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Fell In Love For The Last Time Sacrifice Summer's Gone Libertine Watching The World Go By Too Much On Her Mind The Traveler Lysistrata 15 Minutes The God Of Low Clocks All Stopped Set Me Free Love Alone Fade Away Shine On
New York State Of Mind
Review by SueW
Just a brief review again but I thought this was a much better gig than his one in Akron. Certainly the crowd was far louder and more appreciative and even Kasim said on stage at one point that he was enjoying himself.
Kasim played three less songs than in Akron but the gig lasted about the same amount of time (except there was no interval). Kasim said that he was zooming though his set list so someone asked him to tell a story so he spoke about his son and some forks!
Unfortunately the lighting was bad at the venue for photos. There were some special effect lights behind Kasim but his face wasn't too well lit.
Kasim sung to backing tracks for several (but not all) of his new songs from 3 and that mixture suited the songs well.
Kasim explained that he wrote The Traveller as that is often what he will describe his job as because 90% of his job is travelling. He gave the example that the next day he was driving the 12.5 hours back to New York and then would fly on Friday to Finland for a gig on a boat for BOC. He said that he would travel for about 20 hours just to play a 1.5 hour gig!
Video - Clocks All Stopped
The venue (taken from the KasimInfo.com Blog that day):
Kasim last played at SPACE on Monday 31st March and Tuesday 1st April 2014 as part of the Todd Rundgren 2014 Unpredictable Tour. Prior to that Kasim played at the venue on Wednesday 12th March 2014 when he played his first solo gig there! In recent years Kasim has played at SPACE a few times as part of Todd Rundgren's band, such as 28th August 2013 and 29th August 2013. Prior to that it was in May 2012.
SPACE stands for Society for the Preservation of Art & Culture in Evanston. The website venue describe SPACE as "SPACE was created by musicians for musicians. Our venue was designed to offer superior comfort, elegant aesthetics, and sophisticated audio and lighting technology, all in service of great creative expression. The sound is fantastic, the sight lines are perfect, and no seat is more than 40 feet from the stage."
This venue only holds about 250 people but there are a few seats still available. Tickets can be purchased from this link or on the door. They vary in price from $15 to $27 (plus charges).
The address of the venue is SPACE, 1245 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois 60202 which is about 30 minutes north of Chicago (if there is no traffic).
The gig tonight starts at 8pm. The website does not state whether there is an opening act or not.
Copies of Kasim's new album 3 will be available to purchase at the gig!
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