Travis Puckett and the Incorrigible Enthusiasm

As summer gives way to fall in the deliciously beautiful pac NW, a great outdoor concert is just the way to feed your soul. Enter My Morning Jacket. We had a week of cooler temps and gray skies that parted on Saturday, the day of the show. It was a perfect setting [...]

Well, better than ok, as a matter of fact. I think a lot of the reason I liked the show so much is because of my familiarity with their library of music. Seeing them live shined a light on Will Sheff that I couldn’t see when listening to the albums. He really [...]

To finish things off, Al and I took in a nice leisurely set of Les Savy Fav. Lead singer Tim Harrington led the audience through Spoken Word, Poetry excerpts, and Moody Blues covers. It looked to be an enlightening show, until the music really started. As with any LSF show, the main [...]

As I hinted in the last post, Built to Spill is a personal favorite.  After snoozing through the Britt Daniel set, I got nice and close for a first hand sampling of Doug Martsch brilliance.  What amazes me about this band is that they play at such a decibel that would normally sound just fuzzy [...]

Wonder Ballroom. I
wonder why you have giant
wooden erection
Britt Daniel. I wish
you could perform your stuff with
a band…wait…spoon

Untitled from Travis Puckett on Vimeo.
Built To Spill. I wish
you could retire from tour, and
be my live-in band

BTS from Travis Puckett on Vimeo.
haikus aside, if
I were Bill Gates, I would buy
Built to spill…for real.

The day belonged to Hip Hop, so as you can surmise…it was a good day.
Cool Kids got things off on a nice foot with some fresh beats and a b-boy style that works really well with the opposing styles of their respective emcees: Mikey Rocks and Chuck Inglish. Like any good hip [...]