- Date
- August 13, 1999
- Venue
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9:30 Club
Washington, DC
- Billed As
- Robyn Hitchcock
- Gig Type
- Concert
"Music Against Brain Degeneration Revue"
An additional gig scheduled at the 9:30 club for the next evening appears to have been canceled
it was the most awful show i have ever paid to see. and this is coming from one of the biggest flaming lips fans i know. i've been responsible for turning on more people to that band only to be disappointed to the fullest extent. no drummer (the best part of the band) only to be shown on a video screen. how lame is that. prerecorded tracks for drums. thats as bad as milli vanilli lip syncing. cornylious was horrible. robin hitchcock was lame(i didnt really have too much of an opinion but my friend who went with was a huge fan of his and commented about the slackness of the performance). sebadoh was probably the only decent part of the show but they are no dinosaur jr. the opening band whoever they were had a bjork wannabe playing keyboards but they showed the most promise if they got a REAL drummer and not some crap drum machine. i do extensive midi programming also so im not biased against it, its just they didnt pull it off well. the guitarist/theremin guy did some way cool shit with that though. and the bassist was really cool. such a disappointment on the part of flaming lips, very very sad. i am such a big fan of them but i guess if he keeps on his current path i will be regulated to their early albums. feel free to email me back for further details but i think that covers the jist of the evening.