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Dec. 1st, 2009 08:16 pmWent to see The Mountain Goats play the other day with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
zsquirrelboy and ectophylla.
They were opened for by Owen Pallett's Final Fantasy. The latter came across to me as a bit arty farty, but that was more than made up for with originality and talent. Pallett played violin and keyboard, with an effects pedal that allowed him to do that trick where you record a bit and then loop it. So, he would play a riff, start it looping, then play something that built on it, loop that and repeat. I'd seen it done before, but this was really impressive, as he's also a genuinely talented violinist, and he did some really interesting and unusual things technique-wise.
The Mountain Goats were great, though I don't think they played a single song off of my favorite album of theirs, Heretic Pride. They did, however play Dance Music, which was the song that first turned me on to them, and had been stuck in my head all day, and that was all I really needed. They closed, as always, with No Children, which is one of the most bitter and damaged breakup songs ever, but is also extremely catchy, so I've had it stuck in my head ever since.
Anyway, after the show the band actually came out onto the floor and mingled with people, which was really cool. I talked to the drummer for a bit, and was headed over to John Darnielle, the singer/songwriter, when the people who ran the place started shooing everyone out. Not to be daunted by such obstacles,zsquirrelboy decided that he wanted to get an autograph, so we followed a group of hardcore folks around to the side of the building where the tour bus was parked and waited for a bout 20 mins for them to come out. I didn't have anything to get signed, and usually don't care much about autographs, but by then I'd invested 20 mins waiting and figured I should have something to show for it. I didn't have anything really to get signed except for some leftover thai food from dinner that night, so I figured I'd at least go for trying to get a weird look by asking him to sign that. To his credit, without missing a beat he signs the box, and then writes "thank you" on it....
...in Thai.
Point to Mr. Darnielle. Well played, sir.
zsquirrelboy and ectophylla.They were opened for by Owen Pallett's Final Fantasy. The latter came across to me as a bit arty farty, but that was more than made up for with originality and talent. Pallett played violin and keyboard, with an effects pedal that allowed him to do that trick where you record a bit and then loop it. So, he would play a riff, start it looping, then play something that built on it, loop that and repeat. I'd seen it done before, but this was really impressive, as he's also a genuinely talented violinist, and he did some really interesting and unusual things technique-wise.
The Mountain Goats were great, though I don't think they played a single song off of my favorite album of theirs, Heretic Pride. They did, however play Dance Music, which was the song that first turned me on to them, and had been stuck in my head all day, and that was all I really needed. They closed, as always, with No Children, which is one of the most bitter and damaged breakup songs ever, but is also extremely catchy, so I've had it stuck in my head ever since.
Anyway, after the show the band actually came out onto the floor and mingled with people, which was really cool. I talked to the drummer for a bit, and was headed over to John Darnielle, the singer/songwriter, when the people who ran the place started shooing everyone out. Not to be daunted by such obstacles,
zsquirrelboy decided that he wanted to get an autograph, so we followed a group of hardcore folks around to the side of the building where the tour bus was parked and waited for a bout 20 mins for them to come out. I didn't have anything to get signed, and usually don't care much about autographs, but by then I'd invested 20 mins waiting and figured I should have something to show for it. I didn't have anything really to get signed except for some leftover thai food from dinner that night, so I figured I'd at least go for trying to get a weird look by asking him to sign that. To his credit, without missing a beat he signs the box, and then writes "thank you" on it.......in Thai.
Point to Mr. Darnielle. Well played, sir.
