Post Show Banter >>>>

Space wrote:

Yada wrote:

Space wrote:

Yada wrote:
After nearly a 10 year break (this seems to be a trend of the last few shows I've seen), checked out Dr. Dog last night at The Club.

Couldn't have asked for a better show/setlist/time…. They've come a looooooong way over the years and it's unfortunate this tour is it (but is it)? The band looks pretty damn healthy (maybe a few years off the road did them some good). Some new arrangements to old classics were great and best of all, the club wasn't even that packed which was surprising. I'd imagine the next two Friday night shows will be ass to masks crowded.

Wearing a mask the entire show wasn't great, but in the end this is the new abnormal! Everyone around me complied…

Did not look at the merch…

Parking was a bitch.

Dinner at San Lorenzo pre show was a 10/10.

That was probably a smart move going on the Thursday show. We'll see how tonight goes. I'm hoping there are some no-shows due to COVID. Durand Jones was sold out Saturday night and there was still room to move in the back (more so than usual.)

I looked at the setlist. Three songs off of Easy Beat are about two too many for me, and I don't need to hear both "Nellie" and "Lonesome." (I'd rather hear neither of them.) But good that you liked it. I hope they don't pull a Wilco and repeat the same show tonight.

Honestly, I know I've been back and forth on mask wearing, but I had no issue with wearing it the whole show my first time. Thumbs up on it for now, and good luck to staph at enforcing it.

What was your first Dr. Dog show? Mine was seeing them open for Bobby Bare Jr at Iota. I didn't really appreciate them at the time. But my wife loved them, and so did Bobby. He stood in the crowd the whole set giddily bopping his head. Google tells me it was 2/22/06.

Random note: I saw tickets for last night's show on Stubhub yesterday for as low as $21 with fees included. But I'm not a back to back show warrior.

I don't think you'll get any repeats to be honest… I only didn't like one song during the whole show. I really enjoyed the new arrangements on a few of the songs… Highly enjoyed Lonesome… I'm assuming you didn't drink at the show and I run hot, so being a little warm + constantly slugging over priced Stellas was a little annoying, but not a big deal.

I saw Dr. Dog open for MMJ at the 930 club in maybe 2004 or 05? That was the first time and then I saw them again at Ottobar in 2009. Then saw them way too much for like three years.

Hey Yada, what were the set times last night? With doors an hour later tonight, I'm figuring on adding an hour to last night. And how long did Dr. Dog play? And were Bowerbirds any good? Thanks.

My sources told me Dr. Dog would be on at 9:15pm. I showed up at 8:50pm and they came on right on the dot. They played until 10:35 and then encored until 11pm. I would assume Dr. Dog is on between 10pm and 10:30 tonight, oooooooof!

I didn't hear a note of Bowerbirds.

challenged wrote:
the poster for this post-game show was an homage to the Billy Ripken "Fuck Face" error card. 

Fantastic.

I can't see what it says on the Bassist bat?

Billy Ripken…technically wasn't an error card
“Now I had to write something on the bat. At Memorial Stadium, the bat room was not too close to the clubhouse, so I wanted to write something that I could find immediately if I looked up and it was 4:44 and I had to get out there on the field a minute later and not be late. There were five big grocery carts full of bats in there and if I wrote my number 3, it could be too confusing. So I wrote ‘F–k’ Face on it.”

Anyone need an extra Dr.Dog ticket for tonight face value. a friend of a friend has one.

Dr Dog, Friday night.

We joined the line at 9:36, got through the door at 10:07. Never saw a line like that at the 9:30 before.

I think I saw Bowebirds packing their van. Dr. Dog went on at 10:15 and played until 12:05. So five minutes more than Thursday, Thursday's show had 22 songs, Friday's had 23. 11 songs were repeated, and Thursday had 11 songs unique to Thursday, while Friday had 12 songs unique to Friday. I definitely liked the Friday setlist better, so from that angle I preferred Friday show.

Indeed it was packed ass to mask. We were near the back. Though we were in the same basic spot as the Durand Jones show, this one was much more of a challenge to see. Often, we end up being surrounded by people behaving badly, but the crowd around us was pretty good Friday. Those guys really know how to bring it live, and I really hope they just need some time off and come back for more tours. If I could score a ticket at face for the 10/1 show, I'd definitely consider going.

Glad you had a good time


Do you think it was fact they were checking proof of vaccination? Everyone arrived after dinner?
Did you find a happy home for your extra

Am surprised it was that packed…maybe people are spreading out more due to covid? It’s pretty much fact there are no shows due to covid concerns

Starsky wrote:
Glad you had a good time


Do you think it was fact they were checking proof of vaccination? Everyone arrived after dinner?
Did you find a happy home for your extra

Am surprised it was that packed…maybe people are spreading out more due to covid? It’s pretty much fact there are no shows due to covid concerns

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Thanks.

