Bearskinrug, Rock Shows Can’t Bring Back the Man in Black
14 September 2003
Sunday, 8:58 PM
Kevin Cornell recently launched Bearskinrug version 4; it is as delicious as might be expected.
Lots of shows lately: The Raveonettes, Luna, Stinking Lizaveta, Mogwai, Andrew W.K. Some scattered moments: Meathead Group A on the TLA floor uses cell phones to call Meathead Group B in the balcony to alert Group B to being given the finger by Group A. “E-A-G-L-E-S!” chants abound. The Troc house lights don’t go up until Luna has played not one, but three obviously planned encores. Many a Philadelphia Mogwai fan is apparently uninterested in the low end of the band’s notorious dynamic shifts and sees the circumstances fit to have discussions over the music. After being asked to quiet down by someone who actually wants to hear the band, I overhear someone say this: “Is she serious?”
Rest in peace, Johnny. We’ll miss you.
