Slogdance 4 — Music
Finding a wi-fi hot spot is not always as easy as you would imagine here. My ISP is through Comcast, and so there’s no dial-up that I can use, and my condo isn’t wired. Anyway, I spent yesterday seeing a bunch of movies (which I’ll blog about in a bit), and ended the afternoon in the Music CafĂ© to catch a show by Rufus Wainwright.
That was more like it. This was my first time seeing him, and I found him to be a very funny performer who has written some sweet and sincere songs. Of course, at an official festival venue like this, the crowd isn’t always there for the show. Take, for example, the drunken, middle-aged former sorority sisters who kept taking pictures of themselves next to the bar. One actually heard a song or two, because she was overheard saying, “The whiny guy is really good, but his songs make me sad.” Of course, his songs made many other people happy, but this is proof positive that he can get through to anyone.
He finished his set with the Leonard Cohen song “Halleluiah.” Beautiful. And it’s a song that’s featured in the Leonard Cohen doc I’m Your Man, which I’ll write about eventually.
In fact, my grand plan is to write about the movies that I’ve seen. I swear I’ll get to that eventually. I swear.
-Andy Spletzer slogging from Sundance in Park City, Utah
Andy - there's a bunch of us down here in Park City from Seattle - in fact tomorrow there is a Seattle party - with music from Iron and Winde, Fruit Bats and Band of Horses, also at the Star Bar. And this afternoon there is a party with a bunch of music supervisors sub pop is doing at out condo - you are invited, come by. just email me back dmeinert@fuzedmusic.com and we'll hook you up.