Monday, August 04, 2003

I really like the songs, "quicker" and "abstract" by the drones, actually i like all of their songs but for some reason i always get hung up on certain lyrics in those songs.

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what if i start doing that shit all the time? give the site a bit more character no?



anyway i dont have anything to say i spose i could say this;

We went to the dead and dylan show yesterday. Not exactly what we expected but still pretty good, some of us were a bit disappointed, we didnt know many of the songs played, and these cats i was with were all drinking and smoking to the point of misery underneath the hot sun. Dylan's set was pretty sweet, his band was very tight, a clean performance though at times elaborate, which sort of makes up for his inability to sing clearly (at times)
It was a really bluesy set, not folk music at all, and it had some kick to it which was nice, but definitely not a jam band thing.

The dead's first set (which had guest appearances from dylan and another dude) started off very jumbled, a little bit too much and they werent really in synch or whatever, it seemed like a nervous jam band who had no chemistry or were really rusty, but by the time they got a few songs in they slowed it down a bit and the crowd started reacting a bit more, and it seemed pretty sweet. My group and even I werent really able to get into it a whole lot though, cuz it was a bit hot i guess. (i hadnt eaten all day and my sugar level was definitely down.) The hill we were sitting on made my legs and head sort of tired, cuz i had to hold them up to see and keep steady so as not to fall down the hill. This meant that when i sat down i was sort of exhausted, that in combination with so much smoke basically put me to sleep, which made me feel stupid.

The third set (the dead only, from what we saw) came after the sun set, and it was pretty damn sweet if u had energy and liked jam bands. about 40 mins in i asked pete how many songs they had played and we agreed they were still on the third. by about the 6th song we were drained and ready to go. On the way back to the car we noticed the sound quality was easily as good in the parking lots in comparison to the actual park. Maybe next time it will be a parking fee only. hmm i think in total i heard 5 songs i knew. i figured that made sense since the both have been playing for millions of years.

joan osbourne sings back up for the dead now, its weird at times she sounds great with them and others like "what the fuck are u singing for?" i figure in the total time she was out there, she stood around for maybe an hour and a half and sang a decent part for about 15 mins of the total approx 2.5-3 hours. Im not saying they shouldnt have her, just give her her own set or her own song or something.

hmm i dont think i could manage at one of those big weekend fests. probably half a day or good vibes and the rest exhaustion and crabbiness. wouldnt want to do that with bands i like.

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uh im out of shit to say, i recently looked up douche online to see how exactly that works, probably not a high light of my life.

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even with this clock running i still find it hard to give that extra effort towards like making the end of summer especially good.

Planning on going to boulder next week with foulkes and zach and nick, meeting pete might be great, probably more rough then excellent, but maybe we can get some shit accomplished. More likely they can get their drink on.

was that too negative?

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hmm lots of strange nervousness, lots of feelings of want. Lots of strange almost jealousy at random strangers. Lots of thinking im hungry and not finding anything to eat. Lots of eating junk food.

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uh i had one last thing i thought up tonight, something about not being able to ever really be on the cutting edge of anything but also not really wanting to be, this at the thought of being a big school college prof. sounds like an evil thing, never want that much pressure, or that much plastic existence.

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oh wait also 311 and OAR manana, not excited
but should be decent

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