I'm sure PQQU will come and post an awesome review and summary of tonight's show but I am going to post too. akudood;
Final Fantasy opened and it was beautiful. giggle;
HE PLAYED THIS LAMB SELLS CONDOS. giggle; giggle; giggle; giggle; giggle; giggle; giggle; giggle; giggle;
Then The Mountain Goats came on and errbody cheered and it was also awesome.
I have videos I'll upload shortly. PQQU will most likely give a more detailed recap.
It was so awesome. giggle; giggle;
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he played no children. baddood;
giggle; sounds awesome
I'm kind of sick, so my thoughts aren't that organized, but that was a very good show.
Owen opeened. I have a live recording of him at Vienna, and he's...awkward and shy, usually. But he was really branching out in a bashful sort of way. No self-deprecation, no confusion...some exhaustion, but also quite a bit of energy. So his playing was top fucking notch, like amazingly. I knew everything when it came, mostly because the show was a lot like the vienna concert. I felt kind of alone there up front (JMV had a later ticket...I wish I had bought you that section 2 ticket the lady had), among a bunch of Mountain Goats fans(I only knew one song Guff had sent me; my summary of the period when they came on is that they were good but not what I wanted at that mentail state and I was also sick and restless so I didn't listnen to all of it, they did a fine job) being there for Owen.
He played a lot of very, very ambitious stuff from his new record, and that came along very very well. It's shaping up to be amazing, from what I've heard live and on demo. Across the board, though, he approached each song with as much vigor as he could muster. He plays with his boyfriend now, and they make a very good team. It's hard to find a guitarist that can finger pick the same line of a bowed violin doing 16th notes, but Owen's dating one. Nice, huh? They're all cute and shit (I wanna take 'em home).
Owen was on synth and violin and voice, with his loop pedal and his exactness. Thomas was on guitar and percussion and vocals + whistling. Just...goddamn, hearing some of those songs live are religious. His records are pretty good, yeah; but the joy of seeing him life is connecting with the process of musing, evolving right there in front of you with every push on the loop pedal. It helps for me that I've done so much research / fangirling on the guy (for Arcade Fire and Great Lake Swimmers, I've listened to it) that I can connect to him personally as well as through his music. So I got to enjoy his personality and process, as well as the beautiful music he let out. He's a very sincere musician, skilled and exact.
I got to meet Thomas right between the acts. I had been trying to catch owen and failed, so I sort of waved at Thomas saying "Goodbye," but he actually came over and we had a conversation. I talked about the Vienna show, and I would've liked to have talked more about his musicianship and their interplay, because it was so effective. But it was just light wonderful chatter. He's a lot more open and amiable than Owen (who clearly has a lot of pathos and shyness going on, bless him)...yeah, I think he pitches. Anyway, very nice conversation. I told him my name.
Mountain Goats set: ask Jim or see above.
Afterwards I was sort of wandering about when I, at the help of others, found their tour bus. I sat down near it and struck up a conversation with a guy about the music and about percussion as well. Someone tapped me on the shoulder and said Owen was walking by (unaccompanied by any adoring fans, the absolute SHAME!) and I gave him my love. It was more awkward and fangirly than I would've liked, but I felt I expressed what I was feeling. He hugged me and said he couldn't stop looking at my hair. I left in all smiles. If I am more lucid tomorrow I am going to feel gooooooooooooooood.
DID YOU SEE JOHN DARNIELLE;____;
pqqu i tried to sneak in the front and the lady made me go upstairs and i was sitting behind pretty girl i didn't tallk to her
did you see her
No, I left earlier. I have classes in the morning and all.
Talking to people at concerts is really really hard, but you can always revert back to "Wasn't that awesome!?"
HORRIBLE QUALITY VIDEO TIME
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hago5oxqys4[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHIbfKW6_XU[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOusa-2A6NQ[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6waNuJQrT8A[/youtube]
OWEN PALLETT
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr7XD_BgpL4[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o84DMxySgr8[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH1w0sUJbBc[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtO57IxfSrc[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr4KxMlaiTw[/youtube]
Videos from Others
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LdLhiSRRrs[/youtube]
i hate you so much jmv </3
they were in chicago nov. 5th but it was 18+ madood;
They were in Grand Rapids Nov. 4th but I DIDN'T EVEN FUCKING KNOW GOTDAMNIT
Anyway I am jealous of you except for your transcendental and emotional connections to the music because it just weirds me out.
I was wondering about after they started, so I'm not in those videos.
Why did you leave, again?
Quote from: Veal on November 30, 2009, 09:55:35 AM
They were in Grand Rapids Nov. 4th but I DIDN'T EVEN FUCKING KNOW GOTDAMNIT
Anyway I am jealous of you except for your transcendental and emotional connections to the music because it just weirds me out.
If I don't think at all while I'm connecting to it, and let it flow through me, is it so strange? Isn't it instead the most natural thing in the world?
Quote from: Alyssa the Glowing Sole on November 30, 2009, 10:00:16 AM
If I don't think at all while I'm connecting to it, and let it flow through me, is it so strange? Isn't it instead the most natural thing in the world?
Quote from: Alyssa the Glowing Sole on November 29, 2009, 02:39:38 PM
I'm kind of sick, so my thoughts aren't that organized, but that was a very good show.
