Yeah, I saw him in Chicago and felt real sorry for Jeru. He's so out of his
element opening for these kinds of acts. Tricky dropped him citing
"political differences."
I don't have Shadow's album, but I recognized something I'd heard
somewhere--the one with a fat funky break and delicate enya-type singing. He
did begin one song by tapping out some noodling melody which coalesced into
a rather enjoyable thing he looped. The set couldn't have been >40 minutes.
About a third-half of the crowd humored Jeru. I chanted bootie or something
when my side of the room was sposed too. Participatory anthropology, ya know.
I figured out I don't like DJ music too much.
Teddy
At 10:18 PM 4/17/97 -0400, you wrote:
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>It appears I have saved $17 dollars.
>
>DJ Shadow and his posse rolled on through Atlanta last night. Just about
>all my friends went, but I did not.
>
>I didn't feel like being disappointed again, like I was at the pathetic
>Tricky show, where all you could see was your hand in front of your face,
>and all you could hear were distorted murmurs resembling tracks you knew,
>but couldn't quite identify.
>
>My memory was still fresh of the not-so-fresh openners at Tricky, who
>were so keenly skilled at motivating a diverse crowd by calling them
>names, tormenting them, and shouting as loud as they could to be heard
>above the awestruck silence they inspired.
>
>I was so looking forward to seeing Shadow, that it only took me a brief
>remembrance of another show I had eagerly awaited to convince me otherwise.
>
>And am I ever glad I decided to stay away.
>
>>From what I hear, Jeru Damaja's greatest moment was when the crowd cheered
>his announcement that De La Soul would be playing at the venue this Friday.
>
>The talent that accompanied Shadow apparently was his "new" record label's
>idea. My friends gave me the impression that he is no longer on Mo Wax.
>Couldn't imagine why.
>
>(Really, I can't...)
>
>Anyways, this talent flaunted their mighty lyrical riffs while shadow spun
>his thang. Then, after they tired themselves out, he spun a few tracks
>off his latest.
>
>At least, that's the impression I got from my crew.
>
>I dunno... I guess I still respect the boy for putting out such a great
>record, but why do we need more examples of bad live performances like this?
>Doesn't anybody do anything original anymore?
>
>'nuff said...
>
>on: Cascade pt3
>
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>a.k.a., Guy Elden, Jr. | moving faster than your eyes.
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