[A Close Friend]

Anybody catch the Arlington show @ IOTA Club:)

[Beavis]

Yes....great show...great wig.

[cathi]

The IOTA show last night was AWESOME. SO great to see the guys play again. I'm a massive fan dating back to The coach house, Newport Beach HOB, and opening for Sting IN LA. And the sounded better than ever. Joie was totally on fire, Phil is one of the BEST drummer's I've ever seen, and Michael was amazing. Harmonies were terrific and Joie's voice sounded really really strong.
I'll be headed up to Princeton to see the fellas there, and will be dragging anyone I can to come and see just how talented these guys are. It boggles the mind that they are not WAY more popular than they are at the moment. but selfishly, that means for the time being, I can GET IN to see them and talk to the guys after the gig. They are genuine, acessible and just so so great. All the best to them!

[Twnty1inRF]

My drummer and I drove down to the NorVa show (from northern VA) and made the Iota show and they were both incredible. While the NorVa show was a bit longer (2 1/2 hours vs just over 2 hours) the Iota show was much more intimate.

The club is only about 400 or 500 square feet and the "stage" is only about 18" high so there was a great deal of interaction between the band and the crowd (which was about 3/4 packed - it was like seeing the Beatles at the Cavern), Joie drifted into the audience while playing and both Joie and Michael joined the crowd offstage for Phil's intro for "Posters".

The band took requests both nights (Joie claimed he felt like he was cheating when they played "Gogo" since they had done it the night before in Norfolk and he now was familiar with it. BTW, Great wig!). They didn't do the covers at Iota that they did at NorVa ("California Dreaming" and "Boogie Fever") although Michael threw quotes from other tunes ("Eleanor Rigby", "Stairway To Heaven", etc) liberally into his solos.

The guys took a short (5 minutes) break after the show and then came out for autographs/chatting and they are all totally cool (I got my dada CD auto'd by all three). Couldn't catch them in Richmond (damned work ) but we are making the Towson show.

Outstanding energy and musicianship; easily among the very best live shows I've ever seen (both nights).

[BlubabyDC]

Greetings, all! New to the board, but not to dada.

'Twas a great night in NoVA -- got plenty of pics to share, but out of respect I shot most of them sans flash, so I've few truly decent ones. Also nabbed a couple little videos -- my faves being from the sound check. I intend to post the pics on my webpage soon for anyone who cares to check them out. The show was fantastic!

I got there very early to nab seats by the stage, and there were only about six people there when I arrived. Then six other rabid dada fans came in shortly behind me to sit along the bar as I was. It was great watching the sound check (for which they used Playboy). By that time the crowd had doubled and people were applauding. (Mike said softly, "It's only a soundcheck, guys!")

The crowd was a tad restless by the time they took the stage, because there was a LONG break between the opener (Lizzie West from NY) and their set. It's a tiny place, but still dada did not sell out. Sunday night... I wasn't surprised. I've seen near a hundred acts there in the last ten years, and few of them can sell out a Sunday night. So the room was almost full with plenty of breathing room in the back. This place makes for some of the most intimate shows you could ever attend, because often times members of the audience will sit right down on the stage beneath the band. It's almost like a living room show! Interesting to note: mostly male this crowd... VERY few women were there.

They started after 10:30 and played for over two hours. Took the stage (Joie in a flaming orange wig) while Sympathy For the Devil played in the club -- which stopped and started twice because Joie asked them to keep the music going.

I was surprised (and pleased) that they kicked off with Dim, which will always and forever be my favorite song. It was a tad slower than the CD version, great just the same. I don't recall the entire setlist, and figured someone would post it on this board. But here's what I recall (no particular order): Surround / Ask the Dust / Playboy in Outerspace / Sick in Santorini / Feet to the Sun / Dizz Knee Land / A Trip With My Dad / Here Today, Gone Tomorrow / Information Undertow / Feel Me Don't You / Moon / Where You're Going (hardly) / Gogo / Posters (barely) / Bob the Drummer and Dorina for the encore. I'm sure I missed several; somebody told me the setlist had eighteen songs listed on it. And halfway through they deemed it "All Request Sunday" so there were a few surprises. They only did the chorus of Where You're Going because they couldn't remember all the lyrics! They also only did the first verse of Posters and then ended it after the chorus... Phil's solo beforehand kicked ass and was pretty lengthy, that could be why. Joie had a video cam on a tripod and was filming Phil during his solo -- later Phil said it's because they're tossing around the idea of releasing a DVD in the future, history of the band sorta thing, with videos, clips, etc. He asked if I thought people would buy that. I think I spoke for all of us when I said yes.

