Quad Concert - Round Three: Somewhere In The Middle and Truman.

Hello Readers and Listeners!

FINALLY... The concert was out on the quad. It's almost been a week of real summer without rain. Attendance was up. Still haven't run into many of you who I KNOW read this blog {hint, hint}. People showed up with camp chairs, blankets, footballs, coolers, bikes and sweatshirts.

Somewhere In The Middle did a great cover of Gaga's "Bad Romance." Of course, minus the meat dresses and lingerie (at least that I could tell). They got a pretty good crowd dancing. They also announced that they're performing at the upcoming RiverFest on June 18.

By the time Truman took the stage, clouds came rolling in and the wind picked up. Poor guys, trying to play the keyboard and guitar with frozen fingers. They brought some excellent energy, read the crowd really well and played some good John Mayer covers. They come from Nashville. It came through, they played a little country next to their more popular stuff. Not as many dancers... except that guy in the blue shirt...   He was really into it.

Next week is the Orange Promo. It's going to be a bit more country with Brody and The Outlaws. Ryan Horne will be headlining.  Don't forget your canned food donations. Donation might not be the right word... you DO get a T-shirt or hammock, etc in return.

xo, Nanette

Quad Concert... Round Two

I'm sitting in the SUB again for another quad concert (rained out again). Now, I looked up both of the bands before I came so I'd know what to expect. I'd suggest it, so you know what you're getting yourself into. Though next week's opener is a great local band, Somewhere In The Middle. They've played all the bars and performed at RiverFest last year. Okay... I might be biased. My friend, Chris McElprang, is their bassist.

At the Student Activities table they had T-shirts and fun trinkets for purchase. T-shirts can be purchased  for 3 cans of food or a $5 donation to the food bank... just like last time. But apparently they're color coordinated to the promo material. Each event is a different color. Tonight's is yellow. So even if you've never heard of the band... if you think you'll look good in green, come to the green concert. Or The red, or the blue, or the purple... you get the idea. 

The opening act, Vestige Vindicated, is a local band from McCammon. Now, I'm not well-versed in acoustic emo-punk-esque bands, but I guess I'd could compare their sound to Strung Out's "Velvet Alley" on the Punk Goes Acoustic album. 

It was an interesting contrast with the main act JD Eichner. He played his own guitar, wrote some of his own music and did a GREAT cover of "Banana Pancakes" by Jack Johnson. It was a really chill, coffeehouse sort of vibe. It was disappointing that the audience was so much smaller than last time (I think they had 900 people here last time?)... JD was great. He was musical, personable with the audience and not to mention pretty attractive. From the rumor mill, I hear that Student Activities Board (SAB) is trying to bring him back (with the rest of his band this time) for another gig this fall. I hope they do. That's something I'd go to.

I made a new friend while at the concert, Phillip. He's on the Student Activity Board. I was glad on two accounts - A) it's always lovely to meet new people and B) It made me look busy when I ran into the ex AGAIN. I will give Mr. ex points for liking live music.

Next week is the blue week. Come grab a T-shirt, donate to the food bank, run into friends (or foes), listen to Somewhere In The Middle and Truman 

XO, Nanette