Misconstrued Thoughts : Yesterday's Misconstrued Thoughts Today

Jeremy, Mogwai create more than energy than Muse and Thursday combined if they play their louder stuff. And yes, I can say this because I have see all three of them live.

They have a song called "Like Herod" that reached 122dbs (a jet engine is 118) when they performed it in France. The last time I saw them I was on the front row and took my earplugs out to offer my lobes to the lords of rock as they started playing their last song, a 22 minute long rendition of the Jewish hymn, "My Father, My King". When all of them leapt onto their distortion peddles, forming an explosion of sound louder than anything that I had ever heard (and that's saying a lot...see Fugazi - ear protection = Three days of "WHAT?!?") I had to jam them back in. The whole thing was ended with a giant wall of static disonance as the members of the band left the stage one by one. One of the guitar players commenced lay his guitar on the ground and use a Corona bottle as a slide as he turned each tuning key until all of the strings popped. The lead singer, Stuart, then grabbed one of the used drum sticks and wild-eyed, raised it over his head and IMPALED THE GUITAR, then left as well.

Now THAT is rock and roll.

This is going to be one great collection of music folks. Don't miss it.

The only one of these that I'm not sure about is Auf Der Maur. Her new album suuuuuucks. Everyone else here rank as some of my favorite bands. I baitedly await the days.

D.A.

yes... i hope a live performance of mogwai will be able to do for me what there albums have not done for me (what is the best album da?) I have them all but never have had one capture my attention... other than backroundish stuff....

I also highly lookforward to seeing Interpol live... hear its a treat.

Jen from California said Muse live was the craziest show she's been to.. (but it was california).

Muse...live...craziest? Hmmmm...we can only hope.

Best Mogwai Album = Young Team.

I just have to say to D.A. that his little rant was one of the most enjoyable pieces of musical criticism I have ever had the pleasure of reading.
If I had a piece of Rock History to add I would. Unfortunately all of the concerts I've had the opportunity to atend have been rather boring as far as "moments" go. Great music, just not memorable moments. Of course, there was that time Art Alexakis threw some chick off stage because she wanted to talk to him instead of do what he called her up there for. Yeah, that's the extent of my lame Rock Moments life.....

i think muse has the energy and power... its just the atlanta crowd was dead... I mean you and I were the only ones slightly moving...

Look in the future for a muse update on what happend with all that.

"(but it was california)"!!--hey!
-i might take offense to that ..if it was'nt so true ;op

thats really sad that the crowd was dead!... weird!
(yup-- people had waited for like 6 hrs. to get in and then were packed into a very small club!- but yes the energy was absolutly amazing!!!!)

(man.. only one show in CA for that tour!)

At least you were there Jen, at least you were there. Holdin' it down in the C-I-A.

Thanks Mr. Keats! Don't worry. Stick with Jeremy or me and musical things will happen. That's not to say that they will all be good (see: Any of Jeremy's curses, or the "D.A. waltzing into Radiohead's backstage and getting busted because of going blank, freezing up, and drooling while looking at the door that said "Radiohead Dressing Room")

I have seen Mogwai do shows where they were completly subdued and didn't even get all that loud, but the potential is there.

And yes, the Muse crowd in Atlanta were quite tame. This was best manifest by the group of 30-40 year old folks standing next to me near the front who were DEAD STILL and would get ticked when people touched them. Grrrrr. I was going to go over where this little group of folks were pogo-ing if the band played a certain song containing the lyrics, "You know I don't love you...and I never did", but unfortunatly...well...you know.

D.A.

wow...sounds like an awesome show! and guess what?? it's coming to houston!!!!!! i'm so excited. that makes up for lolapalooza not coming here. well...it'll be in dallas...but it's on a tuesday and wednesday night! how lame is that?!?! anyways...i'm sure curiosa will be much better :) thanks again jerm for sharing the news.

--sarah

man i wish i had my video camera with me- so you guys could experience it Cali style!
..but it would have gotton knocked out my hand for sure-i got soo pushed around!

just a side note

Near total silence - 0 dB
A whisper - 15 dB
Normal conversation - 60 dB
A lawnmower - 90 dB
A car horn - 110 dB
A rock concert or a jet engine - 120 dB
A gunshot or firecracker - 140 dB

Dan's Expedition - 152.8 dB

really kind of makes that Thursday song sound quiet.

also just so you know a sound that is about 30dB is 1000 times more powerful than silence - you do the math.

OK i'm doing the math...

according to you near silence is 0 dB, so silence would for sure be 0 dB.

OK now the math...

0 x 30 = 0

um... case, the math didnt work.

I did the math.

For those wanting to do the math, dB are on a base 10 Logarithmic Scale, therefore

So if you really want to do the math...

Intensity level = 10 log10 (I1 /I0) (dB)

I1=Ending Sound Level
I0=Begining Sound Level

This would show that actually 30dB is infinitly louder than 0 dB actually 1e-8 dB (the best level that country music should be played at) is infinitly louder too..

i don't speak Math -??

and the sad thing is I tried to do math humor... usually not well accepted (but since when did that stop me...)

But you know Karma Police Talk in Maths...

Jeremy what does "but it was california" mean??? Muse definitely has the power, and energy. It was the craziest\best concert I have ever been to. I even lost my shoe to prove it. It was great!!!

yeah i don't know how Muse "cali style" was, but it sounded a lot like the Vancouver show. It was pretty insane, i don't know who got more crazy, the crowd, or the band who trashed the stage at the end of their set. Did they do this in California too? Or did they just save it for their last show?

it probably was cheaper to trash it all than to ship it back to europe... so yall got an added bonus... man yall should have tried to get some remains... ah man... you could of had some great material...

... and Sorry christine.. the proper term I guess is "but it was the West Coast"

your math humor is lacking