:) :) :) Awesome poem Stanley.
Okay peeps. SEA, PDX setlists and reviews are on the way, still finishing, very busy. For now here's Eugene. As usual the list is full of holes. Sorry. 10/19/02 Eugene, OR Wild Duck Music Hall Driving Backwards to You? Fuji ? Love and Tears (Marc on the EBO) "Tune in 20" Before You were Born Rhythm Changes Nashua Rose Jumby From Russia With Love "Dog on Bike" E: Sometimes True to Nothing (w/ "Dancehall Steve" on the vocals ~25min) ** Travis Arrito Ayight, we were beat from the previous night at the Fez, a four hour two set extravaganza that ended at 4:30AM, but nevertheless decided to meander down I-5 for the Wild Duck. On the way down we wondered whether the hordes of people on Cheese tour would use their night off to check the Wild Duck, but that did not in fact occur). Wild Duck is an adequate, if not particularly exciting venue. When it gets going its ok. The, um, Ovulators opened the show to about 40 people and were very well received. This punk estro-trio produced some amusingly catchy tunes, which we all applauded secretly out of fear that the lead singer, an ominous looking woman who looked like a cross betweeen Joan Jett and Nancy, would kick our ass. They were fun. The first third of the set was average, with a nice Fuji. But the festivities really began with the next tune, the name of which I do not know. This is the tune to which Simon refers: the first they played in PDX. It's basically a breakbeat druma and bass tune with an odd time signature: alternating measures of 8/4 and 12/4. It all adds up to a 20/4 groove which is seriously nasty. Someone out there has to know the name of this tune. Extremely hot. Next was before you were born, a drop dead gorgeous tune that showcases Brad's rapidly improving vocal chops. Really mellow and reflective. In other words, money. Fairly standard rhythm changes followed replete with st. Thomas tease. They've got a long Charlie Parker style head on this one and it seems to have replced Rythmning in terms of role and function in the set. Next, I got my wish, Nashua Rose. This version was stellar and I give them credit for playing what they admit is a difficult tune. Not too much more to say about it, this is a tune one either gets or does not. Jumby followed and included Andrew's breakdown on the "whatever that thing is". This version was superior to the one that opened the second set two evenings prior in Seattle. From Russia is always fun. Having played this tune just 20 hours prior (to close PDX) obviously they nailed it. Extremely hype dub/ska tune that just rulez period. This was followed by what I will call dog on bike, a short somewhat aborted version of Dogs. (Seems to me they're trying to move on from this one, Oh no.) Encore was an expected Sometimes, but what happened next was quite unexpected. I had wondered backstage a few minutes earlier and caught a glimpse of this dude standing behind the back curtain, rhyming and beat-boxing and scatting, and gesturing wildly. I was like, ok, just turn around and move away slowly. To my surprise, after Sometimes, Brad turned around and motioned toward the curtain and this dude virtually leaps out onto the stage, grabs the mic, and immediately hails jah. The band busts into this uptemp dub jam and the guy starts waving his arms around and scatting like a true dancehall vocalist. He was running around the stage, grinding against the mic stand and raving (quite on key, btw) about the virtues of rastafari and defeating one's enemies and getting down on the dance-floor. People ate it up. This lasted for three distinct numbers until the boys looked frankly bored, dude got the hint and dashed off stage and the band abruptly concluded the evening. Definitely odd, but fun no doubt. later Gusto
Poem About The Slip - Stanley Gemmell Thousands of reverent Eyes shaping yearning Wide, open song: Tetsament to beauty If from their music is An infinity of light To dazzle the king of the crickets When the morning comes to dream with him Then also is there rouge in measure, applied to faces, smiling, blushing Logic, of a sudden, exotic mirage, mental massage, when songs have the will to heal you The bass guitar swims w/dolphins The guitar and voice Kiss the deathless Goddess Drums give birth to rains The Slip is a vision of Excess peace In a world still dazed By miracles Marching word for word Grooved like Saturn's Rings Gorgeous candle is a tiny, silver, Slender bird or fish. Song filled it, "Go do good" _____ _____ Oct.2002 Prov. RI Temple2 http://www.angelfire.com/il/surlsone T2 List http://www.topica.com/lists/temple2/read --------------------------------------- ** We welcome your thoughtful comments - especially newbies!. Please participate by sending an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Web archive at http://email.theslip.net ** To unsubscribe: Send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'signoff theslip' in the body of the message
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