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I hear you Ted. Oh I hear you. Though, oddly enough I've enjoyed your performances each time I've seen you. Here's another bit: Why do I go see live music? Friday I went to see Adrian Belew at Slim's in SF. As always Adrian was great. He seems comfortable and downright gleeful on stage running through his set. However, I left thinking I'd never go to another show again. Why? A few reasons. One: TOO FUCKING LOUD. I'm sick of going to shows that are so loud you need ear protection. Your choice is then to hurt yourself or hear a muddy muffled version. When shows can cost as much as $80 a ticket (Hi Prince!) you'd think a well balanced audio set up can be expected, but this is rarely the case in my experience. I've been at Adrian Belew and King Crimson shows that were so loud I needed ear protection. Two: Over zealous dancers. Friday night much of the time was spent trying to get away from or ignore to smelly idiots who seem to think that dancing wildly in a crowded club is OK. To them: I'm sorry your father never paid attention to you and I know you feel that no one loves you, but regardless, we didn't come to see you so please settle down and enjoy the show. Do aerobics at your gym. Three: I'm 5'7" and my girlfriend is 5'. We had a hard time seeing a damn thing most of the night. So, I've kind of sworn myself off live music for the time being. Each time I go I end up disappointed. Maybe this is why I generally avoid playing live as well. --- ArsOcarina@aol.com wrote: > Well, > > As some one who just played Y2K3 last night and who > is currently > listening to the live stream of Billy "Gee-tar Man" > Walker -- sweeping > the floor of all other pretenders -- I have to say > definatively . . . > > I dunno . . . > > It's a kind of "mountain" that I psych myself up to > climb a half dozen > times (sometimes more, sometmes less) a year. I am > very seldom > ever satisfied with these "climbing" experiences. I > too often go ill > prepared (or equipped) and wind up sliding halfway > down a glacier > on my sorry ass. Sometimes it happens even when I am > perfectly > well prepared and outfitted too. > > The rare "satisfying" performances seem to come > entirely at > random and unexpectly. There seems to be no > "science" to it. All > of my disciplined preperations (if and when I apply > myself) seem > to have little to no affect on the outcome actually. > They seem > to amount to little more than a more elaborate form > of "crossing > my fingers" and/or some sort of offeratory to the > gods of "guilt" > and "responsibility." And . . . I don't want t let > anyone down. > > I suppose I perform live because I keep hoping for > that next repeat > of the rare, blissful, play-my-ass-off, > my-fingers-can-do-no-wrong, > where-the-hell-is-this-music-coming-from (surely not > me?) experience. > For only having had a taste of it a few times I am > still certainly addicted > nonetheless. I need it now as surely as a junky > needs a fix. > > But why? God, I wish I knew. Sometimes I think I'd > go into rehab and > "take the cure" to be rid of it for all the grief > it's caused me. Then, > at other times, I'd trade my left nut to taste of > that bliss again. > > Best regards, > > tEd ® kiLLiAn > > PS. Buy "Flux Aeterna" from CDBaby during the months > of September > and October and all of my portion of the profits > will be automatically > donated to the Red Cross by CDBaby specifically for > Gulf Coast > hurricane relief. > > "Different is not always better, but better is > always different" > > http://www.pfmentum.com/flux.html > http://www.CDbaby.com/cd/tedkillian > http://www.guitar9.com/fluxaeterna.html > http://www.garageband.com/artist/ArsOcarina > http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=2845073 > http://www.netmusic.com/web/album.aspx?a_id=CBNM_17314 > http://www.indiejazz.com/ProductDetailsView.aspx?ProductID=193 > > Ted Killian's "Flux Aeterna" is also available at: > Apple iTunes, > BuyMusic, Rhapsody, MusicMatch, MusicNet, DiscLogic, > Napster, > AudioLunchbox, Lindows, QTRnote, Music4Cents, > Etherstream, > RuleRadio, EMEPE3, Sony Connect, CatchMusic, > Puretracks, > and Viztas. Yadda, yadda, yadda. Blah, blah, blah. > So??? > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com