Sinister: cinerama at the troc

[matthew william snyder]

| > It was their 2nd show _in the USA_.
| 
| Sorry, but The Trocadero was CINERAMA's first gig in the US, and, indeed,
| their 2nd gig ever!  The first gig took place a few mos. ago:  a free
| affair at the Camden Falcon.  
| 	Their debut gig was supposed to have been at the Phoenix festival,
| but, as some already are aware, the festival was cancelled ....
| 

well, some of you may remember that i had pretty harshly criticized the 
debut cinerama album, and was told to give them a chance at the concert.
which i did.  and they were better than i expected, but not much.  my main
complaint was that there were 6 of them on stage, and they sounded like 3.
i don't think it was the fault of the sound guy, because i was standing right
next to the sound booth and was hearing the mix the same way he was, and i 
would think that he would have fixed the problem if he could have.  

they were pleasant enough, but watching david's guitar playing, i noticed that
most of the songs have the same chords in different orders, and really simple
keyboard parts, so they all come off sounding pretty much the same.  the best
song was one of the last ones they did, when there was a pretty flute part.
it's just that when you have 6 people on stage, the possibilities for song
variation are pretty great, and they just didn't grasp that.

i guess i am the last philly attendee to post his or her thoughts, and much
of what i would have said has already been said.  no one mentioned, though, 
the audience member who shouted "This is pish!" when chris made his 
announcement.  who are you?  come on, fess up.

the post-show party went fairly well, but the atmosphere felt more funereal
than festive.  julie's retarded kitten is a neverending source of amusement.
thanks for all that showed up and a special thanks to those who brought food.

matthew, hoping that the philly show will be rescheduled.





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