Snow piles and sound bites
Yes, I know, you're expecting some sort of awestruck rant about the massive amounts of snow that were dumped on us this morning. Truth is, it didn't really surprise me at all. Sure, it sucked to stand on the street corner with snow flying into my coat from all directions for 30 minutes until I figured out that my bus just wasn't going to come. Yeah, it was hard work shoveling the 6+ inches of dense snow off my car so I could drive it very slowly into work in St. Paul. But when did we, as Minnesotans, stop expecting these things to happen?
I had a busy weekend, filled with both good and bad events. For sanity's sake, I only feel like recalling the good parts right now.
Thursday night I went out to catch the lovely boys of The Debut at the Hexagon, and despite spending most of last week away from writing and all things productive, it was great to be around a bunch of people that were all really excited about my article in the Pulse. It was also the first time I had gone out to see a live show for about a week, which may not seem like too long but felt like an eternity in my mind. David took some good pictures of the band.
On Friday I went out to the 400 Bar to catch Backyard Tire Fire, a great alt-country band from Chicago. As someone pointed out later that night, I have been discretely attempting to catch every Chi-town band that comes through town. Just doing my homework...
Speaking of Chicago, does anyone want a used upright piano? I am probably going to get rid of it when we move, since it is only worth about as much as it would cost to move it down there.
Later on Friday evening I headed over to the Hexagon for Steve Marsh's birthday party, which is about the most insane I have seen the Hex since I started going there. My favorite description, from Steve's blog:
At the Hexagon I heard Friends Like These (it was also John Soloman's birthday) and the Beatifics, both of which I have heard before and could hear again and again. It was nice to see so many musical people all in one room, there was a great energy that night.
Saturday night was a mind-blowing musical experience, as we took in Tracy Bonham and Martha Wainwright at the Fitzgerald. I hadn't been to a sit-down theater concert for a long time, and it was a refreshing change of pace to be able to sit still and contemplate the songs. Bonham was especially riviting for me, but both women had great sets and then played together at the end. Tracy and Martha both had CDs come out last year, and from the way they sounded live I am going to have to pick up both albums. I will have reviews of the Fitz show and the Friday 400 Bar show up on HWTS today.
The end of Saturday night was spent at the Turf to hear Colonial Vipers Attack. I don't know if I just couldn't change gears fast enough, but I never really got into their music and the lyrics were especially difficult to hear. Whoever was running sound at the Turf on Saturday had the master volume turned up way to high! The recorded versions of their songs that I have heard, however, are quite good and I will have to scope these guys out at a different venue.
After their set we spent some quality time in the basement drinking and chain smoking, followed by a 2:30 visit to Little T's. The perfect end to an overall fairly decent weekend.
I had a busy weekend, filled with both good and bad events. For sanity's sake, I only feel like recalling the good parts right now.
Thursday night I went out to catch the lovely boys of The Debut at the Hexagon, and despite spending most of last week away from writing and all things productive, it was great to be around a bunch of people that were all really excited about my article in the Pulse. It was also the first time I had gone out to see a live show for about a week, which may not seem like too long but felt like an eternity in my mind. David took some good pictures of the band.
On Friday I went out to the 400 Bar to catch Backyard Tire Fire, a great alt-country band from Chicago. As someone pointed out later that night, I have been discretely attempting to catch every Chi-town band that comes through town. Just doing my homework...
Speaking of Chicago, does anyone want a used upright piano? I am probably going to get rid of it when we move, since it is only worth about as much as it would cost to move it down there.
Later on Friday evening I headed over to the Hexagon for Steve Marsh's birthday party, which is about the most insane I have seen the Hex since I started going there. My favorite description, from Steve's blog:
The rest of the guests seemed to fall into one of three categories—high school at White Bear Lake, college at St. Olaf, or hipster trash from the last ten years of living and working in the city.I can tell you for sure that I didn't go to White Bear Lake or St. Olaf.
At the Hexagon I heard Friends Like These (it was also John Soloman's birthday) and the Beatifics, both of which I have heard before and could hear again and again. It was nice to see so many musical people all in one room, there was a great energy that night.
Saturday night was a mind-blowing musical experience, as we took in Tracy Bonham and Martha Wainwright at the Fitzgerald. I hadn't been to a sit-down theater concert for a long time, and it was a refreshing change of pace to be able to sit still and contemplate the songs. Bonham was especially riviting for me, but both women had great sets and then played together at the end. Tracy and Martha both had CDs come out last year, and from the way they sounded live I am going to have to pick up both albums. I will have reviews of the Fitz show and the Friday 400 Bar show up on HWTS today.
The end of Saturday night was spent at the Turf to hear Colonial Vipers Attack. I don't know if I just couldn't change gears fast enough, but I never really got into their music and the lyrics were especially difficult to hear. Whoever was running sound at the Turf on Saturday had the master volume turned up way to high! The recorded versions of their songs that I have heard, however, are quite good and I will have to scope these guys out at a different venue.
After their set we spent some quality time in the basement drinking and chain smoking, followed by a 2:30 visit to Little T's. The perfect end to an overall fairly decent weekend.
Are you moving?
Posted by
Bob |
10:09 AM, March 14, 2006
Yes. Yes I am. It's only for a year, though!
Posted by
Andrea |
12:41 PM, March 14, 2006