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randy_byersYesterday the neighbor and I went to the Mural Amphitheater at the Seattle Center to catch a free outdoor show. We missed most of the opening band, Ms. Led. They sounded pretty good and had an interesting gender reversal of the old days when the one woman in the band was frequently the bassist (e.g., Talking Heads and latterday Gang of Four.) Ms. Led are three women with a male bassist.
The headliner, and the reason we went to the show, was Goodness, who have apparently reformed. Carrie Akre is pregnant and has put on a lot of weight since the Hammerbox days, but she can still belt out the tunes. Hope the fetus was wearing earplugs! I was never a huge Goodness fan -- not like I was of Hammerbox -- but they have some good songs and a friendly, relaxed, but still rocking attitude, and it was a real pleasure to hear Akre's great voice again. It was also a beautiful day to hang out on the lawn in the beer garden with a mixed crowd of aging hipsters and young families and tourists of all ages wandering over from the Space Needle. I don't get out to much live music anymore, and it was fun. It was a lark, by golly!
The headliner, and the reason we went to the show, was Goodness, who have apparently reformed. Carrie Akre is pregnant and has put on a lot of weight since the Hammerbox days, but she can still belt out the tunes. Hope the fetus was wearing earplugs! I was never a huge Goodness fan -- not like I was of Hammerbox -- but they have some good songs and a friendly, relaxed, but still rocking attitude, and it was a real pleasure to hear Akre's great voice again. It was also a beautiful day to hang out on the lawn in the beer garden with a mixed crowd of aging hipsters and young families and tourists of all ages wandering over from the Space Needle. I don't get out to much live music anymore, and it was fun. It was a lark, by golly!
