Seattlest: Weekend Concert Blues: Tea For Julie + NIN

emalema

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:00:35 -0800

Dude. If you had stayed for the ENTIRE 7/25 Showbox show, you would have noticed the nearly packed dance floor of devoted Gin Betty! fans during their closing set. The house may have progressively quieted after the Shyforshy all-agers skipped home to meet curfew, but the room (floor AND bar) was alive by 11:17 when the GB! boys took the stage that Friday night. One may choose to sympathize with your decision to leave after Tea For Julie's disappointing turnout (considering it WAS their "CD Release") and the night plagued with tech. difficulties, but c'mon. This article is incomplete. All peaved Nails fans, rest a little easier. If Homeboy chose to half-ass the first, um, half of this review... then it may be safe to say you can write-off the rest of this write-up as well.

ClickDagger

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:30:37 -0800

I'll tell you what's Irrelevant - the writer who did this review. I hope when I'm Irrelevant I can sell out Key Arena too.

herbisara

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:05:25 -0800

Wow! Your review of NIN is pretty harsh. I was there, and I thought it was an incredible show. Sure, it was very different than their shows of the past, but how can you fault them for branching out? Personally, I appreciated the screens/visuals they had Saturday much more than the rotting dog corpses covered in maggots, and war scenes of previous shows. Not to mention they sounded fantastic. I have a renewed love for NIN after this show. But eh, to each his own.

Zacurtjadi

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:08:18 -0800

Nice review; great writing. I do wonder, however, if you have a difficulty accepting that this artist has gone off the beaten path. You sound more like a disgruntled senior citizen than a credible critic, and your sympathy with major label interests disconcerting. To be fair, it sure seemed like a lot of those kids you're talking about liked all those instrumentals... you know, the likes of which have been a staple with NIN since the second album. Just a thought. Thanks for sharing.

msavvy

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:03:42 -0800

Ugh, that NIN report punched me in the gut. Trent Reznor will always pay for not bringing NIN to its logical conclusion and blowing his MF head off like Kurt. That being said, I still have a NIN CD in my car changer at all times (blush). Sigh, I still think the music's relevant though, who else could write a catchy pop song with such a giant helping of dark? It's just not as different or shocking as--gulp--almost twenty years ago. Whoa, I just punched myself in the gut.