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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: brennser on October 21, 2005, 10:20:00 am
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how many elitist, password-hoarding pricks gonna be there?
I'll be there on Sunday
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Sunday.
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I wish I were going to either night, but the tickets went on sale while I was on vacation and I missed out. (If anyone has an extra ticket, please PM me.)
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Thursday.
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Gonna be in Martinsville Sunday afternoon, baby.
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Originally posted by [username edited by p.c. moderator]:
Thursday.
I will be there Sunday and Thursday- What is this "Disco Rodeo" place like.
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Sunday. I was out of town when Stars played the Black Cat a few months ago, so I'm excited to see them as well.
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Originally posted by Xavier Bush, Power Forward:
Gonna be in Martinsville Sunday afternoon, baby.
Hope it doesn't rain.
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Originally posted by tbmtt:
I will be there Sunday and Thursday- What is this "Disco Rodeo" place like.
From what I hear, absolutely awful. It used to be Ritz Theatre, but now it basically just hosts Latin dance nights. People who went to Interpol there in March said it had horrible acoustics and sight lines. (Unfortuantely, I have to be out-of-town for the 9:30 Club shows, otherwise...)
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Originally posted by Xavier Bush, Power Forward:
Gonna be in Martinsville Sunday afternoon, baby.
Does Dick Trickle still race? Cheer for him in my absence, wouldya?
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0% according the weather.com. Rain will put a damper on our desires to hike down there on Saturday, but looks to clear out by Sunday.
Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
Originally posted by Xavier Bush, Power Forward:
Gonna be in Martinsville Sunday afternoon, baby.
Hope it doesn't rain. [/b]
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3+ years ago.
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Sunday.
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Originally posted by [username edited by p.c. moderator]:From what I hear, absolutely awful.[/QB]
Well it just so happened that I was going to be in Chapel Hill anyway so I figured I would buy tickets. Too bad it isn't a great venue. When I bought the tickets I figured it was at the Cat's Cradle and was surprized to find out it wasn't. Well I will be the other "DC-music fan" who supposedly doesn't dance, clap, say yeah, or enjoy themselves- I guess your not allowed to nod if you recognize me.
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Distance- you've been to Disco Rodeo, right? How is parking down there? Any lots, or do I have to parallel park?
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Originally posted by tbmtt:
When I bought the tickets I figured it was at the Cat's Cradle and was surprized to find out it wasn't.
Yeah, I'd prefer if it was at Cat's Cradle, that place is OK.
Feel free to yell Julian and I'll buy you a drink if they don't throw you out.
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Originally posted by distance:
3+ years ago.
good answer :D
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Sunday (and then Tue in Philly).
Hoping for a prime spot on the balcony for Stars and then will hang out at the bar for DCFC. I just read in a Toronto Star article on the Arts and Crafts label that Stars have also been on O.C. *three* times. Ugh.
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sunday
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fyi
Leslie Feist @ Olssons
For anyone who has been paying attention, Canadian bands have been invaluable in breathing life into indie rock (prime examples being Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene and The New Pornograpers). Leslie Feist has been involved with that sprawling musical collective from the North, Broken Social Scene, and will be the opening act for their sold out performance at the 9:30 Club this Wednesday. For those of you who didn't get tickets for this show, you're in luck.
Feist will be doing an in-store performance at our Dupont Circle store on Wednesday, October 26 at 5 p.m. the day of the show. Feist's album "Let it Die" has been a sleeper hit of sorts with its mix of covers and original compositions combining elements of jazz, french pop and disco in an improbable but winning way.
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I was one of about five people who saw her at Tower awhile back (when she was opening for BSP), and her solo acoustic in-store persona is completely underwhelming. I'm not sure why she gets such attention. I guess because she's part of the Ugly Team. Keren Ann, A Girl Called Eddy, and others do the same music with better results.
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
fyi
Leslie Feist @ Olssons
For anyone who has been paying attention, Canadian bands have been invaluable in breathing life into indie rock (prime examples being Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene and The New Pornograpers). Leslie Feist has been involved with that sprawling musical collective from the North, Broken Social Scene, and will be the opening act for their sold out performance at the 9:30 Club this Wednesday. For those of you who didn't get tickets for this show, you're in luck.
