tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211583.post6438436714353096225..comments2024-02-10T08:13:07.736+00:00Comments on Round-The-World Barstool Blues: Day of celebration, day of mourningFrooghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211583.post-67684197068451614192010-09-18T02:48:00.689+00:002010-09-18T02:48:00.689+00:00I missed both the final two shows, at Jiangjinjiu ...I missed both the final two shows, at <b>Jiangjinjiu</b> on this day, and at <b>VA Bar</b> the following week.<br /><br />As I'd feared, they were both uncomfortably crowded for such small venues - I heard a lot of complaints that it was impossible to see anything unless you were lucky enough to have got yourself a spot right down the front (I arrived at <b>Jiangjinjiu</b> just as they were finishing their 1st set, and hung around outside for the beginning of their 2nd, but it was by that point <i>impossible</i> to get inside). It was also pretty difficult to <i>hear</i>, especially at <b>VA</b>, where I gather they had some serious issues with the sound system.<br /><br /><i><b>The Redbucks</b></i> have become rather too popular for their own good this year - building a huge following (of, mostly, raucous young Americans) that makes it difficult for them to play any of the smaller venues. When they first started gigging together regularly, they did a Monday night residency at <b>Jiangjinjiu</b> for a month or two, around this time last year; I discovered them rather by accident early in the run, and went back almost every week. They always drew a reasonable crowd of their friends, but the place never got heaved out; those were some great shows. The last time I was able to enjoy them in such an intimate setting was when they played an unadvertised show at the newly opened <b>Zui Yuefang</b> in April this year.<br /><br />So, farewell then, lovely Daisy. I hope I'll have the chance to see you perform again one day.Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211583.post-23454837314236088512010-09-06T07:34:21.211+00:002010-09-06T07:34:21.211+00:00Doing a quick Google search on Daisy at the weeken...Doing a quick Google search on Daisy at the weekend, I was, I confess, somewhat gratified to discover that my <a href="http://froogville.blogspot.com/2010/07/my-fantasy-girlfriend-daisy-sweetgrass.html" rel="nofollow"><i>'Fantasy Girlfriend'</i> post</a> on her is currently showing up <i><b>third</b></i> in the returns - ahead of <b>BeijingDaze</b> Badr's <a href="http://beijingdaze.com/tunes/2009/09/30/interview-daisy-sweetgrass/" rel="nofollow">Daisy-idolater post</a> and all but two pages of <a href="http://www.daisysweetgrass.com" rel="nofollow">her own website</a>.Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.com