i'll be the buzzkill, azaghal!
the sound last night was horrible. i stood in 3 different areas and the sound quality was poor. major mike issues.
definitely not one of their best shows and probably one of their worst-and i've probably seen them close to 30 times over the last several years. between the sound and the lackluster crowd, it was disappointing. the band really feeds off the crowd and despite natalia's and carinna's enthusiasm on stage, the crowd were zombies. and though this is dc with its typical zombie crowds
, thievery shows are almost always big giant dance fests.
i was going to skip the show as i had to write a paper for class, but then figured i'd never get rid of the ticket with all the folks that bailed last night because they are weather pussies. it was not uncomfortably crowded in there.
the band typically plays for at least 2 hours and sometimes goes for nearly 2 hours and 45 minutes depending on circumstances. they've always done a lengthy set, or at least a lengthier than most bands, set. i think it went 2.5 hours last night. maybe 2.20.
this all said, i'm confident the remaining dates at the 930 will be strong shows. and i'm hoping that chuck brown shows up one of the nights to do his track from "radio retaliation." now that would be fabulous.
