That makes me so, so, so happy to hear that Erik is able to play with the band.

I concur!!!

nice review, but u mean *loath*, not "loathe".

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/grammar/index.php?title=title_5&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

Funframe, you are right! And I'm the one who changed it to add the "e" -- bad imaginary editor! Fixing now.

The Best set of Bumbershoot, hands down.
Who knew sweet sweet indie-pop could make a jaded girl like me tear up?!
The Lashes are back and they sounded better than ever!

*passes hankie to abbey*

This was an inspiring show.

That is awesome that Erik can play with them again. It really gives them a "leg up" on the competition. I saw Erik before the show and told him to "break a leg". I heard the Lashes had voted and elected Erik to be the chairman of the band. That's awesome. Erik's performance was so great, I couldn't believe his modesty when he didn't stand up and take a bow. What a guy. Erik really knows how to rock n roll, especially the roll part. The Lashes are so great, they remind me of another great band: Timmay and The Lords of the Underworld. Aaaaah so much fun.

They're super fun live. And during the interludes, DAMN that Erik can SHRED.

A POX ON THE HOUSE OF INDIESUCKS!! It takes some seriously shriveled nuts to mock the dude that can NO LONGER WALK. You're begging for some karmic payback, darling.

Ben, on the other hand, is fair game!!! When did Jay Leno join the Lashes?

Jimmy Legs -- SHIT YEA, and OMG! Yer funny.

IndieSucks -- so nice to see your name on our blog again! But seriously dude. It's find to be a hater on a band... but making fun of someone post life-altering injury? Not. Okay. I'd way rather hear about all the other bands who played Bumbershoot that you didn't like, and maybe the one or two that you did.

I actually like The Lashes. I wasn't trying to hate. It's called sarcasm, and it's what you do when you like people. The reaction to what I wrote was so predictable. It proves indie scenesters do not have a sense of humor. If Erik read this and was offended then I truly feel sorry for him as life changing injuries are much easier to take, for life, when you have a sense of humor about them.

No, no, no! Dude is funny!! Let him rip! I'm glad I was told about this thread!!!

Terrible puns are all a part of the healing process. Those aren't even close to the worst ones I've heard. In fact, if he's willing, I'd take him on quip for quip, joke for joke, and we'll just see if I can I can muster up the sarcasm.

BTW, could you define indie for me please? Does this mean that you hate all music that isn't put out by some sort of label? Or do you think that ALL independence sucks, i.e. independent countries, single people, independent skateboards???

All the women, independent, throw your hands up at me.

Eric, you are amazing!

IndieSucks is a commenter who shows up from time to time and, um, charms us with his unique point of view. We haven't heard from him since this blog post, I don't think... but perhaps if he's lurking, your response will bring him back to clarify his definition of "indie." We can only hope.

My hands, thrown up in the air (like I just don't care).

Eric--you are very brave and very cool.

Y'know, after I wrote that, I did a quick search for some of his other posts... and he already kinda answered my question when he was complaining about "all the stupid indie bands" at block party. Apparently, he doesn't like the indie "style" of music, and he cited some examples that made a little sense. I just have a problem with using indie as a genre.

It seems like he doesn't like bands with dudes who have acoustics, feelings and beards who sing in harmony. And I can understand how some folks call that whole movement "indie" music. It was huge in the 70's and now it's huge in Seattle, but I don't like calling it indie. Can't we call it something groovier? Like "Solid Gold" rock?

So... maybe the kid just needs to move outta Seattle? I dunno.

I like that idea Eric, and we could call it "So-Go" for short! That's catchy, I think we could really start a revolution here...

So-Go... you know, that sounds a lot like SoDo. I think I can roll with that.

I third the nomination for "so-go."