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Tonight's Recommended Show: Everclear at the Crocodile
Submitted by imaginary liz on May 14, 2007.
Little known/believed fact: I dig the Everclear. There's nothing you can say to convince me that the album So Much For The Afterglow isn't a catchy, lyrically smart work of rock n roll.
Sure they've acheived glossy commercial success and lead singer Art Alexakis relies a bit to heavily on the trademark "Yeah" mid song against a backdrop of guitar silence followed by chunky hook (it's for emphasis man!), but Everclear's songs are catchy, fun, and one of the few commercial rock things I've listened to over and over on road trips. More than just cheeseball anthems (I admit there are a couple in the EC catalog), Everclear's songs can dig into the lost soul in each of us; their songs about being a deserted child ("Father of Mine") or the effects of drug abuse ("Heroin Girl"), have been known to bring a tear to my eye on several occasions.
The band lost me when they released the 2 part Songs from an American Movie schtick -- but if they pull out songs from So Much For The Afterglow or the preceeding album Sparkle and Fade at tonight's Croc show, Mr. Alexakis will have earned his frosted tips and I will be a happy camper.
Now it's your turn... spin the bottle and tell me your deep dark little known/believed fact.
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Diana said on May 14, 2007:
Wow that's cool that they're still around -- i still listen nto I Will Buy You A New Life. Art looks like my old guitar teacher in that picture.
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Elliot Akshun said on May 14, 2007:
Shhhh....don't tell any of my indie friends, but I cannot stand Radiohead, there I said it. Now the whole interwebs know!
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imaginary dana said on May 14, 2007:
I already revealed I like "Flagpole Sitta" last week and got flipped some serious shit for it. What more do you want?
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Danniel said on May 14, 2007:
Art is the only surviving member of the original Everclear lineup... Now he has some crappy backing band. I bet you didn't know they released an album last year... It was terrible.
For more Everclear fun, check out "The Oolahs"... Craig (the bassist)'s band.
P.s. I'm not a big Radiohead fan either.
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imaginary liz said on May 14, 2007:
Elliot -- I too dislike the Radiohead... it's amazing how many people don't believe me when I tell them.
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ElliotAkshun said on May 14, 2007:
Okay not as good as imaginary liz's but at least I laughed. First, people are in disbelief that you don't listen to them than they stop hanging out with you all together. Sometimes you come home to find out that your dog is missing, and one of your windows was smashed out with a brick that has a copy of Kid A tied to it and a note that reads:
"Listen or you will never see Charlie again!"
To this day I still wonder where Charlie is.
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charlie's new owner said on May 15, 2007:
for not liking radiohead.... he did. he tells me about it all the time. dogs are ruthless about when they feel they've been wronged. he didn't have the heart to just dump you, so he pulled the whole "brick through the window-- listen or charlie gets it" stunt so he didn't have to feel guilty.
i'm not making this up.
charlie's new owner,
weak eye thom
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Jeremy D. Downing said on May 17, 2007:
Danniel, you may not like Sam Hudson as a bassist, but I challenge you to deny that he's a pretty rad dad! Little known Jeremy Downing Everclear fact: one of my best friends is Mr. Hudson's daughter.
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imaginary char said on May 14, 2007:
I actually love Everclear as well. Little known igChar Everclear fact: Everclear was the first live show I ever attended. I was 15 years old. It was a free show at Alma College (a town in Michigan with a population of 9,500) My high school BFF turned me on to Everclear and I made my sister drive me to the free show.
It was awesome.