Show in New Haven on 3/28 at Toad's
Adam (Fez) Stone
night: They were great, as usual. I was definitely impressed with Ivy,
who were (IMO) better than Frank Black in October or the db's guy in
Providence. The only thing that bothered me was that the drummer and the
bass player kept making faces at each other.
Anyway, the show started with Brian coming out and drumming a bit,
followed by Flans sans guitar who started singing O Do Not Forsake Me.
Pretty soon Linnell and Tony were playing, too, and when Forsake Me was
over, they launched right into their set with gusto. Sorry, I don't have a
set list for you all, but the set was similar (in my memory) to the
Providence show. Highlights included Shoehorn with Teeth, complete with
Brian on glockenspeil; Flans' sign language for Dirtbike (to signal
Dirtbike to Linnell, he raises his hands like they're on the handles on
the bike and rears his whole body back to pop a wheelie); and the
three-stage twist contest (damn--I forgot the songs. Does anyone remember
the twist songs? I'm pretty sure one was Stomp Box).
Perhaps the most notable thing about the show was that Linnell seemed to
be in a particularly GOOD mood. He seemed to be smiling a lot, especially
when he was looking at the audience. While he was "conducting" Spy, he
started to play with his hand like it was a periscope or something (maybe
like the hand possesion scene in Evil Dead 2?) and it was obvious he was
having fun. A great improvement over the Lupo's show.
Did I forget anything? Nope, I think that's pretty much it... a great
show, even in the middle of the press right under Flans <ouch>.
-Fez
"That would be a rather vulgar display of power, wouldn't it?"
Aaron
Driver and Ana Ng (after ODNFM), and pretty much continued to the list
everyone else has been posting. The three stage twist contest finished
with Twistin' (surprise surprise), but the others slip my mind (I don't
think Stomp Box was one of them Adam). Disappointments included no Dinner
Bell, Subliminal, or Turn Around.
What was hysterical, IMHO, was seeing the pseudo-fans trying to mosh to
songs that were unmoshable. I mean, I can understand when they break out
into Stomp Box or Birdhouse...ok. But when they start up Snail Shell or
End of the Tour, and people start slamming, well, you just have to laugh.
Real fans don't mosh, they watch for cool things like Adam pointed out. I
was happy to see the security guy in the middle of everything busting
some heads whenever idiot high school kids tried to play Pass the Dude.
We got the expected "Put him down, he hasn't done anything wrong."
comment from Linell.
I don't want a pizza, I don't want a piece of peanut brittle. I just want
to see Them again soon.
Aaron
--
Aaron B. Craig
"I don't want the world. I just want your half."
-TMBG
Adam (Fez) Stone
(Aaron) wrote:
: What was hysterical, IMHO, was seeing the pseudo-fans trying to mosh to
: songs that were unmoshable. I mean, I can understand when they break out
: into Stomp Box or Birdhouse...ok. But when they start up Snail Shell or
: End of the Tour, and people start slamming, well, you just have to laugh.
Yeah... thanks for reminding me. I would just like to point out my intense
dissappointment at being knocked down during SHE'S AN ANGEL. HELLO? SLAM
DANCING TO SHE'S AN ANGEL? Sorry... I had to let it out.
"Real fans don't mosh" -Aaron B. Craig
Right on, man