BOB MOULD DOG AND PONY BAND - Angel Orensanz Foundation Center for the Arts; New York City, New York 8-24-98 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Moving Trucks Taking Everything First Drag of The Day I Hate Alternative Rock Fort Knox, King Solomon Classifieds Art Crisis Who Was Around? Skintrade Eternally Fried Vaporub Egoveride Reflecting Pool Deep Karma Canyon --------------------- From: "Tom Hall" I was able to attend the gig last night in NYC (love that new job...) and this band is AMAZING... there were some sound problems early on... Bob's vocal didn't get turned up properly until halfway through 'Art Crisis' and his guitar was mixed too low, but the band overcame all of this and just rocked out, non- stop... as always, there was no banter between songs, just one after the other, and hearing them in this order, you really see the realtionship between some of the 'Hubcap' tunes and the newer stuff (First Drag/IHAR... Classifieds/Art Crisis... Reflecting Pool/Deep Karma Canyon)... Hearing BM:BM material full on with a band was incredible... IHAR and ART Crisis in particular were thunderous, and a full band 'Eternally Fried' (with harmony...!) really sounded amazing. And there were the guitar solos... Bob took a monster solo on 'Skintrade' and another great solo on 'egoveride' that were, at least in terms on their style, a lot like the early Husker solos... fast and furious, less of the melodic style, more speed Also, wait til you hear Jim play bass... fat and tight... Finally, because this was an 'industry gig', they didn't cover the older Workbook and BSOR material, but I talked to Matt the drummer (who is a really nice guy and was, for me anyway, the highlight of the new band in terms of live energy and his playing) after the show and he said they were going to do 'Out of Your Life' 'Hanging Tree' 'Hear Me Calling' 'Poison Years' and 'Lonely Afternoon' for sure and maybe 'Disappointed' and 'Wishing Well'...also although they didn't play them at this gig 'New#1' and 'Roll Over and Die' are on the list as well...he also told me, as he wiped the blood off of his palms (no jokes, his hands were bleeding, it was that kind of show) that there was a 98% chance that a second Irving Plaza show would be added... they're just waiting to sell out the first one (so get your tickets now)... Finally, I got to meet Lars at the show (very nice guy...thanks again, Lars!) and that was very cool.... Did I mention free beer and vegetarian food (OK they DID have turkey sandwiches, but lots of veggie stuff)? Did I mention Angel Orensanz Center is a synagogue? audience response... I knew I forgot something... I was up front, and folks were head bobbing (no pun intended) but it was pretty clear that the majority of the crowd had a passing acquaintance with the material, and it was mostly new stuff, so there was some dancing around, lots of enthusiasm, but it was contained. the crowd was nice for the event, but not like a huge gig... the 'house lights' were up the whole time cuz someone was video taping the whole show... weird, cuz they were standing in front of this beautiful old Hebrew altar piece (I don't know the technical name, sorry...). it was great, and people were very enthusiastic about the songs. If you look at the set, they were all pretty 'up' and happy songs, not a lot of dark stuff. Bob seemed to be having a blast... -------------------------- From: thirdave@world.std.com (Paul Hilcoff) "Brian Schumacher" asked: > Just a couple questions that maybe you could answer Tom, im curious, > probably as every other lister...... I'm not Tom (sorry I didn't get to meet you, Tom), but I'll offer my thoughts anyway. > 1. How was cerveris' playing and singing? Very good, but a little reserved. He said afterward that he wants to build more confidence before he cuts loose. (Bob, by the way, had no such reservations--I don't think I ever saw him so animated.) > 2. How many people probably attended the show? About 350-400 I guess. Famous no-shows (they were on the list, but *I*, at least, didn't see them): Andy Richter; Jon Stewart; Matt Pinfield, America's & Australia's fave Kookie Kouple, Clare & Ben. But Lizz Winstead was there; John Giorno; Jack Rabid--the usual suspects, more or less, along with a whole lot of people who acted as though they might be famous or important (it's all in the attitude). > 3. WAS IT LOUD? As loud as some of the Sugar shows? YES. No. Considering that they'd only rehearsed for 10 days, the band sounded pretty damn good. They had about 55 minutes of material ready, but left out one song (I won't give it away). Bob wants to get the set up to 80-85 minutes before the band hits the road. I was very disappointed in the sound. I won't bore you with the details, but I'm glad Bob has someone else doing sound for the tour.