Common Rotation
Nov. 8th, 2009 12:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tardis_stowawayWhile looking at local newspaper's event listings in search of some excuse to get out of the house, I saw that Common Rotation was playing in SLO. Though I hadn't previously heard any of their music, I'd heard of this band, both because people have recommended their music to me and because one of the band members, Adam Busch, played Warren on BtVS. After hearing them, I am now quite smitten with their indie folk-pop harmonies. They put on an excellent show! There are several songs available on the website linked above, and many more live recordings, works in progress, etc archived at theunionmaid.com, including a live version of "Bitter Honey" with Amber Benson (Tara!) and Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls. (How much fun am I having discovering this? A lot!)
The concert was in an art gallery/coffee shop with only about two dozen people in the audience. Somewhat bizarrely, the audience consisted mostly of San Luis Obispo's two major demographic groups, college students and retirees, but with substantially more of the latter. I expect to see the old folks when I see concerts by people playing things like bluegrass, but I hadn't expected to see quite so many of them here. Is this these particular senior citizens' usual sort of music? Were they Buffy fans?
I was dealing with some cognitive dissonance from watching the guy who shot Tara playing harmonica and singing pretty harmonies. You can be 100% grounded in the reality that actors are not their parts, but it's still kind of odd to see a face you only know as a villain doing something so different and wholesome. I'm glad there were no robots (that I know of!), world domination attempts, or flayings during the concert. Hooray!
The concert was in an art gallery/coffee shop with only about two dozen people in the audience. Somewhat bizarrely, the audience consisted mostly of San Luis Obispo's two major demographic groups, college students and retirees, but with substantially more of the latter. I expect to see the old folks when I see concerts by people playing things like bluegrass, but I hadn't expected to see quite so many of them here. Is this these particular senior citizens' usual sort of music? Were they Buffy fans?
I was dealing with some cognitive dissonance from watching the guy who shot Tara playing harmonica and singing pretty harmonies. You can be 100% grounded in the reality that actors are not their parts, but it's still kind of odd to see a face you only know as a villain doing something so different and wholesome. I'm glad there were no robots (that I know of!), world domination attempts, or flayings during the concert. Hooray!
