Seriously, the hour line for will call defeated the purpose of buying
tickets ahead of time. The sound was WAY too loud for the size of the venue,
where you can't help but stand 10 feet in front of one of the speaker
stacks. I was pleasantly surprised by Viberts set, but was disapointed by
Tom's (and I really went in with an open mind.) It's too bad, the Hollywood
Athletic Club could be a good venue if it got it's act together. I still had
a great time and it was a kick to see Tom, there were some really fun
moments in his set.
Also, I didn't understand why for Vibert's set there was a plethora of cool
lighting and projections, but during Squarepusher all they did was unleashed
strobe lights on us from the stage the WHOLE time.
-JM
quoted 40 lines From: Gil Videla <mvidelag@yahoo.com>
>From: Gil Videla <mvidelag@yahoo.com>
>To: idm@hyperreal.org
>CC: idm@hyperreal.org
>Subject: [idm] sqpr - LA Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 08:20:37 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>I was really psyched to see this show, but you know the phrase "don't get
>yer hopes up..." I should have followed that advice.
>
>Not that it was Tom's (SQPR) fault, but once he began performing, the sound
>was AWFUL!!! I could barely recognize any songs, just high treble this and
>that. My ears were in pain. Lots of folx around me were shoving their
>fingers in their ears too! What I don't understand is WHY it needed to be
>so loud; sacrificing the performance? I mean Vibert's set was loud, but
>distinguishable and the experimental music between both performances was
>crystal clear.
>
>I was getting very jazzed during those 5-10 mins prior to Tom's performance
>thinking these sounds were indicative of how nice it was going to sound.
>Unfortunately, the sound guy seem to consistently turn it up, up, up.
>Towards the end of the gig, the set of speakers in the back half of the
>room had either blown or were shut off, I dunno.
>
>I am disappointed b/c this one detail and the MOST CRITICAL OF ALL, was
>thrown into the toilet. I can put up with a lot of things like; a 45-60min
>wait in the will call line, a fire marshall threatening to shut down the
>show because it seemed over sold, a bunch of people comming up to my father
>giving him wierd stares (like something is wrong with a 70 year old man at
>the SQPR show). But c'mon, shitty sound? I can never forgive that...
>
>I sure hope I am pointing my fingers in the right direction.
>
>bummed,
>
>g
>
>
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