http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Wed, 26 Mar 2003 10:36:41 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/03/25/165347.php#comment-6020 So well put! Ironically enough, my favorite band, Luna, covered Season of the Witch as well, I would have loved to hear Lloyd's interpretation.. you know, I never really embraced Matthew Sweet, but I think I'll go back and take another listen. Lloyd can sound like an airplane as well as he can sound as fragile as a piece of glass.. 6020@blogcritics.org Wed, 26 Mar 2003 10:36:41 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/03/25/165347.php#comment-5999 I had a seminal moment with Richard Lloyd at one of the Bottom Line's periodic Sixties-tribute nights a few years back. After a string of Brit-Invasion covers by local artists, the lights go down and there's this gigantic squall of teeth-grinding feedback that's easily twice as loud as anything that's preceded it onstage. "Richard's here," someone deadpanned from the audience. And indeed he was, systematically disassembling Donovan's "Season of the Witch" with a fire and passion I have rarely heard in any musical context, much less a one-off quasi-giggle gig like this one, combining Neil Young's jagged lumbering with a fretboard connipition that would impress Frank Zappa. Stunning, especially given the fact that the last thing anyone expected that Friday night in Manhattan was actual art. PS don't forget Lloyd's seminal work with Matthew Sweet circa "Girlfriend" and "Altered Beast" alongside Robert Quine. Sure, Verlaine gets the glory, but Richard had the guts that made Television much more than King Crimson on a Baudelaire kick. 5999@blogcritics.org Wed, 26 Mar 2003 02:28:20 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/03/25/165347.php#comment-5908 I think the best part of seeing Tom Verlaine do an acoustic show was afterwards. He puts his guitar (I think an Ovation, as I recall) in its case, says he has to talk to the club owner to get paid, comes back and chats with the fans. So cool. Then he gets into a cab and off he goes. Shouldn't most shows be like that? 5908@blogcritics.org Tue, 25 Mar 2003 17:32:34 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/03/25/165347.php#comment-5907 It's funny, although I was exposed to Marquee Moon first, I actually spend more time listening to Blow-Up and Adventure, for whatever reason they affect/infect/effect me more. Not the popular view I know. Verlaine solo/acoustic is something I really hope to catch live! 5907@blogcritics.org Tue, 25 Mar 2003 17:25:43 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/03/25/165347.php#comment-5905 I never saw Television, but I did get a chance to see Tom Verlaine on a solo acoustic tour, and he was amazing, since from his work with Television, you'd never think, "yah, this would work on acoustic". I also met Billy Ficca when he was with the Washington Squares and spent the whole time talking about Television and The Waitresses. Television are one of those bands who never lived up to their debut album however. 5905@blogcritics.org Tue, 25 Mar 2003 17:21:42 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/03/25/165347.php#comment-5904 Sounds great Jen, I'm jealous! 5904@blogcritics.org Tue, 25 Mar 2003 17:18:21 EST