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June 28, 2006
Whip at Artistery/Dirty Projectors CDs, Movie, Photos and the sun
All you need to know is Whip. Whip with scratchy banjo and big sighs of pedal steel. Whip with two singers singing out heavenly and warm as fresh peach pie.
Whip, which is Jason from Timesbold and a buddy backing him up, gave us all some nice, spacious, quiet Americana. And not the hokey kind; this was old-feeling folk about new and relatable topics, all anchored by Jason's lyric writing which slays most all of the competition.
After walking an hour (it was what? 90 degrees out) to get to the Artistery, Whip's set was cooling, a nice chill down after a weird and brutal day. Their last song, which Jason introduced as being 30 seconds long but ran closer to a minute I'm thinking, was one of the best things I've ever heard them do--just a sparse, intelligent, sweet little ballad sung for his parents, who were in the audience. Go see them sometime. Whip. Not Jason's parents. Go see Whip.
Also, I'd like to send a message to whoever's selling his or her used Dirty Projectors CDs at Everyday Music. Why? Why, and how could you diss the still-cresting genius of Dave Longstreth for a couple bucks? Are you a junkie? Does your mom need an operation? I'm poor as anybody and sell CDs all the time too, but I would never do that to the Projectors. Just the same, thanks. I'm buying whatever you sell. Even if I already have the record. They make great stocking stuffers.
Is "stocking stuffers" a euphemism for sex? If it isn't, it should be.
A while back I ordered two copies of James Sumner's Getty Address film he created as Dirty Projectors videos. The combination of Dave and James' megabrains together is a crushingly beautiful and original thing. Did you see the screening Towne Lounge did back in... maybe March? If so, you know where I'm coming from. (Check out photos of it below.)
The heatwave is over, but the sun is out. I'm off to walk around in it for a while.
Posted by Adam Gnade at June 28, 2006 11:39 AM
Comments
I saw Whip last year at Berbati's and he was interesting and good then, too. In fact, I asked to buy his CD;Jason gave me his CD "atheist lovesongs to god" for a whiskey!! Two things, I have never bought any musician a drink in trade for their CD. Second, I swore if I ever had the chance I would tell millions of people to go see Whip. So after the fact, go see Whip someday if you haven't already.
Posted by: Roxanna at June 29, 2006 1:39 PM
When I first saw the I Will Truck video I just followed a "OMG CHECK THIS OUT!!!" link, and watched without even being able to tell what language it was. I figured it couldn't be english because the animation and music were so amazingly different from anything ever. Some of the videos are up at http://www.vsanna.com/
Posted by: Mason at June 29, 2006 2:06 PM
