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"i didnt realize he was still alive, so many mixed emotions" [sic] -Igy, 06/06/2004
That quote, though I believe it stands fine alone, is regarding the death of Reagan.
This makes me want to re-write my ethical code. So does the fact that I'm not entirely sure where the original and sole written, and thus definitive, copy of my ethical code is. But anyway, many of those are guidlines that would well serve even if one is not a hero.
So the Decemberists concert last night rocked. More properly, the Decemberists/Long Winters/Places concert last night rocked, since they all deserve to be mentioned. Due to missing the first bus, we missed all of Head of Femur, the opening, non-touring-with-them band. *shrug*
The Places, then, were the first band we saw. They were very folky, with a beautiful upright bass (both bowed and plucked) and other cool instruments. It consisted of one guy playing various cool instruments, and a girl playing acoustic guitar and singing. They were quite good; I wouldn't mind seeing them again. They were from Portland, touring with The Decemberists and The Long Winters.
Next up, The Long Winters. The basic rock setup: one guitar, one bass, one drummer. Guitarist lead vocals, bassist backup vocals. The thing is, they're really, really good. And they did the 'let's switch instruments for a song' thing, which was hot. Plus, they had good presence, and nice sincerity, too. The frontman knew how to work a crowd between songs, too, which was fun. I am definitely going to buy a CD of theirs.
And then, of course, The Decemberists. They were awesome. They also did a lot of instrument switching and had an upright bass. They played a lot of really good stuff that sounds drastically different from the majority of the songs on Castaways and Cutouts, which I can only assume is from their other CD, since people were singing along. They played two new songs, too, apparantly. They did not play "July, July" as part of their set, though, and I was disappointed. I cheered for an encore with the rest of the crowd for that reason. We got a five-song encore. It rocked. It also happened to include "July, July", which made me very happy. I rocked out as best I could in the small amount of space I had.
That was really my complaint about the concert. People were too close to dance, but not close enough to dance, either. Most people who have been to the kind of shows where mosh pits break out should know what I mean. That kind of communal closeness is lacking in Chicago. At least at the Fireside people will give you some space to thrash about, if you want to dance, even though they won't get close to you when you don't. I want to go to a good show sometime this summer where I can feel that, like the Nodes shows were senior year. LifeLight will probably have it, and GodStock will if there is a GodStock this year. Hopefully, Nodes will do a show in SF after the end of their May/June tour; that would rock. I'd like to see the gang from the SF scene again, too, and I'd guess most of them would be there.
I'm done with SOSC. Forever. That rocks so hard.
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