Putting it mildly! At this point I won't be making it, sadly, but having actually been lucky enough to see them way back when I can't complain.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 31 August 2014 19:49 (nine years ago) link
when i looked at the list of people going you were second on the list
― the late great, Sunday, 31 August 2014 19:52 (nine years ago) link
i guess its not streaming anywhere...?
― ╲╱\/╲/\╱╲╱\/\ (gr8080), Sunday, 31 August 2014 20:01 (nine years ago) link
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/spreckels-organ
― I Occasionally Post on ILX (2x5), Monday, 1 September 2014 02:16 (nine years ago) link
8/31/14 Spreckels Pavilion, Balboa Park, San Diego1) Do You Compute? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1feXVgZWJUA2) Super Unison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhbPPp5eh5M3) Sinews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-D5PU5zr2Y4) If It Kills You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mBdrkBxcnY5) Luau https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QljYoblmNKw
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 03:14 (nine years ago) link
Man, it was glorious.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 03:17 (nine years ago) link
Wow.
― Your Ribs are My Ladder, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 08:43 (nine years ago) link
oh man that's awesome
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 12:25 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/sssQg44.jpg
― ╲╱\/╲/\╱╲╱\/\ (gr8080), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 14:45 (nine years ago) link
oh my god the organ sounds incredible during the climax of "Luau"
― ╲╱\/╲/\╱╲╱\/\ (gr8080), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 15:28 (nine years ago) link
dud
― am0n, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 15:59 (nine years ago) link
― ╲╱\/╲/\╱╲╱\/\ (gr8080), Tuesday, September 2, 2014 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I was worried the organ was going to be a weird addition, but honestly in the moments when you could hear it (few and far between), it enhanced the music - Luau being the best example.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 17:26 (nine years ago) link
DO YOU COMPUTER
― famous instagram God (waterface), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 18:52 (nine years ago) link
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3879/14937134978_8941c5b3f7_z.jpg
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5564/15123334812_08fd4ff6b7_z.jpg
Was lazy and never saw DLJ back then, so there was no way I was going to miss this. It's hard to get a feel for the organ through the Ustream feed, but in person it's an immense enveloping sound that you could perceive but not really hear over the band. "Luau" seriously intense.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 02:21 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2rK12w09I0
another angle where you can see trombino. god bless him if it's true he had to buy a kit to play this show, he sounds like he never stopped.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 12 September 2014 02:24 (nine years ago) link
Officially official i.e. Coachella & an ATP in Iceland. Not sure how I feel about it, but I am sure they will deliver the songs and be good live, just kind of weird. Really I would take a new album over seeing the old stuff live, but will surely go if they come within a couple of hours of where I live.
― grandavis, Thursday, 15 January 2015 17:24 (nine years ago) link
Anyone seen this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--FTU73CoUk
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Sunday, 25 January 2015 23:00 (nine years ago) link
bro town, bro scene
where da women at
― del griffith, Monday, 26 January 2015 00:19 (nine years ago) link
summer 2013 = rftc reunion/toursummer 2014 = hot snakes reunion/toursummer 2015 = *crosses fingers*
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Monday, July 14, 2014 8:31 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― ╲╱\/╲/\╱╲╱\/\ (gr8080), Tuesday, August 19, 2014 5:22 PM (11 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Just purchased tickets to see them on 9/11
― gr8080, Saturday, 15 August 2015 12:58 (eight years ago) link
they were awesome
john reis looks better at 46 than he did at 26.
― gr8080, Monday, 14 September 2015 20:46 (eight years ago) link
Awesome. Want some kind of tour to happen, really hope they think about it.
― grandavis, Monday, 14 September 2015 21:05 (eight years ago) link
https://www.facebook.com/swamijohn.reis/photos/a.754157997955046.1073741828.751246914912821/889771894393655/?type=1
― gr8080, Monday, 14 September 2015 21:09 (eight years ago) link
The comments are priceless:
Bryan Beard Too bad i'm workingLike · Reply · September 9 at 11:15pmSwami John Reis Call in retarded. They won't miss u.Like · Reply · 21 · September 10 at 12:03am
Swami John Reis Call in retarded. They won't miss u.Like · Reply · 21 · September 10 at 12:03am
Brandon Trammell God damn this is cool, but I'll be watching Faith No More and Anthrax at 8 on Friday.Like · Reply · September 9 at 10:36pmSwami John Reis anthrax? I'm glad you are not comingLike · Reply · 22 · September 10 at 12:03am
Swami John Reis anthrax? I'm glad you are not comingLike · Reply · 22 · September 10 at 12:03am
John Albert A clinic? Does that mean you're going to stick your thumb up my butt and tell me to cough?Like · Reply · September 10 at 8:43pmSwami John Reis Yes. The thumb that resides In my pants.Like · Reply · 3 · September 11 at 12:24am
Swami John Reis Yes. The thumb that resides In my pants.Like · Reply · 3 · September 11 at 12:24am
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 00:50 (eight years ago) link
nyc in august mother fuckers tix on sale in 30 minutes
― adam, Thursday, 10 March 2016 17:27 (eight years ago) link
Thanks for the heads-up adam! Looks like they're also doing DC, Philadelphia, and Seattle dates that month.
