The new Black Stone Cherry album just leaked… me
By Eric | August 15, 2008 12:00 am
The new Black Stone Cherry album just leaked… me likey! So did the new Staind album… that one, not so much.
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08/05/2008 Nine Inch Nails, Deerhunter (Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre)
By Eric | August 5, 2008 11:59 pm
Sara and I rolled up the QEW to visit our friends to the north, making a day trip out of it. We got to the downtown area around noon, walked up and down Queen St., hit the Eaton Centre for lunch, and then got to the ACC around 3ish. I waited in line at the box office to get my pre-sale ticket, but got in the regular line as neither Sara nor her friends had pre-sale tickets. It was just as well, because her friends were close to the start of the line, and also, it started pouring, and the pre-sale line had no shelter, while we were along the side of the building that had a canopy. So we were nice and dry, while the “special” line got soaked. Once inside, we pretty much ended up in the same spot anyway!
So we figured the crowd would be rowdy, as most Toronto GA shows tend to be, so Sara and I went to the far right of the floor, about 10-15 people back. We hung along a temporary barrier that was set up to separate the seats from the GA floor. (As it turned out, the crowd was such that we could have stayed in the thick of it without getting killed. Oh well. More on that later.) Deerhunter was up first, and God were they boring. Not bad, not terrible, just out and out boring as hell. Their Myspace page lists them as Ambient / Garage / Punk. May as well have listed them as white noise, because they put me to sleep. The 40 or so minutes couldn’t go fast enough. It’d be easier if they were awful, because you could actively make fun of them, but they were musically competent, just not exciting at all.
Anyway, on to the good part. Nails! After a respite, the opening strains of “999,999” could be heard, the band appeared, the stage lit up, and they slammed into “1,000,000”. Continuing the tracklist from The Slip, “Letting You” and “Discipline” were next. I was pretty much standing in awe of the whole spectacle. The stage setup was incredible. The light show was amazing, even better than Fragility (and that’s saying a lot). They got everyone whipped up with “March Of The Pigs”, then “Head Down”. Then it got a little confusing, as they played “The Frail”, but as opposed to the usual continuation into The Wretched, we got “Closer” instead. WEEEE-IRD. Back to the heavy stuff with “Gave Up”, then a taste of Year Zero with “The Warning” and “Vessel” played with a smaller electronic-only setup at the front of the stage in front of one of the “light curtains”.
We were curious as to why they did this, until we saw what came next. The “light curtain” was pulled up to reveal an almost orchestral setup, with Josh playing timpani, the bass player playing an upright bass (and also with a bow as a cello), and Trent playing a xylophone, of all things! Why all this? To play some selections from Ghosts! For those scoring at home, we got “5 Ghosts I”, “6 Ghosts I”, and “19 Ghosts III”, and then a new stripped down version of “Piggy” (apparently listed on the setlist as Ghosts Piggy). The curtain came back down as “The Greater Good” played, and at the end, Trent and a cameraman appeared in front of the curtain, and the curtain actually had a distorted video image of Trent singing. A pretty cool effect.
The curtain came back up to “Pinion” into “Wish”, and then a crowd surge for “Terrible Lie”. The video boards in the back were used to great effect on “Survivalism”, as there was a grid of about 8 different camera angles displayed, both on the stage and throughout the arena, including one in the mens room! (Whoever the dude in the front row was, you knew you were on camera and you weren’t rocking out… what gives?). The curtain came back down, but you could see right through it, as we got our only “real” song from The Fragile, which was “The Big Come Down”, which featured the band batting around what looked like swinging fluorescent shop lights around. To clean that stage setup up, we got “31 Ghosts IV” as a sort of interlude, before Robin came to the fore for a new intro to “Only”. “The Hand That Feeds” and “Head Like A Hole” closed out the main set. The curtain came down again, in anticipation of the encore. Josh was essentially playing the video screen like a beatbox before the rest of the band appeared to start “Echoplex”. Back to Year Zero for “God Given” and “The Good Soldier”, and then what we thought would be the closer, “Hurt”. Only they had one more trick up their sleeve, leaving the stage one by one to “In This Twilight”.
