Shins Roll Call

[Bombay Chutney]

Originally posted by pfunkmusic:
  Also, important question since I've only been to one black cat show and it wasn't sold out... how crowded was the place, and what time would you suggest getting there?  
 

Looked crowded up front.  Plenty of room in the very back.  We got there at 10:00 and ended up pretty much even with the front of the soundboard, maybe 2/3 of the way back.  It would have been pretty easy to move up a few more feet, if we had wanted to.
 
 When did the Black Cat get a coat check?  I never noticed that until last night.

[Celeste]

Originally posted by allmy$to930:
 I got in an argument with a stupid broad during New Slang who I told to stop talking...she told me that she was there to socialize--not listen to the music. She also said that she will be there for the second show and suggested that I not stand next to her again.

what an ignorant bitch!

[Bags]

Originally posted by Skeeter:
   

Originally posted by pfunkmusic:
 
 

When did the Black Cat get a coat check?  I never noticed that until last night. [/b]

A coat check?!?  GET OUT!  How fantastic; they're moving up in the world!

[Bags]

Originally posted by allmy$to930:
  I got in an argument with a stupid broad during New Slang who I told to stop talking...she told me that she was there to socialize--not listen to the music. She also said that she will be there for the second show and suggested that I not stand next to her again.

Why would anyone go to BOTH shows just to socialize?

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Yes, that is good news. Thanks for mentioning it!
 
 

Originally posted by Bags:
   

Originally posted by Skeeter:
   

Originally posted by pfunkmusic:
 
 

When did the Black Cat get a coat check?  I never noticed that until last night. [/b]

A coat check?!?  GET OUT!  How fantastic; they're moving up in the world! [/b]

[ggw]

Do they have valet parking yet?

[thirsty moore]

No, but they still maintain their chop shop.
 
 

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  Do they have valet parking yet?

[Bags]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  Do they have valet parking yet?

When they have valet parking, then we know we're just in L.A. and it's all been an East Coast dream....

[godsshoeshine]

Originally posted by Bags:
   

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  Do they have valet parking yet?

When they have valet parking, then we know we're just in L.A. and it's all been an East Coast dream.... [/b]

does that mean winter will be over??

[samanthaalison]

I went last night. I was pretty far up, and there was no one talking around me. A few people with unique styles of dancing, though. And I agree that the second half was better than the first.

[kosmo vinyl]

thanks to bags for the ticket hookup, hope the bonus prize works out for ya.  twas a good show, plently of people happily bopping along.   i would have probably liked it a bit more had i been a tad bit more familiar with the material.  but i did hear a couple songs which are dj wren friendly.  anyone seen a setlist for the show?

[bearman🐻]

The first night was good, last night was absolutely phenomenal. Not sure if anyone agrees, but it just seemed that the band were more "with it" last night. They probably had a day to rest (hadn't they just flown out from California on Tuesday?), but overall I thought it was more polished, more together, better pacing throughout the set. Better sound too. Overall, just a better production. Gotta say I knew that band had it in them to do that kind of performance, glad I wasn't wrong. They're still funny as hell too...a lot of talent there. I hope they go places.

[brennser]

really good show - I was very impressed - damn that guy can sing!
 
 and I thought the opener was decent as well
 
 thanks for the ticket Bags!

[Celeste]

Are you guys serious? I am SO not trying to be a contrarian nay-sayer, and I really love the Shins' music, but I've seen them live three times now, and would probably not see them again.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

So Celeste and I arrived around 10:15, and when she took a trip to the bathroom, I bet her 20 bucks that I could pick out the Bagster in the crowded Red Room (she had mentioned she would be hanging out there) before Celeste came out of the bathroom. After a quick scan of the crowd, my eyes focused on one woman who fit my mental image of the Bagster to a T. She had mentioned she would be wearing a Marion BARRY t-shirt, so I went and got a closer look at her t-shirt, overheard her swearing like a sailor, and noticed that this particular woman was wearing a red Amoeba Records t-shirt. Well, do I win the $20?
 
     As for the show itself...don't get me wrong, Chutes Too Narrow was one of my top two or three from 2003...but is this band the indie rock version of the Jayhawks, or what? While their recorded music sounds wonderful, live, they simply run through it note for note, and sound pleasant enough, but yet there is still something off...
 
    Maybe it's the fact that they position Alfred E. Newman centerstage. Why they do this, and how that guy gets to date a model, I'll never know. Why they give him a microphone, and let him speak, I'll never know. It's hard to believe that someone as brilliant as James Mercer puts up with this guy. Earth to Shins: put your lead singer centerstage. Take the spotlight off of Newman and give more of it to Mercer and the cute guitarist.
 
    Rumor has it that Newman and the guy in the back pogo-ing, making dog yelps, and random handclaps will form a duo called the Morons. They thought of inviting me into the band, but they couldn't think of the word for three man band.