November 1st, 2008
Saw a great little play last night called Jesus Christ: The Lost Years which fictionalized Jesus’s life between the ages of 13 and 30. Turns out he made it into outer space and did all kinds of cool stuff! Reilly and Miranda are into the independent theatre scene which is great because I love seeing cool plays put on by small theatre companies. Last night’s production was put on by Monster Theatre who I think are a gem in the indie theatre world.
So with the religious studies under our belt we retired to the Black Frog for a couple of beers and some chatter. Nothing too crazy to report from there other than to say they play the best music of any place I’ve been. Ever. The dude who runs the joint plugs his IPod into the PA and throws it on shuffle. His IPod is almost an exact duplicate of my music library with all sorts of great indie rock stuff like Frank Black, Built To Spill, Band of Horses, the Supersuckers, Eagles of Death Metal, Queens of the Stone Age, the Breeders, and so on. You *never* hear this music anywhere else.
Not sure about the rest of this weekend. We’re hitting up the Alibi Room for breakfast on Sunday. Today I’m getting my hair chopped and renewing my insurance. Sunday night the Eagles of Death Metal are going to rock the Commodore and I’m looking forward to finally seeing them.
Oh, and Green River is playing the Showbox in Seattle on Nov 29 as part of the Supersuckers 20th anniversary performance. I’ve got to make a decision about going down there that weekend for the show. I’m always in for spending time in Seattle and given that Green River is unlikely to do any more shows then I’d better take advantage of the chance to see them again.
Who are Green River you ask? It’s the band that the guys in Pearl Jam and Mudhoney formed in the mid-80′s and are widely acknowleged as the first “grunge” band. Out of the band’s breakup in 1988 came Mudhoney and Mother Love Bone. Mother Love Bone managed to get one album out before the singer died of a heroin overdose which led to the remaining members forming Pearl Jam.
So seeing Green River is a piece of rock history for me. It’s also great to see some of the Pearl Jam guys in a small venue instead of the stadiums they usually play. More importantly, the show I saw at the Sub Pop 20th anniversary festival this summer was one of the best shows I’ve seen. Now that these guys are all seasoned musicians they can take these songs and play them far better than they could back when they were a bunch of young punks in the 80′s. As one reviewer noted, “if they were that good back then, they never would have broken up.”
Final decision on the Green River show will be made before Sunday night. I’m pretty sure I’m going to go though.
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