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Hutch wrote:
I know this is cheesy or the least hip thing evah  and I will likely be impaled for it and banned from forum but two nights ago saw Barenaked Ladies do the Big Bang Theory song….

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Yada wrote:

Hutch wrote:
I know this is cheesy or the least hip thing evah  and I will likely be impaled for it and banned from forum but two nights ago saw Barenaked Ladies do the Big Bang Theory song….

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Thanks for the invite

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We saw the stage production of Fela at the Olney Theatre yesterday. It was excellent, ya'll should go see it.

https://playbill.com/production/fela-regional-olney-theatre-center-for-the-arts-2023

Judging by the number of walking canes and face masks I saw, the old white people quite outnumbered the young hipsters (so y'all would feel right at home) at this one. Regardless, it beats a Barenaked Ladies show, at least for me. :)

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Did they perform the Big Bang Theory song?

Hutch wrote:
Did they perform the Big Bang Theory song?

Is that the song about the new Burger King burger over in Europe?

https://euro.eseuro.com/business/499380.html

I'm not trying to be a hipster, but I can say I've never heard that song.

That is not possible

Space wrote:
We saw the stage production of Fela at the Olney Theatre yesterday. It was excellent, ya'll should go see it.

https://playbill.com/production/fela-regional-olney-theatre-center-for-the-arts-2023

Judging by the number of walking canes and face masks I saw, the old white people quite outnumbered the young hipsters (so y'all would feel right at home) at this one. Regardless, it beats a Barenaked Ladies show, at least for me. :)

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Can confirm… at least the one I saw a decade + ago that had the one girl from Destiny's Child in it as the main character? Lead? whatever you want to call her.

Yada wrote:

Space wrote:
We saw the stage production of Fela at the Olney Theatre yesterday. It was excellent, ya'll should go see it.

https://playbill.com/production/fela-regional-olney-theatre-center-for-the-arts-2023

Judging by the number of walking canes and face masks I saw, the old white people quite outnumbered the young hipsters (so y'all would feel right at home) at this one. Regardless, it beats a Barenaked Ladies show, at least for me. :)

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Can confirm… at least the one I saw a decade + ago that had the one girl from Destiny's Child in it as the main character? Lead? whatever you want to call her.

Are you saying the girl from Destiny's Child was playing Fela? Edit: Google shows me she played his love interest in 2013. She's not in the current show.

This is the guy who played Fela when it was on Broadway:

http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-duain-richmond-duain-richmond-official-los-angeles/

He's playing Fela in the Olney show.

I saw it in NYC all the way back when Sahr Ngaujah was the opening actor to play Fela in 2009/10.

LOVED LOVED LOVED the show.

I'm seeing the Olney show the end of the month. Gonna be a hell of a trek from DC, relatively speaking, but that's how good I think this show is.

And even better news that one of the former Broadway Fela's is on stage in Olney!

Highly recommend to everyone.

Elvis at the Lyric last night.  I knew going in what to expect, especially since he played Syracuse the night before.  The voice just isn't there anymore, but sometimes he still sounds great, mostly on the harder stuff. He opened the show in a beanie sitting on a chair, which he used frequently. Different arrangements on the stuff you know; a lot of stuff I didn't know.  Granted I haven't kept up with his more current stuff. Horns were a nice addition. Good to see Steve Naive and Pete Thomas

Nick Lowe with Los Straitjackets was a lot of fun. And 'When I Write the Book' is a hundred times better than 'Everyday I Write the Book'

Crowd was geriatric, again as expected

The Lyric is cool. Literally. The AC was crankin' 

I did not make it but the Baltimore show did not have Chelsea and Pump It Up…I would've been disappointed…I guess he prefers to play the deep cuts than his "hits".

shemptiness wrote:
Elvis at the Lyric last night.  I knew going in what to expect, especially since he played Syracuse the night before.  The voice just isn't there anymore, but sometimes he still sounds great, mostly on the harder stuff. He opened the show in a beanie sitting on a chair, which he used frequently. Different arrangements on the stuff you know; a lot of stuff I didn't know.  Granted I haven't kept up with his more current stuff. Horns were a nice addition. Good to see Steve Naive and Pete Thomas

Nick Lowe with Los Straitjackets was a lot of fun. And 'When I Write the Book' is a hundred times better than 'Everyday I Write the Book'

Crowd was geriatric, again as expected

The Lyric is cool. Literally. The AC was crankin'

shemptiness wrote:
Elvis at the Lyric last night.

per setlist.fm, he's essentially fronting a cover band ;D

I was there  Definitely not a greatest hits show. Lots of deep deep cuts.  Nick Lowe was fun with Los Straighjackets.  Would like to see him in a smaller venue as headliner.

Vas wrote:
Pump It Up.

Hot take… least favorite song off his greatest album
Would be happy to never hear it again

Anybody catch Nirvana at the State Theatre? How was it?

Unfortunately I had to miss it….

Next time..

Been a while for me here but needed somewhere to vent that I saw Dinosaur Jr. on Friday opening for Clutch and with Red Fang at The Anthem.  They were criminally under-amplified, pretty much not in the PA at all for the first 20 minutes or so.  Red Fang was significantly louder and Clutch had the A treatment mix.  All three bands played great but why Dino Jr got kneecapped by the soundboard I can't understand.  Otherwise, good times, albeit an expensive night.

You know this is an interesting observation. Another usher who was behind soundboard told me he felt the sound got mangled badly.

All I can tell you is Dino had their own sound guy (who looks a lot like Mascis) and did an extensive sound check which sounded good.

tobyd wrote:
Been a while for me here but needed somewhere to vent that I saw Dinosaur Jr. on Friday opening for Clutch and with Red Fang at The Anthem.  They were criminally under-amplified, pretty much not in the PA at all for the first 20 minutes or so.  Red Fang was significantly louder and Clutch had the A treatment mix.  All three bands played great but why Dino Jr got kneecapped by the soundboard I can't understand.  Otherwise, good times, albeit an expensive night.

The question is, why would Dino Jr. open for Clutch…

Clutch fans at this show overwhelmingly outnumbered Dino fans… maybe 8 to 1.

Dino 🦕 played an hour. Even did their cover of Just like Heaven

Clutch played about 90 and just sounded amazing. Tore the roof off…Played some great stuff including their first 7 inch.

Yada wrote:
The question is, why would Dino Jr. open for Clutch…

The odd matching melted away a few times when Dino Jr's shredding pushed more of a link to Clutch's soundscape.
Still – a curious match for the lineup.  Perhaps they share an agent or something.