This time it was Joe’s birthday, so we went out. Decibel Festival was going on, which is like a smaller-scale SXSW for electronic music. One hundred percent my thing, which is why I almost didn’t go to any of it… because I hate good times and fun.
Joe made reservations for the Ambient Showcase at the Triple Door, a classy dinner theater downtown. So it was my good friend’s birthday, celebrated a 10-minute walk from my place to the tune my favorite kind of music. I’d need to be missing a limb or major organ to have an excuse not to go.
Watching ambient music is kind of tricky. You can’t dance to it. It’s somewhat inappropriate to yell. In fact, you’re pretty much forced to shut up and listen. (Unless you’re me and Josh, who have to bleet like zombie sheep every now and then, just to keep things rolling.) So while I love ambient music, I don’t seek out shows because I assume it’s best enjoyed somewhere I can get comfortable, meaning not most music venues. So the dinner theater was perfect. And even though I hadn’t heard of any of those guys (meaning they’re not on Soma FM), I thought the show was incredible.