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Sunday, April 04, 2004
HEY, GIRL...IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY
 Yes, it's true I have not posted in a while. But, as usual, I have an excuse. March Madness. It has been an amazing tourney on both the men's and women's sides, and I have been consumed by this.I have since recovered, and I am now able to take the time to post about the excellent Garrison Starr show that I attended on Saturday, March 27th. The show was at the NorthStar Bar, and disappointingly, not more than 30 people attended. On one hand, it's a rare treat to be able to (quite literally) sit directly in front of a musician whose music you have been listening to for the last 7 years and shout out requests, and have her play them. On the other hand, it's a terrible shame for her because she is such an amazing talent that is going unnoticed (at least here on the east coast). The great thing was that there were some real Garrison fans at the show because the requests being yelled out included some old G*Starr--songs from her first album, "Eighteen Over Me" which is now out of print. And, of course, G*Starr didn't disappoint. She sang all the requests and a majority of the new songs from her latest album, including the hidden track. One of the best things about going to see Garrison is the amount of conversation she brings to the stage. Going to a G*Starr show is like sitting through an episode of VH-1's "Storytellers." I love hearing about where a song came from, or what inspired a song, and Garrison is always good for a few stories--including the one about how she played an entire show with a wad of toilet paper stuck in her ass and didn't know it until afterward. In this case, three of my favorite songs from the new album were explained. "Hey, Girl," which might be my favorite song from "Airstreams & Satellites" is a song about Garrison's realization that she has a problem with anxiety. She said it was written on an airplane to Chicago on a gorgeous clear day of perfect weather, and the pilot told the passengers to "sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight." At that moment, she knew she had anxiety issues because she was worried about what the pilot wasn't telling them. So, on that flight, she wrote a song to herself, and it became "Hey, Girl." Another excellent song on the album is "Sing," which she described as her answer to the screwed up world we are all living in at the moment. She talked about how she can't make heads or tails of all that is going on currently, and because things are so out of whack, she started to ask herself what she could do to make a difference. The answer that she came up with is that she will do the only thing she can: sing. She will keep writing her songs and keep going out there and singing for people, and that's all she can do. I, for one, am glad. Perhaps the greatest moment was her introduction of her hidden track, "Inside Out," which is a story of a gay woman coming out to her mother. Garrison said that "it's not a song about sexuality. It's a song about how God loves everyone...and so, even YOU, President Bush--even though you are a racist bigoted prejudiced jerk who thinks God only loves rich white old men like you--yes, God even loves you." That is why I love her. Well, that and the fact that she ALWAYS chats with her crowd after the show. I love talking to her. And, she signs cd's, too. I bought 2--even though I already had it--and gave them to my firends. Please, people, go out and buy this woman's cd. It is soooo worth it. And spread the word about her. She is an amazing artist and deserves to make it HUGE. I shall leave you with yet another set of crappy camera phone pictures (because I forgot my real camera). Enjoy.  
¶ Ξ PDawg Composed at 11:16:00 PM |
