Sorry for the delay in a post update. That was for 2 reasons. School starting kind of set me back, and secondly, I have been a bit upset with the lack of readership here. Hopefully that will increase.
I had the pleasure (or displeasure) or working the Switchfoot and Goo Goo Dolls show. Along the way I met some interesting audience members (which I will not elaborate on). Switchfoot, the former Christian Band that decided to go "Mainstream" essentially because there was more money there, was predictable and awful. I guess if the standard fare punk/alternative/grunge spin off rock is for you they are cool, but it surely isn't for me. The Dolls played a predictable set fused mostly with acoustic guitar licks. I am not a fan of theirs, but at least there were signs of musical talent with them, unlike with Switchfoot. Oh and some awful band called GRO that belonged in a high school gym opened up.
Sunday night was the annual Rush stop in St. Louis. I had never bothered to stop in before, so I decided to this time. Rush, known as the "Holy Trinity" by their diehards, is not so holy anymore. Geddy Lee's voice is so blown that I could go up there and falsetto better than his wails. Spirit of Radio, Closer to the Heart and "Priests" were all embarrassments. The music, as expected, was good, but Rush's refusal to add touring members (thus causing more and more necessity for piped in sound) has gone too far I think. Alex Lifeson was kicking sampling pedals all night long, triggering all sorts of sounds that were not being played by anyone on stage. They either need to go barebones on the songs during tours or get some touring musicians. The samplers make it seem to fake. The best songs of the night were easily Red Barchetta and The Camera Eye. These 2 had excellent bass solos from Lee (still the best at playing the 4 string) and marvelous keyboard work from him as well. And best of all they had very little singing!
I heard today that the Mosque in New York is now like the most discussed thing in the media. Why I wonder? This is a very simple issue. Legally there is no reason they can't put it there. Morally and ethically there is no reason they can put it there... So these 2 things cancel each other out. That leaves public opinion, and we all know where that sits. The muslims should just be a little sensitive for once and not put it there. I mean if we offend them its like going all Jihad! That Danish cartoonist who dared poke fun at the prophet was killed! So its not ok for their religion to be offended but it is ok to be insensitive to all the lives that were lost?
Again, legally its all good....but seriously Islam...is this what you want?
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