DMBQ roll call

[snailhook]

easily one of the best shows of the year.
 
 and wanderlust, i love the new year. saw 'em in philly at JB's two weeks ago, and they were fantastic as always. i wish i could have booked them at the velvet lounge. still...nothing trumps DMBQ, unless you just don't care for fuzz riffs and entertainment. i suppose if you're looking for emotional catharsis, the new year is the way to go.
 
 also, fuck dc9  

[azaghal1981]

Originally posted by snailhook:
  also, fuck dc9    
 
 
 Meant to but didn't get a chance to ask you what you thought of the MBV shows last night. I ended up making it to the second night of Roseland and still can't come up with the right words to sum up that transcendental experience.

[Tom Servo]

Because of the staggered set times, I was able to catch both New Year and DMBQ.  Thanks to Snailhook and Wanderlust for the chastising recommendations.
 
 New Year were solid.  Full-bodied like the Brooklyn Chocolate Stout I was drinking...and appropriate to the dropping DC temperatures.  
 
 DMBQ was full on.  The Japanese are taking our ideas and making them better again...just like auto industry.

[snailhook]

The Japanese are taking our ideas and making them better again...[/b]

they've been doing this, musically, since the late '60s (i.e., the jacks, flower travelin' band, speed glue & shinki, samurai, far out, kan mikami, karou abe).
 
 

Meant to but didn't get a chance to ask you what you thought of the MBV shows last night. I ended up making it to the second night of Roseland and still can't come up with the right words to sum up that transcendental experience.[/b]

those MBV shows were everything i waited for for 15 years. next time i see you, i'll give a detailed report, but here i'll just say that those two shows were indeed transcendental and emotionally/physically moving. they just reaffirmed my love for that band.

[Vas Deferens]

Glad you went and consider yourself lucky. The New Year don't tour that much in the States it seems...2004 was the last time they played DC!
 
   

Originally posted by Tom Servo:
  Because of the staggered set times, I was able to catch both New Year and DMBQ.  Thanks to Snailhook and Wanderlust for the chastising recommendations.
 
 New Year were solid.  Full-bodied like the Brooklyn Chocolate Stout I was drinking...and appropriate to the dropping DC temperatures.  
 

[Vas Deferens]

it's not my favorite venue, but I've seen so many good shows there...it's better than Red and Black for sure.
 
 

Originally posted by snailhook:
 
 also, fuck dc9      

[snailhook]

getting dragged through rusty nails in better than the red and the black, so that's not saying much.
 
 how was attendance at dc9? last time the new year played the black cat, i would say there was maybe 30 people there.

[Vas Deferens]

i'd say the same amount of people were there...
 
 did they attract more than 30 people at Johnny Brenda's? Not sure about the scene in Philly...quite tempting to come up there to see Delta Spirit tomorrow...  

[snailhook]

they drew a little over 40, but they were also competing with phillies/dodgers game 1, which is a big deal around here. everyone is into sports here.
 
 delta spirit is almost half sold-out tonight, should be a good one. we'll have plenty of great shows coming up here that you might wanna travel for (close to confirming the feelies, swirlies, among others).

[azaghal1981]

I was considering APTBS tomorrow but that's not happening.

[Vas Deferens]

DCist mini review of the New Year show...
 
 http://dcist.com/2008/10/23/the_new_year_dc9.php

[sweetcell]

Originally posted by snailhook:
 delta spirit is almost half sold-out tonight, should be a good one. we'll have plenty of great shows coming up here that you might wanna travel for (close to confirming the feelies, swirlies, among others).

snailie, do you have a website or a mailing list where you publish this info?  getting to philly is relatively easy for me, on weekends, so i wouldn't mind staying on top of what's on offer.

[teepo]

keep us posted on some of the shows your booking in philly.

[azaghal1981]

The JB's site?

[snailhook]

i'm booking johnny brenda's now, but since it is a larger venue, i'll be booking some stuff i don't really care about sometimes. still, i'm aiming to keep it 80% quality or higher. JB's has a mailing list, which i think you can sign up for on our website. coming up, we have jay reatard, dungen, pattern is movement, made out of babies, king khan & bbq, and possibly clockcleaner, the feelies, the swirlies, acid mothers temple, black lips, stinking lizaveta.
 
 for the underground/experimental/noise/psych shows -- the kind i've been doing in dc for years -- there are dozens of others in philly who are doing it, so the volume of shows i book will decrease. i'll still do occasional smaller shows at venues like kung fu necktie (which just opened up), brickbat books (for fingerpicking, folk, japanese psych, drone), and gojjo (for free jazz).