Well tonight I drove for about 5 hours round trip just to see DJ Shadow
play live in Cincinatti, Ohio. And before you start ragging on me for
liking him, or say something along the lines of "I could have told you he would
suck", hear me out.
I've been enjoying a lot of Shadow's stuff and a lot of the Mo Wax stuff
for years now. They label and the artist get overhyped and overrated, but
still crank out great tunes. The label itself doesn't surprise me much anymore
as it and Ninja Tune have really settled in to a formula.
But this isn't about my dissapointment with that, this is a semi review about
the live show.
I drove down for 5 hours, suffered through some horrid hip hop act, and
then listened to Jeru the Damaja do his thing. Jeru was excellent minus
his whole anti-asian comments and a few stupid gangsta like moments of
juvenile crap - other than that, he put on a fun live show.
The DJ Shadow came on, first they never turned the lights down for him, so
it was like watching him in a gym. Secondly, and this is the part I am very
angry about, he played for 15 minutes. THAT'S IT. I drove for hours, paid
my money to see THAT. I absolutely couldn't believe it. We were given no explanation, and shadow just walked off the stage. Never played "What does your soul look like", etc. Nothing. Total 15 minutes = $15 ticket, $20 gas, and $15 or so money I could have made working tonight. $50 to see him play one or two songs and leave.
Needless to say I don't ever plan on buying DJ Shadow or Mo Wax again
if this is the respect they have for their fans. And to think, 15 minutes from my house Dego from Reinforced was playing live. Cheaper, closer, and probably much much better.
Jason