Originally posted by curious70:Wow, I don't know what show you went to. I'm not even a Dismemberment Plan fan, and I was FAR from bored. In fact, I thought they were one of the better live acts I've seen, and that was certainly among the most energetic crowds I've been a part of in this town.
I was bored to tears at this show. I went to support the cause and to find out what this "amazing" band was like. OMG.. are you kidding. This band must be an acquired taste, like jam bands.
Bored. Bored. Bored. Totally disappointed.
Yes, they were proficient but not mind blowing. Unimpressive lyrics, not so creative compositions… The crowd was high energy, but not the band. If I recall the band was pretty staid but that might be because I was BORED.
Dismemberment Plan
Originally posted by curious70:Kosmo, please confirm this is a Charlie Nakatestes alter-ego. Thanks!
I was bored to tears at this show. I went to support the cause and to find out what this "amazing" band was like. OMG.. are you kidding. This band must be an acquired taste, like jam bands.
Bored. Bored. Bored. Totally disappointed.
Yes, they were proficient but not mind blowing. Unimpressive lyrics, not so creative compositions… The crowd was high energy, but not the band. If I recall the band was pretty staid but that might be because I was BORED.
From everyone's favorite quiche-eating Post critic:
The Dismemberment Plan
To witness the Dismemberment Plan shimmying into "A Life of Possibilities" at the Black Cat Friday night was to be swamped – with nostalgia, excitement, deja vu, melancholy and, mostly, warmth. After all, the much-loved local quartet reunited to play a pair of weekend shows – which sold out with lightning speed when announced in March – to support Callum Robbins, son of Channels bassist Janet Morgan and longtime D.C. music fixture J. Robbins. Callum was born with spinal muscular atrophy (see http://desotorecords.com/cal ), and the medical bills have been staggering.
The Plan joined a long list of musicians helping him out, and in doing so it hardly looked or sounded as if nearly four years had passed since the band had stopped plying its unique mix of D.C. punk, whip-crack pop, smart boy noise and sneaky, suggestive melody. Naturally the set list was a D-Plan hit parade, and some of it sounded surprisingly better with age: "Spider in the Snow," "Gyroscope," "Sentimental Man," "Do the Standing Still" and especially "The Ice of Boston," bolstered by the traditional audience-onstage backing chorus.
The throng that clambered up Friday packed the Cat's stage so tightly that Travis Morrison had to put down his guitar just to have room to stand. That surging anthem was the emotional high point of a thoroughly enjoyable show, one that boiled down to a very good rock band re-creating its very good chemistry for a very good cause. But it was more, too: The Plan was leading a celebration in the face of adversity. And taking time to do that is an act whose importance is difficult to overestimate.
– Patrick Foster
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/29/AR2007042901455.html
The Dismemberment Plan
To witness the Dismemberment Plan shimmying into "A Life of Possibilities" at the Black Cat Friday night was to be swamped – with nostalgia, excitement, deja vu, melancholy and, mostly, warmth. After all, the much-loved local quartet reunited to play a pair of weekend shows – which sold out with lightning speed when announced in March – to support Callum Robbins, son of Channels bassist Janet Morgan and longtime D.C. music fixture J. Robbins. Callum was born with spinal muscular atrophy (see http://desotorecords.com/cal ), and the medical bills have been staggering.
The Plan joined a long list of musicians helping him out, and in doing so it hardly looked or sounded as if nearly four years had passed since the band had stopped plying its unique mix of D.C. punk, whip-crack pop, smart boy noise and sneaky, suggestive melody. Naturally the set list was a D-Plan hit parade, and some of it sounded surprisingly better with age: "Spider in the Snow," "Gyroscope," "Sentimental Man," "Do the Standing Still" and especially "The Ice of Boston," bolstered by the traditional audience-onstage backing chorus.
The throng that clambered up Friday packed the Cat's stage so tightly that Travis Morrison had to put down his guitar just to have room to stand. That surging anthem was the emotional high point of a thoroughly enjoyable show, one that boiled down to a very good rock band re-creating its very good chemistry for a very good cause. But it was more, too: The Plan was leading a celebration in the face of adversity. And taking time to do that is an act whose importance is difficult to overestimate.