Feist will be doing an in-store performance at our Dupont Circle store on Wednesday, October 26 at 5 p.m. the day of the show. Feist's album "Let it Die" has been a sleeper hit of sorts with its mix of covers and original compositions combining elements of jazz, french pop and disco in an improbable but winning way.
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I'll be there Sunday.
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Sunday for me as well.
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Sunday
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sounds like we have a quorum for a forum party :D
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i'm there on sunday ... hopefully my favorite sold-out show spot has space ... if i hear "the new year", i'll be happy ... any setlists from this tour?
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DC9 at 7:30
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Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
i'm there on sunday ... hopefully my favorite sold-out show spot has space ... if i hear "the new year", i'll be happy ... any setlists from this tour?
www.dcfc-tour.net (http://www.dcfc-tour.net)
They change it every night, but Marching Bands of Manhattan => The New Year seems the standard opener.
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Marching Bands Of Manhattan
We Laugh Indoors
The New Year
Title and Registration
Soul Meets Body
Photobooth
Summer Skin
Crooked Teeth
Different Names For The Same Thing
Amputations
A Movie Script Ending
What Sarah Said
Brothers On A Hotel Bed
Expo '86
Company Calls
The Sound Of Settling
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I Will Follow You Into The Dark
Tiny Vessels >
Transatlanticism
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Crieky.
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Any late tickets buyers, ahem, attending for Monday?
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Sunday and Monday in the Tapir's section :)
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Originally posted by distance:
3+ years ago.
good answer :D [/b]
it's true though. heh. and because i saw that show, i make sure never to see them again.
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at about 8:55 AM the past tuesday and wednesday, the video for soul meets body was shown on vh-1. that's way more death cab than i needed to hear.
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i will be there sunday. i missed them last year due to stupidity/laziness- i didn't buy tickets on time. but i was on it this time.
am i making this up, or did they also come on oct. 23 last year?
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Originally posted by eilo97:
am i making this up, or did they also come on oct. 23 last year?
That is correct.
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Sunday.
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Thanks to Bags I was able to make tonight's show. I thought Death Cab was great. I was at last year's show, and this show was much better. Last year, I thought the songs basically sounded just like their album versions. It was a perfectly serviceable concert, but nothing spectacular. What a difference a year makes! Death Cab put on a much more mature, varied, and impressive concert performance tonight.
This was probably the best sounding 9:30 Club show of the year. My compliments to the sound engineers.
I really enjoyed Stars. I was very impressed by the variety of songs they performed. I would have bought one or more of their CDs, but they were all $15. I don't understand why bands charge so much for their CDs at 9:30 Club concerts. CDs are at most $10 at Black Cat shows. $15 is simply too much. I can get these CDs for far less at any number of stores, online or otherwise. Anyway, I bought the Death Cab poster instead, one of the best concert posters I've seen in a while.
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i have to say, $14 for a double shot of Jack was a fine bargain, considering it kept me from strangling the girl who stood next to me, dancing by twirling her hands in the air, owning her boyfriend, and talking about Ani Difranco (pronounced "annie") and how "she's so cool because she's, like, so left that she's left of left."
anyway.
genius idea, tbmtt, to go stand in the back, get piss drunk, and laugh at everyone. we heard the music just fine, didn't need earplugs, didn't step on a 12-year-old by mistake, and had dancing space. i loved hearing the old stuff - photobooth, etc.- and romanticizing the good old days. Do folks remember the modest mouse/death cab show at the old black cat? We were discussing who opened for whom, and whether it was sold out. I say DCFC opened, and it wasn't sold out. Either way, DCFC is now SOLD OUT. in so many ways. Oh, and they're getting a little chunky. Must be that rich man's diet they're getting on.
and the grand total bar tab was over $70.
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what time did you guys get out of there last night? I'm coming from Williamsburg, and i've gotta decide whether to crash at a local friend's house for the night, or head back straight from the club.
