Dinosaur Jr

I was at Norfolk and Carrboro last night. Norfolk was better.

Merch:
Freakscene 7" - $5
4 pack of buttons - $5
The first three Dino Jr. CDs - $15 (Each, obviously)
Three shirts - $20 (each)

I, too, got a setlist at Norfolk. Distance - if you taped, I'd be hugely interested, as I said over on Netphoria last week.

Damn, this is going to be a loud show. I'm NOT leaving my earplugs at home for this one!

Originally posted by bearman:
Damn, this is going to be a loud show. I'm NOT leaving my earplugs at home for this one!

being deaf is romantically fun, though.

rock my brain's pain, j.!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i saw the norfolk show, too. i enjoyed every minute of dinosaur jr's set…j's rig was insanely loud and his tone just perfectly fuzzy. i've seen metal bands with more gear sound quieter. murph was pounding the crap out of the drums, and lou sounded good; they all seemed to be having a genuinely good time. j ripped off many inspired solos, and the highlight of the night for me was "the lung."

bardo pond has been one of my favorite bands since 1995, and my opinion of them is biased because they're good friends of mine and hooked me up with guest tickets for the show, so of course i'm gonna say they were great. however, of the 20 or so times i've seen them, saturday's set wasn't even close to their best. isobel's vocals were mixed way too high and the guitars were not loud enough. soundmen always feel they have to raise the vocals, but in bardo pond (much like in my bloody valentine), the vocals are designed to blend in with the instruments. that's a minor gripe, though…i still enjoyed bardo and i've never seen them half-ass a show.

majik markers, as always, were entertaining but not as good as the sets at noise against fascism and no fun. they exist partly to challenge, confront, and antagonize close-minded audiences. there were plenty of "you suck" and "get off the stage" jeers, to which elise replied back, "why don't you get up here and play? i'll play your dick man!" i thought it was pretty funny. majik markers, like the bunnybrains of the '90s, are really carrying the torch for retardo-rock. to "get it," one really needs a sense of humor and an appreciation for anything post-modern or reductionist. it is "punk" and "DIY" in its purest sense, saying "we can't play, but we do, so why don't you?"

set times were 25 for MM, 50 for BP, 90 for DJ. the norva was nowhere near sold-out, though there was a good size crowd.

Dino Jr. was in On Tap this month:

http://www.ontaponline.com/view_article.php?article_id=10012

It couldn't have sounded any better. They were all in top form. Great show. Good after-music, too.

Anyone know what was up with their delay starting?

i knew i was in for a great night when i walked in and heard wolf eyes on the p.a….i was like whuuuut? this is the 9:30 club?? hearing Love as I made my way outside the club was pretty pleasant too. I gotta say I think I enjoyed the encores even more than the actual set but dino put on easily top 5 sets ive ever seen at 930 club. magik markers destroyed as alwayssss….bardo pond were amazing.. i just think their sound is more suitable for a small, intimate venue.. i couldnt really soak in the fuzz the way i could at say a warehouse next door or dc9 (hint, hint). that would absolutely melt my senses.

anyone else notice all the parallels to the sy show last summer? with magik markers opening, 2nd band being female fronted psych w/ singer dressed in white and 80s alt rock band as headliner doing double encores.

Yeah, great show. Can anyone who went to both compare it to Norfolk?

Setlist (this is from memory but I believe it's correct):

Gargoyle
In A Jar
The Lung
Post
Forget the Swan
Little Fury Things
Repulsion
Raisans
Bulbs of Passion
Budge
Kracked
Sludgefeast

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Just Like Heaven
Freak Scene

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Tarpit
Chunks

<img src="http://www.tourhistory.org/images/20050711setlist.jpg" alt=" - " />

Right, but they didn't actually play Quest. They opened the second encore with Tarpit and then went into what sounded like Chunks before ending it.

Originally posted by sonicyouth42:
Right, but they didn't actually play Quest. They opened the second encore with Tarpit and then went into what sounded like Chunks before ending it.

i'm just posting the setlist i was given. heh.
i can never remember setlists at shows.

As great as last night was, it wasn't as good as Norfolk. The band just had a bit more energy then. Still, 95% as good, and I enjoyed both (and Cat's Cradle) immensely.

Well the club was too smokey and too loud and it was too crowed, some really tall guy pushed his way in front of me and all these people kept stepping on my toes and then after the show one of the stage bouncers wouldn't give me a setlist….

But really….Great fucking show. I wasn't quite sure what to expect, but whatever expectations I had were far exceeded. Great setlist and man do I love the electric guitar. In the right hands, the louder the better.

I had a great great time. Thanks 9:30.

i was more jazzed for this show than anything in a long long time. totally delivered, thanks guys

I, too, had a wonderful time. Saw a bunch of old friends at the end of the show. I wore earplugs for the first time since i was a kid, and boy were they useful!!!

Mascis is the man, maybe the greatest guitarist of our (my) time (Thurston might be tied).

I thought it was just crowded and smokey enough! and was very happy with the setlist.

one funny story, this cutesy little girl kept going back and forth to the dudes in front of us (we were like 9 people back right in front of J) and saying "my friends are up there, hehe" and then she started bringing more and more people up there. but as soon as Dino came on these two dorks came from nowhere, stood right in front of here and started playing air guitar like madmen! it was awesome, and for the record, i dont mind standing near sweaty guys rocking the air guitar, it was amusing!

on a sad note though, i almost prefer his solo tours. (dont yell at me!) but this show was great and something i thought i'd never do again.

Great show. I knew I should've got earplugs though…
Also, would've liked to have heard more stuff from Bug

Originally posted by amnesiac:
Great show. I knew I should've got earplugs though…
Also, would've liked to have heard more stuff from Bug

I enjoyed the show but thought there was just a shade too much of the sheer guitar squall onslaught. Hearing those songs was great, but there was almost too much of a pattern of starting out one of the old classics and then shifting into another Mascis freak-out. For some reason, that never struck me when I saw the J Mascis & Fog shows, including the one earlier this year. And so I have to join the camp that prefers the solo shows, as blasphemous as that might sound.

I thought Bardo Pond was pretty boring. The Majik Markers were interesting, even kind of funny. If they would settle into an actual groove, they could conceivably go somewhere since they have the look down pat (tough-chick Leather Tuscadero on vocals and guitar-violence, 1950s prom queen on bass, and swirls of hair on drums).

Also loved the show, next to Ween last year probably my favorite yet at the club.

Bardo really clicked with me towards the end of their set and Dinosaurs just seemed so fresh! Have they come back to save rock? I hope they keep touring and start writing again.

Anyway a question - the DJ set between Bardo and Dinosaur was sublime. Was that Sun City Girls or Cambodian Rock I heard? IF you know the playlist let me know.

Good times.

Cheers,
Toby

oh, i meant to include that in my original post.

BARDO POND SUCKS. come on, really. the drummer was good, but the 3 guitarists were boring at best, and usually just sounded like they were "warming up" still!!

and that girl!! oh lord. she looked like some rich girl who's mother bought her an "indie band" so she could show off her sheer talent of whining and playing instruments she learned in 6th grade. and playing them like a 6th grader.

what a buzzkill they were.

oh yeah, this was the first time ever i wore earplugs. totally glad