DEVO - Lets hear some chatter folks

[fairfaxfinn]

The set list from both nights, not necessarily in order and perhaps missing a song or two:
 
 That's Good
 Goin' Under
 Whip It
 Blockhead
 Jocko Homo
 Girl U Want
 Gates of Steel
 Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA
 Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy
 Freedom of Choice
 Come Back Jonee  

Also, played... at least on Saturday:
 
 Uncontrollable Urge
 Satisfaction
 Mongoloid

[Daddy Know-It-All]

The shows were great.  Enough said.
 
 As for the ticket price, whatever. Besides, the core DEVO fan demographic is 35+ (older ... and, perhaps, wiser), which means more disposable income and probably fewer events/concerts coming to town that actually inspire them to head on out into the night.
 
 One thing will never change, that's for sure: the check-me-out-I'm-cooler-than-thou criticism of what music other people listen to, their physical appearances and how they choose to spend their money.  The smug music fanatics who pride themselves on knowing the minutiae of, like, every band that ever formed, fell apart, regrouped or dissipated into oblivion (and who engage in loud conversations that are nothing but bouts of sad one-upsmanship and check-out-my-encyclopedic-knowledge-of-like-everything-from-MST3K-to-G.G. Allin-to-The-Bacon-Brothers) will always be a part of the music scene.  It's OK for a teenager or 20-something who hasn't been around the block and is still poking around to find an identity; but to hear it from older people queued up for a DEVO gig or milling about the floor of Nightclub 9:30 or posting on an Internet bulletin board or wherever makes me smile quietly to myself (with an admittedly hypocritical sense of irony).
 
 As for my own bigotry, I'll take a corpulent member of DEVO over a self-satisfied, tattooed, jive-talkin', I'm-in-the-know social fool any day of the week.
 
 Choose your mutations carefully.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

If you are referring to my comments...I was not at the concert, and am not complaining about the concert. I was merely repeating the comments of others.
 
 
 

Originally posted by phillidan:
  While I am new to the site, I have seen over 500 shows in my 40 years. Many at the old club, and too few at the current location. One thing that seems to beg for a comment... It is really odd to complain about a show you did not attend. The club is fantastic, the staff is always respectful and in control, and the band still has the talent and energy to put on a fantastic show. I hope everyone who attended has as much fun as I did!

[J'Mal]

it was a goodl, punchy show, but yes, some of them look like they should hit the stairmaster once in a while.
 
 and what is with the crowd?
 
 Talk about a dork-o-rama....
 
 One little mini-mothersbaugh in a hawaiian shirt was totally mental.  He rudely jammed himself in front of us, knocking into a beer held by this girl next to me.  I said something like, "hey, watch it," and he totally exploded.  Got in my face and screamed at me, "WHERE DO YOU WANT ME TO GO??"  Mind you, this guy is about half my height.  
 
 Then he started accusing me of threatening him.  He cowered to the floor and covered his head, pointing at me, making a big scene about how I was threatening him.  Then he told the people in front of us to protect him from me, and.... took the space in front of them.
 
 I thought it was a mental scam to get closer to the stage, but he spent much of the show looking back at me and cowering, so maybe he was just a nut.
 
 I'm wondering, what would the club do in a case where one patron accuses another of harrassing and/or violent behavior?  (Assuming, of course, security saw no such contact because it is a total fabrication)

[Bags]

Yeah, there was a guy next to me doing big motion new wave dancing -- i.e., taking up lots of space.  Granted, this was near the very back where there's more of that kind of room, and I enjoy seeing someone appreciate the show so much.  But what I found funny is that he had a cast on one arm, and when someone came near and sort of threatened some of his dancing space, he held up his arm until they went away, as if to say "hey, lookie lookie, I'm injured here.  I need my space or I may hit you with this rock-hard arm cast when I flail about my arms..."
 
 And then another guy in front of me with his girlfriend would NOT move to let a guy carrying three beers cross in front of him.  The stationary guy was funny...he was so adamant, as if he truly believed the guy (who just needed to pass by) was going to position himself right in front of the couple, happily drinking all three beers himself.  Even when the beer guy got by and headed away, the stationary guy retained this insulted look on his face.
 
 People can be really idiosyncratic at shows...

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

J'Mal, your story is rather similiar to what happened to us at the last show we were at...
 
 We had been standing near the front at a three band show for about two hours. The show was sold out and packed. We were standing next to a couple of rather short women. There was also a large group of  people near us, a couple of whom we had chatted with briefly between bands.
 
 As the headliner was about to go on, a couple of big haired hags came pushing through the crowd, doing the pretend to be meeting someone up front, then stopping. They stopped in such a way that they both obscured the view of the short women, and had their boobs practically sticking into my wife's back.
 
 My wife told them they needed to move on, the refused and started giving shit back to her. A couple of the people we had chatted with started mocking them and telling them to move on. Finally, they did.
 
 But five minutes later, just as the headliner started playing, 9:30 staph came and pulled us out of the audience and took us to the back, saying that there were two crying women who my wife had elbowed. Total bullshit fabrication. Man, I tell you...what women get away with when they turn on the tears. We told the staph person our side of the story, and they weren't convinced. Luckily, one of the people we had been standing next to heard that we had been whisked away, and came to the back and corroborated our story. And we were set free.
 
 Also, lucklily, we managed to squirm our way back to where we had been standing.
 
