So. I made it to the Pearl Jam shows and back. In one piece. Raleigh was great night with a good setlist. A decent number of new songs (which are what I wanted to hear), and a few nostalgic ones as well. (read: Alive) True to form, Evenflow showed up, and I got a good Corduroy and Given to Fly. Eddie's funny in GtF. Also, he says practically nothing during the whole show... mighty strange. I didn't get to see the opening band, but they came out for Fortunate Son and Rockin' In the Free World for the encore. It was alright. Growing tired of RitFW tho.

Charlotte was a really weird show too... not in that Eddie didn't talk, but that they played pretty much every single off Ten (Black, Jeremy, Evenflow, and Alive) and very few Riot Act tracks (Save You, Green Disease, Love Boat Captain). We did get another Corduroy, so that was cool. Not to mention getting to hear Breath. No State of Love and Trust either night tho... disappointing. I did see Sleater-Kinney this time, however, and I liked them. They played hard and their voices were really interesting. Nice to have fun with the opening band. Oh, and we heard Eddie at the pre-set singing Driftin' by himself. I REALLY like that song and wish we would have seen him, but hearing it was pretty cool too.

Didn't go to Nashville and Atlanta. Should have. They FINALLY played Bush Leaguer in Nashville for the first time since those 24 people walked out in Denver, Know Your Rights made another appearance, and Steve Earle sang Fortunate Son in the encore. Other than that, tho, I don't suppose I was THAT thrilled with Nashville. I really really would have liked to have gone to Atlanta tho. Baba O'Riley AND Yellow Ledbetter in the second encore. Plus Crazy Mary with Boom's amazing keyboard solo. The rare You've Got to Hide Your Love Away, State of Love and Trust, Glorified G, Porch, 5 new songs, AND Crown of freaking Thorns. I can't believe I didn't go to that show... Live and learn... I guess... but I'm not too sure what I was supposed to learn...

Enough about Pearl Jam I suppose... CIF played a really good show at the Visulite here in Charlotte the Saturday before. Dustin's voice was back on track, which was GREAT. I know Mike, Mason, and Brian are all really really great musicians, but, really, I have the most fun when Dustin's voice is %100 and he really makes the show his. He can do the rhythmic singing thing very well. But anyway, all-in-all, the band was tight, and I thought the show went really well. A kick-ass Soky was the encore and the energetic crowd got them out for a second encore and a rockin' rendition of Baba O'Riley. (So take THAT, Pearl Jam. Bitches.) I was pretty stoked about this show and was hoping to post a more in depth review thing that really would just make me feel good about writing even if noone ever read it. And I wanted to post it so everyone else could hear it. Unfortunately, the CD was over in the middle of Soky Fair. Sucked, but I figured the Baba encore was a cool thing to have saved just for the crowd. Sucked even more to find out that the recording of the whole show got screwed, so we ended up with nothing. Hope that everyone who went enjoyed it. If you didn't go... Shame on you. It was well worth the ten bucks.

CityFest is this weekend... Live was supposed to play on Saturday. I'm a big Live fan. If you ever looked at my cd database, you know this. I was excitied. Bought my tickets way in advance. Foo Fighters'll be there on Saturday too. Sounds awesome. Then I hear that Collective Soul (?!?!?) is going to show up on Friday. I thought they were heading out due to some lineup changes... guess I was wrong. So, I was super-psyched, cuz I like Collective Soul too. They're a GREAT radio band and I like most of the CD's as well as the singles. But then I found out that Collective Soul was REPLACING Live instead of supporting them. Last time I saw them, I had to sit through Counting Crows as the main act. Then, they skipped this area all together for the V tour, and now they cancel the show?? NOT happy with Ed and the boys right now. I don't think I have anything else to whine about or criticize right now. If something comes to me, it'll probably be here. I'll do my best to get another good CIF show uploaded by the end of next week.

Today was Shakespeare's birthday, btw. RIP
And my dad's birthday too. RIP

life and transience and whatnot...

Labels: Cast Iron Filter, concerts, music, Pearl Jam

ahhh... Pearl Jam... seems like they've pissed some people off with their anti-Bush stance and smashing masks at the end of Bushleaguer. Go Pearl Jam. If you're going to go to the show, you should probably know what you're going to. They've got something to say, and they're going to say it, dammit. If you're going to get offended and walk out b/c you disagree with them, that's up to you. They probably don't want you at the show anyway. Even if you disagree, you should respect their right to say what they think. And realize that it's THEIR show, and that's what you paid for. Ugh. Can't believe that made the news. I'm going to a party now. Go download some Cast Iron Filter.

Labels: Pearl Jam

Primative Radio Gods were an awesome band, btw. Rocket is one of my favorite albums, and White Hot Peach is up there as well. I can only imagine that releasing Standing Beside a Broken... as their first single killed them. That song is WAY "poppier" than anything else. The people that liked the song wouldn't have liked the album, and the people that would have liked the album wouldn't have bought it b/c of the single. If you're wondering why I bought it, I hadn't heard the single... it was just the cheapest CD in the new releases section, and I was almost broke. Very serendipitous. I've still got a lot of catching up to do with the bootleg database. I should have this weekend to myself tho, so hopefully I'll get a chance to get everything updated. Saw the Making the Video for Avril last night. I think I'd like her a lot more if MTV didn't like her so much. She certainly came across as... well... an 18 year-old girl. :-/ (No offense to all the 18 year-old girls, of course.) Finally bought and watched Lawrence of Arabia. Hence the new quote at the top. AMAZING movie, and he was an amazing man. I have a copy of his Seven Pillars of Wisdom on the way. If I'm ever able to actually slog through damn-near 700 pages, it'll be a miracle. But anyway, if you haven't seen the movie, you should. They definitely diefy Lawrence, which seems a little strange, but it really is a great movie, and Peter O'Toole really was amazing. Not to mention Alec Guiness doing a FANTASTIC job as Prince Feisal. All in all, it just pissed me off that the Arabs weren't ever able to unite and that they're still in the same situation today. The Arabs, as a people, really were a great people. It's so sad that the Middle East has become such a political hotbed. Not to say that a lot of it isn't our (Britain, France, US...) fault, but still. Now. CIF. I have a really good show that I'm dying to upload, but it hasn't been a month for the Potbelly's show yet. The number of hits I've been getting lately is declining, so I'm assuming that most everyone who wanted Potbelly's has already gotten it. I'm going to try and get this new show (Charlottesville, VA - March 7th) uploaded sooner rather than later. It's soundboard, and they even got Howie to come down and play a few songs with them. Overall, I think it's one of the better shows I've heard. Except that I really wish they'd quit playing Moonshiner live. It's such a downer...

Labels: Cast Iron Filter, Movies, music