#jam grass

[concerthopperblog]

Two Nights with The String Cheese Incident: Live at the Tabernacle

The String Cheese Incident (SCI) is a jam/progressive bluegrass/neo-psychedelia band from Crested Butte, Colorado that has been helping folks dance their cares away since 1993-2007, 2009-present. SCI consists of Michael Kang (acoustic/electric mandolin/electric guitar/violin), Michael Travis (drums/percussion), Kyle Hollingsworth (piano/organ/Rhodes/accordion), Bill Nershi (acoustic guitar/lap steel guitar/electric slide guitar), Keith Moseley (bass), and Jason Hahn (auxiliary percussion). The String Cheese Incident has released eleven (11) LPs, three (3) live series, eight (8) videos, and contributed to one (1) compilation. The String Cheese Incident is well-known on the festival circuit, and hosts not one but two festivals annually: Hulaween (Live Oak, Florida) and Electric Forest (Rothbury, Michigan). I have had the pleasure of seeing The String Cheese Incident tear it down at both festivals: Electric Forest (June 22-25, 2017) and Hulaween (2016-2023). Most recently, The String Cheese Incident has also headlined a fun little festival called CaveJam (The Caverns- Pelham, Tennessee) the last two years, which also includes a special end-of-the-festival jam below in The Caverns which incidentally was amazing to attend at last year’s CaveJam. Tickets for CaveJam 2025 can be purchased through Tixr.com.

On November 15, 2024, The String Cheese Incident announced on their social media channels some new 2025 tour dates in Chicago, Atlanta, Aspen, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Phoenix. For the scheduled Atlanta dates, The String Cheese Incident would play at a venue I know very well in downtown Atlanta. The Tabernacle has hosted so many legendary artists/bands over the years, that I knew Atlanta would bring their best cheesy vibes for all three nights of their February run. Knowing that I would not attend CaveJam or Hulaween in 2025, I knew this would be the best chance to get cheesy with other fans and hear Cheese do their thing on stage. Truth be told, most of the times that I have seen The String Cheese Incident perform live have been logged in at various music festivals. So, it is not often that I can catch The String Cheese Incident on an actual tour. Luckily, I can document not one but two nights on this tour: Friday, February 7th & Saturday, February 8th. Many thanks to The String Cheese Incident team for allowing me to photograph the last two nights of this unforgettable three-night stand at the historic Tabernacle in downtown Atlanta, GA.

The String Cheese Incident took the stage around 7:30 pm to a sold-out crowd for their Friday night performance after a deep-cut performance for the fans the night before. But no one was prepared for what The String Cheese Incident was about to do by starting Set 1 with an inspiring performance of “Can’t Wait Another Day” > “Little Hands”. Followed by one of my favorite songs by The String Cheese Incident, “One Step Closer” from the album of the same name, One Step Closer. Fans were packed tight on the floor of the Tabernacle, but you could not tell from the smiles on everyone as they danced to the rest of Set 1 from The String Cheese Incident.

As a treat for all the Hulaween fans in the audience, The String Cheese Incident invited an Atlanta native and longtime guest vocalist Rhonda Thomas to come out and perform a few songs with the band to begin Set 2. If you are a die-hard Hulaween fan, you may recognize Rhonda from multiple guest appearances on stage with The String Cheese Incident at Hulaween over the last decade. For this occasion, we were treated to two songs that showcased Rhonda’s stellar vocal range as they nailed each song flawlessly. Starting with the song “Sweet Spot” from the album Believe and then into a marvelous cover of The Zutons’ classic hit, “Valerie”. IYKYK.

There was a beautiful moment during a cover of Bob Marley and the Wailers “Stir It Up” nestled between “I Know You Rider” that got the sold-out fans at the Tabernacle singing in unison. What I found very interesting was The String Cheese Incident’s choice for the Encore: “Jellyfish” from their 1997 debut album, Born on the Wrong Planet. It has been a few years (Hulaween 2018) since I have seen The String Cheese Incident perform this seminal classic, so I was thrilled to hear it as the final send-off for this evening’s festivities.

