Blood Beach Interview
Punk Rock Mechanic
By H-Dawg | April 27, 2010
Despite how tough he may look, Justin Apsley, otherwise known as the punk rock mechanic, is one of the nicest and chillest people I know. He has worked on a ton of vehicles at my work, including our Dodge Stratus several times. I can definitely refer him as a reliable and honest fella’ who loves punk rock and working on cars. He lives in a country-esque house in Parkrose where you can take your car, some beer, and spend some time chillin’ out listening to Rancid on the boom box with he and his gal (my co- worker) who is also a super sweet lady.
What do you do and where?
I’m a mechanic. I work anywhere, totally mobile. I like to work out of my garage whenever possible for bigger jobs.
How long have you been working on cars?
Twelve years off and on and three years professionally.
It’s cool that your job is your hobby, does it feel like that to you all the time?
Some days I get a little burnt out and want a break, then I find myself working on my own stuff or planning something and realize I’m addicted.
What other things do you like to do?
Outdoor stuff, hike, fish, camping. I like to learn, reading, performing arts and doing things that interest me–I’m active.
What do you charge for people in the community for side work?
On paper it’s $50 an hour for labor and $30 an hour diagnostic. I work with people though. If it’s quick and easy, then I don’t charge much. If it’s a total mess that takes days or weeks then I take payments.
Would you trade services?
I’m open to trades. I like barter, I need all kinds of house stuff and I get interested in things easy. I do have to keep the bills paid too though. Best thing is ask, I’m easy going and open to new ideas.
What other services/things do you need or could you use?
Shop supplies, a tractor, a car trailer. A goat for my briar bushes.
Describe yourself in four words?
Red neck punk tech.
In the Portland area and interested in getting a hold of Justin for some mechanical magic? Email Justin at punkmechanic@gmail.com for more details.
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Soon To Come…
By TG | April 26, 2010
After a weekend full of several amazing house shows, The Stumptown Comics festival, and a great art show and closing party, we are now finding that we have a lot of interviews that need posting and catch up to do. On the plus side, this is going to be a busy week with upcoming features on Portland bands Westfold, Truth Syrum, and a new column that will highlight local DIY people with services to offer. So yeah, stay tuned and check back soon–good things are on their way.
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Do you party?
By H-Dawg | April 25, 2010
Party with some bad ass graphic novelists from all over and catch the end of a kick ass art show that has several bad ass artists. Sorry if you missed the stumptown fest today , all I had was a few bucks after spending the entrance fee-but still got to thumb through some sweet comic books.
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Pancake featuring the art of Mel Williams
By TG | April 22, 2010
The very talented Santa Rosa via Berkeley artist Mel Williams will be showing her work at next week’s UC Berkeley Honors Studio event, entitled Pancake. For those of you who attended some of the art shows of years past at Daredevil & Queens, you may remember her work as the often vibrant and surreal figure paintings that populated the walls on both shows. If you are anywhere near the Bay Area, we suggest you clear your schedules and take a peak at some of the new pieces this show has to offer.
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Northbay Underground Showcase
By Annie | April 19, 2010
Is it cool for us to follow our previous post by promoting a show that is going on here? Probably not, but just because a venue is lame doesn’t mean the bands that are playing there are–and to be fair I have yet to step foot into the new incarnation of this venue. Anyway, we are always down for some Snipers action and A Pack of Wolves pretty much guarantee a fantastic show. Have yet to see Summer Blondes but with their energetic pop punk tunes I’d say this band is probably a pretty safe bet. Check them out and see for yourself.
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Chrome Lotus has many nicknames… none of them good
By nick g | April 16, 2010
Santa Rosa’s newest hip nightclub is also the city’s newest rock music venue. Let that marinate for a second.
That’s right. The same douchebags and bagettes you see on “Jersey Shore” and “Downtown Santa Rosa” are the first thing you see in Chrome Chodus. Pool tables, a big bar, GIANT televisions everywhere, very, very loud top 40 jukebox favorites and old men with waxed mustaches “tutoring” young women on the proper way to hit the cue ball overwhelm the senses. But it’s appropriate, because you’d have to be senseless to enjoy this type of scene, anyway.
