"hopeless friend", posted by nedward

Presley is in nyc for a "conference":http://www.flickr.com/photos/presley/tags/aacrao/, but that didn't stop me from leaving the house last night. I caught "Graham Coxon":http://grahamcoxon.co.uk, former guitarist for a little britpop outfit called "Blur":http://blur.co.uk. I love Graham's new album, "Happiness in Magazines":http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00070Q88G/002-0615116-7890441?v=glance, and was delighted to find out that he also puts on a hell of a show, for such a shy guy. His vocals especially were quite strong, though he freaked out and stopped in the middle of a song because the lighting guy put a spot on him... My first _Blur_ show was in March of '97, in the "Middle East":http://mideastclub.com _Downstairs_, when I was a freshmen (yikes) in college. Rivers Cuomo was hanging out at the bar, Damon soaked me with water from his many bottles, and Graham mostly sulked in the corner, strumming veraciously. That was the best concert I have ever seen. Seeing Graham kind of makes me wish he was still in Blur, and they were still playing little clubs... Some old posts about Blur and related projects: * "Blur live in 2003":http://www.jnied.com/dev/nedward.org/v4/archives/001598.php * "Blur are Selling Cars Again":http://www.jnied.com/dev/nedward.org/v4/archives/000694.php * "Review of Think Tank":http://www.jnied.com/dev/nedward.org/v4/archives/000897.php * "Gorillaz live":http://www.jnied.com/dev/nedward.org/v4/archives/000736.php * "Flickr Photos of Graham":http://www.flickr.com/photos/nedward/sets/196027/