IRC log of swhack on 2002-05-04

Timestamps are in UTC.

00:00:30 [AaronSw]
* AaronSw connects into ethernet
00:00:33 [AaronSw]
this is a little better
00:05:23 [oierw`]
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00:10:16 [AaronSw]
hm, tickets site hanging on SSL negotiation
00:10:28 [sbp]
* sbp waves
00:10:46 [AaronSw]
hi
00:11:53 [AaronSw]
ugh, it seems to be puffing up
00:13:11 [sbp]
your face? ugh
00:13:30 [AaronSw]
yeah.
00:13:33 [AaronSw]
aaargh. sold out!
00:13:40 [AaronSw]
so much for that plan
00:28:51 [Ash]
* Ash fwooshes home
00:29:06 [sbp]
heh, heh. c'ya Ash
00:33:29 [AaronSw]
kottke: 'Today's secret word is "Spider-Man". Everytime you hear the secret word, scream real loud. I hope I'm not screaming for my money back sometime tomorrow afternoon.'
00:35:57 [sbp]
aaaaaaaaaaaargh!
00:41:57 [AaronSw]
laters.
00:42:00 [AaronSw]
[EOW]
00:45:26 [sbp]
c'ya
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* Morbus sighs.
01:30:18 [sbp]
Morbus!
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01:32:31 [sbp]
what's up, Morb?
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01:42:53 [Ash]
hey rik
01:50:40 [sbp]
"plenty of places to hide things here if you wanna hide 'em bad enough..."
02:10:18 [sbp]
"and if you hear vague traces of skipping reels of rhyme..."
02:35:37 [sbp]
"you used to ride on a chrome horse with your diplomat.."
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swhack!
02:51:35 [sbp]
* sbp plays "I Am a Lonesome Hobo"
02:53:25 [sbp]
McCoy's basslines on JWH are interesting - he flips from repetitive low bass notes to melodies high up the neck with such frequency...
02:55:10 [sbp]
it just brings an extra dimension to the ballads that Dylan eked out
02:56:59 [sbp]
it's strange that the songs didn't go on for longer. perhaps he was unwilling to run too many of them for too long for fear of having to stretch out the rest into a double album? who knows
02:59:20 [sbp]
"The Wicked Messenger" is a great song. Poetry and a good riff - what more does a song need?
03:00:49 [sbp]
heh, and the last two songs are on such a different theme
03:01:05 [sbp]
I wonder if they were recorded at a different session (or sessions) to the rest?
03:01:21 [sbp]
they certainly make a good transition into Nashville Skyline...
03:01:42 [sbp]
.google "Down Along The Cove" "Nashville Skyline" session
03:01:45 [xena]
"Down Along The Cove" "Nashville Skyline" session: http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/d/dylanbob-john.html
03:02:13 [sbp]
oh, I've read that review before. it's pretty good, actually
03:04:14 [sbp]
godd stuff in this one too: http://www.classicrockpage.com/newslet/newsgrap/mar02/part2.htm
03:07:34 [sbp]
s/godd/good/
03:08:58 [sbp]
"Well I cried for you, now it's your turn to cry awhile"
03:09:19 [sbp]
* sbp is unbelievably excited...
03:09:42 [sbp]
and Saturdays are so quiet on Swhack :-)
03:12:08 [sbp]
"well the preacher's in the pulpit and the babies in the cribs..."
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03:14:25 [sbp]
* sbp plays Moonlight
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03:19:17 [sbp]
he didn't stay for very long :-)
03:20:16 [sbp]
Hmm... I didn't notice Morbus leaving
03:22:39 [sbp]
well, I'm gonna play guitar for a bit
03:22:42 [sbp]
Gotta run
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05:20:20 [walloper]
<lilo> Hi all. European rerouting in process.
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05:23:22 [walloper]
<lilo> Some incidental rerouting in process. If you're on one of the servers you'll be notified.
05:25:47 [walloper]
<lilo> That should do it for now. Thanks.
