Seattlest: Liars Giveaway + WaMu Theater Report

MSandison

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 23:01:26 -0800

I had a long day and felt like sitting for the show. It was nice to be up front for what I saw of The Liars, but I should have known that people would be standing for Interpol. After their set began I went to the elevated seats in the back, which on either side were probably the worst spots in the house. For pretty much the entire set I had spotlights flashing right in my face. That = headache = not enjoyable. Besides this and the gorilla security force watching our every move, I'd say it was a great show. Ha.. not. PS. I have to agree with courtneyj; The Liars were a horrible assault on my senses. I'm all for experimental but it's a fine line between avant-garde and just plain annoying.

sciencevsromance

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:28:53 -0800

yeah, but the Gossip wasn't listed on the ticket. (no, this doesn't make me feel any better about missing them, but that's my best interpretation of the bizarro arena ticket logic.)

Audrey

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:21:25 -0800

But didn't the tickets for Arcade Fire say 7:30 and the Gossip went on around 7?

courtneyj

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:20:45 -0800

I wish we could trade places. Got there before it started so I got the whole show. The Liars were the worst band I've ever seen.

sciencevsromance

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:00:13 -0800

yep. it was a painful lesson, but from arcade fire at hec ed, I learned that arena shows list showtime on the tickets. actually liars started a little after 8; so even the tickets weren't completely accurate.

Fill

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:11:14 -0800

The same thing happened to me at the recent Feist show. I completely missed Grizzly Bear, it was devastating.

Audrey

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:31:05 -0800

To be fair, the Moore/Paramount list their shows by show time rather than doors, though they also usually fail to mention the opening act(s), so if you do show up late assuming the time listed was for doors, you still end up being there before the headliners.