A few nice washington concert images I found:
Day 169/365 – Ida Maria & Glasvegas in Concert
Image by Kevin H.
There was a double bill of Norwegian rocker Ida Maria and Scottish band Glasvegas at the Black Cat tonight and I went, largely on the basis of a single song — Ida Maria’s "I Like You So Much Better When You’re Naked."
Before heading over to the gig I stopped by Al Crostino, a small Italian restaurant and wine bar on U Street, for dinner. It turned out to be one of the best meals I’ve had in a while (and it gave me a chance to slurp down a couple glasses of prosecco). The pasta e fagioli (pasta and bean soup) was comparable to the version I had in Venice and the Osso Bucco with soft polenta was one of the best dishes I’ve had in DC. The polenta in particular was mindblowingly delicious. I was running late for the concert, so I didn’t have time to try any of their desserts, but now I have an excuse to go back. I’d rate Al Crostino as the second best Italian restaurant I’ve been to in DC, after Galileo.
As for the show, Ida Maria was as good as I’d hoped. She played a short, full throttle set that was pure attitude, energy, and rock and roll. And the live version of "Better When You’re Naked" didn’t disappoint. With the way she sings I don’t know how she has any voice left. She must have vocal cords of steel. Glasvegas isn’t really my thing, so I left about 20 minutes into their set. A lot of people there seemed to like them (although I did notice I wasn’t the only person leaving early), but to me all their songs sounded the same. They were just kinda mopey and dull and the vocals were very muddy and indistinct so I couldn’t tell you what the hell they were singing about. They seem to try and cover their shortcomings by amping up the volume. It’s rock so it’s supposed to be loud, but playing ‘stadium loud’ in a small-ish club like the Black Cat is neither big nor clever. It’s just L-O-U-D.
(March 26, 2009)
20061222 – Voltaire concert – Zombie Prostitute cover (autographed)
Image by Rev. Xanatos Satanicos Bombasticos (ClintJCL)
Autographed CD covers from Voltaire‘s acoustic one-man show at Chronos @ Club Five. Always a good show!
Got the set list, but was too drunk and lost it on the way back to the car. Kipp came with us. Christmas-themed stuff happened. I’m pretty sure that this is when we got our autographed CDs of Ooky Spooky and Zombie Prostitute, though we may have ordered them online.
And finally, we get to hear the *finished* version of his song making fun of Rammstein. Hilarious!
smoking.
Voltaire – Zombie Prostitute.. album cover, autograph, cigar, devil, fire, horns, wine.
music.
Club Five, Washington D.C.
December 22, 2006.
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20100518 – Chemlab concert – IMG_0623 – audience reaching
Image by Rev. Xanatos Satanicos Bombasticos (ClintJCL)
As the show came to a close, Jared totally spazzed out and stood on the bar, laid on the floor, etc, etc. It was pretty awesome. For someone who is totally sober, he is one of the least sober acting frontmen I’ve ever seen perform live…
Here he is standing on the bar. The picture barely came out, but you can see the energy of the audience, facing backward from the stage, reaching towards Jared up on the bar.
reaching.
audience, people.
music: Chemlab.
red.
Rock N Roll Hotel, Washington D.C.
May 18, 2010.
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BACKSTORY: Chemlab / 16 Volt / Left Spine Down concert. We arrived while 16 Volt was playing. Our 2nd time seeing Chemlab. Met up with John, saw Lauren & Andy, got moshed into by Dana, hung out at my place and drank and watched cartoons afterward, with JSun & John.
Jared was totally crazy! Played 2 new songs, but mostly old stuff. Jared kicked John The Canadien in the forehead, haha. Healso almost knocked Clint down by going all crazy and going into the crowd. Multiple times he had his microphone so far from the stage that random people in the crowd had to detangle themselves from the cord. At the end of the show, he totally spazzed out and stood on the bar, laid on the floor, etc, etc. It was pretty awesome. For someone who is totally sober, he is one of the least sober acting frontmen I’ve ever seen perform live…
SETLIST:Suicide Jag
Exile On Mainline
Pyromance
Chemical Halo
Solar Max [new song]
Darkroom [new song]
Vera Blue
Blunt Force Trauma
Codeine, Glue & You
Summer Of Hate
Read John The Canadien‘s review of the show at igottarambleon.wordpress.com/2010/05/20/chemlab-05-18-10-…
