[kj] Chicago Gig Report (Revised)-Both nights

[Cliff Livingston]

sounds great,hope they made it out,last ready they got snowed in on
sunday,fingers crossed their flight went off today.



On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Karen Weil <karen.weil at sddt.com> wrote:


>  Fantastic report by Miche! L.A. is up next.

>

> k.w.

> SoCal

>

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> *From:* jon chapman <jonniespatula at hotmail.co.uk>

> *To:* gathering at misera.net

> *Sent:* Monday, December 13, 2010 8:31 AM

> *Subject:* Re: [kj] Chicago Gig Report (Revised)-Both nights

>

> Thanks Miche,it's great to hear you met Big Paul.....he  prefers to mingle

> with fans aftershow than stay Backstage. me too i suppose.

>

>

>

>   Sorry for the delay, I didn't have enough sleep to function properly!

> And had 2 days without internet connection.

> 10 Dec:  I won't waste time telling you about the opening band, Bloodiest.

> I'll just say that they were more tolerable than I expected, but I never

> want to hear them again.  The setlist was:

> Tomorrow's World

> Love Like Blood

> Change

> Wardance

> Absolute Dissent

> Bloodsport

> European Superstate

> This World Hell

> Fall of Because

> Ghosts of Ladbroke Grove

> Madness

> Requiem

> Primitive

> The Great Cull

> Asteroid

> The Wait

> Psyche

> Complications (they skipped this for encore)

> Eighties (they skipped this for encore)

> Pandemonium

> There wasn't much banter from Jaz, but Geordie was quite animated & jolly.

> The stage was small, but Jaz moved about as best he could.  Luckily the

> Empty Bottle didn't have anyone searching our bags for cameras at the door,

> so it was a photographer's dream!  And today's project, for me, is tweaking

> the 150 or so photos I took & posting the best.  The encore consisted of

> Pandemonium, which disappointed anyone in full view of the set list (see

> above).  The place held about 350 people & 80% of them arrived 5 mins.

> before KJ went on.  There were 3 styles of T-shirts at the merch table:  the

> Pope & Nazis design, gray lightning bolt w/face design, & Absolute Dissent;

> Youth's book of poems & mini art pieces.   They also had the new cd & the

> grey shirt/hoodie version.

> 11 Dec:  Much better performance.  Oh, Beak was the opener but I was not

> there yet.  Too busy having excellent food over at Owen & Engine!  ;)  I got

> there as they were ending, & I can tell from everyone's faces, that they

> weren't very tolerable.  KJ were more energetic.  There was more chat from

> Jaz between songs, but our faces droped a bit when the SAME song list came

> out!  Sigh.  Oh well.  At least they did Complications & Eighties this

> time.  As I said, the stage was tiny, so there were a few times Jaz bumped

> into Geordie's guitar & Geordie gave him a look as to say Hey!  Quickly

> followed by a smile.  The crowd was mainly 40+ & most travelled from afar,

> so everyone knew why they were there.  And this was a 1st for me in Chicago,

> because all the shows I attended there were mainly just the curious who knew

> Pandemonium/Millenium/Eighties.  A refreshing change.  I finally got to meet

> Reza & as I was leaving, was lucky enough to meet Big Paul.  His drumming

> was incredibly powerful, both nights.  It was wonderful to meet some

> Gatherers from F.B. too.  A good time was had by all!

>

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