I can’t really remember how I came across these artists covering songs from the movie Amelie, but none the less they are fantastic!
Dave is amazing: www.davethomasmusic.co.uk. Plus he lives in Brighton, UK… My old stomping ground!
I was copying some old HI8 video tapes to digital formats when I ran across a video I filmed back in ‘97 of the band AFI at the Fireside Bowl here in Chicago.
There was an incident during the show which I had completely forgot about… Mark Stopholese, AFI’s original guitarist, hopping all over the place, unable to fight temptation climbs up on to the monitor speaker at the front of the stage and slips off, cracking his head open as he flips backwards. Yes. I did catch it all on tape. It is about 2:01 into the video below.
Song: File 13 Date: 25 November 1997
File 13 was their second song in and Mark played flawlessly for the rest of the show, never mind the concussion.
What is really funny is that the bassist, Hunter Burgan Geoff Kresge (I believe this was their bassist at the time), had cracked his head open the night before, and was sporting a white shirt with his blood stains all over it.
Side note: At the time I believe they went by A.F.I., “Asking For It”. Now it is “A Fire Inside“.
Sorry for the poor video quality. YouTube really took a bite out of the quality, presumably to get the size down to their minimums. I may just have to upload my videos as .avi files since the quality is so much better
Update: The bassist at the time was Hunter Burgan, as noted above. And they were known as “Asking For It”. Thanks LAt3rAluS.
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Nerdcore is the new Hardcore…
The Blue Ribbon Glee Club is an A’cappella-Punk-Indie choir group that is actually amazing live. They recently played at the 3rd Annual Publishers Ball here in Chicago, and they really got the nerdcore kids going. They sang all the favorites, Where is my mind, Waiting Room, Spanish Bombs, etc.
You also have Mucca Pazza for you band geeks…
Empty Bottle 02 June 2007
Photo Credit: Senor Codo
On Wednesday I happen to be in the loop and was lucky enough to have the afternoon off which gave me the chance to see The Narrator’s acoustic set at Chicago’s Cultural Center.
While they did get off onto a rocky start, they really pulled it together mid set. They came off as very shy and quiet at first, something I feel was out of character for them, since they usually tell some witty jokes at their shows and tend not to look around bashfully. I do not recall hearing any of their old stuff, from Such Triumph or Youth City Fire. Maybe they played This Party’s Over, but I am not sure. Most everything was from All That to the Wall. I would really have loved to have heard acoustic versions of New Blood/New Weather, Pregnant Boys or Crapdragon.
One thing I say about their new album
I’d give it 4/5 stars, and it will probably be one of my favorite albums of the year, I just feel they their first two albums present a sound that was much more their own, while the new one teeters on a sound that everyone is embracing.
The Chicago Reader has a really great article in this weeks edition covering Chicago’s hip-hop artist the Cool Kids. While the article centers around the Cool Kids, what I find interesting is the vernacular of Chicago’s hip-hop scene and how broad it crosses all sorts of boundaries.
Why hip-hop is so attractive
I did not grow up listening to hip-hop and outside of listening to artists found on Molemen Records, I don’t really listen to much now. But I always keeping my ears open for new artists.
Why is this? It is not that I do not like hip-hop, it is more that I think that there is so much of it that it has become diluted. Diluted almost in a good way.
Image is… Well… Something
I got into a long argument with a friend the other day. He effectively feels that hip-hop owes most of its success to its image. While I think that there is some truth to this, I feel that the music has to back that image up, otherwise people would just leave. This is the stance that I argued and would continue to argue. It is a simple one so I do not really have much else to say on it.
I have a real passion for music so I have decided to write more about it… starting with this little post. More to come.
