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Blundering through Cincinnati, laughing all the way


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Midpoint Music Fest 2014 Must-see: Gardens & Villa

Oh, hey, ET reference. At first I thought the diamond was meant to symbolize the innocence of childhood, but then there’s a spaceship at the end of the video. But then the spaceship turned up at the end of the video, so that seems to shoot down that idea. Maybe That’s a retelling of ET only with The Outsiders replacing the scientists in the original movie. Also this ET was considerably less animated.

I’m not sure how I felt about that video. I do know that I really like their casual 80’s feel. Anyone could dance like Molly Ringwald to this. I will be shuffling vacantly to this on Saturday September 27 at Midpoint Music Festival.


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Midpoint Music Fest 2014 Must-see: Lost In The Trees

There’s a French horn player who doubles on accordion. There’s a cello players. What’s not to like? Few things ensure that I will enjoy a band’s live performance, like the presence of many interesting instruments. I like watching people play instruments. The more novel the instrument the more I enjoy watching.

Lost In The Trees did a Tiny Desk Concert with NPR. The textures that they weave, even in that acoustic set, range from soothing to intense all in the space of a few seconds. Is there such a genre as Folk/Radiohead? Lost In The Trees could find a home there. They play on Thursday September 25th at The Know Theater for Midpoint Music Festival.