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Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
i have to say, $14 for a double shot of Jack was a fine bargain, considering it kept me from strangling the girl who stood next to me, dancing by twirling her hands in the air, owning her boyfriend,
Oh, and they're getting a little chunky. Must be that rich man's diet they're getting on.
were you back by the soundboard? there was a woman engaging in similar antics near us
I also thought they were chunky! In general I was unmoved by the show - I like their music but more as background while I work music and it didn't work for me at all live, despite having, as Darth Ed said great sound
I did something I don't think I've ever done at a gig...left early....
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what time did you guys get out of there last night? I'm coming from Williamsburg, and i've gotta decide whether to crash at a local friend's house for the night, or head back straight from the club.
The show ended at 11:15...although it seemed to take 30 minutes to exit the club and I was standing near the back.
Very solid show and I agree that the sound was fantastic last night.
I would have loved to here a few more from the Stars...they didn't play Calendar Girl or Heart which was a disappointment.
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Originally posted by LenardYorkton:
what time did you guys get out of there last night?
I think it ended around 11:20 or so.
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Anyone have Stars setlist? Mostly off Set Yourself On Fire?
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I must say, I don't love sold out shows at the Club...(Social Distortion's going to be nuts, I have a feeling -- definitely shows vary in their annoyance, with Queens of the Stone Age being the most crowded I can recall...). It's just a tad too crowded (versus the Ambulance Ltd sold out show Saturday that still had some breathing room). I headed to the loo about 5 songs in, and just couldn't muster the gumption to try to push back up to where I'd been near Kurosawa and some other friends. But, it's true, even at the very very back, the sound was great. And I think they do put on a good show. The music was great, the mix (both techical mix and set list) was great and diverse. It's a Sunday, I've seen a lot of shows that past couple of weeks, I'm pretty beat, so I headed out during the last song of the encore. But glad I went.
I enjoyed Stars too. And like Ed, would have bought a CD but $15 is about $4 more than I'd probably pay other places. While I usually prefer to buy CDs at shows because I have this notion that bands make more off of them, the dual pressure of the price and not knowing which of two to get kept me from buying them there. Recommendations welcome...
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Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
the girl who stood next to me, dancing by twirling her hands in the air, owning her boyfriend, and talking about Ani Difranco (pronounced "annie") and how "she's so cool because she's, like, so left that she's left of left."
Well, I would never criticize for, what I like to call, arm dancing. ;) However, you'll never catch me extolling the virtues of Ani's leftism!!
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Originally posted by Bags:
the dual pressure of the price and not knowing which of two to get kept me from buying them there. Recommendations welcome...
Fans are generally split between whether Heart or SYOF is the better record. Heart has 2 tracks that SYOF cannot touch, but SYOF is the better all around record, and I'd recommend that.
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Originally posted by [username edited by p.c. moderator]:
Anyone have Stars setlist? Mostly off Set Yourself On Fire?
I don't have the setlist, but they mainly played stuff off SYOF.
Both bands were really good. I'd go again tonight, if I wasn't going to a show tomorrow night, and the next night...
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Originally posted by [username edited by p.c. moderator]:
Originally posted by Bags:
the dual pressure of the price and not knowing which of two to get kept me from buying them there. Recommendations welcome...
Fans are generally split between whether Heart or SYOF is the better record. Heart has 2 tracks that SYOF cannot touch, but SYOF is the better all around record, and I'd recommend that. [/b]
what he said.
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Originally posted by Bags:
I enjoyed Stars too. And like Ed, would have bought a CD but $15 is about $4 more than I'd probably pay other places. While I usually prefer to buy CDs at shows because I have this notion that bands make more off of them, the dual pressure of the price and not knowing which of two to get kept me from buying them there. Recommendations welcome...
Stars were excellent! Most of the set was from SYOF and by far is the CD I'd recommned.
When you buy a CD from the store, about eight cents on the dollar goes to the band (but goes against their recoupable debt which is usually substantial). When you buy a CD from the show, 100% goes to the band and doesn't have to applied towards recoupable debt. So while I agree with you that $15 IS a little too much to pay for a CD at a show, the fact that the band is getting all of it is enough to make me buy it anyways.
