And it was great. Yup, it was the 2nd go around for me in about about 3 months (instead of days) for Zola Jesus and I was there to witness the event. This time around it was closer downtown at The Parish and a couple of different bands opened up for the Z. The stage setup itself was alright and the opening bands could’ve used some work, but overall it was pretty good time. I even got to play with a lit up balloon.
So last Saturday, I trekked on down to Stubb’s to check out one fo the dudes I missed at SXSW this year. Henry and the Invisibles impressed me while watching how he compiled songs online so I decided to stroll on down there and check it out myself. Needless to say what I expected and what happened was completely different. The opening bands were decent but the real treat was peering inside Henry’s multiple music personality. I got my money’s worth of funkiness.
Last Friday, I had the chance to tool on down to Bonner Springs, Kansas and check out one of my favorite bands, the Flaming Lips. Lo and behold, they brought along some other bands and tooled out of work just early enough to catch most of them. Overall, the show was well worth about the 40 bucks I paid with 10 for parking. It wasn’t all rainbow roses, though, so let’s go over who I saw.
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