RIP The Tabernacle

I wasn't at this show, but have felt the Tabernacle floor bounce and sway many a time.  It was only a matter of time before it buckled and cracked.  

News flash: the floor upstairs at the god-forsaken Masquerade isn't much better.

Update:  Tonight's show for country singer Corey Smith has been cancelled.

Post-Script: According to a February 10 Facebook message, "City officials have inspected the venue and determined there was no structural failure of the floor system. Our subsequent investigation of the building shows areas that require additional attention to insure the ongoing integrity of the building for many years to come. We are working to prepare the venue for our upcoming shows this weekend." However, the Lauryn Hill concert scheduled for Thursday has been moved to Monday, February 17th, not because of the floor but due to the impending ice storm on its way to Atlanta.

Soley

According to the Google Blogspot stats counter, the most popular post on this old man's music blog has been my review of The xx and Austra at The Tabernacle a year ago last Monday, with 554 page views (however they're measured).   My second most popular post, with 204 page views, was a similar review of Of Monsters and Men, also at The Tabernacle, back on November 29, 2012.

Fellow Icelandic performer Soley opened for Of Monsters and Men at the latter concert.  We hadn't heard much from Soley on these shores since then, but KEXP just uploaded a video of her performing in a hostel in Reykjavik.  It's nice to hear her again, and good to see that she appears to be doing well.  I hope she returns to these shores again.

I doubt, however, that this post about Soley will challenge the page view rankings of the other two posts.  

Let's Go Extinct Album Stream

You know what would be cool?  If we could listen to a stream of Fanfarlo's terrific new album Let's Go Extinct, that would be cool.

Well, here it is.  Enjoy it while it lasts.

Mutual Benefit

So, my plan was to start my first day of work today at my first real full-time job in over two years, and then go to my Monday night meditation group after work, and then go to The Earl to see Mutual Benefit perform. That was my plan. 

The reality is the cats woke me up a full 90 minutes earlier than my alarm clock was set (apparently, they got hungry early), which was a full 90 minutes earlier than the time I had been getting up previously, and I was tired and groggy my entire first day at work, and it was everything I could do to make it through the day, much less to the meditation group in the evening.

Mutual Benefit is on schedule to perform at the Shaky Knees Festival in May.  I'll see him then.  Tonight, I sleep - and woe to the cat that tries to wake me up early.

Superb Owl

Pulling for Seattle because, well, because screw Peyton Manning!  I'll take Richard Sherman instead any day!