Post Show Banter >>>>

jeffml wrote:
I was at the McCartney show as well, Faul was excellent as he has been at most of his shows I've seen.
And like him or not, 66 year old Springsteen still does it longer and better than most out there. 

but does he run a marathon?

Neither are that special

Michael wrote:

jeffml wrote:
I was at the McCartney show as well, Faul was excellent as he has been at most of his shows I've seen.
And like him or not, 66 year old Springsteen still does it longer and better than most out there. 

but does he run a marathon?

L7 was great. They still got it. I love the fact that I can now walk a block or so after the show and get a slice of pizza. I didn't meet anyone from The Forum, unfortunately, but I did have a wonderful chat with some bearded guy in his 40s who happened to be into Widespread Panic. Who would think, that I, the one person who had a jam band t-shirt on at a L7 show would happen to be standing next to someone who has seen more widespread shows that even I have. He was cool but I didn't get his name. The opening band was alright. Geez, L7 really f****** rocked it.

bootsy's set was pretty loose and aimless, that synth tone on his bass was annoying. his outfit was pretty fly, though. mudbone on vocals.
morris was a charmer and his band was supertite. jellybean and monte in the band, but no jerome. those cool classic dance moves and choreography intact. touching prince video tribute before their set, with pics of prince and morris goofing and hanging out.
kool & the gang a good time, hollywood swinging, jungle boogie and summer madness were great. 14 people on stage, horn battles, etc.
upgrade from lawn to 100's.
bloody hot, though.

wow! nice upgrade!… makes me feel bad about not going even though i had free lawn seats… I'm having trouble motivating to go to shows lately…. I met Bootsy a few years ago after a State Theatre show.. nice guy!

ziggy stardust classic albums live @ wolf trap was really good.
they opened with the album really note for note, complete with fade-outs and sounds effects.
and i know this album.
band and singer were 1st rate, no costumes, make-up, etc.
3 guitars, bass, drums, keys, 2 strings, 1 multi-woodwind, all b.v.'s.
hits after intermission: heroes, mars, oddity, ashes, changes, golden, let's, modern, rebel, americans.
sparse crowd, but way into it.
purchased loge, but like an oven, so stayed on edge of lawn near pavillion.
free face painting - alladin, mars, ziggy - i passed.

walk,on,by wrote:
L7 was great. They still got it. I love the fact that I can now walk a block or so after the show and get a slice of pizza. I didn't meet anyone from The Forum, unfortunately, but I did have a wonderful chat with some bearded guy in his 40s who happened to be into Widespread Panic. Who would think, that I, the one person who had a jam band t-shirt on at a L7 show would happen to be standing next to someone who has seen more widespread shows that even I have. He was cool but I didn't get his name. The opening band was alright. Geez, L7 really f****** rocked it.

Sad to have missed it.

Did anyone make it to that Rainer Maria show in Baltimore?  I really wanted to, but didn't want to make that drive on Friday night. 

moeszyslak wrote:
Did anyone make it to that Rainer Maria show in Baltimore?  I really wanted to, but didn't want to make that drive on Friday night. 

I was at Cats Cradle on Saturday. Around 15-16 songs. Musically pretty tight. Not the Look Now, Look Again-heavy set I was anticipating (maybe only 4 songs off it). Would recommend catching them if they swing back around (and you like Rainer Maria, obviously).

Julian, wrote:

moeszyslak wrote:
Did anyone make it to that Rainer Maria show in Baltimore?  I really wanted to, but didn't want to make that drive on Friday night. 

I was at Cats Cradle on Saturday. Around 15-16 songs. Musically pretty tight. Not the Look Now, Look Again-heavy set I was anticipating (maybe only 4 songs off it). Would recommend catching them if they swing back around (and you like Rainer Maria, obviously).

I really like the Look Now Look Again stuff too.  The setlist sites are showing the played Planetary and Broken Radio back to back and regretted my decision to not go.  Hopefully, they stay on the road and I get more chances.

Made the trek up to NYC to see PJ Harvey last night.  Enjoyable show with both John Parish and Mick Harvey in the huge giant 9 piece band. Really short set though.  Started about a bit after 8:45 and was over before 10:15 for sure.  She's not a super energetic performer.

Lots more energy for the old stuff than for the new album, but not really a surprise.  I'd never been to Terminal 5 before and thought it was an ok venue.  Good sound and site about half way between the stage and the sound board.  Packed in for sure though, and took forever to leave.

I still don't like that she wrote an album with so many songs about DC and not even stop by on the tour. I don't love the album though.