I tried to enjoy the Polar Bears and Prizehog show last Friday but was thwarted. Damn you, Santa Rosa. Must you kill everything I love?
Only after weaving your way past throat-burning cologne and boner-killing hoochies do you make it to the actual music venue, which I admit looks pretty well done, if not tiny. There’s a real sound system, plenty of monitors for the band, a separate bar and a bathroom in this somewhat separated area of the place. But as with many things at Boned Lotus, the devil’s in the details.
I’d like to think any music venue is a great addition to Santa Rosa. Ideologically, it is. But this venue is so miserable I would never be able to enjoy a show. The music in the venue is - are you ready for this - too loud for the small space. This isn’t out of ignorance, it’s out of necessity. The music must project over the booming jukebox in the sandwich shop in front. Between songs, the audience applauds fades out into “boom-tshh-boom-boom-tshhhhh-(autotunegarbagesinging)-boom-tshh-boom-boom-tshhh” from the other room. It’s like being at a really bad party in high school, or like trying to sleep when your brother leaves his iTunes on upstairs all night. Just so annoying.
In fairness, I’m sure the preferred customers of Just-Stay-Home Lotus enjoying the jukebox really hate loud guitars and drums ruining a perfectly good dance tune. But they probably don’t care that it’s too loud. Or maybe they do, I don’t know. Either way, it’s a lose-lose. I’d hate to see an intimate show like Des Ark (I’m sure she wouldn’t play there, anyway) or jazz or anything acoustic there unless the jukebox were turned off. Maybe a thick crushed velvet curtain in the five foot-long hallway connecting the two venues would help. Maybe.
But probably not. The bartenders in the venue area were dressed in a desperately slutty mannor, and I don’t think it got them extra tips of any kind. The giant disco ball above the music venue was spinning too fast and made me dizzy even before I had any drinks. My girlfriend was offered blow in the bathroom in a “oh, we’ve got extra if you want some” kind of way. That’s bad enough, but there’s only one stall! THEY DON’T HAVE A GOOD BATHROOM TO DO COKE IN!!
At Cha-mon Lotus, there are a lot of different options, but I’d rather go to a sushi bar for sushi, Mongolian bbq for Mongolian bbq, and a chinese place for chinese, not combine all three in some superbuffet on Mendocino Avenue. Coincidentally, Blow Lodus is just about across the street from a place like that. Maybe that’s where the inspiration came from. But the only time I ate at that restaurant I got really, really sick.
P.S.: Please, feel free to use douchebagette. It’s the female form of douchebag, in that it is the bread that surrounds the meat of a douchebag. The completion of a douchebag sandwich. Ew.
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The Pink House
By H-Dawg | April 10, 2010
Musical Birthday party for Tex Winters.
Tonight at 8
27th and Sandy
Felisha and Mattey
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“Friendfest PDX”
By Annie | April 6, 2010
Goodriddler photo by Philip Alexander
It’s always great to see some familiar faces from back home playing Portland venues, in fact, since moving away I’ve really come to appreciate how much phenomenal music has come out of Sonoma County. I suppose when the venues are sparse, it really makes you work that much harder to get a show. Anyhow, enough reminiscing and on to some much needed news up here on this blog.
California natives The Americas and Goodriddler are on the road and set to reach Portland for back to back shows on April 10th & 11th. For anyone who has yet to hear these guys, The Americas are a two piece post-punk rock band who fill the space of each song with so many guitar lines and crazy technical drum rhythms you would swear they were a five piece band. Goodriddler, is multi-instrumentalist Nick Wolch, who creates songs that slowly ascend from lone drumming to highly layered and epic electronic indie rock. His last album was fantastic, and we are really looking forward to the release of his second, Tickling the Tail of the Tiger, due out May 7th. Check out the details below for both shows, and hope to see you there!
4/10 The Parlour with Total Bros, The Americas, and Rooftops 8:00 PM
4/11/ Rotture with Strange Holiday, The Americas, Rooftops, Secret Codes and Goodriddler
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Fashion Foward
By TG | March 18, 2010
Introducing, The Futurialist blog run by contributing writer Charlie Swanson. Basically a satire of fashion blogs such as The Satorialist, Charlie steps it up a notch, offering fashion of the future from sci-fi films ranging from Back to the Future to the more obscure Tetsuo (pictured below). The witty commentary pretty much makes it.
