Friday night Damien played with a band, which was the first time I had ever seen him this way. The two previous times I’ve seen him, he was solo. I have to say, it was a pretty awesome experience. The club was hot, but I was about five feet from the stage, so I sucked it up. Hearing Maraqopa live was quite an experience. He basically played (almost) the entire album, plus Let Us All In from the special edition 7” records. Let Us All In was the closer, and it got pretty rowdy. I loved it. I bought my roommate a ticket, and he really liked it, too. He’s never really heard Jurado before, and even though the heat was extremely unpleasant for him, he still liked the show.
They played this song on Friday night. It was pretty awesome to hear live.
Can’t wait for Friday! Also, I love that the ticket says Monday on it, hahahaha!
Haha! I never noticed that!
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Got my ticket for Friday night. I’m considering it my birthday present, even though my proper birthday isn’t until next week. After Friday, I will have see Damien Jurado three times in three different cities - Tucson, Los Angeles, and Nashville.
A lot of The Head and the Heart fans out there. Hopefully they will give DJ a listen, if they haven’t already.
greenland 3 (via caught in the trees)
“Greenland, I am with you; I once was, unwanted.”If there is anything more trite than quoting your own lyrics, it may be quoting your husband’s lyrics. But when Damien first explained this song to me, and that rare line of autobiography, I burst into tears. Years ago, on a flight home from Europe, he looked down upon desolate Greenland. It looked vacant, ignored, lonely. He imagined how much of the country had never even been seen, no one ever able to cross. At that moment it personified every discomfort, from a child’s isolation to an adult’s dissolution.
I promised him I would never let him feel that way ever again.
He still tips his hat to Greenland when we fly by. He still goes somewhere else when he sings ‘Shadow.’ But in our cozy little real life world, there are no front seats filled with strangers.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Was going through my “Likes” and found this.
FYI
In case you’re wondering, the songs included on the Maraqopa 7 inches are -
BLUE
Wyoming Songbirds
Ghost of David (The Return)
Red
Clouds Beyond
Let Us All In
Yellow
Diamond Sea
Pentagrams
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