Monday, February 22, 2010
This last week of February already marks a close to month two of 2010. It's been a very busy one and this past weekend's events were no exception.
The highlight for us had to be Seth and Ed's Puppet Talk Show with special guests Paul F. Tompkins and Garfunkel & Oates. The first thing we did after hearing PFT's "Go Ask Alice" bit was of course see if there was a band called Freak Wharf, which of course, there is (sort of). Garfunkel & Oates (a sort of updated version Girls Guitar Club, but cuter) sang a few musical bits, including their classic rendition of "This Party Took a Turn for the Douche," which looks and sounds much better live than on that one video given their hot new choregraphy. And Rob Huebel, no longer being labeled as the Human Giant guy Sarah Silverman dated after Jimmel Kimmel (mainly because they're no longer dating), was sharper than we've ever seen him, railing off one zinger after another. Makes us almost forgive him for stealing Holly Flax from Michael Scott. Almost.
Hm, what else... Mirah came to town on Sunday with a show at the Bootleg. We normally wouldn't have gone to a show that high profile but we felt it a nostalgic nod to some ten years ago when she played at The Lab, which we do believe was her first L.A. show (she might have played Koo's before that though). The Lab, by the way, was a venue The Fold used to book that we do remember as being the first place Mates of State played in town. Anyway, we hadn't seen her since then so we barely recognized her. Her songs are so much more mature and sophisticated these days (she's got Kane Mathis on oud and kora for the love of gosh) so it wasn't a surprise to see such a KCRW-listening/Grey's Anatomy-watching crowd last night. We miss the girlie-folk from back then but this wasn't too bad either.
Oh yeah, for the 8 million or so people in the Northwest United States that don't read this blog, The Parson Red Heads have been camping up there for the whole month and we haven't heard a peep about it. They've played nearly every other day for 21 days and all we get is this one video? Don't make us doubleyouteeeff you because we will. Get out there in that cold, rainy weather you love and RSS that ish.
Ok, so we'll cut this short because this post is already entirely too long (that's what she... nevermind). But go see Castledoor tonight if you need a good cry.
Happy birthdays this week to John Doe, Sarah Negahdari (The Happy Hollows), Meiko, Josiah Mazzaschi (Light FM), Hunter Curra (Walking Sleep Tourbillon Orchestra), and probably a lot of other people.
Pictured above is Big Whup last Saturday at the latest of great new spaces that have opened up in Highland Park/Eagle Rock, Sea and Space.
