Stars of the Lid/Christopher Willits/Hammock Roll Call!

[Jaguar]

I agree with you Azaghal on all accounts.
 
 Christopher Willits was good but I have to admit that he just didn't resonate with me all that well. Very nice guy but except for his last very sleepy song which knocked everyone out (put us to sleep) it was all a little too glitch pop for my taste. I did very much like his last song though.
 
 Hammock were such an amazing treat for me after being a big fan of theirs for years. Live, they were all I had expected...which was a lot. They definitely should have been 2nd on the bill. We were extremely lucky to get to see them since they never perform live with this being only their 2nd performance ever. Other than doing a live NPR thing for the Echoes show in Philadelphia and some record store performance in Tennessee, that's it for any upcoming shows. These guys sure aren't hot to trot the globe. Marc told me they want to get back in the studio to record their next album. They just released their latest one only weeks ago! (Cover designed by Jonsi from Sigur Rós and his boyfriend who were the ones to get Hammock to perform for the Rice Boy Sleeps art project, their 1st show and it was private.)
 
 Stars Of The Lid were excellent. Glad they brought the string section with them. They had everyone without a seat sitting on the floor and half of those were falling asleep...in a good way. LOL. Definitely not boring but so relaxing.
 
 Must mention that the sound at Iota was incredibly good last night. Couldn't have asked for much better short of performing in some very high end smallish venue. I was thinking the performance theatre at Morgan State University in Baltimore would be a perfect venue, sound wise, for these bands but I can't image that ever happening there. It's small, full of nice wood, and state of the art.

[Jaguar]

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
  The chattiness was most noticeable during Christopher Willits.
 
 
 Other than that, I didn't really hear much of it.

Agree with you again though I did, on occassion, hear a bit of chatter from the other room.
 
 Have to mention that the show room audience was about the most respectful crowd I think I've ever seen at any show.
 
 Redsock, I didn't see you there. Azaghal, there were about 4 or 5 guys whom I thought might be you but felt too stupid to go up and ask. Hopefully I'll get to meet you at another show.

[azaghal1981]

Check your PM's. I didn't read your last one until I got back.

[sweetcell]

Originally posted by redsock:
  Snailhook, you would have lost money on this one, but the sound at the VL would have been amazing.

but one has to wonder if more people would have showed up if it was in downtown DC as opposed to out in the 'burbs.  when i was a DC resident, i would have taken a chance on this if it was in the district.

[redsock]

Originally posted by Jaguar:
   

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
  The chattiness was most noticeable during Christopher Willits.
 
 
 Other than that, I didn't really hear much of it.

Agree with you again though I did, on occassion, hear a bit of chatter from the other room.
 
 Have to mention that the show room audience was about the most respectful crowd I think I've ever seen at any show.
 
 Redsock, I didn't see you there. Azaghal, there were about 4 or 5 guys whom I thought might be you but felt too stupid to go up and ask. Hopefully I'll get to meet you at another show. [/b]

Sorry Jag, not sure how we missed each other. I was sitting at the bar that joins the cafe, so the chatter i heard might have all been coming from over there.

[azaghal1981]

Originally posted by sweetcell:
   

Originally posted by redsock:
  Snailhook, you would have lost money on this one, but the sound at the VL would have been amazing.

but one has to wonder of more people would have showed up if it was in downtown DC as opposed to the 'burbs.  when i was a DC resident, i would have taken a chance on this if it was in the district. [/b]

Great point. I think they would've drawn a bigger crowd in dc.

[reggie]

was not feeling Christopher Willits at all. Uggggh.

[Vas Deferens]

was it sold out? I fell asleep listening to Nick Drake's Fruit Tree box set...  

[snailhook]

On that note, what's the deal with Rob, is he no longer there? He's working sound around town now? Did the new owners can him?[/b]

rob is no longer at the velvet lounge, as of two months ago. he is now employed at the rock n roll hotel. he left us, we did not can him.
 
 

"Ok team...let's do it; let's play this garage."[/b]

that's pretty fucking pretentious. if they thought iota was a garage, i wonder what they would have thought of the velvet.
 
 

Snailhook, you would have lost money on this one, but the sound at the VL would have been amazing.[/b]

that's what i thought. we would've needed 140 paid to cover that guarantee, and there's no way that would've happened. i wish i could have seen the show, but that's the way it goes. sudden infant was pretty damn good, though we didn't have much attendance (about 20).