Comments on Butter Team: Bmore Round Robin Recap

All of them give Dan credit for pulling everyone t...

2008-10-23T16:10:35.778-03:00

All of them give Dan credit for pulling everyone together, but the best quality this tour displayed was inclusiveness. All bands/genres playing side by side regardless of their popularity, everyone lugging gear and working the merch tables, $8 tickets, etc.

It wasn't even about Wham City anymore, it was about a taste of Bmore, which is great considering most of Wham City isn't even from here.

Jeff,"Sell out" also seems to be a phrase on the l...

2008-10-22T17:38:37.298-03:00

Jeff,

"Sell out" also seems to be a phrase on the lips of some of more forward-thinking of those types, and how to avoid that fate.

All,

I think Wham's greatest artistry comes in their organizational skills in the face of seeming mayhem. And those skills are being stressed about as much as the Annex support beams during it's inaugural show. However, no one ever expresses this outright; they only intimate it.

A lot of the recent press of the tour, and more specifically Wham City, itself, seems to naively paint the collective as this "never-never land" of ego-less neo-hippies. Actually, structurally, they are much more like a medieval guild--very hierarchical, and with a bizarre pseudo mysticism (2012?)

It'd be really cool to do a social science/ economic/ group psychology/ cultural study of the group.

When it comes to this gang, it's really easy to post on the surface, because this is a definite image they want to get across. However, it's the actual innards that are far more, in a way disturbing, but so much more interesting.

Shut yer face...I'd go see Double Dagger every wee...

2008-10-22T16:30:38.423-03:00

Shut yer face...I'd go see Double Dagger every week if I could. But, you're right, I've talked with a few of the Round Robin bands about no Baltimore stop and "dilution" seems to be the key word. But you can bet your bottom Wham City dollar that if there were a Baltimore stop, it'd be a sell out.

Baltimore has Whartscape, and the benefits (?) of ...

2008-10-21T22:26:17.761-03:00

Baltimore has Whartscape, and the benefits (?) of Wham City being based here. How many times have I seen Double Dagger (one of strongest non-Wham acts) alone in the past six months?

I think the Wham camp should be careful about diluting the city with festivals/elaborate shows.

Plus, playing Baltimore is preaching to the choir for those guys.

This tour was, at it's core, a missionary venture, attempting to win over converts to the Church of Wham. How many other tours actually end up with more people than they began with?

The proselytizing image isn't a reach given the near religious/spiritual experience people describe having had during this tour.

And Baltimore is so alive with great music outside of Wham...

What's there to bitch about?

Dan D said today they're trying to schedule a Bmor...

2008-10-21T15:26:05.742-03:00

Dan D said today they're trying to schedule a Bmore show in December, so stay tuned.

Hopefully Smart Growth schedules a show soon, I'd ...

2008-10-21T15:13:58.246-03:00

Hopefully Smart Growth schedules a show soon, I'd like to check out his new schtick.

hold yer horses

2008-10-21T03:33:35.405-03:00

hold yer horses

This show looked fucking great, I just don't get w...

2008-10-20T23:48:14.174-03:00

This show looked fucking great, I just don't get why the Baltimore Round Robin tour never happens in Baltimore?