Last weekend we went to our 2nd Celebrate Brooklyn show so far this season [the first was the amazing Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings.] The opener was the formidable Kristin Hersh, sans Muses, but fully loaded with guitar and growl.
Next up were the Violent Femmes in all their glory. I managed my expectations pretty strictly, having last seen them way back when in Madison, (practically a home town gig for a Milwaukee band) at something like their height. I was just a kid, but it was on the short list of highest energy shows I had seen, and the crowd responded in kind. Gordon Gano told the (extremely) college-centric audience at the Civic Center something along the lines of "You guys are making us feel like we made it to the Final Four."
Might have been a line he used everywhere.
This show was a lot less collegiate, and the middle-aged family folk in the chairs up front kept their prospects parked in their seats almost until the end of the set, but Gano and Brian Richie put out plenty of wattage across a fabulous range of instruments along with John Sparrow on a variety of percussion including-but-not-limited to Webber grill, Blaise Garza on that gigantic contrabass sax among other things, and the mighty Horns of Dilemma.
All hail summer at the bandshell.
Now please excuse me while I have a cup of coffee and a Brexit Burrito and figure out what the hell we should do next.
This just in: According to the Times "Google reported a spike in (UK-based) searches for "What happens if we leave the E.U." And the question "What is the E.U.?" was the second most popular question in Britain" In Britain. If you're a little queasy, you're not alone.
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