Overall, it was a great show, with a more sedate crowd than we expected. That isn’t to say they weren’t into it, because they were, but it wasn’t the rough and tumble Toronto GA crowd we usually experience. The band was in top form, you could tell Trent was straining just a bit, fighting a cold, but it didn’t hamper anything. Robin is back in the band, and let me say, ROBIN IS BACK. It was awesome. A great great show, and a recording showed up not soon after, so I have the audio, and there’s a video too!
SETLIST:
999,999
1,000,000
Letting You
Discipline
March of the Pigs
Head Down
The Frail
Closer
Gave Up
Corona Radiata (partial)
The Warning
Vessel
5 Ghosts I
6 Ghosts I
19 Ghosts III
Piggy
The Greater Good
Pinion
Wish
Terrible Lie
Survivalism
The Big Come Down
31 Ghosts IV
Only
The Hand That Feeds
Head Like A Hole
ENCORE:
Echoplex
God Given
The Good Soldier
Hurt
In This Twilight
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Deerhunter is so boring, i’m texting this from the
By Eric | August 5, 2008 12:00 am
Deerhunter is so boring, i’m texting this from the show!
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07/26/2008 Edgefest 2008: Godsmack, Sevendust, Alter Bridge, Tantric, Evans Blue (Darien, NY @ Darien Lake Performing Arts Center)
By Eric | July 26, 2008 11:59 pm
[Double Eagle Standard and Silvertide were on the bill as well, but we didn’t watch them.]
Adam and I literally got there within a minute of each other, and set up our little tailgate out of my trunk. Which really just consisted of a couple of subs and a couple more beers. We got there at about 1:00 and chilled till roughly 4:00, watching about 20 people attempt (and either fail or get rebuffed) to park in the seemingly empty spots across from us. Empty, save for the giant mudpit / sinkhole that they’d never get out of had they parked there. So feeling pretty good, Adam and I wandered into the venue. We had two separate tickets, one of which was the exact seat I had the night before, and the other one was about 7 rows behind it, also on the end of the row. We never actually used that seat, as we were able to stick together all day, such was the sparseness of the crowd at that point (and owing to some luck later on in the night).
103.3 billed this as Edgefest 2008, and as such there were a bunch of bands, on the bill, and stereotypically at festivals like this, the unknown bands are on early. As such, we missed Double Eagle Standard and Silvertide completely, and we walked in during the middle of Evans Blue’s set. They were pretty decent Canadian alt-rock. They sound like a cross of Chevelle and Breaking Benjamin to me, and they kept us occupied, even though neither Adam nor I knew any of the songs.
After a short set change, the first band we actually wanted to see, Tantric, came on. I actually own the first album, and have mp3’s for the other two, so I’m reasonably familiar with the songs, moreso the first album by far. They sounded pretty good, played a bunch of stuff off the latest album that just came out, and while the crowds were still thin at this point, they sufficiently had people excited for them. More energy for them than all of 3DD the night before!
Tantric Setlist: Regret, Lucky One, Hey Now, [some song I didn’t recognize], Astounded, Live Your Life (Down), The One, Down and Out, Breakdown
Next was a band I really wanted to see, and hadn’t up until this point; Alter Bridge. 3/4 of what used to be Creed, plus Miles Kennedy (formerly of the Mayfield Four). They didn’t disappoint, even despite the complete lack of a soundsystem for the first song (house’s fault, not theirs). Adam and I were able to move across our entire empty row and end up in the two aisle seats, right in the middle, 8 rows back. Perfect spot! There were more than a handful of people there to see them, and the band put forth a highly energetic set in return. Miles really can hit all of those notes live, and everyone’s problem with Creed was never Mark Tremonti’s playing, as he killed it also. They played practically everything I would have wanted to hear, so the set had that going for me personally. Right before the last song, Miles played a bluesy slide-guitar solo, with lyrics reminiscent of LZ’s “The Lemon Song”, which the crowd ate up. Great set, good times.
