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Music stuff
Dec. 18th, 2005 11:59 amMy head hurt yesterday. A lot. All day.
Side note to the people of L.A. -- You do not need to have every moment of your life documented. If your memory is so bad that you can't remember having a birthday with friends, please limit your pictures to two -- one from each angle of the table.
Signed -- The Migraine Sufferers and Epileptics of the World.
Every time it seemed like the headache was receding another *&(%$! flashbulb went off, and the ache returned worse than ever. I truly do not understand why people need to have pictures of themselves as members of a theater audience.
The problem was, we had theater tickets -- White Christmas in the afternoon with the whole family and Brian Setzer Orchestra in the evening just me and Sis.
White Christmas was surprisingly good. I generally don't like plays adapted from movies, but the cast was good and the writer made appropriate adaptations to keep the plot ticking without having film shorthand to fall back on. There was only one moment where I missed the original cast: The leading lady did "Love You Didn't Do Right By Me" in a very Broadway style, and it really needed the intimacy of a club/cabaret singer.
The dancing was fantastic. They did a new number to "I Love a Piano" and the lead dancers were so precise in their tapping that it sounded like one person. And considering I felt like little men were drilling at my head, it's high praise that I could appreciate good tapping.
Brian Setzer's opening act was a group called The Slaptones. They're primarily rockabilly, but they have good Dixie Chick harmonies with it. The lead guitarist (she also played slide guitar and slide banjo) was the oldest sister Greta. The bassist, and she played upright bass extremely well, was the middle sister Stella -- who did most of the talking. And the baby sister, Suvina, played rhythm guitar and traded lead vocals with Greta. Their father played drums and harmonica. It wasn't until they sang one song with words I know that I realized English wasn't their native language. They're Swedish.
Setzer's set was fantastic. He seemed to really enjoy himself, so we enjoyed it too. The music was fun and funky -- mostly Christmas music. My favorite was when he put "Stray Cat Strut" and "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" together in a medley. It worked. His last five songs or so were with just drummer and bassist -- pure rockabilly.
My head still hurt when we left for the evening -- again, there were flashbulbs everywhere -- but I managed to have so much fun, it didn't matter that about the little drilling men.
Side note to the people of L.A. -- You do not need to have every moment of your life documented. If your memory is so bad that you can't remember having a birthday with friends, please limit your pictures to two -- one from each angle of the table.
Signed -- The Migraine Sufferers and Epileptics of the World.
Every time it seemed like the headache was receding another *&(%$! flashbulb went off, and the ache returned worse than ever. I truly do not understand why people need to have pictures of themselves as members of a theater audience.
The problem was, we had theater tickets -- White Christmas in the afternoon with the whole family and Brian Setzer Orchestra in the evening just me and Sis.
White Christmas was surprisingly good. I generally don't like plays adapted from movies, but the cast was good and the writer made appropriate adaptations to keep the plot ticking without having film shorthand to fall back on. There was only one moment where I missed the original cast: The leading lady did "Love You Didn't Do Right By Me" in a very Broadway style, and it really needed the intimacy of a club/cabaret singer.
The dancing was fantastic. They did a new number to "I Love a Piano" and the lead dancers were so precise in their tapping that it sounded like one person. And considering I felt like little men were drilling at my head, it's high praise that I could appreciate good tapping.
Brian Setzer's opening act was a group called The Slaptones. They're primarily rockabilly, but they have good Dixie Chick harmonies with it. The lead guitarist (she also played slide guitar and slide banjo) was the oldest sister Greta. The bassist, and she played upright bass extremely well, was the middle sister Stella -- who did most of the talking. And the baby sister, Suvina, played rhythm guitar and traded lead vocals with Greta. Their father played drums and harmonica. It wasn't until they sang one song with words I know that I realized English wasn't their native language. They're Swedish.
Setzer's set was fantastic. He seemed to really enjoy himself, so we enjoyed it too. The music was fun and funky -- mostly Christmas music. My favorite was when he put "Stray Cat Strut" and "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" together in a medley. It worked. His last five songs or so were with just drummer and bassist -- pure rockabilly.
My head still hurt when we left for the evening -- again, there were flashbulbs everywhere -- but I managed to have so much fun, it didn't matter that about the little drilling men.
