full circle
Somehow, this BK gal has come full circle. . . the blog's been up for a bit over a year now, and just in time for another Ben Fold's concert. last year's concert was great, but this year TS and I went up to the Beacon theater to see the show. If you have a chance to see anything here, I recommend it! Its in the art deco style with lavish murals on the walls, a huge chandelier in the lobby, and a rather delapidated rear exit (it cant be perfect).The opener was corn mo. Nope, I hadnt heard of him either. I thought he was a rather self-effacing version of meatloaf, but TS enjoyed his wit and piano style.
Ben Folds was all over the place with some old, some new, banging on the Baldwin regardless. He had purchased a $2K synthizing keyboard and would play one hand on each instrument, and considering he had to maintain a large wing-span to do this, it was impressive. He was a little (too) involved with ten hertz. Last night was the last show of the season's tour. Not to be mean, but one could tell. The musicans all seemed a little drained, and there was a lot of dead time (no music, fans just shouting requests). However, I think his best song of the night was actually a cover. A cover of the postal service version of Such Great Heights.
In other music notes, since I'm in that vein, we also caught a short gig of Tucson's Ryanhood at the Rockwood music hall (my favorite venue in the city). This duo has one extremely talented guitarist, and one flirty, funny singer (AH deemed him the Jack Black of the group, and I concure). Before Ryanhood went on was a foursome playing ukulele, guitar, stand up bass, and that string instrument that one plays on one's lap. It was very 1940s Hawian-esque. Thats whats great about that place, you never know what you'll hear.
posted by gordian knot @ Tuesday, November 21, 2006
1 Comments:
i saw ben folds once, and I was amazed how he would literally take his stool and slam it on the keys of the piano, and somehow it would make chords...fantastic.
corina :)
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