Comments on: NxNE 2008 II

By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:46:01 +0000

Mike – there’s a Paypal buy link on their MySpace, left side.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:38:34 +0000

Where does one pick up the full length CD by Rural Alberta Advantage?

By: Annie Zaleski

Annie Zaleski — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:13:31 +0000

swervedriver also smoked in chicago. worth a trip up from st. louis!

By: luftwaffle

luftwaffle — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:21:47 +0000

wish i could go…

By: dB

dB — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:59:07 +0000

Yeah that’s a sweet Jazzmaster…no Pitchshifter delay though?

By: Bruce

Bruce — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:21:35 +0000

That was an evening worth savouring, even at the risk of suffocating (drowning?) in humidity. I can’t imagine a much more satisfying set from Swervedriver; while there may have been a few other songs I would have enjoyed hearing, none to any great degree more than what they hit us with. All the essentials were there and the rest were a gift.

After a few encounters with him, have to say that Adam Franklin has got to be one of the nicest, most genuinely humble and down-to-earth guys, and yes it’s hard to reconcile that with the sublime sonic assault he generates. So, no surprise that his stage manner is what it is. You’d never describe him as gregarious, meaning he’s no Jonathan Cummins…
…which leads to the admission that it wasn’t until I saw his name in your review that it clicked in that, hey, Jonathan Cummins, Doughboys! (One of my favourite 90s bands.) It all makes sense now, the style, the attitude, especially Travels in Nihilon. So thanks. Enigma solved.

By: Sasha

Sasha — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:10:12 +0000

Very nice guitar Frank, don’t blame you for hanging on to it. When I finally get my hands on a Jazzmaster, it’s going in my coffin with me! heh heh

Good pics of the rest of your equipment too.

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:08:56 +0000

Awesome, Frank. See my NXNE writeups (as much as I’ve done so far; with photos!) here:
Thursday—http://historyjen.blogspot….
Friday aft—http://historyjen.blogspot….
Friday eve—http://historyjen.blogspot….

Jen

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:13:53 +0000

I am *SO* gutted I missed Swervedriver… good cause (was doing the Relay for Life) – but MAN, sounds like it was everything I’d have hoped for.

*sigh*

Here’s hoping another go-round could still be in the cards…

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:55:13 +0000

its a Japanese one:

http://flickr.com/photos/ch…

I’ve done some work on it, replaced electronics, pickups etc, and it sounds and plays pretty damn well now. And no, even though I don’t play much anymore, I don’t think I could give it up. It’s just too pretty and sparkley.