Tom Waits!

[realexplodingcat]

Assuming the magic elves responsible for crafting and transmitting the tickets to my mailbox are not three sheets to the wind in Copenhagen, the wife and I will have an evening with Tom Waits in Asheville. August 2.

!!!

I'm running out of must-see music acts. What's left? It just might be time to rent a suite of rooms and hang myself from the balcony irons after this show.

(of course I know there are some Waits haters out there who'd rather hang themselves than listen to him. but I thank you for not being in front of me in the ticketmaster queue. i'm pretty sure this show sold out in less than 30 minutes)

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[lightning-rose.livejournal.com]

The only must see concert I've ever been to was the '75 Pink Floyd DSotM tour. :)

They opened the first set with "Raving and Drooling", followed by "You've Got to be Crazy"*, and finished with "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"; none of which had ever been heard by the public. The second set was DSotM, and they did two encores, one of which was "Echoes". The other was either "One of These Days" or "Careful With That Axe, Eugene", but my brain damage prevents my remembering which. Bet set ever, and hearing new music was amazing.



*) After a change of lyrics the titles were changed to "Sheep" and "Dogs", respectively.

[explodingcat.livejournal.com]

Sounds good! Did the complete scream occur during "Careful With That Axe, Eugene"? I love a good scream.

My other big must see recently was Dead Can Dance, whom I saw last October.

[lightning-rose.livejournal.com]

If CWTAE was the encore, then I'm sure the scream was present. :)

I'd love to see DCD. I didn't know they were back together.

The next two weeks are going to be busy for me. Tomorrow night I might see Jefferson Starship, and next week is Rusted Root and It's a Beautiful Day; and the week after that is Jesse Cook.

[explodingcat.livejournal.com]

DCD reunited for a tour last fall. Unfortunately, I don't think they are actually writing or recording any new music together.

[cuppe.livejournal.com]

Had no idea Tom Waits was touring and am insanely jealous! Hope you guys have a great time :)

[explodingcat.livejournal.com]

It seemed pretty under the radar. I think the shows were only announced maybe one or two weeks ago, a lot of tickets went on sale today, and the shows start the 1st of August. And he's only playing about dozen or less places, almost none of which are big cities.

I found out through a Tom Waits live journal community. It's full of the kinds of people who slobber over Waits news and probably have been checking for his concert info on a daily basis since the internet was invented.

[stmaybe.livejournal.com]

oh, i'm terribly jealous! i was even planning to spend a night in asheville august 2nd, on the way home from visiting family in nashville (till i gave up & decided to fly). how'd i miss that one?

you & krasota have a great time in ashville. check out the laughing seed for lunch or dinner (mmm... tasty!). or there's a small diner just a couple doors down from the laughing seed that i can't remember the name of that we really wish we'd tried.

note to self: must make friends with magic elves!

(forgive me, i'm brain fogged today & can't seem to post properly)

[explodingcat.livejournal.com]

Laughing Seed looks promising! So few restaurants serve food with whole grains. If we can get them to make something without soy for Krasota we'll probably try there for lunch before we head home the day after the show.