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Aug 21, 2008 - 9:45pm
ScottFromWyoming wrote:
It is a nice place. Got a room off priceline for about $80 when the going rate was over $200. They looked at us like the Clampetts come to town. Don't want to go there if it's a rehab joint now tho. And a mile from town square sounds good if you're from a city, but in Jackson it's pretty much out of town.
Is that the place we stayed with Annie on that trip? It's now a rehab? WTF? I guess the rehab biz pays better.
Sort of a teaser but not really because I think it's the best photo of the Son Volt set: Guitarist Chris Masterson of Son Volt. reposted to get it on top of the spam.
It is a nice place. Got a room off priceline for about $80 when the going rate was over $200. They looked at us like the Clampetts come to town. Don't want to go there if it's a rehab joint now tho. And a mile from town square sounds good if you're from a city, but in Jackson it's pretty much out of town.
Another reason to come visit the labs. Last summer we were on the dock about 10:30 pm. We saw a disturbance in the water. 14 river otters were wending their way down the shoreline, and each one climbed up on the floating part of the dock, humped its way to the end, and dove into the water again.
Another reason to come visit the labs. Last summer we were on the dock about 10:30 pm. We saw a disturbance in the water. 14 river otters were wending their way down the shoreline, and each one climbed up on the floating part of the dock, humped its way to the end, and dove into the water again.
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Aug 21, 2008 - 4:29pm
ScottFromWyoming wrote:
I forgot to say that I did see a cow and calf moose just a few miles north of Moose
As I came up to them, a guy got out of his car to take a photo. They started walking away, so he crossed the road toward them. They moved a little faster, and the last I saw of them, he was literally RUNNING at them as they loped off into the willows. I sincerely hope the cow turned and stomped a hole in him.
Not just stupid, but also highly illegal to chase them like that. With a calf. Oh, how stupid.
I've never seen a river otter.
The woman who told her kids to stop plopping rocks was the same one who, moments earlier, had told her kids to plop some rocks in the water down by the hole to see if the otter would come out.
We've got a whole family of them at the river house in Damascus. Well.. not in the house, but in the river. There's a high rock bluff across from where the river runs by the house. We sit there in the evening and watch for them to come over the little island right in the middle. They come out about dusk... pretty elusive though. I've only seen them a handful of times, but mom says she's been watching them all summer.
The first time we saw them, appy and I were sitting by the river around sunset... and what looked like an enormous animal slipped down the bluff towards the river... Instant thought was "a bear!" Turned out to be about 8 otters moving together as a group. Couldn't tell what they were until they started sliding into the water one by one and then start doing flips and stuff. That was cool.
We saw a river otter after we went on our own way. And a chipmunky thing. And six free-range feral children at the ferry landing.
One amateur naturalist woman knew that the river otter was a beaver. She told her children that as they plopped rocks into the river to get it to come back out of its hole. And after she told them to stop throwing rocks, they kept plopping rocks into the river by the hole. Needless to say, the otter did not make itself seen again.
I forgot to say that I did see a cow and calf moose just a few miles north of Moose
As I came up to them, a guy got out of his car to take a photo. They started walking away, so he crossed the road toward them. They moved a little faster, and the last I saw of them, he was literally RUNNING at them as they loped off into the willows. I sincerely hope the cow turned and stomped a hole in him.
Not just stupid, but also highly illegal to chase them like that. With a calf. Oh, how stupid.
Kaup had his camera up, ready to take a photo during Wilco, and a guy came over and told him to quit it: "No videos." We found out later that the guy'd been told to do that by a Wilco flack.
I decided to try out the video function on the camera I was borrowing (Justine has ours in California). Not sure what's up with the colors, but I like it! Audio leaves a lot to be desired, I probably should have covered the mic or something but hey. Only one broken string in this song, not quite up to par there.
Is it full of hiccups? Or is it just here? I may have to re-upload it tonite, sorry.
GAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!
This is AWESOME!
don't arrest me
and nice reviews down there too I think this thread should morph into the Avett Appreciation thread. We need to lobby for more Avetts on RP.
August 17, after the Music Festival had officially ended, Robert Randolph and Ben Harper wound up at the Mangy Moose Saloon, in Teton Village where they were probably staying (and where the festival was). The band started playing "Use Me," the Bill Withers classic, and Ben was cajoled into joining them onstage by that guy on the left in the last photo... Ben's drummer, Oliver Charles. The guy in the Innocent Criminals jacket down front is Jason Yates, Ben's keyboard guy. I think Oliver also requested the song... After Ben sang a few lines, Robert Randolph got up and sang the next few, then grabbed a spare guitar. Ben soon got off stage and Robert continued for a few minutes as the band and he messed around. It sounded great but that band was pretty sharp to begin with! Kaupmees and I had stopped in the night before and the band was into its hokey comedy songs so we left pretty quick, but once they got back to being a cover band they were really good and pulled out a few non-standards.
I should add that I talked to both of them, Robert before this little stunt and Ben after. Some people were getting their pictures taken with them but for some reason I didn't bother. But let me just say they reinforce my theory that Nice Guys DO Finish First. At least in the music biz. Both were extremely gracious, happy to talk about the show and how welcomed they felt. Both of them were just really sweet and not rock starry at all.
So this one's nice enough. I have about 50 more that are variations on this shot... there isn't any showmanship whatsoever with this band——it's all about the music. Which. Was. Great.
I was surprised that Tweedy was as chatty as he was. The thing was much more like a casual get-together, totally relaxed and just nice to be there. Most concerts involving bands of this stature, you have to endure a good amount of abuse and sweaty armpits and people screaming stupid stuff. Not here. Honestly, I think if you'd been on the front line and said, "Save my spot," well you would have been able to get back there. So here are several thousand people, not sure how many, but I think most of us felt like we were in someone's house just hanging out. Jeff said it was the 49th state for the band. "What's the last one? You want to know what state we haven't been to? Hawaii."*pauses to consider that while people mutter surprise* "I know!" And then later he stops and says, "So Jackson Hole. What do you people call yourselves?"
Someone yells, "J-Holes!"
"J-Holes, really?" *laughs, walks back to his amp, stops, comes back to the microphone* "That disturbs me."
We got a lot of tortured artist imagery along about the time YHF came out. I think he's okay now. Validated, maybe? I dunno. But he's confident, not a showoff, just a professional musician making some very good records and he knows it. He did have some fun with the fact that he's a big-time rock star now, encouraging the crowd to do their part in a typical rock-show call and response. "You out-of-towners are gonna have to show these J-Holes how to do it." He introduced Jesus, Etc. as "A singalong," and sure enough, everyone there knew every word. I know it's hokey on a live record but when you're there it's pretty cool. It's an instant connection between you, the band, and everyone there. Maybe it's no big deal if the song's "Mamma weere all crazee now" but if it's as wonderful a song as Jesus Etc. well it's a nice moment.
So this concludes day 1, tomorrow I'll get to the rest of day 2.
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