Belle & Sebastian Rollcall

Ugh, I should visit this place more often… I always miss the topics when they're still relevant.

I also went to the show and actually enjoyed it. I was there to see Broken Social Scene, but thought Ted Leo was good–although I got a bit bored at one point and actually admit to being more enthralled by his sound check, but maybe that's because there was nothing else to do–and thoroughly enjoyed Belle & Sebastian, despite not being much of a fan. I have to admit that it wasn't really an "on" night for BSS; I hadn't seen them before, but it was still obvious, especially compared to videos from other shows they've done. I really don't think BSS is meant to be an opening band–they played for roughly an hour, which I've said is only warm-up time in BSS terms. I think they managed to fit in a good set list though, although I was disappointed that they didn't do one of the normal closers (It's All Gonna Break or KC Accidental) and that they chose to do Superconnected slow. But Kevin Drew was cute, especially with his Roller Coaster Ride comment, and I was overjoyed to see Amy Millan, who is my favourite artist. (Emily was with Metric at Wakefest and Feist played Bluesfest that day, as did Collett. I doubt they went through much trouble trying to get a large line-up, considering they were opening.) They're supposed to tour again in November before going on hiatus and I look forward to seeing them in a club venue where the audience is actually there to see them.

I kept track of the set, which went:
1. Fuzz (Late Nineties Rock/Shampoo Suicide)
2. All The Gods
3. 7/4 (Shoreline)
4. Fire Eye'd Boy
5. Cause = Time
6. Stars and Sons
7. HandJobs for the Holidays
8. Superconnected (slow)
9. Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl
10. Almost Crimes
11. Ibi Dreams of Pavement (A Better Day)

(I'm not positive about All The Gods; I swear I heard him singing the line, but it could have been part of the ending of Fuzz. Does anyone know?)

Kevin sounded really good on Ibi, which was a relief after seeing the Juno performance. Anthems and Crimes were the real highlights for me… Stars and Sons would have been, but there wasn't the audience participation.

This is from Stuart's web site…might explain what some of you were talking about:

So last nights show was not so enjoyable. I thought it was going to be a great one. I actually had leisure to take time shaving, pick something to wear, and then walk to the amphitheatre along a lakeside, looking out for terrapins on the way. Sometimes, though, as Robert Burns pointed out, oneâ??s plans and predictions go to the dogs. I donâ??t know what happened; maybe had too much fun at the other shows.

Two journalists, one after the other asked me, after the show in LA,

â??Youâ??ve played the Hollywood Bowl. Where do you go from here?â?
â??Downâ?, I said, both times, like it was funny the first time.

Bearman, did they keep the house lights on for the Hollywood Bowl show?

Originally posted by Darth Ed:

Originally posted by Graace:

Originally posted by eros:

The drunken Brit yelling "softlad!!" didn't make the evening any more enjoyable either.

How about "YOU'RE NUMBER ONE!!"??

Were you near this guy? I was just behind and to the left of him.

I don't know exactly where the sound was coming from but I was in front of and to the left of him.

I was right near the "you're #1" guy as well. He and around 7 others marched into that area of the pit a little while into the set and disturbed everyone's placements. Goodtimes.

hey Eddie,

actually no, the house lights went off almost completely…there was just a slight glow coming off of them, but the stage lighting was so well done it was hard to take your eyes off the stage. I can't get over that place…I'll have to make it a point to go back there again soon. It's a pretty amazing place to see a concert.