Wednesday, November 10, 2004
I Can't Drink You Pretty
This was probably the best thing about Ethan Daniel Davidson, who led one of the bands I saw at Fibbers this evening - the title of one of his songs. The rendition of it wasn't too bad either - Ethan carefully informed us that it was a fair and balanced song which wasn't derogatory to women, and to prove it the song had both a male and a female part, with Ethan singing the male and a moustachioed man named Charlie singing the female part.
Unfortunately, there wasn't an awful lot else to recommend him/them (except his pre-empting of Lint and me heckling him for being the nearest American available to complain about the election to, by telling anyone who supported the Republicans to fuck off and do their own gig).
Still, that wasn't what we went for. The aforementioned Motu One were tail-lining (if that's a word), and as they are very good, and this was their last appearance together in their current form, it was a must-see. And as usual, they were excellent. I've now also purchased their "Shuttered Away" EP, which Drew was carrying around 30 copies of in an Asda bag trying to sell. He does not work in Marketing.
Also up were the ever-reliable Four Day Hombre, who are coming up fast on the heels of Puressence for the band I've seen most often live (I think they're trailing 7-5 at the moment, but they play in York a lot more frequently). Nice to see the return of the live version of "The First Word is The Hardest" with the Hounds of Love ending. The Ginger Buffoon won the competition we were holding for how many times they'd complain to the sound guy during the set, with an on-the-nose guess of 5. I also bought one of their CDs, which differed from Motu One's in (at least) three important ways :
1. It hadn't had the covers printed in one of the band's offices the previous week.
2. It had 3 tracks, compared to Motu One's 6, thus making it exactly half as good value.
3. It was being sold by a guy who could obviously afford the finer things in life - he'd invested in a 30-CD-sized cardboard box, rather than picking up his CD receptacle with his last purchase of milk and three-ply toilet tissue from the local supermarket.
Unfortunately, there wasn't an awful lot else to recommend him/them (except his pre-empting of Lint and me heckling him for being the nearest American available to complain about the election to, by telling anyone who supported the Republicans to fuck off and do their own gig).
Still, that wasn't what we went for. The aforementioned Motu One were tail-lining (if that's a word), and as they are very good, and this was their last appearance together in their current form, it was a must-see. And as usual, they were excellent. I've now also purchased their "Shuttered Away" EP, which Drew was carrying around 30 copies of in an Asda bag trying to sell. He does not work in Marketing.
Also up were the ever-reliable Four Day Hombre, who are coming up fast on the heels of Puressence for the band I've seen most often live (I think they're trailing 7-5 at the moment, but they play in York a lot more frequently). Nice to see the return of the live version of "The First Word is The Hardest" with the Hounds of Love ending. The Ginger Buffoon won the competition we were holding for how many times they'd complain to the sound guy during the set, with an on-the-nose guess of 5. I also bought one of their CDs, which differed from Motu One's in (at least) three important ways :
1. It hadn't had the covers printed in one of the band's offices the previous week.
2. It had 3 tracks, compared to Motu One's 6, thus making it exactly half as good value.
3. It was being sold by a guy who could obviously afford the finer things in life - he'd invested in a 30-CD-sized cardboard box, rather than picking up his CD receptacle with his last purchase of milk and three-ply toilet tissue from the local supermarket.
posted by Chip : 23:52
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The "I can't drink you pretty" song was great! Not sure if "tail-lining" is a phrase that will catch on though.
As far as I'm concerned, not enough good things can be said about FDH. Watch this space (maybe not this actual space. Some other space elsewhere).
As far as I'm concerned, not enough good things can be said about FDH. Watch this space (maybe not this actual space. Some other space elsewhere).
"Tail-lining" will catch on in this blog at least.
And I've been watching the other space. Not much has gone on there for a while.
And I've been watching the other space. Not much has gone on there for a while.
If only you'd been watching the other time instead. We could have watched together and seen a continuum.
Read the post again - they come in an Asda bag, so therefore...
I'll get Drew to reserve one for you.
I'll get Drew to reserve one for you.
You know, given the apparent current state of the UK singles chart (ie very low sales to get into top 10), I'm surprised that Motu One didn't debut at a higher point yesterday. Or indeed, that they didn't chart at all.
I have put this down to two possible reasons:
1. Drew's Asda carrier bag is not a chart-return shop.
2. The EP is inelligible due to having six tracks.
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I have put this down to two possible reasons:
1. Drew's Asda carrier bag is not a chart-return shop.
2. The EP is inelligible due to having six tracks.
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