RE: Sparklehorse in Philly 4/18

1999-04-20 Thread Hill, Christopher J
I liked opener Varnaline a **lot** better than on "Sweet Life"--the only album of theirs I have. Live they sounded like a strange amalgam of Galaxie 500 and early Bob Mould playing at Grant Lee Buffalo's house, which is not a bad place to be. I'm tempted to buy their first album. Steve

Sparklehorse in Philly 4/18

1999-04-19 Thread katahdin
Last time I saw Sparklehorse (May '96) I wanted to wring Mark Linkous' neck for being a moody, disinterested little shit. He was pissy that night 'cause very few people showed up, so the ones who did were treated to a lackluster encore-less performance about which I bitched so much on list that