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

[Cliff Livingston]

ok they just got to seattle !

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 6:53 PM, Cliff Livingston <cliffmonk at gmail.com>wrote:


> sounds great,hope they made it out,last ready they got snowed in on

> sunday,fingers crossed their flight went off today.

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

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

>>

>> k.w.

>> SoCal

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>>   ----- Original Message -----

>> *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

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>> 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.

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>>   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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