vuvuzelas with gearshifting

[captqitn]

Good morning y'allzers.

Yay!  That was a fun weekend.   The dudes made a short video wrapup, so I'll just post that when its ready as my weekend report.


Did I miss the Pavement review, or is it not up yet?

[Tripp]

Bob Nastanovich became my FB friend yesterday.. Maybe he talked about it onstage.

[captqitn]

We listened to this public radio show called Studio 360 on our way back from Coney Island.   They had Matmos on doing soundscapes out of non musical instruments.  

Like the cactus for instance:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/ee4wCvEGZF8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/ee4wCvEGZF8</a>

It sent Aaron on a very fun tangent of doing similar things (bottles, rubberbands, etc), then he declared that art could also be made like that.   So now all over the house there are these strange sculptures made of kitchen utensils, office supplies, arranged coins, etc.

And I have to say that its actually really effective.   They totally make me think about these things that are usually invisible.    "huh, I never noticed how weirdly shaped that bread attachment for the blender was.   But now that its on the window sill framed by corkscrews...."

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

Pavement was great. I rocked til I almost dropped. Thankfully I stayed well hydrated.

No encore but they played for about 90 minutes. Maybe not enough stuff from WZ. No Rattled by the Rush. That's my only compalaint.

Nasty Nas did not mention you, Tripp. He didn't say much aside from all his screaming. I think he said something about horse racing natch.

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

Malkmus is remarkably well preserved.  I felt like I stepped into a time machine going back 11 years.

Some tall jam band looking dude blocked my view of Ibold and SS...the 2 the years have been meanest to. West looks the same. Nastanovich pretty much does too. So from my view it really couldve been 1999. And we partied.

Lots of young people knew what was what. I kind of expected a lot of oldsters but there really were a lot of kids who are discovering their music after the fact so that's cool.

It was surreal how many people were there to see Pavement. I mean at least 10000 probably more. I can't believe how many fans they have.

[Doctor Rock]

This is neat: The periodic table of irrational nonsense

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

The guy who introduced Pavement called himself Rockin Rob or something. He basically just wanted to irritate the crowd and get them to throw stuff at him.

He called Pitchfork the minor leagues and Lollapalloza the major leagues. He said he tried to break Pavement for 10 years but they couldn't give him a single. Stuff like that.

I remember the guy from LA in '99. If you watch the Slow Century DVD you'll see him. I was at that show.

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

St Vincent was also incredible. After Pavement they were my fave. She just beats up her guitar until it screaches and then she shreds. The sax player was really hot shit too.  I highly recommend checking them out.

In order of how much they moved me:

1. Pavement
2. St Vincent
3. Lightning Bolt
4. Beach House
5. Big Boi
6. Best Coast

[Tripp]

did you and Jeff scream out "I LOVE YOU STEPHEN...!"  with tears in your eyes.?

[captqitn]

Sounds good.  I shall allow myself to get excited about their Central Park show.

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

He just wouldve said something ironic and cutting to make us feel small.

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

I've never been around so much pot without getting high. No one offered to smoke me up.

For 11 hours straight people were smoking. I've never smelled so much at a concert.

If the fuzz had brought pot sniffer dogs it wouldve been the biggest dope bust in history.

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

Cappy, by the time they get to NYC they should be even better.

They didn't seem to hate each other. Most of the band seemed to be giving their all.

It would be nice to hear a new song but that doesn't seem to be the spirit.

[Tripp]

we opened up for Pavement in NOLA once.. During their set I kept drunkenly yelling out "KILLING ME.!"  and Malkmus snidely retorted "yeah.. it's killing me too."

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

Oh the wiseacre who introduced Pavement was Ryan Murphy founder of Drag City.