– Patrick Foster
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/29/AR2007042901455.html
great show. happy times.
i was happy when bonnie bounded up on stage to dance during the city. i always consider her to be the plan's go-go dancer (as well as member of bald rapunzel and motorcyclewars)and it reminds me of seeing them 9 years ago when i moved here.
but seriously? i hate it when the kids jump on stage because they think it's their right.
*grumble grumble i'm old grumble*
i don't like it when it gets to a point that it's not about the band and it becomes "hey josh-take a photo of me with your cell phone/pda/digital camera"
i'm sorry, but i just don't.
i was happy when bonnie bounded up on stage to dance during the city. i always consider her to be the plan's go-go dancer (as well as member of bald rapunzel and motorcyclewars)and it reminds me of seeing them 9 years ago when i moved here.
but seriously? i hate it when the kids jump on stage because they think it's their right.
*grumble grumble i'm old grumble*
i don't like it when it gets to a point that it's not about the band and it becomes "hey josh-take a photo of me with your cell phone/pda/digital camera"
i'm sorry, but i just don't.
Probably drunk when he wrote it.
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
From everyone's favorite quiche-eating Post critic:
The Dismemberment Plan
To witness the Dismemberment Plan shimmying into "A Life of Possibilities" at the Black Cat Friday night was to be swamped – with nostalgia, excitement, deja vu, melancholy and, mostly, warmth. After all, the much-loved local quartet reunited to play a pair of weekend shows – which sold out with lightning speed when announced in March – to support Callum Robbins, son of Channels bassist Janet Morgan and longtime D.C. music fixture J. Robbins. Callum was born with spinal muscular atrophy (see http://desotorecords.com/cal ), and the medical bills have been staggering.
The Plan joined a long list of musicians helping him out, and in doing so it hardly looked or sounded as if nearly four years had passed since the band had stopped plying its unique mix of D.C. punk, whip-crack pop, smart boy noise and sneaky, suggestive melody. Naturally the set list was a D-Plan hit parade, and some of it sounded surprisingly better with age: "Spider in the Snow," "Gyroscope," "Sentimental Man," "Do the Standing Still" and especially "The Ice of Boston," bolstered by the traditional audience-onstage backing chorus.
The throng that clambered up Friday packed the Cat's stage so tightly that Travis Morrison had to put down his guitar just to have room to stand. That surging anthem was the emotional high point of a thoroughly enjoyable show, one that boiled down to a very good rock band re-creating its very good chemistry for a very good cause. But it was more, too: The Plan was leading a celebration in the face of adversity. And taking time to do that is an act whose importance is difficult to overestimate.
– Patrick Foster
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/29/AR2007042901455.html
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/42648-live-the-dismemberment-plan
Live: The Dismemberment Plan
Black Cat, Washington, D.C.; 28 April 2007
Live Review by Dave Maher | Photo by Shervin Lainez
Every Dismemberment Plan show was an event. Each set the D.C. quartet played during their 10-year existence had the potential to turn into a huge dance party with fans flooding the stage, and there were a few elements that were practically guaranteed: medleys of Top 40 covers and a boatload of charismatic moves from frontman Travis Morrison. So for their reunion shows to be successful, all the band needed to do was play the kind of shows they had played all the time before disbanding in 2003. And they did.
The circumstances of the reunion kept there from being too much pressure on the band. These were two hometown benefits with 100% of the money from ticket sales going to help Callum Robbins– son of Jawbox vocalist and guitarist J. Robbins and Janet Morgan– fight a debilitating motor neuron disease called Spinal Muscular Atrophy. The worst we could expect was two bad shows for a great cause.
Of course, no one expected the worst on Saturday. After the straightforward riff rock of Owls & Crows and a fun and occasionally tender set from Beauty Pill (who featured Aloha's Cale Parks and T.J. Lipple behind two drum kits), the crowd was tense with anticipation. When Morrison first appeared on stage, he went about setting up equipment with a straight face, but after some time and a few cheers, he cracked an amused, mischievous smile. Following an introduction from J. Robbins in which he devastatingly explained his son's condition and thanked everyone involved with all of the recent benefits for Callum, the Plan took the stage.
Their first three songs seemed almost comically chosen to comment on the nature of the reunion itself: "Do the Standing Still", followed by "What Do You Want Me to Say" and "Following Through" ("It could have been good/ It could have been something special"). But the setlist's meta-commentary ended there and gave way to two hours worth of a great Dismemberment Plan show.
