What Shows Have You Been To Lately?

Psy-Fi · 04-26-2015, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by bob.

Built To Spill

This was the forth time i've seen Built To Spill live....and as i've said before they are in my opinion one of the greatest live acts i've ever seen....they always have a good attitude, play extremely well and just always seem to up their recorded music just a bit live......this was not the case in any way shape or form on Thursday

so a couple of weeks ago my friend Rhiannon sent me a link to get a single ticket for a free show staring Built To Spill....obviously i went nuts

...The show was to be at a venue in downtown Reno called The Cargo and was to be a first come gets access till capacity type of deal and the entire thing was being put on by the Lagunitas Brewing Company (even better right!?)

doors were at 8 so we showed up at 6 and watched the line get bigger and bigger

....i brought 60 bucks for a couple of tasty brews and hopefully a copy of the new album on vinyl and a t shirt....some strange things started to happen about 40 or so minutes before the doors opened....half naked circus performers were emerging from the venue and performing for the waiting crowd....interesting...i also started to notice more and more that the people there just did not seem like the typical Built To Spill fan base.....it is Reno after all

Doors open and we all start shuffling in....as always i head straight for the bar in hopes of some good ol IPA....the bartender tells me that ALL Beer and Water are on the house....i start talking with one of the reps for Lagunitas and he explains that the brewery has been doing a contest online and that Reno won the free beer party......CHAOS REIGNS.

So my hypothesis is correct....80% of this "sold out" venue are not there for music....but rather to get extremely fucked up on free beer....thats all good....at least i get to see this incredible band with a few of my close friends....some opening band comes out and they're not bad....but not my cup of tea....almost like a sleazy version of CCR

Then comes Built to Spill....and they open with a cover of DEVO's immortal classic "Come Back Jonee"

i should be jumping for joy right?....the sound in this venue is fucking horrible....i mean really really bad

i attempted moving around the venue....front to back to left and right....but no where in this venue was the sound good....the bass was turned up way to loud and the vocals were almost non existent

to make matters worse as i'm trying position myself to get the most out of the band live....i have to navigate through hundreds of drunk college frat kids who could give two fucks about the great music being played for them....and i mean DRUNK.....Reno PD must have had a field day after this show let out

so i make it back up to the front to finish the night of with my friend Erin...and the most fucking ridiculous thing i've seen in years happens....during their encore....which was Randy Describes Eternity and a cover of Blue Öyster Cult's (Don't Fear) The Reaper the crowd starts a huge violent "mosh" pit

to Built To Spill.....

The look on Doug's face was as priceless as it was sad

way to represent Reno

At least nobody vomited on you, Bob.

**Janszoon** · 04-26-2015, 11:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bob.

Built To Spill

This was the forth time i've seen Built To Spill live....and as i've said before they are in my opinion one of the greatest live acts i've ever seen....they always have a good attitude, play extremely well and just always seem to up their recorded music just a bit live......this was not the case in any way shape or form on Thursday

so a couple of weeks ago my friend Rhiannon sent me a link to get a single ticket for a free show staring Built To Spill....obviously i went nuts

...The show was to be at a venue in downtown Reno called The Cargo and was to be a first come gets access till capacity type of deal and the entire thing was being put on by the Lagunitas Brewing Company (even better right!?)

doors were at 8 so we showed up at 6 and watched the line get bigger and bigger

....i brought 60 bucks for a couple of tasty brews and hopefully a copy of the new album on vinyl and a t shirt....some strange things started to happen about 40 or so minutes before the doors opened....half naked circus performers were emerging from the venue and performing for the waiting crowd....interesting...i also started to notice more and more that the people there just did not seem like the typical Built To Spill fan base.....it is Reno after all

Doors open and we all start shuffling in....as always i head straight for the bar in hopes of some good ol IPA....the bartender tells me that ALL Beer and Water are on the house....i start talking with one of the reps for Lagunitas and he explains that the brewery has been doing a contest online and that Reno won the free beer party......CHAOS REIGNS.