Here is The String Cheese Incident’s career-spanning setlist from their Friday, February 7th performance at the Tabernacle:

Set 1

·         “Can’t Wait Another Day”

·          “Little Hands”

·         “One Step Closer”

·          “Cottonmouth”

·         “Talkin’ About Tonight”

·          “Dirk”

·         “Texas”

Set 2

·         “Sweet Spot” *

·         “Valerie” **

·         “All We Got”

·         “I Know You Rider”

·         “Stir It Up” +

·         “I Know You Rider”

·         “Way That It Goes”

·         “Vertigo”

·         “It Is What It Is”

·         “Hi Ho No Show”

Encore

·         “Jellyfish”

*Featuring Rhonda Thomas on vocals.

**The Zutons cover featuring Rhonda Thomas on lead vocals.

+Bob Marley and the Wailers cover.

The time had finally come for The String Cheese Incident to take the stage to the delight of all the cheese heads in attendance for the final night of this recent three-night stand. Many cheese heads had attended all three nights and were super excited to see what The String Cheese Incident had in store for their sendoff from Atlanta. Saturday began with a fan favorite “Just One Story” which was a perfect segue to a stirring cover of Vassar Clements’ “Lonesome Fiddle Blues” which is recorded on their live album A String Cheese Incident. The String Cheese Incident even indulged fans with an exhilarating performance of Led Zepplin’s classic “Ramble On”. Everyone that night in the Tabernacle knew the assignment while dancing and singing along to their impeccable rendition of a rock’n’roll masterpiece. As a bonus, The String Cheese Incident invited special guest bassist/producer from Cameroon Andre Manga on their song “Manga” and later in the evening for a special encore cover of Paul Simon’s timeless hit “Under African Skies”.

You can check out The String Cheese Incident’s mind-blowing setlist from their Saturday, February 8th show at the Tabernacle below:

Set 1

·         “Just One Story”

·         “Lonesome Fiddle Blues”

·         “Song in My Head”

·         “Manga” +

·         “Sweet Melinda”

·         “Way Back Home”

·         “Just One Story”

Set 2

·         “Group Hoot”

·         “Born on the Wrong Planet”

·         “Trip the Light Fantastic”

·         “Lend Me A Hand”

·         “Restless Wind”

·         “Ramble On” *

·         “River Trance”

·         “Howard”

Encore

·         “Under African Skies” **

·         “Colliding”

+ Featuring Andre Manga on bass.

*Led Zepplin cover

** Paul Simon cover featuring Andre Manga on bass.

You can still have a chance to see The String Cheese Incident perform this year on the following dates (additional dates to be announced, i.e. Hulaween):

MAR 06, 2025

Aspen, CO

Belly Up

Tickets

 MAR 07, 2025

Aspen, CO

Belly Up

Tickets

 MAR 08, 2025

Aspen, CO

Belly Up

Tickets

 MAR 13, 2025 with Pigeons Playing Ping Pong

Los Angeles, CA

The Wiltern

Tickets

 MAR 14, 2025 with Pigeons Playing Ping Pong

Del Mar, CA

The Sound

Tickets

MAR 15, 2025 with Pigeons Playing Ping Pong

Del Mar, CA

The Sound

Tickets

 MAR 16, 2025

Mesa, AZ

Mesa Amphitheatre

Tickets

 MAY 24 – 25, 2025

Pelham, TN

CaveJam

Tickets

 JUN 13 – 15, 2025

Swanzey, NH

Northlands

Tickets

 JUN 14 – 15, 2025

Columbia, MD

All Good Now

Tickets

 JUN 19 – 22, 2025

Rothbury, MI

Electric Forest

Tickets

 JUL 11, 2025

New Braunfels, TX

Whitewater Amphitheater

Tickets

 JUL 12, 2025

New Braunfels, TX

Whitewater Amphitheater

Tickets

 JUL 18, 2025 with The Wood Brothers

Morrison, CO

Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Tickets

VIP PACKAGE

 JUL 19, 2025 with Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country

Morrison, CO

Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Tickets

VIP PACKAGES

 AUG 15, 2025 with The Del McCoury Band

Eau Claire, WI

The Pines Music Park

Tickets

 AUG 16, 2025 with STS9

Eau Claire, WI

The Pines Music Park

Tickets

 SEP 10 – 13, 2025

Las Vegas, NV

Bender Jamboree

Tickets

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[catzgam3rz]