Sorry I didn't see anyone - I was upstairs against the balcony. I lined up with the all the 12 year olds in order to get a prime spot. I *rarely* line up before shows and in the last week, I've lined up for Foo, New Porns, last night for DCFC and will do so again on Wed for BSS. Ick....
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Jack double shots were a great idea. I can't remember much of last night after the Stars set (great by the way). But standing in the back getting drunk was great. I will have to make an effort to pay attention to DCFC on Thursday night. I have to say I had such a good time that I am using a sick day.
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Originally posted by xcanuck:
When you buy a CD from the store, about eight cents on the dollar goes to the band (but goes against their recoupable debt which is usually substantial). When you buy a CD from the show, 100% goes to the band and doesn't have to applied towards recoupable debt. So while I agree with you that $15 IS a little too much to pay for a CD at a show, the fact that the band is getting all of it is enough to make me buy it anyways.
Yeah, I usually do too. Should have last night, but it was as much not knowing which CD to buy. I feel kinda bad, now. Oh well, I did pay for a ticket, after all!
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Did any of you pre-order from DCFC's site? How'd that work out?
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Disco Rodeo isn't THAT bad. Its no 930, but I'd put it on the same level as cat's cradle. Take the balcony of 930 and put it around the edges of the main floor, and thats about the size. As for horrable sight lines, i don't know what other kind of sight line you can have rather than looking eye level right in front of you, but maybe someone was talking about the lack of a balcony level.
For parking, its in an area with a bunch of storage/warehouse type places in Raleigh. Parking is pretty ample, but I can't rule out you having to parallel park.
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Originally posted by xcanuck:
When you buy a CD from the store, about eight cents on the dollar goes to the band (but goes against their recoupable debt which is usually substantial). When you buy a CD from the show, 100% goes to the band and doesn't have to applied towards recoupable debt. So while I agree with you that $15 IS a little too much to pay for a CD at a show, the fact that the band is getting all of it is enough to make me buy it anyways.
I have mixed feelings on this. I like the idea of the band getting a larger cut of the money. But if they're charging more than the going rate and getting about 14x their normal profit - it just seems a little high. Wouldn't they be better off selling CDs for say $12? They'd still be making about 11x their normal profit and it's cheaper than places like amazon.com. I'm all for helping the band, but I don't have money to throw away. I already bought a ticket - don't expect me to over-pay for a cd.
Last night Stars was charging $10 for a 7"-single. I don't think it was a double. That's crazy. As much as I enjoyed their set, I didn't buy anything from Stars. I did walk out with a $7 DCFC ep though.
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I hear you Chutney. If the Stars CDs had been $12, I absolutely would have gotten one. In fact, if they'd been $10, I just would have bought both full length CDs. For some odd reason, $15 is a balking point for me...
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Originally posted by xcanuck:
When you buy a CD from the store, about eight cents on the dollar goes to the band (but goes against their recoupable debt which is usually substantial). When you buy a CD from the show, 100% goes to the band and doesn't have to applied towards recoupable debt. So while I agree with you that $15 IS a little too much to pay for a CD at a show, the fact that the band is getting all of it is enough to make me buy it anyways.
Well the band isn't probably get all of that, many venues take a percentage of merchandise sales. Also, it's not like the CD was given to band for free, some record companies provide x number of free and most sell them to the at a wholesale price. And if it's a self released CD, then the band has to recoup manufacturing and recording costs. All that said I do buy lots of CDs from touring bands if all it means is they have gas money to get to the next gig.
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Just for the record, I fully appreciate the concept of buyings CDs at concerts. I probably purchase CDs at about half the shows I attend. And if I know I'll be attending a concert in a few weeks for some artist that just released a new CD, I'll often put off buying that CD until I attend the concert, so that as much of my cash goes directly to the artist as possible. It's a very rare Black Cat show that I don't go home without at least one new CD. That said, the cost of the CD should be at least comparable to Amazon's price, for example. And don't forget that most albums can be downloaded for $9.99 via iTunes. A real CD with liner notes is worth a little extra to me, but anything more than $12 and I'm not buying basically.