Alter Bridge Setlist: Come To Life, Find The Real, Brand New Start, White Knuckles, Buried Alive, Before Tomorrow Comes, Ties That Bind, Blackbird, Metalingus, Open Your Eyes, [Miles Kennedy Slide-Blues Thing], Rise Today
Now we come to the band I really came to see… The almighty Sevendust. I was a little unsure what to expect, as this was the first time I’d ever seen them in a seated venue (Water Street balcony at the acoustic show aside), and we all know what a contact sport a usual Sevendust show is like. Well, at this point, I was feeling no pain, so *I* was rocking out super-hard, and I really have no clue of what any one else was doing, especially due to the fact that I jumped across the aisle and up three or four rows into an empty seat to get a little closer. I’m pretty sure the girl next to me wondered just what the hell I was on, but… yeah, well, ya know… beer and adrenaline honey, beer and adrenaline. And before I forget to mention, CLINT’S BACK! It was pretty cool to see him banging out songs he didn’t write/play on the album, but with equal intensity. They opened with Inside, and then whipped the now-sizeable crowd into shape with Denial. Obviously an abbreviated set due to it being a festival, and them being openers, but we still got 11 songs, although curiously enough, we didn’t get “Prodigal Son”, the lead single off the new album. Oh well, whatever. I was drained by the end of their set, but it was all well and good. Adam said the rest of the place was going nuts for them as well, so that’s pretty awesome. I still love seeing these guys, and this was the 11th time!
Sevendust Setlist: Inside, Denial, Ugly, Enemy, Waffle, Clueless, Angels Son, Black, Praise, Pieces, Face To Face
So rather than go back to our real seats for Godsmack, Adam and I decided to try our luck right where we were. We ended up just to the right of the center aisle, about 10 rows back. And never got bothered. A picture perfect view of the stage, and we were now amongst a fairly full crowd, all of whom were there to see Godsmack. And they were vocal about it. A far cry from the night before. They dimmed the lights, lit up the stage, and cranked out AC/DC’s “For Those About To Rock” over the PA, then the band took to the stage and lit into Straight Out Of Line. The crowd went crazy, and pretty much stayed that way all night. I like Godsmack well enough, but this show, combined with the fan reaction made me enjoy them that much more. I hadn’t seen them since the “ride-the-tour-bus show” in ’01, right after 9/11, so it had been 7 years or so, and I came away with a renewed respect for them. It’s still not the most original of music, but I’ll be damned if it isn’t fun! They kept up the energy all night, and the crowd did too. They played all the favorites, and were in fine form, considering that they, like Staind, have been off the road for awhile. In addition, they only had four shows booked for this summer, and this was one of them. Good choice, boys. Good choice. Adam and I headed back to the lawn for the encore, so as to make a quick escape once the show was over. The quick escape was a success, just as much as the show had been. We had a great time, saw some great bands, and rocked ourselves out. m/
Godsmack Setlist: Straight Out Of Line, Greed, Enemy, Bad Religion, Moon Baby, Awake, Re-Align, [Sully’s Feedback Solo], Speak, Voodoo, Keep Away (with We Will Rock You / Walk insert), Whatever. Encore: Serenity, Good Times Bad Times, I Stand Alone
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07/25/2008 3 Doors Down, Staind, Hinder, Jet Black Stare (Darien, NY @ Darien Lake Performing Arts Center)
By Eric | July 25, 2008 11:59 pm
The middle round of my three-show tripleheader was a more relaxed affair than the first, but still had it’s moments. I arrived into the pavilion right as Jet Black Stare was finishing up. I had listened to a couple of songs on their MySpace page, and the live set was similar: generic and bland. They sound like everyone else. Upon arrival, I also noticed that by virtue of having a ticket for Section 102, Row 9, Seat 21, I was on the far, far, far left side of the venue, end of the row, right in front of the speaker stack. Thankfully, I wear earplugs, because they were needed on this night!
