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I know Red Red Meat (I think they only reunited for these two shows because all have different projects now) is playing in Chicago at the Empty Bottle on July 11 if you can't fly out to WA.

Yeah, me too. The show blew my mind!

Just got back from the show, and it was fantastic! I first found out about Nels via Wilco (as I'm sure many of us have), and have been gathering all his thousands of different projects he is in or has been in. I have wanted to see some of his own projects for a while now (from his tour with Glenn Kotche or a gig in Chicago last year with The Scott Amendola band) but I have always been stop by the 21+ venues in Chicago. So I went to Madison tonight to see the show since it was 18+, and it was seriously one of the best shows I've seen in a while.

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From my memory, they played (not the exact order):

an untitled piece (more of a jam they were doing that was great)

Mug Like Mine

Exiled

Blues, Too

Something About David H.

(There was another song that they played, but I forgot the name of it.)

Encore:

Jackie-ing (Thelonious Monk tune)

Throughout the entire set there was so much raw energy between the three of them. Moreover, Scott Amendola (drummer/electronics), and Devin Hoff (bassist though he had a very different kind of bass since air traveling did not allow him to bring his upright bass) were both great. And Nels was fantastic. Maybe, I'll write more later, but I am drained now from the drive, and I am going to sleep.

On a side note: There were other VCers there that I met (I don't remember everyone's name, but I believe HappeningStone was one), and Nels came by and talked to them for a while. He told a great story of the making behind The Geraldine Fibber's music video "California Tuffy" that he was a part of when he was in the band back in 1997. Moreover, he seem like a really great guy.

Anyways, off to sleep, and sorry if there's any errors, but I am pretty tired.

Phil

Oh yeah, tomorrow or today (since it is now Tuesday) The Singers are playing Chicago with the Painted Saints (they were a good opener), and I think also the Jeff Parker trio (which I wish I could have seen because Jeff Parker is great on guitar). So check them out!

FUZZ FACTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When I tried it out in the store, it freaked me out because it has a mind of its own. But I do love playing it.

I am going to be there as long as I don't have a conflict. I'm guessing it's over labor day weekend.

Big thanks, Lou.

London Calling and Sweetheart of the Rodeo. This explains everything. I will have to give Nick Drake a listen.

Yeah, Drake is excellent. His music is very hauntingly beautiful.

And thanks for sharing the article. I always love to find out what artists I like listen to because it's a great way to find new stuff.

I can't vote. That's way too hard to choose.

Hi,

I am very new to buying stuff off of ebay, and I am interested in getting an effect pedal from a seller.

I was wondering in general are most people satisfied with the quality of the equipment that they received because that's my biggest fear in buying off of ebay.

arrived yesterday...takes a while to tweak into the right sounds...but when you do...!!! Distortion setting alone is all balls...

 

i found its better to run a light OD into it to get the best throat out of it...after a half hour, i found 'the' AGIB sound...the drive way up sounds a bit thin and buzzy on the high notes, but on mid neck runs and bends, WOW...arpeggios sounds pretty sweet too...also, i can thicken it up with some analog delay, and the swells and splaats last longer

 

overall a really cool sounding device, and i know that no one around here has anything that sounds like it...ill try and get some samples up now that finals are over

 

 

 

 

j

Now all you need is the FUZZ FACTORY!

I am not sure if they are playing two sets at Madison, but I do know there is an opener and the show starts at 8, which means I think there might be only one set. But I could and hope to be wrong.

I was planning on seeing the Singers in Chicago, but Martyr's is 21+. However, the Singers are playing at the High Noon Saloon in Madison, and it's 18+, which means I get to see them!

I have been waiting to see Nels outside of Wilco for a long time. I tried to see him with Glenn Kotche when they played Chicago, but that show was 21+, and I tried to see him with the Scott Amendola Band at the Empty Bottle in Chicago, but that show was 21+. I mean I know the venues need to sell alcohol in order to make ends meet, but I'll pay for the alcohol that I won't drink anyways. I just want to see the show, not get drunk.

