Richards on Richards is a good small venue. There are two levels to watch
the stage from, it's small, the acoustics aren't too bad, and they like doing
early shows.
Greg and I arrived to the sold out show about 30 seconds before Apocalyptica took stage, despite me attempting to lead us to gastown.
It should come as no surprise that Apocolyptica puts on a fast, high energy,
and very tight show. Part of what made the evening enjoyable is the band
enjoying themselves so much ; there were many grins passed back and forth
across the stage during the songs.
Second best show of 2005, so far. Better than the Sounds of the Underground, but not quite as good as MSI.
The show started shortly after 2000h, and finished around 2200h. Something that I appreciated getting up at 0650h the next morning.
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posted Mon Sep 26 18:14:54 2005 |
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About a month ago, I was walking past scratch records on Burrard, and I saw a poster for a BT show. This interested me greatly, so I started digging around the internet to more information. Nothing on ticketmaster. Nothing on BT's website.
How could a show happen without ticketmaster knowing about it? The poster must have been a figment of my imagination.
So, I forgot about it. At least until I saw another poster. And saw that tickets were on sale through clubzone.com. Even so, it took me a few moments to realize that it was possible to buy tickets online through something other than ticketmaster. I've been quite thoroughly brainwashed.
The show was at Plush, and doors were at 2200h. The show ran till 0300h. That hurt, come Saturday morning. Plush is in the Plaza of Nations, in the same pit that killed the 2 or 3 other clubs that I remember being there. I think they try to compensate for the bad location by charging ridiculous prices for their drinks ($5 for a bottle of water).
BT was awesome. My only regret is not taking ear plugs.
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posted Wed Jul 27 15:34:06 2005 |
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On July 26th Sounds of the
Underground came to town. Originally destined for the Pacific Coliseum, it
subsequently got moved to the PNE Forum. Last minute venue changes are not a
good sign.
Either I didnt get mailed a ticket, or I somehow lost it. So I got to experience the joy of ticketmaster reissues. Whee.
The format of the show was about a dozen bands that did 25 minute sets
throughout the afternoon, and a half dozen bigger bands that did 45 minute sets
in the evening, with Gwar having a dedicated spot at 1700h.
Of the smaller bands that played, I really only got into Strapping Young
Lad. This is probably because I liked Devin Townsend on Steve Vais "Sex and
Religon", and the vocals he did on "Natural Science" on the Rush tribute
"Working Man". Im still a bit bitter that I cant find that CD. I didnt get
into many of the other bands, probably because the acoustics were nasty.
Gwar came on and made a mess that I stayed well clear of. I wasnt really in
the mood to get hosed down with blue goo (now I know why everyone wears black
to hard rock concerts). Gwar is good at what their unique brand of show. Im
just not a fan of it.
The real reason I came to the show was because Opeth was playing. They were
the first of the headliners to play. Good thing, as I wasn t the only one
getting rather impatient.
Opeth played a 45 minute set, which was enough to get 4 songs in. They
started with the title track from Deliverance, and then played the only
acoustic song that I heard all day -- To Rid the Disease from Damnation. After
that, they played a track from their new album, I cant recall which, Id have
to listen carefully to "The Ghost Reveries" to figure out which. They finished
with their old-time favourite "Demon of the Fall".
The new track (and now that Ive got the whole CD) is very interesting, as
Opeth has taken a progressive bend (interestingly enough, when I seeded pandora with Opeth, it gave me Dream
Theater). This makes me happy.
After Opeth exited, so did I.
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posted Tue Jul 26 00:00:00 2005 |
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