I settled into my seat for Hinder’s set. They were somewhat entertaining, and since I know the songs, I took more than just a passing interest, but they are such a chick band. Seriously. The singer is overly expressive (and overly raspy too), and the rest of the band just played to the ladies. Nothing wrong with that, and they were fun, but not something I’m going crazy for. They played two new songs off their upcoming (November release date, kinda early, no?) album, and predictably, the last two songs were the crowd sing-alongs that everyone knows. It’s cool, I can say I saw them, and I don’t really have to see them again.
Hinder Setlist: How Long, Homecoming Queen, Heaven Sent You (new song), Better Than Me, Use Me (new song), Room 21, Lips Of An Angel, Get Stoned
Staind was up next, after a fairly short turnaround time. Since they had a small GA section in the front, the seats only went up to row 8 (one in front of me) before a sizeable metal barrier. The turnout for this show had to be short of a sellout, either that or there were plenty of unused tickets, because that 8th row never really got populated. Well, I populated it, naturally, so I had psuedo-barrier for Staind’s set with no hassle! They looked refreshed from their two years off of touring, as Mike was completely rocking out to start off the set. They also threw the old fans a bone, by playing Just Go second in the set, which was great. I figured it would be the “Greatest Hits” set again, and while I was mostly right, it seemed more uptempo than the show in ’05, and thus I felt it was a better overall show. Perhaps the song order had something to do with that also, and that included an Aaron Lewis solo acoustic take on Bob Seger’s “Turn The Page”, which was pretty cool. They closed it out with Mudshovel, which still kills every time I hear it. Oh, and I said no hassle? Well, save for one little thing. Right at the start of Staind’s set, a guy three rows back asked me to shift a foot left or right so he could see. Okay, no problem. Then a song later, he goes “Can you sit down?” I looked at him, pretty much said “Are you serious?”, laughed, pointed at the people in the GA section just on the other side of the barrier that were also standing, said “NO”, and turned back around. I’m thinking, it’s a concert, you’re young enough (he looked mid/late 30’s), STAND UP! His girlfriend actually apologized to me after the set, saying she didn’t know why he was asking, they could see fine. I told her it’s cool, I wasn’t bothered much. But I wasn’t going to sit down either!
Staind Setlist: Price To Play, Just Go, Fade, Believe (new song), Falling, Outside, Turn The Page (Aaron Lewis solo acoustic), For You, It’s Been Awhile, Right Here, So Far Away, Mudshovel
So now for 3 Doors Down. Again, they’ve actually gotten better every time I’ve seen them, and this show was fairly exciting, considering it’s 3DD. It’s not like they’re going to have mosh pits or anything, but the crowd was ridiculously sedate compared to most of the shows I go to. It was kinda weird to see people standing, bobbing their heads, but not really getting into the show. Are you even having fun? I think it kinda kills the momentum of the band sometimes. There was enough crowd response though, as they had to have known most of the songs. 3DD actually played 5 songs off of their newest album in addition to the “Greatest Hits” aspect of the rest of the set. Not too shabby. The entire night was pretty good, and really served to get me more excited for the next day’s show.
3 Doors Down Setlist: Train, Kryptonite, Citizen/Soldier, Away From The Sun, Duck and Run, Let Me Go, Be Like That, It’s Not Me, Landing In London, The Road I’m On, Be Myself, Behind Those Eyes, Pages, Here Without You, Loser. Encore: It’s Not My Time, When I’m Gone.
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07/24/2008 Seether, Sick Puppies, Safetysuit (Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom)
By Eric | July 24, 2008 11:59 pm
Adam and I pre-gamed for this one by hitting up Thursday in the Square to see More Than Me, because we knew the openers weren’t that great. As it turns out, we rolled into the Ballroom just as Safetysuit was finishing up. It struck me that they were a little out of place on the bill, way too light, but as the first band at KRockathon, it was a little harder to tell, plus festivals usually have some variety. They would have fit in great down at the Square instead. We only had to listen to a song and a half by them thankfully. Sick Puppies were on next, and also having seen them the Saturday bfore, they were better at KRock. Of course, I say this because I wasn’t really paying attention to them at KRock. Here, there were pockets of people that appeared to be into them, but there wasn’t a lot of movement on the floor. Blah. They’re just not that entertaining.
