April 24, 2005

• Lou Barlow at Fais Do Do

  
  

   

  
  

       So, this past Friday was the show that Bagal promoted for Lou Barlow at Fais Do Do which is located in the hood just south of the 10 off of La Brea.  The show turned out great.  Lots of people showed up.  I think the final head count was 130 which was pretty decent for this venue.  The opener Patrick Park was really good.  Bagal let me plug in my Ipod during the time between Patrick Park and Lou Barlow.  I have now christened myself dj Panda.  My mini-setlist was

  
  

  1) Homie (Rivers Cuomo solo band from the Meet the Deedles soundtrack): “American Girls”.

  
  

  2) Ze Malibu Kids (The two brothers from Redd Kross, with Anna Waronker from that dog, and Charlotte Caffey from the Go-Go’s on guitar): “In your Bed” (cover of a CUB song)

  
  

  3) Thelonious Monster:  “The Rolling Stones song”

  
  

  4) Dinosaur Jr.: “Freak Scene”

  
  

  5) Fugazi: “Waiting Room” (got cut off after a minute b/c Lou Barlow started)

  
  

       I think the songs went over pretty well, in fact two people came up to me because they couldn’t believe I played a Rivers Cuomo solo song from nearly a decade ago.  It was really fun and a dream come true to spin at an indie show.  Hopefully if Bagal gets more shows together, I can do it again.  Lou Barlow was really fun to see.  It was pretty casual and low key.  He played an acoustic guitar, and had an organ and a loop pedal.  I would say the highlights of his set were a solo version of my favorite Sebadoh song, “Soul and Fire”, and a cover of the RATT classic from the 80′s “Round and Round”. 

  
  

       After the set, initially I was supposed to get to play a couple songs to transition to an African music dj that was supposed to play the rest of the night.  I thought it would be cool to play “He Got Game” by Public Enemy, being that we were in the hood and all.  Unfortunately the DJ’s promoter wouldn’t let us have anymore time.  Even worse, the DJ sucked pretty bad, and everyone immediately split.  I think if I played the PE, some of the alternative people may have stuck around longer.

  
  

       Afterwards we hung out backstage in the “Green Room”.  I’ve never been backstage before anywhere, and I have to say that the Fais Do Do had a pretty cool little setup.  It was painted with funky artsy colors, and had lots of comfy sofas.  (Whoa, just felt an earthquake while posting).  It was weird in that most of the people backstage were Bagal’s friends from highschool (whom I know also, cuz we went to highschool together). We got to talk to Lou Barlow for a while before we left.  He was really cool and down to earth.  I couldn’t believe I was hanging out with a guy that back in ’93, I was trying to get an autograph from at the second stage of Lollapalooza (He was performing with Sebadoh back then).  I knew that he just had a baby and his wife had some complications, so I asked him about it and conversation shifted toward me being a doctor.  He kept saying how amazed he was that I was a doctor and blah blah blah, and I kept saying how he was amazing and how I couldn’t believe I was talking to one of my musical heroes.  Anyways a very cool show yet again, and hopefully Bagal’s Nightworker productions will hook up a lot more in the future. 

  
  

  PS The Lollapalooza lineup looks pretty cool this year Weezer!! Pixies!! Dinosaur Jr.!! Killers!!.  We should all seriously consider getting a few hotel rooms in Chicago, and its on a weekend also.  (Moglandor and I can recommend the Sofitel, they have really cute Tibetan maids)

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