Yeasayer!

The Yeasayer show was almost two weeks ago.

When we got there, the first opening act was wrapping up. It was this German rapper/singer called Hush Hush... This guy looked terrible - tall, skinny, balding but with a long reddish beard to compensate. He was terrible - he sang songs about girls having their periods and girls licking his asshole like a donut. Apparently, his parents were in the crowd... I really hope they do not speak English. At one point, two 'dancers' went up on stage and proceeded to jiggle around the stage. One of them was Indian and we could only imagine her poor, hard-working parents and all the sacrifices they made to come here and now their daughter is pulling out red stuff out of her underwear to simulate her period.

The second act, The Smith Westerns, were not much better. They reminded me of a bands from 80s and 90s movies from the prom scenes.

Yeasayer was good. They played most of the good songs, but skipped I Remember because they fucked up the setlist or one of the instruments fucked up. They also played three new songs that were pretty awful...

Yann Tiersen at Highline Ballroom

Last Friday, I saw Yann Tiersen at Highline Ballroom.

I saw the listing a while before but saw that he had two shows and did not worry about being able to get tickets. The shows sold out a few days before the actual concerts. I walked down to the Highline Ballroom just in case they released more tickets, and they did.

The venue was packed with Europeans, hippies, and hipsters. The acoustics and the sound system were not great, plus some annoying loud people.

It was enjoyable even though a concert like that is enjoyed most sitting down. The night I saw him, he and his band played with an orchestra. It suited the music, but seeing this Take Away show, maybe it would have been funkier seeing the regular band.

Yann Tiersen | A Take Away Show #2 | Palestine | Amy from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.

Roger Waters - The Wall

I was so excited to see Roger Waters live. I don't like arena concerts, but this was superb; it is definitely the best concert to which I have been. Roger Waters is a true musical genius.


The Wall


Follow the Worms


The Trial