Time for Seether. Adam and I got down on the floor, and fairly close on the left side. And again, there was almost no movement on the floor at all. People were into the show, but hardly anyone was bouncing around, and we had a ton of space around us. There were a lot of people there, but they were all on the upper levels, and not on the floor. Kinda odd, and a real departure from what KRock was! I think it was a little more sparse than it could have been due to the fact that the Warped Tour was at Darien Lake the same day, but there were plenty of people hiding on the higher levels. It also didn’t help (for me anyway) that save for a couple songs, the setlist was exactly the same as the show I saw earlier. Their own headlining show, and only three songs off of “Finding Beauty…”! Guys, come on! There are a lot of quality songs on that album, and they don’t play any of them for some reason. I can’t believe that Troy couldn’t learn those just as easily as he learned the back catalog. They opened with No Jesus Christ this time (instead of Because Of You), ran through a bunch of the same songs as Saturday, inserting The Gift, Driven Under, and bringing out the chick bass player from Sick Puppies to do STP’s Creep. They sounded great again, but some variation would have been nice, and a crowd more packed and more into the show would have been good too. Seether Setlist (not quite in order): No Jesus Christ, Driven Under, Rise Above This, Truth, Needles, The Gift, Fine Again, Gasoline, Burrito, Broken (acoustically), Creep (STP), Fake It, Remedy.
Oh, and Mr. Wanna-be-guido in the black wifebeater? Dude, you’re at a rock show, not a club. Showing us your wingspan in your Jesus Christ Pose *THE ENTIRE NIGHT* is not necessary. I realize you want to pose for your equally wanna-be-guido friend, and the two girls that literally up and left the area because you bugged the hell out of them, but really, I don’t need your arms in my face every thirty seconds. The band can barely see you, and they really don’t care either. Just enjoy the show, ya know, the band that’s on stage? No one came to see you.
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07/22/2008 Eric Hutchinson, Maria Sebastian (Buffalo, NY @ The Tralf)
By Eric | July 22, 2008 11:47 pm
[Missy Higgins was the headliner, but we didn’t stay.]
Tiff and I shot down the Thruway to take in our favorite new up-and-coming singer-songwriter. We got there about a half-hour after the doors had opened, and the main level of the Tralf was just about full, so we opted for the still-empty balcony. Considering we’ve seen him before, it was nice to get a different perspective on the show. Maria Sebastian was up first, and her 20 minute acoustic set was alright, but again, I’m not really into the whole indie/folk thing. She could sing though, no doubt about that. After a non-existent set change, Eric and his two bandmates took to the stage, and ran through a bunch of songs from “Sounds Like This”. He opened with “OK, It’s Alright With Me”, and continued on through with “You Don’t Have To Believe Me”, “All Over Now”, “Back To Where I Was”, “Oh”, “Outside Villanova”, “Food Chain”, “It Hasn’t Been Long Enough”, and closed with “Rock & Roll”. The only one he didn’t play was “You’ve Got You” for some reason.
Anyway, much like Rochester in Februrary, the band sounded tight, Eric sounded good, and the dry humor was evident. Unlike Rochester, he seemed a bit more reserved with the sarcasm (expected, because this wasn’t his show), and while there were some enthusiastic reactions when songs were over, from our perch in the balcony it looked like most people were just sitting on their hands and not really getting into it. (I could be expecting too much, I dunno.) While it was also apparent that hardly anyone knew who he was beforehand, he made an impression of a lot of folks, as the buzz at the merch table after the set was “I’d never heard of him before, but he was pretty good!” Always nice to get some new fans! Eric came to the merch table afterwards, and we chatted him up for a bit (telling him to hit Rochester again!) before heading out.
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07/19/2008 Krockathon 13: Seether, Shinedown, Sick Puppies, 12 Stones, Luna Halo, Black Stone Cherry, Safetysuit (Weedsport, NY @ Cayuga County Fairgrounds)
By Eric | July 19, 2008 11:10 pm
[Three Days Grace actually headlined this, but I wasn’t about to stick around for them.]
