Post Show Banter >>>>

mould did break out some pretty great songs
Hoover Dam, Your Favorite thing, If I can't change your mind- Sugar
I apologize, Chartered Trips, Hardly Getting over it, Flip your wig, Celebrated Summer, In A free Land, Makes no sense at all- Husker Du

I was at that 30th concert at the 930 and remeber the Evens not really being at all listenable
but I really don't recall the Mould set
I did find this article from WeloveDC where the sentiment was he put on the best set of the night?

I thought Bob did a really nice job Friday night…he used to do solo acoustic shows and it was interesting how the dynamic was different when he'd switch to electric guitar. I think that some of the songs work great in a solo setting. "Hardly Getting Over It", "Lonely Afternoon" and "Sinners and Their Repentances" were pretty awesome. And he did "Love Is All Around" in the encore, which was fun. His political rant was actually pretty entertaining. I have NEVER seen Bob talk that much on stage. He's got as much fire in him as he has ever had. I had a great time and it was awesome to see Bombay and Sidehatch there. Did I miss anyone else?

Saturday I went to Philly to catch the Feelies do a set that they dedicated to the memory of Jonathan Demme and, as always, it was transcendent. The Feelies are my favorite live band. There's really nobody that I enjoy seeing in concert more. The new songs were fantastic, and they didn't do a single cover song until the second encore. I'm very happy I went up for that one…I'm not sure I'll get to see them again this year, but here's hoping.

Awesome Mould show Friday night.  He was fired up.  His rant was right on target. (see below)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82MkNXlvQzQ

Anyone know what it said on the shirt that the guy upfront was trying to show Bob during his rant?  Mould
ripped it out of the guy's hands and threw it behind him on the stage.


His frustration energized the set.  The wall of sound was much more than a dude and his electric guitar.  I love his band but this was a very worthwhile experience.  7 Husker Du songs and the MTM theme?  I can't complain whatsoever.

Here's the list:

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/bob-mould/2017/black-cat-washington-dc-4be6676a.html

Sorry I you missed you Bearman  (envious of your Feelies' experience in Philly)  Sidehatch and Bombay.  Of course, it's always nice to hang with Challenged.

Ditto on Mould. Though in the beginning, I kept waiting for the drums and bass to kick in for "Hoover Dam".  It took a few songs to get used to that.  I don't know what that guy had on his shirt but he and his buddy were in front of me and they were laughing about it most of the evening.

Arto  (Saturday) was good.  Strangely enough, I preferred the one non-samba inflected song - the old skronk .  Not enough guitar from him, though.  He has a very unique style of playing (or some would argue, he's just bashing his guitar).

Shonen Knife (Sunday).  Good vocal crowd for a Sunday evening.  I don't think I've seen a more happier band.  Drummer Risa, bashed the hell out her drums, clearly having a blast.  While most of the songs were Ramones-lite, the set ending droning Sabbath-style "Antonio Baka Guy" replete with head banging and upraised fists was the highlight.

heff wrote:

Arto  (Saturday) was good.  Strangely enough, I preferred the one non-samba inflected song - the old skronk .  Not enough guitar from him, though.  He has a very unique style of playing (or some would argue, he's just bashing his guitar)

his band was unreal - freakin' melvin gibbs on bass.
i didn't catch the names of the keyboard or drummer, but that was some 'nuther planet playing and musicianship.
i actual went for beauty pill, who did not disappoint.
basla on bass is a treat and chad is hilarious.
so glad he's with us.

bearman wrote:

Saturday I went to Philly to catch the Feelies do a set that they dedicated to the memory of Jonathan Demme and, as always, it was transcendent. The Feelies are my favorite live band. There's really nobody that I enjoy seeing in concert more. The new songs were fantastic, and they didn't do a single cover song until the second encore. I'm very happy I went up for that one…I'm not sure I'll get to see them again this year, but here's hoping.

the Feelies were in Philly saturday?? damnit!!!

dyecraig wrote:

i actual went for beauty pill, who did not disappoint.
basla on bass is a treat and chad is hilarious.
so glad he's with us.

I came in the middle of their set.  Very interesting.  What was the joke about Basla?  Did I miss something or is it an ongoing joke?

Kubacheck wrote:

bearman wrote:

Saturday I went to Philly to catch the Feelies do a set that they dedicated to the memory of Jonathan Demme and, as always, it was transcendent. The Feelies are my favorite live band. There's really nobody that I enjoy seeing in concert more. The new songs were fantastic, and they didn't do a single cover song until the second encore. I'm very happy I went up for that one…I'm not sure I'll get to see them again this year, but here's hoping.

the Feelies were in Philly saturday?? damnit!!!

Yeah…i think it was the 4th or 5th time I've seen them at World Cafe Live. The sound in that venue is so darn good. They played the best version of "Slipping (Into Something") I've ever seen because the venue had some crazy good psychedelic lights to go with the music…it was some real Velvet Underground shit. Totally amazing.

dyecraig wrote:

i didn't catch the names of the keyboard or drummer, but that was some 'nuther planet playing and musicianship.

