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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Darth Ed on November 20, 2006, 05:35:00 pm
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Has is it been canceled for some reason? I don't see it listed at either http://www.sonarbaltimore.com/ (http://www.sonarbaltimore.com/) or http://www.ticketmaster.com/ (http://www.ticketmaster.com/). Pollstar still lists it happening today. I was thinking of going, if it's still going on and not already sold out.
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it's at the ottobar, yo
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Oh, duh. Thanks for setting me straight.
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It wasn't sold out as of last night.
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good show. ottobar is great.
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What time did the openers come on? I got there at 10:00 and Robyn was already on stage tuning up.
My first time at The Ottobar. Not bad at all. Is there a parking lot there? I parked on the street, but after the show it seemed like everyone was walking around back.
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you can park in the lot behind ottobar, but last night I got there a few minutes before you did and it was already full.
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Loved the show. Nice small club. Saw Ted Leo there in August. Got to meet Peter Buck and chat. Very friendly guy, hangin' out at the merch table.
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I'm kicking myself for not going. I ended up working late instead. I was probably skittish having never been to the Ottobar before.
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plus it is easy to get to. 295 to mlk to howard. though howard + mlk have way too many lights that are not timed. first act was 9:05pm. ended around 9:35.
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Actually, first band was Payola Reserve, and they went on at 8:30.
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Originally posted by Darth Ed:
I'm kicking myself for not going. I was probably skittish having never been to the Ottobar before.
Ditto. Actually, I'd forgotten about the show (my Palm calendar was wiped out for no apparent reason), and a Monday is always tough.
I have skipped so many shows this Fall I've had tickets for: Art Brut, Tapes n' Tapes, Twilight Singers, Ok Go, Robyn & Venus 3. Aaargh.
Really wanted to see this, but Baltimore on Monday was tough....Sounds like those who made it saw a good show.
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Yeah, a Baltimore show and it being a Monday both factored in for me as well. If it had been in DC, there would have been no way I would have missed this. How is that the the combination of Robyn Hitchcock and Peter Buck can't score a larger venue than the Ottobar?!
Sounds like it was a good show. I'm still a little confused on the line-up. So Peter and Scott performed first and then Robyn came out and Peter and Scott backed him up?
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Scott, Peter, and Bill Rieflin played with Hitchcock, and Scott played 12-string on a few songs for Mark Pickerel, one of the openers. Sadly, there was no Minus 5 action. I was hoping Scott would get to do a song or two.
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So what stuff did they play?
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All Hitchcock songs except for covers of "Not Dark Yet" by Bob Dylan and "She Said, She Said" by the Beatles in the encore. The Hitchcock stuff was probably 25% from his new one, a few Soft Boys songs, and the rest from his solo albums.
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Also, Hitchcock said that if things work out as planned, they should be back in the area in March. If that happens, I imagine it'd be a DC show.
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Excellent. I'll look forward to that. Thanks for the reports.
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No problem. It was a fun show. A better man would have given you the full set list, but I am not that man. At least not at the moment.
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favorite Soft Boys songs were Queen of Eyes and I Wanna Destroy You.
Robyn told some very funny stories as usual. The one about Tysons Corner was quite entertaining. And he had some biting political commentary as well. And a little song. Something about
"Everybody knows Dubya's stupid, but Rumsfeld is the Anti-Christ".