tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6499771778569209667.post1326006744197891938..comments2024-03-26T22:48:55.424-07:00Comments on Flying Totems: !Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06590397694589547524noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6499771778569209667.post-26517751118024099462016-04-15T22:39:45.091-07:002016-04-15T22:39:45.091-07:00Gogol Bordello seems like a really good band to se...Gogol Bordello seems like a really good band to see in an intimate setting. Hutz is obviously, as David Byrne would put it, "a real livewire." It's the kind of energy that's best used directly engaging with the crowd.<br /><br />Those kinds of body mods seem to be big with the generation that came after mine. Stipe's not that, but it probably is part of the reason he did it.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06590397694589547524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6499771778569209667.post-46134284424028034282016-04-05T19:55:42.990-07:002016-04-05T19:55:42.990-07:00It sounds as though the two concerts (either or bo...It sounds as though the two concerts (either or both) were the places to be if one happened to be slumming the weekend in NYC. What a cast. You're right that Eugene Hutz performing 'Breaking Glass' would have been a high point. We got to see Gogol Bordello in a smallish club in Portland and they were great.<br /><br />I'll second your non-opinion about Michael Stipe's septum. You just have to hope he doesn't suffer from allergies.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.com