Joel B

@joelbrandhorst.bsky.social

mostly rambling about music

We only made it like 5 songs into Modest Mouse. They sounded good, but it was just a constant crush of people pushing up into us. A college kid was dry heaving in my ear and we had enough. By the time we fought our way back to a place where we could breathe, the sound was shit and we called it.

Possibly not good that the entire stage and sound tent complex had a loud popping noise and lost all power a few minutes before Modest Mouse are supposed to play at this city food festival lol

There's a Steven Wilson remix of Suede's Coming Up on that deluxe reissue out today? I thought he only did that shit for like Gentle Giant and Jethro Tull records. I do love me some Coming Up, so I'll listen to that shit.

Tired: resenting Ella because she‘s successful and you’ve never heard of her Wired: resenting Ella because that song is inescapable Inspired: resenting Ella because of that credit card commercial where she talks about eating a steak that Paramount+ played a million times on soccer broadcasts

Impeccable timing by the grocery store‘s music system to toss on Eddie Rabbit’s “I Love A Rainy Night” while one of the strongest thunderstorms in recent history is pounding on the roof and windows

The new Uncle Acid rules imo It kinda sums up their entire career, it rocks, it’s catchy, it’s got a campy evil streak without being cheesy (*cough* Ghost B.C. *cough*) Good shit

Most of the way through the mutant synth pop Yoko Ono album from ‘82 that was reissued today, and I gotta say I’m feeling it. The lyrics directly address her wide open emotional wounds from John’s murder, set to music that is so beyond slick that it wraps around to the realm of the bizarre.

twas a great Built To Spill show tonight, great energy from the band and the audience, and Doug was really shooting off sparks in his soloing all night He must have been in a great mood for his birthday today, that was the most stage banter I’ve ever seen from him (about 5 or 6 sentences in total)