rademacher residency review 1

so, i wanted to share some thoughts from rademacher's residency @ tokyo garden

first off, $5 for a show is still a good deal, especially when you're seeing 3 or more bands. i don't know how bands make any money.

racelegs was alright. i don't think i've seen them before, and they do an instrumental, mars volta-ish thing. decent music, but i'm a fan of vocals.

wrong way driver - i got a little soured on this band because it took them forever (for-ever!) to set up, and it's not like they were a big band and had a ton of stuff. basic size band with normal instruments. their music didn't really impress me.

rademacher - rademacher is always changing things. they change band members, they change song arrangements, they change tempos and more. change can be good. change can be bad. last night's song set was filled with good and bad. i really like malcom opening the show solo on guitar. and i liked the first couple of songs. but as the set progressed, i found myself a bit disappointed with it. several songs seemed really sped up. and i'll admit it, i miss greer. her vocals added a lot to songs, and the group dynamic was a little different. maybe it was an off night for me, maybe it was an off night for the band, maybe i was tired and needed to go sleep.

rademacher featuring mike from race legs - i saw these guys practice in the studio last weekend, and i liked how they did things there a little better. it was still good at the show, and i liked the keyboard additions.

some other notes from the night:
a guy near me ordered an apple martini. the look tommy's face was priceless. he was like, what? and the guy ordered again, apple martini. and i don't know if tommy was confused, as if the guy was ordering some made up drink, or confused that someone would actually order an appletini, or what. but he just had this look on his face like seriously? or like someone farted. and then he made the drink.