Checking Texts in style…Tetsuo the Iron Man
“Look at that. Vintage hipster glasses and a horrifying cyber-disfiguration. Some people just have it all.” -The Futurialist
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Friendship
By TG | March 18, 2010
So, you’re going to want to watch this, and all the more reason if you’re from Sonoma County. Just a warning, it’s pretty awesome, and features certain members of Polar Bears, The New Trust and Santiago.
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A Place to Bury Strangers Play Former Funeral Home
By Charlie | March 16, 2010
The term “waking the dead” came to mind many times last night. On one hand you have The Woods, a building that began life as a funeral parlor. Now, the venue in southeast Portland is home to more inviting ambiance. A small bar along the side, antique chairs lining the walls, and an upright piano on the small stage that once held pine boxes. On the other hand, last night The Woods played host to the loudest band in NYC, A Place to Bury Strangers.
Without the bother of openers or a cover, and at an early hour ( they went on about 6:30), this was an intimate follow up to the previous night’s sold out show at Doug Fir. The trio of guitarist/vocalist Oliver Ackermann, drummer Jay Space, and bassist Jono Mofo create dark and drowning in reverb post-punk and shoegaze, often conjuring up acts like Joy Division and Jesus and Mary Chain. On record they sound straight out of 1979, but on stage those pedals and effects, designed by Ackermann himself, give rise to a deafening brilliance.
Last night’s show started out sonically bearable enough. I wondered, would the somber surroundings convince the band not to blast the doors off this time? Yet, slowly and steadily, the three turned it up and up until amps were raised in triumph over a stage laid to ruins. If this sounds a little over dramatic, just see for yourself.
A Place To Bury Strangers @ The WoodsA great time was had by all. Even me.
photo and video by H-Dawg
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Total Bros Thursdays!
By H-Dawg | March 11, 2010
Total Bros play with people we like, at places we like and we like them…and are originally from Santa Rosa, but they are all here now and have been doing it all around the Portland house show circuit for a few years. Total Bros is Wiley and Ethan. Some other projects that Ethan has been involved in are Atlases, Chores and sometimes Starskate all from Santa Rosa, CA .
For you guys still in hanging in the 707, you can see Starskate on March 23rd w/Alaskas, Paper Organs, and Massive Moth at the BVP House in Santa Rosa. Total bros also have a blogspot if you want to check out more.
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Blood Beach
By H-Dawg | March 10, 2010
photograph by Robert Allen Weller
Interview: Blood Beach
I met with the members of a cool newly formed band who now call themselves Blood Beach, after they recently received a cease and desist letter from an organization who held the copyright to their previous name, Whale Warrior. The band has four members; Shayne Wright, Camella Weedon, Cody Seals, and Patrick Francis. We all met up at Billy Rays Tavern, off MLK for some cheap drinks some band information.
Since I had only really met Patrick for a minute at an Orca team house show a week prior, I wasn’t sure who else I was looking for or if I would even recognize them. Fortunately, we found each other and met up at the back table where it was quiet. Patrick had to leave early to go to some weird job that he didn’t seem too happy to be going to so I took the opportunity to get some information about him first. Patrick plays bass, sings and plays guitar and has only been in the band since last November. Shayne first met Patrick at a Wooden Shjips show, and eventually asked Patrick if he played bass to which he responded “No not really. I’ve never played bass before but I probably could,” so Shayne said “Come over and we ‘ll check it out,” and he came over and was awesome.
Moving on to the other talents in the band, Shayne, Camella, and Cody, all moved to Portland from Denton, a small college town around Austin, TX. Although the three had previously played with each other separately as duo’s, once they arrived in Portland they decided they wanted to form an actual band.
Shayne, who was voted by the highly democratic band members as the most responsible of them all, provides vocals, guitar and electronic stuff. Cody is on vocals and plays the drums while Camella rotates between mandolin, organ, saxophone, theremin, and singing.
