^^^^you can really tell how good Ellis\'s lights were in those. :thumbsup:
^^^^you can really tell how good Ellis\'s lights were in those. :thumbsup:
i wish i was in a straighter frame of mind to do them the justice they deserve but i was there as a fan first and the 1000th was def. an occasion to step back and celebrate. but i do love to take pics and no matter how messed up i am i can\'t bring myself not to take a few shots. the way these guys feel about there music i feel about my picture taking.
Always great to see the photos a few days after. Thanks for posting them!
(both Derick & Rocksuitcase)
Well, it\'s been a few days and now is the time to thank everyone involved with a another in a long line of splendiferous evenings.
The Breakfast is far-and-away one of my favorite bands of all-time and I\'m extremely fortunate to have grown up around them and their scene. If not for this bit of luck, who knows what music I\'d be listening to and with whom I\'d be sharing it? It\'s scary to think that since they\'ve improved so much since day one, that there is actually potential for more improvement. I don\'t know how you top some of the shows I\'ve seen, especially in the past year, but the new batch of songs are adding even more dimensions to a band that already has a ton of them.
It\'s also highly appropriate to thank everyone involved. Justin and Aruny put forth perhaps their finest work with the new poster. The stage set up looked quite cool and everyone who was there early deserves plenty of credit. I\'m sure the montage was well done even though I didn\'t see it. The newsletter timeline brought back a lot of memories. And no list of thanks would be complete without acknowledging Dave for .info, Ellis and Dobz for their technical prowess, and Gavin and Gencs for truly being jacks-of-all-trades.
As far as the show, Honey Butter started the rip-roaring mood that stayed throughout and was a perfect choice. Always glad to hear Lovely Rita, which I hadn\'t since that infamous night in Branford 10 months ago, and there was obviously some great jamming through Puppetry. Rita\'s spaciness led to a perfect segue to Psygn, which I thought had the best jam of that lot, and then to Puppetry, whose jam started very funky and non-Puppetry-ish before coming back home to the main theme, followed by the requisite recklessness. A damn fine first set.
I thought this particular Buquebus was great as always, but maybe a bit too quick to achieve epic status. Perhaps I\'m nit-picking, but after Providence set the bar for me two months ago, it\'s tough to not compare. Hands-down, my highlight of the show was The Late And The Great>Over Exposure. For one, TLATG is starting to catch my ear. For two, Over Exposure, in addition to being my new favorite, I felt had the tighest and most exciting jam of the night. I was completely transfixed. I was then completely stupefied by Fly Like An Eagle. My thinking is that there are numerous better songs out there that are way more challenging for a band and enticing to an audience than this psuedo-psychedelic loafer. And to place it at that particular point of this particular show, followed by the Barley finish, was just odd. I would have been fully satisifed had they ended with Over Exposure, but just like before, I\'m nit-picking, which is the only manner in which you can even consider criticizing such a dynamite show. It was another set of significant quality.
Tim smashing his guitar will live in infamy. Truly classic stuff. Surreal Radio was a great closer. We started with a rocking manner and ended that way. To finish with that says a lot about this show and the strength of the band\'s new tunes. Here they are playing a hyped and historic show in front of their hometown fans--most of which grew up with the old-school songs--and The Breakfast turns in a brilliant performance with just four originals that debuted before 2005. It speaks mass volumes about maturity, both in terms of compositional and jamming ability.
Overall, this was one of the better shows I\'ve ever seen the band play in my 119.
Ok, so the only other thing that needs to be discussed is late night, or in this case, early morning. What can I say? When you fall asleep at 9:45 a.m., you\'ve had yourself quite a time, little buckaroo. That\'s just the type of event it was at Toad\'s and beyond this past Saturday. Glad everyone was a part of it. I love all of you.
Chris Pitch
Glad everyone was a part of it. I love all of you.
:wipes tear from eye: I love you too man.....
I def agree with you on the Fly like an Eagle though, but exactly probably just nitting picking an otherwise amazing show
Glad everyone was a part of it. I love all of you.
:wipes tear from eye: I love you too man.....
I def agree with you on the Fly like an Eagle though, but exactly probably just nitting picking an otherwise amazing show
at the time i thought it was a bit of a sloppy intro into it but at that point of the night.......
hmmm... i thought flae was a decent choice considering that the thousandth show certainly represents time slipping slipping into the fuuuuture...
and i thought it had a nice funkiness to it. now, i wouldn\'t start requesting it at every show (or any other, really) but for this show, it made sense to me.
hmmm... i thought flae was a decent choice considering that the thousandth show certainly represents time slipping slipping into the fuuuuture...
and i thought it had a nice funkiness to it. now, i wouldn\'t start requesting it at every show (or any other, really) but for this show, it made sense to me.
oh don\'t get me wrong i like the song i just thought the intro was a little sloppy. i personally like Steve Miller and thought the song fit after i thought about it for a second or two.
I don\'t really like Steve Miller.
I do really like Derick\'s new avatar.
My Photos from the event
http://rocksuitcase.com/index.php?set_albumName=album01&option=com_gallery&Itemid=31&include=view_album.php
Some comments from the photo book:
-Tim still hasn\'t cut his hair?
-I think the Adrian pics are the first time I\'ve seen him onstage without a hat.
I agree with you on the Adrian with out a hat deal. Most of the time I have photgraphed them/him, he always has tghat hat on and of course sits behind a ton o drums and cymbals and it is HARD to get a clean shot of his face.
I think they wanted to be able to see his face on the video.
I have def. shot pics of him without a hat!!!!
when are your crazy pics gonna surface Todd??