Hewson
Blue Crack Supplier
You'll be here all week, try the veal.Steve Clark would definite show up
You'll be here all week, try the veal.Steve Clark would definite show up
Fun tonight at the music bowl.
It starts raining so heavily during the first support act that everyone on the lawn is asked to temporarily move forward to the seats.
Everyone moves, but it continues raining heavily and the water starts to pool towards the stage. Soon enough the front row has water well above ankle height.
Somehow I look away at precisely the wrong moment, but next thing I know a giant block of speakers has crashed down from the edge of the stage into the water.
Now the entire seating area has to be evacuated.
Meanwhile, everyone who hasn't been scanned in is made to line up for the next two hours while the venue decides if it can go ahead or not.
Finally 2 hours 15 minutes after the first support act had to finish mid-song, the next support act starts and the show goes on.
Hah, I figured I'd know somebody who went to Paul Kelly this evening. I wonder how many people didn't even get there because of cancelled trains and flooded roads?
We joked afterwards that its too bad we didn't get it on video, and as I said proper musical accompaniment by Yakkety Sax and we'd have had ourselves a potential viral video.
I am fine with this year's class overall, only argument would be against Janet same as I argued against Madonna...its just not rock n roll, but since clearly they will continue to induct these type artists, just rename the hall (Modern Music Hall of Fame or something).
The seats appeared full, I'm not sure about the lawn because I was near the rail but I suspect it was fairly full too based on how it looked when I left. It started fairly late, just before 9:40PM so that would've helped.
Been an odd year for music for me.
Same for me. I have heard a lot of stuff this year, but very little connected. There are a lot of decent albums out there but very, very few that will last in heavy rotation. Probably the weakest year in music since I began following it closely, IMO.
Same for me. I have heard a lot of stuff this year, but very little connected. There are a lot of decent albums out there but very, very few that will last in heavy rotation. Probably the weakest year in music since I began following it closely, IMO.
For me, 2014 was the worst year of the decade so far. Piñata and Black Messiah were about it as far as masterpieces go.
2018 was the worst year of all time because U2 didn't put out a studio album.excuse me sir but you seem to have forgotten that songs of innocence was released in 2014.
2018 was the worst year of all time because U2 didn't put out a studio album.
Huh. I thought it was great year and am leaving with about a dozen new favorites. Granted, I've never listened to more new albums than I did this year so maybe that's why.
For me, 2014 was the worst year of the decade so far. Piñata and Black Messiah were about it as far as masterpieces go.
For me, 2014 was the worst year of the decade so far. Piñata and Black Messiah were about it as far as masterpieces go.
I have no opinion on this year's music as I really haven't listened to enough of it to have one, but on the question of which year this decade has been best, I think I have to go with 2016.
Radiohead and Bowie both putting out albums of that quality in the same year was something special. That alone gives 2016 the nod for me for now. Plus Esperanza's "Emily's D+Evolution", Solange's album, etc.
As we approach the end of the year, what do people have as dark horse / most overlooked album? Mine would be Armand Hammer's Paraffin. Low-fi, super-literate hip hop.
*Avantdale
And plenty of coverage down here.
Sounds boring as shit to me so I ain't gonna listen.
My pick:
Found it on RYM and fell in love immediately. It's like a more electronic Grizzly Bear. There's some Animal Collective, Stereolab and Sweet Trip in there too. Definitely going to be in my top 3 for the year and I haven't seen it on a single list.
you're wrong buddy I loved it.