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At least he didn't try to play pianner.
I had the last-minute opportunity last night to sit at the front-of-house mixer for Morrissey's show at the Bank of America Pavilion. After Lloyd, the guitar tech, sat us there, the sound and lights guys were great just letting us sit around, eat our pizza, and enjoy the show. The band showed up promptly at 8:45 and ripped into "The Queen is Dead," at which point I turned to my friend to say that I would be happy if the show stopped now. Little did I know that only a song or two after he apologized for having a rough voice he'd leave the stage and not come back. At first we weren't quite sure if this was a Moz tantrum, but the sound engineers assured us that his voice really was off and cracking.
Of course, the crowd wasn't too happy with this situation, even when we were told that our tickets would be honored for a potentially-rescheduled future show. That puts me in both the best and worst situation relative to everybody else there. I didn't pay to get in, so I didn't get screwed out of $50 for a 7-song set, but I also don't have a ticket to redeem if he comes back. Oh well.
In the end, it was actually fun to see a classic Morrissey break-down (even if it was justified) and watch the crowd's reaction. Again, I can probably just call it "fun" because I didn't have a bunch of money invested in a ticket for the night. Watching the sound guys work up-close was interesting. There was a Powerbook on top of the main mixer with notes and highlights for each song (by the way, the next song to played when Moz left was "Girlfriend in a Coma"). These notes included things like "Mike MOOG solo at 3:30." I imagine if I could've gotten a closer peek, I could've seen the full setlist on the screen, but what he played was already very similar to other sets on the tour.
So, if you were there, remember to check the LiveNation website for updates, and hopefully his voice will heal soon and he'll get back on tour. Check sites like Information Leafblower for more good reviews of the shows coming up.
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Last night my mathematically-oriented wife informed me that my birthday today make me perfect. Apparently this is the kind of thing that would make some old dead Greek guys pretty excited. I could tell that she's been waiting for weeks to give me this great piece of information. Considering that I haven't been perfect for 22 years and I probably won't be around in another 468 years when I could reach this blissful state again, I should live it up now. I'm sure that this is just what Lou Reed was thinking of.
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Contrary to what you might think looking at the shelves of any electronics store, Target, or drugstore, apparently not just anybody can make an MP3 player. CNET reviews a new Coby player that's succinctly summed up at the top of the review by:
The good: Cute design.
The bad: Everything else.
The bottom line: Don't bother.
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While at the MFA for the Edward Hopper exhibit this weekend I stopped into the musical instruments room to see what interesting old stuff was there. Among the armonicas (or maybe armonicae), zither, and harpsichords, I found this 19th-century Martin guitar that's been built with a solid ivory neck and bridge. As nice as it looks, all I can think of how heavy and fatiguing on your left hand that would be. I'll stick to Pau Ferro for my homemade guitar's fingerboard.
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Through some new TV ads, Apple announced today that the iPhone will be released on Friday, June 29th. It seems that they waited to announce this until they were sure that my plans to leave for Ireland on June 28th were finalized. Will I even recognize the tech landscape in my home country when I return? By the time I'm back on July 4th, will I be scorned and laughed at for my oh-so-early-2007 Treo 680? I just hope that my old phone still works on Cingular/AT&T's network after they've let loose the iPhone beast. This is going to be a very long six-day trip.
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I submit this post as an entry into a contest to set a new record for most blog posts with the same title in one day. I'm just saying happy birthday Sgt. Pepper.
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