post up on Trey’s use of open tuning:
“Time Turns Elastic” is the next step in this compositional technique. Pushing forward in new directions, Trey landed on a very obscure tuning in which to compose his newest masterpiece. “TTE” is written in ‘open C6′ tuning (C-G-C-E-A-C), which sounds exactly as complex as it is. Without going into the specifics, this tuning allows for a wide variety of chord arrangements, using open strings. These interesting chord voicings can be heard all throughout the song, especially in the solo acoustic version (click here to watch the video). But, few realize how challenging, and how forward-thinking this new composition is, and have dismissed it for whatever reason.
I’d certainly like to see Trey run through TTE on Tuesday, although I think it’s unlikely to happen.
Filed under: Listening | Tags: Les Claypool, Oysterhead, Snow, Trey Anastasio, Washington
I’m about to head out for a quick jaunt in the blizzard, which I saw referred to today (on Twitter) as snowpocalypse, snomageddon, and snOMG. According to Weather Channel, it could all turn to freezing rain shortly, which would be a bummer.
Snow is supposed to return on Tuesday, the night of Trey at 930 Club. A Galactic gig was canceled at 930 tonight. I hope Trey gig doesn’t get hosed too.
In the spirit of all this, I tried to dig up Trey Anastasio’s “A Case of Ice and Snow” on Grooveshark. No dice. I did find this undated live Oysterhead recording, where Les Claypool pulls out references to “Jerry was a Race Car Driver” and “Reba.”
- Rebranding: I’m trying out a new domain. Two reasons for the switch: one, I have a thing for vanity URLs. Second, I’m pondering broadening my blogging subject matter somewhat outside of music. Not really sure about that, though. The narrow focus is working for me, so I may end up sticking with it.
- Ben Folds. He’s playing the 930 club in late March, although it looks like it’s just “Ben Folds and a piano.” Hmmm. I like Ben Folds, but I’d rather see the dude with a good band.
- Wired on NAMM.
I’m fiddling with my blogging set up, and it’s not going well. It’s also eating into my regular blogging time. Boring.
