Tuesday, April 28, 2009
4/28
I wasn't really planning on jumping in with old shows, but there were some good ones on this date.
4/28/86 - Black Flag/Gone/Painted Willie HUB Ballroom - Penn State - University Park, PA.
What a godsend this show was. We didn't get many punk shows in rural PA in the mid-80s - much less punk legends like Black Flag. The HUB was our student union. The ballroom just a big empty room. Probably a couple hundred people there.
The day started out with both Gone and Painted Willie playing at City Lights - a local record store. I seem to remember liking Painted Willie better than Gone, but I don't think I've heard much from either band since, so I wouldn't put much faith in that opinion. Greg Ginn was also in Gone. I managed to get him to autograph my Jealous Again EP.
This was one of Black Flag's final shows. They were done a few months later. Their final phase was filled with heavy, darker music. Kind of like Black Sabbath on speed. They didn't disappoint though. What a powerful band. Ginn is just an insane player. Henry Rollins is still one of the most intense performers out there. I only got to see them twice. I should have tried harder.
The only mention of this show in Get In The Van is from the 4-30-86 entry. Henry mentions that he got bit by a spider after the Penn State show and his foot swelled to the size of a potato. Sorry about that. Welcome to Pennsylvania. Even the list of shows in the back of the book mistakenly places this show in Pittsburgh. hrmph.
4/28/97 - George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars @ 9:30 Club - Washington, DC
The P-Funk shows all blend together. They were good. They were funky. There was a dude in a diaper. About 3 hours of non-stop fun. Ain't no party like a P-Funk party. I think it's time I go see them again. It's been a while. Everybody should see them at least once.
4/28/07 - Dismemberment Plan/Beauty Pill/Owls and Crows @ The Black Cat - Washington, DC
Oh, D-Plan, I love you so. You'll never replace the sentimental value of my beloved Slickee Boys as my favorite DC band, but you're right up there.
This was a reunion show - a benefit for Callum Robbins. I wrote a rather lengthy fan-boy review a while back. I still stand by that. The recording I got holds-up pretty well. One of my all-time favorite shows.
4/28/86 - Black Flag/Gone/Painted Willie HUB Ballroom - Penn State - University Park, PA.
What a godsend this show was. We didn't get many punk shows in rural PA in the mid-80s - much less punk legends like Black Flag. The HUB was our student union. The ballroom just a big empty room. Probably a couple hundred people there.
The day started out with both Gone and Painted Willie playing at City Lights - a local record store. I seem to remember liking Painted Willie better than Gone, but I don't think I've heard much from either band since, so I wouldn't put much faith in that opinion. Greg Ginn was also in Gone. I managed to get him to autograph my Jealous Again EP.
This was one of Black Flag's final shows. They were done a few months later. Their final phase was filled with heavy, darker music. Kind of like Black Sabbath on speed. They didn't disappoint though. What a powerful band. Ginn is just an insane player. Henry Rollins is still one of the most intense performers out there. I only got to see them twice. I should have tried harder.
The only mention of this show in Get In The Van is from the 4-30-86 entry. Henry mentions that he got bit by a spider after the Penn State show and his foot swelled to the size of a potato. Sorry about that. Welcome to Pennsylvania. Even the list of shows in the back of the book mistakenly places this show in Pittsburgh. hrmph.
4/28/97 - George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars @ 9:30 Club - Washington, DC
The P-Funk shows all blend together. They were good. They were funky. There was a dude in a diaper. About 3 hours of non-stop fun. Ain't no party like a P-Funk party. I think it's time I go see them again. It's been a while. Everybody should see them at least once.
4/28/07 - Dismemberment Plan/Beauty Pill/Owls and Crows @ The Black Cat - Washington, DC
Oh, D-Plan, I love you so. You'll never replace the sentimental value of my beloved Slickee Boys as my favorite DC band, but you're right up there.
This was a reunion show - a benefit for Callum Robbins. I wrote a rather lengthy fan-boy review a while back. I still stand by that. The recording I got holds-up pretty well. One of my all-time favorite shows.
ahem....
Well, I remember the password. That's a good sign.
"What's new?" you ask? Well...Half of the blogs to your left are dead. Most of the bands listed have either broken up or have been idle for a long, long time. Blogrolling was unavailable for months, preventing me from updating any links. Geocities is closing, so I need to move my show list and music collection pages (stop laughing). Yet somehow I've managed to avoid being placed in Jimbo's "Dead Blogs" list. Excellent.
Like many bloggers, I seem to have fallen into the black hole known as Facebook and let my blog slip away. I think it's time to change that. I'm still in DC. Still going to shows. Still slightly cranky.
I'll be back. Probably with a new template, since I need to update all of the links anyway.
Anyway - I'm not quite dead yet.
"What's new?" you ask? Well...Half of the blogs to your left are dead. Most of the bands listed have either broken up or have been idle for a long, long time. Blogrolling was unavailable for months, preventing me from updating any links. Geocities is closing, so I need to move my show list and music collection pages (stop laughing). Yet somehow I've managed to avoid being placed in Jimbo's "Dead Blogs" list. Excellent.
Like many bloggers, I seem to have fallen into the black hole known as Facebook and let my blog slip away. I think it's time to change that. I'm still in DC. Still going to shows. Still slightly cranky.
I'll be back. Probably with a new template, since I need to update all of the links anyway.
Anyway - I'm not quite dead yet.
