http://www.bigyawn.net Oxygen for the musically starved mind Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:59:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en God bless you Stewart Lupton(333) for being human. My last "band" of the year was well timed. It was my 34th birthday, and I needed a reason to celebrate. This was a billed as a Stewart retrospective, but I'll be honest, I saw five songs performed by Stewart, that's it. ... http://www.bigyawn.net/?p=1255 The St. Joan's Catholic Church choir(332) aren't going to get their own sitcom on NBC. In fact, given their spotty performance this year, I think some cuts may be in order. First off however, rather than show a photo of church -- I can't find one of this particular ... http://www.bigyawn.net/?p=1253 I did not grow up in DC, and despite my starting college here in the mid-90's, I missed DC's golden age of music. When the first Fugazi album you buy is The Argument, it tells you something. This being said, Scream(331) was not a band I had seen or knew ... http://www.bigyawn.net/?p=1247 Ah, the last hoorah! I knew after this show I was going to sort of ooze across the finish line of 333 bands, and even though this was not a bill I was generally excited about, it was four bands. And even at this stage of the game it's quantity ... http://www.bigyawn.net/?p=1236 There were few DC bands I really tried to fit in to this 333 marathon, but Screen Vinyl Image(324) was always on the list. I'm not really sure what I expected, but when I saw they were playing to four people including us, I dropped my expectations about 50%. While the ... http://www.bigyawn.net/?p=1229 The Red and the Black is a fine venue. It is obviously small, and the sound system has its limits, but generally speaking the bands that play there are not bringing their own sound people or have anything complicated going on. But did I mention it was small? In an odd ... http://www.bigyawn.net/?p=1222 As the year came to a close, I needed to hit shows I normally wouldn't have been all that interested in. This was one of them. And unfortunately, I was not won over by any of the bands. In fact, it was one of the more non-descript nights all year. ... http://www.bigyawn.net/?p=1218 Full disclosure, Rick Taylor of the monthly We Fought the Big One dj nights, and curator of this very show, is a friend of mine. And, he's got some pretty good taste in music, whatever rock he finds it hiding under. So, when he told me about this show, I ... http://www.bigyawn.net/?p=1195 As this project has progressed, the thought of seeing one more "guy with a guitar" was pretty hard to swallow. Not that I ever really set out to see them, it just always sort of happened. And this one was no different. I had actually never been to the Irish ... http://www.bigyawn.net/?p=1200 As crass and rude as I may be from time, I am not gonna hate on the kids. And the reality is, there would be very little to hate from The National Community Church's version of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Nor is their anything to dislike from the Angel ... http://www.bigyawn.net/?p=1197