Joie got down into the crowd a few times -- once WAY in, playing in a small circle of people. I took a pic but he was too low to the ground to see much of him. Phil KICKS, truly one of the best drummers out there and I always tell him so -- he said he's been playing since he was five or something. Both Mike and Joie were in great form, voices sounded beautiful -- Joie belted out Moon as passionately as ever. They put a VERY cool jazzy little ending on Information Undertow (had to commend Mike on that one), damn I love Mike's guitar!

They were very fan-friendly as usual, talking before and after the show with anyone who wanted to shake their hands. This was my sixth (?) show in the ten years I've been a fan (#7 will be next Sunday--and I'm not even a groupie sort, swear it!), and almost every time I've had the pleasure of hanging with them afterwards, asking questions and getting legit answers. I was happy to hear from each of them separately that they're psyched about the band and trying to get their name and music out there in people's faces again, hence the tour. Phil said they're by no means "kaput" and have no intention of making this their last tour. He also said they're really happy with this new website.

A personal kick? I took a blow-up of a picture we took in a Phoenix radio station parking lot back in '97 for them to sign, which they did, and then we re-enacted it for grins. Met some very cool fellow fans, everybody singing along word-for-word. I love it when everybody's there with the same focus and appreciation, always makes for a great night. Still in lust with this band, probably always will be. One of the most talented trios ever, couldn't say enough!

There you have it, as much as I can remember. Check out the downloads section on my webpage if you want to hear an interesting acoustic version of Dim from '97. Already psyched about Sunday...

--kim
http://www.blubaby.com

[cathi]

Hi Kim - Very well done on the post IOTA show!
I saw you there - you and I were both screaming for Green Henry!

It was awesome at IOTA and, hard to believe, even better in Princeton. How was Towson?

And you will not hear me complain that the audiences and mostly male! Was good to have a few of us gals there, but the fellas weren't too bad!!!

Although Joie did capture my heart that evening at IOTA...It was the Orange wig!

Hope to see you out at another Dada gig. I will Go to California when they show up out there...

[BlubabyDC]

Hi Cathi!

Oh yes, I definitely remember you yelling for Green Henry (and helping to represent the female fans); I think we even had a silent little thumbs-up moment there, ha. I shouted for it in Towson, but they'd already played three requests and I'd already gotten my Mary Sunshine. Figured I'd leave it alone. (Do they ever play GH live?? Anyone?)

It's so hard to compare the shows because the crowds, venues and setlists are so varied. I suppose that's why we go again, no? Iota is always great for the sound check factor... it's like a personal show before the show when there are so few people in the room and the music is LOUD. Towson was similiar to Iota, but in some ways better. I talked to one guy named Chris who'd been to Princeton and said Towson was more similar to that, so I'm indeed glad I went. But it'll never be enough... you will definitely see me at another gig! Probably West coast next time around for me as well.

And on the VERY male Iota crowd: no complaints from me about that either, I just can't believe more women aren't into dada. ??? So so beautiful, that music. Save my cousin, every dada fan I know (except you and the few women I see on this board obviously) are men.

Check back for the Iota pics, I should get around to it within the week and will post when they're up. See you at another!

[cathi]

We did have our thumbs up moment!
And I was thinking the same thing once the boys started playing - that the place was filled with 90% guys. Which we agree is GOOD, but I was glad to see ya there!
Everyone there that night was so great. Wish we had a chance to chat - there are not too many gals into hitting really good music as often as it sounds like we have recently.
And I am bummed that I did not know much about the bboras b4 I went to both shows...otherwise I would have looked out for us other dada freaks and made some new pals in the area.

Well, here's to hoping the make it out here again after the new release. In the mean time I am buying up previous dada CDs to give for gifts to anyone I think will listen - and then of course get hooked on.

Til next time!
Cathi

:D

[BlubabyDC]

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Originally posted by cathi
Everyone there that night was so great.  Wish we had a chance to chat - there are not too many gals into hitting really good music as often as it sounds like we have recently.

Well hopefully there'll be more of we wimmens at the next one -- and perhaps I will see you there. We can trade rock-n-war stories. Love that!

[samiam]

If anyone of you know how to reach anyone in this thread,
get the word out to them about the August show.

Do the same for the other other old VA/DC show pre & post show threads.
Let's track these folks down and share the good news!


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