Thursday, March 16, 2006
Child stars!
Last night we continued our own DFW music festival by seeing the Magic Numbers and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at the Ridglea Theater in Fort Worth. We met up with our friend Dominick at Zeke's Fish and Chips beforehand. Man alive, the fish was tasty - super light batter and cod that melted in your mouth. After much conversation about travel, soccer, and baseball, we decided to head over to the theater to see the show.
There was an opening band that none of us had ever heard called Dr. Dog. I am not usually impressed by unknown opening bands, but these guys were well-rehearsed and great performers. It wasn't really my style of music, but I did really enjoy one song, and they were fun to watch. There was one crazy (read: drunk) guy that seemed to be really into them. We had a good laugh watching him dance, because he had absolutely no rhythm.
Various members of Clap Your Hands and the Magic Numbers were in the audience watching Dr. Dog. Michele from the Magic Numbers stood right in front of us for most of their set. Alec Ounsworth from CYHSY walked in front of us several times. I managed to control myself and not geek out too much. I tend to try to talk to rock stars (if indeed you can call these folks rock stars) and end up embarrassing myself to no end, so thank God I didn't try any of that last night. By the way, the folks from the Magic Numbers are tiny with lots of hair. Like hobbits!
The Magic Numbers were tons of fun. We bought their album last year, and I had listened to it a few times and then kind of laid it aside because we bought so much more music. I had to get it back out this morning, because I enjoyed their show so much last night. There were a couple of technical problems with one of the microphones, but they worked around those and kept going. Their harmonies were fantastic, and both of the girls have great voices. I think they enjoyed themselves too.
Clap Your Hands were fantastic. Lots of energy. The crowd danced a lot. Some drunk guys stood between me and Victor for a while, swaying into us, but luckily they went away before the show was over. Dominick said CYHSY were much better this time than their show last October. I certainly enjoyed them last night. Alec Ounsworth's voice just gets crazier when you see them live. When he's not singing, he does some sort of weird crouching dance with his guitar and mouths/sings words that we can't hear. I'm not really sure what that's all about... it kind of reminded me of a chicken. In fact, I told Victor that if Dana Carvey and a talking chicken had a baby, it would be Alec. Behold:
I'm telling you, it's true.
One more thing: one of the guys from Dr. Dog looked quite a bit like Mark, and one of the CYHSY guys looked quite a bit like Dylan. On the last song, Dr. Dog joined CYHSY on stage, and the Dylan-guy and the Mark-guy were singing at the same mic. It was like seeing our friends on stage, and it warmed the cockles of my heart a bit.
Last night we continued our own DFW music festival by seeing the Magic Numbers and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at the Ridglea Theater in Fort Worth. We met up with our friend Dominick at Zeke's Fish and Chips beforehand. Man alive, the fish was tasty - super light batter and cod that melted in your mouth. After much conversation about travel, soccer, and baseball, we decided to head over to the theater to see the show.
There was an opening band that none of us had ever heard called Dr. Dog. I am not usually impressed by unknown opening bands, but these guys were well-rehearsed and great performers. It wasn't really my style of music, but I did really enjoy one song, and they were fun to watch. There was one crazy (read: drunk) guy that seemed to be really into them. We had a good laugh watching him dance, because he had absolutely no rhythm.
Various members of Clap Your Hands and the Magic Numbers were in the audience watching Dr. Dog. Michele from the Magic Numbers stood right in front of us for most of their set. Alec Ounsworth from CYHSY walked in front of us several times. I managed to control myself and not geek out too much. I tend to try to talk to rock stars (if indeed you can call these folks rock stars) and end up embarrassing myself to no end, so thank God I didn't try any of that last night. By the way, the folks from the Magic Numbers are tiny with lots of hair. Like hobbits!
The Magic Numbers were tons of fun. We bought their album last year, and I had listened to it a few times and then kind of laid it aside because we bought so much more music. I had to get it back out this morning, because I enjoyed their show so much last night. There were a couple of technical problems with one of the microphones, but they worked around those and kept going. Their harmonies were fantastic, and both of the girls have great voices. I think they enjoyed themselves too.
Clap Your Hands were fantastic. Lots of energy. The crowd danced a lot. Some drunk guys stood between me and Victor for a while, swaying into us, but luckily they went away before the show was over. Dominick said CYHSY were much better this time than their show last October. I certainly enjoyed them last night. Alec Ounsworth's voice just gets crazier when you see them live. When he's not singing, he does some sort of weird crouching dance with his guitar and mouths/sings words that we can't hear. I'm not really sure what that's all about... it kind of reminded me of a chicken. In fact, I told Victor that if Dana Carvey and a talking chicken had a baby, it would be Alec. Behold:
I'm telling you, it's true.
One more thing: one of the guys from Dr. Dog looked quite a bit like Mark, and one of the CYHSY guys looked quite a bit like Dylan. On the last song, Dr. Dog joined CYHSY on stage, and the Dylan-guy and the Mark-guy were singing at the same mic. It was like seeing our friends on stage, and it warmed the cockles of my heart a bit.
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