Minecraft please never stop adding variants to farm mobs I love it I love you

[bluecatwriter]

There are few things more humbling than hearing a recording of your own singing voice.

[froggtogs]

low resolution four strikes again

[st1mmywimmy]

🦊animal jam themed stimboard🦋

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[givemeureyes]

when you guys write marble hornets fanfics i think you forget that jay is a bitch (affectionate)

[pokefossilclub]

Pokemon Fun Facts!

If you have a Torterra, you have a walking garden!

Firstly, you have that tree! All Torterras have some form of ‘tree’, although it is not necessarily always a deciduous type, and it is a vital part of their body and natural systems as it developed from the sprout on their head as a Turtwig- but that doesn’t mean you can’t prune it into attractive shapes if your Pokemon is otherwise healthy!

And a healthy Torterra is very capable of supporting extra plantlife on its shell; after all, once it’s integrated into the Pokemon’s system, extra greenery means extra energy from photosynthesis. It happens naturally in the wild, so if you don’t plant things on there, floating seeds or other Grass-types or Pokemon like Skwovet will do the job for you! Putting a plant that’s struggling on a Torterra’s shell for a bit can even help it recover, since it then benefits from the Pokemon’s immune system and nutrients!

You can even, believe it or not, grow some food crops on a Torterra, although intensive food gardening is generally not recommended as it can affect soil quality and drain resources. Plus, there’s not that much space! But a small berry bush can be a lovely addition, and some Torterra will even naturally produce fruit!

The main problems to watch out for are any diseases that could be transmitted to the Pokemon, significant overgrowth to the point the plants are more of a drain on the Torterra’s system than a boost, and anything trying to out-compete that essential tree. Torterra will do some level of pruning via scratching their shell against rocks and large trees by themselves, but the bonus of having a human trainer is definitely the ability to get yourself weeded and pruned by someone with hands!

[sowearecleariamhere]

Ramble-y impressions and thoughts from my first watch of Arcane S2 Act 2

This is all I took down in my notes app, it is vaguely proofread

Of course - spoilers ahead!

Episode 4

• The beetle fight??? "We used to play a game, imagining bigger and bigger monsters" and not Jinx is playing that game with Isha T-T she is doing what she learned with her big sister with her new little sister! (Also might be some easter egg?? Feels that way?)

• ISHAS BRAIDS 😭😭😭 THE SIBLING ENERGY I AM CYRING

• I didnt know I needed big sis Jinx in my life T-T

• "She was more into... hitting things." - we dont see her face 😭 - ... "Someone put all these holes in you." - she tends not to address herself directly when it is a painful memory

• The shot of Jinx's crazy eye overlapping with Cait's in the magnifying glass (? Or whatever it is) goes crazy

• Ambessa to Cait: "You'll never rest knowing that she's out there" She's referring to Jinx, but maybe also to Mel since the Black Rose has her

• Jinx "talking" to Silco... T-T It's like she is waiting for her hallucinations to talk to her, but now they wont... maybe bc Isha is good for her? Stabilizing her?

• Singed holding a scalpel... not a differnt type of knife. Not ominous at all.

