AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD........

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

How can a show be outstanding if it's "as usual"? Doesn't "outstanding", by it's definition, require that it would stand out from others?
 
 
 

Originally posted by tinygee:
  Should be an outstanding show as usual...
 Any chance of a sell out in case I wanna buy me tickets at the door?? Anyone ever heard of this band the sword?? Octopus Project sounded decent.....Very happy that trail of dead's recent setlists have not included many Worlds Apart tracks.

[Got Haggis?]

they are playing at Soundgarden in baltimore (for those that dont know, soundgarden is a record store in fells point) tonight....i think its at 5pm

[tinygee]

outstanding as usual meaning their shows are always very good. why would you even make that comment? you know exactly what it means, yet you  go out of your way to be a slapdick.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Sorry, reading this board tends to make me think that perhaps 80% of all shows are outstanding.

[amnesiac]

Originally posted by Got Haggis?:
  they are playing at Soundgarden in baltimore (for those that dont know, soundgarden is a record store in fells point) tonight....i think its at 5pm

I was there the other day. I'm pretty sure the show is at noon today.

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  Sorry, reading this board tends to make me think that perhaps 80% of all shows are outstanding.

yeah, 80% of the shows we go to are outstanding, because we purposefully avoid the shit you listen to.

[Bags]

Originally posted by tinygee:
  I guess I just dont like that such a great band cant get the recognition they deserve when bands like oar and mudvayne are selling out the 930.  

It's the recurring question, especially around these parts.  
 
 Why does Sloan open for Jet (and not sell out the Black Cat on their own), why do The Wrens play the Black Cat and frickin' Fiery Furnaces the 9:30 Club?  None of it 'makes sense,' unless you consider that the bands you think ROCK THE HOUSE may not do so for everyone (or don't have the hype machine working at full throttle).

[tinygee]

I guess the hype on the trail of dead has dies down after all these years eh? Did they sell out the Black Cat when source tags and codes first came out?

[tenfifteen]

So yeah... Trail of Dead were good, but not great. Great performers, great musicians, but Conrad's voice was absolutely shot early in the set, Jason's wasn't much better.
 
 I don't think they've been on tour all that long, either... I feel sorry for their audiences towards the end of May.
 
 Also:
 - Sizeable contingent of the fratboy set.
 - The Sword: Rocked. Tastes sorta like Mastodon, but more rawk than virtuoso. They were frickin' great, I bought the 3-song EP, so did quite a few other people.
 -Octopus Project: Hmm. Theremin + drum machines + Fender Mustangs + synths + no vocals = Not sure what I think about it. But I'm in love with the keyboard/theremin player.
    <img src="http://www.theoctopusproject.com/images/musicshoot/3420.jpg" alt=" - " />

[nkotb]

Yeah, I didn't make it.  Got to the door with a ticket, fiance didn't have one, and it was sold out.  Sort of glad to hear it wasn't so hot.

[tenfifteen]

Originally posted by Lotan Baba:
  Yeah, I didn't make it.  Got to the door with a ticket, fiance didn't have one, and it was sold out.  Sort of glad to hear it wasn't so hot.

Wish I'd have known it was sold out. I had two extras. It was worth $14 + s/c, not much more.

[tinygee]

anybody remember a setlist? i was happy they played lune de claire, and yea there were a bit too many fratboys who absolutely loved jumping on stage at the end.....they played totally natural.

[nkotb]

Figures.  Oh well.
 
 

Originally posted by tinygee:
 they played totally natural.