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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: ratioci nation on March 09, 2004, 12:33:00 am
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So the first of his 4 March dates is Tuesday night.
Anybody other than me and raebyddet going? Anybody?
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I want to go on the Freedy Johnston night....Do we know, yet, about that whole "Songwriters' Showcase Featuring..."? I'm assuming, due to the plural possessive, both artists will perform songs they've written.
I'm not familiar with Buckner, but found this interesting:
Buckner's principal following, however, is not with the country audience, but the alternative rock one. Like Allen and Hancock, the guitarist's work is based in rootsy country traditions, but his lyrics are far too personal and ambitious for those who think of country music as virtually synonymous with Nashville. So, like those Lubbock musicians, he tends to appeal to open-minded rock fans, or adventurous general music fans, more than country ones. The alternative rock thread has been strengthened by Buckner's leadership of a San Francisco country-rock band, the Doubters (who do not appear on his album), and a support slot on a Son Volt tour in early 1996.
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I think Buckner is pretty sexy, if nothing else. His "Since" album sits next to me as I type.
Not going, but I'd choose the Dale Watson night of the four. The Freedy Johnston night also includes Kenny Roby, who was lead singer of a pretty good alt-country band from Raleigh, Six String Drag...though his solo work is not very good.
Saw Buckner about 7-8 yrs ago open for Son Volt...sort of boring to me, though I've heard others swear by his live performances.
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My friends who like country like Buckner, my friends who will only get as country as Yankee Hotel Foxtrot say "why are you listening to country." I really don't know where to put him, not country and I hate the term alt. rock.
Looks like M. Ward has been added to the bill.
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I wont be there.
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Originally posted by pollard:
Looks like M. Ward has been added to the bill.
For tonight?
Wanna go?
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
For tonight?
Wanna go?
it says M. Ward on the iota site
I am going
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What about the other question. I would go see M. Ward, then, um, leave.
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<img src="http://www.davismclarty.com/images/richard-buckner.gif" alt=" - " />
Buckner actually looks a bit like Lloyd Cole in this pic, no?
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Ok I see, it didnt say that a few days ago.......
8.30..... Want to drive? Get food there or at home?
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
Ok I see, it didnt say that a few days ago.......
8.30..... Want to drive? Get food there or at home?
check your mail
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Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
Buckner actually looks a bit like Lloyd Cole in this pic, no?
a little, yep.
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Originally posted by pollard:
My friends who like country like Buckner, my friends who will only get as country as Yankee Hotel Foxtrot say "why are you listening to country." I really don't know where to put him, not country and I hate the term alt. rock.
Looks like M. Ward has been added to the bill.
I dig Richard Buckner. He's a good live show. Looks like a giant lumberjack, but is anything but.
Devotion & Doubt is one of the moodiest, darkest, yet most heartfelt and affecting records that I have.
I wouldn't miss a show with him & M Ward. Ward's 2003 record is something that I got late, but sure am glad I checked out.
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Originally posted by grotty:
Ward's 2003 record is something that I got late, but sure am glad I checked out.
I liked him when he supported Lambchop. That album, transfiguration of vincent, is pretty good, though.
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Didn't you used to hate this guy?
Originally posted by mark e smith:
Originally posted by pollard:
Looks like M. Ward has been added to the bill.
For tonight?
Wanna go? [/b]
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Originally posted by thirsty moore:
Didn't you used to hate this guy?
actually I don't think he is one of Mark E.'s patented hate them and then love them 6 months later artists
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You mean like those second rate Teenage Fanclub impersonators, the Pernice Brothers?
Originally posted by pollard:
Originally posted by thirsty moore:
Didn't you used to hate this guy?
actually I don't think he is one of Mark E.'s patented hate them and then love them 6 months later artists [/b]
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i won't be going either.
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Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
You mean like those second rate Teenage Fanclub impersonators, the Pernice Brothers?
