Because it's all about the trip to Asheville I took to see Squirrel Nut Zippers live at The Orange Peel. She couldn't go, and I don't really feel like rubbing it in much more than I already have
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I'm so happy to hear you had a nice time! I think there must be some psychological component to it, too--you were doing something out of the ordinary that you were looking forward to. I bet your brain was flooded with neurotransmitters that it's normally deprived of and that helped.
Har-dee-har. I don't really see a band that plays Dixieland jazz- and swing-inspired music to be the kind of band that can lose its "relevance." If you like the music and it gets you up and moving, it's just as relevant as it was when it was released. I mean, people still go see AC/DC in concert and it's not 1981. Miles Davis and John Coltrane are still just as innovative and brilliant as they were in 1962.
I really wish that whole "swing revival" thing would've lasted longer. For about eight months, I was one of the coolest people in school. And then I went right back to loving stuff most people have never heard of.
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Oh! And I almost forgot: NEBO!
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I don't really see a band that plays Dixieland jazz- and swing-inspired music to be the kind of band that can lose its "relevance." If you like the music and it gets you up and moving, it's just as relevant as it was when it was released. I mean, people still go see AC/DC in concert and it's not 1981. Miles Davis and John Coltrane are still just as innovative and brilliant as they were in 1962.
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But I'm messing with you anyway. :)
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