I’ve never seen this band, but I have enjoyed being on their mailing list. Their final show is allegedly this Friday:
We would just hate to see you, the fans of us, Tragedy, the # 1 Heavy Metal Tribute to the Bee Gees in the Tri-State Area, eastern Pennsylvania, New England (excluding Rhode Island, Maine and New Hampshire), Los Angeles, Anaheim, Tampa, Texas (excluding Ft. Worth and Corpus Christie) and the United Kingdom (excluding Northern Ireland and Leeds and its surrounding areas), not be able to get into Bowery Ballroom on March 12th to celebrate our incredible legacy.
PhishTwit, earlier today:
Have an open mind and want to see an amazing show? Iron Maiden Final Frontier Tour was just announced http://j.mp/bPVm9A
I wonder what kind of overlap there is between Phish fans and Iron Maiden fans?
The other day, a friend emailed:
Have you ever listened to Chicago X 12 by Rogue Wave? I just listened to it 3000 times in a row.
So, I’m checking out the band. SoundCloud has a free stream of their new record up – serious hooks. And it turns out Rogue Wave is playing at 930 this Friday for a very reasonable ticket price of 15 bucks. Not sure if I’ll make the gig, but it’s looking likely that I’ll download the record.
Tickets went on sale today for the May 6 Angels & Airwaves show at the 930 Club, and I bought one. In these situations, I normally buy two tickets, on the thinking that I’ll find someone who’ll be interested in attending the gig with me. For Angels, though, I had trouble imagining any immediate pals who’d be especially into it.
Anyway, I’m looking forward to the show. I bet the live act is polished. One thing I’m not sure of is the crowd. What will the median age be? I’m guessing 30. My sense is that Blink’s popularity peaked in at the turn of the century, and I bet the median age of their fan base back then was about 20.
I also got a movie ticket today: Crazy Heart. I can’t remember the last time I went to the movies.
Thanks to YEMBlog, I found the 2/9 Trey show for download, which someone (thank you!) has posted up on SendSpace. I paid $3 for a SendSpace day pass, and now the show is in my collection. That process still amazes me, perhaps because I grew up listening to hissy, who-knows-what generation-of-copying bootlegs on cassette.
Right now, I’m giving the show a listen. Outstanding. Love the big riff at the end of “Valentine.”
It was hairy to get to this show. When I set out at 8pm for the club, snow was falling heavily, and there was an ominous feel out there on the streets of DC. Not much traffic out on the slick roads. I got a cab pretty quickly, though, and we set out slowly on our way.
We hadn’t gone more than a few stoplights when I realized that I had forgotten my motherf’n tickets at home. The cab driver was understanding, and he took me back, even waiting for me with the meter running on M Street while I scurried to grab my tickets.
Anyway, I thought the harsh conditions were going to thin the herd over at 930. Wrong. Place was packed! As full as I remember it being the last time I saw Trey there (in 2006).
The band had already started when I arrived – they were playing “Gotta Jibboo.” The mood for that song was the pretty much what was evident throughout the rest of the gig (at least the part that I stayed for; I ducked out about midway through the second set). I would call it “relaxed tight.” Trey was energetic but not hopping all over the stage. He directed the band ably, and they held things down very steadily. Musically, I found it a much different vibe than a Phish show, where the four band members are collaborating pretty much as co-equals.
I’m looking forward to downloading this show someplace. Here’s a video snippet.
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 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.
- 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.
