An Overdue Post

Foxy Shazam

LP

So yeah, I've been lacking on keeping up with this whole blogging thing.  I started this blog before I had anything to do up here in Seattle.  I started grad school a few weeks after my first post went up and finding a job(s) and a cool internship has taken a front seat in this two year road trip of education, experience and just all around awesomeness.  If you are interested, I am in a Masters of Fine Arts Program focusing on Arts Leadership.  It has been a crazy first class.  We've been learning about different theories and styles of leadership.  It was intense and I am happy to be done with that class.  I start two more next week: Fundamentals of Nonprofits and Persuasive Communication!

The past few weeks have been filled with meeting new people and seeing a lot of live music!  My good friend Charlee was able to come up at the beginning of September for the Bumbershoot festival.  It was my 4th time going and it was just as fun as the previous years.  We got to see sooooo many bands but there were a few highlights:

Reignwolf:  I actually saw this guy at the Capitol Hill Block Party in July but his performance at Bumbershoot was insane.  He creates these amazing and full sounding heavy blues/rock songs with just a guitar.  He has this "I don't give a fuck" attitude that really resonates with his music and keeps his live performance entertaining and musically solid.  Even if he didn't play a full drum kit and the guitar AT THE SAME TIME! he would still have an amazing show!

Foxy Shazam: I've been wanting to see these guys for a long time.  If you don't know them, imagine a crazy rock band that really really loves Queen.  Their onstage antics made their set exciting.  I didn't know what was going to happen next.  The keyboardist played a solo while the crowd held him and his  keyboard as he surfed across the dancfloor.  Lead singer Eric Nally is always an interesting person, commenting in between songs and eventually eating six lit cigarettes on stage.  While not as tight as other bands we saw, Foxy Shazam knows how to entertain.

The Wombats:  This would be my 3rd time seeing this band from Liverpool.  Their danceable rock riddled with lyrics about girls, love, and desperation bring a happy yet angry mix to their live shows.  It was certainly the rowdiest set we saw the whole weekend.  The Wombats always put on a great show!

LP: This was the surprise of the night.  We decided to catch LP's short set in the Toyota lounge and we were so happy we did.  The pipes on this singer/songwriter are nothing short of incredible.  If you don't know about LP I am certain you will soon.  It was so great to see a singer of that caliber perform in such an intimate setting.