Cody and Shayne are originally from a dull and boring town built on an ancient flower mound in Texas called “Flower mound” where apparently there are just enough females for every male. The two have been BFF’S since 2nd grade. Shayne, Camella and Cody currently live together in a very crowded house where the band practices or “jams” about 3-4 times a week in their basement studio. They would like readers to know that although they like to jam they are not a “jam band ” but rather a party band. Blood Beach is run like a democracy and is not about controlling people, they believe in peace and an equal parts idea. When Shayne writes a main riff or chord progression the others add their special stuff as a collaborative–whoever has the idea for the song(s). When asked why they play music and what goals they have as performing artists, Cody replied “I want to play shows everyday and don’t want to do anything else–just play shows everyday.” Camella added “I don’t care if we don’t get paid I just want to play shows every day too.” I think we all might of had a bit too much PBR by this time but nevertheless one thing is clear, this band wants to play all the time everyday.
These lovely handsome musicians support many local Portland places such as: Floating world comics, The Rose Quarter, and Laughing Horse books and comics. When asked what they would do with $100 big ones at this very moment they replied that Camella would “buy a new amp but can’t with a hundred dollars, so I would buy a really crappy violin.” Shayne said he would buy a louder amp, Cody said he would buy a new drum head and get the name of the old band off and put the name of the new band on it. Needless to say, I had fun with these guys, they are good people.
You can check them out at http://www.myspace.com/bloodbeachUSA, or email them at BloodBloodBeach@gmail.com
Upcoming Blood Beach Shows:
March 26th at Laughing Horse books with Grandparents
April 9th at the Pink Room with TBA
May 6th at Ella St. Social Club with TBA
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The Most Awesome Protagonist Returns
By Annie | March 8, 2010
I think it’s rather safe to say that anyone who is familiar with the tightly knit music scene of Sonoma County has heard or seen Mikey O’Connor play music at some point over the last ten years. Whether it was playing cheery pop punk with Hot April or Protecting Gheel, or orchestrating expansive folk pop as a solo project, many of us locals have seen his music transform through the years, culminating in his current blend of lo-fi rock. No matter the name of the band or countless instruments you might find him playing, one thing has remained constant—his songs always offer heartfelt and honest lyrics backed by his inherent knack for creating a great pop hook. With the news of his band, The Most Awesome Protagonist, back in action and releasing a new album, I thought it was a good time to talk to Mikey and find out what exactly he has been up to.
What prompted the decision to restore The Most Awesome Protagonist moniker?
Mikey: I figured since I’d played out so much for a few years it would be in everyone’s best interest if we kept the name and tunes and just worked to develop the better ones more as opposed to doing ALL brand new stuff. Although we do have a lot of new tunes as well
This is the first time in awhile that I can remember you collaborating with another vocalist on your recordings (which sounds great btw) how did the current lineup come about?
YEAH! It’s fun as can be! This lineup is my good friends Aaron Goeth (who has been playing with me for about 2 years now) and his sister, Sarah Mammel (who just moved to California from San Antonio, TX and is an amazing vocalist and musician).
Was there a particular sound or style you wanted to explore on your new songs?
Simplicity more so than anything else, kind of stripping things down when they need to be and exercising restraint about rocking out ALL THE TIME.
Did you record this album yourself? If so, do you feel like there’s more freedom in doing so or more pressure to make it sound exactly how you envision it?
Yeah I recorded this one at our house. I don’t know, I like recording a whole lot and it’s definitely “what I do” but I really want to just relax and let someone else do the work while I focus on performing for the next one.
You’ve lived and played in a few different cities, what was it about Oakland that attracted you?
The fact that I could afford to live in a house there with my band and best friends was pretty attractive. Plus it’s just a 20 minute train ride to SF which is where a lot of my life outside of music is. However, before moving here I was living illegally in an 8 x 10 rehearsal space in the tenderloin. No windows, no shower, carpet on the walls, yikes. BUT we could play music there so it was worth it.
Any thoughts on the Oakland music scene vs SF? Or are they all just one big extension of each other?
Eh, I think it’s all about the same no matter which biggish city you go to. You just kind of find your friends and the bands you like and play shows with ‘em.
