Comments on: The Kasey Chambers thread LP had to have

By: danny

danny — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:49:43 +0000

The Good China reminded me of The Bedridden, and for that I am grateful, they might never have softened my synapses again. Who’d have thought you could get away with naming a public space Club Foote hey.

By: jo

jo — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:48:42 +0000

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=IiPRN63sfPE

Thank you QLD.

By: jane

jane — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:45:08 +0000

My daughter likes her, I don’t. She has that horrible whiny country singer voice and the American accent gets up my nose as well. She’s a pr*ck relation to my kids; my husband’s sister-in-law is her cousin. Small world, ain’t it?

By: Fine

Fine — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:40:45 +0000

The Grace Emily is a wonderful pub. Last time I was in Adders, I saw ‘The Handsome Family’ there. Excellent stuff.

By: FDB

FDB — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:50:04 +0000

Yeah, we was shocked! shocked I tells ya!!! to find a very warm and enthusiastic crowd there back in March. We only knew a handful of mates we could bully into coming, but apparently it’s on of those places people just go to check out what’s on. Mind you, I could be idealising. We were expecting nothing, and pretty *ahem* warm and enthusiastic ourselves. Probably still our most fun gig anywhere – cool chaotically laid-out pub, rooms upstairs where they put the band up for free, 2 slabs of Coopers’ for a 6-person band, nice level pool table… no complaints at all!

Put Sydney to shame anyway – at the Something-or-other Cat in Balmain it’s pokies and thin, overdone steaks in a massive hall full of people who are there for the pokies and thin, overdone steaks. Then a teeny spartan room at the front for bands, shitty PA, one (1) schooner per muso, and get this… pay to play unless you bring x number of punters (they have to nominate who they’ve come for at the door). This place is known as one of the better venues to play at. For shame, Sydney.

By: Pavlov's Cat

Pavlov's Cat — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:36:11 +0000

FDB — got it. Heh.

The Grace Emily is hardcore Ancient Unrenovated Pub (or it was the last time I was there) but the crowd will be cool.

By: Chookie

Chookie — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:31:51 +0000

Ah, another reminder of the utter tedium of country music. I had also been wondering who it was butchering Cyndi Lauper in the shopping centres; thanks for letting me know. At least fellow crow-eater Sally-Anne Russell doesn't sing with an American accent!

By: David Rubie

David Rubie — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:30:29 +0000

FDB wrote:

Also.. a DUET??!? Cripes, that’s gutsy. Clashing timbres can work wonders though (cf Emmylou and Bob Dylan).

I know a good audiologist FDB, I suspect you might need your ears checked.

I can take Kasey in small doses, but she veers towards fingernails down a blackboard at the reach of her range for me. She’s on my top ten list of singers who may be theoretically capable of producing the brown note.

Having said that, it seems fairly clear that Kasey’s style veers towards that Emmylou sound she used with Gram Parsons. Whether that’s a good thing I don’t know.

By: FDB

FDB — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:53:10 +0000

Also.. a DUET??!? Cripes, that’s gutsy. Clashing timbres can work wonders though (cf Emmylou and Bob Dylan).

By: FDB

FDB — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:51:46 +0000

We’re coming to Adders next weekend for a Triffids tribute night at the Grace Emily, PC. If you wanna check out our non-originals.

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