{"id":2887,"date":"2013-08-16T12:05:40","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T16:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obsidiannoise.com\/blog\/?p=2887"},"modified":"2013-08-16T12:11:08","modified_gmt":"2013-08-16T16:11:08","slug":"august-16-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obsidiannoise.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/16\/august-16-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"August 16, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My friend is in town to play a couple shows at R-Bar on Bowery. We were there the night before last and it was great. The sound in that venue was surprisingly good. They have a whole backend already set so musicians really just need to bring their instruments and cables and plug right in.<\/p>\n<p>Last night I was back there helping them set up again. A bunch of country boys from NH, first time playing in NYC. Quite a sight, and quite a feeling. They really executed well and people were into their sound.<\/p>\n<p>The opening band was a woman, definitely a Lady Gaga wannabe-type. She got up and crooned to an electric backing track. Here&#8217;s what that was like:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsidiannoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/rbarcroon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2888\" title=\"rbarcroon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsidiannoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/rbarcroon-e1376668341353-956x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"956\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsidiannoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/rbarcroon-e1376668341353-956x1024.jpg 956w, https:\/\/www.obsidiannoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/rbarcroon-e1376668341353-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.obsidiannoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/rbarcroon-e1376668341353.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 956px) 100vw, 956px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After doing some wiggling and some boobing she ended up on the bar:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsidiannoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/photo-100.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2889 alignleft\" title=\"photo (100)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsidiannoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/photo-100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"458\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsidiannoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/photo-100.jpg 764w, https:\/\/www.obsidiannoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/photo-100-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It was OK. I mean, she&#8217;s a very talented singer, and her sound overall was nice. People there were really into it. I just couldn&#8217;t get the image out of my head of her sitting watching Lady Gaga early videos and studying carefully, wanting to do that. Because that&#8217;s how it came across. &#8220;I&#8217;m trying to be like that thing I saw and really liked.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Obviously all art is shared in one way or another, so it&#8217;s a weak argument that every musician needs to be completely original. In fact, it&#8217;s an impossibility. I&#8217;m just saying that for some reason, with this performance in particular, the Gaga-esqueness was very apparent.<\/p>\n<p>We had a shot of Tequila before my friend&#8217;s band went on, and they did another great set. They have a nice sound and it gets very interesting at times when the guitarist starts playing with tone. That&#8217;s the kind of stuff I like and a couple of their songs do into that.<\/p>\n<p>They ended around 11:30 and me, my buddy and his wife cabbed home for $30 because I have work today, which is where I am now. We did, however, drink a bit more at home.<\/p>\n<p>It was great to catch up with him and it was so excellent to watch him play in NYC.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m two days hungover from being out drinking two nights in a row. One heavy, heavy drinking night on Weds, maybe 12 drinks total, and last night just about 5 drinks total across about 5 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight a friend and her boyfriend are flying in from LA for a wedding here and will crash at my place, Chez Duck. I need to clean the place up after work in preparation for that. When they get in, I&#8217;ll probably head out to my friend&#8217;s place in Chelsea. He&#8217;s out of town and I can hide out at his huge pad as long as I want to. Will be a good weekend for a staycation and to figure some stuff out, especially about the girl situation&#8230; which is now officially, definitely, hugely, a situation.<\/p>\n<p>Have a great weekend monkeys, hope you&#8217;re all doing well, being healthy, and doing that thing you wanted to do but didn&#8217;t because the timing wasn&#8217;t right but now is perfect.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friend is in town to play a couple shows at R-Bar on Bowery. We were there the night before last and it was great. The sound in that venue was surprisingly good. 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