RE: (TV) RFTT in Austin

["Dever, Paul (ELS)" <P.Dever@elsevier.com>]

David Thomas stopped the show in Chicago, 
too. 

They launched into Sonic Reducer and were 
just ripping through the intro when someone 
threw something on stage (probably the 3rd 
time it had happened that night).  

Thomas stoped the band sharp by swinging his 
arms (like an umpire calling a runner safe). 
The band stopped dead on cue.

Then David Thomas said "If any of you children 
throw anything else on stage we'll leave.  
That's just they way it is."  It was so freaky, 
to hear him scold us and call us "children." 

Then he turned around and started the band up. 
It was like they never stopped playing.  He 
launched into the first verse immediately 

	I don't need anyone 
	Don't need no Mom and Dad . . .

Very weird, but absolutely incredible. The 
combination of Thomas' glaring angry energy with 
the scolding and then that lyric.  

Yikes. 

--Paul



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Luis Salinas [mailto:lsalinas1@austin.rr.com]
> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 11:32 AM
> To: pereubufoundation@yahoogroups.com; tv@obbard.com
> Cc: Daniel Salinas; Felipe Salinas; Jose Salinas
> Subject: (TV) RFTT in Austin
> 
> 
> "This isn't a punk band, this is a real band."
> 
> Rocket from the Tombs played Austin last night, and although the show 
> nearly ended prematurely, it has to rank among the most outstanding 
> performances I've ever seen.
> The venue was less than ideal, a roofed-over but essentially outdoor 
> stage with temperatures in the 36-40 degree range.  The band (esp. 
> David Thomas) seemed in a foul mood at the start of the show.  Some 
> idiot sprayed beer or water onto the stage near the end of the first 
> song, and the band halted.  A stern warning was given--any 
> more of that 
> and the band would leave.  I'm not sure anymore who said the quote 
> above; it might have been Richard Lloyd.  They managed two more songs 
> before some other idiot committed the same crime.  The band stopped 
> playing and left the stage.  (The guilty party was bodily 
> removed from 
> the club).
> 
> After several minutes, the band came back on.  With added security at 
> the edges of the stage, and some in the crowd, Thomas told 
> the audience 
> that we would all do a time-shift that would take us back 15 
> minutes.  
> The band re-started their set, and although at least two other people 
> were removed from the crowd (drunk girl breaking bottles on 
> the floor; 
> mohawked guy spraying the audience) the show went on uninterrupted.
> 
> And they were so great ... maybe it was because of the outstanding 
> repertoire of songs or maybe because of the incredible 
> musicianship of 
> the players, or probably because of a synergy of both 
> factors, but they 
> rocked so intensely that my wife (who admittedly doesn't get 
> out much) 
> said afterwards that she didn't need to ever hear any live 
> music again 
> because the experience was so complete.  Lloyd in particular was in 
> fine form and seemed to really enjoy playing the songs.  The 
> highlights 
> for me were "30 Seconds Over Tokyo" and "Final Solution".
> 
> My ears are still ringing, so I'm holding off on listening to the 
> Rocket Redux CD we picked up at the show.
> 
> I'm also thinking this may be one of the last times I go out to see a 
> band like this in a venue like this.  My last two concert experiences 
> (Wire last year, and this) have been marred by boorish audiences, who 
> want to talk during the show and thrash around like it was 1980 or 
> something.  I don't feel safe when people are slamming into me and I 
> don't enjoy it.  I especially worry about my wife, who is 
> much smaller 
> than I, getting hurt.  I guess that makes me officially an 
> old fart but 
> I really hate it when these idiots ruin things for everyone.
> 
> ls
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