Did anybody record this show?
-andrew-
On Mon, 11 Sep 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> First thing to mention, and I don't think anyone on the Mouse list has
> brought this up, is what an interesting opening band The Shins are. They're
> like a very very early (circa 1976) Talking Heads, and their sound was tight
> enough Sunday night to make people start howling. Unfortunately, their CD
> EP/7" doesn't carry any of the strength and eclecticism of their live show.
> Here's hoping the new release on Sub-Pop will be better.
> I've seen 764-HERO on better nights, because their bass seemed to be
> mixed up too high for this show. You know how sometimes a band like Bardo
> Pond can kind of overwhelm you with low frequencies til you want to fall
> asleep? That was kind of the HERO show last night. James B. was full of
> energy, though. But it's become more apparent over time that Polly, their
> drummer, is the backbone of 764-HERO, she was great.
> Modest Mouse, though, was in top form, and played what was essentially a
> greatest hits collection, starting with "Trailer Trash" as the opener. Yes,
> they played "Talkin Shit About a Pretty Sunset," and they also played "The
> Way Down" from their early Fruit period. Isaac was in as about an animated
> mood as he ever gets. The songs I remember, in no particular order, were
> Convenient Parking, Doin' the Cockroach (great version), Cowboy Dan (ditto),
> Dramamine, Breakthrough, Might, Third Planet, Dark Center of the Universe,
> Tiny Cities Made of Ashes, Alone Down There, Wild Packs of Family Dogs, Paper
> Thin Walls, and Lives. Their encore (only one, about 20 minutes long), was a
> drawn-out medley of Broke, Truckers Atlas, and Tundra/Desert. Great show, a
> full sellout with people everywhere, I got toasted.
>
> Loring Wirbel
> Monument, Colo.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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