Melvins 9-19-07 Wonder Ballroom PDX

[Idlehanz]

Leaving for the show right now.  I'll give a small review tomorrow after work.  I'm gonna be exhausted tonight. 

[bUTTHOLEmAN]

muaha!  don't get melvins-burn-out! 

[anaconda]

never stop!!  some of us transplants get this every 5 years like locust plagues

[bUTTHOLEmAN]

never stop!!  some of us transplants get this every 5 years like locust plagues

That's a sly reference to the locust song on the jello + melvins album! 

[Idlehanz]

Burnout?!?  What the fuck are you talking about?    Never.

Ok, got home early enough to cover a few things.  Same set as the last few shows for both bands.  They had one new item at the merch boot, a girls baby doll tee.  Black with a hard to distinguish design also in black....or gray.  I was told I couldn't bring my vid camera in right off the bat.  Not because of the band, but venue rules.   More on that later.  I picked up a ton of merch, ran it back to the truck, and came back in for BB.  I decided to get in the pit for the first time in years.  I'll regret it tomorrow.  Lottsa assholes and apes in there.  After BB I went for a smoke, and thought fuck the security.  Stuffed my camcorder in my pocket and strolled back in.  I filmed the show from the balcony, in the corner.  I think it turned out fine except for some bumpy spots.  I got ran into a lot.  Place was packed. 

Random name drop.......I saw Danger Ehren from the Jackass movies.  Nice guy.

Last thing......I never really appreciated Mechanical Bride on the cd, but live, the song is amazing.  It's gonna be one of those sleeper songs they keep in the set.....I hope.  As usual, fucking great show. 

I just realized my Melvins experience for 2007 is over.    Unless they do a few extra dates at the end of the year like the did last year

And....upon reviewing the vid I shot........It looks pretty crappy.  Sound is great, but I was resting my arm on a bar that was about shoulder height, just because holding the camera up for 65 minutes is impossible.  It's light, but my arm gets sore and tired.  Anyhow, bad idea.  the bass was shaking everything, including the bar, and therefore the camera.  It's not totally terrible I guess, but noticable.  Ughh........oh well.

[Smellis]

Idle, you are my taping hero "FUCK THE SECURITY!!" Yeah. Did you see Mr. Kilgore or Black Santa and family there? You got guts to get in the pit, I got beer spilled down my back at the Showbox and people bouncing off me and smacking me with cameras until I left for a more peaceful spot with a better view. At Melvins shows I'm more into studying them closely while bobbing my head back and forth rather than getting all fucking crazy. BTW, as soon as I left the area in front of Buzz, Grim Reaper promptly replaced me in that spot! Crazy bastard lets no-one get in his way   

[bUTTHOLEmAN]

Idle, you are my taping hero "FUCK THE SECURITY!!" Yeah.  Grim Reaper promptly replaced me in that spot! Crazy bastard lets no-one get in his way   

[Idlehanz]

Idle, you are my taping hero "FUCK THE SECURITY!!" Yeah. Did you see Mr. Kilgore or Black Santa and family there? You got guts to get in the pit, I got beer spilled down my back at the Showbox and people bouncing off me and smacking me with cameras until I left for a more peaceful spot with a better view. At Melvins shows I'm more into studying them closely while bobbing my head back and forth rather than getting all fucking crazy. BTW, as soon as I left the area in front of Buzz, Grim Reaper promptly replaced me in that spot! Crazy bastard lets no-one get in his way   

Kilgore was in Nebraska, so he didn't make it.  Didn't see anyone from the board actually.  Only people I recognized were Dan and John.

And the no video thing, that's just stupid.  The band doesn't care, so why does the venue?  I bought a ticket to a show at their venue, ate their food and drank their beer.  They made money off me all night.  Why can't I bloody tape the show?  It's not like they were, and I was going to take profits away.  I got my way anyway, so I'm happy

[bUTTHOLEmAN]

Danger Ehren is really King Fucko?!?   

[blacksanta]

Sounds fucking awesome. I was 6 hours away rocking out to my criminal law, civil procedure and torts textbooks. Crying softly........How was the Wonder Ballroom? I havent caught a show there yet. Decent venue? How does it compare to the Crystal, Roseland, and the defunct La Luna?




FUCK, THEY ADDED YOUR BLESSENED TO THE SET LIST? FUCK FUCK FUCK........................... Oh well, I guess you cant really see everything once before you die.

[Idlehanz]

Sounds fucking awesome. I was 6 hours away rocking out to my criminal law, civil procedure and torts textbooks. Crying softly........How was the Wonder Ballroom? I havent caught a show there yet. Decent venue? How does it compare to the Crystal, Roseland, and the defunct La Luna?

I've never been to La Luna.  I would put the Wonder on the same level as the Roseland.   Almost same exact floorplan.  Just a smaller balcony upstairs.  Bar included.  They also halved off the floor for people to drink in.   I'm trying like hell to remember the Crytsal.  And I can't.  I think I'd have to give the Roseland the thumbs up over the Wonder Ballroom, since they didn't give me shit about filming at the Roseland.  And nothing beats the Showbox.

[Idlehanz]

And nothing beats the Showbox.

That place was amazing! You couldn't possibly have a bad spot anywhere in there. The sound was good, the bar was in a perfect spot, and every inch of the place has great sightlines. I talked to a couple of guys as John and another guy were unloading stuff a few hours before the show, and they said the Showbox is rated (by who, I don't know) in the top ten venues in the country. Wouldn't surprise me at all.

Don't forget, there's two bars in there!

[sharp white]

big business set, pretty good, vocals needed some volume.   melvins set was damn good i thought,  interesting setlist...one of the weirder ones Ive seen. had no idea on a few songs. (a) senile animal stuff was great. i agree, about mechanical bride, it ruled.  a friend of mine took setlist sheet, but i only glanced at it. anyone have setlist or a great memory?

[Idlehanz]

It's shoved
Hold Your Hand
Civilized Worm
Suicide In Progress
Billy Fish
Lizzie
Your Blessened
Let God Be Your
Hogleg
With Teeth
Blood Witch
Rat Faced
Hawk
You've Never Been Right
History of Bad Men
Mech. Bride
Dwight Fry

[norecess]

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