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J Mascis (and Other Random Observations)
So yeah, it’s been nearly a week since I last posted. There isn’t that much to report.
Work is… well, I did promise I wouldn’t talk about work here anymore, so I won’t go there. Let’s just say my last day will be the 28th 21st of December and leave it at that, shall we?
I went to see J Mascis at Whelans on Sunday evening with Al. I have to say, I was pretty disappointed. He had a gazillion pedals but only seemed to have two distinct sounds: acoustic strum, and electric RAWK. They didn’t juxtapose too well. It sounded like he threw a number of clams. Also, he played seated, and since the stage is low we didn’t really see anything. It didn’t help that it seemed to be Asshole Night on the floor: for some reason there was a constant stream of movement of people through the crowd, and I happened to be standing in their path. Can’t people stay still for a measly hour? Jeez. Oh, and there was the heavy stink of dope in the air. Hey, I’ve got nothing against the mota, but please, can you puff it out somewhere AWAY FROM MY FACE please?? I thought I was gonna get stopped by the police on the way home, it was that permeating. I was quite distracted, and got quite bored after half an hour.
All of that being said, his singing voice was a lot stronger than I was expecting. Apparently it’s supposed to be his weakness, especially in a solo setting such as that, but to me his singing was better than his playing on the night.
So what else have I been up to? Umm, nothing actually. Nothing significant anyways.
I need to buy more Christmas presents, and I have to pay my credit card bill tomorrow afternoon.
I’m going to see Bowling For Columbine with Dave tomorrow morning, which is a good thing. Apparently I get paid this weekend too, so there’s another good thing.
I got the new Botch record last week, and it’s excellent. It’s been selling well too, which is a big surprise since We Are the Romans sat there for weeks before I bought it. It’s weird how it seems like bands have to break up before they get popular.
Oh, and I found this post by accident a few days ago. That’s something I can identify with.
Tue 26 Nov 2002 at 23:51 ·
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