I think you will all find something of interest at The Grassy Knoll

i gave in and made the trek to Williamstown MA to see Deerhoof a couple days ago. Williamstown is a town with a population of about 8,000. It’s in the northwest coner of Massachusetts, snuggled between upstate NY and Vermont. It’s quite a ways from anywhere.  They played at the tiny, elite, private Williams College, in the temporary student union – a former chapel- Goodrich Hall.  It wasn’t exactly crowded. Just me & maybe 100 kids that looked about 10-years-old.  The high ceilings made for great sound, but it didn’t translate into the video i shot.  i do like the vids though.  The stage and the black and white reminded me of the Ed Sullivan-ish In Bloom video. (Nirvana.) No close-ups. I know i missed some great close-ups.  I just wanted to keep the camera in one place so i could forget it and enjoy the show.

They were so good i swear i almost cried.

if this doesn’t get you right away, move into 1:40 or 2:30 minutes.

As a side note – i first heard of Deerhoof when i saw them play before the Akrons in NYC on New Year’s Eve.  Cemented by Saturday’s show, they are officially my new favorite band. It’s great to have a new favorite band with a 10-year back catalog!

Details on Cancellation

Epic

I dislike their albums but love them live as I found out this night.

Deerhoof : The Perfect Me – NY Knitting Factory from Capt. AKAK on Vimeo.

According to the comment string Laura just saw them on the east coast; please help me convince people they need to go to a Thursday show in the middle of May.

Please comment below so I know whether or not to get the full 6 tickets ticketmaster is going to cap me at. FYI $28 a tix before rape fees.

I am not sure how I am going to handle all the media I got from Coachella this year. But I figured I would give a gift to OceanRain who is a big fan of SuperChunk. I am not sure of the song title but I love the guitar harmony in the middle of it. The second guitarist ripped the whole time with new strings that he said were cheaper than normal and “felt/played like spaghetti”….sounded f-king great to me but what do I know?

If you’ve never heard of him, go buy “Rise Up”.  If you haven’t seen him live, make it a priority.  He’s a Chicago legend and when on, he’s one of the best acts out there.

It’s only March, but here’s your (read: my) record of the year.

(Yeah, better than that other one.)

Man Size

Since I couldn’t contribute to the mixtape fun:  This, this, and this.

Please check back for another video of the first band as well as a review of the show itself. As of right now, I am on three hrs of sleep and about to pass out, but I had to get this video up that was produced at the show.

Thank you for the camera work Easeness. Minute 3:25 is the best.
The Sea and Cake – An Argument: Troubadour 12.05.08 from Robert Kittleman on Vimeo.

So this holiday week has been pretty emotionally draining, leaving me with a sense of creative stagnation. I have neglected working on the “back of the site”, but I wanted to share a song that has always seemed to pull me up from the depths of procrastination.
It is a black flag’s cover of the song rise above from New York’s best experimental band Dirty Projectors. Dave Longstreth is the yale graduate front man with the odd, soulful voice. I might be one of the few who find his yoddling appietizing but what can I say…I love people who sing not because there voice is pretty but more because they have to express themselves.

Here is a picture from the time we saw them at the Echo.

He reminds me of a dinosaur.