El Protoolio wrote:Got to meet bfields, Dr. Awkward and Dr. Awkward's friend whose name here on the board escapes me right now.
That was me. I'm glad I left a lasting impression.
Slint was great. Weird and odd and loud and soft and uncomfortable and comforting. I really enjoyed it. All the subtle little nuances were there. It was pretty incredible that they pulled it off so well live. I don't know how many people were there but it was a fucking lot and during Don, Aman you could have heard a pin drop (if the ground wasn't made of grass I mean, but instead like linoleum or something.) Slint rules.
GZA was very disappointing. I was excited about it. We listened to
Liquid Swords on the way to Chicago. I hadn't heard it for a long time and was reminded how great it is. The highlight of that record is obviously RZA's production of which you could hear exactly zero decibels. GZA's posse was kind of a team of douche bags, too. The only Wu member there was Cappadonna. It sounded like a bunch of guys yelling shit that you couldn't understand with no music. Too bad.
Sonic Youth ruled as I expected them too. Everyone's right about it being too quiet though, and Kim's bass was completely inaudible.
I got to meet El Protoolio, Caix, hench and tipcat who are all stand up guys. I got to hang out with DrAwkward who still rules. And I gave kerble a hearty man hug.
All in all it was a fantastic night. Sorry I missed everybody at The Note. I was tired and wanted to sleep and Drew wanted to all night it back to Minneapolis so we drove to Elgin discussing what we were going to do and ended up getting a hotel room (two beds.)