I'm sure my slew of loyal readers remeber me expressing my excitement over an upcoming Gaslight Anthem show. Well, it lived up to my expectations. Those guys put on a solid show. The roadies even rose to the occasion, scrambling over the lighting rig to untagle the giant skull and cross bones banner before the band took the stage to thunderous applause from the crowd. It's taken me long enough to post this that I can't remeber a ton of details from the show, other than my wife and I getting there early enough to secure a great spot on the second level above the sound board and me looking down on the mosh pit realizing that I'm to the point in life where a mosh pit has become officially unappealing. Call me lame, but I'm sure you could have come to the no mosh pit conclusion on your own based on the amount of folk I post about on this page. Anyway, this is what the concert looked and sounded like from the point of view of my wife's camera:
The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound (with openers Bridge and Tunnel rushing the stage to join in)
Friday, October 22, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
A Year of Seabass Says
I had meant to get around to this last week, but that pesky job of mine got in the way of typing up a blog post. Apparently, I had a blogaversary and didn't even realize it. You know how guys are always getting in trouble for forgetting their anniversaries? Well, I'm all over remembering my wedding anniversary, I just happened to forget that I started this little music blogging thing a whole year ago. Thankfully, my wife is awesome and her mind is like a steel trap with dates (her organizer/calendar thing is quite thorough, too). So on October 8, after the usual amount of morning routine monotony, she gave me an excellent blogaversary present before heading out the door to work: 3 long overdue CD acquisitions. I'm finally now the proud owner of "The Winter of Mixed Drinks" by Frightened Rabbit, "Sigh No More" by Mumford & Sons, and "The Dark Leaves" by matt pond PA.
I've written about Frightened Rabbit and Mumford & Sons before and I'd like to dedicate a post to Matt Pond's most recent collection at a later date. For now, I'd just like to thank the folks who have taken the time to read my online efforts here. Especially the people who let me know while we're hanging out that they read something and enjoyed it. I'd love it if I could convince my throng of loyal readers (I think it has grown to maybe 3 people....yes, I see that I have 10 followers, but I like to kid around) to leave some comments and get a little conversation going. Let me know what you like, what you'd like more of, etc. I have some plans for some upcoming stuff on Seabass Says. Some of which may require the cooperation of friends and family who make their living in the music industry (yes, readers, that means you could be hit with more Drew Kennedy related content).
Even if everybody stopped clicking in to this page, I think I'd keep posting. I've found that this blogging thing is more work than I had expected, but it is fulfilling work, as strange as that may seem. To me, music (and art in general) is about sharing. I hear a great song and one of my first thoughts is about who I can talk to about it. Well, this blog is my place to share and I can only hope that I've been able to spread the appreciation for the bands and songs I've featured here.
Looking back on my first year of blogging, I can say I've definitely had a good experience with it and, in particular, three things stick out:
~ Saying goodbye to my favorite music store in the history of music stores - Turning Off The Lights
~ Drew Kennedy linking my post on An Audio Guide To Cross Country Travel to the review section of his website and giving me infinite amounts of credibility as a leading mind in music blogging
~ My brother digging Austin Collins' music enough that he and two of his friends bought Austin's most recent album. I like the idea of helping a Texan songwriter reach new fans in Pennsylvania and Florida. The internet can be a beautiful thing.
That's all for now. I'll be back soon with some more music to share.
I've written about Frightened Rabbit and Mumford & Sons before and I'd like to dedicate a post to Matt Pond's most recent collection at a later date. For now, I'd just like to thank the folks who have taken the time to read my online efforts here. Especially the people who let me know while we're hanging out that they read something and enjoyed it. I'd love it if I could convince my throng of loyal readers (I think it has grown to maybe 3 people....yes, I see that I have 10 followers, but I like to kid around) to leave some comments and get a little conversation going. Let me know what you like, what you'd like more of, etc. I have some plans for some upcoming stuff on Seabass Says. Some of which may require the cooperation of friends and family who make their living in the music industry (yes, readers, that means you could be hit with more Drew Kennedy related content).
Even if everybody stopped clicking in to this page, I think I'd keep posting. I've found that this blogging thing is more work than I had expected, but it is fulfilling work, as strange as that may seem. To me, music (and art in general) is about sharing. I hear a great song and one of my first thoughts is about who I can talk to about it. Well, this blog is my place to share and I can only hope that I've been able to spread the appreciation for the bands and songs I've featured here.
Looking back on my first year of blogging, I can say I've definitely had a good experience with it and, in particular, three things stick out:
~ Saying goodbye to my favorite music store in the history of music stores - Turning Off The Lights
~ Drew Kennedy linking my post on An Audio Guide To Cross Country Travel to the review section of his website and giving me infinite amounts of credibility as a leading mind in music blogging
~ My brother digging Austin Collins' music enough that he and two of his friends bought Austin's most recent album. I like the idea of helping a Texan songwriter reach new fans in Pennsylvania and Florida. The internet can be a beautiful thing.
That's all for now. I'll be back soon with some more music to share.
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