Travis came up from Portland for the weekend and was going to see a group called Awesome. What can I say, the name is awesome. Unfortunately, their show wasn’t. Travis and his friend Joe who have liked the band in the past, also were very disappointed in the show. It was a very free form sort of performance, kind of like free jazz, but not improvised and not jazz. It was in a church, which was cool, but it made absolutely no sense to me and wasn’t all that fun to listen to. There were parts that made me very sleepy and caused me to lay down on the bench and shut my eyes, but then there were parts that were loud and dissonant. There were lots of instruments including a banjo, castanets, a flute I think and typewriters. Interesting. There was also a spoken word part in the middle that involved lots of repetition of phrases that made absolutely no sense to me. Not even interesting.
Based on what Travis and Joe said, I won’t write Awesome off forever, but I’m not all that excited to go see them again. Except for the name. It’s awesome.
How did you like the awesome cd? It’s from the show Delaware (hence the album title). That is a great show. They even serve waffles in the middle. The track with the clanking metal is kitchen utensils preparing to make waffles.
Comment by sivart — March 6, 2006 @ 10:22 pm
I liked it, but I think it would have been much better with the visuals of waffle serving and such mixed in.
Comment by mmrobins — March 7, 2006 @ 8:40 am