NORTHAMPTON 2006

[the_consumer]

nothing beats seeing the melvins less than minutes from my house.

in a town filled with more dykes than... uh... the hoover dam, there were about 5% girls versus 95% dudes. i'm not surprised.

i met buzzo beforehand and he was surprisingly friendly and polite. he concurred that there were usually very few females at melvins shows. nonetheless he seemed to take more of an interest in my girlfriend than i do! i beg and pleaded with him to make sure they informed the venue that i could film, as i had brought two cameras + crew to document this shit. last year, filming the jello show (currently being seeded on DaD), security were a bitch and according to the soundguy justin, tim moss threatened that the melvins wouldnt play if the venue wouldnt change their no-taping policy. this venue sucks ass, and i dont know why they bother playing there. oh yeah... the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

so the show starts late, but we get a PORN set, which i fortunately managed to film, despite the crowd in front of me. it was very droney and noisy, i loved it. they went into some 'songs' but there was a lot of between 'song' stuff that i was really into. SSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

ghost digital got heckled and heckled back, i didn't see the double-necked guitar i thought i saw in boston however.

big business came on to cheers and more cheers. some dudes in the front felt it necessary to act like bulldozers, others like spastic idiots taking up way more space than they were allotted! selfish prigs! and while the band was rocking. i managed to keep my hand in the air filming for about 90minutes straight. and despite much of the crowd's misdirected negativity, it came outpretty good!

big big business rocked some big big ass. from my vantage point, directly at the front of the stage, the sound was pretty bad, but from the back it was a really great show.

all the usual audience tricks, you can blow it out your ass....

melvins dropped the bit probably due to a late start. their set was tight and shiny.

how can i explain it? it's fascinating. the melvins are conceptual artists working in the pop vein, it has been said.

i think they're just having fun, working their asses off to make cash. and it appears to be working, cuz they played to a full house.

it was pouring this night, as it was the last time i saw them in northampton, with biafra less than a year ago. irony?

melvins????

got some sweet footage you can all love someday.

[the_consumer]

oh and i forgot to mention, dale was dressed as michael jackson, with an inflatable midget lovedoll attached to his crotch. he actually played drums with that thing on :-\

[Duke of Prunes]

Yeah, there were a lot of assholes in the crowd. I almost felt bad for the two or three security guys that had to deal with them.
I'll post some pics and a review tomorrow. Must sleep now.

[Ktik]

It was like night and day comparing the Boston show to this show. Boston was very tame, no moshing at all, and this was nothing but a giant pit.

[WombGoo]

based solely on the 'idiot factor', i decided to hang back by the bar...

i'm a little older and would rather experience the show moreso than the crowd.

helluva set, though... they never disappoint.

wish i could hit new haven tonight as i really enjoyed them at toad's place during the HAT tour.

[Zelig]

Thanks consumer, you're a kind soul.

[joeyjojo]

I was also at this show and was blown away. They seem to be locked into a script with the in sync drumming and Buzz seems almost workman like, but not in a bored going through the motions way, but an intense focused way. This band is working hard. I cant remember the last time I saw a band so tight with one another. While watching the Men of Porn I couldn't help but think that I was watching the coolest sound check I'd ever seen. The merch guy was also real cool and joked around. He didn't come off like he was doing you a favor for waiting on you. Buzz was leaning over me while i was rummaging through the posters to keep Mr. Merch up to date on some baseball scores. I'm not the type to meet people just for the sake of meeting them so I didn't bother him, but everyone just seemed real chill. I also think that went for the crowd as well. I thought it was lively but not at all hostile. As far as I could tell every one was having a good time. Sure a couple of people were cocked and getting a little foolish (some joker dumped the better part of his beer on my head) but every one seemed to be having a great time. I sensed no "misdirected negativity".  Even the security guys were in good spirits. On the other hand I could have been one of those goons that was bothering people.(Deep Purple shirt). If so, sorry to bug you, but I believe that up front is where the action is. There was plenty of room left over for the wallflowers. Back to the point, the show was fantastic and I regret not being able to catch any of the other dates on the tour.

[bullhead]

if you're the same consumer that's been posting shows on dimeadozen like every other fucking day, then you're my hero.

just FYI

[Zelig]

if you're the same consumer that's been posting shows on dimeadozen like every other fucking day, then you're my hero.

just FYI

I can be your hero, baby.
I can kiss away the pain.
I will stand by you forever.
You can take my breath away.

[bullhead]

if you're the same consumer that's been posting shows on dimeadozen like every other fucking day, then you're my hero.

just FYI

I can be your hero, baby.
I can kiss away the pain.
I will stand by you forever.
You can take my breath away.

thanks, enrique   

[joeyjojo]

I came from out of town, but do any of you local guys know if this show was realy promoted? A friend of mine lives in Hadley, and he ended up driving to Boston to see them because he didn't know about this one. He is realy high a lot though.

[the_consumer]

if you're the same consumer that's been posting shows on dimeadozen like every other fucking day, then you're my hero.

just FYI

the one and the only... it'd be nice if some people here (beto, that cock) would return the favor!

[Vcavallo]

if i recorded any, i'd post them. 

[glen]

if i recorded any, i'd post them.

[Vcavallo]

yea i know.....
i was going to ask if interviews count as DIME-worthy material but i thought that'd be way too easy.

fartlips has changed my experience of reality.  every time i post something i wonder what, if anything, he will say about it.  made me even more paranoid than i was before