Jose Gonzalez Live at The Yard in Brooklyn (09/29/08)

The Nick Drake acolyte played right next to The Incredibly Foul Gowanus Canal, where the fish all have eight eyes and get plenty of dead Mafiosi in their diet.

Truth be told, I bought my ticket because the Upright Citizens Brigade was the opening act. But I got to the show waaay too late to see them, as I'd spent most of the day forgetting all about it. Enjoyed Jose reasonably well, though I can't imagine myself intentionally going to a show by an artist of his stripe. Also, it was a New York magazine-sponsored gig, and with the price of admission we all (supposedly) get a year's subscription. I think it's a worthless rag every time I throw it down, but it's good to have for the ads and the listings, I guess.

Also, too, the complimentary vodka and beer flowed like wine. But luckily not like the Gowanus. That's the whole problem with the Gowanus. It doesn't flow at all.