Shellac

Any idea when these tickets go on sale?

Well the Fort Reno show is free and outdoors.

Apparently the show has been moved from the Fort to the Black Cat, and is no longer free ($12 cover? I forget). See the last page of the "Just Announced" topic/thread for more details.

Looks like tickets are on sale on Friday.

That's not very punk rock.

Originally posted by sweetcell:
Apparently the show has been moved from the Fort to the Black Cat, and is no longer free ($12 cover? I forget). See the last page of the "Just Announced" topic/thread for more details.

Shellac aren't punk rock though.

That really sucks. Does this mean that some of the proceeds for this show are going to Fort Reno?

Thanks for the info about the onsale date!

amanda sez the bad people ruined it for all. the park service was not gonna guarantee the space/date.

What did these bad people do?

they were evil doers.

Anyone going tonight?

I'm there.

Fort Reno people will be selling t-shirts from this and past years if anyone is interested.

Defintely.

FYI, When I bought my ticket the other night, the Black Cat ticket person thought there was a fair chance it would sell out.

Originally posted by bearman:
Anyone going tonight?

Thanks for the heads up…I wasn't sure what time to get there, but I'll try to be there earlier if that's the case. It would be cool if they played the song "Doris". That's always a good one.

Several years ago after a Shellac show in Chicago, I asked Steve why they never play Doris live. He said it wouldn't "come out right" live because it has too many guitar tracks (or some such technical reason).

Not sure if he was BSing me or not. One would hope audio-electronic technology has progressed somwhat since then.

Originally posted by bearman:
Thanks for the heads up…I wasn't sure what time to get there, but I'll try to be there earlier if that's the case. It would be cool if they played the song "Doris". That's always a good one.

Several years ago after a Shellac show in Chicago, I asked Steve why they never play Doris live. He said it wouldn't "come out right" live because it has too many guitar tracks (or some such technical reason).

Not sure if he was BSing me or not. One would hope audio-electronic technology has progressed somwhat since then.

oh, the techonology is there, been out for a while - it's called "playing along to tape" (i.e. pre-recorded material). not everyone is willing to do that, as they want their shows to be 100% live.

i don't know this song, but if it truly is complex and a simplified live version wouldn't do it justice - good for them for not serving up an approximation.

or maybe they don't want to play their "hit"…

And please, if you can (and I can't because I have school tomorrow), go out and support Fort Reno tonight. The stuff that went down this summer really posed a serious problem for the series and I refuse to see it come to an end. It's one of the best things we have in DC.

Excellent show…I really enjoyed hearing stuff like "Wingwalker" and "Crow" and "A Minute". What was the name of the opening band again? I thought they were pretty solid.

Weston and Albini's banter was pretty good, and of course Trainer saying that the guy who asked what was wrong with his hair was spot on when he said he probably had a beard and tattoos. I enjoyed the new material they played too. Glad to see that they weren't afraid to rock out on the older songs.