The show last night was the Sharp Ease and DDM opening for the Von Bondies, at the Troubadour. DDM are two dudes dressed all in white - one of them, tall and dignified-looking, wails away on a drumkit, while his partner, a somewhat goofy guy with a stone-faced, "I'm dead serious!" schtick, plays a few jagged bars on a guitar, sets them to repeat, then puts down the guitar... plays a few shrill keyboard riffs, and sets those to repeat... then, to go along with the synth 'n' guitar soundscape he has created, he busts out a few robot dance moves, sings-screams-chants dramatically, drops to his knees (while wearing just white boxer shorts down beneath, no pants - ouch), wades out into the crowd and puts a guy in a headlock, etc. All the while, his buddy is really pounding on that kit!
The frontman's a bit silly... like other frontpeople these days I could name, he seems to want to be "wild" and "confrontational," but seems just half-assed about it. But the drummer was really good, and their set was definitely entertaining. Their one song I really liked had lyrics that went something like, "I've got shit in my pants!, and piss in my bed!..."
My girlfriend has the CD, and says it's not great... you have to see them, get hit will the drums and live synth to get the experience, she says... (I just checked out a few MP3s on their site, and it's true, they're pretty bland.)
― morris pavilion (samjeff), Tuesday, 30 March 2004 18:55 (twenty years ago) link
― morris pavilion (samjeff), Tuesday, 30 March 2004 18:59 (twenty years ago) link
― Pablo Cruise (chaki), Tuesday, 30 March 2004 19:04 (twenty years ago) link
― dean! (deangulberry), Tuesday, 30 March 2004 19:04 (twenty years ago) link
(The whole time they were performing, I kept blankly thinking "Andrew WK vs. Wolf Eyes" - because of the white outfits and the noisy synth and the go-for-broke attitude. I don't have any idea what Wolf Eyes actually sound like, of course.)
― morris pavilion (samjeff), Tuesday, 30 March 2004 19:10 (twenty years ago) link
So the Von Bondies stank? I have been meaning to pick up their CD, because "C'mon C'mon" is like my favorite single of the year -- I can't believe that's not huge on KROQ. Is it a fluke that that song rules? Does the rest of the album blow?
― Ben Boyer (Ben Boyer), Tuesday, 30 March 2004 19:29 (twenty years ago) link
(Franz Ferdinand, on the other hand, tore down the Troubadour last week! We've got tickets to see them at the Avalon in June, but I'm really glad that we saw them when and where we did... what a show!)
― morris pavilion (samjeff), Tuesday, 30 March 2004 19:39 (twenty years ago) link
― Ben Boyer (Ben Boyer), Tuesday, 30 March 2004 21:37 (twenty years ago) link
― morris pavilion (samjeff), Tuesday, 30 March 2004 21:43 (twenty years ago) link
― Pablo Cruise (chaki), Tuesday, 30 March 2004 21:55 (twenty years ago) link
― Ben Boyer (Ben Boyer), Tuesday, 30 March 2004 21:57 (twenty years ago) link
http://www.kittenpants.org/15_hamburger/nerds-poindext.jpg
― morris pavilion (samjeff), Tuesday, 30 March 2004 22:01 (twenty years ago) link
"Clap your hands everybody, and everybody clap your hands!
We're Lambda Lambda Lambda and... Omega Mu We come here on stage tonight to do a show for you
We've got a rockin rythm and a high tech sound That'll make you move your body down to the ground
We've got Poindexter on the violin And Louis and Gilbert will be joinin' in
We've got Booger Presley on a mean guitar And a rap by little old me Lamar
We've got Takashi beating on his gong The boys and the Mu's are clapping along
And just when you thought you'd seen it all Along comes a Lambda 4 ft tall!"