A few years ago I found one of the old solo acoustic albums you recorded way back when, do you think you’ll ever re-release any of your old recordings? Like a total Mikey O’Connor retrospect with Protecting Gheel and the whole gamut?
I’ve tried but I don’t have any of it! I’ve put out a lot of stuff and I think it would require a lot of tracking down of stuff. I would like to do it some day though.
Any local bands that you think people should go check out and support?
Yes, absolutely. Little Teeth is definitely one to see live, I’ve been into them for a while and they are absolutely bat-shit crazy folk weirdos from space. Tartufi is another one that is probably the greatest band in the bay area.
How many different instruments do you play on this record?
Just two, guitar and melodica. Sarah plays ukulele, accordion and harmonium.
Any further recordings or shows in the works that people should know about?
We’re playing the housewarming party for our house tonight so that should be cool. We just finished up the e.p. last night so I haven’t had a chance to bring it around scopin’ shows. We will though. Playing live is the best thing a band can do.
Listen to The Most Awesome Protagonist’s new album, and find out when they are playing next on their site right here.
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Dripping Pen Issue III
By Annie | March 8, 2010
Dripping Pen is an “anti-elitist” collaboration of artists and writers who over the past few years have released two print and digital zines. Although it has been on hiatus for a few years, the Northern California based zine is back and currently calling for submissions for their third issue due out in the upcoming months. With past issues featuring an array of heartfelt short stories and a melange of great artwork, we can’t wait to see what is in store for us in the new issue. We will make sure to post a link when the next issue is available, but until then go visit the links below for more information and directions on how you can submit your work (if you hurry!).
Dripping Pen:
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New Art show Lists starting Friday 3/5
By H-Dawg | March 6, 2010
Nationale 811 E. burnside suite 122
Midori Hirose presents an installation of new works on paper.
OPENING RECEPTION FIRST FRIDAY MARCH 5TH, 6 - 9 PM
ON VIEW MARCH 3RD - 28TH, 2010
Remember: that Nationale has moved ,around the back from Grass Hut.
GRASSHUT 811 E. burnside
Make It Or Brake It.
Runs march 5th -31st at grass hut
OPENING reception is march 5th from 6-9pm.
It’s a fiveway 3-D melee, ceramics, paper, wood… I have been thinking a lot about the concept of toy vs art vs object and back and forth again. Each of these peeple have a sexy eye for playful 3-D works. This is art you can hold, spin, love and sometimes even use in daily life. Joy.
Work sound 820 SE Alder Portland
TRANSVERSE
it’s a painting show…
Friday March 5th - March 28thOpening March 5th - 7 pm
Live Music at 9 pm with Root Beer and French Fry
Artists:
Vanessa Calvert
Jaclyn Fronzack
Ruth Lantz
Jud Richardson
Jason Vance Dickason
Salvatore Reda
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Boogie Creek Records presents….3/6 @ Backspace
By H-Dawg | March 6, 2010
This is one of the many goings on this weekend in portland.The sun comes out and everybody wants to party. I do not know that much about the band Hullaballoon other than the fact that they are releasing a 45″record today.I am exited about the event mainly because a musical duo called Hey Lover are going to be joining that party tonight.I like them because they can kick ass and they are wonderful. Hey Lover is made up of couple Justin ( vocals /guitar) and Terah-Beth ( vocals /drums).If you are not super fond of ass kicking music ,and are the guy that wears the earplugs to shows, I am glad to inform you that they do have a slow song or two . They are on Hovercraft which also includes bands Cafeteria dance fever,Here comes the big black cloud and Bullet Teeth.We all try to avoid downtown on the weekends for good reason ( dummies,bachelour party strays and expensive drinks ) …but every now and again its worth it to go down to Backspace to hear some good music.
*I wrote a much more interesting article earlier and it did not save so sorry if this one seems bland nevertheless-they are rad.
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Don’t call it a comeback.
By Charlie | March 3, 2010
This is the first thing I’ve written in a while, so I fully expect to be a bit rusty. Let me see. Ok.
