quadraphonic

sounds of the 70's


Back when i was a kid the word quadrophonic was the ultimate in cool, to have four speakers in your bedroom meant you knew your stuff. my friend spenser set it up only for his dad to bring him back down to earth with just how wrong it was unless you had the correct set up. I wont go into what that is but you can read all about it here on the forgotten sound of 70's
So this week i picked up these very cool micropod speakers from the conran store The speakers may make their way to the kitchen which is what they where intended for, but for now its the 70's and im quadraphonic! sorry brian i know its wrong...

100108

percussive sound of the volcano


Back to joe's pub last night to see carmen consoli. We decided to get tickets for both sets at 7:30 and then another at 9, and I'm glad we did as our seats for the 1st set where pretty bad, and saw most of the show through the back of a large head. As you can see from these pictures we had much better seats for the 2nd set!


I was a little apprehensive about seeing her without a band as acoustic sets can be rather dull, but she was electrifying! If you can be electrifying with an acoustic guitar? "Acoustifying" how she produces such energy - both vocal and physical, is amazing! Her second set was even more powerful than the first, and she did it all in 3" heels to. She played a couple of Sicilian songs that i had not heard before, one of them Cu ti lu dissi , was again "acoustifying!" i would have cried for sure if i hadnt had so much champagne...


Here she is playing maria cantena ( mary in chains ) at the delacorte theatre in central park last september, and here playing contessa miseria at the laguardia performing arts center in queens in march of this year.


I dont have any carmen vinyl - cd's are hard enough to find, so here's a nice poster from the show back in march, and you can watch and listen a lot more on this great site carmenconsoli
grazie!