hi emily, and thanks for the welcome. yep, i was minorly obsessed with 10,000 maniacs back in the day, which carried through to natalie merchant's solo career. so, in 1995 or 1996, when i saw that natalie was touring and another of my favorite bands was OPENING, i was so psyched!
but to answer your question, i discovered the innocence mission through an excellent pittsburgh radio station, wyep, 91.3 fm. they're an independent, public station that plays a good mix of "somewhat-known" and unknown stuff, including sun-60, the beautiful south, and - of course - the innocence mission (if you don't know either of those two other bands, do yourself a favor and check them out - sun-60's "only" and the beautiful south's "blue is the colour" are among my favorite discs ever). back to the point...i'm pretty sure that the first song i'd heard on wyep was "and hiding away," which means that it may not have been until 1991. anyhoo, i thought "wow...i'm really digging this song." some time later, i stumbled across their self-titled cd at our local library, so i rented it, eventually bought it and every other i.m. cd, and i've been hooked ever since. how's that for a long-winded answer to a really simple question? :) jason --- Emily Druchunas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Jason! Welcome! I see you have Natalie Merchant > to thank too! How did > you hear about The Innocence Mission back in 1990? > Just curious! ~Emily > > >From: "Jason K." >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [im] > introduction/pittsburgh concert review >Date: Wed, 1 > Oct 2003 09:09:29 > -0700 (PDT) > >new guy here - glad to see an active > list discussing >this > incredible band. i've been a big i.m. fan since > >around 1990, but i've > only seen them twice in >concert...not nearly enough > times! > >posted > this on a few i.m. yahoo groups that are barely > >alive, so i thought i'd > share with this group the >rough set list as well as > a few observations > on the >i.m.'s latest concert in pittsburgh. (my > wife and i >attended, > and we were lucky enough to somehow score >seats > during the opening act's > set...despite the >appearance of no seats being > available! opening act, > >by the way, was called the last town chorus.) > > >take care, > >jason > > > >***** > >just saw the innocence mission on saturday > at club >cafe live > in pittsburgh, and the show was AMAZING! >this was > the second time i've > seen them in concert >(the first was as an opening > act for natalie > merchant >back in '95 or '96), and now i remember > why i needed >to see > them again - definitely one of the best >concerts > i've ever attended. > > >what really struck me is karen's "live" voice - it > is >literally clear > as a bell; strong or subtle, depending >on the need > at the moment; and > just a wonder to hear. >beautiful... > >don's guitar > work is just > awesome, and mike's >bass/background vocals are the > perfect final > element. > >the set was a nice mix of new and older > - following is >a > rough set list. this isn't in order, and i'm > >relatively sure that i got > every song (but forgive me >if i didn't): > > >Tomorrow On The Runway >I > Never Knew You From The Sun >Beautiful Change >One > For Sorrow, Two For > Joy >Sweep Down Early >Today >Where Does The Time > Go? >The Lakes Of > Canada >You Are The Light >I Haven't Seen This Day > Before >Going Away > >Keeping Awake >Bright As Yellow >Brave > >i was > hoping for "when mac was > swimming" - one of my >favorites from "befriended." > but i was just happy > to >hear that some "glow" and "birds" songs made the > cut! > >the setting > was very intimate - i was probably 20 feet >away > from the band, and the > maximum distance was maybe >120 feet. karen's stage > presence exuded > kindness, >humility, and great happiness - a lot of > smiling and > >occasional "shy" banter. kind of like the anti-pop > >star, which i love! > i only wish that the band could >have played longer! > (they played about > an hour, >including one encore - i'm hoping that i > didn't miss a >second > encore, as we left when the house lights came >up > and the club's stereo > started playing.) > >my recommendation? if it's at > all possible for you > to >see the innocence mission live, DO IT. it seems > like >the opportunity > is getting more and more rare, so now >that they're > doing a mini-tour > (and i do mean mini), >you really don't want to miss > them. > >take care, > > >jason > > > > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________ >Do > you Yahoo!? >The New Yahoo! 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