The Drive North tour is finally winding down after months of touring all over the country, but that doesn’t stop SWMRS from putting on an absolutely unbelievably energy-filled show. The Black Cat, located in Washington, D.C., was packed, if not completely sold out. The show was one of the last on SWMRS tour, with only seven dates left before the end of the year. The audience was a mixed bag - there were plenty of teenage girls with their friends, and even parents, but there was also a handful of college students and older men, dressed in leather with beers in hand. Cole Becker, the band’s leadman, opened the show with one of their more impassioned songs, Palm Trees. Becker was decked up in red eye-makeup and an all-black jumpsuit reminiscent …show more content…
With an eclectic mix of songs - ranging from grunge, to garage rock, to indie rock - each song gave off a different vibe from the last. Though the songs obviously have different influences, there is truly only one word to describe SWMRS leadman - angry. He’s angry at America, at Trump, at capitalism and overall just mad at the world. It simply oozes out of him while he performs. During “Uncool,” a song about going against the mainstream, Becker stopped the music for a moment to preach to the audience about how important our generation can be. He speaks of government brainwash, being a free-thinking individual and making the world a better place, stating that is all starts today, at the Black Cat. From there, the band rips into the sound, power chords galore as Becker sings “I don’t wanna be your fool, I just wanna be uncool.” At the end of the show, during “Drive North,” he got on a pipe on the ceiling and dangled from it as he screamed “DRIVE NORTH, DRIVE NORTH, DROVE NORTH” to the audience. As the crowd rushed to where Becker was dangling, they chanted those same words back to him, with the same level of angsty passion. It was reminiscent of the punk-era, where musicians would tear up the venues they played, wrapped up in the energy and emotion of the
opening band appeared. At this time, there were not very many people in the audience.
Sitting Bull was a war chief in the Lakota tribe during the 1800s. He was born in 1831 at the Grand River in South Dakota. When he was a child, he was not called Sitting Bull. His name was Jumping Badger but everybody had called him ‘Slow’ at first because they believed that he lacked many skills. It wasn't until he was 14 when he fought in his first battle that they renamed him and started calling him Sitting Bull, like his father.
was leaving the band, they asked Travis to take over since he had amazed the crowd with his
In their music you will find punk, of course, but also rock, hardcore, ska, even reggae and jazz. If you ask me they are a just a punk-ska band. Their songs are interesting and different from one another. Each song has it's own characteristics.
Due to seeing Eric Schwartz at a house concert, the set up of the performance was different than a concert at a venue like the House of Blues, Chicago Theatre, or United Center. For one thing, the number of people in the audience was greatly reduced at the house concert compared to a number of other venues. This can be attributed to the lack of space available at a venue like a house concert. Approximately 30 people were in attendance of Eric Schwartz’s house concert, whereas hundreds or even thousands of people are in the audience at other venues. The effects used at a house co...
The harsh, dense noise that is the hallmark of every Sex Pistols song can be heard in "Liar." The distorted guitar is the centerpiece of most punk music. The guitarist, Steve Jones, plays with an incessant, down strumming of power chords, cre...
“Hello. Welcome to the show. We are the band R.E.M. (as you know). It is great to be back in (your city name here). Are you ready to rock and roll? Great. “It lingers for a few moments, then turns to black. A dark figure meanders to the front-center of the stage. A light flicks on, coming from behind the figure, creating a silhouette. Three others walk out, each picking up an instrument. One steps onto a large platform, sitting behind the drums. An orange light in the front turns on, slowly increasing in intensity. The figures, now lit, are easily identified. From left to right: Mike Mills (bass), Michael Stipe (voice), Peter Buck(guitar), and Bill Berry(drums). Stipe is wearing a white suit with black eye shadow, his eyes appearing as bottomless pits. He is holding a megaphone in his right hand, and he purposefully strides to the microphone. “This one goes out…to the Exxon corporation”, he declares, and the r...
This short story easily achieved the effect that Poe was looking for through the use of description of setting, symbolism, plot development, diverse word choice, and detailed character development. In most cases, the setting is usually indelible to a story, but “The Black Cat” relies little on this element. This tale could have occurred anywhere and can be placed in any era. This makes the setting the weakest element of “The Black Cat.”
for dark, mysterious, and bizarre works of fiction. His works sometimes reflected his life experiences and hardships he tried to overcome. Examples of the troubles in his life include alcoholism, having his works rejected over and over, being broke, and losing his family, even his beloved wife to tuberculosis. There is no wonder why his works are so dark and evil, they were taken from his life. A theme is defined as the major or central idea of a work. Poe’s short story, “The Black Cat”, contains six major themes that are discussed in this paper. They include the home, violence, drugs and alcohol, freedom and confinement, justice and judgement, and transformation.
Then, a fire is ignited. The duo plays Daniel Lanois’ “Still Water” into the Dave Matthews Band live staple “Don’t Drink the Water.” The execution is incredibly strong. Made even more dramatic by the addition of “This Land is Your Land,” this performance is incredible, one of the best the night has to offer.
This was could be seen by him going through a total of about three different types of guitars and a piano solo throughout the show. When It comes to his playfulness, he loves to talk on stage as well as crack jokes. Before playing “Secret Valentine,” a very popular We the Kings song, he begins by saying he must form a PG-13 version of what the song is actually about due to the birth of his daughter. He goes on to discuss how when he was 15 he played a game of "Tetris" with a girlfriend of his in her bedroom by describing him as the blocks and her as the targeted space to fill, obviously referencing to sexual intercourse. The crowd laughs at the interpretation, and some women and men cheer in support of the action committed so long ago. The song begins "we’ll write a song that turn out the lights, when both boys and girls start suddenly shaking inside," which causes the crowd to get pumped
A Black person learns very early that his color is a disadvantage in the world of white folk. This being an unalterable circumstance, one also learn very early to make the best of it.
Author Edgar Allan Poe is no stranger to the compelling literary language of horror, and he displays his comfort with the classic elements of the genre in his short story “The Black Cat”. This twisted tale is told from the perspective of an anonymous narrator, describing his blameless hand in the murder of his beloved cat and his wife. The deranged narrator tells his version of the horrific events, while trying to convince the reader that he is a sane man. In “The Black Cat”, Edgar Allan Poe utilizes the narrator’s appeals to ethos and dramatic imagery to illustrate how the acceptance of a disturbed disposition can consume the sanity of the most docile man, and turn him into a violent monster, demonstrating that all humans are susceptible to the influence of evil.
The food supply was not enough for the huge mass of people. Likewise, sharing 600 portable bathrooms and inadequate water facilities was very hard with over 300,000 people. None of the organizers were prepared for the wave of bodies that formed. Many of the audience members got sick from a drug overdose, so to help get them out them concert, they hired helicopters to fly them out, because traffic was blocking all the streets. Casting an even blacker blanket over the happenings was the death of 17-year-old Raymond Mizak, who was run over by a tractor Saturday morning when he was laying in his sleeping bag. There was another death on Sunday from a drug overdose. This caused a lot of negative attitudes toward the
Without warning, the lights went dark. This was the moment I had been waiting for. My adrenaline went through the roof. The time had finally come that I would get to see and hear my first live concert.