Owen opeened. I have a live recording of him at Vienna, and he's...awkward and shy, usually. But he was really branching out in a bashful sort of way. No self-deprecation, no confusion...some exhaustion, but also quite a bit of energy. So his playing was top fucking notch, like amazingly. I knew everything when it came, mostly because the show was a lot like the vienna concert. I felt kind of alone there up front (JMV had a later ticket...I wish I had bought you that section 2 ticket the lady had), among a bunch of Mountain Goats fans(I only knew one song Guff had sent me; my summary of the period when they came on is that they were good but not what I wanted at that mentail state and I was also sick and restless so I didn't listnen to all of it, they did a fine job) being there for Owen.
He played a lot of very, very ambitious stuff from his new record, and that came along very very well. It's shaping up to be amazing, from what I've heard live and on demo. Across the board, though, he approached each song with as much vigor as he could muster. He plays with his boyfriend now, and they make a very good team. It's hard to find a guitarist that can finger pick the same line of a bowed violin doing 16th notes, but Owen's dating one. Nice, huh? They're all cute and shit (I wanna take 'em home).
Owen was on synth and violin and voice, with his loop pedal and his exactness. Thomas was on guitar and percussion and vocals + whistling. Just...goddamn, hearing some of those songs live are religious. His records are pretty good, yeah; but the joy of seeing him life is connecting with the process of musing, evolving right there in front of you with every push on the loop pedal. It helps for me that I've done so much research / fangirling on the guy (for Arcade Fire and Great Lake Swimmers, I've listened to it) that I can connect to him personally as well as through his music. So I got to enjoy his personality and process, as well as the beautiful music he let out. He's a very sincere musician, skilled and exact.
I got to meet Thomas right between the acts. I had been trying to catch owen and failed, so I sort of waved at Thomas saying "Goodbye," but he actually came over and we had a conversation. I talked about the Vienna show, and I would've liked to have talked more about his musicianship and their interplay, because it was so effective. But it was just light wonderful chatter. He's a lot more open and amiable than Owen (who clearly has a lot of pathos and shyness going on, bless him)...yeah, I think he pitches. Anyway, very nice conversation. I told him my name.
Mountain Goats set: ask Jim or see above.
Afterwards I was sort of wandering about when I, at the help of others, found their tour bus. I sat down near it and struck up a conversation with a guy about the music and about percussion as well. Someone tapped me on the shoulder and said Owen was walking by (unaccompanied by any adoring fans, the absolute SHAME!) and I gave him my love. It was more awkward and fangirly than I would've liked, but I felt I expressed what I was feeling. He hugged me and said he couldn't stop looking at my hair. I left in all smiles. If I am more lucid tomorrow I am going to feel gooooooooooooooood.
That's a heck of a lot of not thinking.
Quote from: Veal on November 30, 2009, 10:13:19 AM
That's a heck of a lot of not thinking.
All of that was after the fact, putting nouns on things that needed no name, putting verbs on movements that needed no characteristic. But to express, I had to label; and to label, I had to use my head.
But my heart is still there in a place without words.
Quote from: Veal on November 30, 2009, 11:43:21 AM
I guess that's the part that frightens me.
That's flattery, coming from you, dear.
Quote from: Alyssa the Glowing Sole on November 30, 2009, 11:55:39 AM
That's flattery, coming from you, dear.
No, he really is scared. He's boarding up his house as we speak.
Quote from: Alyssa the Glowing Sole on November 30, 2009, 10:00:16 AM
I was wondering about after they started, so I'm not in those videos.
Why did you leave, again?
It was crowded and inside and I don't do well in inside crowds in areas that small I felt in the way. baddood;
If it was more roomy it wouldn't have been that bad but it was like OH GOD IM BLOCKING PEOPLE THEY WILL LOOK AT ME
Quote from: JMV on November 30, 2009, 01:44:06 PM
It was crowded and inside and I don't do well in inside crowds in areas that small I felt in the way. baddood;
If it was more roomy it wouldn't have been that bad but it was like OH GOD IM BLOCKING PEOPLE THEY WILL LOOK AT ME
The more self-conscious you are, the more people notice you. Then again, in my case the more demonstrative and open you are, the more people notice you. The difference lies in how we handle it. You missed a good encore. Next time, let's sit together and I'll handcuff you to me.
Quote from: Alyssa the Glowing Sole on November 30, 2009, 02:09:01 PM
The more self-conscious you are, the more people notice you.
Now I'm unconvinced again. myface;
Quote from: Alyssa the Glowing Sole on November 30, 2009, 02:09:01 PM
The more self-conscious you are, the more people notice you. Then again, in my case the more demonstrative and open you are, the more people notice you. The difference lies in how we handle it. You missed a good encore. Next time, let's sit together and I'll handcuff you to me.
WAT THERE WAS MORE MUSIC AFTER NO CHILDREN?!
;___;
ALSO
[mp3]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/141311/%20Lewis%20Takes%20Action.mp3[/mp3]
SINGLE IS SO PRETTY
Quote from: JMV on November 30, 2009, 04:21:16 PM
WAT THERE WAS MORE MUSIC AFTER NO CHILDREN?!
;___;
You missed a 3-song encore!
Quote from: Alyssa the Glowing Sole on December 01, 2009, 08:55:37 AM
You missed a 3-song encore!
wat;_;
I know John Darnielle left the stage and then came back out and played 3 songs (Ezekiel 7 And The Permanent Efficacy Of Grace, Romans 10: 9, and No Children) but I was there for those 3.
Did he do it again? ;___;
Quote from: JMV on December 01, 2009, 09:03:23 AM
wat;_;
I know John Darnielle left the stage and then came back out and played 3 songs (Ezekiel 7 And The Permanent Efficacy Of Grace, Romans 10: 9, and No Children) but I was there for those 3.
Did he do it again? ;___;
Oh shit, no. You must've lighted out of there like fucking lightning if you were at government center. You missed nothing.