So, lately I have been thinking a lot about bands, at least the ones who’ve broken up. The bands I discovered after they had parted, quit, died, etc. It’s always been the fan’s dream for a reunion. Of course! Who doesn’t want to see the good times again, those times you were unaware of or not yet born to be a part of. The times that have been so well documented after the fact, the acts whose influence and tremendous power is felt only after they’ve given it up. The reunion.
That’s what I’ve been thinking about ever since I heard that Pavement is having a reunion tour. This was some time ago now, and the thought had strayed, until the Lineup for Sasquatch was announced. And right up at the top, crowded around My Morning Jacket (yawn), Vampire Weekend (yaawn), and Ween (really?), Pavement would finally be within my reach.
Being the ripe old age of 10 when Pavement were at their height (sorry if that made you feel old) I only discovered the band some six or seven years ago, too late to see a show. The band called it quits in 1999. And now a decade later they are playing shows together. Yay! I get to see them now! But, why do I feel this conflict within me?
Is it cool to see a band after they’ve reunited? I get to thinking. Well, I myself saw the Pixies at Coachella, but I wasn’t really there for them, and basically sat around in the polo field listening halfheartedly. But by then, the Pixies had gone from an underground sensation to a sold out festival headlining spot right off the bat.
And others have done the same thing. Mission of Burma were hardly known outside of Boston in the 80’s, but when they returned, everyone had heard of them. Pretty convenient if you ask me. Reuniting right when the next generation has discovered and marketed your old life.
- Dinosaur Jr. are ooooold. But still cool. How do they do it?
Then I get to thinking, you know there’s really two types of reunions, those that stay relevant, and those that don’t. Dinosaur Jr. and Mission of Burma both came back and released a good number of quality albums. Then you have the other side, like the Pixies, who reunite, but only for a brief moment, reliving (or cashing in on) the glory days and the best of times.
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Portland’s Velveteria closes its doors
By Erik | March 2, 2010
This may or may not be old news to many of you, but Portland’s velvet painting museum has folded and its owners are moving back from whence they came… California! 
Caren Anderson and Carl Baldwin, the fifty-something owners and proprietors cited gloomy weather, lack of cultural diversity, and the tanked economy as reasons for moving back. These ludicrous, controversial statements have caused public outcry from native Portlanders and Californians alike and the original post on OregonLive has devolved into a repository of trash-talk between them! Please go and add your 3 cents. Fun unconfirmed fact: “Keep Portland Weird” is a phrase borrowed from our creative-class cousins in Austin, Texas.
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The Dodos were simply Magik*
By nick g | February 26, 2010
The Dodos played with the Magik Magik Orchestra at the Palace of Fine Arts in SF Feb. 24. Photo by Anne Ostrowski
The orchestra and band thing doesn’t always pan out to be the best idea in the world. Death Cab touring with orchestra - yes. Radiohead and strings - sure. Metallica and a symphony? Not so hot. That’s why when I went to see the Dodos last night with the Magik* Magik Orchestra at the Palace of Fine Arts, I was hoping for a great show, but there was this lingering doubt…
A giant marimba and cello opened the show, to the surprise of many in the still-filling auditorium. The show opened with the Magik* Magik Orchestra playing a series of 20th century works. One was a world premier of a piece involving battery-powered toothbrushes played on violins and cellists using their instruments in ways that should not be described to children (not because its gross, because they wouldn’t understand it. Geez).
After the orchestra had the stage, the Dodos began with drums (no bass drum, though), marimba and, of course, acoustic guitar. A handful of songs later, the second intermission broke our trance. Schmoozing and boozing in the lobby and it’s back for some great music, but there was this lingering doubt…
Doubts are like farts. They hang around until something else takes your mind off of it. When the Dodos began the third set and the orchestra started behind them, my stinky, rotting doubt dissipated. The arrangement was very subtle and never overtook the band. Violins, violas, cellos, a double bass, light percussion, woodwinds and a small female choir actually improved the songs rather than just making them louder. Simple but effective arrangement made the experience so enjoyable.
There are some shows where I really feel like I should thank a band or someone for what I just experienced. It’s like someone just did something very nice for me, and though it was kind of expected it was done very well. That’s the kind of stuff that reminds me not to take anything for granted. And I am very thankful for that
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