tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270091.post9165743695858765475..comments2023-10-24T03:56:31.295-05:00Comments on DC Rock Club: A Sliceland of Iceland...Jumbo Slicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08525227134450004928noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270091.post-53384241147043273532009-01-24T22:31:00.000-05:002009-01-24T22:31:00.000-05:00All of this reads: John Foster needs to get a life...All of this reads: John Foster needs to get a life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270091.post-36704346885105681292008-09-30T14:15:00.000-05:002008-09-30T14:15:00.000-05:00Hey Sack - By no means do I question that DMB was ...Hey Sack - By no means do I question that DMB was an amazing live act and that is a piece of conversation I wouldn't even raise an eyebrow about, but hopefully you get the meaning behind going the extra mile and actually putting the bumper sticker on your car. The part about Bellman Barker that put me over the edge was that you both elevated them past simply saying "this band didn't suck as much as a lot of local openers" to bumper-sticker slapping status.<BR/><BR/>I know what you mean about some things on byt but in the "barking up the wrong tree" category I don't think you could say that is the case about my writing over there.<BR/><BR/>I enjoy reading your collective view on things (and am waiting on the inevitable video of Jumbo giving "hugs for recyclables" at ACL) but there has been nothing on this site to date to prepare me for you guys digging a BB performance. Honest. I was shocked.John Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15957649075124851381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270091.post-80952509489943125622008-09-29T21:43:00.000-05:002008-09-29T21:43:00.000-05:00I just got back from Austin and I am tired, so I w...I just got back from Austin and I am tired, so I will keep this relatively short.<BR/><BR/>Let's face it, live music is incredibly subjective. I think your mood, environment, weather, dewpoint, whether you have had sex that week, etc, etc... has a lot to do with youer show experience. Again ,it was a Tuesday night, we had some seats, and I was in a good mood. Did Bellman Barker blow me away? No. However, I did enjoy the majority of the songs I heard and the performance was far from "bland". We've seen a lot of shows together and a fair amount of local bands at that and I have certainly been much blander (is that even a word? More bland?)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, the point I very eloquently trying to make is that they were an unexpected surprise. I ws going in with the attitude that they were going to be mediocre at best (like many of the local bands around here) and they exceeded my expectations. Again, not bad for a weekday night at DC9. <BR/><BR/>I think it is ridiculous to generalize on musical taste by my opinion of one local band. <BR/><BR/>I also need to add a few things about the Dave Matthews Band sticker comment. I went to college down in Williamsburg when the DMB was still playing at places the size of RNR Hotel and the Black Cat. Make fun of me as much as you want, but those were some excellent live shows. Yeah, they got all big and sold out. They moved into that adult contemporary/jam crap that I learned to really dislike. But I distinctly remember those shows in 1993 as being quite good. So maybe I bought the DMB sticker and put in on my SUV back then. Does that still make me a douchebag? <BR/><BR/>And finally Foster, and this is me busting your balls, so don't take it the wrong way. But that other blog you write for, THEY LIKE EVERYTHING. EVERY REVIEW IS ABOUT HOW AWESOME AND EXCELLENT EVERY LOCAL BAND IS SO I THINK YOU MAY BE BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE...(and yes, the caps were on purpose, OMG, 01001000111) <BR/><BR/>Goodnight.sacklunchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10865553449094912225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270091.post-56213478992800099092008-09-29T11:12:00.000-05:002008-09-29T11:12:00.000-05:00Give me a band that sounds just like Kansas either...Give me a band that sounds just like Kansas either before or after? I'm not saying I liked their personality - but it certainly was there. Walk outside in Arlington and throw a just emptied down your gullet beer glass towards Wilson Blvd. That guy who is now picking bloody shards out of his three inches too long mop of a hair do - he plays in a band that sounds just like Bellman Barker.<BR/><BR/>I can certainly appreciate that a band can have a different impact in a different venue or depending on the circumstances surrounding you seeing them. Jenny Toomey's Mom being drunk next to me made a Liqourice show into one of my faves when it would have been so so had I stood 10 feet to the left. In this case however, it is a band that I have seen 5 times all over town just in the last year and it would (and will) be true no matter the circumstances. I am sure Malitz has suffered the same thing 100 times over knowing the amount of shows he attends.<BR/><BR/>I am busting balls because you didn't say we had a nice night and the beer was cold and the opening band didn't offend us and then these kooks from Iceland did their take on the blues... You went out of your way to commend them on their proficient playing as a badge of honor and when Sack did the same I just lost it.<BR/><BR/>I respect your opinions too much to let it go unnoticed.