Parker MolloyDec 18, 2022

I went to a great concert last night. Andrew Bird does these annual "Gezelligheid" concerts here in Chicago every December (minus the past couple years bc COVID).

He is such a wonderfully talented man. If you're not familiar with his music, check it out. I used to work for his manager back in 2008-2010ish. Great to see his continued success.

Show threadMatt Diersen
@parkermolloy One of the only “cool thing I knew about before others,” was when the other incarnation of Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire (Kevin O’Donnell’s Quality Six) played the office holiday party where I was interning in Chicago in 1999.
He was “locally famous,” at the time, but I was a fan and pretty starstruck. He’s been at it a long time, and I’m getting pretty old…
Dec 18, 2022 at 1:30amWeb
Show threadParker MolloyDec 18, 2022
@diersen oh man! That is awesome. He mentioned during the show last night that he was busy working on a jazz album, so it might be a bit of a return to the Bowl of Fire-style sound.
Show threadMatt DiersenDec 18, 2022
@parkermolloy I wonder, I feel like each album since the Swimming Hour has been a step further away from those early jazz beginnings. “Jazz album,” feels just as likely to be his homage to Sun Ra or something at this point. I wouldn’t mind a little of that early sound though.