In which I talk about too many consumer goods for your health, give a brief review of the Beth Orton show last night at the 9:30 Club, and do the garden talk again.
I have found my favorite XM station, Chill XM. Well, it didn't exist until recently and I don't actually have XM, sweetie does (in his car). But it's about time they added another electronica station. 'Cause all of the others suck the big wang. Or at least they don't play what I want to hear.
I am so behind the times. I wanted a Tokidoki iPod shuffle iSkin. I was months too late to grab one. OK, perhaps that was because I didn't have a shuffle until a few weeks ago. I also liked the look of Killer Orange but not the international cost. So it was the cheap but still tasty Green GamaGurl. All I need now are the rhinestones for the shuffle's switch because the on/off/random/etc. slider is the worst design feature ever. It takes a lot of work to slide that thing if you don't have sticky fingers (heh) or fingernails.
I think I'm going to make a tidy sum on eBay from the L.A.M.B. bags I got a few years back. There's going to be a fierce bidding war. That's sweet, because I have my eye on a LeSportsac Tokidoki Angioletto case which sounds like it will fit my Palm nicely and it's not cheap. Um, yes. I've got Tokidoki on the brain.
I also need a new keychain. And something to keep me from dropping that damn razr. It's a slippery devil. A coworker suggested skateboard tape but I don't want ugly, 'cause my phone is pretty magenta.
This brings us (however loosely) to the Beth Orton show.
Loosely, because I took some cell photos, none of which came out well. I also recorded a short video (yes, I know it's too dark and I think you need QT to view it because it's a 3gp format) of one very tall woman in front of us who just couldn't stop getting her groove on. I find it very hard to not laugh in situations where people are flailing about in front of me and doing little hops and shuffles (and not very well, I might ad). This video was taken of her before the show, by the way. She was dancing to the pre-show music. I am all for people having a good time. Just don't do it in front of me when you're a foot taller than me.
We were also almost busted for drugs. I say almost, because we didn't actually have any drugs. What we did have was a very suspicious zip-loc bag of earplugs in a pretty aqua color, two of which were, I guess, furtively handed to me, catching the eye of one of the staff. This made me laugh. A great deal. I still laugh, thinking about it.
So overall, it was pretty good, despite flailing lady. Better than the first two times I've seen her (all at the 9:30 Club). I don't really know the new album, having only listened to it once or twice, but - except for Central Reservation which she said she no longer played - she played a lot of older songs as well, which pleased the crowd. She apologized often, since she told us she was battling a lung infection. There were also obvious first night of the tour problems and the inevitable cultural barrier (what was that joke?) but she still did two encores. At one point, when she was tuning her guitar, she chattered at the audience to fill the space. It was only for three or four minutes, but one woman (directly in front of us) who obviously only went to the show because her friends did, called out "wah wah wah" to which Beth said "Shut up!" If anyone was whining, it was the rude woman (who left before the end of the show anyway).
Leaving the 9:30, I recalled what skarlet had said earlier in the week when I got a whiff of the stale beer smell. Yes, indeed, the 9:30 is definitely sporting the old sweet and sour 9:30 smell. Now, if we can just get them to stop using the Indeible Ink From Hell on their hand stamps. I'm still sporting last night's stamp, after I attacked it with a Japanese washcloth and makeup remover.
And now, a word from my favorite site of the day, properlychilled.com. When I registered with them, I actually read their agreement rather than just clicking on the "I have read" box. Because SHENANIGANS caught my eye. Any agreement in which the word SHENANIGANS appears is worth reading, I think.
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I think I'll save garden talk for another post. Eventually.
( 02:14 EH | aural pleasures. concerts. reviews. technolust. urban living. )