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05:28:11 [lilo]
[GlobalNotice] Hi all. The preceding announced routing has been completed. For minor routing announcements, non-critical comments and announcements of various types and detailed server admin information, please turn on WALLOPS via one of these commands: "/umode +w", "/mode yournick +w". Thanks.
05:36:18 [walloper]
<lilo> We added a new US hub, hardy, several days ago, and it's been very stable. I just moved a hub and a small leaf node over to it to see how it handles load.
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is anyone awake?
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13:02:18 [sbp]
* sbp waves
13:10:36 [lilo]
[GlobalNotice] Hi all. We're in the process of taking advantage of a new main hub. In a moment there will be a fairly massive split and rejoin. Please bear with us.
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13:14:31 [lilo]
[GlobalNotice] That should take care of the previously-announced rerouting to take advantage of our new main hub. Thanks much for your patience.
13:14:47 [walloper]
<lilo> Some proxy rechecking is in process.
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* sbp waves
17:06:23 [sbp]
Gotta run
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rowr
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22:15:13 [sbp]
* sbp returns from the Bob Dylan concert
22:15:14 [sbp]
phenomenal!
22:15:52 [sbp]
it was just incredible to hear the songs up live of course, but it was also very interesting to hear all the old classics done differently - sometimes with different lyrics
22:16:26 [sbp]
they all had such a great range, too, from Sugar Baby to Summer Days
22:16:49 [sbp]
the songs from Love and Theft were a lot closer to the recorded originals than the old ones, but they were all excellent
22:17:00 [sbp]
* sbp plays Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum
22:17:22 [sbp]
he played that, and it was a lot like the album version, but his handling of the lyrics was different
22:17:35 [sbp]
the phrasing, timing, and melodies were almost always surprising
22:18:33 [sbp]
heh, I kinda have to stop myself from describing the highlights of the concert, since I'd just describe every song in detail
22:19:16 [sbp]
the band were really good - Sexton was certainly more outgoing than Campbell, but they were both putting in good licks
22:19:42 [sbp]
Sexton's solo in Watchtower was actually incredible, especially since he had to live up to Hendrix's version
22:20:21 [sbp]
Bob did Watchtower as the second encore - and the whole band dug in deep for it
22:20:59 [sbp]
Tangled Up In Blue (great version) probably had the most mutated lyrics - he did the first half in the second person instead of the first
22:21:43 [sbp]
but actually, now I come to think about it, he was fairly faithful to the original lyrics. In fact, apart from a couple of verse cuts, it was basically spot on
22:22:23 [sbp]
Dylan came out in the white hat that he's been wearing recently, and all of the guys were suited up
22:23:04 [sbp]
the cheering and ovations were immense (of course - what else would you expect?), although I was worried that he wouldn't do an encore - he stayed off for so long. perhaps it seemed longer than it actually was
22:24:21 [sbp]
the lyrics take on such a new dimension when he's actually there singing them to you... It's Alright Ma in particular was just so different
22:24:38 [sbp]
* sbp plays Summer Days
22:24:41 [sbp]
heh, that rocked
22:24:53 [sbp]
those guys can *really* play
22:25:32 [sbp]
it's so strange to listen to it on the album when I've just heard him sing it in person...
22:25:57 [sbp]
I was trying to look out for some of the stuff that they were playing, although it was pretty difficult to get it
22:26:22 [sbp]
the reverse turnaround on Honest With Me was a great musical surprise
22:27:00 [sbp]
(they did the ascending/descending bit on Summer Days twice, as on the album)
22:27:25 [sbp]
quite a few more breaks in the songs than on the album versions; jamming along
22:27:41 [sbp]
"information you want? you can get it from the police"
22:29:39 [sbp]
lots of cheering for some of the well-known lyrics, like "you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows" in Subterranean Homesick Blues
22:30:42 [sbp]
I Shall Be Released (and some others) were good - the band did some excellent harmonies with Bob on the choruses
22:31:21 [sbp]
I think it was one of those set lists that they could have recorded and released
22:31:28 [sbp]
(perhaps they did record it)
22:32:44 [sbp]
heh, there was a great bit in Sugar Baby where the crowd cheered after a particular lyric (the obvious one - you can find it for yourselves), and Bob *answered* with the next line
22:35:38 [sbp]
it was a bit odd that there was no extra cheering aftr the punchline in Rainy Day Women nos. 12 & 35 (which he played as the last of the regular set)
22:37:00 [sbp]
wow, the set list is on the Web already!
