smoe.org mailing lists
ivan@stellysee.de
| From | "Christopher Kouzes" <KouzesC@btol.com> |
| Subject | Re: POSIES IN SEATTLE!!! |
| Date | Thu, 4 Mar 2004 09:43:33 -0500 |
[Part 1 text/plain iso-8859-1 (4.4 kilobytes)]
(View Text in a separate window)
I too was at the Posies show and while it may not have been the best Posies show I've seen, there's still little that can match Ken and Jon's voices together. Really liked the last song of the night which was a total rocker (and would have fit in well on Amazing Disgrace). They had 2 people filming the show and it was being taped back at the soundboard as well. I've got no idea what it will be used for...
Speaking of Harvey Danger, while in one of the record stores out in Seattle, the clerk put on something that was pretty rocking and catchy at the same time. When I asked who it was, he said it was the last Harvey Danger CD. I never really gave them much consideration, but I'll definitely be tracking down a copy of this CD to see if it matches the first song.
Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: pooja khandekar [mailto:pmk38377@csun.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 1:17 PM
To: audities
Subject: Re: POSIES IN SEATTLE!!!
Coming out from under my rock after a long absence to chime in on this
thread -- was at the same shows with Anna in Seattle (so good to see you,
girl!) and also thoroughly enjoyed myself. Ken's spitting was a bit much,
but the Posies sounded pretty great. The sound at the place was kinda bad, so
the vocals were unfortunately pretty muted through my earplugs.
I think I liked Braden Blake's CD release a bit better, as it was more
mellow and intimate and varied. BB was not quite his usual self (many
drinkies in honor of himself), but sounded great. He played a number of tracks
solo backed by music off his disc. I think he played the whole record? He had
quite a who's-who of Seattle musicians perform a tune or cover or two.. Robb
Benson was fantastic, as Anna raved, though I'm biased since he's been a
friend for some time. He's one of Seattle's best songwriters; hear some
soundclips at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/ref=dp_sr_00/102-8789774-2107300.
For a bit of trivia (hopefully he won't mind my sharing), he used to be
involved with and co-write songs with Michelle Price, who's now engaged to
Jon Auer. Nevada Bachelors, one of his old bands, was one of my favorite
Seattle live bands.
Finally, Robb excitedly told me the night of Braden's show that Sean
Nelson had just told me Harvey Danger are reuniting. For what it's worth..
That's it for now!
Pooja
On Tue, 2 Mar 2004, Anna Borg wrote:
> Although I got a nasty cold from all the smoke and
> yelling during my pop weekend in Seattle, I still had
> the BEST TIME EVER!!!
>
> Here's a setlist from the Posies show, first of all:
>
> Dream all day
> matinee
> chainsmoking
> ontario
> Suddenly mary
> with those eyes
> world
> fall apart with me
> throwaway
> new ken song ("i could wait forever")
> burn and shine
> grant hart
> flavor of the month
> fucking liar
> >*ENCORE*
> solar sister-slow version
> new jon song
>
>
> I had mixed feelings during and after the show...Ken
> and Jon sounded great and their rhythm section is top
> notch. Ken has added keyboards to a lot of songs now,
> which is cool. He still spits an awful lot, though.
> I had the weirdest feeling of not being able to really
> go back...The Posies have been my favorite band since
> probably 1989, I've seen them so many times I've lost
> count. Although this set sounded great, I felt a
> little out of it about the whole thing. Still worth
> the trip, though.
>
> The second night of my stay, Braden Blake
> http://www.bradenblake.com (of Super Deluxe) had a
> record release show. His new record is called "A Year
> In Pajamas" and it mines a mellower territory than
> Super Deluxe stuff, but it's still genius. (David
> Bash has it in his tops list for 2003)
>
> His set was preceded by many friends,
> Sean Nelson (long winters/ harvey danger)
> Dave Dederer (the presidents of the united states of
> america)
> Robb Benson (dear john letters, nevada bachelors)
> John Ramberg (model rockets)
> Matt Southworth (the capillaries)
> Gavin Guss (the tycoons, tube top)
>
> Every 3 song set was pure pop bliss, I was in HEAVEN
> the entire time! There were a few players I didn't
> know, of them, Robb Benson impressed me SO MUCH with
> his vocals
>
> check it out at http://roamrecords.com/robb/
>
> That's enough of that post...
>
> Anna
>
>
>
> =====
> Anna Borg
> AIM: cakeab
> TallBoy Records
> P.O. Box 27757
> Los Angeles, CA 90027-0757
>
> http://www.tallboyrecords.com
>
For assistance, please contact
the smoe.org administrators.