Everybody wants to rule the world...

Thursdays night was a Lish-treat night. I bought myself a ticket to see The Bad Plus at The Ark because they're really awesome. I thought it'd be a nice reminder of home, since the drummer is from Minneapolis and is a member of a couple other groups in the area (i.e. Happy Apple, Halloween Alaska). Also, I will always think of my parents when I hear those guys because we experienced them the first time at the Montreal Jazz Fest a number of years back when they opened up for my absolute favorite sax player, Joshua Redman.

It really was a fabulous show, complete with a lot of tunes from their latest CD, Prog. I was a little upset that they didn't play "1980 World Champion," but they did a lot of other great ones, like "Giant,""Physical Cities," "Anthem for the Earnest," and lots of other phenomenal tunes I guess I should feel privileged though, since they played "1980 World Champion" for us back at The Dakota before their new CD was even out. So, I was there for the sneak preview of that earlier this year.

Anyway, I'm pretty awesome, so I will end this entry with two photos... One of me with The Bad Plus after the show, and the other is my signed CD.


Alicia, Dave, Ethan, Reid


The disc.