Kevin's Watch

Posted: **Sat Mar 19, 2005 2:22 pm**

Syl,

Are you gonna go see Nine Inch Nails when they go on tour? They were giving away two tickets to see them in Boston on the radio last night.

Posted: **Sun Mar 20, 2005 3:47 pm**

Yeah, I'd really like to see NIN. Tool will probably be touring this year, too. Good year for concerts.

Posted: **Fri Mar 25, 2005 2:36 am**

welp...my last Concert was the mighty DANZIG....concert kicked major...uh...butt...i guess...

next one im goin to is King Diamond with Nile and Behemoth...this is gonna be a monster show...cant wait...

kinda pissed that Maiden is gonna be off Ozzfest before it gets down to florida, though

Posted: **Fri Mar 25, 2005 3:55 am**

Lynyrd Skynyrd : saw them at the Houston rodeo. great show, though short (all rodeo concerts are, so that's ok) hilights were Tuesday's Gone, Sweet Home Alabama and of course, Free Bird. they rocked hard, it was incredible. Free Bird is among the hilights of all my concert goings. wow!

Posted: **Fri Mar 25, 2005 10:04 pm**

There was a special surprise at the Lynyrd Skynyrd show... Molly Hatchet was there too! (At least the remaining members with a few new ones.)

Kickass concert - plus the rides also!
(Love those roller coasters)

Posted: **Fri Apr 01, 2005 12:48 pm**

Just ordered my tickets for Def Leppard in July and Judas Priest in June. Going to see Never Never tonight.

Posted: **Wed Apr 20, 2005 4:26 am**

trying to raise funds to see Wilco Saturday.

Posted: **Wed Apr 20, 2005 12:48 pm**

Oasis is coming in September. Can't wait.

Posted: **Sun May 08, 2005 8:27 pm**

Saw Los Lonely Boys and Calexicio last night--serious jams: Henry Garza can really get down: Stevie Ray and Carlos can sit on their respective couches and watch this kid! Whew! They're just about to release their second CD (first one only won a Grammy and went double platinum) and go on tour with Santana---catch it!!!

Posted: **Sun May 08, 2005 10:42 pm**

Sylvanus wrote:Tool will probably be touring this year, too.

They'd better be.

Posted: **Mon May 09, 2005 7:51 pm**

Awesome. How was Calexico, danlo?

Posted: **Mon May 09, 2005 10:54 pm**

Pretty damm good-interesting mix incorporating new cultures and styles that are growing in East L.A: East Indian, Cuban, Brazilian...It's basically a "Latino" rock band, but they have an amazing horn and precussion ensemble. The sax player is awesome and he even plays some wild arabic sounding flute. The lead singer also plays trumpet. They've even got a black rapper so they're extremely culturally diverse and blend 4 to 5 different genres together--jazz, latino, rap, rock and various other elements. Hey, I've never even seen a rapper before and can't stand rap-but I personally thanked this guy when I walked past him in the beer line, after their show.

They've got an incredible amout of energy, they bounce around alot-tons of fun to watch (if you're not dancing, as I should have been

)

Posted: **Mon May 09, 2005 11:05 pm**

Glad you liked them. I have a few of their CDs (recommended Feast of Wire to you a few times), but I don't think they've ever made it over my way.

Posted: **Tue May 17, 2005 10:05 pm**

I'm seeing Clutch at the fabled Rock City on monday. The mob will certainly be going wild.

Posted: **Wed May 18, 2005 1:22 am**

Man. Have fun. Clutch puts on a great show. Don't expect them to play an encore, though.

Posted: **Wed May 18, 2005 9:30 pm**

That's ok, most of the bands I see live don't play encores. The wench (

) is going with me - it's nice to be dating a girl who likes good music

Posted: **Wed May 18, 2005 10:45 pm**

I was pissed today at my cell phone.
Reason? The 10th caller on the radio wins a pair of tickets to Lynyrd Skynyrd & Allman Brothers.
I pull into a parking lot on my way home from work, start dialing like a madman, got a busy signal,
hung up and dialed again and this time the other end starts ringing.
The DJ answers with, "Hi! Your the 10th..."
And that's when I lost the signal on my phone.
(In the words of Charlie Brown: ARRRRGGG!!!!!!!)

Posted: **Thu May 19, 2005 2:38 am**

**best Spicoli** That sucks dude

Posted: **Thu May 19, 2005 8:51 pm**

danlo wrote:**best Spicoli** That sucks dude

What an understatement!
Got today and tomorrow to try again a few more times.
Maybe... *crosses fingers*

Posted: **Tue May 24, 2005 10:43 pm**

The Clutch gig was...interesting. Started with a bland band, then an all-girl band rubbishly named the Suffrajets who actually turned out to be reasonably decent. Top surprise of the night goes to Five Horse Johnson - another rubbish name, but a good quality, more accessible Clutch. With a harmonica.

Clutch themselves were reasonably good, but also a little disappointing. The phrase that comes to mind is "self-indulgent". Five minute drum solos do not make good live music. Clutch are more complex than a straight-up stoner rock band, but all the instrumental breaks and whatnot were extended in the live show, leading to long periods of one note being played over and over while Fallon went for a sit down, and the aforementioned interminable drum solos. If even the die hard fans have stopped dancing and people are shouting "get on with it", it's probably fair to say you've dawdled a bit too much.

That said, when they held it together, Clutch were good; Five Horse Johnson were highly enjoyable and the Suffrajets were above average. A good time was had by Hannah and I.

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