― Ben Boyer (Ben Boyer), Tuesday, 30 March 2004 22:22 (twenty years ago) link
Anyway, all you bums have to be at the Sparks show a week from Saturday or I will pout. *pouts anyway*
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 30 March 2004 22:28 (twenty years ago) link
― Thea (Thea), Friday, 2 April 2004 21:14 (twenty years ago) link
Anyway, Sparks on Saturday. Arthur and I are in, possibly Chaki. Come join us! A slew of folks on my Sparks list are getting together beforehand (and possibly afterward) for drinks, food and chat. Also, Thea and I have a mission to perform for the person introducing the band. ;-) Drop me a line if you're in.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 17:49 (twenty years ago) link
― Thea (Thea), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 18:15 (twenty years ago) link
― dean! (deangulberry), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 18:17 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 18:17 (twenty years ago) link
― Thea (Thea), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 18:27 (twenty years ago) link
― dean! (deangulberry), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 18:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Thea (Thea), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 18:31 (twenty years ago) link
― dean! (deangulberry), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 18:34 (twenty years ago) link
only $8.00!!!, 21+
@Little Temple, 4519 Santa Monica Blvd (corner with Virgil)
(Tentative schedule; subject to change, but relatively set) Main Room
8:00pm-Doors Open with opening set by TRANSISTOR CRICKET 9:00pm-9:25pm-LANGUIS (first live show with new line-up!) 9:25pm-10:00pm-PHTHALOCYANINE (a truly memorable live sound blast) 10:00pm-10:45pm-AGF (live straight outta East Berlin!) 10:45pm-11:30pm-SUTEKH (you will kick yourself in the face if you kiss this!!!) 11:30pm-12:40am-JOHN TEJADA (your derrierre will thank you later!) 12:40am-2:00am-JASPER (the #1 Chapin electronic artist in the world!)
The Lounge
9:00pm-10:00pm-FROSTY (the mythical manipulator of melodic manatees) 10:00pm-11:00pm-ALLEN (founder/CEO/nurturer of Plug Research Records) 11:00pm-12:00am-DAEDELUS (he will cuddle you just right) 12:00am-1:00am-NOBODY (lover supreme of all psychedlic sounds from then and now) 1:00am-2:00am-DNTEL (aka 1331; he will make you so happy you will cry)
There you have it! Plan accordingly and/or just come early and join us for this joyous occasion!! Please tell a friend and come and have a drink or ten!!!
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 20:12 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 21:23 (twenty years ago) link
― Pablo Cruise (chaki), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 21:29 (twenty years ago) link
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― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 21:38 (twenty years ago) link
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― Ben Boyer (Ben Boyer), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 22:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Pablo Cruise (chaki), Thursday, 8 April 2004 06:37 (twenty years ago) link
― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 8 April 2004 14:45 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 8 April 2004 22:54 (twenty years ago) link
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― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 16 April 2004 23:28 (twenty years ago) link
― lisafrank! (deangulberry), Friday, 16 April 2004 23:30 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 16 April 2004 23:34 (twenty years ago) link
http://www.hexmode.com/Events.htm for info.
― tylero (tylero), Saturday, 17 April 2004 00:48 (twenty years ago) link
Rahzel at Amoeba?
― Lukas (lukas), Friday, 16 July 2004 21:07 (nineteen years ago) link
Or these shows -- while not music -- are always fun: @ the Knitting Factory in Hollywood, UnCabaret ’s "Other Network" night with screenings of TV comedy pilots that never made it to the air from writers of "Larry Sanders" and "Mr. Show," among others...7 p.m., $10...
― Neb Reyob (Ben Boyer), Friday, 16 July 2004 21:19 (nineteen years ago) link
ha ha look what's coming to the hollywood bowl
World Electronica Night (The Crystal Method, Nortec Collective, Sidestepper, Nitin Sawhney)
― Lukas (lukas), Friday, 16 July 2004 22:15 (nineteen years ago) link
*sigh*This threadMakes me miss Ned
― Thea (Thea), Friday, 16 July 2004 22:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― dean? (deangulberry), Friday, 16 July 2004 22:34 (nineteen years ago) link
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― gygax! (gygax!), Saturday, 17 July 2004 03:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― morris pavilion (samjeff), Saturday, 17 July 2004 06:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― Thea (Thea), Monday, 19 July 2004 21:10 (nineteen years ago) link