From: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org (mad-mission-digest) To: mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Subject: mad-mission-digest V6 #358 Reply-To: mad-mission@smoe.org Sender: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk * If you ever wish to unsubscribe, send an email to * mad-mission-digest-request@smoe.org * with ONLY the word unsubscribe in the body of the email * . * For the latest information on Patty's tour dates, go to: * http://www.pattygriffin.net/PattyInConcert.html * OR * go to http://www.atorecords.com * . * PLEASE :) when you reply to this digest to send a post TO the list, * change the subject to reflect what your post is about. A subject * of Re: mad-mission-digest V6 #___ gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. mad-mission-digest Tuesday, October 8 2002 Volume 06 : Number 358 Today's Subjects: ----------------- MM: Re: mad-mission-digest V6 #357 [HKoehler@austin.isd.tenet.edu] MM: Re: mad-mission-digest V6 #357 ["Sean and Rebecca" ] MM: my ACL Fest review (long, late, and trimmed) ["Sean and Rebecca" Subject: MM: Re: mad-mission-digest V6 #357 I thought she said that she was "really good with the sex" Sean HKoehler@austin.isd.tenet.edu wrote: I could be totally wrong, but it seemed to > me that Patty was in > a bit of a mood, and she introduced "Makin' Pies" by > saying something like, > "A beautiful day like this makes me think of pies (I'm > really good with the > segs.)," ________________________________________________ PeoplePC: It's for people. And it's just smart. http://www.peoplepc.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 08:54:53 -0700 (PDT) From: "Sean and Rebecca" Subject: MM: ACL Fest (lost review) I have tried to post my ACL Fest review a couple of times with no luck. Has my anti-Jewel sentiment finally caught up with me and left me without a voice to be heard on MM? Or is it because it is 9k? Sean ________________________________________________ PeoplePC: It's for people. And it's just smart. http://www.peoplepc.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 11:39:03 -0700 (PDT) From: "Sean and Rebecca" Subject: MM: my ACL Fest review (long, late, and trimmed) So it was the 9k after all, maybe this trimmed version will work. I thought I posted this when we got back from Austin, but apparently I did not. We got to Austin on Friday moring (myself, my wife, and my brother)tooled around downtown all day until the secret Wilco show at the Mercury. Wilco came on around 10:00 or so. Three songs in, Jeff announces that the next song will be I Need a Kamera then says that indeed I Need a Bucket would be better suited for the occasion. After the song, he promptly dropped his guitar, walked off-stage, got his head out the door and vomited. Apparently he didnt feel so good. Highlights of the show were meeting Gary Louris of the Jayhawks at the bar, watching him get on stage for California Stars and hearing a couple of Uncle Tupelo favorites (New Madrid and Weve Been Had) After Wilco, we scuttled off around the corner to see the Gourds. If you do not listen to them yet, you are denying yourself a trult great Americana experience. Saturday morning brought about a mean hangover, and the Austin City Limits festival, which I must say seemed to be very well organized. Our Saturday, we made our way over to the Austin Stage to catch Space Truck (good-not great), Lil Capn Travis (very goodthey made me wish I was seeing them in a bar), the Weary Boys (great, very much cow punk), and then off to see Gillian Welch and David Rawlings on one of the bigger stages. This was the highlight of the festival for me. It was one of the best performances I have seen in a while, especially considering that they were playing outside, in front of thousands, in 90+ degree weather, at 3:00. After a rousing rendition of Ill Fly Away we flew (get itfly/flew) over to check out Caitlin Cary...eh. After cooling off, we checked out Patty's set. Her set started out strong, but, for a festival show, it kind of fell off midway through, in my opinion. Doug, her band leader, was out on paternity leave with baby Rufus. Her backing band was find, if not superflous. I can always live without keyboards, and the cello seemed a little loud. In the times I have seen Patty, I will always vote for Patty alone with a guitar. Speaking of that, she had some guitar problems. My only complaint was that the song-selection could have been better for an outside-festival-type show. Mil Besos is a great song when I am sitting in my favorite chair with a cool drink in my hand, but not the best song to close a festival show with in 1000 degree heat. It was a great performance, and