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Jun. 12th, 2003
tonight may have to last me all my life
Jun. 12th, 2003 10:15 amWhat a NIGHT! Wow! All told, definitely one of my top 5 days ever. For posterity, I shall try to record everything.
Got off work at 4, only to rush home and find a message from Lea. She was at the Issac's trying to figure out the best thing for her to do: buy early tickets or help me pick Graham up from Bham. The Graceland does cover charge instead of tickets, but they got it sorted out and I went to pick GI Graham up myself. The drive went with little incident, though I must say it took longer than I would've liked, due mostly to traffic. Picked up Cliff and hurried downtown.
Most of us expected the show to sell out and were a bit nervous about showing up at 8:15, but the fears were unfounded as the place was hardly half full for the Gold Chains. Lea and Lailey didn't even have to pre-pay for us, and Bethany was already there by the time we showed up. Folks showing late missed a helluva show... the description I had read ("press play on laptop, freak out, repeat") was pretty accurate. 2 guys, 2 girls, a guitar and a laptop were all they needed to throw down a very unique hip hop vibe. They would do well to add a real DJ member though.
Enon (say:e-nuhn) was a band I was definitely looking forward to see. I have High Society and love it, and I was surprised to find they only have 3 members. They sound like a bloody collective on the album, with crazy sounds and multiple tracks of everything going off at once. A synth and a drum machine were needed to fill out the sound, but they did it amazingly well. Sound problems plaged the set however, and often one instrument would be mixed too high to hear much anything else. The lead singer's vocals slowly got turned down - by the last song he sounded like he was whispering. The asian bassist chick had this Bjork-on-helium sort of vibe, but once she starts singing it all goes away. The closer she did was incredible.
Aaaand finally: the Plan. This being my third (and last!) time seeing them, it feels like I know them by now or something. The vibes are familiar, in a I-know-this-song sort of way. The set was pretty different though, for instance they didn't have a set list. In fact they haven't made one for any shows on the tour and are instead taking audience requests. They had Cex (who was there for no apparant reason... he wasn't playing...?) run around in the audience with a wireless mic and solicit requests between songs. This of course provided opportunity for all sorts of insanity ("Disco Jesus... there's a mental picture." "I got 3 hugs, two of them from guys." "That's emo, isn't it?."), and gave the show a very relaxed atmosphere of a bunch of friends meeting friends who happen to play the country's best music. The audience requests were all over the map: Standards (Ice of Boston ("do we have any pimps in the audience?"), Gyroscope, You Are Invited) followed by some totally off-the-wall stuff (First Anniversary, I Love a Magician, Memory Machine, Academy Award, Back and Forth). Didn't get to request Girl o' Clock though, instead my chance was stolen by some scary black dude behind me. Long story. He asked for You are Invited... newbie. :) Since the crowd was basically running the show, they got a lot more into the groove than I'd seen at either of their past shows. Though our trademark move out here is the Standing Still, there were plenty of folks gettin as funky as possible to music that has earned every bit of it. This definitely prompted the band along, in fact during Ice of Boston some of the members looked like they were having more fun that the rest of us on stage.
Non-sequiter moment: about halfway through the night, some guy in front randomly shouts "Bye!" right after a song. Travis, being a bit confused, just waves back and says, "huh?" Turns out the kid had to leave early cause he had finals to do tomorrow and his "mom would fucking kill [him]." So the kid got a chance to say goodbye. It was very sweet.
After the show I was starving so we meandered over to the Hurricane. Beth's good food in a clean place... fancy that.
And as the night ends I close a chapter in my life, just as the Plan is closing this chapter in theirs. Since the first show I went to in Vancouver, I've felt like they've been there for me. That concert was Alina's last. Something in their music speaks to me of times like that, ones that end and cannot be relived. A bittersweetness, a longing, patience. In fact a lot of things yesterday reminded me of the Big Indie Rock Adventure, probably the combination of all the driving, lots of friends, eating out, and a Plan show. A road-trip vibe where everything works out and everybody's happy. Which is starting to make me worry a bit... everyone be really careful on the road in the next month or so, mmkay?
I rarely get choked up when bands split, but I feel pretty strongly about this one. Nobody expects bands to last forever (unless you're a Stones fan), but I seriously thought I would enjoy a couple more years of shows and another record at least. The band has moved on and, I suppose, so should I. But first I want to listen to E&I again....
