Apparently the demographics at X vs Q say some interesting things ( Read more... )

Yes, yes it did. Surprisingly quickly.


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Went to see Jack White w/ d at BU.

Mr. White continues to impress and inspire. He was backed by an all-female band playing drums, contra bass, pedal steel guitar, violin, piano/keyboard, and a tambourine/rattle player who provided backing vocals for a few songs. Besides playing more-or-less all of Blunderbuss, they also played Dead Leaves And the ( Read more... )

Updated whenever I make it to a concert...

Jack White
opening band

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Saw Hot Chip at HoB w/ d.

Opening for them was Chromatics, but we only caught about half their set. They were interesting enough, but the samples of their studio album didn't impress so I'll leave 'em at the concert ( Read more... )

Saw Victor Wooten at the Paradise w/ j & d.

Opening band was Club d'Elf. In this incarnation they were a violin, a kick-bass + cymbal + bongo + hand drum, a santir, and slide guitar. They were very jazzy and pretty excellent. d commented they kinda reminded of a slowed down and mellowed out acoustic NIN without lyrics ( Read more... )

Excellent evening out with w/ c & d to Paradise Rock Club.

We arrived late enough to miss the opening band, but arrived just in time to catch the opening song of AWOLNATION. As they're new enough to only have one album, I knew all the songs they played and they played most of the songs I'd hoped to hear (notably omitting Knights of Shame, which is ( Read more... )

First concert of the year! Out w/ ch and j, neither of who were sure who Kasabian was, but both of who decided concerts are fun and came anyways!

The opening band was called Hacienda (Spanish for estate), which I think was these guys: http://haciendaonline.net (there appear to be multiple bands by this name). They were a guitarists, bassist, ( Read more... )

Albums listed in order of discovery.

Arctic Monkeys: Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
The Killers: Sam's Town
The Fratellis: Costello Music
The White Stripes: Icky Thump
Oysterhead: The Grand Pecking Order

Notable also-rans:

White Rabbits: It's Frightening ( Read more... )

Recorded the first attempt at a melody set to lyrics. Though it is but the first germination of an idea, having something to work around both confines possibilities and opens up paths forward.

Got from laptop-is-in-the-other-room to recording guitar through amp to capture within 10 minutes.

Working title is I Once Knew A Girl.