KEXP BBQ Wrapup

Fun!
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• I missed the Cave Singers and the Blakes, damnit
• Pela rocked the fucking house
• Pela’s members are extremely nice guys, eager to talk to fans and autograph shit
• I bought their CD approximately 18 seconds after they finished their set
• John Richards is funny
• Blue Scholars sounded great. They’re a solid band any way you slice it.
• It was great to be outdoors, and the weather was plesant, if a touch damp
• Everyone was having a great time. It was a joy to be there.
• Supporting KEXP gives me the warm fuzzies
• Cloud Cult wrapped up the night. Perfect choice here.
• Cloud Cult was also very fucking good, thanks
• There were some artists doing live art as Cloud Cult played. Cool idea.
• I’m not on Happy Pills, it really was a great time

I admit the venue — Denny park or whatever (you don’t come to NWMB for facts do you?) — was very good, despite fond memories of the grittiness/rocknroll ethic of Rainier-beer-fueled BBQs of years past in the hot, uncomfortable KEXP parking lot.

Thanks to Sarah at KEXP for simply being a damn friendly person, and Brad at KEXP for getting me in gratis.