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  • From: "James Hepler" <hepstyle AT gmail.com>
  • To: "RTP-area local music and culture" <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: Ross Grady name-checked from the stage by Polvo
  • Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 13:10:21 -0400

I loved that they played Every Holy Shroud.

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 1:03 PM, grady <grady AT ibiblio.org> wrote:

> I love Noncanon. They played the 5-square-foot stage at Dain's Place on
> election night last week, and yeah, I felt like they were more intense.
> Or maybe it was just the tension I was feeling from watching the Indiana
> returns inching closer & closer to a tie.
>
> I was standing so close to the stage for Polvo that I couldn't be sure,
> but a friend standing further back confirmed that he thought that the
> guitars were panned hard-left and hard-right. I know that about all I
> could hear was Ash, but I assumed that was because I was standing 15
> feet from his amp. If his guitar was also the only guitar in the PA on
> that side, then that's pretty stupid on the soundman's part.
>
> I thought it was a great set, in large part due to the
> reworking/rewriting that a lot of the songs received. I assume it
> enabled them to engage with them on a level they might not otherwise
> have done; either that or they just couldn't remember how to play 'em
> the old way. Either way, I thought it worked really well.
>
> And seeing them live again just reinforced for me how Steve Popson
> really is the crucial X Factor in that band. Everything that happens in
> those songs revolves around him at the center.
>
> I can't really comment on Dave's repeated invocation of my name, other
> than to say that I swear I had nothing to do with his amp dying during
> the very next song. And to confirm that, yes, he & I had the
> conversation 15 years ago that he described, and that I knew he was just
> yanking my chain for fun.
>
> And I don't know whether he knows how much I dearly love every Polvo
> release *after* Today's Active Lifestyles, but I do. I even like TAL OK,
> particularly "Lazy Comet," so I was psyched that they played it.
>
>
> DJ Golf wrote:
> > And by me in this post, for his sage advice in urging me to arrive
> > early and check out the two fine opening bands. (Early arrival also
> > had the added bonus of Mrs. Golf finding a place to sit. And if Mrs.
> > Golf is happy, DJ is happy.)
> >
> > Mrs. Golf especially liked Noncanon. She bought their CD, even. I
> > dug them too. They're kind of low-key and would probably be brilliant
> > playing in a quieter, more intimate setting. The revelation for me,
> > tho, was Des Ark. Holy shit. Why have I not seen them before? Maybe
> > because my friends simply said "Des Ark is good" instead of "Des Ark
> > is the pissed-off sister of the Immortal Lee County Killers." (And
> > also capable of some absolutely wrenching acoustic material, which
> > again would have been brilliant in a quiet setting.) This would have
> > made me go out of my way.
> >
> > I enjoyed Polvo more & more as the evening went along - did anybody
> > else think they started off with about 70% enough volume? Couple of
> > songs about 3/4 of the way thru were primo - "Feathers of Forgiveness"
> > in particular. I also was somehow unaware of the level of fanaticism
> > they inspire in some folks (Sat nite for said folks was probably like
> > me seeing Mission of Burma in NYC a few years back.) Mrs. Golf was
> > hearing them for the first time and said they were "the punk rock
> > version of Yes." I admire the freshness of her perspective at times.
> > (That was a positive review, BTW.)
> >
> > And, I did see some people I hadn't seen in quite a while. Who no
> > doubt will all be at Drive-By Truckers this week and X on the 27th.
> > Does the Cradle have a senior discount?
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