Jun172009
More Showy Goodness
Filed under Music by Kim at 11:49 am on Jun 17 2009
I keep saying that my ticket budget is capped. I keep saying no more shows. And then another show is announced that I simply cannot miss.
Last year I reviewed Reckoning Night. I have to tell you that I have been listening to that album almost once a week since then, even though I have so much other new music to listen to. I should probably review Unia, their most recent work, but I just keep enjoying Reckoning Night…
But now I find out they will be coming across the pond! Well, the ticket budget cap is going to have to be raised again. And they are opening for Dragonforce! It has been a really good year for me and shows, totally by surprise. Anyone else interested?If you are not local to me, here’s the list of dates.
Friday I am heading up to Bethlehem, PA to take in Nearfest for the first time. I am really excited and nervously shy, because I only know one or two people who are going, and those people I only know from email lists. Oh well. My sleeve tends to make friends at these events for me. If I get to chat with Beardfish, I am trying to think of non-stupid questions to ask them or things to say. Things that are not like “How do you write songs?” or “Oh my god, you guys are like so good and like I listen to your songs a lot you totally changed my life!”. If you can think of any non-stupid ways to approach a musician you really really like, please share them with me. I will find a way to make them come off stupid.
1 PMMJon 17 Jun 2009 at 2:13 pm
I never know what to say to famous people when I meet them. I usually fumble with ‘hey, love your stuff, but I bet you hear that 28 times a day’ or something along those lines. But really, what do I have to say to them that’s unique?
Also, Dragonforce is a fantastic name.
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Kim Reply:
June 17th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
I think you would like Dragonforce, although, your taste in bad movies may not be matched by your taste in cheesy metal music. Not that they are cheesy. It all depends on your perspective, I guess.
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PMMJ Reply:
June 18th, 2009 at 5:49 am
http://catandgirl.com/?p=1659
(in a good way.)
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2 Shawnon 18 Jun 2009 at 6:49 am
I just watched some video off that Unia album. Better than dragonforce, but I really don’t like dragonforce at all. I only have so much room in my heart for the super-drama-rock. Right now it is filled with Coheed and Cambria.
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Kim Reply:
June 18th, 2009 at 7:04 am
Yeah, there is pretty much a limit on the amount most people can take power metal. I heard a couple Coheed and Cambria songs in like, 2002, and I didn’t love them so I never tried again. Maybe I should try again.
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