I don't believe the assertion that Stars would have gotten all $15 if I had purchased a CD at the show. Surely, the 9:30 Club gets a cut of the merchandise sales? Someone has to pay the salary of the person who is staffing the merchandise booth. I suspect it's that cut which explains why CDs typically cost more at 9:30 Club shows than at Black Cat shows. CDs and T-shirts at Black Cat shows often seem to be sold by someone affiliated with the bands. At 9:30 shows, the merchandise booth is usually staffed by 9:30 Club staph, right? If so, the 9:30 Club has to be getting a cut of the merchandise sales. The Black Cat probably gets a cut too, but maybe it's not as high as the 9:30 Club wants?
[Edit: I see Kosmo posted practically the same information while I was in the midst of composing my message.]
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Death Cab's entire set at Washington, DC's 9:30 Club tonight (October 24) will be webcast live as part of NPR's ongoing 'All Things Considered' Concert Series. The webcast begins at approximately 9:45 PM and you can listen right here http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4963560 (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4963560)
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fun show last night ... dragged a little towards the middle-end of the set when they played some of their snoozers, but they sounded really inspired for the most part ... a few of the older cuts were really nice, and i like how they got "soul meets body" out of the way relatively early ... encore was great
crowd was strange, a lot of backwards hats and high schoolers, but it kind of comes with the territory now ... chimbly, were you expecting a crowd of 200 dour looking hipsters?
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fun show last night ... dragged a little towards the middle-end of the set when they played some of their snoozers, but they sounded really inspired for the most part ... a few of the older cuts were really nice, and i like how they got "soul meets body" out of the way relatively early ... encore was great
My thoughts exactly. DCist must have had Harriet Miers reviewing, given their review of "BEST SHOW EVER!!!"
I thought tonight the band was better, more energy, but I liked the setlist last night more. Stars were better last night, when they outplayed DCFC, but still very good tonight.
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Huge thanks to the 9:30 Club for requesting 405. I've seen the band upwards of 8 or 9 times now, and have been wanting to hear that tune for over four years.
So thanks.
Went to both shows - tonight's was better, in my opinion, just because of the song selection and energy.
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Originally posted by callat703:
Huge thanks to the 9:30 Club for requesting 405. I've seen the band upwards of 8 or 9 times now, and have been wanting to hear that tune for over four years.
They played 405?!?! They better play that in Raleigh. Acoustic, I assume?
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Originally posted by [username edited by p.c. moderator]:
Originally posted by callat703:
Huge thanks to the 9:30 Club for requesting 405. I've seen the band upwards of 8 or 9 times now, and have been wanting to hear that tune for over four years.
They played 405?!?! They better play that in Raleigh. Acoustic, I assume? [/b]
No. Not acoustic. Full band; Chris was playing a Rickenbacker 660 12 string and Ben his G&L ASAT. Ben specifically said that they hadn't done it in a very, very long time. It was fucking incredible. Served as the second song of the encore. And then they closed with Prove My Hypotheses.
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Great show; very impressed by Stars. Funniest moment of the evening for me happened before the show, when it became apparent that the girls in queue in front of us had their mom sitting in an Odyssey in front of the club.
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DCFC is one of the few bands that sound truely great live.
the crowd sucked.
i'm not kidding about this... while standing next to the bar, i heard people talking about the OC on four separate occasions.
oh and i wanted to slap the shit out of the two girls who wouldn't shut the fuck up throughout the entire show.
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Really?
Originally posted by han:
DCFC is one of the few bands that sound truely great live.
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I thought the Stars were fantastic and almost stole the show from Death Cab. Great band. They were hyped coming in and lived up to it. Ill be downloading their album soon.
Im pretty lukewarm on Death Cab. I actually preferred their Postal Service album over anything that theyve done (yes Im that guy) and I was hoping this would be a concert where I would be won over with their live show just like Wilco blew me away earlier in the year.