Originally posted by pollard:
Originally posted by thirsty moore:
Didn't you used to hate this guy?
actually I don't think he is one of Mark E.'s patented hate them and then love them 6 months later artists [/b]
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Errr lets see........
M. Ward.... The Vincent album took a while to grow on me. It is a bit slower than my usual likes, but then maybe I am ageing into it. I still dont recall saying I hated him. I did like the show he did with lambchop and Matt Pond about two years ago today.....
As for the Penis Brothers, I just vehmently thought that Mankie would not like the CD. I was right. I also thought they were better live though. I bit less wimpy.
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Originally posted by pollard:
Originally posted by thirsty moore:
Didn't you used to hate this guy?
actually I don't think he is one of Mark E.'s patented hate them and then love them 6 months later artists [/b]
name one (other than the Penis Bros).....
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
name one (other than the Penis Bros).....
decemberists
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
I did like the show he did with lambchop and Matt Pond about two years ago today.....
Matt Pond did not play the show with Lambchop and M. Ward, Matt Pond must have been the lambchop show before
or maybe you are thinking of when Matt Pond opened for the New Pornographers and The Frames
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The Psychedelic Furs don't play here until next week. I'm looking forward to Richard Butler.
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If you are going to any of these March shows for Buckner, don't, he is actually the first one to play, does not play for very long, and at least tonight, does a pretty poor job of performing his own songs.
To add salt to the wound, M. Ward did not actually play, he was supposed to, but pulled out about 3 days ago, even though Iota only added him in the last couple of days on their site.
Tandy were AWFUL. Did not stay for more then a song and a half.
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Originally posted by pollard:
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Matt Pond did not play the show with Lambchop and M. Ward, Matt Pond must have been the lambchop show before
or maybe you are thinking of when Matt Pond opened for the New Pornographers and The Frames [/b][/QUOTE]
You are probably right.
Uhm, tonight was one of my worst ever concert experiences. If you like that guy, I really think you should like Springsteen.
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
Uhm, tonight was one of my worst ever concert experiences.
yet at the show you said you liked it, old age really is awful
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Nope, Buckner was fine...... But he only played for twenty minutes. Thandie were awful and the band I wanted to see were not even there.
I am pretty sure that would still be one of my most disappointing concert experiences, despite Buckner being OK.
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Hmmmm, coupla really dissuasive comments. Well, if you're interested in the "featuring" artist, think it's worthwhile?
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Originally posted by Bags:
Hmmmm, coupla really dissuasive comments. Well, if you're interested in the "featuring" artist, think it's worthwhile?
Not if its Freedy F#%$%$#$^ Johnson.
Just kidding. Sure. Buckner only played briefly and he plays first. If its the other act you want to see you can just ignore Buckner as another average opener.
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Caveat emptor: if you're a fan of Buckner's older ("Bloomed" era) stuff, DON'T GO. He hasn't been playing most of the country/folk songs for the last couple of years, and the few he still plays are slowed down to glacial pace... I saw him last summer and found most of the set to be aimless masturbation, but people seem to like that sorta thing...
Sometimes I wonder if I'm the last Freedy Johnston fan left on the planet.
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Originally posted by MiloGTC:
if you're a fan of Buckner's older ("Bloomed" era) stuff, DON'T GO. He hasn't been playing most of the country/folk songs for the last couple of years, and the few he still plays are slowed down to glacial pace...
So he is always like that now? Bloomed is my favorite album of his, he played Blue and Wonder third last night, and it was crap compared to the album version.
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I wouldn't pay to see FReedy Johnston anymore, but I'd still listen to his albums.
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Originally posted by MiloGTC:
Sometimes I wonder if I'm the last Freedy Johnston fan left on the planet.
I'm with you... <img src="http://pages.prodigy.net/rogerlori1/emoticons/wave1.gif" alt=" - " />
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Wow - I feel stupid for recommending him (Buckner).
He really was good when I saw him [sheepishly].
Twas years ago though. I have kind of lost track of him after he did that poetry-to-music record.