Friday, May 11, 2007

Thursday Recap: Dinosaur Jr. ("J. Mascis and Friends) @ Casbah San Diego

I had no intention of going out last night, but then I figured I could at least try to go to see Dinosaur Jr. at the Casbah. I would at least ask my friend and he would say yes or no. Still, it took me some time to motivate, I watched all of Gray's Anatomy, so by the time I arrived, the second opener was finishing up. I heard a lot of grumbling later that the opening bands "didn't fit" with Dinosaur Jr. and people were disappointed.

When Dinosaur Jr. was ready to take the stage, several friends helped usher me up front and center (thank you all!). The band had a whole jar of earplugs that the sound techs handed out to the crowd. Even with earplugs, even now, my ears are ringing a little. The band literally had a wall of sound, almost completely obscuring the famous naugahyde Casbah wall with stacks of amps.

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J. came out with a Wipers t-shirt:


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and the signature
Dinosaur Jr. Nikes

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and without his glasses on, had a two page huge font setlist

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The show was really, really, really loud, but equally good. They alternated between stuff from the new record and old stuff. They completely messed up on Feel The Pain but nobody cared. As they prepared to play the next song, "Almost Ready", Lou pointed out the contradiction, saying something like "maybe we're just not ready for this tour." When someone in the crowd yelled back, "thanks for testing it out on us", Lou joked back, "Yeah, thanks for your money."

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The set rocked on for a little over an hour when they finished the setlist and left the stage. For the encore they came back and played a couple more songs and the crowd seemed stoked with what they all witnessed. I promised some people some pics, so that's why this post has more than usual. I had a great time at the show and it just goes to show that you never know what can happen on any given night in San Diego.

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