Brendon Small rode in my car
This past Saturday, the [adult swim] presents tour came through KU’s Kansas Union Ballroom. Being as I’m all hooked up and such, I got to interview Metalocalypse / Home Movies creator and Dethklok frontman Brendon Small for KJHK’s news program, As Heard From the Hill. It was amazing. Amazingly short, too - I only had half an hour to do the thing, and that included getting him from the Union to the station with a football stadium full of people in between them.
However, I think it turned out damn well, and my producer, Annie, made it sound like it ought to be on NPR. Take a listen and see what you think.
It certainly sounded better than the concert itself. It was the band performing, dimly lit, in front of a screen showing all sorts of Metalocalypse clips, and while a thrill and a fucking half to experience, it could have been better. The vocals were almost lost in the mix, the guitars were far too loud, and the bass was heart-stoppingly painful. It was also in a ballroom, so sound was bouncing around the less than acoustically perfect room. Fun as hell, and the crowd was 100% into it, but not the best sounding performance I’ve ever been to.
Wow! I am so impressed. I do love Brendon Small - I’m very jealous.
I feel we have very similar blogs. I had the venture bros. T-Shirt banner up on mine until the season ended, I’ve blogged about Metalocalypse, although my metal blogs are usually more negative than anything…
Anyway… maybe we should be internet friends.