<BR/><BR/>It won't change my reading what you have to report back but it is sort of like we had been chatting about sports and music for a few months at our kid's school and then you drove up to pick up your kid and I saw a Dave Matthews Band bumper sticker on your SUV.John Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15957649075124851381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270091.post-73670718486383225512008-09-27T09:28:00.000-05:002008-09-27T09:28:00.000-05:00Also re: Foster...appreciate the frankness b/c as...Also re: Foster...appreciate the frankness b/c as you mentioned nobody ever gives their real opinion for fear of hurting someone's feelings.<BR/><BR/>It's obviously a subjective judgment but for me, I paid $10 for a ticket, got a booth right next to the stage, hung out with some pals, and heard two pretty good bands. Those other factors influence me as much as the music...if I had seen BMB at the Black Cat backstage, maybe I wouldn't have enjoyed it so much, who knows. <BR/><BR/>Also, I wouldn't say Kansas "oozed personality," that's going a bit far.Jimbromskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06480579106355009821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270091.post-53669954554898368212008-09-27T09:24:00.000-05:002008-09-27T09:24:00.000-05:00that reminds me of a jokeHow many Vietnam vets doe...that reminds me of a joke<BR/><BR/>How many Vietnam vets does it take to screw in a lightbulb? <BR/><BR/>You wouldn't know, man, you weren't there.Jimbromskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06480579106355009821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270091.post-80710997800738370642008-09-27T09:12:00.000-05:002008-09-27T09:12:00.000-05:00ha! Push back. Most excellent. Meanwhile, I wasn't...ha! Push back. Most excellent. Meanwhile, I wasn't there, so I have nothing really to offer.Potsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17628405727114697845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270091.post-50817369248722073642008-09-26T17:17:00.000-05:002008-09-26T17:17:00.000-05:00what he said.what he said.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124304315278450108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270091.post-55984653414138136032008-09-26T16:27:00.000-05:002008-09-26T16:27:00.000-05:00This will make me question all future SackBromski ...This will make me question all future SackBromski reviews. I have seen BB a number of times but avoided any coverage on my other site for the "if you don't have anything nice to say" reason but also the inevitable shitstorm of comments sure to rain down from those unwilling to leave their name and e-mail. Plus they seem harmless but I have re-considered the harmless part.<BR/><BR/>BB is so unbelievably bland that it is embarrassing. Kansas and Badfinger oozed personality. You guys are commending a band just for being smooth and proficient. I admit it may not be a quality in high demand at times in the clubs we all frequent but the reality is you can see this at 100 bars in the area every night. Thousands of guys that can actually play a tight set are littered throughout the city. You know why you don't see them? Because you go to see bands at places that don't have a salad bar! For fuck's sake - being a non-offensive background to beer slurping should be damned at a real music venue.<BR/><BR/>Aaron could be an engaging front man, but he sings clearly out of his register in order to be wispy and high and "smooth" rather than original and memorable. The rest of them are interchangeable, like a poorly dressed session band culled together from the music program at some liberal arts college.<BR/><BR/>You guys know better.John Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15957649075124851381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270091.post-89803543759156030202008-09-24T22:19:00.000-05:002008-09-24T22:19:00.000-05:00You had me at "sounds like Kansas." No one else i...You had me at "sounds like Kansas." No one else is playing Saturday at 11:45...I might try some Mugison. I love Icelandic inside jokes! Svo hlægilegur!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270091.post-14757407417420341852008-09-24T20:53:00.000-05:002008-09-24T20:53:00.000-05:00Nice use of the umlaut. Only two in Mugison? No pr...Nice use of the umlaut. <BR/><BR/>Only two in Mugison? No problem, they can stay with me. They're from Iceland so they won't mind sleeping in the yard and bathing in the creek.<BR/><BR/>If we don't see Mugison at ACL then let's see their after show at Stubbs.Jumbo Slicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08525227134450004928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31270091.post-28898152719477379832008-09-24T19:53:00.000-05:002008-09-24T19:53:00.000-05:00I arrived a little late, so I only caught 1/2 of B...I arrived a little late, so I only caught 1/2 of Bellman Barkers set. However, what I heard I quite liked. Good musicians playing intersting songs, what more can you ask for on a Tuesday night for $10.<BR/><BR/>I enjoyed Mugison as well. It was not what I expected as I had read they were travelling with a full band. My only quibble was that their set was kind of short, seemed like about 40 minutes tops.<BR/><BR/>There was some dude at DC9 who was trying to get Mugison and Bellman Barker to play a final song together. His attempt was rather lame and uncomfortable. He also was looking/pointing at us as I think he thought WE were in the band (the real Bellman Barker dudes had been sitting next to us, but had left already). We commented how funny it would be if Jimbromski, Stuttson, and I went up on stage to play. What a fucking mess that would be. Though I hear Jimbromski is very adept at playing the skin flute.<BR/><BR/>Off to Austin tomorrow. Woot.sacklunchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10865553449094912225noreply@blogger.com