But great review Three dollars and 63 cents and thanks for sharing though I think you had a typo with the name Jim Hall since I remember reading from the liner notes of "The Giant Pin" that the song "Blues, Too" is dedicated to him.

InGlenntion, you know the Cubs are going all the way this year!

i thought i read where Tweedy said Bad Timing was his favorite of Jim's.

Yeah, I think it's in Kot's book.

I went to the show last night mainly to see Califone. I thought they sounded great and their interaction with each other was fantastic. It just seemed like they were having a great time on stage. Maybe, I will write more later.

But from what I wrote down and remembered after they performed (45 mins), the setlist was:

Horoscopic Amputation Honey

Spider's House

Michigan Girls

Fisherman's Wife

The Orchids

The Eye You Lost in Your Crusades

Pink and Sour

Your Golden Ass

On a side note: I have seen Califone several times now in the past year, and I have yet to see hear any songs off of "Heron King Blues." I guess I am wondering why they haven't played most of these songs in a while, but I could be wrong since they could have played those songs at different shows. I know most of their gear was stolen during their 2004 tour, but did that cause them to stop playing the songs because they couldn't recreate them without the old gear?

Iron and Wine was pretty good, but I have to admit I am not a big fan. I did not really know most of their songs going into the show; however, hearing most of the songs for a first time did not really have a huge effect on me. Who knows maybe they will grow on me with time. However, one thing I did enjoy was the onstage jamming that was occurring with Sam Beam and his backing band which consisted of Ben Massarella of Califone on percussion, Chad Taylor on drums, and I believe Matt Lux on bass. I am not really sure who most of the others were though. But I was really surprised to see Chad Taylor playing with Iron and Wine because I ignorantly thought he only played jazz.

I've now listened to Eureka a few times and it's stellar (albeit quite different) than Insignificance. I was amazed (but probably shouldn't have been) at how much O'Rourke's "sound" comes through in the context of Loose Fur. From what I can tell, Tweedy isn't a contributor to Eureka.

 

As an aside, my rabidness for Wilco will finally be consummated by going to a show!! Austin 5/12. Can't wait!

No Tweedy does not contribute to Eureka, but Glenn Kotche does contribute to both Insignificance and Eureka, and the EP Halfway To A Threeway (which I strongly recommend getting if you like both of the albums mentioned). I am getting more into his earlier out there stuff, and also all of his other side projects. But while I do like all is albums, my favorite has to be Bad Timing. It's just pure genius.

I hear most bands generally lose money when they play in more of the central/southern area of Florida, but then again, Wilco is playing in MT in the next leg of the tour.

From Scott Amendola's Myspace page:

 

Jun 2 2008 8:00P The Nels Cline Singers@ High Noon Saloon Madison, Wisconsin

 

I confess I'm checking driving distances between the shows on June 2-5

I just checked High Noon Saloon's webpage and it's 18 and up. Hell yes! I am so driving to Madison that day.

I still think they are touring behind "Sky Blue Sky."

And I wouldn't call it a nostalgia tour because if anything the older songs sound fresh and great with this lineup. Moreover, if they are being "nostalgic,"- which I do not think they are- then I love it because how many bands in one show can jump from "Casino Queen," "Pieholden Suite," to "Less Than You Think."

Does anyone know if they are playing in WI? I am just hoping to try and catch the Singers at a place where there is no 21+ age limit.

I'm only going to go the day Wilco is playing because three days for that crowded event is way to expensive and not really worth it. I had a much better time at Pitchfork last year, and it cost me only $55 with service charge!

One album: "Metal Machine Music."

Should we talk about tonicization next?

We have Jethro Tull to thank for that.

 

I think it loses some of it's duet flavor.

But my favorite piece has to be Stravinsky's

I am guessing you were going to see "Rite of Spring." Great piece!

I actually saw John Kimura Parker (pianist) play "Rite of Spring" at my school. The piece was designed for four hands, but he did it with two, and it blew my mind away.

By the way, I have always wanted to check out John Cage's music, but have never gotten a chance. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions?

This is a loaded question but as a small starter go with the Cello Suites by Bach.

Get the ones by Alexander Rudin. I feel he does an amazing and beautiful job of catching the essence of each piece.