The Life of a Concert Critic
By Chase on May 17, 2005 in Quick Hits
In the past month, I have seen Cake, Gomez, and Robbers on High Street; Built to Spill, Mike Johnson, and Hockey Night; the Books; Rilo Kiley, Neva Dinova, and Tilly and the Wall; and Prefuse 73. I’m on a budget, so I bought only the t-shirts necessary to maintain street-credibility (Prefuse 73 was most necessary).
My review of the Virgin College Mega Tour (featuring Cake et. al.) went up on PopMatters today. Read it here.
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that’s very impressive, except that really, you don’t have to be a concert critic to see all those bands, you just have to live in Grinnell (minus rilo kiley). And just to be obnoxious I’ll say that I have seen two non grinnell shows in the past semester, although I skipped cake. And I’m just a girl, not a concert critic.
sarah | May 23, 2005 | Reply
but your cake review was good. very perceptive etcetera.
sarah | May 23, 2005 | Reply
Yeah, I’ve actually seen a decent number of non-Grinnell shows in the last semester. That was just the past month, and there were a few shows I wanted to see that I couldn’t get to because of school work (like Of Montreal and Tilly in Des Moines). I guess I’m not as glamorous as I think I am, and stuff.
Anonymous | May 23, 2005 | Reply
that’s all right. you’ve still got shit loads of hipster cred and all that. umm keep up the good work.
sarah | May 24, 2005 | Reply