In jeans and a t-shirt, Morrison was dressed down but in peak form: He ad-libbed lyrics and changed melodies, and his emotional range on stage was incredible. He could be frantic, sexual, confused, ironic, or sincere, but he was always sensitive to the songs, perfectly matching the perspective of each one. On stage, he's the indie Prince, more down-to-earth but just as scarily possessed.
The other members of the band also had no trouble assuming their old roles. Bassist and occasional keyboard player Eric Axelson played Morrison's affable counterpoint when the singer had to sit on his lap because of an equipment malfunction the first night that required them to share a keyboard during desperation jam "Girl O'Clock". Drummer Joe Easley was the ungodly awesome robot he is on the records, and Jason Caddell remained cool in the midst of the chaos around him whether he was playing guitar or keyboard.
The band's set was justly skewed toward material from Emergency & I, but each of their albums was represented. They even played two songs from !, "Onward, Fat Girl" and second (and final) encore closer "Rusty". Unexpectedly, there were no recognizable covers except for an abbreviated version of Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely" in which Morrison changed "she" to "he", presumably in tribute to Callum. The crowd did invade the stage for "The Ice of Boston", but since it was only the first song of their first encore, Morrison asked them to leave so the band could play "several more" songs. On his way down, one fan handed Travis a souvenir: a license plate that said "MRGNC&I".
At one point in the show, someone up front requested "The Other Side", and Morrison responded by saying, "You always want to hear the depressing shit." They eventually played the song, but it was a funny thing for him to say because so many Dismemberment Plan songs are depressing, at least in part. A majority of the songs on their last two albums are about people in situations where they feel alienated and alone, and that is depressing shit. Where the Dismemberment Plan succeeded so mightily while they were active was in their ability to combine Morrison's acute lyrical descriptions of the isolation of early adulthood with a cornucopia of musical influences that made a party of that isolation.
The band played a particularly moving version of "Spider in the Snow" on Saturday. The opening lyric of that song is "The only thing worse than bad memories/ Is no memories at all." Fortunately, those aren't our only options, and they certainly weren't at these shows. Thanks again for the party, guys.
Live: The Dismemberment Plan
Black Cat, Washington, D.C.; 28 April 2007
Live Review by Dave Maher | Photo by Shervin Lainez
Every Dismemberment Plan show was an event. Each set the D.C. quartet played during their 10-year existence had the potential to turn into a huge dance party with fans flooding the stage, and there were a few elements that were practically guaranteed: medleys of Top 40 covers and a boatload of charismatic moves from frontman Travis Morrison. So for their reunion shows to be successful, all the band needed to do was play the kind of shows they had played all the time before disbanding in 2003. And they did.
The circumstances of the reunion kept there from being too much pressure on the band. These were two hometown benefits with 100% of the money from ticket sales going to help Callum Robbins– son of Jawbox vocalist and guitarist J. Robbins and Janet Morgan– fight a debilitating motor neuron disease called Spinal Muscular Atrophy. The worst we could expect was two bad shows for a great cause.
Of course, no one expected the worst on Saturday. After the straightforward riff rock of Owls & Crows and a fun and occasionally tender set from Beauty Pill (who featured Aloha's Cale Parks and T.J. Lipple behind two drum kits), the crowd was tense with anticipation. When Morrison first appeared on stage, he went about setting up equipment with a straight face, but after some time and a few cheers, he cracked an amused, mischievous smile. Following an introduction from J. Robbins in which he devastatingly explained his son's condition and thanked everyone involved with all of the recent benefits for Callum, the Plan took the stage.
Their first three songs seemed almost comically chosen to comment on the nature of the reunion itself: "Do the Standing Still", followed by "What Do You Want Me to Say" and "Following Through" ("It could have been good/ It could have been something special"). But the setlist's meta-commentary ended there and gave way to two hours worth of a great Dismemberment Plan show.
In jeans and a t-shirt, Morrison was dressed down but in peak form: He ad-libbed lyrics and changed melodies, and his emotional range on stage was incredible. He could be frantic, sexual, confused, ironic, or sincere, but he was always sensitive to the songs, perfectly matching the perspective of each one. On stage, he's the indie Prince, more down-to-earth but just as scarily possessed.
