Siren Festival

Originally posted by filthypit:
JEEZ-ZUS CHRIST! that's gonna be a hot show!

not the line-up.
no really, it's gonna be hotter than hell in queens in july.

i thought coney island was in Brooklyn? ;)

Originally posted by sonickteam4:

Originally posted by filthypit:
JEEZ-ZUS CHRIST! that's gonna be a hot show!

not the line-up.
no really, it's gonna be hotter than hell in queens in july.

i thought coney island was in Brooklyn? ;)

it is…strategically situated between the cool breezes blowing down the East river…and the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island.

Schedule

Think I'm gonna pass this year…

looks like i'll be in NYC next weekend … not sure if i'm going to this, but it might be nice to just catch brendan benson then spoon on the main stage

Benson's the only act I'd really want to catch. The others that I like I've seen several times, and I thought Spoon was awful live…

Well, I am back from NYC and the Siren festival among other things.

Its the 3rd time i have been and it really pays to go to these things a few times in a row, to get a good game plan.

however, we got sidetracked and didnt really catch many of the bands, but heres what we did cach

Ambulance - they are fucking great. I cant believe i have never took the time to see them live, totally sound like Sonic Youth at times, but keep their own sound as well. I love em!!!

Morningwood - no, please no, you are stupid.

Saul Williams - one of the greatest rappers of the 21st century. so good, and Adlib (Thavius Beck) is the man too. he made a crazy comment about how the terror attacks in London made us forget about the people dying in Africa, which was the tone for the whole previous weekend, and how fucked up it was. no one seemed to be listening though.

Brendan Benson - ummm, i know everyone here loves him, and that Folk Singer song is cool , but he's pretty boring and i dont see anything special about him. not bad, but really, he's not going to save the world.

Spoon - ok. thats really all i can say, not my cup of tea but they are good musicians.

other than that, Nathans hotdogs, 2 girls brawling on the beach, and $5.99 64oz beers were all i needed to make my day very enjoyable.

one more thing, maybe they can try to get bands on faster next year, it was like 30 minutes in between bands, and thats a long time to be standing in the heat listening to some wannabe hipster DJ over the roadies checking the drums….

Oh man, how friggin' hot was it? Just too much of a nightmare for me, all that heat and smooshed into spaces.

I've never seen Benson, and I wouldn't be surprised if his live show doesn't measure up. His albums are fantastique, though…

Originally posted by Bags:
Oh man, how friggin' hot was it? Just too much of a nightmare for me, all that heat and smooshed into spaces.

really, it wasnt TOO bad. it wasnt bad during the bands, but in between, was a little grueling.

but i am 6'1" so i can usually get the breeze over most people's heads, my GF is not so lucky :(

I saw Brendan Benson on hte Black Cat backstage…think Kosmo was there too…and can vouch for his excellency live….right Kosmo?

yup saw Brendan and his Wellfed boys several times on the last tour and every night was a slightly different, some nights they rocked out, others a bit mellow, but always great…

however, there is a new version of the Wellfed boys this time out which i've seen yet, but it's going to have to be good to match version 1.0

Originally posted by sonickteam4:

Originally posted by Bags:
Oh man, how friggin' hot was it? Just too much of a nightmare for me, all that heat and smooshed into spaces.

really, it wasnt TOO bad. it wasnt bad during the bands, but in between, was a little grueling.

but i am 6'1" so i can usually get the breeze over most people's heads, my GF is not so lucky :(

Didn't realzie you were there, so was i. The line-up wasn't great, but i had fun at Coney Island in general. And it was all free. Q and Not U were pretty damn good, and the Dears were good. VHS or beta needed to play when it was dark out. Spoon is just plain boring live, been saying that for years. Other than that, saw some cool breakdancers, a couple guys fight (literally) over the port-a-johns, and got to hang out at the ocean for a little bit. A succesful day i would say.

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
I saw Brendan Benson on hte Black Cat backstage…think Kosmo was there too…and can vouch for his excellency live….right Kosmo?

perhaps when i am older and dont like things to be so entertaining, I will appreciate his live show. :)

did the thought occur to you brendan was going through the motions?

anyways… Well Fed boys version 2.0 is

Matt - drums orginial WF dawg
Dean - guitar on loan from the Waxwings
Michael - bass on loan from the Twilight Singers

Anyone remember on the first season of the Real World that Andre had a band stowed away in NJ? Well Dean was a member and chief songwriter for Reigndance, found a of thiers CD in a bargin bin and it's not half bad. Much better than I expected it to be..

I have seen Benson twice, and have not been impressed either time, and I am a fan of his recorded work

of course the first time was opening for the white stripes and i had never heard of him at that point, and the second time he followed Jesse Malin, Malin is boring enough to kill any show

Perhaps when you are older and don't like for things to be so entertaining, you will appreciate Brendan's live show. Though my guess is that there will never be any hope to enjoy a live Jesse Malin show.

Originally posted by general grievous:
I have seen Benson twice, and have not been impressed either time, and I am a fan of his recorded work

of course the first time was opening for the white stripes and i had never heard of him at that point, and the second time he followed Jesse Malin, Malin is boring enough to kill any show

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Perhaps when you are older and don't like for things to be so entertaining

I sure dont find Ambulance LTD entertaining (although I know lots of people do), so who knows what is wrong with me.

Originally posted by general grievous:

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Perhaps when you are older and don't like for things to be so entertaining

I sure dont find Ambulance LTD entertaining (although I know lots of people do), so who knows what is wrong with me.

somehow it struck me as Ambulance would be a better band at an outdoor show, than in a smaller club. i dont know why though. they look like they are all still in high school too.

Originally posted by sonickteam4:

Originally posted by general grievous:

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Perhaps when you are older and don't like for things to be so entertaining

I sure dont find Ambulance LTD entertaining (although I know lots of people do), so who knows what is wrong with me.

somehow it struck me as Ambulance would be a better band at an outdoor show, than in a smaller club. i dont know why though. they look like they are all still in high school too.

I would like them a lot more if I could actually make out the lead singer's voice. Ive only seen em once at Black Cat and while I liked the gig, the singers voice struck me as very very weak…

Originally posted by beedubyah:
I would like them a lot more if I could actually make out the lead singer's voice. Ive only seen em once at Black Cat and while I liked the gig, the singers voice struck me as very very weak…

i think thats what i mean. they sounded very very crisp at Siren. I could understand all the lyrics (even to the songs i didnt know) and the guitars, drums and vocals all sounded very well mixed. i think a lot of times outdoors is just better to hear music.

now thats just silly talk…