• Not her hallucinations back again, WITH Silco now that Isha was taken T-T

• BROO that warwick montage in red??  Looks so good

• Not jinx calling sevika "Lefty" xD

• Jinx's "look at this doofus guard" look at sevika

• "You look like a half-eaten circus tent" NOT THE SHADEEEE

• Not the smiley face on her middle finger "nail"

• "Whoo! Biiiig mama." (About sevika) Warden knows whats up :3

• Jinx tensing up as the prisoners approach her. She is only accustomed to being met with disdain and violence. Never has she been confronted with a group of people accepting her, being happy she is here, acknowledging her, revering her, touching her as if for good luck. Would not be surprised if this is some kind of turning point for her. That she realises she isn't alone, even if she can't know them all, but they are on her side, they (sorta) have a united cause. Or they can. If she chooses to participate. Bro I am bawling

• She is so visibly uncomfortable, she doesnt even know how to begin to react to that

• And the brothel leader too?!! Her being like "It's okay kiddo, you'll be fine, you’ve fought so hard"

• Isha crying in Jinx's arms, making Jinx cry, making me cry

• Gate shuddering, red smoke. Me: "Daddy's home~" xD

• J: "Get her(isha) out!" S: "You really are-" J: "Big fat hero." ..."It was something I could fix" callback kinda

• Not sevika being a stand-in for Vander carring Isha(Vi) away from a killing field (jinx/jinx and Vi's parents)

• I thought, is he gonna recognize his adoptive daughter by her trinkets, since she has grown up and aside from her hair colour she changed a lot... and that is what happened ajshdkakajdj

• And now Jinx doesn't really want to Die, she is crying even though she stops fighting back

• "Powder?"

• That is evillll

Episode 5

Oouf here we go

• Yesss get ready to be destroyed by Vi once again Lock!

• Vi I love you and your hook alshdkskda

• Former enforcer dude is like "That's my girl"

• Vi is shattered now too, she has a broken mirror, just like her sister. Also signifying once again that she has lost herself, is lost, does not know who she is or what to do

• The sister "talk" ? I was waiting for lets gooo

• Jinx "Vander... he's alive" ..."nothing ever stays dead"

• Crazy how at this moment, Jinx seems more mentally stable than Vi

• Minor point. Love how Caits hair looks in the cloak. Being the leader of a fascist military state has to have *some* upsides at least

• Cait you have fumbled your girlfriend AND your marbles

• Vi is *spicy* now. And by that I mean a bitch (not that I don't understand why)

• Also her eye makeup slaps. Her eyes look so pretty omg

• Mel casually unlocks some mechanism... Mel you smart devil

• The sisters looking at their dead father's things T-T

• Two estranged sisters that hate and love each other in the lair of their fathers who were brothers that hated and loved each other

• Vi reaching her hand out to comfort Jinx but retracting it T-T

• J: "If he(Silco) found this (Vander's letter to him), everything might have been different." The parallels tHE PARALLELS... also "What could have been" might as well start playing

• I swear if Isha dies I run amok, I will go berserk

• Young silco has the same fringe thingy as Jinx!!!

• Vander gives Felicia JINX'S CUPPPP

• DO THEY BOTH LOVE HER???

• singed said he hadnt found the right catalyst to vanders/ww mind yet

• What if it is Felicia/Vi??

• "Blisters and bedrock" !!!!! That is where vander and silco got their phrase from

• Is that why they wanted to establish Zaun? For her kids??? 😭😭😭 omg crying

• Omg it hit just hit me what if that is why silco hated vander? (One of the reasons at least) Vander took her kids in. And that is maybe why he (Silco) took powder in?? Because she "defected" too? From vander? Am I big braining or smooth braining rn??

• V: "What's the point if we cant raise an ankle biter or two?" HE IS CORRECT WITH THE TWO, ALSO THE ANKLE BITING xD I would be surprised if Powder/Jinx wasn't at some point biting her father figures

• But they really did take care of them!!!! Omg unified theory???

• "What are you waiting for? He's your dad too" crying screaming omg 😭😭😭😭

• The hug omg <3 I didn't think we'd get this T-T but I know what comes now will destroy me

• Viktor/Salo: "I suppose this is somewhat beyond what we left off." YA THINK.

