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08:06 AM, Sep 17, 2009 |
Date of Concert: 9/16/2009 | Location: Portland, OR, USA
REVIEW: Porcupine Tree w/ That1Guy @ Roseland (Portland, OR – 9/16/09) FULL REVIEW at: http://jazzsick.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/porcupine-tree-w-that1guy/ [pic] Rarely do two bands you like happen to tour together. Porcupine Tree is touring with King’s X on this U.S. Leg… well… ok, starting in a week in Ohio. This West Coast leg, though gets That1Guy (another musician I like a lot). I’m bummed I’m missing a KXC/PT show, but That1Guy is a fun live act as well. I guess I’ll have to get used to the Roseland, as I imagine I’ll be seeing more and more shows here over the years. It’s an “OK” venue… a basic stand-y rock club. They do have a nice food menu, though… and I got as Zappa veggie dog (I heart the PacNW). The band had a ban on cameras, outside of the officially selected photographer for the Incident tour blog; so no photos from me this time. [pic] That1Guy played a short set. Pretty much the same set as the last time I saw him in Feb, but just cut short. I was kind of bummed that he didn’t play “Buttmachine” or “Mustaches.” Maybe he was trying to be “more serious” for the prog fans. I don’t know. I think “Buttmachine” is one of his catchiest songs, regardless of its ridiculous lyrics. Watch the video here. Overall his set & jams were a bit redundant / repetitive, but he’s still fun to watch. Setlist: about 40 mins Intro Jam Jigsaw Weasel Potpie leading into Instrumental Jam Heaven or Heck Dig (with the magic boot) Outro Jam (T1G’s credit card jam with snippets of “Smoke on the Water”) That1Guy’s 2007 album, The Moon is Disgusting, aged well. I’m still digging it a bunch, and wish he would have played more off of it outside of “Jigsaw” and “Dig.” You can listen to samples of the album HERE. [pic] Next up, Porcupine Tree, whose new album, The Incident, arrived to my earbuds last weekend (thanks to Demonoid) but also hit my hands in a the lush limited edition on Tuesday. Wow… it’s freakin’ excellent. Great packaging in the deluxe edition. I think the limited edition is sold out, but the standard CD is available worldwide now. Porcupine Tree hit the stage around 9:15 and played a first set entirely made up of The Incident’s 1st disc. They didn’t stray from the album in scope or sound. It was very great being in the same room as Steven again. He’s truly a great musician and songwriter, which is a hard moniker to assign to a progressive rock musician (most of them can’t write a song to save their lives). Their set… Setlist: The Incident (in its entirety) I – Occam’s Razor II – The Blind House III – Great Expectations IV – Kneel and Disconnect V – Drawing the Line VI – The Incident VII – Your Unpleasant Family VIII – The Yellow Windows of the Evening Train IX – Time Flies X – Degree Zero of Liberty XI – Octane Twisted XII – The Séance XIII – Circle of Manias XIV – I Drive the Hearse 2nd Set The Start of Something Beautiful Buying New Soul Anesthetize Part 2 Lazarus Strip the Soul .3 Bonnie the Cat Encore: Way Out of Here Trains Great show for their fantastic new album. They played right around 2 hours total. The Incident is easily the best album they’ve done since In Absentia, IMO. This was only the 2nd show of their tour, and it didn’t really show. I mean, they were on top of their game. Steven mentioned that they were a little nervous at the Seattle show the day prior. Somehow I’m skeptical of that. They probably roll out of bed and could play these songs blindfolded. ~Dan
12:55 PM, Feb 12, 2009 |
Date of Concert: 2/11/2009 | Location: Eugene, OR, USA
REVIEW: That1Guy @ WOW Hall (Eugene, OR - - 2/11/09) Well, this was my 5th time seeing That1Guy and the Magic Pipe. He is a truly mesmerizing performer… the inclusion of the Magic Saw and Magic Boot are also great, but the true show is seeing Mr. 1Guy put a crazy go nuts university seminar on the Magic Pipe. The opener was Seattle’s Flowmotion. I only caught their last 3-4 songs, but I liked them. Kinda of a more rock style jam band. The best part for me was their drummer and drummer/ percussionist combo. Two of the 3-4 songs I saw had some cool extended dual drum solos. T1G came on right around 9:30. He seemed to play a very similar setlist to the time I saw him a year and a half ago at John Henry’s, but much more energetic… having a pretty packed house at a bigger venue on a Wednesday definitely didn’t hurt the energy. Setlist: * Forgotten Whales leading into Instrumental Intro Jam * Jigsaw * Weasel Potpie leading into Instrumental Jam * the one with “heaven or heck” in the lyrics * Dig (with the magic boot) * Buttmachine (extended) * Instrumental Jam * Bananas * Somewhere Over the Rainbow (with the magic saw) * One (with card tricks) * Jam Session with Flowmotion drummers (T1G’s credit card jam) * … Great show… I left at about the 90 minute point (it’s been a long week for me so far). If I had to wager a guess, I bet he played “Mash” and/or “The Moon is Disgusting” and/or “Birds” as encores… but that’s only a guess. FULL REVIEW with PICTURES: http://jazzsick.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/that1guy-eugene-09/ ~Dan
