Post Show Banter >>>>

[Space Freely]

Great energy from the stage, for sure, but I always forget how sub-par the Black Cat is compared to other venues.

Amen to that brother. It’s sooooooo bad!

This was one reason I didn't go. The other was that the birthday cake and ice cream were at home.

[Yada]

Great energy from the stage, for sure, but I always forget how sub-par the Black Cat is compared to other venues.

Amen to that brother. It’s sooooooo bad!

This was one reason I didn't go. The other was that the birthday cake and ice cream were at home.

Happy 65th brother

[grateful tagle zuppi pizzaboli]

That’s amazing! No shade man, 65 is huge considering how plugged in you are to the music scene. No need to pretend you’re any younger than you are!

[hutch]

Wow you get all the senior discounts now! I long for that day…..

[Cock Van Der Palm]

Happy birthday Space

[Julian, Hyperpop SLUTFUCK]

Happy birthday Space

He missed it. He’s in Portugal. 

[frippy]

Thought the Bob Mould show was among the very best I've ever seen him do. J Robbins is an awesome opener, and it was a great time...but Bob's performance really was superlative. I felt like that was the closest to Husker Du that I'll ever see. It was relentless, a truly powerful show. And better than what I saw in New York, which I felt was already pretty fantastic. It also highlighted how his last string of 6 or so LPs really are some of his strongest and most consistent work. Some of those songs could have easily held up on a Husker Du record..."Next Generation", "Fireball", "You Say You", "Losing Time", "Hard to Get", "When Your Heart is Broken"...those are some incredible songs.

Agreed! It was great!

[Space Freely]

Happy birthday Space

He missed it. He’s in Portugal.

Thanks Cock. It's much more rare when I check the message board on taxpayers time these days.

[kosmo vinyl]

Bad Moves / The Paranoid Style / Truth or Dare at Songbyrd

Will have to say Songbyrd is a nice little venue, just wish I hadn't spent 20 minutes trying to find a parking space around Union Market when there a super easy spot in from the schools around the corner. 

Anyways, first up were a newer DC band Truth or Dare who turned a in definite top tapping fun set.  While they describe themselves as "Cathartic pop punk for Animorphs fans" I would say they lean a bit more to the metal side with some big Hair Metal riffs.  They have a debut album coming, which I'm curious to hear.

https://truthordare.bandcamp.com/track/h-s-b-f

I learned today the Paranoid Style is actually a DC group, for some reason I thought they were from elsewhere.  Anyways, just got into listening to them recently and there is a lot going on with their records.  Saw someone describe them as brainiac rock.  Thought their set was a little haphazard, but then I saw they perform live like once a year so probably not a regular rehearsing band.  An interesting sidenote, is I had just seen that Peter Holsapple was playing guitar with them and yup there he was last night.  My guess is those of a certain age where surprised/excited to see him up there. 

Bad Moves is always a fun band to see live, they really turn in an energetic set.  My only comment is I have certain songs I immediately associate with them which they didn't play last night.  They choose to dig deep into their catalog and do more of their early songs, which I'm less familiar with..  I was thinking we kinda got Dark Bad Moves verses Party Bad Moves.  Which of course means I'm in for that final show at Black Cat.