Here's a photo I took at a Walkmen show in D.C. last year. The Walkmen's last record was pretty good, but better live and in the front row. Did you know that almost every venue has two sound mixes, one that plays out of the speakers toward the band, and one that plays out into the audience? That's why when most singers request something like "more reverb" they are talking about the mix facing the stage and the audience can't hear a difference.

Unrelated: creating "protected" .pdf files that text cannot be cut from is pure malevolence. Trust your readers and don't do that.

Unrelated: early spring weather is great for The Descendents and Big Star. Loud.


Unrelated: a good post from PTP.