Excitement brewing.
Can one actually brew excitement? I dunno. I imagine the fermentation process would ruin everything. Pontiac claims to build it, but that's altogether different.
Hey — The Pants!
What once felt like some bizarro fantasy is almost upon us. I've been chatting with band members, old friends and fans, and I think everyone is starting to get hot 'n' bothered.
Listening to all the old records has brought up a range of partially submerged emotions. Can't imagine what this process is like for the fellas in the group.
Above all, The Pants wrote great tunes and played them with class and conviction. Their stuff was often sophisticated, but it always rocked. It was smart, but never precocious. And what fine humor!
Buy your tickets. It'll be worth it.
PS: It's been brought to my attention that nearly a decade ago, some freelance reviewer at Seven Days wrote a shit review of The Pants' swansong, Eat Crow. This individual was obviously deranged.
I think I reviewed it for the Vermont Times!
who reviewed it for 7days?
I can't remember back that far anymore...
Posted by: colin | Friday, May 19, 2006 at 02:05 PM
You know, I spent about a half-hour going through the archives yesterday, and I found everything BUT that review. Stuff like Pamela's report on the CD release party, Toast closing, etc. Maybe someone stole it!
Posted by: casey | Friday, May 19, 2006 at 03:59 PM
Maybe you're looking in the wrong year...it was sometime in the summer, 1998.
Posted by: Jason | Saturday, May 20, 2006 at 03:56 PM
Those were most of the issues I looked thrrough. I probably just missed it by like, one issue or sumpthin.'
I'll look again if I ever manage to find more time...
Posted by: casey | Saturday, May 20, 2006 at 05:09 PM
If you find it, let me know... I might be able to use it in the "secret project."
Posted by: Bill Simmon | Sunday, May 21, 2006 at 11:27 PM
I would actually say more 1999... I believe the last gig we played was the closing of Toast/Eat Crow CD release, and I remember we consciously decided we WEREN'T going to play Prince's "1999". So there you go. Nice seeing you tonight, Casey.
Posted by: Neil | Monday, May 22, 2006 at 12:51 AM
So that would be NYE 1999... Which I guess that would mean it would be in 1998's paper after all. Whoops. Drunk, and wasn't thinking. Probably then too.
Posted by: Neil | Monday, May 22, 2006 at 12:53 AM
You guys sounded really great last night. It was amazing how well you all fell back into it.
Posted by: casey | Monday, May 22, 2006 at 08:11 AM
The CD release party for "Eat Crow" was in the Summer of 1998. The whole point of the show was that the first half was comprised of other Burlington bands playing their favorite Pants songs and then The Pants playing the last half of the show. Construction Joe played "Sometimes". Bag Of Panties did "Wounded" and "I Used To Be". The New Years Toast closing party was just The Pants.
Posted by: Jason | Wednesday, May 24, 2006 at 11:33 AM
Both were big; both were drunken. I have a hard time separating the two... And apparently, so does the band!
Posted by: casey | Wednesday, May 24, 2006 at 12:59 PM