• "I'm sorry you feel that way" what in the therapyspeak

• DAMN JAYCE. Didn't know it was pancake day. We have storebought you know

Episode 6

• "Ask for a miracle healer, get a metal fortune cookie." xD i can't

• BRO. I never thought I would hear "Powder" out of Viktor's mouth goddamn

• Vi: "What do you think?" Jinx: "You... actually want my opinion?" she sounds so disbelieving T-T

• The monage of Vander's memories has me sobbing. Ugly

• "What if we stayed?" "We?" 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

• "Evolution has a destination. Not to combat nature, but to superceed it. The final, glorious evolution." HE SAID IT, HE SAID THE THINGGG

• Ngl Viktor's hair is beautifulll

• You just tackle your ex-gf like that Cait?? No hello?

• "Dont sugarcoat it, Cupcake." ....*sobbing in the distance* ouch

• "We tracked some sort of new chemweapon down here. A bloodthirsty murderous beast. What are you doing here?" "... Trying to save... my dad."

• Are they gonna scheme? Please tell me they are gonna scheme

• Jinx: "I had some time to think lately. Ever since you dropped into my life, it's like I put on glasses. Except I can't tell whether everything's blurry or clear." What did I say, Isha stabilizes Jinx's mental state <3

• "Being patient. Mm, still haven't quite cracked that one, but being tied up sure helps." *wheezing* your honor I love her

• "Don't. Touch my daughter!" Screaming. I love that we see Vander protecting Powder/Jinx <3

• Viktor looks as Jayce and his eyes are the color they way before...before he became arcane Jesus

• The screaming is horrifying

• Vander is crying, you're crying, I'm crying

• Them fighting side by side T-T this cant go well

• The montage 😭😭😭😭😭😭

• Isha is crying, Jinx is cying, I am crying, throwing up scratching my eyes out

• Stop it. Isha being like a AU powder, where instead of if being an accident and chaotic, she wields the power she has with a target. Self-sacrificing.

• AMBESSA. She said "Sacrifice" FUCK. HIE DID I NOT CLOCK THAT

• Istg if Isha is dead. I feel so bad for both of them, bc their relationship was so obviously healing for both of them. Only to have it ripped out from under their feet in the most cruel way

• Writers when I catch you it is on sight

• How am I supposed to wait a week?? How can it be over in a week????

[cuteteacakes]

Grass or Fairy types for Tristan? Cause look at him, these seem like the sort to suit him most lol

Send me a Pokémon Type & I’ll make a Team for my muse using only Pokémon of that type. 

We'll do one for each of those!

(I feel like his fellow knights would give him an Impadimp as a joke but Tristan cared for it so much it evolved into a Grimsnarl and is super high level and goes Gigantamax a lot)

As for the grass pokemon there are so many that remind me of a knight I had to pick them all! And he would approve 100% nodnod uwu

[axollyon]

SKATE FAST TOUCH GRASS

my friend @spktk64 and i made a game in 2 and 1/2 weeks for the bigmode game jam! it's called MOWED and you try to rack up as many points as you can by mowing grass in each level before the timer runs out! i did the majority of the art and visual design for it. it's a lot of fun and super fast paced - please please check it out, it'll mean the world to us!

time to rest =.=

[gil-notskajla]

[disgustedscully]

summer is here and I am breathing in and out 🪴

[floral-hex]

“you should get all your patches from local bands and live shows!” Honey, I’m poor and I live in arkansas, how am I supposed to do that?

[aercnaut-archived]

if i see one more comment on the gods forsaken clock app unironically calling l.in m.anuel a smol bean i am going to actually commit a felony.

[joyfuljellyphish]

Hey, I tried to make a reel - for reel! It turned out like a potato but I felt an introduction was in order so, allow me to introduce: myself, and my project, Needles & Grooves 🔊

[aercnaut]

thinking about him (l.ee s.coresby)