And didn't sing out at the top of my lungs or anything. Actually, I was kinda surprised that it was such a nondescript corner.
See, it was the day for making gratuitous Eddie From Ohio references, being the Fifth of July and all. So I spent the day wandering the city. I went by Book-Off, and got lunch at Oh!Raku sushi, formerly Genki sushi, the kaiten place which is too damn expensive. Went around Rockefeller Plaza; failed to get anything; was properly scared by the Build-a-Bear place.
So I went down to Noho/Soho and wandered there for a while. I went to the corner of Bleecker and Broadway and... er, well, I forget most of the lyrics right this second, and all I did was get an ice cream cone from the Mister Softee parked on the corner. It melted in approximately 1.57 minutes, ending in the cone exploding in my hands as I got to the bottom of it. I walked around the area for a while, though. The Scholastic Store is really cool and has all of this cool Harry Potter stuff, and they're also having a big HP party next week, of course. I got chai in a random streetcorner cafe (not a Starbucks! a place at Broadway and Spring) and sat around for a while, then walked more. I walked through NYU, but it really doesn't feel like a campus, which bugs me. Washington Sq. Park with the chess players is neat though.
Came back up here after that to pack, stopping by Times Square to pick up theater tickets. Then Nick and I headed down to see Avenue Q, stopping at a deli on the way for dinner -- and daaaamn was that a good sandwich.
Anyway, Avenue Q was fantastic. There's so much that doesn't come out just from listening to the soundtrack, but I'd feel sort of like I'm giving away spoilers if I really talked about a lot of it, so I won't (except for "Monsterssori School", hahahahaha). Suffice it to say, it was awesome, and Nick really laughed at it too, which is good. It was a lot of fun and I'm happy I got to see it.
Ack, I have to leave New York soon. That sucks.
See, it was the day for making gratuitous Eddie From Ohio references, being the Fifth of July and all. So I spent the day wandering the city. I went by Book-Off, and got lunch at Oh!Raku sushi, formerly Genki sushi, the kaiten place which is too damn expensive. Went around Rockefeller Plaza; failed to get anything; was properly scared by the Build-a-Bear place.
So I went down to Noho/Soho and wandered there for a while. I went to the corner of Bleecker and Broadway and... er, well, I forget most of the lyrics right this second, and all I did was get an ice cream cone from the Mister Softee parked on the corner. It melted in approximately 1.57 minutes, ending in the cone exploding in my hands as I got to the bottom of it. I walked around the area for a while, though. The Scholastic Store is really cool and has all of this cool Harry Potter stuff, and they're also having a big HP party next week, of course. I got chai in a random streetcorner cafe (not a Starbucks! a place at Broadway and Spring) and sat around for a while, then walked more. I walked through NYU, but it really doesn't feel like a campus, which bugs me. Washington Sq. Park with the chess players is neat though.
Came back up here after that to pack, stopping by Times Square to pick up theater tickets. Then Nick and I headed down to see Avenue Q, stopping at a deli on the way for dinner -- and daaaamn was that a good sandwich.
Anyway, Avenue Q was fantastic. There's so much that doesn't come out just from listening to the soundtrack, but I'd feel sort of like I'm giving away spoilers if I really talked about a lot of it, so I won't (except for "Monsterssori School", hahahahaha). Suffice it to say, it was awesome, and Nick really laughed at it too, which is good. It was a lot of fun and I'm happy I got to see it.
Ack, I have to leave New York soon. That sucks.
Eddie From Ohio From Virginia
May. 26th, 2005 02:51 pmLast night I went to see Eddie From Ohio at the Triple Door. What stymies me is that last time I was running late to the show and I got a great seat right up by the stage, but this time I was an hour early and I ended up sitting pretty far back. The only difference I can tell is that this time I was dead center in front of the stage but far back, and last time I was like 2 rows back but off to the side of the stage. I dunno.
