Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Scott Sterling, the man behind the fermata, celebrated a quietly announced anniversary show last night at the Silverlake Lounge. While The Pity Party and Castledoor were enough of a bargain for the $20 door cover, the tease on The Fold's site did mention some other "special guests" that had played there more times than any other band, which we knew pretty much narrowed it down to Inara George and Silversun Pickups. While surprises are nice, the purpose of the evening was really to thank The Fold... for the opportunities it has given bands (and us), the difference it has made in the music scene, and for all those great memories underneath that "Salvation" sign...
One of Rufus Wainwright's first L.A. shows. Ditto for Bright Eyes, Mates of State, Mirah, Trail of Dead, and countless others... Petra Haden's first show back after the accident (still one of the best shows we've ever seen)... The first time we saw BRMC... The last time we saw The Bicycle Thief... Our third and last interview with Elliott Smith after one of his unbilled and unattended shows (the most heartbreaking performance we've ever seen)... Irving in June 2000 (one of our all-time favorite residencies)... The Like Young's last show... to name a few.
The night was great. The bands were great. SSPU came in straight from their Kimmel taping with a little bit of swagger. Not so much the 'we've played in front of millions of people, shook hands with Letterman and have 50,000 MySpace friends' kind of swagger but more like the 'we own this shit' kind. Which they do. SSPU have played the little neighborhood bar across from the Silversun Liquor store more times than we can possibly count. And seeing them there (maybe for the last time) was a nice reminder of all the bands The Fold has broken. The crowd was great -- although it looked like more than half of the attendees were probably in pre-school ten years ago, which made us feel old, but that's what ten year anniversaries are supposed to do. Still, even after a decade we always get carded suspiciously there like we're 12, which we love. Other celebrity celebrators around the room included members of Great Northern, K-Brons, Joaquin Phoenix, Eagle and Talon, Twilight Sleep, Snow Patrol's Paul Wilson (who played on "Lazy Eye"), the Hunter Crowley, the Sea Level Todd, the Aaron Espinoza and other members of The Ship crew.
We love you, Fold.
More photos here.
The Pity Party - "The War Between 8 & 4" (MP3)
Castledoor - "Remember When" (MP3)
Silversun Pickups - "Lazy Eye" (Jimmy Kimmel Live 4/17/07)
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Dude wha...I remember liking Silversun Pickups okay enough at Spaceland a couple years ago, but never would have rated them a serious band...
and with good reason. There's nothing memorable at all about this three-chord hash, other than what a disaster it turns into when they forget to tune their guitars, keep hitting the wrong notes, and then completely drop the guitar solo.
Thank god there are always more pre-teens who don't know any better, right? Otherwise Kimmel might have to book someone with some musical talent...
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and with good reason. There's nothing memorable at all about this three-chord hash, other than what a disaster it turns into when they forget to tune their guitars, keep hitting the wrong notes, and then completely drop the guitar solo.
Thank god there are always more pre-teens who don't know any better, right? Otherwise Kimmel might have to book someone with some musical talent...
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