I am still surprised that so few people know about her. After Patty was the Jayhawks, who let me down a little bit. They have been a favorite for many years, and this was my first time to see them. The new stuff was good, but not great, and the old stuff sounded slow. Gary called Jeff on stage, but Jeff again needed a bucket, so no Golden Smog news to share. After the Jayhawks, we listened to the last bit of Davd Garza and then made our way to the exit. No String Cheese Incident for me, thank you. That night, we made our way back to 6th street, hoping to get into the QOTSA show. It didnt happen, but as Stubbs is outside, we sat outside listening to the show. The sound was great from where we sat, and we got to meet Mark Lanegan, which was very cool. He has one of the best voices in rock IMHO. We later met the rest of the band (no Dave Grohl on this leg though) Sunday began with hearing Kelly Willis on the way into the park. She sounded greatas she should. We checked out the Durden Family singers for a few songs, then over to see Kevin McKinney, who was not too impressive, though I will probably check Soulhat out when the come to town in a few weeks. We stuck around the Austin stage to hear Tift Merrit next, who blew everyone away. She was unbelievably great. Interestingly enough, Ryan Adams sat off to stage right with long sleeves and a jacket, even though it was as hot as the sun. Again, Tift was great. Go see her. After Tift, we checked out the Gourds again. They closed with Gin and Juice and I heard one faux hippie say to another, They are covering Phish!!!!! before squealing incoherently about how shitty that was, but how great it wasGod, I hate faux hippies...anywaywe went over to G. Loves stage,who I could live without, then over to see Cross Canadian Ragweed (who had earlier been described to me as early-Wilco likein a bald face lie.) This brand of CCR was pretty forgettable. My brother called them the alt.country Creed. I think hes right. We missed Reckless Kelly and Emmylou (who apparently had Buddy and Julie Miller with herdamn I hate I missed that...as much as I love Emmylou, you've seen her once, you've seen her a million times.) for Ryan Adams. I'm not a big RA fan. I mean, I like a lot of the Whiskeytown stuff and some of the solo stuff, but generally don't like HIM. However, I had never seen him live, so I wanted to check it out. I was truly impressed. It was a great gig, full of this new music that the kids are calling Rock and/or Roll, even a nice cover of Brown Sugar thrown in. Very cool. After that, off see Robert Randolph and the Family, who you cannot in fact see when there is a sea of thousands of people in front of you, due to the fact that the pretty much sit down, but you could hear them, and they sounded great to these ears. After thatwe left. Had a great time, and cant wait until next year, or SXSW. Sean ________________________________________________ PeoplePC: It's for people. And it's just smart. http://www.peoplepc.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 16:42:58 -0500 From: Jennifer Caputo Subject: MM: RE: my ACL Fest review (long, late, and trimmed) I thought Sean's review of the show was right on although I wasn't quite as dissappointed in Patty's set as he was... (Gotta say that i can't wait for Doug to get back though.. ) Anyway, I've uploaded a bunch of pics that people have sent me from the festival so check them out: http://www.pattygriffin.net/PattyPics.html - jen ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 14:29:15 -0700 (PDT) From: "Sean and Rebecca" Subject: MM: Re: ACL Fest review (long, late, and trimmed) I didn't mean to sound so down on her set, it's just one of those things. Whenever you have an artist that you hold a great deal of respect for and hold very closee to you, you always want to hear "your songs" or whatever. For what it's worth, I have been let down by Wilco (another one of my favorites) the last three times I have seen them. No big deal, I will stand by them and Patty for the long-haul. I've also got a lot of pics from each of the performers (though the Patty pics turned out bad due to the freaking sun that was directly behind her from where I stood) if anyone is interested. Sean On Mon, 07 October 2002, Jennifer Caputo wrote: > > I thought Sean's review of the show was right on > although I wasn't quite as > dissappointed in Patty's set as he was... (Gotta say > that i can't wait for > Doug to get back though.. ) ________________________________________________ PeoplePC: It's for people. And it's just smart. http://www.peoplepc.com ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V6 #358 *********************************