On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Sean Horton wrote:
:I recently saw Mum (the good Mum from Iceland) in Seattle and for the first
:4 songs I felt like I was in a dorm party. Girls screaming and laughing, I
:had beer split on me, some guy yelled "Turn it up" and pointless
:conversations all around. I was mortified by how rude people were,
:especially considering the nature and subtlety of Mum's music. Certain
:show's I would expect and maybe even contribute in this type of behavior,
:but not at a Mum show.
it was at i-spy, a perfectly awful venue, and the show seemed to
turn into an indie rock street cred event where being seen was more
important than who was being seen. i was lucky that night and found
a pocket near soundboard which provided a respite from most the
crowd. it was still blistering hot though.
my nominal complaint is that it took an hour from the opening act
til mum played. as much as i like kraftwerk, hearing an entire cd
between sets in inexcusible. mum also looked quite tired of touring
by the time they got to seattle and the show, while having its
moments, seemed flat.
speaking of kraftwerk, this wednesday at the baltic room, RUR
(rossum's universal robots) will be playing. live-action kraftwerk
cover tunes.
b.
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