Paul Belbusti at The Space

Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Catching up: Paul Belbusti at the Space 1/19/2006

I hadn't been to The Space in a while and when I got there, I remembered why; the ridiculous cover. It was $10 to see a bunch of people I don't care about. This is the same place they make you pay to play the open mic. The show was well attended, though. I guess because there were so many groups on the bill.
5 bands played that night. 2 rock acts, 2 folk acts and Paul. Of the folk acts, the first, Kailin Garrity, wrote her love songs with someone "from nashville" and was completely forgettable. Her family likes her, though. The second was Andria Mason and her band was falling apart. The guitar player was an old curmudgeon, but funny. They were breaking up because he wanted to play rocknroll. Her sound was decent, but the songs' subjects were standard neo-folk fare. I hope she writes some weirder stuff in the future. Fred Schafer was the first of the rock acts. The band is from Buffalo, but they've been touring the country. At some point, the leader claimed they were an alt-country band, but I couldn't tell. They just sounded like the generic radio-rock stuff that was around a couple of years ago. Last up was Jim Fusco. I didn't stick around because his MySpace page pisses me off.
Paul's performance was interesting. He did an experimental set with Bobo Lavorgna on upright bass and Chris Zollo on keyboards. The revised Tiger Fight was slow and unsteady, but in a good way. It was as if none of the instruments was comfortable with one another. The highlight of the evening for me was the version of Give Me a Grand Piano. On the album, it's guitar and vocals, but with the keyboards, it became something much greater. Tragically, Paul's guitar setup crapped out in the middle of Demons and Carpenters and he had to continue the remainder of the show with his acoustic. He saved the song well, though. The verse he did without any guitar was kind of haunting and, while the others played, he quickly set up the acoustic and they finished it up almost as if it was intended that way.

The space can be a fun place to take pictures; at least they have lights: http://www.flickr.com/photos/oldangelmidnight/sets/72057594052582247/

Bands' pages:
http://www.myspace.com/paulbelbusti
http://www.myspace.com/jimfusco
http://www.myspace.com/kailingarrity
http://www.myspace.com/fredshafer

dipshit

It is painfully obvious that you are jealous of Jim Fusco. Because, he is, "The next big thing in music"! If you don't believe him just check out the nearest Target, or Borders, or Walden Books, or VirginMega, or Tower Records, or Exxon-Mobil. Don't be a hater of genius. Especially of someone who is influenced by Starkey over that other guy they carried in the band. So excuse me now while I go put on the seminal "Ringo the 4th" album, and take a crap. DD Posted by dipshit on Wednesday, February 01, 2006 at 12:10 AM [Remove] [Reply to this]

	King David	Yeah, it's funny. He names all of the Beatles except for the only one who had a fucking soul. We gotta get that kid on the heroin. Posted by King David on Wednesday, February 01, 2006 at 10:59 AM [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Renaissance Man	"Last up was Jim Fusco. I didn't stick around because his MySpace page pisses me off." You should have stayed to throw stuff at him. Posted by Renaissance Man on Wednesday, February 01, 2006 at 1:24 AM [Remove] [Reply to this]

King David

I might've been tempted, but I was a-feared the mutant children and jesus-freaks in the audience would've castrated me. "One of us! One of us!" Posted by King David on Wednesday, February 01, 2006 at 11:01 AM

	Kailin Garrity
Date:	Feb 9, 2006 3:17 AM
Subject:	No Subject
Body:	wow I read what you said and that was really nice of you. Guess you didnt like the songs I wrote, they really mean a lot to me. Music means a lot to me and I cant believe someone would put me down like that but hey its the music business right? thanks

To:	Kailin Garrity
Date:	Feb 9, 2006 3:24 AM
Subject:	No Subject
Body:	by the way, if you want to write about people you should get your facts straight. The songs I wrote by myself....The last two, I played with people from the marshall tucker band and we wrote together. THANKS