Makeup For The Silence: The Blog

So, last night I went to see the Summerland tour…

I’m at Roseland Ballroom for Gin Blossoms, Everclear, Lit, Marcy Playground and 3 more (New York, NY) w/ 37 others 4sq.com/NiQc00

— ♚Jesse Richman♚ (@jrichmanesq) July 18, 2012

25 minutes into set, Marcy Playground play Sex & Candy, and crowd suddenly figures out who the band they’ve been watching for 25 mins is

— ♚Jesse Richman♚ (@jrichmanesq) July 18, 2012

Lit have beerholders on their mic stands and a bottle of jäger on their drum riser

— ♚Jesse Richman♚ (@jrichmanesq) July 18, 2012

@jrichmanesq Did you timetravel to the late 90’s to attend this show? Are you tweeting from the past with technology that didn’t even exist?

— Meredith Jean (@meredithjean) July 18, 2012

Venues I have seen Gin Blossoms, chronologically: a fair; an off-Strip Vegas casino; NYC’s Roseland Ballroom. This seems backward somehow.

— ♚Jesse Richman♚ (@jrichmanesq) July 19, 2012

Man, trotting out Lost Horizons here somehow seems really wrong and yet sadly, ironically apropos

— ♚Jesse Richman♚ (@jrichmanesq) July 19, 2012

And now they’re covering A Million Miles Away. Bonus points for good taste!

— ♚Jesse Richman♚ (@jrichmanesq) July 19, 2012

First time I saw Gin Blossoms was a coheadliner w Goo Goo Dolls, who covered that song on Hold Me Up #Pinfield

— ♚Jesse Richman♚ (@jrichmanesq) July 19, 2012

Deeply unsatisfying. The Happy Nostalgia treatment doesn’t work when the beauty in your pop was the pain. Nostalgia is the enemy of pathos.

— ♚Jesse Richman♚ (@jrichmanesq) July 19, 2012

Pretty cool that all these dudes in the audience grew goatees just for tonight’s 90s nostalgia show

— ♚Jesse Richman♚ (@jrichmanesq) July 19, 2012

Art Alexakis’ little daughter’s favorite band is Sugar Ray. All that heroin use must’ve damaged his sperm somethin’ fierce.

— ♚Jesse Richman♚ (@jrichmanesq) July 19, 2012

Sugar Ray on now. Do I a) shout “MEAN MACHINE!” all set long, or b) shove my keys in my ears?

— ♚Jesse Richman♚ (@jrichmanesq) July 19, 2012

Huh, they actually played it. Props #2!

— ♚Jesse Richman♚ (@jrichmanesq) July 19, 2012

Sugar Ray cover Blitzkrieg Bop. Giant pit opens up. Because that’s what you do when the band plays the punk song, right bro?

— ♚Jesse Richman♚ (@jrichmanesq) July 19, 2012

Full credit where due: Sugar Rays music is perfect for this kind of thing (schlocky nostalgia goop from out of the gate), and they KILLED.

— ♚Jesse Richman♚ (@jrichmanesq) July 19, 2012

Art Alexakis: “its not the 90s. When you start a pit, you hurt girls. Dont hurt girls.” Speaking truth to Dudebros!

— ♚Jesse Richman♚ (@jrichmanesq) July 19, 2012

Things I was not counting on tonight: Everclear covering Led Zep’s Rock N Roll w AJay Popoff playing Robert-Plant-(as-played-by-Josh-Todd)

— ♚Jesse Richman♚ (@jrichmanesq) July 19, 2012

Good set by Everclear but a little disappointed they didn’t play One Hit Wonder. Probably were afraid of offending Marcy Playground

— ♚Jesse Richman♚ (@jrichmanesq) July 19, 2012

Final note: when you dont spot anyone else in a band tee, you might be at a Concert For People Who Don’t Like Music. Was still fun tho! /fin

— ♚Jesse Richman♚ (@jrichmanesq) July 19, 2012