Wasnt really to be. Cant put a finger on it. I did like this show and I thought a few of the songs were great (the one with David out alone acoustically was fantastic). I thought it was a bit plodding and bland with not a whole lot of energy from the band. Their tunes while pretty good, dont really grab me. Plus it was Sunday night and I was beat. Ben Gibbard is a stellar musician though. He makes it all look very effortless
As an aside, their guitarist seems like a really nice guy, but I dont think in the history of rock music has their been a bandmember that is less cool than the Death Cab guitarist (though Stars frontman gave it a good shot). I was there the first night and at the end he waved, "See you soon, like tomorrow, bye!" Then he gave this 5 year old, wristy girl wave and ran off on his toes almost tripping on some of the wires. Pretty funny.
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Originally posted by beedubyah:
I thought the Stars were fantastic and almost stole the show from Death Cab. Great band. They were hyped coming in and lived up to it. Ill be downloading their album soon.
they were really good ... much better than when i saw them open for broken social scene a couple of years ago, just tighter and more professional ... don't you think, rhett?
i was struck by how many people in stars i saw play in broken social scene when i saw them this summer in NYC ... the dude with the moustache, the female lead, and at least one or two others were playing with BSS
i was kinda hoping we'd hear "anthems for a seventeen-year-old girl", but i guess i'll have to buy a ticket to tomorrow's show for that
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many thanks to 930 peeps for requesting 405.... also a very nice surprise, they played Company Calls EPILOGUE, the first time I've seen them do this better, second part of the song (they always do the first)
The crowd was remarkably unfamiliar with the older stuff, which in this case, isn't really all that old. But it seemed like they tried to get it, and were reasonably quiet and attentive during those parts.... so they get an A for effort.
Gibbard looked like he gained a little weight. Walla looks like he lost some.
Stars were great, not as animated as at their black cat performance a while back but they sounded better (and you could HEAR their vocals at the 930, which was nice).
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Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
they were really good ... much better than when i saw them open for broken social scene a couple of years ago, just tighter and more professional ... don't you think, rhett?
Nicely played.
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Originally posted by beedubyah:
I actually preferred their Postal Service album over anything that theyve done (yes Im that guy)
You're in good company:
Postal Service had sold 650,000 copies, while Death Cab "Transatlanticism" was in the 200,000 range.
I read it in an article in the past few weeks. No, I can't find the reference; I'll bet GGW can.
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Canadian bands I guess are interchangeable. Metric, BSS, Stars, Arcade Fire...Theyve all spent time in each others bands. They should just create a supergroup of 30 people and become the canadian Polyphonic Spree
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Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
i have to say, $14 for a double shot of Jack was a fine bargain, considering it kept me from strangling the girl who stood next to me, dancing by twirling her hands in the air, owning her boyfriend, and talking about Ani Difranco (pronounced "annie") and how "she's so cool because she's, like, so left that she's left of left."
anyway.
genius idea, tbmtt, to go stand in the back, get piss drunk, and laugh at everyone. we heard the music just fine, didn't need earplugs, didn't step on a 12-year-old by mistake, and had dancing space. i loved hearing the old stuff - photobooth, etc.- and romanticizing the good old days. Do folks remember the modest mouse/death cab show at the old black cat? We were discussing who opened for whom, and whether it was sold out. I say DCFC opened, and it wasn't sold out. Either way, DCFC is now SOLD OUT. in so many ways. Oh, and they're getting a little chunky. Must be that rich man's diet they're getting on.
and the grand total bar tab was over $70.
if i were you; i would have stepped on every single one of those obnoxious kids--that probably all go to my school--who don't even LIKE death cab. well, save the OC and Plans.
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Originally posted by beedubyah:
Canadian bands I guess are interchangeable. Metric, BSS, Stars, Arcade Fire...Theyve all spent time in each others bands. They should just create a supergroup of 30 people and become the canadian Polyphonic Spree
Well isn't Amy married to someone in BSS's "regular line-up." I know that Metric, Stars, BSS, Apostle of Hustle all share members/guest on each other's albums but who from Arcade Fire has mixed with the Arts and Crafts crew?
Speaking of the sharing of members- Does anyone have any clue if we might see a few members of Stars at Wednesday's BSS show? Here is why I ask- Death Cab/Stars have no show listed for Wednesday night and they have shows in Philly tonight, North Carolina on Thursday. With BSS in DC on Wednesday, it seems like it would be easy for Stars to stop in at the 9:30 club to hang out with their pals.