 The end.
 
 
 

Originally posted by J'Mal:
  it was a goodl, punchy show, but yes, some of them look like they should hit the stairmaster once in a while.
 
 and what is with the crowd?
 
 Talk about a dork-o-rama....
 
 One little mini-mothersbaugh in a hawaiian shirt was totally mental.  He rudely jammed himself in front of us, knocking into a beer held by this girl next to me.  I said something like, "hey, watch it," and he totally exploded.  Got in my face and screamed at me, "WHERE DO YOU WANT ME TO GO??"  Mind you, this guy is about half my height.  
 
 Then he started accusing me of threatening him.  He cowered to the floor and covered his head, pointing at me, making a big scene about how I was threatening him.  Then he told the people in front of us to protect him from me, and.... took the space in front of them.
 
 I thought it was a mental scam to get closer to the stage, but he spent much of the show looking back at me and cowering, so maybe he was just a nut.
 
 I'm wondering, what would the club do in a case where one patron accuses another of harrassing and/or violent behavior?  (Assuming, of course, security saw no such contact because it is a total fabrication)

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by J'Mal:
  One little mini-mothersbaugh in a hawaiian shirt was totally mental.  He rudely jammed himself in front of us, knocking into a beer held by this girl next to me.  I said something like, "hey, watch it," and he totally exploded.  Got in my face and screamed at me, "WHERE DO YOU WANT ME TO GO??"  Mind you, this guy is about half my height.  
 
 Then he started accusing me of threatening him.  He cowered to the floor and covered his head, pointing at me, making a big scene about how I was threatening him.  Then he told the people in front of us to protect him from me, and.... took the space in front of them.
 
 I thought it was a mental scam to get closer to the stage, but he spent much of the show looking back at me and cowering, so maybe he was just a nut.

This is one of the funniest stories I've read in a long time. Two thumbs up for sharing!

[Guiny]

I enjoyed both stories and am glad that the other people you were talking to stepped up and helped you guys out.

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
 My wife told them they needed to move on, the refused and started giving shit back to her. A couple of the people we had chatted with started mocking them and telling them to move on. Finally, they did.
 

it's a good thing you or celeste didn't light up a cigarette ... i sent the 930 staff your photos, and if you pull that kind of shit again, expect to be booted ... or punched in the nose by me ... asshole ...

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Yes, the people around us were cool, and 9:30 staph handled the situation professionally and fairly.
 
 

Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
  I enjoyed both stories and am glad that the other people you were talking to stepped up and helped you guys out.

[geeesevvon]

setlist for both shows was as follows (in order):
 
 That's Good
 Going Under
 Girl U Want
 Whip It
 Satisfaction
 Uncontrollable Urge
 Mongoloid
 Blockhead
 Jocko Homo
 Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA
 Gates Of Steel
 ----encore----
 Freedom Of Choice
 Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy
 Come Back Jonee
 
 At some of the recent shows, they've done "Wiggly World" in the encore, but not in D.C. unfortunately.  It's too bad they didn't end with "Beautiful World".  I can't imagine a more perfect place as D.C. for Booji Boy to sing that one.

[twangirl]

Originally posted by geeesevvon:
   It's too bad they didn't end with "Beautiful World".  I can't imagine a more perfect place as D.C. for Booji Boy to sing that one.

My thoughts exactly! Still a great setlist though.

[thatguy]

Originally posted by J'Mal:
 
 I'm wondering, what would the club do in a case where one patron accuses another of harrassing and/or violent behavior?  (Assuming, of course, security saw no such contact because it is a total fabrication)

we do our best to talk to everyone involved, and often ask the people around the scene to get an unbiased opinion.  there are always at least three sides to every story (yours, theirs, and the truth), so it's hard to get down to what actually happened.  
 
 usually, we can convince everyone to calm down and enjoy the show.  if i didn't see what happened and nobody will back down, i usually say that i'll just have to remove everybody involved.  that always gets people to shut up and stop arguing and watch the show.  sometimes we ask the people to seperate.  
 
 if one person is clearly in the wrong, we remove them.  if anyone resorts to physical violence, we remove them, whether they started it or not.

[SPARX]

Originally posted by geeesevvon:
  setlist for both shows was as follows (in order):
 
 That's Good
 Going Under
 Girl U Want
 Whip It
 Satisfaction
 Uncontrollable Urge
 Mongoloid
 Blockhead
 Jocko Homo
 Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA
 Gates Of Steel
 ----encore----
 Freedom Of Choice
 Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy
 Come Back Jonee
 
 At some of the recent shows, they've done "Wiggly World" in the encore, but not in D.C. unfortunately.  It's too bad they didn't end with "Beautiful World".  I can't imagine a more perfect place as D.C. for Booji Boy to sing that one.

Thanks for posting that.I don't see how anybody could complain if they saw all those live.Excellent choices,although omitting Beautiful World is kind of a bummer.

[J'Mal]

josh,
 
 can a person ever be "clearly in the wrong" when it's just one person's word against another's?
 
 the staph clearly are not interested in playing hall monitor, and deciding who is right and who is wrong is far from being a science in these situations.  I would just hope that I'm never kicked out of a show on someone's say so.  I must admit, the thought crossed my mind, because this little nut made a very big production of how I supposedly threatened him.  I've been accused of shit before in bars, but under very different circumstances (not being local, and outnumbered, and the other guy's a drunk, etc.)