I saw Dean & Britta at Music Mill on 3/20/07. My exposure to Dean's music goes all the way back to Galaxie 500's On Fire release. On Fire is one of my desert island platters. I had the first Luna release, Lunapark, which is fantastic. I bought the last Luna release, Romantica, mainly because Dave Fridmann of Flaming Lips fame produced. Of course its very good as well. Dean & Britta had released L'aventura that I thought was fabulous. Of course Gary Koehl was in attendance, as were about 50 rabid fans. What a show. The languid groove and sweet guitar solos prompted one uber fan to yell, "Way to go!!" Gary and I did not recover. The best between song yell of all time....so far. I don't have the new release yet, but I suspect I'll have it soon.Two days later, honest-to-God, U2 played at the Melody Inn. Their disguise was booking the gig as Gomer's Pile. Those lucky people who showed were in for a real treat. Brett, Joe, Dave & Adam practiced once together and just completely nailed pre-Joshua Tree U2. I believe that it was being recorded for possible audio release. I hope so, the boys rocked.
Have I mentioned before how much I despise Ben & Jerry's? They way the blend together chocolate fudge brownie with Cherry Garcia should be illegal. I think that B&J ice cream is responsible for 4" of my waist size.
Speaking of B&J, I'm psyched about visiting BJ in NYC in about 2 weeks. Can't wait. Hi BJ!
Lastly, I think the Daniel Johnston gig didn't materialize. It's off his web-site. Bummer.
Jad Fair still scheduled to arrive June 1 at Radio Radio. Been listening to Half Japanese' Sing No Evil this week in the car. Genius.