Got off work at 4, only to rush home and find a message from Lea. She was at the Issac's trying to figure out the best thing for her to do: buy early tickets or help me pick Graham up from Bham. The Graceland does cover charge instead of tickets, but they got it sorted out and I went to pick GI Graham up myself. The drive went with little incident, though I must say it took longer than I would've liked, due mostly to traffic. Picked up Cliff and hurried downtown.
Most of us expected the show to sell out and were a bit nervous about showing up at 8:15, but the fears were unfounded as the place was hardly half full for the Gold Chains. Lea and Lailey didn't even have to pre-pay for us, and Bethany was already there by the time we showed up. Folks showing late missed a helluva show... the description I had read ("press play on laptop, freak out, repeat") was pretty accurate. 2 guys, 2 girls, a guitar and a laptop were all they needed to throw down a very unique hip hop vibe. They would do well to add a real DJ member though.
Enon (say:e-nuhn) was a band I was definitely looking forward to see. I have High Society and love it, and I was surprised to find they only have 3 members. They sound like a bloody collective on the album, with crazy sounds and multiple tracks of everything going off at once. A synth and a drum machine were needed to fill out the sound, but they did it amazingly well. Sound problems plaged the set however, and often one instrument would be mixed too high to hear much anything else. The lead singer's vocals slowly got turned down - by the last song he sounded like he was whispering. The asian bassist chick had this Bjork-on-helium sort of vibe, but once she starts singing it all goes away. The closer she did was incredible.
Aaaand finally: the Plan. This being my third (and last!) time seeing them, it feels like I know them by now or something. The vibes are familiar, in a I-know-this-song sort of way. The set was pretty different though, for instance they didn't have a set list. In fact they haven't made one for any shows on the tour and are instead taking audience requests. They had Cex (who was there for no apparant reason... he wasn't playing...?) run around in the audience with a wireless mic and solicit requests between songs. This of course provided opportunity for all sorts of insanity ("Disco Jesus... there's a mental picture." "I got 3 hugs, two of them from guys." "That's emo, isn't it?."), and gave the show a very relaxed atmosphere of a bunch of friends meeting friends who happen to play the country's best music. The audience requests were all over the map: Standards (Ice of Boston ("do we have any pimps in the audience?"), Gyroscope, You Are Invited) followed by some totally off-the-wall stuff (First Anniversary, I Love a Magician, Memory Machine, Academy Award, Back and Forth). Didn't get to request Girl o' Clock though, instead my chance was stolen by some scary black dude behind me. Long story. He asked for You are Invited... newbie. :) Since the crowd was basically running the show, they got a lot more into the groove than I'd seen at either of their past shows. Though our trademark move out here is the Standing Still, there were plenty of folks gettin as funky as possible to music that has earned every bit of it. This definitely prompted the band along, in fact during Ice of Boston some of the members looked like they were having more fun that the rest of us on stage.
Non-sequiter moment: about halfway through the night, some guy in front randomly shouts "Bye!" right after a song. Travis, being a bit confused, just waves back and says, "huh?" Turns out the kid had to leave early cause he had finals to do tomorrow and his "mom would fucking kill [him]." So the kid got a chance to say goodbye. It was very sweet.
After the show I was starving so we meandered over to the Hurricane. Beth's good food in a clean place... fancy that.
And as the night ends I close a chapter in my life, just as the Plan is closing this chapter in theirs. Since the first show I went to in Vancouver, I've felt like they've been there for me. That concert was Alina's last. Something in their music speaks to me of times like that, ones that end and cannot be relived. A bittersweetness, a longing, patience. In fact a lot of things yesterday reminded me of the Big Indie Rock Adventure, probably the combination of all the driving, lots of friends, eating out, and a Plan show. A road-trip vibe where everything works out and everybody's happy. Which is starting to make me worry a bit... everyone be really careful on the road in the next month or so, mmkay?
I rarely get choked up when bands split, but I feel pretty strongly about this one. Nobody expects bands to last forever (unless you're a Stones fan), but I seriously thought I would enjoy a couple more years of shows and another record at least. The band has moved on and, I suppose, so should I. But first I want to listen to E&I again....
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Jun. 12th, 2003 05:37 pmThe hammer clicks in place
the world's gonna pay
"Go Eric, Jason and Joe!"
"Well, since Eric, Jason and Joe are so great, we'll let them pick the next song."
On the week 10 assignments, none submitted.
And the daffodils look lovely today
Hypno babes rule my pants
the world's gonna pay
"Go Eric, Jason and Joe!"
"Well, since Eric, Jason and Joe are so great, we'll let them pick the next song."
On the week 10 assignments, none submitted.
And the daffodils look lovely today
Hypno babes rule my pants