What was anticipated as being the Best Week Ever is now over. It was quite a week. Two extremely exciting events were tempered by a run of bad luck.
As you know, the week started in Atlanta at An Event Apart, which was exciting, fun, and fulfilling. I got to meet Eric Meyer:
I came back home to a very sick family. I worked one day with Position Builders, my part-time gig, before I had to take the rest of the week off to take care of my family. Double ear infections, vomiting, walking pneumonia, and sinus infections have all been present in this household over the last 2 weeks. I have escaped all of this, somehow.
Bring The Noise
Friday came and all was set straight. I went to see Dinosaur Jr in concert. I cannot describe how much the second album by this band, “You’re Living All Over Me”, influenced my drumming, my tastes, my life, and my musicianship as a whole. I was extremely upset the night I didn’t get to go see them in Lexington, KY in 1990.
Then the original lineup split ways and things were never the same. Until last night.
Lou Barlow, J Mascis, and Murph were all back together, bygones being bygones, and they absolutely rocked my socks off. I had tears in my eyes at one point. The raging sound that they managed to tame into this beautifully orchestrated barrage of power absolutely floored me. It was the loudest show I have ever been to, and I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way. I felt like I was cheating myself and the band by even considering putting in the earplugs I had in my pocket.
They played only one song beyond the first three albums. This was a good thing for me, though I could tell many people there were expecting to see the poppy Dinosaur Jr of the early to mid 90’s – the Lollapalooza version that was not at all like the original trio.
I think they played all but one song from “You’re Living All Over Me”. They even played their cover of The Cure’s “Just Like Heaven” – complete with Lou’s gutteral chorus line and the abrupt ending.
The level of stokedness I still cannot describe.
What more could I ask for??? I am still in awe and unable to grasp the sheer magnitude of what bombarded my soul last night. The cycle is now complete. The circle is unbroken.
umm, yeah, that show totally rocked. if i had thought they were going to play newer stuff, i wouldn’t have gone. loren also got all ‘nostalgic’, as he described it. i think that was my first “reunion” tour from a band i listened to ‘back in the day’… it made me feel old and young at the same time. the kids on my crew were like ‘who is dinosaur jr?’ and my reply was ‘get out of my face, retard’.
nice to see you there. i also saw david bradshaw, the librarian. i don’t know him, do you?? i mean, other than that he is the librarian and probably rocks.
okay, bye!
I saw that library dood as well…kinda funny who shows up at a Dinosaur Jr concert. I don’t know him though. Glad we got to ‘hang’ for 5 minutes.