House Show
The David Bazan house show was great! A friend and I were the second to last guests to arrive at the house but David was running late so it wasn’t any big deal. He walked in a little while later and quickly took out a guitar and started playing. Just like that, someone’s living room became a venue.
There were 40 tickets sold and during conversation it seemed like a good many of the people were really from Tucson. Not very surprising, there is definitely a crowd there that is into indie music. I saw Bazan in Tucson last year even. He played just about every track from his upcoming album, a few Pedro the Lion tunes and one Headphones song. All in all it was a fun way to see a great singer song writer. A very cozy setting, it just felt like something that doesn’t happen everyday.
Between songs there were a lot of questions, ranging from why he was doing a house tour to if he still reads the bible. He said he was doing the house tour because his label didn’t want him to tour so close to the release of an album. He didn’t even hesitate to tell us that this was a way to keep up with rent and health insurance. No one minded, at $20 a ticket people still felt that this tour was something special. He also brought some of his recent DVDs to sell, it was all completely on the honor system. The proceeds from other shows still in the bag to make change with. When one person asked if he’d even take PayPal, totally on the person’s honor, David didn’t have any problem with it.
As for how often he reads the bible, he said that he has been reading it to his four year old daughter lately. He admitted that while some stories are easy, others are harder because he wants to somehow get across his doubts. Explaining to a child that a certain story to her mom is nothing but truth, and to him just a good story, is difficult. So he tries to stick to parables and such.
David Bazan lost his faith some time ago, if you listen to his music that isn’t so hard to realize. It’s amazing to me to see someone like that. For Bazan it’s undeniable that there is truth to Christianity, but he just can’t wrap his head around it. The songs were he expresses his doubts and highlights the troubling parts of spirituality have always been good for me when I have my doubts. Not because they make me doubt more, but because they remind me it’s healthy to doubt. Even if I were to lose my faith it’s obvious that it wouldn’t completely leave me. It definitely still lingers for Bazan.
Here’s a video from the show. (Facebook and RSS readers will have to follow the “original post” link below)
The release date for my project at work got pushed back. I’m not really so sure if that is a good or bad thing, but I do have more time to work on it. Things have been going well on it for the last couple weeks now, I’m excited to get it done.
Posted: March 23rd, 2009
at 9:40pm by David Hildreth
Tagged with concert, David Bazan, work
Comments: 3 comments
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Does that mean you’ll have more flexibility to go to the coast?
Seester
25 Mar 09 at 08:44
It looks that way :)
David Hildreth
25 Mar 09 at 09:33
Hang on to that faith Dave, sometimes it may be all you have :) Prayin’ for ya’ Love ya’
Dad
25 Mar 09 at 12:36