3.17.2007

Peter Bjorn and John: Live on KEXP, Austin, TX., March 15, 2007.

3.14.2007

The Shins: Live, Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA., Feb 20, 2007.

Live music has to count as one of my favorite musical genres (if it is a genre at all), or why else would I write a blog about live music. Perhaps it's the scourge of living in a town where the bands I want to see live never come to that drives that yearning, but whatever the case may be, it's been a very rewarding experience getting to know these bands beyond the record format (although I doubt how much of the live experience you take away from lossy files, but it will do for now). Somehow I envy all those who live in cities like NYC and Montreal, who probably don't give a shit if The Hold Steady or Belle & Sebastian is in their town.

Well, there's no reason for this spiel - just me burning off some hand and mind calories, especially after discovering today through The God Delusion that the bible is full of accounts of God-approved murder, misogyny, and general bad behavior. Somehow, these passages never showed up in the liturgy in my church. Disappointing to say the least.

The Shins, Live.

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Sleeping Lessons
Australia
Pam Berry/Phantom Limb
Kissing the Lipless
Mine's Not a High Horse
Girl Inform Me
Girl On a Wing
New Slang
Saint Simon
Girl Sailor
Turn A Square
Gone For Good
A Comet Appears
Turn On Me
One By One All Day
Caring Is Creepy
Encore
Someone I Care About (Modern Lovers cover)
So Says I