— Musings —06.18.2010 06:44 AM
I can die now
Last night, after a SFH get-together, we saw Mudhoney at Michael Hollett’s (hey, Michael!) NXNE in Dundas Square.
And then, at 10 p.m….X!
I’ve waited thirty years to see these guys; when I was a teenager, I reckoned they were the coolest outfit on the planet. Having seen them, I can now die, a contended man [wild cheers go up, country-wide – Ed.]. X was as tight and fast and as passionate as ever – they were amazing. The only disappointment: they didn’t play ‘Blue Spark.’ To get Friday started right, here they are, many years back, playing on Letterman (and featuring a hilarious exchange between Dave and Billy Zoom):
I rather liked ‘4th of July’ when it came out, even tho’ it was alt-country (which I didn’t like at the time, and which John Doe has ended up doing FT, aging gracefully, I suppose: even released one w. The Sadies last year), since I was going thru a break-up of my own in SoCal at the time.
Was Exene at the show? Is she still touring with them despite her being diagnosed with MS?
She was there – but I didn’t know about the MS. I hope she does well.
She certainly was in fine form last night.
Mudhoney’s drummer is awesome.
Saw them at FouFoune in Mtl oh… a very long time ago just before Nervana hit big. That was defiantly one great night. I had never heard of them and a friend called me saying you have to go. I bought Joe a few drinks for that one.
As a teenager though it was a toss up between Agent Orange and Social D.