Entries in rifflandia (4)

Sunday
May022010

Remembering Music.

Calexico

Yesterday I was wandering home post Rifflandia 3 party at Phillips Brewery when I fired up "Carried to Dust" by Calexico.

Lately Calexico has been my go to choice for making me feel better. I think it has something to do with the horns and whole border sound. By border sound I mean an Mexican/American influence to the music. Tex-Mex if you will.

As I walked up the country road back to my place I spent some time remembering how I felt when eeing them play last year at Sasquatch. I was taken back at how great they were. I knew they were good (I had listened to a cd or two before hand) but this was way better than I expected.

I'm sure it has something to do with the venue who can argue with the Gorge as a backdrop, but I think it also had to do with how I was feeling at the time. It is hard to take yourself out of how you are feeling sometimes and I find music is usually how I escape.

I think that is why I made some lasting bonds with the music I heard last year at Sasquatch because of it. Calexico, John Vanderslice, The Avett Brothers, and rekindling my love with Jane's Addiction have all slipped into my high rotation. All I have to do is listen to them and I feel better.

I forgot why I started writing this post but I'm okay with that.

Less than a month.

Monday
Sep282009

Finally...

Rifflandia is over. Now for the task of dumping photos of the computer and picking some special ones to go online. I saw some great bands and hung out with some good people. Now all I want to do is sleep.

Here is who I had a chance to see (but didn't take pictures of them all).

Analog Bell Service
Johnny and The Moon
Timber Timbre
Creature
Bucan Bucan
The Racoons
Beach House
Aidan Knight
Maurice
Acres of Lions
Zeus
The Most Serene Republic
DonkeyDong
Holy Fuck
Hey Rosetta!
Buck 65
Mother Mother **Secret Show.


One hell of a weekend I'm telling you.




Wednesday
Sep232009

Ironic Pink T-Shirt.

There is an elephant in the room I'm just not ready to address or willing to make common knowledge so it kind of put a hold on some things.

Last night I picked up my wristband for Rifflandia. I'm officially freelance now. I will be covering Rifflandia with my photos this week, and I can't be more excited. Expect to see some blogs about the festival along with loads of pictures once the festival gets going.

That is if I'm concious enough for anything other then work and live music.

I'm also house sitting which makes blogging infrequent due to the fact the computer here sucks also Buddy and I usually "Down at the Park" (Gary Newman song covered by the Foo).

I still have two things to put up about Seattle. One about me being an approachable person for the homeless and the other about my crippling fear of heights and Porcupine Tree.

Till I get around a computer.

Sunday
Sep062009

September

Everyone keeps talking about how wonderful their summer was to me, but I didn’t really do much this summer other then work. With half of the province on fire at any given time it keeps us hopping.

But I’m tired of hearing about people talking about how awesome their summer was and telling me about their amazing vacation to wherever and how many girls they made out with. September is going to be my month.  Here is a little bit of a timeline for the weeks to come.

September 5th thru 7th  - Taking photos at the Saanich Fair and hanging out with The Q! people.
September 8thMarilyn Manson.
September 11th and 12th  - Great Canadian Beer Festival.
September 13th thru 16th  - Heading to Seattle with Darryl
September 15thPorcupine Tree at The Moore in Seattle.
September 24th thru 27th  - Rifflandia Music Festival.

Busy weeks and days ahead.