Aug
28
2005

It's So Creamy!

Black Moods CD Release Party

(Add / View Comments) (0)Sunday, August 28, 2005 - 02:56:13 pm
(Posted Under: Music Music, Tempe Music Scene Tempe Music Scene)
Tonight was The Black Mood's CD release party - the coolest part, broadcast on Creamy Radio to kick off their 'Last Exit Live Concert Series'.

It's been so many years since I've tuned into a net station, and I only vaguely remember tuning into Creamy in the early days when it first started. So firstly I was suprised with the quality these days. 128kb/s streams, hmmmm, tasty and creamy! [smile] Broadband internet access truely does kick ass! [smile]

First up, my first duo - Scotty and Troy! I've been going on for months about wanting to hear them again - the whole night being broadcast on Creamy Radio, bring it on. Awesome hearing them again.

The downside of Scotty and Troy as openers is that there is simply not enough of them. A half hour set, simply not enough Scott and Troy! I had the same feeling when I saw them at Last Exit in person, which was an almost exact same lineup - Scott & Troy, Simplify, (a non show) Velvet Elvis and Charmer's Green (The Black Moods) - vs. Scott & Troy, Strange Young Things, Simplify and The Black Moods - half an hour is just not enough! That's one thing that really kicked ass at Pranksters, getting to see the full Scotty experience - all of his songs, plus the classics - Perfectly Still, Follow You Down (which I never witnessed) and the cool Memphis Time ("geetting high"). And maybe even a bit of Better Beautiful Than Perfect.

Getting to hear (and record [wink] ) this show was awesome. Listening to Mr. Johnson again made me think not only do his songs remind me so much of those early days in Tempe (meaning the early days of my trip), but also how much I associate them with Arizona - the real Arizonia, what I physically experienced. All of the bands have the Tempe sound, but there's something about Scott - it goes back to the 'vintage' thing. Like he sums up age old Arizona, opposed to when the Arizona music exploded. That's how it seems though. It's not that he's actually neccesarily been around any longer than the other old schoolers, but he definately feels like he captures multiple decades of Arizona. Which probably doesn't make much sense, but I know what I mean. [wink]

It's awfully painful that there was no Get Drunk tonight. Kinda suprising, given that it was an absolute staple, at least when I was in Tempe. A 30 minute set, just not enough.

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