― JRN, Thursday, 10 March 2016 17:54 (eight years ago) link
$10 per ticket service charge fuck you irving plaza :(
― adam, Thursday, 10 March 2016 18:03 (eight years ago) link
i just made a very impulsive decision to buy tickets for dc in august
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 10 March 2016 18:19 (eight years ago) link
prob the last band i've never seen that i really need to see
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 10 March 2016 18:21 (eight years ago) link
can't believe this didn't get posted back in October:
TWO HOUR podcast/audio doc on the entire history of drive like jehu right up to the present:
http://vishkhanna.com/2015/10/08/ep-217-do-you-compute-the-story-of-drive-like-jehu/
― gr8080, Saturday, 12 March 2016 15:52 (eight years ago) link
that got posted somewhere, maybe on another jehu thread.
biggest takeaway was how trombino still sounded hurt that reis and froburg did other stuff on their own right after jehu.
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 12 March 2016 16:39 (eight years ago) link
otm
2nd biggest takeaway: young john reis idolizing doc severinsen
― gr8080, Saturday, 12 March 2016 22:35 (eight years ago) link
Trombino comes off the best, verifying for me that he is the secret sauce of why the band has stood the test of time in ways that Hot Snakes/Pitchfork falls short of DLJ's legacy, esp. Yank Crime. Bear in mind that I was also a huge Honor Role/Breadwinner, Bastro/Gastr del Sol & Slint fan at the time.
Rick presented this interesting conflict in retrospect as of today he thinks Yank Crime was his best work but at the time he was bored of the proggier song structures and playing octave chords.
Reis is obviously a career musician and when RftC became his meal ticket, he dropped DLJ. It was interesting to hear him attempt to validate that.
I recently caught the reunion tour and they were fantastic.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 20 March 2016 18:56 (eight years ago) link
IDK, Trombino may have been a crucial ingredient and I appreciate his earnestness, but guy comes off as a little neurotic and not easy to deal with in this thing. His fears that the death of Jehu was brought on by him sucking the fun out of the experience may be not TOTALLY unfounded.
― circa1916, Sunday, 20 March 2016 19:30 (eight years ago) link
Hearing the timeline of what was happening with both DLJ and Rocket, it's hard to blame Reis for his decisions. Think most people in the situation would've done the same. Doesn't need to "attempt to validate" anything.
― circa1916, Sunday, 20 March 2016 19:39 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCrp8VJDZvE
have listened to this more in the last two weeks than I think I've listened to any song in any two-week period ever
― del griffith, Monday, 21 March 2016 04:16 (eight years ago) link
it is just perfect
very worthwhile reunion imo
― dc, Thursday, 11 August 2016 12:49 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, the show I caught was incredible... I was lucky to see them a bunch back in the day and they were just as tight now, which I admit I was kinda surprised by as the rhythm section guys were out of the game for so long.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 11 August 2016 14:35 (seven years ago) link
saw 'em in DC last night. preeeettttty good. i've heard them say in interviews that they're tighter than they've ever been and i can believe it.
― circa1916, Thursday, 11 August 2016 14:38 (seven years ago) link
i was there last night too. it was everything i could have hoped for honestly.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 11 August 2016 15:06 (seven years ago) link
me, too! playing better than ever, probably.
― dc, Thursday, 11 August 2016 15:10 (seven years ago) link
I was also there last night. Great show. This was my first time seeing John Reis live in any capacity, and man, that dude is magnetic. He and Froberg make such an oddly perfect duo.
― JRN, Thursday, 11 August 2016 22:33 (seven years ago) link
reis is such a pro, i think you could put him out there with the mormon tabernacle choir and he'd rock out and make it work.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 11 August 2016 22:45 (seven years ago) link
fell down a jehu rabbit-hole today and discovered that drummer trombino's donut shop has more twitter followers than the band.
to be fair, they do look like some pretty outstanding donuts.
― dc, Thursday, 11 August 2016 23:35 (seven years ago) link