Our little music enthusiast

Here's a list of concerts our baby has attended while in the womb:

• Beach House, 4/16/2010, SOhO


• Atoms For Peace (Thom Yorke's side project), 4/17/2010, Santa Barbara Bowl


• The Avett Brothers, 4/28/2010, Arlington Theater


• ThreadSpinner (w/ Dawes), 5/12/2010, SOhO


• Jónsi (front man of Sigur Rós), 6/7/2010, La Bataclan (Paris)


• ThreadSpinner, 6/25/2010, Velvet Jones


• ThreadSpinner (w/ Au Revoir Simone), 7/10/2010, Velvet Jones


• Toad the Wet Sprocket (w/ Jeff Bridges), 7/16/2010, Lobero Theatre


• Crooked Still, 8/21/2010, Lobero Theatre

Last weekend I attended a quite awesome Smashing Pumpkins show, but you will be relieved to hear that I did not bring the family along. I was (accurately) anticipating some high volume levels and wasn't sure what is acceptable for a developing baby's ears, so I went with a high school friend who drove up from LA instead. (Quick digression: That was an all-around weird, nostalgic 90s weekend topped off by a sighting of Jennie Garth from 90210 in a coffee shop that probably deserves a blog entry unto itself, but I'm not going to do it).

The Pumpkins do actually have some great lullabies in their catalog (see the last four or five songs on Mellon Collie or the Adore acoustic demos or some b-sides like "Medellia of the Gray Skies"). I look forward to introducing our baby to my favorite bands through their softer works. A family friend also got us this collection as a shower gift. There are definitely worse songs for a baby to fall asleep to. I bet I could even sing along to these!

Eventually our baby will grow up and think our tastes are lame, but I'm going to exert some influence over her while I can :-). I know R would like to bring her to the Winnipeg Folk Festival as many years as possible since that was kind of a tradition in her family and we always appreciate the music up there. R has also stopped listening to the news during her commute to work and replaced it with some good music, usually involving strong female singers. Maybe it's all just underwater noise to her at this point, but I like to think our little girl is enjoying the entertainment while riding to work with her mom.