Recent Shows, again…
I’m way behind…
Placebo/She Wants Revenge: The Warfield, October 24th, 2006
I honestly don’t know why I don’t like Placebo. Everyone else in the room does, but I am bored. However, it works in my favor as a lot of people leave after their set, in true SF fashion. SWR was lots of fun. I was there with Donnie and 2 friends. It was a great set as they played their 2 ‘unreleased songs’, and I particularly like ‘Black Liner Run’. It is even better live.
Gomez: The Warfield, October 25th, 2006
Whoa. Walking into the room when Rodrigo y Gabriela are playing is very surprising. Calling them guitar virtuosos would be an understatement. Too bad they were followed by a mega shitty band called Matt Pond PA. Ick. So, Gomez is a good band, maybe even great, but they are much more Donnie’s style. We are ‘in the front row’ by this crazy security guard. It’s a really long sit with encores galore and a shoeless guy. They have this one really tall guy play a horn that is…interesting. Donnie got a guitar pick out of it, so he was particularly happy with this show.
Snoop Dogg: Bill Graham Civic Center, October 29, 2006
San Francisco: The Amsterdam of the U.S. This should be the new tourism slogan. So this might go down as one of the weirder shows I’ve been to….at least until Tuesday night when I go to GWAR. There was so much pot here that the fire alarms went off. I saw a guy in a wheel chair smoking a pipe. I was suprised there weren’t bongs….at least that I saw. Damien Jr. Gong Marley opened the show. He was pretty good. We were happy that he didn’t play only his daddy’s songs- well, just a couple to please the audience. Then we waited about 2 hours for Snoop. During this waiting period, we saw at least three people pass out- one was carrie dout on a stretcher. I don’t know what was going on- some laced weed was going around or something. You weren’t allowed to drink in the auditorium that night, so perhaps people were throwing back drinks outside and it made them pass out when they got inside. The crowd was pissed, but I think Snoop made it pretty worth it. He was in full form- stoned out of his mind, smoking blunts on stage. We got a lot of good oldies. His uncle was an absolute hoot, ‘dancing around on stage’ and making eyes at the ladies. Too short came out for a little bit. There was a rap off. Snoop did a Tupac song which was super cool. The set seemed short, but after that wait I think everyone was okay with it. We all had to go home and air out before work the next morning anyways.
my other pictures from this were terrible.
Shooter Jennings: Irving Plaza, November 4th, 2006
Yes, country music in NYC! Little venue+not a huge crowd+ a very weird crowd+ a very late set= a good time. It’s 1 am in NYC and the night is just getting started. Two guys are passed out against the barrier, another drunk guy is trying to country dance with my friend, and there are some people waving a confederate flag. Where am I? Odessa, TX? Wait- NYC? What???? It was a phenomenal set…I think he played every song from both albums. He must really like this place because his third album, a live one, was recorded here at Irving Plaza. Shooter was wobbly as usual, though seemingly less so than the last time I saw him. People are so drunk in the crowd, and everyone knows every word. The highlight: Busted in Baylor County. Now, how many people there really have ever been to Baylor county? Probably not many.