Line seemed to move better once that had two members of staph start moving down through the line checking vaccine info rather than standing there waiting for people come to them. They also had a third person checking bags and purses who was going through the line. Hard to say if the initial holdup was due to late arrivals from dinner. Durand Jones was the same time on a Saturday, was also sold out, we arrived at the same time, and no line at all.

We ate the cost of the third ticket. Our kid decided she'd rather stay home alone and binge watch Succession rather than see a band that "I only like five of their songs." I wish she had put a little more thought into it when we asked her if she wanted to go with us.

I posted a link a few days ago about this software/app that I am betting venues will begin using that should make this vaccine verification process speedier… and cut down on line time

While I can appreciate your desire for your child to be a little more “sticktuitive” with their decisions, I also would rather binge watch Succession instead of seeing Dr. Dog.

I also went to Ke$ha.

#JulianAndSpacesKidBesties?

Julian, wrote:
While I can appreciate your desire for your child to be a little more “sticktuitive” with their decisions, I also would rather binge watch Succession instead of seeing Dr. Dog.

I also went to Ke$ha.

#JulianAndSpacesKidBesties?

Believe me, there's a much higher chance of my wife and I enjoying each other and enjoying the show as a couple than if we ended up dragging a reluctant third party along. And indeed we had a very nice dinner+rock show date for the second weekend in a row. Have to know when it's more important to to cut the losses rather then teaching a lesson. There are more important commitments in her future than one rock show.

There's room for both Dr Dog AND Succession in my life. Kesha not so much. :)

Space wrote:it's more important to to cut the losses rather then teaching a lesson.

there is no lesson, you made the right choice

Weekend Catchup:

Friday: Soccer Mommy was very enjoyable at Ottobar. Sold out show, but under-attended so there was some room. Caught up with Vas was a bonus.

Saturday: Bob Mould Band was really great and weird. Bob's guitar was malfunctioning from the start, and he decided to do the first song without guitar and stalked the stage HardCore style(?)…the guitar continued to be intermittent, and he soldiered through with Wurster and Narducy doing their usual excellent rhythm section thing. Kestrels opening were good too. Caught up with college buddy Shahid was a bonus.

Added Content: This was my first time back at the 930 since New Pornos show November 2019. Was really great to be back. It was not sold out, but was well attended. Also, there is now a whole foods very close by the clarb. And the official parking lot was moved another few blocks up 9th street, and is pretty badly paved. The old 930 lot is now excavated as the foundation/underground parking for new condos.

That, ladies and gentlemen, is a 5 show, 4 venue, 3 jurisdiction (Morrison Colorado, Baltimore Maryland, Washington DC) show week.

Julian, wrote:
While I can appreciate your desire for your child to be a little more “sticktuitive” with their decisions, I also would rather binge watch Succession instead of seeing Dr. Dog.

I also went to Ke$ha.

#JulianAndSpacesKidBesties?

I went to Kesha and had a great time. Stood on the top level. Plenty of room up there.

Went to Squeeze/Hall and Oates over the weekend. Hall and Oates played a really short set. I went mostly for Squeeze and they did not disappoint.

Wow that is short


https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/daryl-hall-and-john-oates/2021/merriweather-post-pavilion-columbia-md-7b8c6654.html

Starsky wrote:
Wow that is short


https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/daryl-hall-and-john-oates/2021/merriweather-post-pavilion-columbia-md-7b8c6654.html

The Kesha show was only 13 songs.

K8teebug wrote:

Went to Squeeze/Hall and Oates over the weekend. Hall and Oates played a really short set. I went mostly for Squeeze and they did not disappoint.

I thought KT was supposed to open this show.  Most of the packed house was there to see Hall & Oates, who seemed really happy to be there.  Really short sets by both; show was over by 10:15.  Took longer to get out of the parking garage than Squeeze's entire set, which was great as usual. 

Geez ten songs!

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/squeeze/2021/merriweather-post-pavilion-columbia-md-738c6655.html

I will say, yes both the Squeeze and H&O's sets were short,
but man that was 20 straight up bangers an no fluff
both those guys have some serious back catalogue
and not every old musician can be like the stones or the boss
This wasn't as much as a dual headliner as a split headliner

Wish I was there for this one…
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/patti-smith-played-central-park-summerstage-pics-videos-setlist/

Yada wrote:
Speaking of ticket price watching…

Keep an eye out on those Outlaw Music Festival tickets for next Friday night… the big DIP is gonna happen soon.

I have it on good authority that I was 100% correct in this prediction. Front row tickets available as well as dozens of other pavilion seats.