Last night
Got to see The Prids, Brett Netson and Built to Spill at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland. I’d seen The Prids play with BTS in the same venue back in 2003, and the bands continue their streak of playing shows together while I’m in town.
The Prids were awesome as always, but had to play kind of a quick set being first. Their set was almost entirely music from the new album, which I’m really excited to finally hear (I haven’t heard it since it’s been mastered). Highlights of BTS included playing a Halo Benders song with Calvin Johnson up on the big video wall (which otherwise played a slideshow of art by Mike Scheer, an awesome artist who did the art for the new BTS album and the last two Prids albums), Center of the Universe, and the big long live version of Broken Chairs for an encore.
After the show, Doug Martsch gathered everyone in the dressing rooms and invited us all back upstairs to the ballroom (which reeked of chlorine) to watch the video for “Conventional Wisdom.” I tried to find it on youtube with no luck. It’s got this middle aged man who is also a knight who teaches the members of Built to Spill the ways of knighthood. It’s pretty funny.
Instead of that clip, which I cannot find, here is already some live footage from last night’s show. Built to Spill, performing “Center of the Universe.”