...the concert schedule heated up in a big way within the last week...new shows on the horizon include - Phil & Friends w/ Levon Helm as the opener, Ray LaMontagne, Bruce Hornsby, Wilco and Neil Diamond...sadly, i'm gonna pass-up on the Ratdog/Allman Brothers duel bill at the beach...there are a few stellar jazz gigs coming up but i'll play them by ear...
...strangest things on my playlist this week are Velocity Girl's "Copacetic", Throwing Muses' "The Real Ramona" and Alice in Chains' "Jar of Flies"...
...Throwing Muses appeared on my radar after seeing their video for "Not Too Soon" on MTv's 120 Minutes...i instantly fell in love with singer Tanya Donelly...she split the Muses and continued her music, forming her own band - Belly...they released a solid first album but fell to the curse of the sophomore slump...she had a helluva voice, great personality, alluring charisma...one final note - it wasn't until years later did i realize she bared a striking resemblance to the gal i 1st gave it up to...so pack that in yr' pipe Sigmund...
...conversely, i was madly in love with the lead singer from Velocity Girl without even knowing what she looked like...i just knew that when she sang, i melted...i finally saw the band play live at least a year after i started listening to 'em...easily one of the greatest "alternative" girl bands on the 90's...when i did get to meet the lead singer after the show, i was absolutely taken by her...i had to have said something stupid as she signed the back of my ticketstub - "Your Girlfriend..."...after the "Copacetic" release, their sound became more polished as the distortion and fuzz took a backseat to mixed vocals and a more mellow vibe..."Copacetic" is one of those near perfect albums that has such a nice ebb and flow to it, holding up surprisingly well after 15 years
...and "Jar of Flies" is by far my favorite Alice in Chains studio effort...it's largely overlooked and under appreciated...each cut on the EP is top-notch...from the uncharacteristic use of strings to great effect during "I Stay Away" to the instrumental "Whale & Wasp", played with more feeling than you'd normally give AIC for having...dig it...
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