Sunday, September 29th, 2002
Fixing A Hole
Feeling all domestic today. I’ve vacuumed my room, washed all my sheets and remade the bed and cleared the drain in my tub. It appears that even short hair can clog a drain if left long enough. The accumulated crud that I had to remove is best left undescribed. But that nastiness is behind me and the tub drains the way it did when it first left the bathtub nursery. Huzzah.
Watched the Jays close out the 2002 season this afternoon (on television – I’d intended to go to the game but it was a 1pm start and in my typical plodding Sunday morning style, I wasn’t anywhere near ready to face the world by the time thie first pitch was thrown). Good game – Halladay gets his 19th win (a shutout) and becomes the AL leader in innings pitched, Hinske drives in the winning (and only) run. I am guardedly optimistic for the future – I haven’t looked forward to Spring Training in many years, but the Jays have got a good thing going right now. Fingers crossed!
The Leafs, on the other hand… Ed Belfour = feeble.
np – Elf Power / Creatures
Sunday, September 29th, 2002
Having returned from Interpol’s Toronto debut, I can offer the following observations:
1) DAMN they are tight! The bass and drums lock in so seamlessly I couldn’t tell where the bass guitar ended and the bass drum began. Very impressive – the production on the album tends to wash out the rhythm section some, but live? It’s like getting kicked in the chest repeatedly. In a good way..
2) It took Paul Banks a couple songs to get his voice warmed up – initially he couldn’t come close to nailing his falsetto and the vocals were somewhat thin overall. By mid-set however, he had some serious oomph behind him and sounded great.
3) Mix was very good, but overall a little loud. Guitars and vocals were distorted coming through the PA.
4) They use a lot of Boss pedals. Guitars were Rickenbacker 360 (fireglo) and a Les Paul Deluxe (goldtop with mini buckers) both through Twin Reverbs (one blackface, probably RI, one silverface).
5) Song arrangements were very close to the album – maybe a little more jamming in places, but hardly reiventing the material. The band was chattier than past show reviews had led me to expect. Mayhap they were a little surprised (pleasantly so) by the enthusiastic response of the Toronto punters.
6) A very packed and satisfied crowd has gone home from the Horseshoe tonight. Interpol will be back next year sometime, but the snob in me already knows that show won’t be as good as this one was.
On a sort-of related note, MY FEET AND LEGS ARE KILLING ME. I expect a grand muscle spasm sometime this evening. It will be spectacular.
np – the ringing in my ears.
Sunday, September 29th, 2002
Moonshine Monkey
I really like those Telus monkeys. If I could, I would get one as a pet so long as it was trained to only fling its feces at people I didn’t like.
np – The Soft Boys / …And How It Got There
Sunday, September 29th, 2002
I Don’t Need Another Guitar I Don’t Need Another Guitar I Don’t Need Another Guitar
Have returned from Long & McQuade’s Big Basement Sale (which was actually held upstairs this year) and am patting myself on the back for exercising self-control. So many deals on guitars and amps and keyboards and I stayed focused on my mission. Two mic stands, a mic, a mic cable and some strings. Bam bam bam, in and out. There was so much stuff that we *could* have used in the space, but I am not spending a record company advance here. Yet…
np – The Chameleons / Strange Times
Friday, September 27th, 2002
This Is Not A Photograph (well, actually it is)
Photos from Wednesday night’s gig are online in the photos section. Thanks to Carolyn for manning the camera this time around.
Random updates – adding some reviews to recently purchased CDs.
np : John Vanderslice / Life And Death Of An American Fourtracker
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