This isn’t a show review, because CJ and I didn’t get in the door. A front-page spread in the entertainment section of Friday’s StarTrib on Hopkins’ high-school heroes Melodious Owl brought a sellout home for the Turf Club. We stood in line, in the freezing cold, for about 30 minutes before it became apparent that we weren’t going to get in. Instead, we spent the evening talking to Kassie Church and listening to The Sugarplastics, Kevin Tihista, and Ted Leo + the Pharmacists.
I still felt good about the show. We each took a bullet for the scene; it’s great that freaky, original local bands can sell out a club. So cheers to Melodious Owl, the Hopefuls, and Faux Jean.
You know, I felt OK about the whole thing once I could feel my toes again, and I would have felt a lot better about it if the Turf were about 100-people larger in area…
Amen! to the capacity increase. Looking at it with basically Lincoln-ite eyes though, it was impressive. I don’t think any of the Nebraska bands I like could do that – which mostly has to do with population, I know. It just feels good here, scene-wise. -h
I was reading something today that told me Minneapolis is the smartest city in America (or at least very near the top). Perhaps this show is just proof to support that claim…
-JT