District of Cacophony

A showblog/journal/diary, mainly taking place in Washington, DC

“How do they see when there is no light?”
“They live by night, they live by night!”

“Where do they go, and when do they sleep?”
“They live by night, they live with me!”

Hey this blog is still alive I am just busy. I have some notes and some links for shows of the summer (July, August) and haven’t seen any bands in a few weeks. Lots of good music coming up though.

So I am a little in shock as I saw that pitchfork today talked about a one-night-only Shudder to Think reunion show! Amazing! This is the kind of band that I would go to see a reunion show for, because they were such a strange and unique group, and they never performed live much at all after I got into them, and before you knew it, they didn’t really exist anymore. Not sure I could have realistically gone to New York for a Shudder reunion but I am glad those guys are at least on good terms.

Of course I quickly checked youtube for any videos from the performance, and there didn’t seem to be any, but there were some AMAZING Shudder live videos that weren’t up last time I searched for any. I am in awe of youtube member thedesiresymposium and wish I had time to watch all of his/her videos right now (there are lots more late-’80s/early-’90s DC bands).

Check out this radness:

Shudder to Think : Red House / Summertime Train (9:30 Club, 1990):

Speak & Lies About the Sky (9:30 Club, 1992):

Pebbles (Toronto, 1993):

Craig Wedren is playing at the Rock and Roll Hotel on Oct. 13, a Saturday night. I will get back to town from a vacation the night before so I will try to make it. I have looked into his solo stuff before and it seemed decent; also I think he might play some Shudder to Think songs in his solo performances. One of MANY excellent shows coming up this fall.

Stay tuned.

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