The other members of the band also had no trouble assuming their old roles. Bassist and occasional keyboard player Eric Axelson played Morrison's affable counterpoint when the singer had to sit on his lap because of an equipment malfunction the first night that required them to share a keyboard during desperation jam "Girl O'Clock". Drummer Joe Easley was the ungodly awesome robot he is on the records, and Jason Caddell remained cool in the midst of the chaos around him whether he was playing guitar or keyboard.
The band's set was justly skewed toward material from Emergency & I, but each of their albums was represented. They even played two songs from !, "Onward, Fat Girl" and second (and final) encore closer "Rusty". Unexpectedly, there were no recognizable covers except for an abbreviated version of Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely" in which Morrison changed "she" to "he", presumably in tribute to Callum. The crowd did invade the stage for "The Ice of Boston", but since it was only the first song of their first encore, Morrison asked them to leave so the band could play "several more" songs. On his way down, one fan handed Travis a souvenir: a license plate that said "MRGNC&I".
At one point in the show, someone up front requested "The Other Side", and Morrison responded by saying, "You always want to hear the depressing shit." They eventually played the song, but it was a funny thing for him to say because so many Dismemberment Plan songs are depressing, at least in part. A majority of the songs on their last two albums are about people in situations where they feel alienated and alone, and that is depressing shit. Where the Dismemberment Plan succeeded so mightily while they were active was in their ability to combine Morrison's acute lyrical descriptions of the isolation of early adulthood with a cornucopia of musical influences that made a party of that isolation.
The band played a particularly moving version of "Spider in the Snow" on Saturday. The opening lyric of that song is "The only thing worse than bad memories/ Is no memories at all." Fortunately, those aren't our only options, and they certainly weren't at these shows. Thanks again for the party, guys.
Not an alter ego of anybody. I was at Friday's show. The crowd was into it. For the most part it was long-term Dismemberment Plan crowd. People were excited to see a band play live that they liked after a long hiatus. In my opinion as a total newbie, it was engh. Maybe I go to too many shows, have high expectations or just really like good music.
The band seems to have had a following in the DC area. As I said it felt to me like this was a band you discovered in college.
More importantly, I was SHOCKED at how many tickets were left uncollected at will call on Friday.
Regardless of all of this I think it was great the band did the benefits. It is nice that benefits are being held all over the country.
The band seems to have had a following in the DC area. As I said it felt to me like this was a band you discovered in college.
More importantly, I was SHOCKED at how many tickets were left uncollected at will call on Friday.
Regardless of all of this I think it was great the band did the benefits. It is nice that benefits are being held all over the country.
My question is why some douchebag who doesn't like the dismemberment plan even buys tickets to the reunion shows, knowing he's depriving legitimate fans of a rare opportunity to see the band. You're worse then a scalper.
*awaits thread exploding to 240 posts*
*awaits thread exploding to 240 posts*
Was this show about the kid with the problems or was it about a band?
Hell, for the cheap price of the show, I would have given it a chance if I were the type who bags five concerts a week. Even though I think they suck.
Hell, for the cheap price of the show, I would have given it a chance if I were the type who bags five concerts a week. Even though I think they suck.
Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:
My question is why some douchebag who doesn't like the dismemberment plan even buys tickets to the reunion shows, knowing he's depriving legitimate fans of a rare opportunity to see the band. You're worse then a scalper.
*awaits thread exploding to 240 posts*
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:I have no doubt that when J. Robbins went on stage, people felt bad for his kid. I'm glad my $15 went to the kid. But this was ENTIRELY about the band. If the band playing this benefit was, oh, Sounds of Kaleidiscope, instead of D-Plan - it doesn't sell out in 3 minutes if at all. People weren't hyped up "to help out the kid", people were hyped for D-Plan. NME and Pitchfork didn't run articles about this because of Cal Robbins; they ran articles because D-Plan hadn't played a show in 4 years.
Was this show about the kid with the problems or was it about a band?
And curious70 didn't go to this show "to support the kid" he went because he wanted the "indie cred" that went along with getting into the hardest-to-get-tickets-to concert of the year in DC.
But the show would have never even happened without the kid, right?
Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:I have no doubt that when J. Robbins went on stage, people felt bad for his kid. I'm glad my $15 went to the kid. But this was ENTIRELY about the band. If the band playing this benefit was, oh, Sounds of Kaleidiscope, instead of D-Plan - it doesn't sell out in 3 minutes if at all. People weren't hyped up "to help out the kid", people were hyped for D-Plan. NME and Pitchfork didn't run articles about this because of Cal Robbins; they ran articles because D-Plan hadn't played a show in 4 years.
