At The Drive-in

I suspect that Jim has been out of the band for a while now. Rumour has it that Jim wasn't even told about these shows, and they've only just got around to confirming his absence now.

That doesn't square with the promo graphics featuring all five members. It was billed as a full reunion. They wouldn't just announce this three days before the tour starts if it was a long time coming. That's bad business. I don't think they're scamming people, I think they had a bad fight and it all fell apart like last week. Cedric was tweeting about rehearsals over the last month and everyone was involved.

btw i just found the only known live recording of Ursa Minor (26:30 in). video was uploaded 2 months ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6v4RNkgUzc

chrissie bixler
‏@ChrissieBixler
@georgeelmer7 he's dealing with some personal stuff. I love Jim.

https://twitter.com/ChrissieBixler/status/710993825074794496

oh jeez that's a bummer

I guess that clears it up. Nothing about this band ever goes smoothly, does it?

Still no additional information. First show is tomorrow in Santa Ana. I'm sure it'll be bedlam - a thousand angry fans, half of whom probably aren't even aware that Ward isn't a part of the reunion anymore. This could be a real disaster. I hope they pull it off somehow - for all their great work, they really act like amateurs sometimes.

Nobody knows who plays what in bands

yeah no-one is going to cause a fracas cause jim isn't there let's be real

haha could you imagine? one bro in tight jeans and a flannel yelling "WHERES JIM" getting all hulked out lol.

Nobody knows who plays what in bands

― lute bro (brimstead), Monday, March 21, 2016 6:18 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

for a reunion tour with $60-80 tickets? doubt it. i doubt there will be a FRACAS, but the atmosphere will be totally fucked at first, and yeah, there will be plenty of bros screaming "WHERES JIM"

thank you

WHERE'S JIM!?

IT'S FUCKING BEDLAM IN HERE!
OMG, BRO, WHERE'S JIM!?

Jimghazi

Fire and jimstone!

did any of you guys see that benghazi movie starring jim from the office

WHERE'S JIM?!

santa ana police are preparing for trouble at tonight's show:

https://firstlook.org/wp-uploads/sites/1/2014/08/military-police-ferguson.jpg

^ These guys take having "WHERE'S JIM!?" shouted at them very seriously.

The band is just fantastic, that is really what I think
By the way, WHERE'S JIM!?

the legend goes that ATDI broke up when Jim wanted the next record to sound like Weezer and Omar and Cedric wanted it to sound like Piper at the Gates of Dawn.

sounds like no great loss tbh

i don't know, i always loved this cover... so much better than their out of tune cover of "This Night Has Opened My Eyes" by the Smiths...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0_gGOXqcng

xp. I think you need the ying and the yang tho.

atd-i > mars volta > sparta
mars volta + sparta = atd-i

this is why jim's absence is going to cause massive unrest

and 67-minute blowout jams ;)

xp. I think you need the ying and the yang tho.

atd-i > mars volta > sparta
mars volta + sparta = atd-i

― trickle-down ergonomics (jim in glasgow), Tuesday, March 22, 2016 2:41 PM (29 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

I'm now imagining an ATD-I themed book of Where's Wally/Waldo? titled "WHERE'S JIM?!"

I would say

ATDI > ANTEMASQUE > SPARTA > MARS VOLTA

you obviously do not enjoy latin rhythms and guitar pedals smh

xx-post:

"Ah, there he is, near the non-operational station and the invalid litter dept., just behind the one-armed scissor!"

doubting whether nate enjoys music tbh

I like the first two Mars Volta records, particularly the second. Couldn't really get away with much after that, though, I kinda lost interest.

first two sparta albums are killer imo

yeah i think i'd argue both offshoot bands were about equal in terms of quality. even the third sparta album has its moments but it's a victim of overreach (there's a gospel choir on the last track)

the mars volta are fantastic from tremulant through amputechture... bedlam in goliath is spotty but has some great songs, both albums after that are disposable. never could get into sparta. and yeah, neither are as good as ATDI.

the final track on noctourniquet or whatever is excellent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omdjeVwxsQ8

can't remember the rest of it

i made myself like amputechture but you can tell they've already run out of ideas by then

The Mars Volta definitely went astray for quite a few years, but came back with Noctourniquet. I saw them live in 2005 and they were amazing. Three hours at Roseland, no opening act, something like 10 people onstage, including Larry Harlow (legendary salsa pianist) at one point. This is a clip from that show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QryiAt9mlw

Noctourniquet is a great album imo

TMV > ATD-I > Antemasque > Sparta

the song Goliath from Bedlam is fantastic

when they came out i heard wiretap scars before de-loused and thought the former was great and the latter was ridiculous for a LONG time. still, i revisit the first two sparta albums way more than tmv. i wish they had followed up threes, it's so uneven but they seemed poised to become a really interesting emo u2, e.g.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMFXKHKl8Jg

Any reported fatalities from the bedlam yet?

I'm not going to be any help here as ATDI isn't really my thing but we really wanted to see Le Butcherettes who are astonishingly great live. Easily found $20 tickets on Craigslist (disgruntled fan?). Stuck around for a couple of songs. Fans seemed happy, but (at least until we left) there was no confrontation or rioting.

So according to the shoddy youtube cellphone video I just watched the sub for JIM!? is none other than ex-Engine Down/Denali/Sparta member Keeley Davis! Sounded fine I guess, though Omar's guitar was so much louder they may as well have just come out as a four piece.

But real talk I would personally be waaaaay more excited about a Denali reunion, good for Keeley though

Arcarsenal
Pattern Against User
Sleepwalk Capsules
300 MHz
Proxima Centauri
Lopsided
Invalid Litter Dept.
Enfilade
Quarantined
Chanbara
Ursa Minor
Cosmonaut
Metronome Arthritis
Catacombs
Napoleon Solo
One Armed Scissor

this is Extremely Cool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C-U0I4iuXs

Okay totally stoked for sunday now

seems like everyone was psyched. haven't yet found any videos of ppl screaming WHERES JIM!? im so psyched they're playing so many Vaya tracks, especially Proxima Centauri.