quoted 5 lines First, Oval wasn't there, maybe Mr. Popp was caught in the craziness of>First, Oval wasn't there, maybe Mr. Popp was caught in the craziness of
>the St-Laurent street's annual sidewalk sale. The Eternals made the
>first part instead. They were entertaining, but no revelation. The
>singer looked like Ben Harper with more hair(?!) and the sound reminded
>me of the softer side of Swervedriver. A fair show
The Eternals is 2 guys from emo band Trenchmouth. I thought they were
quite good. The singing was a bit hit or miss, but whatever. Drag that
Oval wasn't there.
quoted 10 lines Then it was time for Tortoise.>
>Then it was time for Tortoise.
>
>Well maybe it was just me but I must say the show was extremely
>professional. The band couldn't be more concentrated on the scene and I
>can't think of any other word to describe the work of the sound engineer
>than brilliant. He was all over the place and played a big part in the
>show (making weird sounds with a tube and working those little knobs).
>I think Ninja's Jeff can say the same thing (saw you just in front of
>the console)...
Fuck ya! Casey was working the board hard. Good to see someone bringing
the sound guy back in as an intregal part of the show (plus it gave me a
good excuse to watch something aside from the back of the people in fromt
of me...fucking tall people suck!)
quoted 7 lines Basically, they covered pretty much all the songs on their last 2 albums>Basically, they covered pretty much all the songs on their last 2 albums
>(Millions now... and TNT). There was little place for
>improvisation/different versions, as every song was an exact replica of
>the original version. But that was no disappointment, as the technique
>was so precise and the sounds were so perfect that you don't want it to
>be different.
>
I don't know about the exact replica bit. All the tunes were pretty true
to form, but they went off on some parts. The sorta electro version of
'The Equator' was particularly dope. All the new 'TNT' shit was sounding
wicked. Anyway, Tortoise are always awesome live. I get the feeling that
there the kinda group that in 15 years there will be 20 something year
old people getting all jealous and shit that you saw them 'back in the
day'.
Take Care
Ninja Jeff