Paul Wilson - keys
Kassa Overall - drums

bearman wrote:

Kubacheck wrote:

bearman wrote:

Saturday I went to Philly to catch the Feelies do a set that they dedicated to the memory of Jonathan Demme and, as always, it was transcendent. The Feelies are my favorite live band. There's really nobody that I enjoy seeing in concert more. The new songs were fantastic, and they didn't do a single cover song until the second encore. I'm very happy I went up for that one…I'm not sure I'll get to see them again this year, but here's hoping.

the Feelies were in Philly saturday?? damnit!!!

Yeah…i think it was the 4th or 5th time I've seen them at World Cafe Live. The sound in that venue is so darn good. They played the best version of "Slipping (Into Something") I've ever seen because the venue had some crazy good psychedelic lights to go with the music…it was some real Velvet Underground shit. Totally amazing.

sigh, I need to do a better job of keeping up to date on shows, I absolutely would've gone up to Philly for that show if I had known about it…. glad it was great!!

Not sure if you're on Facebook, but that's always a good place to keep track. They tend to create an event page for each show they do. That's how I found out about their 40th anniversary shows last year. And I'm so glad I went to that one. It was really special.

bearman wrote:
Not sure if you're on Facebook, but that's always a good place to keep track. They tend to create an event page for each show they do. That's how I found out about their 40th anniversary shows last year. And I'm so glad I went to that one. It was really special.

I am on FB, but I've been on a bit of sabbatical from there, just got out of the habit of checking it over the last couple of months…. also, the Feelies have only tended to do a couple of weekends of shows a year, so since they're doing a weekend in NYC in May, it didn't occur to me that they'd come up and play another weekend so close to that… ah well, my bad for not being more vigilant about keeping track…..

heff wrote:

dyecraig wrote:

i didn't catch the names of the keyboard or drummer, but that was some 'nuther planet playing and musicianship.

Paul Wilson - keys
Kassa Overall - drums

thank you, i'll have to look them up.
apparently arto gave eveyone in the band nicknames and basla's was "botulism" which doesn't seem fair and they in turn gave him "white man" because he is the only one on the tour.
you had to be there, i guess.
anyway, beauty pill's LPs and EPs are very fine musically, well-recorded, beautifully packaged and worth a listen.

Weekend Update (duplicative of my show conflict post)

Marti Jones artwork is cool, Marti and Don were present, chatting with folks, didnt interrupt with my star- struckedness
Tasty Burger - misheard my veggie cheeseburger order with a bacon cheeseburger order, so had to redo, but was good despite the wait
Waxahatchee - I liked a couple of her songs, sound over by the stage, stage right was way too bass heavy for me, moved to the other side for
New Pornos, who were good, but without Dan, and Dan it turns out is more important to me than I thought. Left after Sweet Talk to see
Bob Mould, and was able to see 7 or 8 songs, and enjoyed, and that was enough for me and my old ears, chatted with Bagley and left with another friend to try to see Split Single at Comet
But by the time we arrived, Split Single was over, and we were tired so called it a night, and then Saturday Night went to
Steve Wynn at Club603 in Baltimore, which is a great house show place I have now been to 4 times in the past 5 months. Steve was great (solo electric), and chatted with us afterwards for awhile. I recommend the venue, sort of regardless of who is playing, its just a really cool place to see a show.

challenged wrote:
Club603 in Baltimore…. I recommend the venue, sort of regardless of who is playing, its just a really cool place to see a show.

noted

dyecraig wrote:
anyway, beauty pill's LPs and EPs are very fine musically, well-recorded, beautifully packaged and worth a listen.

Beauty Pill is one of my all-time favorite DC bands.  Their records are wonderful and they're always entertaining to see live.  The most un-Dischord like band ever on Dischord.  If you get a chance to see them, do it, because they don't play very often.

Redd Kross last night was very loud.  Good show, but loud.  I go to a lot of shows, this one was louder than all the rest of them.

Damn, Shonen Knife and Red Kross were two shows I wanted to see and then just spaced on them.

challenged wrote:
Redd Kross last night was very loud.  Good show, but loud.  I go to a lot of shows, this one was louder than all the rest of them.

Interesting, I didn't think they were any louder than other shows at the Backstage (of course I was using earplugs so maybe I can't really judge).  I wish they had done the Monsanto album first and then the 'hits' - a couple of those songs dragged a bit - 'Ann' and 'Saviour Machine' specifically.  Somehow, I missed that Dale Crover would be drumming for this tour, so that was a nice surprise.  He was awesome.  Bonus for playing their first EP for the encore.

How about the openers, Foul Swoops?  There were really good as well.

heff wrote:

challenged wrote:
Redd Kross last night was very loud.  Good show, but loud.  I go to a lot of shows, this one was louder than all the rest of them.

Interesting, I didn't think they were any louder than other shows at the Backstage (of course I was using earplugs so maybe I can't really judge).  I wish they had done the Monsanto album first and then the 'hits' - a couple of those songs dragged a bit - 'Ann' and 'Saviour Machine' specifically.  Somehow, I missed that Dale Crover would be drumming for this tour, so that was a nice surprise.  He was awesome.  Bonus for playing their first EP for the encore.

How about the openers, Foul Swoops?  There were really good as well.

Only saw the last 3 swoops songs. they were good.

I had earlplugs in for sure. i think that you are right, that the sound was normal-ish for the room. I remember now that at some othershows there I have stood close to the stage to get sound more from the monitors from the PA because the PA is so loud.