tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post4931826074221470329..comments2024-03-27T13:28:50.405-07:00Comments on Alienated in Vancouver: Ferdy Belland on the Furies, the Dishrags, and so forthAllan MacInnishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05394301776870727673noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post-15820505153296338022007-09-05T00:07:00.000-07:002007-09-05T00:07:00.000-07:00Oh.A.Oh.<BR/><BR/>A.Allan MacInnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05394301776870727673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post-66572209335981468412007-09-04T08:07:00.000-07:002007-09-04T08:07:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sly Revolutionaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06605192959997300002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post-15207395436516281462007-09-03T22:46:00.000-07:002007-09-03T22:46:00.000-07:00Hey. Allan here, not Ferdy, and I didn't see what ...Hey. Allan here, not Ferdy, and I didn't see what Duvall had on her feet, and I arrived for "Sonic Reducer," so I can't really vouch for the other opening acts - Femke liked the Search Parties well enough, if I recall - but I'm just curious, Sly (if you look in on this) where does Ferdy imply that this was the Furies' first show after having reformed? I'm scrolling up and down trying to spot it, and I can't, and it's giving me eyestrain.<BR/><BR/>A.Allan MacInnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05394301776870727673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post-85930741979389565782007-09-03T14:38:00.000-07:002007-09-03T14:38:00.000-07:00Okay... where to start with this review.Let's star...Okay... where to start with this review.<BR/><BR/>Let's start with the oddly inaccurate. Siobhan Duvall was wearing high top sneakers, as she customarily does, not high heels. And The Furies did not reform for this show. That happened back in January for another JEM show at Richards.<BR/><BR/>Then let's move on to the ironic. The author of this review wails on Search Parties for not playing well, and then gives Scout a pass out of respect for her seniority.<BR/><BR/>We'll move onto the strange. The Bug Nasties put on a perfectly acceptable performance, and they may be the nicest people in the world, but I saw nobody "fruging", except for the singer, who made a brave but slightly embarrassing attempt to get the audience going by walking out into the crowd and begging someone to dance with him. One day I may meet the gentleman, and feel compelled to apologise for taking him to task on this, but it really was uncomfortable to watch.<BR/><BR/>And here is where we come back again to the blinding ironic. Search Parties showed more punk energy, enthusiasm, and "let's try something a bit unusual" attitude in ten seconds than The Bug Nasties did for their whole set. Search Parties made The Bug Nasties look old, tired, and out of place.<BR/><BR/>The Dishrags and Duvallstar put in a good show, and The Furies seem to get stronger every time I see them (this was not, as was implied in the review, their first show after being reformed). But if what you're looking for is the punk attitude, honestly, your best bet is Search Parties. They need to play more and fine tune their set a little, but it was -that- kind of youth, energy, and imagination that sparked the revolution that originally brought us The Dishrags and The Furies in the first place.<BR/><BR/>See the trick, kids, is that the whole punk thing is not in the chords or the clothes or the people, it's a contextual thing. Punk is defined by how it reacts to what's going on around it.Sly Revolutionaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06605192959997300002noreply@blogger.com