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my kent review
oh dear! i hate this! jg specifically says that he's waiting for *my*
review, since i nabbed the set list and all. *sigh* now expectations will
be high, and i'm really not good at this. i will share what i know, though.
yes, i did take their set list (i'm so sorry, guys, if you're reading this,
but you know, i was always one to go in for peer pressure), but i gave it to
ysoie, cause she's the one who wanted it. but i wrote down my own set list,
so there.
so, kyle and i made the trek up to kent from columbus. was interesting. i
had a lovely time in columbus, by the way. chris and kyle and their
roommates were as open and giving as usual, and i just had a perfect stay.
chris is so snuggable, especially during movies. kyle is so gorgeous.
*swoon* eric is wonderful and still owes me a beer. and evan, i'm so sorry
i didn't get to see you. next time.
i had three guys violating my love spot on thursday night. i was in absolute
heaven.
anyway, off to the concert. i spotted my beloved jg immediately as kyle and
i stood there, getting our tickets cut. dearly beloved waved from a table
WAY up by the speakers and everything, and i slowly wove my way up to see
her. i squealed when i saw jg, though, and gave him a huge hug that could
have lasted for hours. well, not hours, but you know what i mean. and
that's when i met listie heather, who is absolutely gorgeous. just like all
the other listies. gosh, i feel good about myself when i'm with you people!
i also got to meet listie amy-raven at this moment in time, who is absolutely
gorgeous. *sigh* you people! really!
so, i finally made it to dearly beloved's table, where i stole jg's seat at
the edge of the table, with my ear sitting close to the speaker. i hugged db
and she told me i looked beautiful and i said the same and we just sort of
convered with the "so, how have you been since it's been a year since i've
seen you?" she's lovely. and jg, tell her that she has to tell me about the
linford memory story. thanks. :)
so, the band is warming up and we're all chatting and i met amy and phil who
don't have a computer so aren't on the list anymore. we miss them. and jg
snuck me in my egg rolls, because we were supposed to go for a chinese dinner
last year and we never did. and jack looks at me and says, "so, what do you
want to hear tonight?" and i told him "everything." and he pointedly looked
at the speakers and said, "i think you will" or something to that effect.
and we played hangman. like jg said, i won. we didn't get to finish out my
game, though. by the way, my word was *conducive*. it's my favorite word at
the moment.
then nikki comes in to set up because she's opening and jg say, "hi nikki!"
and then she gives him a blank look that says, "why do you know me? i have
no clue who you are." he says he loves that look. they have a little chat,
and then she goes away. the place starts really filling up so that you can't
even move in your chair lest you step on someone's hand who's sitting on the
floor in front of you, and finally nikki starts playing.
wow. jg loves her teeth. (yes, amy romania, teeth are big in jg's book).
nikki is awesome. i bought plow on boy's album. listening to it now. good
stuff.
while nikki is playing her third song, ysoie and gardner step in, oozing
their way through the crowds to our table. ysoie unknowingly wore the same
dress as me (i was supposed to wear my green one, i know!), and we shared a
chair for most of nikki's set, until i just couldn't bear it. i slid down on
the floor.
finally, between nikki and over the rhine, we floated all over the place,
getting a hot fudge brownie with mint chocky chip ice cream, looking at
amy-raven's pictures (jay, you're SO cute! can't wait to give you a big fat
hug!), and meeting other listie and other people. then over the rhine came
out to perform, and the fun began.
*the setlist*
1.) the seahorse
2.) bothered
just about died when i heard this. yes, obviously it was the _besides_
version, but it's still a beautiful song!
3.) etc. whatever
it took me forever to remember what the name of this was. i had to ask jg
and monica what it was, but when jg went to tell me, it hit me. i wrote on
our paper (we passes many notes) to monica "all of gdbd sounds the same!"
she nodded in agreement.
4.) moth
yeah, i like it. wish they had done *tumbleweeds* though. :(
5.) little blue river
ysoie: "i miss brian on this one."
jessyka: "i miss looking at brian. :) and mike."
(btw, i have a nice little picture of mike in my liner note to my blow on boy
cd, so i'm semi happy. :) that bald head...YUMMY!).
6.) goodbye
we really missed the drums on this one.
monica: "i miss terri and brian!"
jessyka: "me too--karin is wonderful but they need harmony and rhythm."
