Anybody else counting down the days to Justice?

[Giles]

Originally posted by DeathFromAbove1979:
   

Originally posted by Giles:
     

Originally posted by killsaly:
  anybody know the set times for tonights show?

I just hope I don't have to factor in cab money for the ride home after the show - something tells me though this might not end for me to catch the last metro home. [/b]

They hit the stage at 1030 and were off by 11:45, depending on when your last train leaves you might be able to make it to the station, Why arent the set times on the website yet! eff! [/b]

if that's true for tonight's - that will effin' suck

[Giles]

Originally posted by Giles:
   

Originally posted by DeathFromAbove1979:
     

Originally posted by Giles:
     

Originally posted by killsaly:
  anybody know the set times for tonights show?

I just hope I don't have to factor in cab money for the ride home after the show - something tells me though this might not end for me to catch the last metro home. [/b]

They hit the stage at 1030 and were off by 11:45, depending on when your last train leaves you might be able to make it to the station, Why arent the set times on the website yet! eff! [/b]

if that time frame is the same for tonight's show - that will effin' suck [/b]

[sweetcell]

Originally posted by DeathFromAbove1979:
 They hit the stage at 1030 and were off by 11:45, depending on when your last train leaves you might be able to make it to the station, Why arent the set times on the website yet! eff!

set times:
 Doors 8:00
 Busy 9:00
 Justice 10:30
 
 last train from U Street going north: 12:02 am, can connect with red line towards glenmont.
 
 last train from U Street going south/downtown: 11:50 pm, can connect with red line towards shady grove.
 
 after that, it's busses.
 
 folks in VA are outta luck, as they need to be on the 11:30 train out of U St station to get on the last orange line.

[930clubber]

Drive, or use the time table as a good reason to stay overnight with your cute local friend?
 
   

Originally posted by sweetcell:
   

Originally posted by DeathFromAbove1979:
 They hit the stage at 1030 and were off by 11:45, depending on when your last train leaves you might be able to make it to the station, Why arent the set times on the website yet! eff!

set times:
 Doors 8:00
 Busy 9:00
 Justice 10:30
 
 last train from U Street going north: 12:02 am, can connect with red line towards glenmont.
 
 last train from U Street going south/downtown: 11:50 pm, can connect with red line towards shady grove.
 
 after that, it's busses.
 
 folks in VA are outta luck, as they need to be on the 11:30 train out of U St station to get on the last orange line. [/b]

[DeathFromAbove1979]

Originally posted by 930clubber:
  Drive, or use the time table as a good reason to stay overnight with your cute local friend?
 
   

Originally posted by sweetcell:
     

Originally posted by DeathFromAbove1979:
 They hit the stage at 1030 and were off by 11:45, depending on when your last train leaves you might be able to make it to the station, Why arent the set times on the website yet! eff!

set times:
 Doors 8:00
 Busy 9:00
 Justice 10:30
 
 last train from U Street going north: 12:02 am, can connect with red line towards glenmont.
 
 last train from U Street going south/downtown: 11:50 pm, can connect with red line towards shady grove.
 
 after that, it's busses.
 
 folks in VA are outta luck, as they need to be on the 11:30 train out of U St station to get on the last orange line. [/b]

[/b]

She's coming back to VA with me after the show  :p

[Giles]

great... 10:30 start time - thank you very much....[sarcasm]  shit shit shit.... that fuckin' sucks.  The 9:30 is the only venue that tries to have it's patrons take the metro to and from the show - occasionally they fail miserably - tonight for instance... of the numerous venues I've attended nationally, the 9:30 is the only that springs to mind that opens a full hour before the first band hits the stage - most everyother venue is half hour at the least... why is the door 8:00 anyway, what... you couldn't move the bands a half hour earlier - thanks for screwing up my night... and now I have to factor in cab money - thanks a fuckin' lot (which could have gone to say a drink or two... but oh no, you guys can be real dicks when it comes to timing this and other prior concerts [Sunday-Thursday] just right so it goes beyond the last subway of the night - that is really a rude dis-service to us who don't own cars and depend on public transit - DC isn't like NYC that has a subway open all day/night or even London, that quite frankly has an excellent night bus schedule)

[930clubber]

930 should add a section to this board for carpooling from (and to) late shows.
 
 

Originally posted by Giles:
  great... 10:30 start time - thank you very much....[sarcasm]  shit shit shit.... that fuckin' sucks.  The 9:30 is the only venue that tries to have it's patrons take the metro to and from the show - occasionally they fail miserably - tonight for instance... of the numerous venues I've attended nationally, the 9:30 is the only that springs to mind that opens a full hour before the first band hits the stage - most everyother venue is half hour at the least... why is the door 8:00 anyway, what... you couldn't move the bands a half hour earlier - thanks for screwing up my night... and now I have to factor in cab money - thanks a fuckin' lot (which could have gone to say a drink or two... but oh no, you guys can be real dicks when it comes to timing this and other prior concerts [Sunday-Thursday] just right so it goes beyond the last subway of the night - that is really a rude dis-service to us who don't own cars and depend on public transit - DC isn't like NYC that has a subway open all day/night or even London, that quite frankly has an excellent night bus schedule)

[sweetcell]

Originally posted by Giles:
  great... 10:30 start time - thank you very much....[sarcasm]  shit shit shit.... that fuckin' sucks.  The 9:30 is the only venue that tries to have it's patrons take the metro to and from the show - occasionally they fail miserably - tonight for instance... of the numerous venues I've attended nationally, the 9:30 is the only that springs to mind that opens a full hour before the first band hits the stage - most everyother venue is half hour at the least... why is the door 8:00 anyway, what... you couldn't move the bands a half hour earlier - thanks for screwing up my night... and now I have to factor in cab money - thanks a fuckin' lot (which could have gone to say a drink or two... but oh no, you guys can be real dicks when it comes to timing this and other prior concerts [Sunday-Thursday] just right so it goes beyond the last subway of the night - that is really a rude dis-service to us who don't own cars and depend on public transit - DC isn't like NYC that has a subway open all day/night or even London, that quite frankly has an excellent night bus schedule)

don't take it so personally.  maybe the band (or their management) asked to start that late?  DJ/electronic acts traditionally hit the stage later at night.  
 
