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I decided it was a fine day for bicycling, so I took a two and a half hour casual bike ride into uptown in Minneapolis (it's about thirteen miles to the Barbette Cafe from where I live). When I got to the Walker Art Museum, it was all uphills and I quietly cursed to myself as I'm huffing and puffing up the hill.
As soon as I got to the Bastille Day Block Party, Eyedea & Abilities (myspace) was already on stage, but I did not really watch the show since I was too busy trying to get drinks and food. I wasn't that familiar with his music, but it seems everyone near the stage knew all the lyrics and they were singing along. So he certainly has his fans.
This was my second year attending this block party, so as expected, Foxy Tann (official ♥ myspace) MC'ed the event. I thought I heard Mary Lucia was there, but she probably left well before I got there.
Red Pens (myspace) was the next band up after Eyedea. It was definitely an older crowd. This was my fourth time seeing the duo live, and Howard and Laura didn't disappoint. Highlight from the show was their first song they wrote, I think it was called "Limitations", and I thought "Children and Their Kids" were excellent live.
Inbetween bands setting up their equipments, you were entertained by hip-hop dancers called B-Girl Be (official). They had a limited area as well as limited time to do their dancing. I'll bet that they probably are at their best when all three are dancing together, playing off each other's moves, but unfortunately the floor was only big enough for one at a time.
I read coming in that Mayda was a very small Korean woman. They weren't wrong. But despite her small frame, she certainly was a bit of a firecracker. She's definitely an entertainer, with her moves and outfits (which I suspect were made for children). My favorite clothing item from her was her gun hoister, which held her giant aviation sunglasses.
Highlight from their set was "Sylvia", which kind of reminds me of Prince, for some reason. I was really impressed overall, but I wasn't the only one. The audience was also really into it and demanded an encore. I've never seen bands given an encore, as these things are so very time-sensitive. Foxy came on to explain that city actually had put a noise ordinance in place, so they had to un-amped the bands by 8 O'Clock.
I was originally going to leave earlier to avoid biking in the dark (which incidentally gets dark at 9:30pm here), but I was glad and happy to have caught the entire Mayda set.
As soon as I got to the Bastille Day Block Party, Eyedea & Abilities (myspace) was already on stage, but I did not really watch the show since I was too busy trying to get drinks and food. I wasn't that familiar with his music, but it seems everyone near the stage knew all the lyrics and they were singing along. So he certainly has his fans.
This was my second year attending this block party, so as expected, Foxy Tann (official ♥ myspace) MC'ed the event. I thought I heard Mary Lucia was there, but she probably left well before I got there.
♥ Red Pens |
Inbetween bands setting up their equipments, you were entertained by hip-hop dancers called B-Girl Be (official). They had a limited area as well as limited time to do their dancing. I'll bet that they probably are at their best when all three are dancing together, playing off each other's moves, but unfortunately the floor was only big enough for one at a time.
I read coming in that Mayda was a very small Korean woman. They weren't wrong. But despite her small frame, she certainly was a bit of a firecracker. She's definitely an entertainer, with her moves and outfits (which I suspect were made for children). My favorite clothing item from her was her gun hoister, which held her giant aviation sunglasses.
Highlight from their set was "Sylvia", which kind of reminds me of Prince, for some reason. I was really impressed overall, but I wasn't the only one. The audience was also really into it and demanded an encore. I've never seen bands given an encore, as these things are so very time-sensitive. Foxy came on to explain that city actually had put a noise ordinance in place, so they had to un-amped the bands by 8 O'Clock.
I was originally going to leave earlier to avoid biking in the dark (which incidentally gets dark at 9:30pm here), but I was glad and happy to have caught the entire Mayda set.
♥ Mayda |
♥ B-Girl Be |
07/19/2010 21:30:00 ♥ vu (
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