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| From | "Michael Curry" <mikecurry@hotmail.co.uk> |
| Subject | Re: Rouse & Strays Don't Sleep (Hubbard) |
| Date | Mon, 17 Apr 2006 20:07:15 +0100 |
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I'm really looking forward to seeing Josh Rouse in Manchester, England in
May. I can't praise Nashvile and Subtitulo highly enough.
Speaking of Town Hall, the Eels live DVD is (ahem!) very highly recommended.
Having also seen Eels with Strings in Manchester, this DVD brought back some
great memories, and the numerous interview snippets with E and The Chet are
very amusing.
>From: jchasin@nyc.rr.com
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: Stewart Mason <craigtorso@verizon.net>, audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Re: Rouse & Strays Don't Sleep (Hubbard)
>Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:14:02 -0400
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>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Stewart Mason <craigtorso@verizon.net>
> > I assume that's "The Man Who Doesn't Know How To Smile," which is
> > probably my favorite song on the new album. Which I'm absolutely
> > adoring, by the way: I think it might be his most consistently
> > strong
> > effort so far.
>
>It is; or at least it was when I saw them in NYC. And after, she
>(thew assumed girlfriend) was the one at the merch table, selling the
>CDs.
>
>The new Rouse is certainly his softest, mildest one yet, and I think
>its real purty. Live I thought it sounded exquisite, but on some of
>the numbers I found the instrumentation to be too sparse for the live
>setting; not dynamic enough. The basic band was a trio, and most
>songs Rouse played acoustic guitar. There was a string quartet (I
>thought high schoolers) on a bunch at the beginning and at the end.
>But in the middle, some songs has just Rouse on acoustic, which he
>would refrain from playing for stretches sometimes while singing, plus
>bass and drum, and the drummer had a light touch. It all sounded
>exquisite, but very minimalist, and at times I found myself thinking
>that the music would work better as a soundboard recording in my
>living room than as a concert. Town Hall is a nice seated venue,
>practically a Broadway theater; I don't know how it would have gone
>over in a standing rock club venue, but I would suspect not as well.
>
>One friend and Audities member asked me later what I thought of the
>show. I said "I thought it was a little--" and then struggled for the
>right word, and he cut in and asked, "boring?" Not my word, but it
>was his.
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