Four lesbians and a drummer
After work on Tuesday, I snuck off to another show at The Mews in Des Moines...
FRANKENIXON
Ehh. It's Frankenixon. They finished just before we got there, and we didn't feel too bad about it. They'll be around for a while.
MIRAH
She played with her sister (??), who played the violin and one of those keyboard-harmonica dealies and some guy, who played drums, poorly. The first half of the set was pretty much phoned in... which is understandable, because they drove all the way from Wall, South Dakota that very day. Starting from there and driving for ten hours, just to go hang out with Iowa hipsters... I have done this. It's not the most enjoyable experience, so I'm sympathetic to the kids' plight. I'm assuming, however, that the Monday-night show at Common Grounds in Rapid was excellent. Someone should check me on this.
Tara Jane O'Neil
She didn't give a damn about Des Moines either. Played some good music, though. Joining her on stage was "[her] wife," who apparently enjoys the submissive role in their relationship. "I'll just set up this $2,000 worth of synthesizer equipment and spit-shine your boots, Ms. O'Neil."
GOLD
There was also a part where the Mirah troupe got on stage with Mrs. and Mrs. O'Neil and they all... um... jammed for ten minutes. The result had neither rhythm, harmony nor melody, so I suppose it was not, technically speaking, music. They were all in the same key, but that's about all I can give them on that one.
That review sounds pretty harsh, but it's been a long day. Really, Tuesday evening's show was not unenjoyable... just a bit disappointing, like opening a tin of flavored truffles and discovering all the tasty filling sucked out. But, again, this is all I expect from Des Moines, and I don't regret the trip at all.
~
System notes:
- The 'Fish is being bombarded by spam-robots. I have a couple of schemes in the works to fix that, but they will have to wait until I have more free time. I haven't heard from Jesse nor Joan in a while anyway, so maybe it's not that urgent.
- G-Mail is on the way, as soon as I figure out a good new-user screening solution and, um, I do all that other stuff.
- There is no 3. Hey, look, it's Jon Stewart on NPR's Fresh Air (mp3, 11 MB). Keen!
Posted on Monday, 4 October 2004 at 12:48 PM about 'Four lesbians and a drummer'.
Hey...
Ive lost my internet connection, but yeah, I am pulling in roughly 70 spam messages a day from my comments...in fact, I am not so sure you will even see this beings its so awful, you'll just want to delete it all..
Mirah played at common grounds? I hadn't even heard about that! I saw her when she played at amethyst's house, and I was really blown away....quite impressive acoustic set by her...not to mention she is pretty damn easy on the eyes. Too bad your experience wasn't as fun. Anyhow, yeah, no net connection until the end of the month. I am living with Ivy currently, which is to say, living, not enjoying. Umm, I would write more but I am about to head to class.
I don't even have a phone to reach me with, so, just email me sometime, Ill get back to you eventually.
cheers,
Jesse