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Author: breno
Date: 02-20-12 17:52
Van Dyke Parks is going to be playing at a small (250 capacity) venue in St. Louis in April. I have no clue what kind of show he's going to be doing there, whether it's just him and a piano or with a combo of any sort or what. Has anyone ever seen him live?
It's only $22 and is on a Friday night (very important to my increasingly old and stubbornly set-in-my-ways self), so I'm intrigued, but not sure if I'm intrigued enough to actually go. So if anyone has any info on what a Van Dyke Parks performance would be like, please holler.
Sharon Van Etten & War on Drugs are playing the same venue a week earlier, and I'll definitely be making it to that one, as I will to Zola Jesus this Thursday.
The venue is in an old nunnery, which turns out to be much cooler in theory than it is in practice. I saw the Joy Formidable there last year and it was just another performance space. I was expecting saints and stained glass windows and gargoyles to abound, but it felt more like a grade school gymnasium from the 70s than anything else.
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Author: Michael Toland
Date: 02-20-12 18:07
I'd probably go if he came here. I'm not a huge fan, but who knows when the opportunity might come along again? He's not big on touring.
Speaking of opportunity, I blew mine to see The War On Drugs a few months ago and have regretted it ever since. Let me know how that show is.
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Author: STEVE
Date: 02-20-12 22:00
i'd wash dishes to see van dyke parks. please forward me an employment application from the club where he is playing.
thanks brad.
Post Edited (02-20-12 22:29)
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Author: erikalbany
Date: 02-21-12 09:49
In the words of Bartleby, when it comes to going to see Van Dyke Parks, I would prefer not to.
Talk about an accidental celebrity. He can shove his columnated ruins domino (and the rest of his crappy poetry) where the sun don't shine.
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Author: MrFab
Date: 02-21-12 12:13
Hey Brad, this should give you an idea - check out a concert of his from 2010 here:
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2010/06/van-dyke-parks-wholesome-charm-at-primavera-sound-2010.html
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