So my hypothesis is correct....80% of this "sold out" venue are not there for music....but rather to get extremely fucked up on free beer....thats all good....at least i get to see this incredible band with a few of my close friends....some opening band comes out and they're not bad....but not my cup of tea....almost like a sleazy version of CCR

Then comes Built to Spill....and they open with a cover of DEVO's immortal classic "Come Back Jonee"

i should be jumping for joy right?....the sound in this venue is fucking horrible....i mean really really bad

i attempted moving around the venue....front to back to left and right....but no where in this venue was the sound good....the bass was turned up way to loud and the vocals were almost non existent

to make matters worse as i'm trying position myself to get the most out of the band live....i have to navigate through hundreds of drunk college frat kids who could give two fucks about the great music being played for them....and i mean DRUNK.....Reno PD must have had a field day after this show let out

so i make it back up to the front to finish the night of with my friend Erin...and the most fucking ridiculous thing i've seen in years happens....during their encore....which was Randy Describes Eternity and a cover of Blue Öyster Cult's (Don't Fear) The Reaper the crowd starts a huge violent "mosh" pit

to Built To Spill.....

The look on Doug's face was as priceless as it was sad

way to represent Reno

Ugh. That sucks.

I had kind of a bad show experience as well last weekend. I went to see Weedeater at Kung Fu Necktie, a small venue I usually love, but it was way, way too crowded there for this show. It was super hot and so packed that I ended up stuck in the bar area in a spot where I could barely see any of the stage and I didn't even notice when Weedeater started playing at first. They seemed like they were good I guess, as far as I could tell. The opener King Parrot seemed really good. But I just felt very removed from the whole thing because of ultra hot, ultra crowded environment.

bob. · 04-26-2015, 11:11 AM

i only like it when famous people vomit on me!

Weedeater or really any loud stoner stuff would be horrible in an over crowded venue

Psy-Fi · 04-26-2015, 11:40 AM

I recently saw a show with Muck and the Mires, Barrence Whitfield & the Savages, and The Sonics. Muck and the Mires opened the sold-out show with some rather mediocre 60's style garage rock followed by a typically energetic R&B (real R&B, not the watered down pop which gets passed off as R&B these days) set from Barrence Whitfield & the Savages. The Sonics came on stage to wild applause and tore through a solid set of rowdy garage rock covers and originals. All in all, a worthwhile triple bill for $25 on a Friday night.

A few images from the show (taken by one of the people I was with)...

Barrence Whitfield & the Savages

The Sonics

And a video from the show (taken by another fan)...

The Sonics - Have Love, Will Travel @ Brighton Music Hall, Boston, 4/10/15
https://youtu.be/VYYImSzWDgw

**Janszoon** · 04-26-2015, 11:45 AM

Did Brighton Music Hall used to be something else? I don't remember that existing when I lived in Boston.

bob. · 04-26-2015, 11:47 AM

i'm positive the Sonics will always rip it up

Psy-Fi · 04-26-2015, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Did Brighton Music Hall used to be something else? I don't remember that existing when I lived in Boston.

It used to be Harpers Ferry.

**Janszoon** · 04-26-2015, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Psy-Fi

It used to be Harpers Ferry.

Ah-ha

LoathsomePete · 04-26-2015, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by bob.

Spoiler for story:

Yeah I thought The Alley was the bottom of the barrel for acoustics and sound engineering but then I went to Cargo and found a whole new level of hell.

Sorry the show wasn't great. My old English professor was there and he said the sound was pretty bad too.

bob. · 04-26-2015, 12:27 PM

i only went to the Alley once and it was horrible....bad sound and scum bag bartenders...i think someone bought it and plans to re-open it...at least every time i go to the Great Basin there seems to be people in there.....with luck they'll address the acoustics

as for the Cargo....i think they put way to much shit in there for the size of the place....those speakers on each side of the stage are damn near arena size

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bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	i only like it when famous people vomit on me! Weedeater or really any loud stoner stuff would be horrible in an over crowded venue __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.

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bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	i'm positive the Sonics will always rip it up __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.

04-26-2015, 12:27 PM	#180 (permalink)
bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	i only went to the Alley once and it was horrible....bad sound and scum bag bartenders...i think someone bought it and plans to re-open it...at least every time i go to the Great Basin there seems to be people in there.....with luck they'll address the acoustics as for the Cargo....i think they put way to much shit in there for the size of the place....those speakers on each side of the stage are damn near arena size __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.