Dopapod

Why is the opening crowd noise or whatever always labeled as Pavlov’s Siren? What’s the story there?

It’s not just crowd noise, it’s technically a walk on song. It’s an improvised ambient song that (I believe) their sound guy (or light guy) plays via the Brian Eno app on an iPad.

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Thanks! Cool concept, I dig it

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yeah, it was Luke (both sound and lights) on an ipad app of some sort

Love the old school X-Men cover

@bluish you hit up the foco show on 2/15?

Ngl this is some of the best jamming and loosest playing dopa has put out there in a while.

Highly recommend the Man or Machine > Grits segment, if not the whole show. First set is also great.

Was having a shitty day pretty much right when I clocked in at 7 and putting this show on for my post-work exercise through making dinner and doing dishes fully made my day noticeably better.

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no, i had too much to do for school. i heard the ned show was excellent as well.

had a friend go to her first show in steamboat and she did not like it lol

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Thats good to hear. I havent listened to Dopapod in a while. Ill check it out. Theyre playing here in May. They’re very hit or miss, but when it hits it fucking HITS. I’ll never miss a local show.

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I’ll get to the ned and steamboat shows soon. Sad to hear your friend had a bleh first show, hopefully it doesn’t turn them off the band.

Things have been hit and miss this tour. Manitou was pretty meh outside of a decent Ebb and Flow.

They’ve been pretty weak from ‘23 to now so obviously I can’t blame you for not going, especially with school obligations on the line. Hope everything is going well for you personally and career-wise.

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Totally agree. When they’re locked in it hits so hard.

I wish they came to SoCal more often. Only got 4 shows under my belt and 1 of them was a 6 hour round trip, but it was also the best of the 4 so no complaints.

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omg def going to this

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Seeing Dopapod tonight, been I think around 6-7 years since I last saw em. Don’t think I’ve even listened to any Dopapod in that span either, so I’m pretty excited to hear where they’re at these days

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Oh shit in mke tonight. Tell me how the new venue is

I’ve seen a couple shows there so far and I really dig it, but I’m biased. It’s a little bigger/nicer Back Room at Colectivo if you ever went there.

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Yep, saw wye oak there. See you there for circles?

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Definitely, see you there!

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I, too, will be there. Bort meetup probs in order

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Sounds like a good time. Have a feeling i wont want to leave my little corner of the strip after the show, though. Time will tell. Been meaning to give them a fourth chance for like a decade

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Hell yeah. I’m super pumped for the opener too

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Really enjoyed the show last night. Vivarium is such a great new little venue. I feel like Circles will be a lot of fun in that room.

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