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Pedro
The Lion Wednesday October 25, 2000. Review By Jeffrey Howard. |
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I heard the news that Death Cab For Cutie canceled their east coast tour the day before I was hoping to see them. The singer is sick or something. I decided I didn't want to go anymore since I've seen Pedro The Lion a million times already and I didn't relish the thought of paying ten bucks to just see them. I went down to Sapphire just to see who was going to go and if anyone else wanted to skip the show and go hang out somewhere. I had nothing better to do. I got down there and stood around talking for a while then the heavens opened up and poured forth wet liquids from the gods. Because it's not cool to stand outside in the rain, Sapphire opened the doors to let people in. I went in and, well, didn't leave. I figured I may as well stay inside for the show. There were a lot of out-of-towners. Correction: A lot of disappointed out-of-towners. Most people that I talked to came to see DCFC. Pedro The Lion was a bonus. My friend Cash from Jacksonville was there and I met the infamous Ricky. We had a conversation about a certain Jacksonville girl that made me feel a lot better about that situation. Har har. They also told me Dressy Bessy is coming to Florida next year. That was, like, the best news. Pilots vs Aeroplanes were added last minute. I think they are from Lakeland, FL. They always seem to be playing here in town and I've seen them only once before. They did an all acoustic show. I gathered it was something they don't do often. They were all right. They started off a little shaky but got into it as the show went on. Another bad thing about Death Cab canceling was that it was going to mess up Pedro The Lion. Ben was pulling double duty on the tour playing with Death Cab AND Pedro The Lion. He was to play keyboards and bass along with Trey Many (Velour100, His Name Is Alive) on drums and David Bazan (of course). David came out and did about three songs all by himself. It was something nice to experience. Trey came out and they played several more songs, some using a sequencer with tapes off the bass and keyboard parts. Honestly I didn't think the sequencer was really necessary. I would have like quite a lot just one guitar and drums. Davids songs are strong enough for that format. Maybe I am biased because I love duo bands like that (ie The Spinanes, The Crabs). I can't remember what songs they did. I remember "Bad Diary Days" because I love that one. The sequencer quit working in the middle of that song and just like I thought the song got better. A couple of drunk peeps kept yelling out for "Criticism as Inspiration" after every song to the point of annoyance. David politely declined each time. I thought it was a strange. I mean, what goes through Davids mind when intoxicated people call out for such an emotional song like that. Don't they know what that song is saying? All in all it was a nice change to the normal Pedro show. I remember last time they were so loud my ears hurt. It was a little disappointed their set was short. (Did I say Pablo The Lion?) |
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Writing and Photographs ©
2000 by Jeffrey Howard. |