everybody loves live music

i went to a concert last night at a small local venue called cafe montmartre. the local opening act was mike droho formerly of a madison band called the profits. he was enjoyable and while i liked the profits, i always wanted him to be a solo act, so i was very pleased to hear him perform solo. the other front man of the profits, john paul roney, always rubbed me the wrong way. i saw matt in the audience before the show started and was extremely pleased to find that he was the opening act. i love that madison has so many talented local artists.

the headliner of the show was joshua radin, but i bought tickets to the show to see his tour mate schuyler fisk. she is lovely and has a beautiful voice. he has music featured on grey's anatomy and the last kiss soundtrack, so as you may guess they are chill, acoustic acts. and when they sing together it's quite wonderful. i gladly purchased schuyler's ep and a tour poster. the temperature outside was -7 feels like -22, and it didn't feel much warmer inside, but that didn't stop them from playing a great show.

hopefully i will be able to upload a video and you can hear how great they sounded. here there are:

last night

we went to see pat mccurdy at the annex. it was soo cold, but luckily angie decided to not drink, so she drove us. i don't know about any of you, but one of my favorite things in life is when a crowd sings together. maybe it's just that i like singing, but when we sing at hockey/football games (build me up buttercup for example) or when a musician turns the mic over to the crowd, it's basically my favorite. pat does this a lot and i think it's one of the main reasons i enjoy him on occasion and of course his song repertoire doesn't hurt, including such masterpieces as chokin' the gopher and the ever popular 80s medley. the combination of beer, singing and dancing like fools along with many other people is just fun. i'm hoping angie had a good time too, i think she did. she had only seen pat at the terrace, but the annex is his home in madison. here is a little sample of pat that i think displays all the reasons i love going to his shows once in a while. but maybe you should have a couple beers before watching, lol.