8/15/08 - Ella Minnow, Bee vs. Moth, Timeline Post, Sean Kirkpatrick

headed out to hailey's, mainly to hear sean k, but it turned out to be a pretty good night overall.

sean kirkpatrick - seen him more times than i can count, and he slays me every time. he's just one of those songwriters that writes song after song that absolutely resonate with me. would love to know who he listens to - pretty sure i'd love it. his set list is definitely transitioning from first album material to a bunch of new stuff, which is all incredible. (you can hear some of the new material on the crazy jeff show page or the gutterth page, and i suggest you do). did a beautiful amy winehouse cover. i've said it before - sean is one of the very few artists whose covers i enjoy, cuz he does such a great job of making them his own. heard 'life without chocolate' live for the first time - one of my favorites from his album. an outstanding set. sean will be performing with his full band at club dada on the 28th - check it out. timeline post - 2nd time to see these guys - liked it much better this time. 6-man band - 4 guitars, keys and drums. some outstanding, dreamy, wall-of-sound guitar pop (didn't hear the keys too much). only problem - music that strong needs some kick-yer-ass vocals to stand above it, and the lead just doesn't have that kind of voice. probably works fine on a recording, but live, his vocals just got drowned out on every song. can't help but think that some beefy vocals would kick it up a notch. really dug the set, tho. bee vs. moth - um, no thanks. not a fan of jazz. cornet, bari sax, guitar, bass (sometimes upright), drums. seemed like they were good at it, but i just don't dig that stuff. ella minnow - holy shit, ella minnow kicked my ass. totally different take on them vs. the first time i saw 'em. songs kinda all over the map - some early-radioheadish stuff, some bluesy numbers, some 4/4 downbeat-happy songs, some wall of sound anthemic rock, some instrumentals - and all of it was fantastic. lead reminded me of stephen duncan (of chemistry set "fame"), except on speed. lead vox strong (great falsetto), if not exactly conventional (sometimes he reminded me of squiggy from laverne and shirley), but it worked. super-high energy, too - both the lead and the (cape-wearing) key/sax-player were spazzes, injecting the show with tons of energy. man, i loved it. can't wait to see 'em again. (soory for the crappy pic)

10/13/07 - Timeline Post

semi-drunken trip report - look out

went to andy's in denton hom eof the infamous squishy squishy, but alas not much tonight

buncha creepy characters on teh square - black trenchcoat-wearin muthers hanginf out on the courthouse steps

saw exeter from auston - pretty damn good, i thought, though i did see them at the peak of my inebriatedness (maybe not actually, since i kept on). first half of set remionded me of hard radiohead sonmgs. seconf half, not so much but still prety good. 4-piece, btw - no keybd. free ep, i got one. enjoyed the set, i did.

kept smellin corned beef. croned beef corned beef. what's up with tthat?

woman stepped on my toes (wearin sandals). all over me apologizin but unfortunately she was OLDER THAN ME!!!

way to go auburn, beat those fuckin hillybilly arkansas fags

up next was revolution of kings. 3-piece i think. meh. lead had big GIANT head with dreds and glasses. totally genero alt rock. pushed the ear plugs in a bit further.

went otuside between sets and met a guy sittin on a bench wth head in hands. i said i bet you drank too much, he said yeah - 10 shots of tequila, and he was the designated driver. hehe heh. told him to go puke. his buddy came out and talked aboot takin a duke and usin newspaper for tp. we all agreed that was pretty pathetic.

wells were $2.25. bartender shorted me a fiver, tho. shite.

blue cheese faggot spotted (inside joke).

last was timeline post - ok, i guess - better than rev of kings. why do i have a prejudice against big heavy guy leads with long hair and giant beeards that look at the floor the whole time? couldn't hear vocals much. pretty good, but just didin't get into it. wouldn't object to hearing again, but wouldn't make the drive just for 'em.

listened to red monroe on way home (first album) - now there's some good stuff