Irene Allen is amazing, and so is this video of her playing along in a closed St. Louis City Museum. This is from Bill Streeter’s new site/video project Lo-Fi Sessions, which works well with Lo-Fi Saint Louis. Both sites are worth subscribing to in either podcast or RSS. If you like good music, of course.
On another note, WordPress.com needs to allow embedding of more than just YouTube (and a few other sites) videos, though I am sure they are working on that.
Testing Whateverist YouTube embedding thingy. GO.
Twitterfeed is ace. Good call. I think seeing a show for me is utterly dependent on who’s playing and then the venue. I hate clubs that are predominantly full of teenyboppers, but a good band can overcome that. Also, going with friends.
Well, screw $30. Anyone charging that much is going to carry some baggage that you already know about. Hit up the small clubs with local bands. Cost should be like $10 or less, you will hear something different than what you’re used to and you’ll get your crowd/being at a show feeling. Plus, you know, support local music and stuff.
Existential pondering moment: if you’re in the mood to go see a show, does it actually matter who you see play? Sure, Man Man in a Philly park was ridiculously amazing, but that’s because it was Man Man, and not because I had some burning desire to feel speakers throb something through my chest that night. If it’s the feeling of being in a crowd of people absorbing stage noise, does it matter, ultimately, what you hear? Doesn’t it all feel good, provided, of course, that it doesn’t just plain suck? I’m trying to plot a line here between going to see someone, and going to see whatever. Maybe it’s cost. Or energy needed. There’s no way I’m gonna throw down $65 on a ticket unless it’s for Björk or the like, and I’m certainly not driving to Boston unless whoever is playing is worth two hours on the Pike. But for $30 and an artist I’m passably into, is it worth it for that feeling of being At a Show on Saturday?
