Alanis Morisette's Humps?

Are you fucking serious? LOL.

The Frames (the recap)

Needless to say, the show was amazing and I loved every minute of it. They played a whopping 21 songs in 2 hours and they would have played another song or two if the venue didn't kick the band out.

HB and I had seats in the far right wing of orchestra (aka-obstructed view) while the first two rows in the theater remained relatively empty. (Either for AMEX gold card holders or the owner's brother). We hemmed and hawed about moving, but were unsure about getting in trouble, worried that the people who had those ticketed seats would show up, blah, blah, but after two songs, Glen Hansard (aka-Irish Jeremy Banks) offered the seats to the first takers. After kicking, shoving, and stepping over bodies, HB and I secured two second row seats in center orchestra. Upgrade!

After the show, I ran to the stage and snagged my very first set list! Wooot!

For the few (if any) Frames fans out there who read this blog, here's the real set list they played:

1. Song for Someone
2. Seven Day Mile
3. The Cost
4. God Bless Mom
5. Stars Are Underground
6. Happy
7. Sad Songs
8. When Your Mind's Made Up
9. What Happens When the Heart Just Stops
10. Rent Day Blues
11. Pavement Tune
12. Fake
13. Your Face
14. Santa Maria
15. Blue Shoes (Colm solo)
16. Leave
17. Finally
18. Revelate
19. Fitzcarraldo
20. Star Star
21. Heyday

The Frames at Town Hall

Love 'em! More details of the awesome show coming soon! Here's a video of "Fake" for your visual and auditory enjoyment.

The Decemberists!! (3/24/07)

I meant to post this ages ago and I'm sorry I didn't. Before embarking on my trip to hell (aka St. Louis), HB and I saw The Decemberists play a kick ass show at Avalon in Boston the Saturday before last. (squeal, squeal, gush)

Here's the setlist:

1. Oceanside
2. The Island
3. Yankee Bayonet
4. Summersong
5. The Crane Wife #1
6. 16 Military Wives
7. Grace Cathedral
8. Shankill Butchers
9. The Perfect Crime #2
10. O Valencia!
11. Infanta
12. The Mariner's Revenge Song
13. Sons & Daughters

I got some decent video from the show, but I still haven't figured out how to edit video to make the files smaller. I'm dying to put up my 10 minute video of The Mariner's Revenge Song, but don't know how. I've got O Valencia on YouTube now for your viewing pleasure.

Portishead returns

For the last couple of years, I've been receiving Google News Alerts for one of my all-time favorite bands: Portishead. Considering that they haven't toured or made an album since 1997, you'd believe me if I told you that my daily batch of Google News updates for Portishead has been mostly about road repairs, local soccer team scores, and the maritime events of the town of Portishead.

Despite this, I kept the news alerts coming because I knew that one day their fabled next ablum would become a reality and I needed to be among the first to know. Everyday I'd glance at the email and delete. Until yesterday.

Portishead performed a completely unexpected set in a small club in Glasgow. So small and unexpected, that lead singer, Beth Gibbons, paid her cover to get in. They played covers, then "Wandering Star," and then new material. A fan described the audience like a group of people watching an alien ship land on earth.

Can't, can't, can't wait.

Tickets

So excited! Got tickets to see The Decemberists at Avalon in Boston (March) and The Frames at Town Hall in New York (April). I may not be able to record any video of either shows, first because the bouncers at Avalon will throw my yellow ass out of the place if they see me with a camera and second because they'll probably be even stricter at Town Hall. Sigh.

That doesn't mean that I won't try.