sounds like each show is pretty much the same. not that it's a bad
thing. they probably don't expect anybody to see them twice during the
same tour.
my wife and i arrived at the granada at 9pm, when shantel aka mira calix
was supposed to start. she made everybody wait for 15 minutes or so as
some really dark, industrial, prerecorded synth noodling played in the
background. it was full of bass-heavy drones and high-pitched squelches
and screeching. the screeching was pretty annoying after about five
minutes.
finally she started and she played some cool stuff, including part of
tod dockstader's "water music," eog's "solid liquid," an ae remix that i
couldn't quite place, aphex twin's "bucephalus bouncing ball," and a
bunch of dope tracks i didn't recognize.
at about this point we wandered up towards the stage. i wish that the
people up there would've had the decency to take a shower within a few
days before the show. the body odor overpowered the cigarette smoke by
a long shot. and this was before anybody started dancing.
shantel cut her set short at about 10:30. ed hooked up his powerbook
and plaid started shortly thereafter. after a short intro, i recognized
the bassline from "assault on precinct zero" and started to boogie.
at about this time, the stinky people in front of us decided to
nonchalantly smoke a joint within clear view of everybody in the bar
(including security). they were right in front of the stage. how they
got away with it i'll never know. andy and ed were probably glad to
smell something besides the stinky peoples' BO.
my wife and i moved back to the sound system's sweet spot for the rest
of the show. during their set, plaid played a bunch of short, extremely
tight interludes, similar to those on their albums. more than half of
the material was new, but i recognized several tracks from double
figure, and "pino pomo" from rest proof clockwork. sadly, nothing from
the booc 12" :-(
the visuals were the same as previous shows, including the behavioral
questions and the political imagery. only about a dozen people (out of
maybe 250) danced at any given time. as with the denver show, plaid
walked up, rocked the knobs, left, came back to play sqaunce, waved and
left again. their stage presence was dry, but the bass was deep, the
rhythms were tight, and the melodies were fun.
after the show, andy, ed, and chantel all took time to chat with fans
before packing up their gear. they were very friendly and sincere, even
to the stinky people (which by that time included me ;-)
phase
np: uko
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