Set List:
Big Noise
Stay
And The Rain Crashed Down
Clear and Present Danger
Hey Little Man
Fifty Pounds
Three Fine Daughters of Farmer Brown
Irish Dream
Santa Margherita
Lady Freedom
Adios, Lorena
No Pain, No Problem
Oh My Brother (with a new "I Believe" ending)
[Eddie's Drum Solo]
It's All Right
Operator
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Drive
Old Dominion
It's funny, they said they were specifically trying not to play anything they played last time they were here, and they pretty much didn't, except maybe like... 3 songs (And The Rain Crashed Down, Adios Lorena, and Old Dominion). I guess that's ok, but I was actually kinda hoping to hear Baltimore again, and more of the acapella stuff.
I think the entire show was worth it just for Mike's rendition of "No Pain, No Problem". I don't really like that song much as it's recorded on the album, but it's HILARIOUS live.
I think I've actually heard them play every song on This Is Me live now, between yesterday's concert and the one in December, which is pretty cool. It was also cool to hear them do so many older songs (specially Santa Margherita, and Big Noise).
Julie changed the words to Old Dominion to reflect the new sports situation in DC -- I actually recorded some of the concert with my digital camera but the sound is a lot worse than I thought, so I can't actually tell the exact rewording, but it sounded like "they're coming down from Pittsburgh, and bringing all their hats / And in the land near Washington they're rooting for the Nats."
It was also cool to hear Drive -- that's the new song they wrote for some PGA Golf reality TV show (no, I'm really not making that up, and neither are they apparently). It's a pretty fun song.
Because I already have all of their albums and the last two signed, I decided to bug out after the show instead of sticking around to talk to the band, since there was a huge crowd. I did get an EFO poster off the wall since the show was over, and then I took the bus back home, etc.
By the way, those of you that like EFO and are down in the Bay Area (like![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
sarahnade, or catamorphism I think), they are playing in Berkeley tomorrow (Friday) night! You should go see them. (see the details on efohio.com under tours)
Set List:
Big Noise
Stay
And The Rain Crashed Down
Clear and Present Danger
Hey Little Man
Fifty Pounds
Three Fine Daughters of Farmer Brown
Irish Dream
Santa Margherita
Lady Freedom
Adios, Lorena
No Pain, No Problem
Oh My Brother (with a new "I Believe" ending)
[Eddie's Drum Solo]
It's All Right
Operator
------------
Drive
Old Dominion
It's funny, they said they were specifically trying not to play anything they played last time they were here, and they pretty much didn't, except maybe like... 3 songs (And The Rain Crashed Down, Adios Lorena, and Old Dominion). I guess that's ok, but I was actually kinda hoping to hear Baltimore again, and more of the acapella stuff.
I think the entire show was worth it just for Mike's rendition of "No Pain, No Problem". I don't really like that song much as it's recorded on the album, but it's HILARIOUS live.
I think I've actually heard them play every song on This Is Me live now, between yesterday's concert and the one in December, which is pretty cool. It was also cool to hear them do so many older songs (specially Santa Margherita, and Big Noise).
Julie changed the words to Old Dominion to reflect the new sports situation in DC -- I actually recorded some of the concert with my digital camera but the sound is a lot worse than I thought, so I can't actually tell the exact rewording, but it sounded like "they're coming down from Pittsburgh, and bringing all their hats / And in the land near Washington they're rooting for the Nats."
It was also cool to hear Drive -- that's the new song they wrote for some PGA Golf reality TV show (no, I'm really not making that up, and neither are they apparently). It's a pretty fun song.
Because I already have all of their albums and the last two signed, I decided to bug out after the show instead of sticking around to talk to the band, since there was a huge crowd. I did get an EFO poster off the wall since the show was over, and then I took the bus back home, etc.
By the way, those of you that like EFO and are down in the Bay Area (like
sarahnade, or catamorphism I think), they are playing in Berkeley tomorrow (Friday) night! You should go see them. (see the details on efohio.com under tours)