wow! thursday was quite a night! it has been a while since ive been to a joy electric concert. ive been to three of them before (this one makes 4) and they are usually quite far away. my first one was about an hour and a half drive, the next two were over two hours each. so this time it was nice, it was only about 40 minutes away!it was truly a fantastic time. the flier said that the show would start around 9:00. i got there around 8:45. as usual, i went alone to their concert because there is no way i could find any friends who would be willing to go with me. but this worked to my advantage, actually. when i got there i found a couple guys sitting at a table in the front of the room. i decided to throw caution to the wind, and i approached them and started chatting with them. as the wait for the concert to start continued, i invited a couple other guys who arrived alone to come and sit with us. im very glad i did! i recently wrote about how i seem to be the only one who likes joy electric, but i was proven very wrong that night! it was a blast to just chill with those guys and talk a little je business. ive never been able to have a conversation about joy electric with someone who actually knows what im talking about! it was absolutely glorious!!! we discussed the new album, which cd is our favorite, what we think of the bands shepherd and brothers martin, etc. it was so awesome to finally be able to geek out with other people who share my passion!
sheesh, i havent even started talking about the concert itself! the opening acts were quite interesting- the first group, called anaphylaxis, played one song, it was about 15 minutes long though. it was almost like watching two guys just kind of tinker around with their synth equipment. one of the guys had this strange intrument that he played by waving his hands around next to it. weird. the second group were mostly the same people, except this time they had more traditional songs, and the vocals sounded very morrissey-like. not bad at all.
but finally, around 11:20, ronnie got on stage and started his set. it was glorious! its always a treat to watch him play- he has some great moves while playing, and almost the whole time hes tinkering and fussing with nobs and dials on his equipment. i have no idea what any of them do, but it sure does sound great! the concerts always sound a bit different than the albums, on the albums he doesnt often use a lot of bass, but in concert the bass is thumping! he even put on an extra long show. like his cd lengths, ronnie usually likes to keep it short in concert. at one of the concerts ive been to he only played for about 30 minutes, and then wrapped up the show. this time though, he just kept them comming! he ended up playing 15 songs and playing for about an hour and fifteen minutes! that definitely made it worth the trip!
after the show i got to talk with ronnie for a couple minutes, which is always a treat. i picked up a bunch of music too. i got the workmanship cd, i already have it in vinyl, but i dont have a vinyl record player, so that doesnt really help much... i also got the foxglove hunt demo, and the brothers martin vinyl.
definitely the highlight of the month! or maybe year...
