Usually when a musician announces hell be talking a lot during a show, its a dreadful omenlike when Kenny Rogers visited the Puyallup Fair a few years ago. Sure, he played The Gambler and all the hits. But the beplasticized Rogers fancied himself a one-man Blue Collar Comedy Tour, spending most of his time cracking awful hick jokes. But when John Roderick promises to engage in a ton of between-song banter, master-class style, at his Triple Door show (the first of three in a quasi-residency, with subsequent gigs happening on August 14 and September 30), thats something to look forward to. The Long Winters frontman, whose wittiest Tweets were recently assembled in a small book, Electric Aphorisms, is preternaturally cleveryou dont want him to shut up. Hell do plenty of singing too, resuscitating some of the Long Winters lesser-played tracks and explaining their origins. Maybe one day hell actually get around to finishing the bands long-awaited LP. With Jason Dodson. MIKE SEELY
Thu., July 8, 6 p.m.; Sat., Aug. 14, 6 p.m.; Thu., Sept. 30, 6 p.m., 2010