Sucky day

Becase Amy's voice saved my sanity today, and because I am hoping that as usual, the Whitey show tonight will inspire me - listen and be saved and inspired.

Wayback machine

So I feel like I got in a time machine last night and went back to pre hiatus days circa 2005 ish. What an awesome night! Whitey, Kev, Charlie, Brendan, Sammmy, Liam, Lisa, Leslie, Cranley, Julie, John(!!!), Ohad, Jason, JP . . . epic night. The 6 new tracks were hot, they did some old faves: 7/4, Almost, Fire Eye'd, MLD and the elusive New Country (New Country people - haven't heard that live in about 6 years!), plus the oft heard (at recent shows) anthemic Meet Me In the Basement - new album promising to be stellar. With their new tracks they seem to be waving their indie flag pretty furiously, with less "excessive vocal reverb" and "stabby guitar delay" (yes, that was a dig at Pitchfork).

The AoH set was, as always, an adventure - different arrangements keeping everyone guessing, Jason's set with Zeus was hot in his totally cool way, and then there was the Happiness Project and Years. I don't think everyone in the audience quite understood the artistry of Ohad or Charlie as the DMST boys displayed their phenomenal 'art projects'.

The vibe of the evening in general was much like a high school reunion of sorts (espescially since I did actually go to High School with some members of the band) - like a return home after exploring what the big bad world had to offer and realizing that home is so much more magical than you had remembered. I would have liked to have put my life on pause so I could have replayed it over and over again, I'm seriously hoping it wasn't all a dream . . . and that tonight is equally as fantastic. Going to have a nap now cause I'm old and don't do 3:00 am well - espescially not when I have to do it a few nights in a row.

Sorry . . .

Pardon the rant but FTW??? Pitchfork reviews Apostle of Hustle's Eats Darkness I have a few issues with this review:
1. 5.9??? Are ya fuckin kiddin me?
2. Whitey is self indulgent. Duh, have you listened to ANY of his other work or EVER seen him live?? Damn straight he's self indulgent, that's why we love him!
3. An "unremarkable voice"? No, the Jonas brothers have unremarkable voices.
4. Perfect Fit is dub? Um, not really, wrong again asshat.
5. Use of "excessive vocal reverb" and "stabby guitar delay". Um, again, have ya heard ANY of his other work or the work of ANYONE he works with? If ya have and ya didn't count on reverb or effects, you're a moron.

I hate it when stupid people review art - it's so ugly.