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It seems like the author forgot that J wrote Murphs drum parts. I think that alone discounts most of his arguement in the article.
Nowadays J is a bit mellower and allows Murph to come up with his parts with little guidance, but that wasn’t always the case.
I agree that Where You Been is a great album but not for the reasons the author states.
Training Ground is the Deep Wound song. Don’t get me wrong, Shearwater was good in their own right, just not my cup of tea.
Yeah, Murph was in and out during those years. J played most of the drums on the albums at that point. And with Mike Johnson on bass things just felt different, yet still amazingly good. All I’m saying is the stuff they are playing now from that era is fucking epic live. For me its almost like seeing/hearing it for the first time gain.
Yeah I hope you get a show too. The set lists have been rad, but I’d still like to see a few songs from each album on the set list. Even the albums that Murph and Lou didn’t play on. I’m telling you the stuff they’ve done off Where You Been with Lou and Murph have been outstanding.
I talked to Noel last night and he said they found out afterwards that some of the folks working at the venue were there for community service. I guess the local judge makes kids do their community service there, so there may have been some sketchy kids. Noel said they wished they would have been told beforehand instead of finding out afterward. He said they have an idea on who took it but can’t prove it.
I guess its kind of the same situation as NY was a few years ago. They think they know who took J’s guitars but cant prove it on that one either.
So again, great show last night. The venue was great, the crowd was awesome, and Dinosaur killed it.
First the venue. The Neptune theater is located in the U district a block or so from UW. It was built in the 20’s and has been primarily used as a movie theater. A few years ago it was renovated and made into a 900 person capacity theater for concerts. The original architecture was maintained and it really is a very cool little theater for shows. The atmosphere is fantastic! You can find out more here if you’re interested http://stgpresents.org/neptune/
Shearwater or whatever they are called were boring to me, I hung out in the lobby for most of their set.
Dinosaur came on about 10:15 and played until 11:45. The set list was as follows:
See it on your side
In a jar
Rude
Almost fare
Start Choppin’
Don’t pretend you didn’t know
Watch the Corners
Feel the pain
What was that
Get me
Training ground
Freakscene
Sludgefeast
Gargoyle
Thumb
Just like heavenThe crowd was great, a good mix of young and old. Through Freakscene, and Feel the pain a good mosh pit broke out complete with a little crowd surfing.
It took the band a little bit to warm up, but by the time they played in a jar they were money. Lou admitted to fucking up See it on your side. But after that they were a juggernaut. One of the best Dinosaur shows ive seen, and I’ve seen a lot of them through the years.
I was fortunate to hook up with The Backstage Rider and watch the show with her. That was a highlight. But the true highlights for me last night were hearing Start Choppin’ and Get Me live. I hadn’t heard those songs live since the mid to late 90’s and with Lou and Murph they were ferrocious. I don’t think you could have wiped the smile from my face.
All in all a great show. Can’t wait for the next one.
It would be a better pairing if Dinosaur sounded like this
