bright eyes and gillian welch

etch a sketch, originally uploaded by sarahjoie.

went to see bright eyes/gillian welch at town hall for their 5/29 show.
it was nice to see that conor appeared to be sober and the aesthetics of the set was awesome. they used a standard school projector to project different things up behind the band. the one in this photo is an etch-a-sketch.
wasn't a huge fan that he played so much of his new music, and so little of his old music, but it was awesome anyway.
Anne Drummond, a now-New York based jazz virtuoso from Seattle, who I have quite a few friends in common with, was in the band on flute, which was awesome. I also have 2-degree connections with the trumpet player/orchestration mastermind Nate Walcott.
Two people I see around the LES quite frequently, Miss Norah Jones and Mr. Richard Julian, played a few songs in the middle of Conor's set as the Little Willies.
When Richard came on stage I screamed, "Yeah Richard!" and Conor, perhaps, not remembering Richard's name, said, "Hi Richard!" My only kind-of conversation with Conor Oberst ever, haha.

Gillian Welch was awesome- her cover of "Jackson" was the highlight in my opinion.
Very glad I went, but just sad that Maria Taylor wasn't on drums- but those two girls on drums kicked butt anyway. Girls on drums is hot.
Not the same as Maria though.

p.s. conor, please get a hair cut!