09:37 PM, Jan 20, 2009 |
Date of Concert: 9/18/2007 | Location: Eugene, OR, USA
REVIEW: That 1 Guy and Grynch @ John Henry’s (Eugene, OR - - 9/18/07) Well, I think I’ll start posting concerts reviews here… as my “other outlet” is now not available to me (probably for the best). On Tuesday night, I had the great opportunity to catch one of my favorite one-man musical freak-shows… That 1 Guy (http://www.that1guy.com/). I’d seen him twice before at the Mad Frog in Cincinnati, Ohio. I moved across country for school with my wife and puppy, and what do you know? T1G was playing here less than 2 weeks after we arrived. Yay! Anyway, I started the evening with a fantastic meal (gardenburger w/ bleu) and beer choice (a Brother Thelonious Belgian-style ale) at the Eugene City Brew Pub. I walked around the corner to John Henry’s for the early show (it started at 7:30pm). I, luckily, got to catch most of the opening set by local metal band Grynch. They seemed to me to be a good combination of what I like in the Deftones and Fear Factory. They were also fairly tight on stage, and had a very professional sound. A welcome surprise to what you usually end up with local openers. That1Guy came on around 8:30 perhaps? I don’t know… but it was good to see him set-up the pipe (how does he get it through customs when doing his Aussie gigs?). For those of you who aren’t familiar with That1Guy… well, he plays what most would consider to be plumbing (see picture below). Yet I’ve come to the realization after three shows and many spins of his CDs that he’s not even close to being a novelty act. He makes such well-conceived rhythms and melodies from his triggered-up & strung-up pipe, kick drums, magic saw, and tabla-stylized cowboy boot. His lyrics are usually plays on words and rhyme-y nonsense, but the main draw is his ferocity and skill in wielding that magic pipe to do his bidding. It’s a drum machine and stringed-instrument all in one. Truly a sight to see… He played songs from his two albums (Songs in the Key of Beotch and the new The Moon is Disgusting)… Bananas, Oranges, the Moon is Disgusting, Buttmachine, Birds, Weasel Potpie… et cetera. I thoroughly enjoyed myself, and the crowd seemed uber-into-it as well. FULL REVIEW: http://jazzsick.wordpress.com/2007/09/22/review-that-1-guy-and-grynch-john-henry%E2%80%99s-eugene-or-91807/ ~Dan
09:07 PM, Jan 20, 2009 |
Date of Concert: 3/22/2008 | Location: Eugene, OR, USA
REVIEW: That1Guy & Buckethead @ McDonald Theatre (Eugene, OR - - 3/22/08) ’twas an oddrocker double bill yesterday… That1Guy and Buckethead. This was my fourth time seeing Mr. 1Guy. My review of his show last fall is here. That1Guy started right after 9pm and played for just about an hour. He started out with the haunting strings of “Forgotten Whales” (a song that actually made it on our wedding CDs for the dinner… teehee). He played a lot of instrumental tracks on the magic pipe (a big metal pipe jacked up on electricity), but he also did “Buttmachine,” “Weasel Pot Pie,” and “The Moon is Disgusting.” I kinda wish he would’a done “One,” alas he didn’t. He pulled out the magic boot (a cowboy boot jacked up on electricity)… it’s got a nice tabla-like sound. He also pulled out the magic saw (a large saw jacked up on electricity) and played “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” A couple times in his set he went to a very repetitive place, alas, still an overall great show from That1Guy. Check him out sometime if he comes to your town… todays show was a solid 4.5 stars. Buckethead went on at 10:30pm. This was my third time seeing him, and my wife’s first time. I was bummed with no live band backing him. He played along to drum & bass & ’lectronic DAT tracks… that were TOO LOUD. It was too hard to hear him play his guitar half the time. Plus the live band atmosphere is much better. Anyway, he started out with “Jump Man/Night of the Slunk”… played a bunch of other stuff… also played “Stick Pit”… we had to leave 45 minutes in. The volume levels were PAINFUL (and we had earplugs in)… but not so much the guitar volume levels, mainly the backing tracks… ::sigh:: Guitars: 4.5 stars… everything else: 2 stars… so much so that it was unenjoyable past 45 minutes. I totally missed the potential for his patented nun-chuk robot dancing. FULL REVIEW at: http://jazzsick.wordpress.com/2008/03/23/review-that1guy-buckethead-mcdonald-theatre-eugene-or-32208/ ~Dan
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