Last night I saw the band 3 Song Circus at The Point in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. The band is made up of Andy Stochansky, Erin McKeown and Jian Ghomeshi (from Moxy Früvous). They played almost all “new” songs, which they are trying to get used to playing so they can record them on their own future albums. First of all, Andy was very weird. I’m not sure if he’s like that all the time, or if it was just because he was drunk.
At one point in the show, Erin left the stage, so he and Jian told a story about when they were in Brooklyn taking ecstasy. Andy, after taking the drug, was not prone to its “feel-good” effects, and was not impressed with watching everyone else at the party “hug each other.” (Jian commented something like, “If you think that we were hugging, that’s where the problem is in the first place.”) So he departed to a room somewhere. Jian later found him in the room, naked in the fetal position, writing “lyrics” down. Andy explained that he had the unrepressable urge to write down lyrics in Ukrainian. Upon inspecting the lyrics, Jian came to the conclusion that they were not in fact written in Ukrainian, they were just chicken-scratch.
Well, the concert was lots of fun, and the performers might have been a little tipsy, but they were having a good time. For their encore, they played With Or Without You, by U2, with their own interpretations. In the end, I’m looking forward to Jian’s new solo album. I may go out and get Erin’s albums. I’m not so sure about Andy. Again, maybe he was just drunk.
Nah, I think Andy Stochansky is that weird all the time. I saw him open for Fruvous in Pittsburgh last year. While it was musically interesting, he did seem slightly more bizarre than the rest of his band.
Those wacky Canadians. 😉
Here’s something I forgot to mention. Erin makes funny faces while she is playing and singing.
I want to hear this U2 cover….:)
hi
I love andy stochansky – hes not weird just alittle different. You would have to be to be ani difrancos drummer for seven years. I didnt get a chance to seee the circus but i have seen he play with ani 2 times and solo 2 times and he is an amazing drummer. I think he is very new to the song writing and preforming on his own scene. So its not so easy, but he is improving and I think the concept of the 3 circus was a great idea. I hope they continue to make great music and if anyone has and video or audio from that concert email me mabye we could trade
nato