7.) anyway
8.) circle of quiet
jessyka: "they need ric on this one"
ysoie: "have you ever heard ric play this?"
jessyka: "i've never seen monk nor do i have their cd."
9.) it's never quite as it seems
10.) all i need is everything
11.) lucy
yes, kids, lucy is a real girl and she's all right now.
12.) faithfully dangerous
the ants were being murdered by the magnifying glass by this one. karin's
slip up "picture paint me fingers of all you see" made us listies burst into
laughter. made me realize how few people were there specifically to see the
band. bradys seems like a big date place, and with tickets at only $8, it's
a nicer, different approaced to dating than the unimaginative dinner/movie
thing.
13.) jack's valentine
JACK RAWKS!!!!!!!! and linford spoke for a couple minutes. told us about
shopping at the flea market. hazel bought a couple chairs, he told us. but
we missed snoop duggy dug. i even yelled out that we wanted him, but no on
paid any attention...
14.) latter days
funny, they played the intro and i wrote to ysioe, "if they play *latter
days* i'm going to cry." and they did. and i did. as for gardner's head
being in my lap, at this point i was in a chair by the window and he was on
the floor in front of me. we both have sad stories relating to this song,
and we had shared them and it was an *us* moment. we held hands. we cried a
little. it was peaceful, and very much needed. thank you, gardner. i love
you muchly.
*encore one*
orphan girl
go down easy
jessyka: "look! it's your song!"
monica: "i've been waiting for it. how did you know i liked it?"
jessyka: "jg mentioned it. besides, it sounds so much like *poughkepsie*
and i know you like that one."
monica: "you have a good memory. remind me to tell you the linford memory
story."
did that earlier in the post. :)
*encore two*
my love is a fever
nice...never thought i'd hear it live, even though i have it live on my
_besides_ cd.
so, that was the show. and i snagged the set list. and we all decided to go
to some bar down the street so we could hang out. and the scary guy hit on
all the girls, except for me. i felt left out. but then, i had kyle sitting
in my lap, so maybe that was why.
yes, i loved all of the new people i met. and purity tests are fun. i took
a 100 question one and got a 30%. this one was 500 questions (imagine a
table of nine people, all but three taking this test) and i got a 53.2%. i
can't decide if i'm impressed or digusted with myself.
and gardner, thank you so much for carting me home. and letting me sleep in
your car for however long that was. and for playing sister of mercy. ysoie,
keep working on me. maybe you can make me goth. but aren't i slightly too
up beat for that?
and so, on two hours of sleep in my bed, i woke up and went to work, where i
had an absolutely lovely day. got 11 hours of work, went out afterwards, and
had a delightful time playing on the swings in an abandoned playground that
probably should have bene closed after sunset.
one thing i realized about over the rhine. i fall in love with them all over
again every time i see them. like burril, maybe it's only because i'm a
newer over the rhine follower, but i think it's more than that. i've been
asking everyone i know lately what they are passionate about. most people
don't know. but everyone who knows me can tell you that my passion is my
music. my music and other people's music and just music in general. and
over the rhine's music, whether they be the original four, or the trio i saw
friday night, or the six-piece i've seen in the past, invoke more emotion
than many bands/musicals/choirs/singers are able to do. and i appreciate
that. i love that more than anything. and i, for one, will not stop
listening to them or supporting them or anything else. i am sad that brian
is leaving. but everything happens for a reason, and obviously brian has a
different path to follow than karin and linford. i love them as they are,
and i will miss them as they are, but i am looking forward to their new spin.
always.
and i hope everyone knows that i wasn't replying to what anyone else has
said...that was all me.
and now, children, i am going to leave you. my lack of sleep is *finally*
catching up to me, i have a couple more e-mails to answer, and i this is
certainly long enough already.
oh, and mark, i am certainly not worth coming to cincinnati to see.
although, it would certainly please me to see your smiling face. don't see
it happening, unfortunately, but it's always nice to dream.
oh, and as for jack's cd. i need to spin it a couple times yet. but he sang
one line and i turned and looked at my stereo and said, "i don't think he
should do that." his voice will take time to grow on me. but i do like the
afghan whigs, so there's hope.
good night, and thanks for reading.
np: _children of eden_
*hugz and kisses*
jessyka