The Decemberists basically just refuse to acknowledge that their first three LPs are better than anything they've put out since.
Post Show Banter >>>>
Lsdt night new order at radio city from 2 row….wow…including love vigilantes
hutch wrote:
Lsdt night new order at radio city from 2 row….wow…including love vigilantes
jealous!
the Wedding Present show at the RNR Hotel was pretty good…. good sized crowd, a little chatty though, and the sound was decent, I thought…..metal detecting wand for security, wasn't expecting that for such a small club…. some dude held a camera up in the air on a monopod for like half the show filming, don't know if he was "official" or just a hobbyist, but he stopped about halfway through and left….. a few people were yelling out for "Corduroy" periodically, David finally said they "don't do requests"… he also said that for those of us that have never seen them before, they don't do an encore either, which was fine by me, maybe we got an extra song out of the time usually spent going off and coming back on…. also kinda funny, I've only been to the RNR Hotel twice, once back in 2012 for the Crystal Stilts and now for the Wedding Present last friday…. both shows were on Apr 14…. I guess I had a 1/365 shot at that statistical oddity happening but it came in…
Re: the Wedding Present
I liked the show a bit more. Lately, the sound has been pretty good at the hotel so no complaints there. My only exposure to the Wedding Present is "George Best" and "Watusi" so I don't know much about their noisier stuff but based on the selection Friday night it was very good. I always like when a band plays a good chunk of their new album, makes me feel like they're proud of their work. Good stuff as well! I was up near the front so I didn't see the guy filming. Actually, it was a good crowd, no one pushing to the front and space between each other - a benefit of shows that attract the older crowd, I guess.
The hotel has been wanding people for a little while now, I a little surprised that other clubs haven't started doing something like it.
I liked the show a bit more. Lately, the sound has been pretty good at the hotel so no complaints there. My only exposure to the Wedding Present is "George Best" and "Watusi" so I don't know much about their noisier stuff but based on the selection Friday night it was very good. I always like when a band plays a good chunk of their new album, makes me feel like they're proud of their work. Good stuff as well! I was up near the front so I didn't see the guy filming. Actually, it was a good crowd, no one pushing to the front and space between each other - a benefit of shows that attract the older crowd, I guess.
The hotel has been wanding people for a little while now, I a little surprised that other clubs haven't started doing something like it.
heff wrote:The National in Richmond has went full on airport style metal detectors and wands and requiring people to empty their pockets into trays in the last couple of months. No idea what brought about such a dramatic upgrade in security as I hadn't heard of any incidents at the venue.
The hotel has been wanding people for a little while now, I a little surprised that other clubs haven't started doing something like it.
I really dislike wanding and metal detectors…
hutch wrote:
I really dislike wanding and metal detectors…
I'll bet your detachable penis really drives those things bonkers.
I'm not a fan either. Add x-ray machines to the list. They prevent me from going and buying rare beer on my lunch break and bringing it into the building to bring home. Another way the terrorists have won.
It just makes it even less likely I will ever go to those venues….
heff wrote:
Re: the Wedding Present
I liked the show a bit more. Lately, the sound has been pretty good at the hotel so no complaints there. My only exposure to the Wedding Present is "George Best" and "Watusi" so I don't know much about their noisier stuff but based on the selection Friday night it was very good. I always like when a band plays a good chunk of their new album, makes me feel like they're proud of their work. Good stuff as well! I was up near the front so I didn't see the guy filming. Actually, it was a good crowd, no one pushing to the front and space between each other - a benefit of shows that attract the older crowd, I guess.
The hotel has been wanding people for a little while now, I a little surprised that other clubs haven't started doing something like it.
I think this is from the guy I saw filming…
https://youtu.be/wMCg65lyV2Y
still pre-show actually, but i just met wendy melvoin behind the fillmore and she signed my "let's go crazy" 12".
couldn't be sweeter.
couldn't be sweeter.
dyecraig wrote:
still pre-show actually, but i just met wendy melvoin behind the fillmore and she signed my "let's go crazy" 12".
couldn't be sweeter.
nice!
Julian, wrote:
The Decemberists basically just refuse to acknowledge that their first three LPs are better than anything they've put out since.
Ha! I'll let my cousin know :)
the revolution were exceptional.
they opened with computer blue, america, take me with u, and then i was just caught up in the show.
venue is nice enough, but hella crowded, tough to exit early (or if needed), staff pretty meh.
shoulda been at our club, ya know.
they opened with computer blue, america, take me with u, and then i was just caught up in the show.
venue is nice enough, but hella crowded, tough to exit early (or if needed), staff pretty meh.
shoulda been at our club, ya know.
How badly did I fuck up by being too lazy to go to the Mould show?
Relaxer wrote:
How badly did I fuck up by being too lazy to go to the Mould show?
so, it was good, but lacked a little punch with out the bass and drums
played stuff from his whole career, which was nice
I was kinda beat, as started drinking at 3PM, so when he got on at 10:45 I was felling a little old and tired
no ghrol either…at least not on stage
Ok cool, thanks. I would have been so bummed if you'd come back and said it was blinding. I spent a lot of time lamenting not going. I envisioned him with a full band for some reason, so I'm cool with how it happened
When Mould played solo at the 9:30 Anniversary show, it was one of the more boring points of the night. Along with the Evens. He's so much better as part of a full band imo.
Space wrote:
When Mould played solo at the 9:30 Anniversary show, it was one of the more boring points of the night. Along with the Evens. He's so much better as part of a full band imo.
have to agree.. and I think the Black Cat show would have been that except for 90 more minutes…
did he play any songs acoustic? cause a one man solo acoustic guitar show can work..
and the Evens were also awful… if it had not been Ian MacKaye up there they would have been ignored.
I have enjoyed The Evens the handful of times I've seen them, although I was not at the show in question.