August 30 - Living Room Concert #2 Northampton, MA (Shelly and Tony's)
BRIAN: Short Review of Tony and Shelly Westcott's Dinner Party featuring School for the Dead as Entertainment: Food: ***** Presentation: ***** Company: ***** Entertainment: ***** I can say no more. I thouroughly enjoyed myself from start to finish. Shelly is above and beyond Martha Stuart. And way cooler. KEN: dag, brian, why do you have to use so many expletives?? if you didn't like shelly & tony's party, at least use some calm, printable words. no, i agree with brian's critical assessment: five stars all over the place! shelly made excellent food, labelled it excellently, and seemed utterly relaxed while wowing all assembled -- it's obviously second nature to her. before the guests arrived, shelly took olivia the skittish ken-phobic cat and set her on my lap. and olivia stayed! that was one high point. also: the japanese (or was that the chinese?) beer came in a cool grooved-bottle. sort of like the grooves on a record! and i got to see sarah shoe and scully, which is a too-rare occurrence in my life. tony had an upset stomach when i arrived, and while i totally know that feeling and could sympathize, i still couldn't help scarfing down the ginger-coated pecans that shelly had conveniently placed in serving bowls all over the house. L.B. agreed, they were dangerously yummy and addictive. there were whole bunches of people there. most of whom i did not know. most of whom watched us play, and seemed to enjoy the music. i thought we played well, but so far it's been hard for me to think of these house thingies as concerts, which are related to the shows we play on a stage at a club. they're more like odd events that we happen to have our instruments at, and at one point we pick them up and play them. i'm not at all complaining, it just takes some getting used to. but i remember that after the first verse in "one lady dancing" -- when there's a random-length pause -- we all came back in at exactly the same time! that was cool. and i enjoyed playing the "three's company" theme...i think brian started in on the drums as i was petering out, too bad i couldn't remember more of it. MAX: TONY: HENNING:	1000 Times Soup Of The Moment Wichita Gripe One Lady Martha uncomfy V-66 Sitcom Screendoor The New You