Violent Femmes On Colbert Tonight

[JSngry]

the drummer is playing a Weber kettle with brushes, nothing else, so, what's the point of that, going for the hipster backyard demographic? "kettle drums"? Any endorsement better than none?  I don't get it other than as that wink-wink irony thing, and really, gotta do better than that these days.

Truthfully, a Big Green Egg would have maybe made me stay for the ong.

[robertoart]

The bass player lives in Tasmania and has his own Art slash Music festival. They are still just an old hipster backyard Pop band to me. They were precursors of a certain kind of rural downtown aesthetic I suppose. However the bass player is a very accomplished player of a Japanese instrument these days...maybe a Shakahatchi?? something like that anyway....

[JSngry]

Just wasn't sure why this needed to be a stand in for any kind of instrument, not particularly. The "why not?" period has not completely passed me by, but that's a starting point now, not an ending point.

Although "the guys on the Weber forum" are enjoying it!

http://tvwbb.com/showthread.php?64054-Weber-kettle-played-like-a-drum-by-Violent-Femmes-on-Late-Show-with-Stephen-Colbert

 

[robertoart]

It's probably the bass players barbecue that he bought over with him from Tasmania. Or 'barby' as we say in Oz. Tasmania has become a haven for what I refer to as 'excess Academics'. They were probably having a barby in Tassie and jammin without a drum kit close to hand. I bet that's where they got the idea.

Edited February 24, 2016 by robertoart