post-show

now playing: national anthem - inside the vote for change concert tour


so i've done something pretty unprecedented for me...i actually sat in front of the TV for almost four hours, watching the finale of the vote for change concert tour. some stuff i loved, some stuff i could've done without. i definitely enjoyed seeing david grissom playing with james taylor and the dixie chicks - not that it was the greatest showcase for his playing, but he did get to stretch a bit in a couple of short spots. this guy deserves much, much more recognition than he's gotten. he's just a phenomenal guitar player - he pulls these bends out of his ass unlike anyone i've ever heard, really. he's a grittier, more aggressive richard thompson or a john leventhal (who, phenomenally, has no website...WTF?).

overall, it was a good show...i've had mixed feelings about some of the rumblings of what oliver willis calls the shut up and sing crowd. barry, the stone road bass player, was ranting during the last gig about how musicians had no place being involved in this kind of thing...

i think barry and i will have to agree to disagree on this one.

strongly.

i mean, maybe barry thinks it's ok for companies like sinclair to propogandize the public airwaves, but we should all fold our creative little hands in our laps and shut the fuck up.

sorry.

no.

(oh, by the way, day one of sinclair's little ploy hasn't played so well with their stock prices thus far. it'll be interesting to see if they get away with this shit.)

this is my buddy nik everett's so-called liberal media at work...


maybe all the 527's should get together, pool their funds, and pay to air going upriver a few days before the election, too...or at least if the stations refused to comply, a much louder foul could be yelled, maybe.

i dunno.

i'm just thinking out loud at one in the morning.


i'm tired of living amongst fucking idiots.