Too bad. I have seen her twice, but the last time in 2001 at the club was really incredible.

gavroche wrote:


I still don't like that she wrote an album with so many songs about DC and not even stop by on the tour.

that is kind of odd, but considering the response to that one song in particular, not hugely surprising.
saw her open for u2 at verizon for the "stories" album.
she had some energy and rock moves that night, even though i was miles away.
love that album & era.

I enjoyed it a lot. I mean she played the sax on four or five songs…that's quite a treat in itself.

Much more energetic show than the last tour and we got 50 foot Queenie and To Bring You My Love.
Not a lot of older songs but that's to be expected I guess.

gavroche wrote:
Made the trek up to NYC to see PJ Harvey last night.  Enjoyable show with both John Parish and Mick Harvey in the huge giant 9 piece band. Really short set though.  Started about a bit after 8:45 and was over before 10:15 for sure.  She's not a super energetic performer.

Lots more energy for the old stuff than for the new album, but not really a surprise.  I'd never been to Terminal 5 before and thought it was an ok venue.  Good sound and site about half way between the stage and the sound board.  Packed in for sure though, and took forever to leave.

I still don't like that she wrote an album with so many songs about DC and not even stop by on the tour. I don't love the album though.

Hey Richmond, it was nice seeing you yesterday, along with a fellow boardie.


Maymont=great place to see a show, I'lll explore more next time.
Gillian+Dave=awesome show, best show of year for me
The Veil=Awesome beer and nice space
The Answer=Awesome beer
Mekong=$8 snifter of Bon Chien, enough said

Space wrote:
Hey Richmond, it was nice seeing you yesterday, along with a fellow boardie.


Maymont=great place to see a show, I'lll explore more next time.
Gillian+Dave=awesome show, best show of year for me
The Veil=Awesome beer and nice space
The Answer=Awesome beer
Mekong=$8 snifter of Bon Chien, enough said

Is the Answer/Mekong two different spots or connected? Can you order Mekong food in The Answer Brewpub?

Yada wrote:
Is the Answer/Mekong two different spots or connected? Can you order Mekong food in The Answer Brewpub?

They are in the same strip mall but they are different units (with some other random place in between the two).

I don't know specifically if you can take food from one into the other but The Answer's menu is basically smaller version of Mekong extremely-large menu.

Julian, wrote:

Yada wrote:
Is the Answer/Mekong two different spots or connected? Can you order Mekong food in The Answer Brewpub?

They are in the same strip mall but they are different units (with some other random place in between the two).

I don't know specifically if you can take food from one into the other but The Answer's menu is basically smaller version of Mekong extremely-large menu.

The Answer menu:

http://theanswerbrewpub.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Brewpub-Dinner.pdf

Mekong menu:

http://mekongisforbeerlovers.com/food/

One noticeable difference is that the Answer has Bahn Mi sandwiches and Mekong does not.

fields fest was great - I really hope they can continue to have these..I get the feeling they lost money again, but we will see.

I drank whisky until 4:30am Sunday morning, which probably wasn't the brightest idea….so I drove home and missed all of sundays shows….which I thought was the strongest day…or at least, most of the bands I wanted to see played Sunday.  If they have this again, I'm taking off the Monday after the festival.

Had a load of fun Friday night, hung out in the pool watching Eartheater and Pictureplane.  TT the artist was off the hook.

prince rama stole the show for me saturday night (whisky/beer may have helped…i think i was at peak drunkess at that point).  After almost being run over by Twig Harper driving a golf cart, I enjoyed seeing fLUCT perform (weird dance act….probably former mica students).  Rounded out the night by a 3am Darsombra performance.

I ended up camping in the same exact spot I did last fields fest (in the "quiet camping") area ….and killsaly joined us saturday night.  It's good for shade…enough trees around so it stays shaded until about 11am….then the shade comes back around 4pm or so.  If they have another one, I may try to camp deeper in the woods, or down by the lake.  The main thing (other than shade) that is nice about the quiet camping area is that if you get there early enough Friday, you can drive right in and drop your gear off.  Anywhere else, you are going to have to lug it.

Space wrote:

Julian, wrote:

Yada wrote:
Is the Answer/Mekong two different spots or connected? Can you order Mekong food in The Answer Brewpub?

They are in the same strip mall but they are different units (with some other random place in between the two).

I don't know specifically if you can take food from one into the other but The Answer's menu is basically smaller version of Mekong extremely-large menu.

The Answer menu:

http://theanswerbrewpub.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Brewpub-Dinner.pdf

Mekong menu:

http://mekongisforbeerlovers.com/food/

One noticeable difference is that the Answer has Bahn Mi sandwiches and Mekong does not.

So what would make a thrifty guy like yourself even want to go to Mekong?

Edit: taking this to the beer thread.