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So I was scouting out the venue earlier today and was disappointed to find no marquee emblazoning the words “Buick Six” in neon; in fact, there was no marquee at all. The joint was darkened, though some two dozen Guinness taps were visible from a side window. Just as I was copying the Vicar Theatre motto (see below), one Stuart Mathis strode down the alley at the corner of Vicar and Thomas, instrument on back. Then he and I both began knocking on various side doors for entry, me doing it of course all altruistically, for the good of the guitarist and his impending soundcheck. I could have gotten in but refrained when the employee arrived.
“LISTEN TO YOUR WORDS THEY’LL TELL YOU WHAT TO DO. LISTEN OVER THE RHYTHM THAT’S CONFUSING YOU. LISTEN TO THE REED IN THE SAXOPHONE. LISTEN OVER THE HUM OF THE RADIO. LISTEN OVER SOUNDS OF BLADES IN ROTATION. LISTEN THROUGH THE TRAFFIC AND CIRCUS. LISTEN AS HOPE.”
Not a bad slogan, despite the fused sentence near the beginning. Let’s rock.
Great slogan!
Nice to see you packed your super-power of running into those you know on the street.Enjoy the show and thanks for the updates!!
@stoger wrote:
some two dozen Guinness taps were visible from a side window
I would forgive them the lack of signage given the TWO DOZEN Guinness taps 🙂 Drink up, my friend, as I think the Irish save the good stuff for themselves! For a moment I thought the slogan might be new Lucinda lyrics.
…have a great night my dear friend Stoger !!!…will you attend all this European shows ???…if you’ll do we’ll looking forward for your reports…unfortunately we can’t travel this time…
…big hug for you and salute Lucinda and Tom from us !!!…we put our hopes for this summer in Spain…(bigsubi on keyboard)… 😉Love Lu’s version of Hendrix’s Angel.. only other time I’ve heard it was in Portland.
Classic. Nice to listen in via periscope! Thanks Tom!!For those that follow Lu on Twitter.. the link is still active for a while.. Mike
https://www.periscope.tv/w/1YqxozMDkNlJvWhat a wonderful show in Dublin tonight. Lucinda and the band were in great form, and the crowd really got behind them. A Sold Out, stuffed Vicar St venue compared to 3 years ago. Up there with any of the shows I’ve seen her do (about 15). And Stuart Mathis knocked the ball outta the park, as per the other times I’ve seen him.
I was delighted the new album was available at the Merch stand, CD & Vinyl. The vinyl comes with a download code where you can get MP3s and / or WAVs. I downloaded both: the MP3s are 96kbps. The WAVs are CD standard 16bit/44.1Khz, which also has an extra Radio Edit of “Dust”. It’s a great move to let us have the WAVs. All bands should do it that way, and I salute Lucinda & Tom for doing that: Thanks.
See you in London, and come back to Dublin more often please !
@BlueKoyote wrote:
What a wonderful show in Dublin tonight. Lucinda and the band were in great form, and the crowd really got behind them. A Sold Out, stuffed Vicar St venue compared to 3 years ago. Up there with any of the shows I’ve seen her do (about 15). And Stuart Mathis knocked the ball outta the park, as per the other times I’ve seen him.
I was delighted the new album was available at the Merch stand, CD & Vinyl. The vinyl comes with a download code where you can get MP3s and / or WAVs. I downloaded both: the MP3s are 96kbps. The WAVs are CD standard 16bit/44.1Khz, which also has an extra Radio Edit of “Dust”. It’s a great move to let us have the WAVs. All bands should do it that way, and I salute Lucinda & Tom for doing that: Thanks.
See you in London, and come back to Dublin more often please !
…glad to read it was a wonderful show BlueKoyote…you mean The Ghosts of Highway 20 was available at the merch stand ???…Stoooooooogeeeeeer !!!!!!!!…
1 Protection
2 Can’t Let Go
3 Drunken Angel
4 East Side of Town
5 Those 3 Days
6 West Memphis
7 Ghosts of Highway 20 [Lu says something like “people ask me a lot about ghosts” or maybe even “people ask me what if I were a ghost” beforehand]
8 Lake Charles
9 Dust
10 The Temporary Nature of any Precious Thing [between a short intro and the first lick, Lu says “I think I’m going to cry up here”; after, she says she barely got through it]
11 Fruits of My Labor
12 Are You Down
13 Seeing black [!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
14 Unsuffer Me
15 Essence
[a shrill din takes the stage, but Lu assures us it’s not a fire alarm: “those amplifiers have a mind of their own sometimes”]
16 Changed the Locks
[Lu adds to band intros by naming the crew: monitors, front house sound, guitar tech, tour manager, man/hubbie]
17 Honeybee
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18 Angel [before which names like Reed, McLagan, Bowie, and Frey are mentioned]
19 Joy
20 Rocking in the free world9 and 11 may be reversed, can’t remember
And now to catch plane for Scotland…
@stoger wrote:
1 Protection
2 Can’t Let Go
3 Drunken Angel
4 East Side of Town
5 Those 3 Days
6 West Memphis
7 Ghosts of Highway 20 [Lu says something like “people ask me a lot about ghosts” or maybe even “people ask me what if I were a ghost” beforehand]
8 Lake Charles
9 Dust
10 The Temporary Nature of any Precious Thing [between a short intro and the first lick, Lu says “I think I’m going to cry up here”; after, she says she barely got through it]
11 Fruits of My Labor
12 Are You Down
13 Seeing black [!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
14 Unsuffer Me
15 Essence
[a shrill din takes the stage, but Lu assures us it’s not a fire alarm: “those amplifiers have a mind of their own sometimes”]
16 Changed the Locks
[Lu adds to band intros by naming the crew: monitors, front house sand, guitar tech, tour manager, man/hubbie]
17 Honeybee
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18 Angel [before which names like Reed, McLagan, Bowie, and Frey are mentioned]
19 Joy
20 Rocking in the free world9 and 11 may be reversed, can’t remember
And now to catch plane for Scotland…
…”Seeing black”, great song and great artist who is dedicated…don’t forget to dress a skirt !!!… 😉
@stoger wrote:
Can anyone help me unpack the apparant Catalan colloquialism “dress a skirt”???
…hahahaha…myself…I tried to make a joke with the traditional dress of Scotland “wear a skirt” instead wear jeans…I would also say that maybe my english is a little rusty…lack of practice… 😛
I’ll take your English any day, bigsubi. And though you are not traveling this month, you might want to allow some free time for that this summer. . . . Just saying.
And now to switch into a kilt for tonight’s proceedings,
“Mr. Stoger”
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