Haven't seen the DVD, but can easily imagine it seeming OTT, not unlike a close up on Olivier's facial expressions when he's playing to the rafters. I actually get a big kick out of his histrionics live, largely becuase he clearly has his tongue planted firmly in his cheek. One of the most interesting about Butch is that he can play rock historian, glam rock ironicist and sincere emo boy - appealing to Cheap Trick fogeys like me and 16 year old girls -- all at the same time. That's a pretty impressive tightrope to walk. Christopher Kouzes wrote: I recently watched the live Butch Walker DVD and came away thinking he's one act I never have to see live. Way to over-the-top and theatrical (in an emo kinda way and not the Peter-Gabriel-in-a-fox-mask kind of way). I've been a fan of Butch's for a long time, but my enthusiasm for him dropped a notch after watching the video. -----Original Message----- From: audities-owner@smoe.org [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Michael McCartney Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 9:07 AM To: audities@smoe.org Subject: Re: Butch Walker Live Download Count me in as a fan of Butch Walker. This guy really delievers in a live performance. I took my sister and neice to see him a few years back when his "Letters" album had been out for over a year. They had never heard of him or had much of an interest but since I was visiting from out of town - I told them it was my treat. They reluctantly tagged along. They were floored by him and my niece freaked out at how "awesome" he was. She was even more blown away by the fact that Butch actually took a photograph with her. He got two new fans for life that night. I should also add that his band that night was American Hi-Fi. Both the band and Butch were really nice humble bunch of guys with a great sense of humor. A friend of mine has flown out of Hawaii several times to see Butch in concert. If he ever hits your area. Check him out. Aloha, Michael McCartney KEAO FM / KONI FM / KPMW FM / KTOH FM P.S. Is this Sunday still the day that Audities ends? http://www.TheTimeMachine.fm http://www.myspace.com/thetimemachineradioshow Now Playing: "Smile Away" - Paul and Linda McCartney This email and any attachments contain information from Baker & Taylor which may be confidential, privileged and/or protected by other legal rules. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby advised that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this email is prohibited. If you have received the email in error, please notify us by reply email immediately and then delete the email and your reply from your email system. NOTE: Baker & Taylor accepts no liability for the contents of this email. This email shall not operate to bind Baker & Taylor to any contract, order or other obligation. --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.