EARTH JUST WANTS TO TAKE THINGS NICE AND SLOW

May 1, 2008 | Filed Under happening, music 

saw EARTH last night - and they sounded amazing.  great live mix… I think the sound guy at the Earl is really on top of his game lately.  In between songs at the Destroyer show on monday, Dan Bejar remarked that “this might be the best sounding stage in North America.”  to which the crowd responded enthusiastically.  and they’re from CANADA.  so they would probably know.

but getting back to earth (ha): as much as I really really enjoyed the show, I kept having a weird urge to make jokes about them.  which i did to whichever friend was standing next to me.  bad jokes, too.  but i mean, come on, they have songs with titles like “Omens and Portents Pt II”… they’re askin’ for it.  and my jokes come from a place of love and good intentions.  

plus, my humor leans toward the lame side of the spectrum… the worse the joke, the funnier it is to me personally.  (can’t speak for anyone else on that…)  at one point, they broke out a trombone and i said “what on earth will they think of next?!”  real cringers crack me up sometimes.  something about layers.  

the trombone was really unexpectedly cool, though.

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