So, people keep asking me, “How was Summerfest?” Here’s the belated rundown.
Baghdad Scuba Review rocked! (What else did you expect me to say? My boyfriend is the percussionist!)
OK, seriously, in my humble opinion, Baghdad Scuba Review was awesome. If you don’t believe me, you can check out a little of my shaky video/camera audio of one of their originals here, a less biased review here, and here’s some pics . . .
John Schneider in front, Rob “the everything guy” Bloch (that’s my sweetie!) hiding behind the congas and John.
Here’s my attempt to get the whole band in a picture. It’s alot harder when they’re on such a big stage, a little different than being squished in to Mr. Robert’s! (Note the Scuba Team T-shirts in the crowd.)
Chad Thompson.
I wish I had pictures of them in the t-shirts they had on for their 2nd set, you can see some of them here. Their white t-shirts had a variety of messages on them, some of them only numbers (as of July 5th 585 = days that Bush had left in office, 3588 = the number of American soldiers killed in Iraq).
If you want to hear more about how they mix politics and music, Maximum Ink has a nice article (print only at the moment) on the band in their July 6 issue.
And if you want to check them out for yourself, they will be playing at Mr. Roberts tonight (more info below) and the rest of the schedule is here.
Beyond that, Summerfest was, well, Summerfest. Lots of cement. Few places to get a good beer (This year, I went with the Oktoberfest, which was better than the Capital Amber in cans and PBRs on the bus.) A little bit of rain. Bob Weir was better than expected (I haven’t seen him and Ratdog for a while), he pulled out some good less played tunes and I didn’t have to complain about him doing too many womanizing songs. (I still miss Jerry!)
Overall, I’d prefer a good outdoor festival where you park your car, hump your camping gear to a shady spot where you can hear the stage but not too loud, camp for a few days, listen to a bunch of bands, drink some beer, relax, dance, laugh, stare at the fire, sleep some, then pack up your gear and return to the real world. But Summerfest was still a blast for a Thursday in Milwaukee.
As for me, next big music events are 10K Lakes Festival, then 3Gs (Grateful Garcia Gathering), then Austin City Limits. Someday, I’ll hopefully convince Rob to do this!
Meanwhile, I’m sure you will catch me around town at a few local places as well. It was nice to meet several people who just figured out that I was “Brenda Konkel” at JT Whitney’s last Saturday when I signed the email list for Logarhythm. They were playing with Yokanizu Project and Little Marsh Overflow. It’s interesting that so many people either know me from the music world or politics world, but few overlap. If you ask me, music and politics should mix more often. Tho its nice to be somewhat anonymous and blend in to the music scene from time to time as well.
Cheers! And here’s the band’s latest email with their thoughts on Summerfest and a description of what they’ll be playing tonight.
“I would say the best moment of all was when I caught a 7.5 pound largemouth bass in my lake.” –George W. Bush, on his best moment in office, interview with the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag, May 7, 2006
Catch this!
Yes, yes….
We’re BACK! We are overwhelmed by the amount of people who attended this year to show their support at Summerfest ’07! We expected a great crowd, but not like last Thursdays! Just as well, we had great success for our BuSRide to Summerfest last Thursday… (A HUGE THANKS to Fee for helping us out! 😉 We ended up being in a position where we were short the number of seats available verses the number of seats demanded!!! Because of this, next year we plan on having TWO buses to cart your shakin’ a$$es down to Summerfest! So be on the lookout for news next summer on this! First come, first serve!!! BSR would personally like to thank each and every one of the “SCUBA CREW” for being part of this years adventure!!!
Now, we all know it’s short notice but we’re trying something new… this Tuesday we’re playing an “unbuttoned” version of our regular show at Mr. Roberts. Ladies and gentlemen; BSR at it’s finest: Uncut and uncensored! (No, no we will not be performing in the nude.) We’re simply trying something new! We’re giving our fans something that we have never given them before — unconstrained jams. Yes. We will be at our best behavior letting the music speak with intentions that will set you unrestrained. Off the cuff, taking requests and performing in protrusion…
Baghdad SCUBA Review
LIVE
Tuesday, July 10th
Mr. Roberts Bar
2116 Atwood Ave
Madison, WIBe well, be free and at best: just be. See you tomorrow night!
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Sincerely,
Baghdad Scuba Review
www.baghdadscubareview.com
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