No show November?

unless we actually go to The Color Fred and the Pink Spiders.

Anyway, last night was The Never, Annuals, Manchester Orchestra show. It was fucking killer. I love going to shows where each band is as good as the last. I seriously suggest checking all those bands out, if you haven't yet. I think that Apple has pictures and maybe video. When she gets them up, you'll see them.


So, today, whilst browsing myspace, I saw a bulletin from Kevin Devine. And I usually look at those. This time it was about checking out an interview that he just did.

And here is a very lovely and hilarious sample.

Obvious: You're good friends with Jesse Lacey of Brand New, he even sang on a few songs on Split The Country/Split The Street. How did that friendship come about?

Devine: We were both in an amateur archery program, Silver Tips, in rural Connecticut summers growing up. I think his parents sent him there as discipline; I was voluntary as there's not much occasion for archery in the asphalt jungles of Bay Ridge. You'd get jumped carrying a bustling quiver around!

I wouldn't say we were rivals; more that we kind of ran in different circles. Jesse was more of a maverick stylistically (we called him 'Coltrane' because his improvisational, feel-oriented approach evoked the fluid unpredictability of jazz) and I definitely played it close, was more a proponent of the Octobad school - the famous 'aim, don't shoot!' philosophy (my nickname was 'Wonder' as in reliable whitebread).

It was a magnetized marriage of opposites; I think we learned a lot from each other; I learned to hang looser, and he learned the merits of team play. Obviously just one of many solid relationships formed at Silver Tips. There's an annual reunion we always go to together. It's well-catered.



ch-ch-check it out, yo.
http://www.thankscaptainobvious.net/2007/10/interview-kevin-devine.html

Spinning: silverchair: Young Modern. Annuals/Manchester Orchestra tour split.
Reading: On the Road still. It's tough reading three big books in a couple days.


-Orange.

PS. Happy Halloween! Rot your teef out kiddies.