Review: Verbal + Lake Trout 12/30/2005

#53
Friday, December 30, 2005
Verbal
Lake Trout
Eight by Ten Club
PHOTOS!!!

Ah, now I've broken my own record - 53 shows, not counting outdoor shows - in 2005. Feels good to accomplish something.

As far as I can tell, this was my fifth viewing of Verbal this year. I heard an ad on the new WHFS for this show while I was driving up to Baltimore, so name-check one for Verbal. I wasn't sure if the doors were at 8 or 9, but I think Verbal benefitted from this confusion and there was a mid-sized crowd there by the time they took the stage. The sound in the club is great and they managed to capture a lot of attention just because it was so loud. Numerous stoned dudes and some drunk girl REALLY loved Verbal, I think. Of course, I thought it was fantastic as always - a good mix of old favorites (Edgar Street, Come Clean) and new songs.

Local heros Lake Trout ("fresh off their tour with the Pixies") played some Verbal-esque music for quite some time before their fauxhawked singer arrived on stage. I liked them but 2+ hours was more than enough introduction for me. I left around 12:45 while they were still playing. This really intoxicated guy (who - I think - threw up next to the bar: it's never good when security has a mop) was trying to get back in the club but couldn't find the door, nor could he stand or walk very well under his own power (the guy with the daughter who was talking to the past-present-future CRDF posse).

I did get a sweet parking spot around the corner from the club. Thanks gas-guzzling Hummer owners who's gigantomobile doesn't fit in a regular space!

For 2006, I resolve to become even more of an annoying hipster and eschew going out on weekends with all the working stiffs.