Just some pictures and a link to my
video of one of the very strongest songs of the night. Thanks to Erik Iversen (and his absent friend) for the ticket! (I hadn't thought I would get in, but I did). Hellos to Bruce, Sharon, Jay, and anyone else in the pictures, and thanks to Chris Crud for pouring me a couple waters -- I was kinda cornered at the bar, and he had access to pass them down. Tonight was the most intimate set I've seen Art do, with only one doofus in the crowd requesting "Hawaii." (
When will it end?). Setlist suggests more songs than were actually played -- it ended with a splendid "Faithlessly Yours."
After the show Art signed a few things for people... The cover for
What Fresh Hell Is This? is very glossy and doesn't take Sharpie ink well, so mostly he signed the inserts.
Besides Erik, photographers in the room included R.d. Cane (who didn't shoot that I saw, but maybe I missed something), Sharon Steele (who has taken the best photo of Art in the 21st century, which I'm sure you've seen -- it's the youngest and happiest-looking Art you can imagine, but it was just a couple of years ago. And that's Alex Waterhouse Hayward at the table just past Sharon...
Aidan (whom Art also called by another, additional name, but I didn't take note) is a great backup vocalist for Art and has a very compelling stage presence. And Don Binns was happy about my new
Ani Kyd Wolf interview in Montecristo (he gets namechecked). I don't think I've seen him play live before!
Very enjoyable night, some very potent moments (also including "
Free the Sky," which Ani
shot a video for, and which Art dedicated to the children of Gaza). If you missed out on the show note that Neptoon, Red Cat, and doubtlessly other stores (Audiopile, Zulu, etc) had plenty of copies of the album! ("Contract" is not only one of the best songs of the set -- it's one of the best songs on the album!).
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