Awesome…. one of my videos from the recent symphony show is the “featured video” on brandis myspace page 
Thats so cool to me… I’m always happy to see artists that support youtube. They see it for what it is, free publicity! I come from a long past of taping shows and being obsessed with archiving the moment. Video is the best of both worlds, and I’m happy to see it has such a large platform now. Its all about sharing the music….
After what has seemed like a lifetime, Brandi has finally played at home again…..
The show was billed as “Late Morning Lullaby”, and took place at a small club here in Seattle. The Tractor Tavern is actually the first place I saw Brandi…. My best friend and I attended a Tegan & Sara show, and her and Tim were the opening act. Jeez….this was…..5 years ago?? maybe even longer. I think pretty much every friend I ever made was in the house that night (which aint too many). Seriously….old bosses, friends family, storm buddies… it was almost like having a birthday party (which is soon).
Despite the heat, the show was a BLAST. Seeing her on that stage again was surreal…. and it was so GOOD to see her again, after such a long absence. I would have preferred to hear more new songs… but I aint complaining. One of the highlights of the night was watching Fighting Machinists be the opening act (Tim and Phils early band), and seeing Brandi jump up and down on the side of the stage like a squealing 16 yr old
Brandi came out after the show, and I got a chance to thank her for doing this show. Its seriously awesome that she can play these huge places in Seattle, but still comes back to these small clubs and does a show just for the fans. She was excited to play there as we were…..
I didnt really get that many good photos (it was very low light and red). Here is a vid of one of the new songs.
I’m working on a redesign for the site (which will hopefully be launched at SOME point!)…. so I’m focusing on that, rather than trying to keep up with updating this site as well.
Its been a very long time since I’ve been able to draw something, just for fun. So here’s the latest creation…. this is from Brandis “turpentine” video. I think it came out pretty well with the image full size, but she looks like she was in a fight (or stoned) when its shrunk small. So much for using it as a avatar!
Anyway, this was done in Flash… my preferred way of working with vector art. This is hand done with a graphic tablet (cuz I suck at the pen tool).
Wow….where has time gone???
Since Brandi wasn’t playing in the US for a loooong time, I instead focused on:
My gf found a picture of a Lego, that looked like a dyke (and ironically like her). It was wearing this awful purple flowered shirt that NO dyke would wear…so I switched it out for her, and added some glasses.
hmm… my gf never looked hotter.
This is defintally one of the BEST Brandi shows I have ever seen. I can’t remember the last time I have seen a show, that had me surprised and delighted from beginning to end.
Usually we only have one, or two new songs to chew on….. but this time, we had FIVE! It was pretty much a rock show the whole time, breaking only for a short acoustic set (one song being sung acapella), and for Brandis piano debut.
A Fine Frenzy was the opener…. although I’m not crazy about some of the songwriting (I own the album), I still enjoyed it. The singer seems like a sweet girl… and the drummer was awesome. I spent alot of time watching him, trying to figure out where all the extra beats were coming from (apparently they all came from his feet…. but to me it looked like he was “faking it”)
Their song, “Almost Lover” is incredible.
My trip was a good time. I ran into a woman that I met in Portland earlier this year. She was seeing Brandi for the first time, drove out to a show just because she loved “the story” (song). It was a acoustic gig, and she sat next to me in this little tiny theatre (mississippi studios) . When Brandi started playing “the story”, I looked over to see her headbanging to the chorus. LOL.. I loved it…
And nope, it didnt rain
