I enjoyed John Tejada and Justin Maxwell quite a bit this weekend. Anyone know what the hardware they are using is? They had identical synth/sampler thingys with no laptop in sight.
Gretchen On 11/21/05 12:39 PM, "Fred Heutte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Notes from a fan . . . > > I was in San Francisco over the weekend -- primarily to see the > Meters, a band which I have a tremendous affinity for. The > second record I ever bought (hold on to your socks, kids) in > 1969 was "Cissy Strut." When musicians talk about a beat being > "in the pocket," this record kind of defines that. The show was > at the Fillmore and ran a little late because of technical problems > in the first set, but I thoroughly enjoyed it > > Ziggy Modeliste has emerged as a real showman and really played > it up for his hometown crowd (he's lived in the Bay Area for > years), Leo Nocentelli played guitar faster and with more charm > than anyone has a right to expect, George Porter -- what can > I say, the master of funk bass, and Art Neville is looking and > sounding great. > > They're finishing this mini-tour on Friday night at the new Nokia > Theater in Times Square. Although obviously things are still in > flux I would expect they'll play Mardi Gras and Jazzfest next > year in N.O., and maybe do more touring. I'm pretty much > not interested in reunion gigs generally, but these guys are worth > seeing and they play fiery hot . . . > > The show ran late so I went over to Club RX (where yrs truly > actually played a little at the tenth anniversary of the Mad techno > weekly last Friday), but got there too late to hear John Tejada > and Justin Maxwell's live set. > > On to the "Gingerbread Warehouse" -- this place is set up as an > art-gallery-warehouse-speakeasy in the industrial area off Cesar > Chavez. Tables, chairs, a bar with $3 setups and bring-your-own- > brown-bag-baby, which sounds good but I have to say it was > rather antiseptic, and the place was only half-full and not very > much excitement. Delano Smith was playing when I arrived, > pretty OK but not thrilling. Mike Clark started around 2:45 > and I stayed until he finished at 4:30. The last 45 minutes were > pretty darn good and he had at least a few of us out on the floor. > > I have to say, though, that alcohol has become the focal point > of the dance music scene in SF to an unprecedented extent. > Don't get me wrong, I like mine as much as anyone, but instead > of contributing to party-hearty looseness it just has become a > big distraction. > > So I hope Delano and Mike had a good time, and it was worth > it being in SF this weekend with the 75 degree sunny weather > no matter what, but I do wish there was more of a crowd ready > for serious music action. > > Fred >
