In the building tonight. First show was 3/1/08 — born and raised Minnesotan but my wife’s from the tri-state area so I live a 25 min walk from the Bowl now. Saw a Wappy at my first show (a great one too tbh) and it’s very fun to me to hear one again today 15 years after my first show. I have a 9 month old so I don’t make it out often anymore (got the green light because mom got to go out with her sister last night). Just special stuff. Upper midwestern excellence, baby
It was an ok ending to an underwhelming weekend. There’s always a nostalgia element going back to Brooklyn Bowl, and I spent the second set just a few rows back from the front, so for whatever reason, that seemed to make things better.
Wappy was pretty good, the August (if I’m not confusing things) had a bit of a unique jam with Jake, 3X was standard but ok (Kris did a fun little Poison fill that the band liked, the bassline for the jam reminded me of Without Me), first time seeing Kula (my most common unseen original), The Best with Kamika was surprisingly fun.
Agreed - a lot of fun of course but I was hoping for more. I was happy to hear Example 1 and thought the first half or so of August was interesting. Also need to give Small Strides another listen: I’m ambivalent about the song but was really digging what they did with it.