The Decemberists

I thought the crowd was really into the show on Sunday night. Some people dancing, everyone singing, and an insane amount of clapping during almost every song.

Originally posted by K8teebug:
I thought the crowd was really into the show on Sunday night. Some people dancing, everyone singing, and an insane amount of clapping during almost every song.

Yea, I thought the Sunday crowd was really into the show, lots of clapping, lots of hands in the air, a great show, imo.

Loved the show although they could have done either with a better opener or none altogether.

I've never had 30 minutes drag on so long as it did with the Lavender Diamond set.

Hey everyone,

we're giving away a Decemberist prize pack over on DCist in conjunction with these shows. Have at it.

http://www.dcist.com/archives/2006/10/31/what_did_you_th.php

totally kind of off topic, but does anyone have any idea what the story about korn in the backstage was that meloy mentioned on monday night and seemed so horrified by?

Originally posted by Darth Ed:
Curiously, they were not selling El Jefe's poster at tonight's show. Did they sell them at Sunday night's show?

They didn't sell it at Sunday's either or at least not that I saw.
Overall, I thought it was a great show, quite glad I went. They did a great job with the Sunday night set list.

Originally posted by leafblower:
Hey everyone,

we're giving away a Decemberist prize pack over on DCist in conjunction with these shows. Have at it.

http://www.dcist.com/archives/2006/10/31/what_did_you_th.php

I love the lithograph. Is that available for purchase anywhere? I didn't see it at the show, and I don't see it for sale on decemberists.com….

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Psst….

Thanks! I would have looked on eBay eventually if it couldn't be found elsewhere, but that'll do very nicely. I'm still wondering where this lithograph came from though. Anyone know the scoop?

Originally posted by Darth Ed:

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Psst….

Thanks! I would have looked on eBay eventually if it couldn't be found elsewhere, but that'll do very nicely. I'm still wondering where this lithograph came from though.

It looks like signed versions were sent to a lot of the bloggers as a promo and unsigned versions were available with the album purchase from independent record stores.

I picked up a copy of the poster that launched this thread from El Jefe Himself at SPX, and I believe he told me they wouldn't be available at the show because there was no way he could make any money off of them there. I'm not sure if it was the D's or the club that he would have had to give the posters to, but whoever it was would have kept all the $$. Since he only does a limited run of each poster (in this case 80), and a certain percentage go to the band and the venue, he wants to maximize his profits on the rest of them.

When I went to the Sunday show, I assumed I wouldn't be able to get it signed anyway so I left the poster at home. It turned out that the merch guy had some copies of it himself, and after spending a little money and giving him a fat tip, I asked if he'd be able to hook me up with signatures the following night. Instead, he offered to get one of his copies signed during the day on Monday, which I then traded for my own at that night's concert. Now I'm the proud owner of print #30 of 80, with all six band members' signatures. Most of them signed on the elephant, but given how much new/touring band member Lisa resembles the girl in the poster, I think it's amusing that she signed on the girl's arm.