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Subject: Re: ANYONE TAPE SOUL COUGHING AT THE CRADLE LAST NITE?

danie016 wrote:
> It was a good show. Lots of that audience-rapport stuff the kids love so
> much. Oh, and it started early-ish so us 9-to-5 stiffs could make it.

I enjoyed Soul Coughing more than I expected, probably because I didn't 
expect to enjoy them. Ditto on the audience-rapport stuff; it was 
interesting to see the frontguy (who struck me as annoying at first) get 
into his role of frontguy as the show went on. And I hadn't realized how 
interesting the race stuff was; they're obviously a watered-down white-funk 
band, but they seemed to be poking fun at themselves, too. Gotta love Nation 
of Islam references coming from 4 white boys, especially when they mix them 
with Black Sabbath quotes. More than once, though, I found myself wishing 
they could make their funk more smooth and organic, you know, like hiphop 
for real.

> Opening band was good too- Jeremy Enigk (sp?).

Yech. Yech yech yech. Struck me as pretentious, very egotistical stuff; all 
about him and none about us. The cheapo Oasis beatlesisms were horrible, and 
the way the crowd piously bowed their heads to his earnest solo pluckings 
made me gag.

todd minus five for unnecessary flute and violin too morman

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