The infamous KRockathon. Year after year, this brings out the best and brightest that Syracuse and Utica have to offer, and I don’t mean the bands. Much like any festival or carnival, you wonder what hole a lot of these people crawled out of. And since it’s hot, and there’s alcohol involved, they end up wearing far less clothes than they should, and start way more fights. Anyway, the sideshow notwithstanding, there was music to be heard! I left the house at 10, got there by 11:15, got in line and was in the park by 11:45. Milled around and found a spot reasonably up front. Safetysuit went on at 12:30, and they were alright. I’d never heard of them before, I probably won’t bother to check them out now either, but they were passable as openers. They just sounded like every other generic post-grunge-lite band out there, which is to say they captured my attention for a half hour.
Next was one of the bands I really wanted to see, Black Stone Cherry. The four dudes from Kentucky ripped through their half-hour set with a ton of intensity, and had the crowd going nuts with their hard rocking, the wild solos, and the couple songs that had gotten radio airplay. While entirely too short (why didn’t they get 45 minutes instead of Sick Puppies or 12 Stones? Anyone?), they did mangage to fit in Rain Wizard, Backwoods Gold, Blind Man, Hell and High Water, Lonely Train, Maybe Someday (just as the rain stared to come down), and closed with a crazy take on Jimi Hendrix’s Voodoo Chile, which included lead singer/guitarist Chris Robertson coming down into the security pit, right up to the crowd to play the guitar behind his head. At one point the other band members were joining him in the behind-the-head maneuver, which looked pretty awesome.
After their set, I escaped to the FYE booth and bought the BSC CD, which put me in the express line for the autograph tent. Finally used that one to my advantage! So I got the CD and a small poster signed, and then foraged for some food while Luna Halo was on.
While I freely admit I wasn’t paying too much attention to them, Luna Halo didn’t sound all that interesting to me. I caught a seat in the grandstand for 12 Stones, as I know a couple of their tunes, and I wasn’t terribly impressed with them either. The lead singer had a I-wanna-be-Jacoby-Shaddix (from Papa Roach) thing going on, as far as his running around the stage and trying to jack the crowd up, and he tried every lame rock gimmick he could think of on the crowd, including one of the worst “wall of death” attempts I’ve ever seen. The band sounded okay, but the singer couldn’t really sing, the songs I knew didn’t sound that great, and the ones I didn’t know weren’t performed in any manner where I’d want to check them out. Off to the left side beer stand, and that was my spot for most of Sick Puppies, who I’d seen before (opening for Finger Eleven). They were okay, the crowd was eating them up, but I’m still not convinced they deserved a 45 minute slot. Just like last year, they’re competent at what they do, but I don’t feel like anything sets them apart. They did the Say My Name/Brain Stew mash-up again.
Time for Shinedown. I made my way into the back center of the “floor”, and had a pretty good vantage point, and pretty decent people around me. The guys came out, and launched into Devour, and from there had a nice high and low flow to the set. Lead singer Brent Smith sounded good, was hitting notes, and the band sounded good too. Brent sold out far less notes this time around. They played Devour, Heroes, Cyanide Sweet Tooth Suicide, I Dare You (dedicated to the troops), Cry For Help, If You Only Knew (about Brent’s fiancee), Left Out, Burning Bright, The Sound Of Madness, Save Me, 45, and the set closed with Fly From The Inside. Hearing the whole crowd sing along with 45 was pretty cool, and pretty much the whole place was into their set.
I wandered up closer through the mass of people to get about 5 rows back from the front, on the left side (stage right) for Seether. Again, I was around some pretty cool people, and once the band started everyone was in tune to the crowd surfers going overhead and acting accordingly, so there weren’t any surprises as far as people landing on someones head. Always a good thing! Seether picked up Troy McLawhorn (of Doubledrive and Dark New Day fame) as 2nd guitarist, so it was nice to see him rockin out with the guys. The set was surprisingly very sparse on songs from the new “Finding Beauty…” album, thus being slanted more towards the first two discs. They did a lot of improvising within the songs, and even managed to make Fine Again sound somewhat new, with a couple of different wrinkles in the performance. They seemed to be having a ton of fun up on stage also, laughing and joking around while doing their thing. The band opened with Because Of You, and again, the order is probably screwed up, but they also played Rise Above This, Truth, Needles, Fine Again, Gasoline, Burrito, Broken (acoustically) Fake It, and Remedy. I was very happy with their performance, and I’m glad I’m seeing them later in the week in Buffalo, with them headlining, so hopefully we’ll get more new songs this time out.
