Done Waiting Anniversary Show
I know I know you're just dying to see some washed out $300 digital camera shots but I just can't provide that for you. I didn't bring my camera. SORRY
So I intentionally left around 10 PM even though Duffy had posted on the DW message board that the show should start around then. I made the mistake of listening to Chris Deville when I went to the Columbus Alive Bands to Watch show. He said the show would start promptly at 10 and ended up starting promptly at about 10:45. OOPS
But I digress.
Chris McCoy & The Gospel
I arrived a little late and Chris McCoy (with Gospel in tow) was just playing his last song. I've always thought McCoy was a really impressive performer but his set would go on a little too long. Well this wasn't a problem this time because I saw him for about four or five minutes. Actually, in all honesty I wish I'd made it earlier to see some of his set.
An interesting fact: Chris McCoy is like 7 feet tall and plays his guitar backwards, a la Jimmy Hendrix.
Megan Palmer
You know, it was honestly really hard to evaluate her at all. I pointed out to Colleen, who had come with me, that Megan Palmer was a female, slightly alt-country singer/songwriter. Colleen mentioned that all female singer/songwriters were a little alt-country. Marcy Mays of Scrawl fame proved that wrong later.
Hopefully I get to see Megan Palmer again.
Miranda Sound
Miranda Sound, who had covertly set up while our attentions were diverted to the back of the room, played next. They played a super-energetic set, as I would have expected. I was really impressed when Western Reserve came out last year and have been surprised that the band hasn't picked up more buzz than they have, seemingly.
Miranda Sound is a somewhat straightforward power-pop band but that didn't stop them from doing a really interesting song that didn't even really push 100 BPM and featured timpani mallets and inner-guitar singing. I really enjoy their guitar interplay and general energy. Great live set.
Eric Metronome
Eric Metronome was on the side stage next. He had his uke and his wife, Kim a melodica. I'd never seen them perform together and unfortunately, Kim's vocals were waayyyyy too low. Eric even went through the common ritual of asking "how are my levels" to which the perfunctory general crowd noises were given in response. So the levels stayed untouched until Kim realized no one could hear her.
In general acts on the side stage were kind of ignored because of low levels and the fact that it's really hard to command the attention of a large crowd with only an acoustic guitar. I always enjoy seeing Copy Cat though.
The Greenhouse Effect
OK. Here's the real star of the evening, hands-down. While it seems like their set may have been a little long, they were exceptionally entertaining and far superior to The Catalyst (WARNING: don't click on that link unless you have a ton of RAM or are not particularly partial to your computer.) In all fairness, I was pretty intoxicated at the BTW show but Blueprint and Fess showed that The Catalyst still has a lot of work to do.
As I had suspected, Blueprint was pretty much amazing. Good flow, clever rhymes and a lot of general stage presence and humor. There's a lot of inherent humor in a situation when a hip-hop set breaks out at a concert full of white hipsters. The hardcore dancing kid provided a good segue between the hands-in-pockets foot-stomping of before with some of the bumping and grinding and such that followed. Blueprint even pulled out a ghetto-blaster and rapped about Do The Right Thing for a little bit.
DJ Interchange (Spare Change?) held it down nicely and had fun with Nirvana's 'Smells like Teen Spirit' for awhile.
I talked through Marcy Mays and left during Brainbow. I just can't do Brainbow -- don't really dig the wall of sound thing that they are trying to achieve. It just seems like a speed-metal song should break out at any moment and it doesn't happen.
All in all, it was a great show and I really enjoyed myself. I also bought a nifty Donewaiting.com T-Shirt. It wasn't American Apparel though :( I guess child labor has to enter the equation to achieve a $5 T-Shirt.
All in all, the acoustic sets were unfortunately too quiet but really helped the show move along at a quick clip. I really enjoyed myself and look forward to yet another year of snarky music commentary and emoticons.
So I intentionally left around 10 PM even though Duffy had posted on the DW message board that the show should start around then. I made the mistake of listening to Chris Deville when I went to the Columbus Alive Bands to Watch show. He said the show would start promptly at 10 and ended up starting promptly at about 10:45. OOPS
But I digress.
Chris McCoy & The Gospel
I arrived a little late and Chris McCoy (with Gospel in tow) was just playing his last song. I've always thought McCoy was a really impressive performer but his set would go on a little too long. Well this wasn't a problem this time because I saw him for about four or five minutes. Actually, in all honesty I wish I'd made it earlier to see some of his set.
An interesting fact: Chris McCoy is like 7 feet tall and plays his guitar backwards, a la Jimmy Hendrix.
Megan Palmer
You know, it was honestly really hard to evaluate her at all. I pointed out to Colleen, who had come with me, that Megan Palmer was a female, slightly alt-country singer/songwriter. Colleen mentioned that all female singer/songwriters were a little alt-country. Marcy Mays of Scrawl fame proved that wrong later.
Hopefully I get to see Megan Palmer again.
Miranda Sound
Miranda Sound, who had covertly set up while our attentions were diverted to the back of the room, played next. They played a super-energetic set, as I would have expected. I was really impressed when Western Reserve came out last year and have been surprised that the band hasn't picked up more buzz than they have, seemingly.
Miranda Sound is a somewhat straightforward power-pop band but that didn't stop them from doing a really interesting song that didn't even really push 100 BPM and featured timpani mallets and inner-guitar singing. I really enjoy their guitar interplay and general energy. Great live set.
Eric Metronome
Eric Metronome was on the side stage next. He had his uke and his wife, Kim a melodica. I'd never seen them perform together and unfortunately, Kim's vocals were waayyyyy too low. Eric even went through the common ritual of asking "how are my levels" to which the perfunctory general crowd noises were given in response. So the levels stayed untouched until Kim realized no one could hear her.
In general acts on the side stage were kind of ignored because of low levels and the fact that it's really hard to command the attention of a large crowd with only an acoustic guitar. I always enjoy seeing Copy Cat though.
The Greenhouse Effect
OK. Here's the real star of the evening, hands-down. While it seems like their set may have been a little long, they were exceptionally entertaining and far superior to The Catalyst (WARNING: don't click on that link unless you have a ton of RAM or are not particularly partial to your computer.) In all fairness, I was pretty intoxicated at the BTW show but Blueprint and Fess showed that The Catalyst still has a lot of work to do.
As I had suspected, Blueprint was pretty much amazing. Good flow, clever rhymes and a lot of general stage presence and humor. There's a lot of inherent humor in a situation when a hip-hop set breaks out at a concert full of white hipsters. The hardcore dancing kid provided a good segue between the hands-in-pockets foot-stomping of before with some of the bumping and grinding and such that followed. Blueprint even pulled out a ghetto-blaster and rapped about Do The Right Thing for a little bit.
DJ Interchange (Spare Change?) held it down nicely and had fun with Nirvana's 'Smells like Teen Spirit' for awhile.
I talked through Marcy Mays and left during Brainbow. I just can't do Brainbow -- don't really dig the wall of sound thing that they are trying to achieve. It just seems like a speed-metal song should break out at any moment and it doesn't happen.
All in all, it was a great show and I really enjoyed myself. I also bought a nifty Donewaiting.com T-Shirt. It wasn't American Apparel though :( I guess child labor has to enter the equation to achieve a $5 T-Shirt.
All in all, the acoustic sets were unfortunately too quiet but really helped the show move along at a quick clip. I really enjoyed myself and look forward to yet another year of snarky music commentary and emoticons.
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