22:37:37 [sbp]
and it's correct. excellent!
22:37:47 [sbp]
the concert was from 7:40 to 10:10 PM BST
22:43:27 [sbp]
all the harp bits from Bob were as the introduction
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22:52:23 [sbp]
excellent picture of them earlier this year: http://nora.embl-heidelberg.de/ivica/pics/Bob_Dylan_Frankfurt_2002/640/121-2156.jpg
22:53:18 [sbp]
they played in the same kinda places tonight - with Sexton on the left, Garnier at the back, Campbell at the right, Keltner at the back left, and Bob Dylan center stage
22:58:19 [sbp]
they had a stack of guitars...
22:58:57 [sbp]
Sexton was generally on a semi-acoustic, AFAICT, and Campbell got out a Tele at one point
22:59:16 [sbp]
Bob was either on the acoustic, or the sunburst Stratocaster
23:00:14 [sbp]
(they also played some other instruments - Sexton on the dobro and Campbell of the keyboard, for example)
23:00:25 [sbp]
s/of/on/
23:00:55 [sbp]
Sugar Baby... I still couldn't work out the tuning!
23:01:34 [sbp]
now I'm more inclined to think that at least Bob plays it in normal tuning
23:01:57 [sbp]
I noticed that they left out the harmonics during the choruses...
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23:02:23 [syn|ack]
morning folks
23:02:26 [sbp]
but they did the nice drone chord at the end - sounds like open C, or similar
23:02:32 [sbp]
Hi there syn
23:03:39 [sbp]
Cold Irons Bound had sharp chips of chords all the way through the verses, which came off really well
23:04:41 [sbp]
no sharp intros to any of the songs - for the regular set, they play a song, then the house lights would go down for about 15-30 seconds with some plinking from the instruments, and then they'd do another
23:05:02 [sbp]
they were quite relentless with the songs, which was brilliant
23:05:44 [rik]
syn|ack: don't mind sbp, he's in mid-monologue...
23:05:57 [sbp]
doing Sugar Baby and then Summer Days is an excellent transition...
23:05:58 [sbp]
heh, heh
23:06:03 [syn|ack]
hehe
23:06:29 [sbp]
I'd better not type too much - Aaron will tell me off :-)
23:06:46 [sbp]
heh, but I'll be talking about this for days to anyone within earshot now
23:08:55 [sbp]
Hmm... Dylan had this particular little lyrical melody that he liked to use through many of the songs - some low notes and then one high
23:09:05 [sbp]
s/melody/pattern/
23:09:42 [sbp]
some of the lyrics were indecipherable (apparently) if you didn't know them beforehand
23:09:58 [sbp]
although I felt that he voiced himself quite well
23:10:51 [sbp]
and he's not noted for been a great singer, and his voce does seem to have caved out during the 90's... but I like it, and he can still sing in-tune and movingly
23:11:20 [sbp]
sometimes with great emotion, in fact
23:12:41 [sbp]
Hmm... my best guess for Sugar Baby is indeed open C: CGCGCE
23:13:28 [sbp]
they were often playing at different positions on the fretboard from one another, of course, so it's difficult to tell exactly
23:16:23 [sbp]
* sbp plays Bringing It All Back Home
23:16:33 [sbp]
three songs from this one...
23:18:02 [sbp]
"don't follow leaders, and watch your parking meter"
23:18:31 [sbp]
no cards on stage, though :-)