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offline thecurbcreeper from United States on 2004-12-05 11:39 [#01416481]
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So I went and saw him in New York last night at the Bowery
Ballroom. Took two buses, totaling round trip a massive 6
hours of riding time, not including waiting between the
buses.

Walked from the Port Authority all the way to Bowery. So you
know after all this waiting I was really happy to see him
play. The only thing that sucked was he only played for a
whopping 20 minutes.

He dressed up in a long hooded gown and a fake metal mask
and had tape on his fingers to look all dark and things.
While he played lights would flash occasionally and he would
look up in suprise and fright. It was kind of odd, but
interesting nonetheless.

Something to ease the 1 minutes music to 21 minutes travel
ratio that was yesterday was I got some cds and a record. I
got Mort Aux Vaches and this little gem. A release normally
only came in parachute magazine. One of the tracks on there
is based on source material from Random Inc's Jerusalem. I
also got a Isis remix 12" w/ Venetian Snares and Fennesz on
it (and some other group). Unfortunately the 12" w/ Hecker's
remix was sold out.

The music Tim played was what I imagined as the Isis remix
to open, and then a couple tracks off of Mirages. It was a
lot noisy-er than his recorded stuff. He kind of did the
effects and things live. It was very good, albeit short.

I really think I may have been the only person there so see
him. There were about 25 other people there to watch his
set, and you could some talking like 'what the fuck?' during
some quiet parts. A couple people walked away. I managed to
get some pictures but only a few because I thought he'd be
longer. Once I get the film developed and put on a cd I'll
post 'em here.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2004-12-05 11:45 [#01416484]
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nice review...sounds very odd though, the show part - i saw
him in totally different atmosphere and it was brilliant.
sucks that he only played for 20 minutes too..after all the
time you spent to get there..uhh


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2004-12-05 11:45 [#01416486]
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nice review...sounds very odd though, the show part - i saw
him in totally different atmosphere and it was brilliant.
sucks that he only played for 20 minutes too..after all the
time you spent to get there..uhh


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2004-12-05 11:46 [#01416487]
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should i post again?


 

offline thecurbcreeper from United States on 2004-12-05 11:46 [#01416489]
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yes :)


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2004-12-05 11:48 [#01416492]
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:)
what surprises me even more is that only 25 people showed
up...i thought that only happens overhere!?! i would never
expect that in nyc...


 

offline thecurbcreeper from United States on 2004-12-05 11:49 [#01416493]
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Well after Tim's set people starting pouring in for Isis and
These Arms are Snakes. I left right after Tim because I had
to catch a bus back home. It looked as though it might have
sold out, there was a big line waiting outside as I left.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2004-12-05 11:52 [#01416500]
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i don't know either of those two, but i'd surely arrange
something to stay there for the whole show...to spend that
much time on 20 minutes would make me real unhappy. good to
hear you at least got nice albums though :)


 

offline r40f from qrters tea party on 2004-12-05 11:52 [#01416501]
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isis has gotten pretty popular. i saw them open for the
melvins a couple of years ago.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2004-12-05 11:53 [#01416503]
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similar music to melvins?


 

offline r40f from qrters tea party on 2004-12-05 11:56 [#01416508]
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no, not really... isis sounds more like neurosis with the
tone knob turned all the way down. i don't really like them
- they're kind of boring to me. basically, they play
sludgey metal...


 

offline thecurbcreeper from United States on 2004-12-05 11:57 [#01416510]
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Isis is the sludge-iest of all sludgey metal bands.


 

offline thecurbcreeper from United States on 2004-12-17 19:27 [#01429556]
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one bad quality photo:


Attached picture

 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2004-12-17 19:30 [#01429557]
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heh, nice suit :)


 


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