Wednesday, January 14, 2004
I made some incredibly minor adjustments to the ol' website today. So minor, in fact, that I'm not even sure why I'm telling you (whomever you are).
Upcoming shows:
Slick Rick at the Key Club.
Elvis Costello at Royce Hall.
Damien Rice at the Wiltern.
How's that for diverse? I'm excited about all these shows, but I'm pretty goddamn giddy about Slick Rick. I've been listening to his stuff since the 4th grade. (That's 20 years, for those keeping score.) I still remember rapping along to Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh's Lodi Dodi with my friends watching way back when, I think during class even. Hell, not two months ago a friend and I did a drunken Lodi Dodi at a party, with my then not-yet girlfriend watching. (I'd like to think it's the performance that brought us together, but I don't want that to be the story I tell our maybe-future grandkids.) I'm gonna have to brush up on my Slick Rick library before next Wednesday. I wanna be in complete rappin'-along readiness.
Damien Rice is for my girl, although I've grown fond of his stuff as well. Part of that stretches back to when we first started dating. She put the cd on loop in her room and we listened to it all night. Literally, all night. So it stuck, beautifully. I'm looking forward to it. I wanna watch her pretty little face as she whispers along to his lyrics.
Ah...and then there's Elvis. Although his new album North has grown on me nicely, I'm hoping the Elvis Costello/Steve Nieve duo ventures back into EC's vast library...and often.
Go listen to:
Elvis Costello - This Year's Model, Imperial Bedroom, Mighty Like A Rose, When I Was Cruel.
Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick.
Damien Rice - O.
Upcoming shows:
Slick Rick at the Key Club.
Elvis Costello at Royce Hall.
Damien Rice at the Wiltern.
How's that for diverse? I'm excited about all these shows, but I'm pretty goddamn giddy about Slick Rick. I've been listening to his stuff since the 4th grade. (That's 20 years, for those keeping score.) I still remember rapping along to Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh's Lodi Dodi with my friends watching way back when, I think during class even. Hell, not two months ago a friend and I did a drunken Lodi Dodi at a party, with my then not-yet girlfriend watching. (I'd like to think it's the performance that brought us together, but I don't want that to be the story I tell our maybe-future grandkids.) I'm gonna have to brush up on my Slick Rick library before next Wednesday. I wanna be in complete rappin'-along readiness.
Damien Rice is for my girl, although I've grown fond of his stuff as well. Part of that stretches back to when we first started dating. She put the cd on loop in her room and we listened to it all night. Literally, all night. So it stuck, beautifully. I'm looking forward to it. I wanna watch her pretty little face as she whispers along to his lyrics.
Ah...and then there's Elvis. Although his new album North has grown on me nicely, I'm hoping the Elvis Costello/Steve Nieve duo ventures back into EC's vast library...and often.
Go listen to:
Elvis Costello - This Year's Model, Imperial Bedroom, Mighty Like A Rose, When I Was Cruel.
Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick.
Damien Rice - O.
