Thursday, December 14, 2006

Meredeath

(No, it's pronounced meh-reh-death, not mere-death. You know, like Meredith only... Fine, whatever, forget it. The pun failed, so sue me.)

It was hot, on Saturday. Very hot. Quite smoky, too. Dusty. Did I mention the heat?

But despite this, a great time was had by all. My fingers have finally recovered enough that I can be the last member of Across the Rooftops to post my thoughts; I'll try not to overlap. So here they are. My thoughts. Just here. After the colon:

  • Someone ran across the stage naked during The New Pornographers. In fact, this male person jumped straight over Neko Case, who happened to be crouching. I don't want to mention any names, but both Carl Newman and Ms Case seemed to think it was the lead singer of the band preceding them. Band of Horses. The lead singer of whom is Ben Bridwell. So draw your own conclusions from that. I certainly did.

  • On the topic of The New Pornographers, I found them a little disappointing. Just a little. They met expectations but didn't surpass them. Didn't really play as a band, it seemed. Same at the Corner show on the Tuesday. That said, when you can legitimately play any song from your back catalogue, it's hard to go too far wrong.

  • Kathryn Calder is actually cuter than Neko Case.

  • There was enough sauce every time I got my sausage or hot dog.

  • Dallas Crane are truly the gods of Oz Rock; I'm in the process of building a graven idol of Dave Larkin's mo and trucker cap. Little more I can say, really. They did get a free kick by playing the best slot of midnight Saturday but absolutely tore the house down. More smoke than the fires. People have told me this was their best performance ever. I liked it.

  • The only thing better than a sausage in bread is a bacon-and-egg sandwich.

  • Augie March now have songs for all occasions and they're performing them more consistently. This time it was the rock set, with just Bottle Baby as contrast. The cover at the end, with Dan Luscombe sitting in, was great. Though I have no idea whose song it was originally.

So, yeah. Great weekend. The beach on Sunday morning was nice too.

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