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July 21, 2004
Go! Stops
Just got back from seeing David Grubbs at Go! Studios. I must admit that I haven't really kept up with much of Mr. Grubbs' more recent releases but Gastr del Sol were one of my favorite bands of the 90s and I've really been digging this song "Knight Errant" off of Grubbs' new Drag City album A Guess at The Riddle. Plus it's always a treat to see such a talented guitarist play in a fairly intimate setting. Grubbs sang and played acoustic guitar and was accompanied by Greek cellist Nikos Veliotis. Opening up the show was Chuck Johnson's newest solo project Pykrete - a mesmerizing array of warm drones and sporadic beats yielded by Chuck's astute sound-generating, knob-twiddling, and effects-processing maneuvers. Definitely check out these sample Pykrete mp3s if you're into that sort of music.
Sadly, tonight's show could wind up being my last-ever show at Go! Room 4. The club is shutting down after August 15th and due to another obligation this Saturday night, I'm not going to be able to make the first post-wedding Work Clothes show (also a CD release party for North Elementary). It's a real shame that Go! is going to disappear, the club has been a real asset to the area for the last 6 years. But as this N&O article points out, it's not easy paying all the bills with just a small percentage of the door money and not as much in beer sales as most 21+ rock clubs. I'll probably write some more Go! thoughts and reminiscences on here in a few weeks, but for now let's just pour out a little PBR for a small club that tried to make it.
Posted by Tim at July 21, 2004 01:04 AM