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Oct. 31st, 2013 08:48 amAs a cartoonist, I watch cartoons all the time. Japanese Anime, Hanna Barbera, Sunbow, Marathon...one of those I watch all the time is Adventure Time. It's a fun show.
The song in the closing credits always intrigued me, though...and I'd often play it back at the end of the show. Several times (it's only thirty seconds long...come on). A few years after the show was running, I was poking around on the Adenture Time Wiki and found out Ashley Eriksson composed it. Awesome...who's that?
I poked around YouTube and not only found the End Credit song, but found out it was called Christmas Island, and a full fledged version of it! And then, found more. Lots more. So I added a bunch to my YouTube list, and listened often.
Then a few weeks ago, I found out she was a member of the band LAKE...and suddenly I found LOTS and LOTS more music. Very dreamy stuff out of Olympia, WA (and here I just moved from Seattle, d'oh!). I decided it was time to become A Fan (R). And I do what most fans do: stalk. I surfed around their websites and found links to videos and places where I could find CDs...and I began budgeting them into the paycheck, since most of the next few are earmarked for furniture for the new place.
Then, just a few days ago, I found out Ashley would be playing at The Owl in Austin, a house coverted into a gallery, converted into a stage. That brought back memories of hauling musil equipment around for Amy during her Amnesty International Benefits. So...I decided I was gonna stop by.
The Owl was kind of tucked away, so I wasn't sure where exactly I needed to go to park, or how soon I would need to get there. Expecting a bigger venue, I got there early to find parking, only to show up about 30 minutes early with plenty of parking. So I hung out in the parking lot playing with my 3DS to pass the time.
Finally went in about 8:15 andlooked at the gallery, talked with several of the Church of the Friendly Ghost folks putting the show on, and settled down for some music. Suddenly, I end up strike up a conversation with Eli Moore, one of the lead singers from LAKE. Wha wha what?
Now, I've seen Suzanne Vega four times, and talked with her after her shows...but that's AFTER the show, when we're all bursting with that energy that a two hour show saturates you with, and a healthy dose of star-struckness...and I end up sounding like "HELLO, MY NAME IS BONZO, AND I LIKE BANANAS, EEK EEK. LOOK, I DRAW COMICS. EEK EEK."
(I actually apologized to her on Twitter about that, after enough time had passed that I could remember to use verbs again).
But this was before the show...and we're just jawwin' about the Pacific Northwest, musical tastes, and artsy stuff (music for him, comics for me). Eventually Ashley and several other join in, and it's kind of awesome. They're really great personable folks. I ended up showing Ashley the sketch book and the comics, and I talked about how I'm amazed how people can make music (I grew up in a musical family, but don't really have that gene, but it doesn't mean I'm not amazed by people who CAN make music (looking at you Nikki).)
I got my sketchbook out and began sketching poses the folks were in...Carrie will eventually get on a stage and sing in the future. And she's getting a bass player soon, too. Need poses for 'em....
The show started with a short but powerful set by The Home of Easy Credit. I was a big fan of Angelo Badalamenti during the Twin Peaks days, and they used the Cello a lot in their work which made everything sound creepy, cause it was so slow and rumbly while this otherwise normal song was playing in the bakground. Home of Easy Credit felt very much like that, even though the music is a LOT more avante garde than Angelo Badalamenti.
Ashley and Eli were up next and it was lovely. Very light and dreamy and soft and soothing. And I love her voice. Someything I kind of needed. I've had a couple of bad days at work...very bad days. Nasty bad days. But just listening kind of washed that away and made me forget about the previous eight hours. Plus, it's live...and not the badly sampled YouTube postings that still managed to get me hooked those many many....days...ago. I picked up a LAKE CD and Ashley's debut...got 'em signed, too! I gave her a link to the comics.
Moonsicles was the last act. I figured, aftre Home of Easy Credit and Ashley that it's be something a bit more low key, but, dude...they kind of stole the show. If there's anything I took away from the Great Cascadian Debacle, it's Emily's taste in music. She got me hooked on the Darla Record's "Bliss Out" series. Moonsicles was that mixed in with what felt like the Doors and the end result was shot up on steroids. And it was perfectly excellent to go out on with the thunderstorms booming all night. CDs please.
Austin calls itself the Live Music Capitol of the World, and, really, it's not something I've taken advantage of. Granted I've only been back from Seattle for a really rough couple of months, but the five years I lived in Austin before the move to Seattle...I didn't do much here. I REALLY need to do more. This wasn't just fun, but introduced me to two groups that I plan to start following, and I got to meet and greet with a third band who I'm already following.
