vivace, did you get to catch prizzy prizzy please that night? i think the summer camp comment was made by me -joedanapcow
Here’s the answer:
Prizzy Prizzy Please at Juanita’s. This is a band from Bloomington, Indiana. Their myspace page describes them as rock, punk and R&B. I’d add in dance crazy and just a tad of classical tossed in. I was out in the patio area when I heard a saxophone. Ah, I do love bands that expand beyond the normal instruments. I headed in. Prizzy Prizzy Please is a four piece band: bass, keys, saxophone and drums. It didn’t take long for others to come inside and start dancing. People were enjoying themselves immensely. Here’s the highlight about this band: the drummer. He must have springs in his stool, because throughout the set he’d jump up from his stool, going sky high. As gravity brought him back to his stool, he’d slam his sticks on his drums. Jump high, slam away, sink low, bounce on his stool. It was awesome. I could see a couple people to the side, cheering every time he skied it. Another note regarding their music: this band has the best transitions. By transition, I mean for example, transitioning from minor to major chords or transitions from a classical introduction via the saxophone to an all out punk sound and ending it with a dance sound. These transitions would all occur within one song, not each separate song switching sounds on us. It was awesome cool and the crowd demanded an encore.
This band called Pu$$y Cow also played. You may have read about this band in other blogs I've written. They’re the band with hats. What was most noticeable about the night: Hey, what was up with the four song lists taped all over the stage as well as two remaining Spider Problem song lists still taped up? And actually, considering how Shayne moves around the stage how could a couple song lists from them still grace the stage area. And unlike at Blue Star where Joe Dana didn’t spill his 40 ouncer, at Juanita’s within a song or two he knocked over not just one, but two beer bottles. The band did come close to disaster. Unseen by the band, some of their sound equipment was about to topple over. Luckily someone in the audience pointed it out and the sound equipment was saved from a crash.
454’s. Like with Prizzy Prizzy Please, this was the first time I saw this band. They’re energetic to the core. They have a Mexican Ranchera-punk combo sound. I’m no car expert so when I typed up 454 on yahoo, I was surprised to learn that 454 is a type of GM engine. Stand up bass, a couple guitars and a drummer. Their set was split into thirds. They went with the punk sound for the first third and then switched over to some Mexican Ranchera songs for the middle third and then added with some punk sounds again. They had a core fan base there. And, I believe, a mother of a band member showed up for the night. She was standing on a chair. If true, very cool.
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