Regardless, I had a good time, and was able to get out of the place with no delay, thanks to the majority of people staying for Three Days Grace. One change into dry clothes later, I was on the road back home. Another fun and successful KRockathon!
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A Good Night and A Busy Week Ahead
By Eric | July 18, 2008 11:00 am
Last night was a damn good night. At Roller Hockey, we finally won a game! We’ve improved our record to 1-6 with a 12-9 win, and I scored my first goal of the season! So we won, one of the guys brought a 12 pack, so we all had a beer in the locker room, and that was cool too. Then I got home and watched the Mets make a Top-of-the-9th four run rally to beat the Reds. Damn cool.
But this Saturday starts silly season. Well, as far as concerts anyway. Through the end of the month, check this schedule out:
Tomorrow, July 19 – KRockathon: 3 Days Grace, Seether, Shinedown, Black Stone Cherry, among others @ Cayuga County Fairgrounds
Tuesday July 22 – Eric Hutchinson @ The Tralf
Thursday July 24 – Seether @ Town Ballroom (and I’ll probably get down there early to catch More Than Me @ Thursday In The Square)
Friday July 25 – 3 Doors Down, Staind, Hinder @ Darien Lake
Saturday July 26 – Godsmack, Sevendust, Alter Bridge, etc @ Darien Lake
5 shows in 8 days! I can’t wait. I love when they come in bunches, especially 3 shows in 3 days. That’s happened twice before to me: May of 2001 (where all three involved Econoline Crush), and then March of 2001 I had 3 in a row. As far as other clusters, August of 2007 had 4 shows in 9 days, July of 2001 had 4 shows in 5 days (including 2 in one day!). When it rains it pours I guess! Naturally, that doesn’t count what’s going on in August!
RAWK!
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06/26/2008 Mike Doughty, Scott Celani, Kevin McCarthy (Buffalo, NY @ Thursday In The Square)
By Eric | June 26, 2008 11:51 pm
Matt and I journeyed down the Thruway on this fine evening, meeting Adam at the Square. Martin Sexton was supposed to the headliner, but due to what was termed a family emergency, he cancelled. Therefore, the man we wanted to see, Mike Doughty, went from opener to headliner! Honestly, we didn’t watch the other two openers at all, as we spent that time getting food and beer. But we certainly paid attention once Mike and “Scrap” Livingston (billed as “The Mike Doughty Duo) took the stage. Scrap is Mike’s usual bass player, but on this night, he had an electric guitar while Doughty rocked an acoustic. Just about everyone stuck around to watch, and we met up with some familiar people ourselves, as Adam’s landlady and her crew hung out with us, and by random chance I ended up next to Ryan from More Than Me (who recognized me first, I might add) and his crew. Needless to say, a good time was had by all! Since I’m a schmuck and blew away the setlist I had typed into my phone (Rule 1: Send it to yourself when you’re done!), I stole the list from setlist.fm: Grey Ghost, Madeline and Nine, Circles, Unsingable Name, I Hear the Bells, Janine, I Just Want the Girl In the Blue Dress to Keep on Dancing, Sunken-Eyed Girl, True Dreams of Wichita, Looks, Busting Up a Starbucks, The Only Answer, Rising Sign, Fort Hood, Put It Down, Soft Serve, The Gambler (Kenny Rogers Cover). Encore: Firetruck (“Written by a 4-year old!”), 27 Jennifers, Looking at the World From the Bottom of a Well.
As per usual, Mike had the crowd laughing the whole time with the witty banter in-between songs, seemed genuinely happy to be playing (hell, he got to headline!), and sounded great. I had a great time, I know Matt and Adam did, and the rest of the crowd seemed to as well.
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