Music
Preener's Eve 2012 with The New Standards
Excited for the The New Standards “Preeners Eve” show tonight at the Dakota! Got to walk over from the parking ramp with Chan Poling for the show!
2012 New Standards Holiday Show
Super excited for the The New Standards holiday show tonight!
Of course Mrs. Braintree is at The New Standards Holiday Show!
New Standards Holiday Shows: 2023, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2013, and 2012.
Robyn Hitchcock at The Dakota
On Friday night we went to The Dakota to see Robyn Hitchcock. Tammy enjoyed his music a lot in high school and college. I knew of him, but didn’t know his music well. We ended up getting there at 6:40p and realizing the show started at 8:00p so we had plenty of time for dinner and drinks.
Richard Lloyd
Richard Lloyd opened up with a few songs on the guitar. I don’t know his work at all and it seemed like the kind of thing that you liked if you knew him and knew his music, but we didn’t and neither of us were very thrilled with it.
Robyn Hitchcock
Robyn Hitchcock was very good. He was funny in a completely nonsensical way. He went off on these stories that you had no idea where they were going. It was a fun show and he was a very good performer. Neither of us knew the songs very well, but that didn’t dampen the enjoyment at all.
New Standards at The Dakota
We returned to The Dakota last night after seeing Robyn Hitchcock the night before for The New Standards.
We’ve seen The New Standards play at the Dakota at least six times before, and every time it’s a treat. Last night we got to enjoy the show with our friends Kent and Marilee celebrating Kent’s birthday! That only made it even better. It was also great to hear that the new album is on the way, and by the sound of it the recording was done and it should be coming relatively soon. They seemed to be really on, playing extra well together and having a lot of fun. It was a great show. You really shouldn’t pass up the opportunity to see them, especially at The Dakota.
Coldplay Concert
At Coldplay concert. Floor left, row 35. Noticing all the redundant tech systems in the Coldplay setup.
Daft Punk “Alive” may be one of the best electronica AND best live albums there are.
Girlyman with Edie Carey at City Winery ← That’s us! 😊
Driving out of town with American Pie by Don McLean playing! 🎶
Watching Wilco on Austin City Limits.
Preener's Eve 2011 with The New Standards
Many friends at The New Standards “Preeners” show at Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant.
Been listening to The Decemberists all night.
Foo Fighters in Council Bluffs
It has been a day since the Foo Fighters show and my ears are still ringing. This had to be one of the loudest shows I’ve been to, and it was great.
Let me start with the bad news. Kent and I had talked about going to this show specifically because Motörhead was opening for the Foo Fighters. Yeah, we wanted to see the Foo Fighters but we also really wanted to see Lemmy and the gang. Kent put it all together and added a couple of other guys to our gang to head down to the show. Sadly, when we got to the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs there was a sign on the door saying that due to travel problems Motörhead would not be performing. Ugh!
The silver lining though was the 2nd line that said the Foo Fighters would play for 2.5 hours! When Grohl was on stage he said
We’ve got 16 years and a hundred ******* songs. How many of those do you think we can play tonight?
They played all the best of them! I grabbed a couple of video snapshots from the show to give a sense of what it was like. Did I mention it was loud?
I had seen the Foo Fighters play on the Skin & Bones tour. That was nothing like this one. This was a hard, I might even say metal, show. Grohl and the Foos put on an amazing show.
The stage set was pretty cool. They had these 6 “video orbs” on cables that moved around and showed a variety of effects. The stage itself had video projected from underneath on the floor which I still can’t figure out how they did.
There was also a small stage on a platform that lifted about 15 feet in the air toward the back of the main floor. Grohl made a few trips out there and did the solo acoustic songs in the encore on that stage.
I just love this picture that makes the stage look like it’s exploding in light.
If you dig the Foo Fighters, go check out this tour.
The Black Keys: Brothers
I heard an interview with The Black Keys on Fresh Air on MPR. That is probably the least hip way I could describe discovering a cool band like The Black Keys. I picked up their new album Brothers and am loving it. I highly recommend it! Make sure to turn up the volume, especially on “Black Mud”.
Bob Mould at The Dakota
Bob Mould blasting it at The Dakota! Awesome! Start with Wishing Well.
Bob just put away the acoustic. Time for electricity! Is this The Dakota? 🙂
At the Dakota for Ruthie Foster show. Nice!
Preener's Eve 2009 with The New Standards
Just seated at The Dakota for The New Standards show with Tammy, Phoebe, and Dave-O! Their cover of “Androgynous” is awesome. Competes with the original. It is hard to not sing along when they play “Snow Day”.
Simply great song from the The Avett Brothers, I and Love and You.