Thursday, July 05, 2007

cherry soda & a pickle

han bennink was fantastic- i'm not going to do a play by play review because i suck at 'em, but lets just say the show started with han's drum kit covered with cardboard boxes which of course had to be bashed away & anthony coleman went right to work preparing his piano with duct tape & weird glass objects (maybe ashtrays, couldnt really tell) they played with more joy & creativity then any show i've seen in recent memory. being able to clearly love what you do after 40+ years in the biz is amazing.

we went to the famous schwartz's hebrew delicatessen for montreal smoked meat sandwiches- it was my first time & i loved it. such a simple meal but delicious- a great historic place to eat in montreal.

in local music news, tick tick has shows tonight tomorrow & saturday- saturdays show at kriya studio featuring casiotone for the painfully alone, the donkeys, & burlingtons own nintendo rockin' geeks the moon bank. also on saturday, magic sparkle & many mental mistakes play an early show at radio bean. sevendays says 5pm, johnny told me 7pm. who knows? the cave bee's & neil cleary at the monkey on friday. sounds like a great weekend of music! enjoy...




4 comments:

jay said...

I'll second everything you said about the Bennink/Coleman show--that was one of the most exciting & mind-opening performances I've ever seen. It's nice to see musicians who are so comfortable with their talent and career that they can be downright silly and overjoyed with it--especially as middle-aged men! My only regret was not having enough money left to buy a CD.

jay said...

Oh yeah, and best line of the night:

DRUNK GUY: "Is Anthony Coleman related to Ornette Coleman?"

JB: "Uhhhhh.....I don't think so."

the le duo said...

yeah, i was like 'this fella's white' and drunk man was like 'hmmmm...but it would be cool if they WERE realted!' i had to agree, although i was a little confused...

Tanner M. said...

LOL

maybe they're related through marriage... ;)