OK, this one's specifically dedicated to John Lam. Whenever we talk about JayceLand, he frequently comments that I don't blog "properly" — often posting an entry for — say today — on next Wednesday. So this one's for you, John: it's 2:59 a.m. and after the event about which I'm about to blog. …
So I went to Monty's Krown
(875 Monroe Ave.) earlier. I arrived in time to catch just a song-and-a-half of Jesse Sprinkle. I liked what I heard, but don't feel confident opining further due to insufficient experience. Next was Burning Daylight
who are really swell. Jesse plays drums in this band — and I met lead-singer/guitarist Nick and bassist Tim afterward. I generally stand by my database-stored comment from December 21, 2006 at the Bug Jar: "unremarkable bar-rock except when they get more punk-rock". [No offense, guys: let me qualify …]
I had a great time. I considered heading to The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) for the metal and metal-like show featuring (among others) Sulaco (featuring some friends of mine) but instead, I opted to get a pint or two (or three) at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) instead and enjoy some, well, bar-rock. Burning Daylight does a fine job with a mix of [mostly] originals and [some] covers in a bar-rock/punk-rock style. I mean, what more can I say? Have you been at a bar where some band was playing and had a drink or two, and noted, "hey, these guys are pretty good."? It's that kind of personal experience that really doesn't carry over well to radio-play or other popular, substantive fame. It's just … well … nice. With notably-sexceptional exceptions like "Black Soul, Black Heart", it's not the kind of thing you're going to get nagging in your head. But that one song can keep you coming back.
Heck, maybe it's whatever it was that Ali and her friend were so impressed that the band played for them. Or maybe it's just that Tim's this kind of faux-Canadian [in the "gosh, aren't those Canadian folks polite and kind" kind of way] Buffalo … umm … resident. Or that I owe Nick, Tim, and Jesse a drink [and $1.33 more each] for giving me their CD (Jesse 2x for supplying his personal-favorite own CD in addition).
In conclusion, thanks: you guys gave me a great time (even despite that poor dude who got carried away by ambulance for whatever reason … at least it wasn't body-bag). So when you're at your regularly-paying day-jobs, know that I thought your time was worth its while. Sure, your songs aren't on 'BER regularly [or are they?: I'm so irritated by the Guisto-inspired BOCES-training-esque 'play what the people want' kind of crap that I barely listen anymore].
But whatever: play live and there's someone there who'll love it.
Of all the mentions or credits you could have made all these years, though never by name, now searching 'John Lam site:jayceland.com†starts with this?
I'm not sure i ever expressed a 'proper†way to blog. To me that has altogether different connotations. I do remember, suggesting for a few years a real blogging platform, with comments, trackback, tags, syndication (RSS or Atom), and permalinks—on which i made another suggestion after you installed WordPress, on withholding and releasing already written and backdated entries on Wednesday. I recall, when i mentioned this, someone else voiced their agreement too. Anyway…good to see you found a compromise and could keep the Wednesday release on the front page, while publishing entries more timely; now if only i could also with my photos!
I see — what I actually do is to write the blog entries on Wednesday and back-date the ones to the time the described event happened (rather than withholding them either in draft or permanent form).
Anyway, gotta love that Google! :-)