Using Bees To Effect Vengeance

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Thursday, March 24, 2005
 
I thoroughly enjoyed this year's SXSW. There weren't that many must-see bands for me this year, which allowed me to do a lot more hopping around. It were nice.

Tuesday
Spottiswoode, Marlee Macleod, The Silos, Steve Wynn and the Miracle Three (rockingest set I saw at the festival), Paul The Girl.

Wednesday
American Vodka, Sam Champion, Dr. Dog (ehh), Dolorean (ehh), Amazing Pilots, Willard Grant Conspiracy, Richmond Fontaine

Thursday
The Natural History, The Crimea, Dogs Die In Hot Cars, Lou Barlow, Willy Mason, Adem, Aberfeldy (cute Scottish keyboard players alert -- two of them!), Robyn Hitchcock, Graham Coxon

Friday
Robyn Hitchcock (again), John Cale (!!), Spoon

Saturday
Pass. My 30-year-old ass was shagged out. For shame, as Grampa Simpson says.

Highlights: Seeing the John Cale perfoming Fear, and then Venus In Furs (!!!). Watching Brooklynites Sam Champion abuse their Les Pauls in the service of catchy, fun Neil-Young-goes-pop tuneage. Getting the sweaty upper lip as Steve Wynn's ferocious guitar player battered all hell out of The Dream Syndicate tune Days Of Wine And Roses (no, not that one). Seeing Richmond Fontaine transcend a truly ass-spelunking sound guy to turn in a soulful performance. A pre-show chat with damn nice guy and Spoon bassist Josh Zarbo. Watching a grown-ass man with full-on bog-brush beard stand there with tears rolling down his cheeks as Robyn Hitchcock concluded his cover of Lennon's Mind Games.

| posted by Alex at 11:07 PM

Wednesday, March 09, 2005
 
You can now listen to a BBC Radio 3 progam featuring Elvis Costello's Desert Island Classical CDs. Byrd, Schubert, Mozart, Purcell, and Jeff Buckley singing Britten are among the selections. Probably a pleasant way to spend an hour....

| posted by Alex at 9:30 PM

 
Jewish Fashion Conspiracy

Heh heh. I'm particularly fond of the "A great miracle happened here" panties. Well, "fond of" meaning "amused by" rather than "coveting" or "considering wearing".

| posted by Alex at 10:05 AM

Sunday, March 06, 2005
 
Giant Steps by Michal Levy

Everyone has already blogged this visual representation of Coltrane's Giant Steps, but if you haven't seen it, definitely check it out...truly beautiful. You get the feeling that Coltrane had something like this in his head while he was playing it....

| posted by Alex at 1:52 PM

Thursday, March 03, 2005
 
i used to believe.

Via dimsie, a brilliant site about misguided childhood beliefs.

| posted by Alex at 6:14 PM

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