[kj] Boston show

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In a message dated 12/5/2010 9:35:17 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
jonniespatula at hotmail.co.uk writes:

Cheers. is Dave Simpson Geordie's Guitar tech  for this leg of the tour?







Great show
Great crowd
Great vocal mix
Great drum mix- except for kick, which was way too sub-heavy and sloppy.  
Note to sound engineers. Shure Beta 52' suck. Worst mike ever.
Shit bass mix-   sound guy managed to make a Rickenbacker bass,  arguably 
one of the brightest sounding basses known to man, sound like a  complete 
pile of mush.  Note to sound engineers,  don't ever use a  Shure Beta 52 on a 
bass rig.  Worst mike ever.
Shit Guitar mix-  kind of thin and undermixed for the most part.  The sound 
coming off the stage was much better.  




By and large, a loud mix is great as long as it sounds good.   Sound  guy 
would do a lot better if he concentrated  less on making the low end  sound 
like a techno track and concentrate on getting clarity and warmth out of  the 
Geordies guitar and Youth's bass.   Not an easy job to be sure, but a  lot 
of what makes the Joke unique was completely drowned out by the over the  
top sub bass.   On the other hand, must be said that the rest of the drum  kit 
sounded great, and the engineer did a great job with Jaz's vocals.  Very 
clear and also used a lot of cool vocal effects throughout the  show.


Probably the best turnout I've ever seen for a KJ Boston show.    I've seen 
the shows for Extremities, Pandemonium, 2003, and this one, and in  
addition to the turnout it was easily the most enthusiastic crowd they've  drawn.   
 Wondering if the noticeably better press for this record  has had an 
impact (duh).   Virtually no between song banter from Jaz.  Get the feeling he 
just despises being in America, but nonetheless he  delivered as did the rest 
of the band.


Mixing sound at the Paradise is really hard work, and I'm guessing some  of 
the issues from last nights show would not show up at other
venues,  but having said that I've never seen geordies guitar rig  sound 
quite right at shows, and I'm sure it's not from lack of trying.    It's just 
tricky I guess.  


If todays news in Boston carries any reports of dead bodies being found  in 
the Allston/Brighton area,  it might be worth checking to see if KJ's  
guitar tech has gone missing.   There was some sort of crap going on with  
Geordie last night, although there's no guarantee that the roadie was to  blame, 
especially if there was booze involved.


Speaking of booze, the stage was largely alcohol free, which was a nice  
change, compared to seeing Geordie hanging out at the bar before the 2003 gig. 
 Also, with the last american tour,  there was a fair amount of  talk that 
Jaz and Geordie just weren't taking care of themselves,  and  for what it's 
worth they were both much more on their game this time  around.


KJ, thanks for making the effort to come to Boston.  We loved it,  and hope 
we made it worth your while.  Live music and music in  general is in such a 
sad state now,   it's great to see a band who knows  what it's all about.  


-CP




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