Post Show Banter >>>>

jeffml wrote:
GWAR at Baltimore Soundstage.  My second time seeing them and I realized then and there that one really only needs to see GWAR 1 time.  Although the crowd and opening bands are always interesting.

maybe once a decade.  It helps to be heavily intoxicated.  What I don't understand is people who buy their music and listen to it at home

Hey Yada how was Liam Kazar?

Space wrote:
Hey Yada how was Liam Kazar?

A+, would see again and again. Great musician, incredibly tight band (same backing band as Sam Evian), maybe 30 people there for his set.

Stayed for about 40 minutes of Sam's set, good enough but his vox didn't shine through on the DC9 sound system.

Sylvan Esso was cool. Not exactly my genre. Went along as part of girlfriend's daughter's birthday celebration. Liz is gonna be 30, wow we are old.
Really enjoyed the show. Lots of bleeps and bloops and hooks and lights.
Also, first time back to Anthem since October 2019 for Wilco. The Wharf is even more developed with busy bars and restaurants.
First time ever having seats upstairs, so it was the first time ever getting to use the VIP entrance. Big plus because even at 8:20ish, the line to get in for GA was very long.

PRO TIP: If you download the bindle app and upload your vaccine info you get in much faster! The long line is partly due to having to check the vaccine status, match it to ID etc. if you have the bindle app just mention it to staff and they should direct you to an express line or some such.

https://joinbindle.com/

I like Sylvan Esso!

challenged wrote:

First time ever having seats upstairs, so it was the first time ever getting to use the VIP entrance.  .

There is no better way to see a concert in DC than this method IMO.

Jon Wurster on a recent Bob Dylan show: https://dylanlive.substack.com/p/wednesday-night-in-knoxville-by-jon?fbclid=IwAR1GTOYqbWrFd1U3iouvJpDpHiKZFEJIIFS9y993aWe9pI7FGGAgzCwhoxA               

Irritating singer.
Totally forgettable music.

challenged wrote:
Sylvan Esso was cool. 

Oh ok

My bad….I didn’t enjoy it

::)

challenged wrote:
Jon Wurster on a recent Bob Dylan show: https://dylanlive.substack.com/p/wednesday-night-in-knoxville-by-jon?fbclid=IwAR1GTOYqbWrFd1U3iouvJpDpHiKZFEJIIFS9y993aWe9pI7FGGAgzCwhoxA               

Nice writeup! This may be nitpicky but isn't Charley Drayton the drummer and not the bassist in the linked video of Neil Young?

My favorite drummer (Steve Jordan) is playing with the Stones, and my second favorite drummer is now with Dylan? If Topper Headon joins the Replacements I’ll know this has all just been a beautiful fever dream. Charley is one of those rare drummers (like Jordan, Alex Van Halen and Charlie Watts) whose feel and snare drum sound are instantly recognizable and one-of-a-kind. The Divinyls’ “I Touch Myself”? That’s Charley. The Replacements’ “Merry Go Round”? Charley. “Love Shack”? Charley, too. AND he’s the bassist for what might be the greatest televised rock ‘n’ roll performance in the history of Earth. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2s8diq

I read a wiki on Charley Drayton…and he does it all, multi-instrumentalist

Wait did you write that Space? Cause if you did that’s the single greatest thing you ever did here!

Rhythm section on one of my all time favorite albums is Drayton on bass and Jordan on drums!

Andres Calamaro - Alta Suciedad


https://www.discogs.com/master/295341-Andrés-Calamaro-Alta-Suciedad

Imagine being that good - elite- on bass and drums!

Ridiculous

Vas wrote:
Irritating singer.
Totally forgettable music.

challenged wrote:
Sylvan Esso was cool. 

hmmm. maybe this is all subjective. unsure.

Starsky wrote:
Wait did you write that Space? Cause if you did that’s the single greatest thing you ever did here!

Hahaha, was wondering the same.  Obvious C+P job is Obvious.

I wanted to believe……

Well, maybe the copy paste is the greatest thing Space ever did on this board…..the bar is low

Starsky wrote:
Wait did you write that Space? Cause if you did that’s the single greatest thing you ever did here!

Sorry, not me. Jon Wurster is the writer of course. I was not attempting to take the credit. As I noted, it's a good read.

Post-Show Banter on Jason Narducy at Four Seasons Total Landscaping in Philadelphia.
We hung around on South Street for the afternoon, and ate and visited with girfriend's cousin and visited the record store and some vintage stores and ate some more.
Then we parked in front of Fantasy Island sex shop, and met up down the block at Four Seasons and hung around with Jason and some friends, but the City would not issue a permit for the show and instead stickered the premises with a "Cease Operations" notice making it clear that any show would be illegal.
So the show was moved the the Four Seasons' owner's home around 20 minutes north.
We stopped off for some pizza on the way north, at Philomena Santucci's which was pretty great, greasy cheesy square pizza.
Then up to the show in the owner's backyard. Around 45 degrees but we dressed for that and there was a fire-pit, and Four Seasons Total Lanscaping Beer. (Funk Brewing, Lawn Jawn IPA)
Jason played 3 songs and then Jon Glaser (actor comedian, you may know him from Parks and Recreation) interrupted the show with a megaphone as an enforcement officer and threatened to shut the show down. That was a fun bit for awhile, as Jason convinced him not to shut the show down.
Jason then continued with the show, his songs, stories, Verboten the musical songs, plus a few covers: Can't Hardly Wait (replacements), Cath (Dcfc), Waterloo Sunset (kinks), and finished with All you need is love (beatles).
All in all a very fun day.

challenged wrote:
Then we parked in front of Fantasy Island sex shop,

how was their merch :)