In the summer heat I lost my head
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garranFinal Fantasy was amazing. I want to use the word 'euphoric'; anyway it induced euphoria in me, an heady and uncritical joy. The rest of the audience seemed to be in a similar place, and we cheered him hugely and called him back for two encores, at the second of which he seemed gratifyingly incredulous. Several people called things adoringly salacious at the stage; I am pretty sure that all of them were men.
So far I see that I have said nothing specifically about the performance, and reported only on our reactions to it. Umm. He played a version of 'Arctic Circle' that in my mind totally eclipsed the recorded version. He played I think four songs that I didn't recognize, not including the two covers during the first encore, but including a manyfold-extended version of the arrow song from the second album. He played the piano sometimes, but not (amusingly) for 'This Lamb Sells Condos'. He did not play the song in my music field, although somehow it was the one in my head by the time I got home. I love his violin and his voice and his charm and self-effacement.
The opening acts were also a pleasant surprise, although later hugely overshadowed in that way that good openers to an awesome show so often are.
Now I am post-euphoria, which was manifesting itself as gloom for a little while, but I managed to get through most of that by ranting to my sister about Kierkegaard for a while. (I probably don't really understand Kierkegaard.) So mostly I am just enormously tired and slightly unsteady.
Elise asked me if I had any enemies. I said that I didn't think so. If you are my enemy, you should probably let me know. Perhaps we can come to some settlement?
So far I see that I have said nothing specifically about the performance, and reported only on our reactions to it. Umm. He played a version of 'Arctic Circle' that in my mind totally eclipsed the recorded version. He played I think four songs that I didn't recognize, not including the two covers during the first encore, but including a manyfold-extended version of the arrow song from the second album. He played the piano sometimes, but not (amusingly) for 'This Lamb Sells Condos'. He did not play the song in my music field, although somehow it was the one in my head by the time I got home. I love his violin and his voice and his charm and self-effacement.
The opening acts were also a pleasant surprise, although later hugely overshadowed in that way that good openers to an awesome show so often are.
Now I am post-euphoria, which was manifesting itself as gloom for a little while, but I managed to get through most of that by ranting to my sister about Kierkegaard for a while. (I probably don't really understand Kierkegaard.) So mostly I am just enormously tired and slightly unsteady.
Elise asked me if I had any enemies. I said that I didn't think so. If you are my enemy, you should probably let me know. Perhaps we can come to some settlement?
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Re the last
Date: 2006-09-20 07:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-22 05:37 am (UTC)-Andy H.