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Originally posted by han:
DCFC is one of the few bands that sound truely great live.
i have had the exact opposite experience, I gave up on them after 3 or 4 tries live
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The people who mentioned that the sound was really good at the Sunday show were right. I can't believe how great it sounded, even from way in the back. It was loud, but not bleeding-ears loud and everything sounded crisp. Nice change of pace considering my ears are still not right after the Bob Mould show, which was one of the loudest I've heard in a while.
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Originally posted by thegazelle:
I can't believe how great it sounded, even from way in the back.
Shouldn't it sound the best closest to the soundbooth? I'm seriously asking.
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Originally posted by thegazelle:
The people who mentioned that the sound was really good at the Sunday show were right. I can't believe how great it sounded, even from way in the back. It was loud, but not bleeding-ears loud and everything sounded crisp. Nice change of pace considering my ears are still not right after the Bob Mould show, which was one of the loudest I've heard in a while.
I think a large part of this is that Death Cab tours with their own sound engineer - they even named their tour EP after him - John Byrd. Very nice guy who really knows what he's doing - he also plays some keyboards from the booth in certain parts.
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yeah, they bored me on Sun night
the 'sound' was great, but the overall live experience was 'eh'
Originally posted by pdx pollard:
Originally posted by han:
DCFC is one of the few bands that sound truely great live.
i have had the exact opposite experience, I gave up on them after 3 or 4 tries live [/b]
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Originally posted by brennser:
yeah, they bored me on Sun night
the 'sound' was great, but the overall live experience was 'eh'
Originally posted by pdx pollard:
Originally posted by han:
DCFC is one of the few bands that sound truely great live.
i have had the exact opposite experience, I gave up on them after 3 or 4 tries live [/b]
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I've seen them twice and I agree with the sentiments above. They aren't "bad" live, just kind of blah.
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They aren't "bad" live, just kind of blah.
My sentiments exactly.
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It was interesting seeing Death Cab and Social Distortion within just a couple days. The Death Cab show was well done, the sound was great, the musicianship was all there and the band did a fine job. Energetic or inspiring show, no. Was I moved to listen to DCFC albums for the next coupla days? No.
Social Distortion's coming from a different place. It was rougher, not the most amazing show technically, but it was raw emotion and an energetic good time. Definitely more fun, and I'm listening to Social D and Burning Brides (don't ask me why) in the car -- should last about a week.
If I had to choose, I'd see Social D again.
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Originally posted by brennser:
yeah, they bored me on Sun night
the 'sound' was great, but the overall live experience was 'eh'
I would agree, and the thing that frustrates me is that I can't figure out why it was 'meh'.
Does anybody have the stars setlist from sunday night?
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I'm listening to Burning Brides (don't ask me why)
Maybe because they FUCKING ROCK!!! ?
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So, listening to the NPR broadcast of the Monday Death Cab show. They sound not good... There must be something the live show brings, because I thought they were better than this while I was there. Listening to this broadcast they sound kinda...shitty.
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Originally posted by Bags:
So, listening to the NPR broadcast of the Monday Death Cab show. They sound not good... There must be something the live show brings, because I thought they were better than this while I was there. Listening to this broadcast they sound kinda...shitty.
i felt the same way when i listened- i went to the sunday show. ben's voice doesn't sound that great on the webcast and the whole mix just seems kind of off.
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Originally posted by Bags:
So, listening to the NPR broadcast of the Monday Death Cab show. They sound not good... There must be something the live show brings, because I thought they were better than this while I was there. Listening to this broadcast they sound kinda...shitty.
I went to the Sunday show and listened to some of the live broadcast on Monday, and thought the same thing. I thought they sounded great on Sunday. Maybe they were just better Sunday night. Did you to both shows?
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San Francisco Chronicle: Is Death Cab for Cutie on a mission to make lite rock cool again?
Ben Gibbard: (http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/11/13/PKGM9DD2J81.DTL) What's really at the core of what we're doing right now is to try to bring back that smooth, early- to mid-'70s soft-rock style that was all over radio.
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