[kj] Killing Joke at The Wiltern

[TB]

sade1 wrote:

Best rundown for a great GREAT show, Mr. TB. tnx.
  
That first band (Melungeons?) sounded to me like Love&Rockets around "Hot Trip To Heaven" time or maybe some deep Will
Sergeant/Echo.. grooves. Too bad I only heard their last 2 songs. I love african/tropical/etc.
percussionw/electronicaverymuchthankyouguys. 
 
About the drums not sounding so well, well, I was up in the balcony and it sounded mighty fine from up there. (to the sound techs on
here: does sound travel differently 
           up&away from the ground-level troops in the pit?)
Big Paul stole the fucking show, rode it out like a bucking mastodon bull into the street and back into the venue to the thrill of
everyone. He made the show what it was. I was overwhelmingly pleased by the whole damn night! It also was my physical therapy since
currently I am physically tense from trying to get through a rotator cuff injury and recent heavy work-outs, so the show really
helped me release the tension (drunk as I was) even while I may have bothered others by constantly raising and rotating my shoulder,
maybe blocking their view. Sorry all (but it felt GOOD!). 
 
Thank you guys!! Tight show, the songs all flowed into and out of each other beautifully, very no-nonsense, very
youthful (considering they're all, what, 50?), great GREAT fucking show!!! My only complaint is they didn't play twice as long.

++++++++++++

Yeah, sound in that place can vary depending on where you are.  The sweet spot is really about dead center between the stage and the
bars on the floor.  The pit is good for sound if the band has loud amps and stage monitors.  Back near the bars, you get more of the
highs for some reason.  Because the house PA is suspended up fairly high the front section of the balcony gets a pretty strong,
punchy sound but further back up there, it gets pretty bass-heavy and muddy.  Compared to a similar sized place like the Hollywood
Palladium which is boomy and has a unimpressive PA, I'll take the Wiltern any day over any other similar sized LA venue for sound.

T.B.