Another blogger gushing about Grace and the boys. Just in case you thought I was the only one who drinks the Kool-Aid.
"A thumping four-man solo, the drum jam got the small and hot crowd really into it for the first time that day. A little more of the whole “playing instruments” things happened before the band ditched them yet again to line up at the edge of the stage for some audience clap and stomp along. Though the song was certainly jam-length, the soul swagger kept the faux-medley together, separating of them from the legions of aimless Grateful Dead knock-offs whose association does the Nocturnals a disservice."
Who is this nut?
- kired
- "You need to believe in things that aren't true. How else can they become?" T. Pratchett
24.9.08
File Under: Grace Potter Folk Wizard
Interesting little piece on Grace and the boys from The McGill Tribune-Grace Potter casts a spell with her folk wizardry.
"There is a sense of an imminent success that we have not had yet. We all have to carpool up to Burlington and can't pay for a dog sitter so the dogs come on the road, but there is a sense that there is a light at the end of the tunnel and the amount of energy and support that we get from our fans, and new fans, and people who don't even know us and are just interested and ready to make those connections, it really fuels us … it's very rewarding when it does pay off."
"There is a sense of an imminent success that we have not had yet. We all have to carpool up to Burlington and can't pay for a dog sitter so the dogs come on the road, but there is a sense that there is a light at the end of the tunnel and the amount of energy and support that we get from our fans, and new fans, and people who don't even know us and are just interested and ready to make those connections, it really fuels us … it's very rewarding when it does pay off."
File Under: GPN-Farm Aid
My friend, Goggle Alert, brought this entry from LiveDaily to my attention. It's a nice piece of Farm Aid and happens to have two full paragraphs dedicated to Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. Always nice to see them get the press they deserve. Still wondering how I am going to handle having to share them with the rest of the world, when they blow up.
"Grace Potter and the Nocturnals got a chance to play to an audience worthy of their collective talents. Coming from the same Vermont countryside as many of the farming activists who populated the "Barn Yard," a communal information encampment beside the stage area, Potter not only prettied-up the main stage, but added some home-grown intelligence to a farm-information panel later in the day.
"Grace Potter and the Nocturnals got a chance to play to an audience worthy of their collective talents. Coming from the same Vermont countryside as many of the farming activists who populated the "Barn Yard," a communal information encampment beside the stage area, Potter not only prettied-up the main stage, but added some home-grown intelligence to a farm-information panel later in the day.
The Nocturnals revved-up the house with "Nothing But The Water," a secret weapon of a tune they normally reserve for their encore that features a killer a cappella opening and ends with a full-band drum solo, gathering all four members around the kit flailing away."
22.9.08
File Under: Bartlet lays it out for Obama
This piece was sent to me by a reader: Aaron Sorkin Conjures a Meeting of Obama and Bartlet
I found it to be an interesting piece of fiction. It also makes me really miss the West Wing, great show.
I found it to be an interesting piece of fiction. It also makes me really miss the West Wing, great show.
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