And I forgot to mention, our full set from Town Hall is available as 
streaming audio or podcast on npr.org! 
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121757293


On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Christopher Platt wrote:

> And not quite so loosely related, I should mention my recent Ray 
> Davies experience.  Hardcore fans of his probably already know about 
> his CD released late last year, "The Kinks Choral Collection," which 
> was a reinterpretation of 15 of Ray's songs ranging from "You Really 
> Got Me" and "All Day and All of the Night" to more recent solo work 
> like "Working Man's Cafe."  He's toured in the UK over the past year 
> or so with the London choir from the recording and had a great time 
> doing it. Back in early November, when he was here for the Rock and 
> Roll Hall of Fame gig, he did a mini US tour, a few dates in SF and LA 
> and a few in and around NYC, and for select dates, brought local 
> choirs on stage to perform a full set covering all the material from 
> the album.  Well, I was in the NYC choir, which was also featured with 
> Ray on David Letterman on 11/18 (found here: 
> http://theaudioperv.com/2009/11/19/ray-davies-you-really-got-me-letterman-1118/; 
> various low-rez videos from our Town Hall performances can be found on 
> YouTube too).
>
> Not all the songs are necessarily taken to greater heights with the 
> choral treatment, but some of them absolutely took on new life 
> (Victoria, Waterloo Sunset, Celluloid Heroes, a *killer* suite from 
> Village Green Preservation Society) and it was inCREDible to actually 
> be on stage with the man himself.  He's still got a great voice, great 
> presence, and still has songwriting chops to die for.
>
> For a brief, shining moment, it was so cool to be a rock star.
>
> Christopher
>
> On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Jeff Brenneman wrote:
>
>> Loosely related, Dave Davies will be coming through San Diego the 1st 
>> week of Feb. Does anyone recommend I go, or should I stay home and 
>> watch Cougar Town instead?   .-)
>>
>> To me, it sounds like a good time watching a guitar legend!
>>
>> Happy to have couple some fun "un-rare" vinyl finds from Amoeba 
>> Records yesterday (Tin Huey, Freur, the new Grant Lee Phillips, 
>> Mountain Goats,)
>> -Jeff
>>
>> FREE DOWNLOADS!
>> http://www.sonicbids.com/17Pygmies
>> http://www.sonicbids.com/smolderingashes
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:42:16 -0800
>> From: Drew MacDonald <drewmacdonald1@gmail.com>
>> To: audities@smoe.org
>> Subject: "Ray Davies Day"
>> Message-ID: 
>> <5603c5fd1001221942i35e806d6i45ae31d86813e7f8@mail.gmail.com>
>>
>> Bay Area pop-rockers the Sorentinos have recorded a tribute to one of 
>> their
>> idols. The song is called "Ray Davies Day." (As if every day wasn't.)
>>
>> www.myspace.com/thesorentinos