Was this show about the kid with the problems or was it about a band?
And curious70 didn't go to this show "to support the kid" he went because he wanted the "indie cred" that went along with getting into the hardest-to-get-tickets-to concert of the year in DC.
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:We can do this chicken and egg bit for a while, but there have been all sorts of Cal Robbins benefits, and oh how curious curious70 picked this one to go to.
But the show would have never even happened without the kid, right?
Bet anything so many tickets went unused because they were purchased as a means to help out the cause as opposed to really caring about the band. No disrespect towards D-Plan, mind you. It was cheap and something to do if they felt like it on the night of, all while being charitable. Just a shame that some of those unused tickets weren't given away, or even sold, to other willing fans. Better yet if the resale went to the benefit but, assuming it was at face value, some other real fans would have gotten in.
Originally posted by Jaguar:no way … anyone who just felt like being charitable could have (and can) just donate money to the cause, anyone who was hitting refresh every second for 5 minutes was either looking to go to the show, or looking to scalp the tickets
Bet anything so many tickets went unused because they were purchased as a means to help out the cause as opposed to really caring about the band. No disrespect towards D-Plan, mind you. It was cheap and something to do if they felt like it on the night of, all while being charitable.
the reason so many tickets went unused is because people bought them at the spur of the moment knowing they would sell out quickly .. and as mentioned people traveled from all across the land to come to this show.. sometimes people just can't make it out of town.. and without tickets in hand.. it's a real hassle to sell them over craigslist or ebay… and knowing that all of the money went to cal.. it's hard to feel guilty about not using the tickets or making money back.
Anyone know where I can obtain a poster of the show? They were all gone by the time I got to the merch table
Dismemberment Plan
04/27/07 Black Cat: Washington, DC
source: NAKAMICHI + SBD MATRIX MIX
lineage: DIGITAL MASTER > .FLAC
encoding: cps 05/02/07
setlist:
1. intro
2. A Life of Possibilities
3. Pay for the Piano
4. Girl O'Clock
5. Gyroscope
6. Ellen and Ben
7. Do the Standing Still
8. Following Through
9. What Do You Want Me to Say
10. Spider in the Snow
11. Time Bomb
12. The Dismemberment Plan Gets Rich!
13. You Are Invited
14. The Other Side
15. Ice of Boston
16. Rusty
17. Ok, Jokes Over
18. Sentimental Man
19. The City
20. Onward, Fat Girl
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=145222
04/27/07 Black Cat: Washington, DC
source: NAKAMICHI + SBD MATRIX MIX
lineage: DIGITAL MASTER > .FLAC
encoding: cps 05/02/07
setlist:
1. intro
2. A Life of Possibilities
3. Pay for the Piano
4. Girl O'Clock
5. Gyroscope
6. Ellen and Ben
7. Do the Standing Still
8. Following Through
9. What Do You Want Me to Say
10. Spider in the Snow
11. Time Bomb
12. The Dismemberment Plan Gets Rich!
13. You Are Invited
14. The Other Side
15. Ice of Boston
16. Rusty
17. Ok, Jokes Over
18. Sentimental Man
19. The City
20. Onward, Fat Girl
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=145222
Rad…but they won't accept any more registrations. Bummer. Anyone want to pull it down and send me the MP3s? I know you do!
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Dismemberment Plan
04/27/07 Black Cat: Washington, DC
source: NAKAMICHI + SBD MATRIX MIX
lineage: DIGITAL MASTER > .FLAC
encoding: cps 05/02/07
setlist:
1. intro
2. A Life of Possibilities
3. Pay for the Piano
4. Girl O'Clock
5. Gyroscope
6. Ellen and Ben
7. Do the Standing Still
8. Following Through
9. What Do You Want Me to Say
10. Spider in the Snow
11. Time Bomb
12. The Dismemberment Plan Gets Rich!
13. You Are Invited
14. The Other Side
15. Ice of Boston
16. Rusty
17. Ok, Jokes Over
18. Sentimental Man
19. The City
20. Onward, Fat Girl
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=145222
Hooray!!! I have a valid account. I'll try it when I get home. :)
I'm more interested in the 4/28 bootleg (if any) but this is super rad itself.