In fact, I may be able to face work tomorrow. Not sure I could have said that a few hours ago.
The song in the closing credits always intrigued me, though...and I'd often play it back at the end of the show. Several times (it's only thirty seconds long...come on). A few years after the show was running, I was poking around on the Adenture Time Wiki and found out Ashley Eriksson composed it. Awesome...who's that?
I poked around YouTube and not only found the End Credit song, but found out it was called Christmas Island, and a full fledged version of it! And then, found more. Lots more. So I added a bunch to my YouTube list, and listened often.
Then a few weeks ago, I found out she was a member of the band LAKE...and suddenly I found LOTS and LOTS more music. Very dreamy stuff out of Olympia, WA (and here I just moved from Seattle, d'oh!). I decided it was time to become A Fan (R). And I do what most fans do: stalk. I surfed around their websites and found links to videos and places where I could find CDs...and I began budgeting them into the paycheck, since most of the next few are earmarked for furniture for the new place.
Then, just a few days ago, I found out Ashley would be playing at The Owl in Austin, a house coverted into a gallery, converted into a stage. That brought back memories of hauling musil equipment around for Amy during her Amnesty International Benefits. So...I decided I was gonna stop by.
The Owl was kind of tucked away, so I wasn't sure where exactly I needed to go to park, or how soon I would need to get there. Expecting a bigger venue, I got there early to find parking, only to show up about 30 minutes early with plenty of parking. So I hung out in the parking lot playing with my 3DS to pass the time.
Finally went in about 8:15 andlooked at the gallery, talked with several of the Church of the Friendly Ghost folks putting the show on, and settled down for some music. Suddenly, I end up strike up a conversation with Eli Moore, one of the lead singers from LAKE. Wha wha what?
Now, I've seen Suzanne Vega four times, and talked with her after her shows...but that's AFTER the show, when we're all bursting with that energy that a two hour show saturates you with, and a healthy dose of star-struckness...and I end up sounding like "HELLO, MY NAME IS BONZO, AND I LIKE BANANAS, EEK EEK. LOOK, I DRAW COMICS. EEK EEK."
(I actually apologized to her on Twitter about that, after enough time had passed that I could remember to use verbs again).
But this was before the show...and we're just jawwin' about the Pacific Northwest, musical tastes, and artsy stuff (music for him, comics for me). Eventually Ashley and several other join in, and it's kind of awesome. They're really great personable folks. I ended up showing Ashley the sketch book and the comics, and I talked about how I'm amazed how people can make music (I grew up in a musical family, but don't really have that gene, but it doesn't mean I'm not amazed by people who CAN make music (looking at you Nikki).)
I got my sketchbook out and began sketching poses the folks were in...Carrie will eventually get on a stage and sing in the future. And she's getting a bass player soon, too. Need poses for 'em....
The show started with a short but powerful set by The Home of Easy Credit. I was a big fan of Angelo Badalamenti during the Twin Peaks days, and they used the Cello a lot in their work which made everything sound creepy, cause it was so slow and rumbly while this otherwise normal song was playing in the bakground. Home of Easy Credit felt very much like that, even though the music is a LOT more avante garde than Angelo Badalamenti.
Ashley and Eli were up next and it was lovely. Very light and dreamy and soft and soothing. And I love her voice. Someything I kind of needed. I've had a couple of bad days at work...very bad days. Nasty bad days. But just listening kind of washed that away and made me forget about the previous eight hours. Plus, it's live...and not the badly sampled YouTube postings that still managed to get me hooked those many many....days...ago. I picked up a LAKE CD and Ashley's debut...got 'em signed, too! I gave her a link to the comics.
Moonsicles was the last act. I figured, aftre Home of Easy Credit and Ashley that it's be something a bit more low key, but, dude...they kind of stole the show. If there's anything I took away from the Great Cascadian Debacle, it's Emily's taste in music. She got me hooked on the Darla Record's "Bliss Out" series. Moonsicles was that mixed in with what felt like the Doors and the end result was shot up on steroids. And it was perfectly excellent to go out on with the thunderstorms booming all night. CDs please.
Austin calls itself the Live Music Capitol of the World, and, really, it's not something I've taken advantage of. Granted I've only been back from Seattle for a really rough couple of months, but the five years I lived in Austin before the move to Seattle...I didn't do much here. I REALLY need to do more. This wasn't just fun, but introduced me to two groups that I plan to start following, and I got to meet and greet with a third band who I'm already following.
In fact, I may be able to face work tomorrow. Not sure I could have said that a few hours ago.
