Concert-induced G.A.S. - courtesy of Porcupine Tree

Just got back from the Porcupine Tree concert... they played at Bogarts in Cincinnati with opening act "3". I started listening to P.T. a couple years ago--think it was a Yahoo Music recommendation ("...if you like Marillion, you might like Porcupine Tree..."). Of course, they'd been in Cincinnati about a week before I got turned onto them... go figure!

Anyway, "3" was a pleasant surprise--I hadn't heard of them before, but they had more than enough chops to keep me entertained for an hour. As expected, Porcupine Tree was killer... they did almost all the tunes off of Blank Planet, a handful I knew from In Absentia and Deadwing, plus quite a few I didn't recognize--definitely need to check out some of the older albums in their discography. I always dig groups that can go from textural (acoustic, synthy, trippy) to over-the-top (heavy, hooky riffs) and back in one beat or less--P.T.'s tightness makes transitions like that look easy.

As always, it was a G.A.S.-inducing show... both Steven Wilson and John Wesley had a drool-worthy stash of Bad Cat amps and PRS guitars, including Custom 22's, Singlecut Trems, Hollowbodies, and at least one of the new Tremonti models. Definitely got me jonesin' for more PRSi... in the car on the way home I found myself thinking "... let's see... if I sell these 4 Gibsons it would give me enough money to buy these 3 PRSi..." Which, of course, means that I'll probably have a couple Gibsons up for sale by the end of the month. :)

--B