 BTW, DC does have a pretty good night bus service.  takes longer, but it'll get you home:  trip planner
 
 as a newbie, you might not have had time to appreciate how much the club does for its patrons and how often they take our concerns into consideration.  but they can't please everyone all of the time.  i'm sure the staph would rather finish up earlier and go home eariler too.
 
   

Originally posted by 930clubber:
  930 should add a section to this board for carpooling from (and to) late shows.

excellent idea.  might be some legal implications, tho.

[sweetcell]

double post

[Giles]

Originally posted by sweetcell:
   don't take it so personally.  maybe the band (or their management) asked to start that late?  DJ/electronic acts traditionally hit the stage later at night.  
 
 

granted Justice has only one album to their credit, there wasn't any real justification that they started nearly 30 minutes later than the listed 10:30 start time.  
 
 not all electronic acts traditionally start late, Chemical Brothers, Kraftwerk, Orbital are but a few acts that I've seen at the 9:30 that were not "late". Even though not technically electronic last Fall's Hot Chip show, which was an early show was hand's down the best show of last year - the crowd you can tell had a blast, unlike last nights show where the audiences were nothing but a bunch of spastic twats.

[Giles]

as for the show itself - I was definately standing in the wrong section of the floor to fully appreciate and enjoy the show. The last show I attended where people pushing and shoving and acting like utter douches to such extremes was at a Soul Asylum show at Hammerjacks.  I don't know, I thought the show was okay, just not 'great'.  It was too repetitious and lacked something. too many of the songs sounded the same.  
 
 (suffice to say I really enjoyed Busy' DJ set a little bit more)
 
 who the fuck was that middle act? ugh - what a talentless waste of time...

[sweetcell]

i thought the show overall was one big, four-on-the-floor, bassline-driven "meh".
 
 Busy P did nothing for me.  his attempts to connect with the crowd failed, as did his track selection.  by the time he dropped the beastie boys, it was as if he had given up (granted, it was a step up from the techno drivel he was trying to get everyone to put their hands in the air to).  plain boring.
 
 that middle act was Wale, i believe - and 90% of that "act" involved getting the crowd "TO MAKE SOME NOOOOOOIIIIIIIISE!!!".  DC, make some noise. if wanna see Justice, make some noise.  if you graduated, make some noise.  if you're a drop-out, make some noise (i kid you not, they said this).  waching the dj of the duo try to set up his equipment while running out of things to call out to make some noise to was painful.  Wale (the rapper) had good flow when he got around to rapping.  sounded like they arrived late, so their set was mercifully short.
 
 Justice were good, did their thing, but weren't particularly impressive.  definitely not horrible, had me grooving most of the time but i can't say i'm looking forward to catching their next show.  i had to leave 10-15 minutes before the end of their set and can't say i was particularly torn up about it.
 
 people packed themselves down on the floor like i've never seen before, resulting in quite a bit of space upstairs.  as soon as Justice hit the stage, people surged forward (which i didn't think was possible, given the density down there) and the mass of humanity proceded to lurch from side to side, far beyond any one person's control.  last time i saw that at the 930 was during a gogol bordello show.  looked like most people were enjoying being smooshed from side to side.  personally, i was glad to have my bird's-eye view from the balcony bar.  
 
 and for the record, i counted 12 people with glowsticks in the air just as Justice started their set.

[Giles]

Originally posted by sweetcell:
 i thought the show overall was one big, four-on-the-floor, bassline-driven "meh".

yup
 
 

looked like most people were enjoying being smooshed from side to side.  personally, i was glad to have my bird's-eye view from the balcony bar.  
 
 

actually no, no it wasn't fun  side to side might be 'fun' but being pushed forward repeatedly by some drunk cunt - who deserved to have his face smashed in - isn't what this concert or music genre is supposed to provoke.

[930clubber]

i agree with sweetcell, despite poking fun at him earlier, about the music and setup.  justice's set was a perfect reproduction of everything i've heard of theirs on cd or mp3.  i didn't find myself engaged at all.  i was hoping to reproduce the MIA experience.  not even close.
 
 i was caught up in the crowd that surged forward between the end of WA LAY and Justice.  it was like being in a rugby scrum.  the front ten rows was heavy in testosterone.  one more reason to lift weights.  i had to fight against the tectonic shear stresses of the under drinking age kids pushing and shoving to stay standing.  i lost my shoe before regaining it.  for me, surviving the scrum was the highlight of the show.
 
 bring on HOT CHIP!

[sweetcell]

Originally posted by Giles:
 isn't what this concert or music genre is supposed to provoke.

... and we come full circle: that's what i meant by justice not being meant for a rock-type setting.  but what ya gonna do - they've become "big".  of course they're going to try packing in as many paying customers as they can.
 
 the Marshalls on either side of the Justice boys were empty last night.  they aren't loaded with 12" Celestion speakers, they're just props with a cloth covering and an open back.  they shone light straight through them.  they were definitely solid at Terminal5.