Sounds great Don.  My brother (not the one you met) was actually signed by the same agent who discovered Fun but they're giving him a year to build up a rep as he's doing Israeli idol this year.  I'm meh on most of the summerfest lineup this year, but a couple bands stick out for me:


Guster is playing Thursday 7/4 at 10.  They have a nice combo of soaring melodies, basic but enjoyable harmonies, and atmospheric interludes.


Roster Mccabe is playing two sets on 7/6, 7/7, 7/8.  Mix of rock/pop funk, soul, hints of jazz during jams, and more recently electronica.  They are really creative and have great shows.


Dr John is also in town but he hasn't been the same the last few years.

NIN in AZ in Noviembre.  Friend is going, but he paid $125 for admission.  Kinda spendy in my book!  I just started getting into NIN in the past year or so.  Anyone have experiences seeing Reznor live?

I haven't seen NIN since I was in high school when they were touring The Fragile album around 2000 or 2001. It was all sorts of awesome, but I idolized Trent Reznor back then. I caught half of the How To Destroy Angels set at Coachella in April, and didn't find it very engaging, but then again I'm not a fan of the HTDA material really. The stage setup was very cool though, as they had a see-thru curtain type thing that they performed behind with a lot of different lighting. Trent Reznor shows are going to have awesome visuals.

I'm seeing them in August this year, so I'll report back. But my feeling is, NIN has gotten to the point where $125 is sorta the going rate for their shows.

Excellent news, ship. They haven't announced any shows in my area yet, but the LA tickets go on sale tomorrow. I may have to just get those tickets and make a weekend out of it.

Just saw Kim Deal play with the Breeders last week playing all of Last Splash, plus other material (like Oh!).

Also saw Belle & Sebastian, who were beyond awesome. Stuart Murdoch has such infectious charisma on stage and knows how to keep the crowd engaged with jokes, stories, crowd participation, etc. It started thunderstorming mid-way through the set, and turned out to be a nice little dance party in the rain. They really needed a 3 hour set though, there were tons of songs that I wanted to hear that they didn't play (We Are the Sleepyheads, Funny Little Frog, Step Into my Office, Like Dylan in the Movies, nothing off Write About Love at all).

Surprisingly the funnest set of the weekend was R. Kelly! I went from being so disappointed with him being billed to being absolutely blown away by how fun his set was. If anyone has seen the Aziz Ansari bit on going to an R. Kelly show, it's EXACTLY like the way he describes R. Kelly talking to the crowd in singing mode. Good times.

Anyway, pretty excited about this weekend. Seeing Jay-Z tonight, and then Postal Service and Divine Fits tomorrow. And then Run The Jewels (who killed it in Chicago) on Tuesday.

I keep seeing posters for it on my commute!  Would you think my teenage boys would like it?

I keep seeing posters for it on my commute!  Would you think my teenage boys would like it?

Yep -- I think teenagers would especially like it. Lots of politically incorrect potty humor in there. I probably wouldn't take an 11-year old because of the explicit content (jokes about maggots in my scrotum, sex acts with frogs, Adolf Hitler getting fellatio in a hell dream) but it's nothing that a 14-year-old hasn't seen or heard before.

Quote from: Questhate on July 26, 2013, 03:50:44 PM

Just saw Kim Deal play with the Breeders last week playing all of Last Splash, plus other material (like Oh!).

Ah fuck me man. I can't do this kind of stuff anymore with young kids.

Ahh, wait a few years until they're in their early teens and they make you take them to dub step concerts.