In the hour before I came to the show, I sat with my old roommate at Jack’s Bar. I’d bought a pitcher thinking he might help me drink it. He didn’t, and I had to take it down quicker than I would’ve usually. That spelled the beginning of the end for me, but I still managed to stay out until 2 a.m. Instead of carousing with friends, I took the opportunity to take some pictures to see if I could. Not really.
Black Hundreds started the show with its usual psychedelic rock meets an almost Clap Your Hands Say Yeah vocal. The drummer and bassist switch instruments between songs for a cool merry-go-round kind of feel. Jake’s pretty good on the guitar and I’m starting to think I like the messy-ish way the songs are loose yet structured.
I hadn’t seen the Forbidden Tigers before, but they were loads of fun. Two of the guys were from Brimstone Howl, so they had experience on their side, and the music wasn’t too far away from what BH does, which is some kind of surfer blues garage rock combo. The band as a whole was incredibly energetic and when they all came to the vocals to sing on a few of the songs it was so easy to tell that they were having a ball. I hope to see these guys again soon, but only if I can see BH in Lincoln first.
The Show is the Rainbow was his usual incredible self. His intelligence comes through in his stage banter and making the ridiculous look normal. The crowd was pretty big for a Sunday, not beside the fact that the Journal Star made Darren (TSITR) its cover photo for the Ground Zero. Because of that he dedicated the show to Liz Stinson (wrote the article) and Jim Schroeder, who said some nice things to Liz that printed.
His show seemed a little longer than the last one but no less entertaining. It would be great to see what people in other towns (or countries) think of his stuff.
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