From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V14 #176 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Tuesday, June 30 2009 Volume 14 : Number 176 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Carina Round Sunday night Pete's Candy Store [Karen Hester Subject: Carina Round Sunday night Pete's Candy Store "I don't know if you realize this, but every time I open my mouth to sing, I get an electric shock. It's like being at the dentist." It was quite an uncomfortable show for Carina and band (keyboards/electronic noises bearded guy and guitarist Dan Burns). Her vocals buzzed during the 'Thief in the sky' loops and she got the giggles each time the garbled loop came around again. The Will-Oldman-looking keyboardist (seriously, he belongs in sepia and someone will discover him in an early branch of their family tree) mock whacked his head against the wall. The band exchanged eye-rolls and growls. Nonetheless, as soon as they started each song it was great. After a wonderful show on Friday at the Living Room (where the line to get in stretched up the stairs to Googie's Lounge, as well as clusters outside), Carina for some reason was playing a 10.30pm Sunday night gig at cute little Williamsburg pub Pete's Candy Store. The back room, where musicians play for tips (lots of $1 bills, cheap audience bastards), is as narrow as a train carriage so sight-lines are a premium. I wrangled the second chair from the front, next to a Birmingham Carina fan whose second Carina show had been the First Blood Mystery release! Since we had both been at the front at the Living Room we felt stalkerish. Hopefully musicians can tell when you're obsessed with their music, not them, but they must wonder. The room is brown with a wood ceiling, reconstituted wood sound-proofing lumps on the walls, brown fleur-de-lis embossed wall-paper, brown lino floor and strange brown lowered ceiling things along the sides like airplane overhead lockers. "It's like a pool hall" observed the Brummie. "I mean snooker" she clarified, as I imagined a sunken mud pool and happy hippos. Carina and band played 'Please don't stop', 'Do you', 'Thief in the sky' (love the band hand-claps), the funky new song about leaving LA, 'Spanish Burn' ('Early Winters' collaboration with Justin Rutledge and Dan Burns), 'Backseat' (with audience sing-along), and dropped 'For everything a reason' because of the discomfort of electrocution. Bestest was 'Into my blood' which she did acoustic and off-mic, allowing her voice to be powerful and whispery. The Early Winters stuff (http://www.myspace.com/earlywinters) is country tinged and nice enough, but not all that exciting to me. Now off to Toronto, England, and LA. She's not sure when she's returning to NYC. kkkkkkkkkkkkkk ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:16:12 -0400 From: meredith Subject: Re: Carina Round Sunday night Pete's Candy Store Hi, Karen Hester wrote: > After a wonderful show on Friday at the Living Room (where the line to get > in stretched up the stairs to Googie's Lounge, as well as clusters outside), > Carina for some reason was playing a 10.30pm Sunday night gig at cute little > Williamsburg pub Pete's Candy Store. I love Pete's as an audience member, but yeah, to play there it's a huge pain in the ass. You have to run your own sound from the stage, and the board isn't in the greatest shape (as she found out :}). (If anyone wants to see what it looks like, watch Rachael Sage's video for "Wildflower" -- all the performance bits were filmed there.) I wish Carina were there tonight instead of last night, I could've gone tonight. Oh well. Thanks for your intrepid reporting! :) Meredith :) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:58:52 -0400 From: Paul Blair Subject: Re: Carina Round Sunday night Pete's Candy Store Sorry I missed it. One note on the ambiance: On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Karen Hester wrote: The room is brown with a wood ceiling, reconstituted wood sound-proofing > lumps on the walls, brown fleur-de-lis embossed wall-paper, brown lino > floor > and strange brown lowered ceiling things along the sides like airplane > overhead lockers. In keeping with the overall low budget of the place, those "sound-proofing lumps" are actually compressed wood pallets. Like so, more or less: http://www.global-b2b-network.com/b2b/54/59/1088/326606/compressed_wood_pallet.html ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V14 #176 ***************************