2024-10-08: The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA

[satanarchist]

I got stuck behind tall people anywhere I went, mostly got fragments, so cheers to everyone who got full songs

It's me. I'm one of the tallies. I'm in the hat

[satanarchist]

Despite not playing one song from one of the greatest LPs ever recorded, the Fillmore show last night was head and shoulders above both gigs I saw last year. Most excellent

Come to think of it, I don't think they've ever covered anything off Ride The Lightning

I said one of not THE

[flowers_to_burn]

My 11th outing for the girls and my favourite irl show so far. Kai is an excellent addition. Same setlist as the Greek in LA I think. Really responsive crowd too. Top nite out!

Thanks for confirming the setlist... ... So you've seen all the Sisters shows in San Francisco? ... ...

Lol, just two. Until tonight

[flowers_to_burn]

It's me. I'm one of the tallies. I'm in the hat

I don’t mind the height thing overall, usually there’s a space between taller folks for me to see. But I started left on center at the front and there was a wall of tall that just wasn’t happening. I moved and got a great view, just less ideal for videos. But all’s well that ends well! Regretting not packing heels for tonight though.

[flowers_to_burn]

I stand corrected, I got all of MR

[Planet Dave]

Despite not playing one song from one of the greatest LPs ever recorded, the Fillmore show last night was head and shoulders above both gigs I saw last year. Most excellent

Come to think of it, I don't think they've ever covered anything off Ride The Lightning

I said one of not THE

Ah yes! Apologies!

[Electrochrome]

Local article about the show:

https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainme ... 826600.php

[Being645]

Here's another press review ... hairy, hairy, girl ... ... thank to poison-door.net for the link ...

https://www.dailycal.org/arts/music/con ... 1a87c.html

[longtimelurker]

Here's another press review ... hairy, hairy, girl ... ... thank to poison-door.net for the link ...

https://www.dailycal.org/arts/music/con ... 1a87c.html

Ha, that's quite a review! For anyone short on time, I condensed all the hair mentions below:

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Andrew Eldritch, the only remaining original band member of the Sisters of Mercy, is bald. This is an unavoidable fact.

Eldritch, as one of its longest-standing icons, has been widely mocked for losing his boyish good looks — most noticeably his mop of hair.

But as red lights arose to reveal the man himself, he was flanked by two younger guitarists with –– what else –– incredible hair.

As Eldritch began the set with a low, almost imperceptible growl, the implicit mockery of the frontman’s hairless circumstances took center stage. He appeared shaky, unconfident, a grandfather passing the baton to the next generation of moody pretty boys. As the spindly arpeggio of “Alice” soaked through the audience, the hair began to move. A lot.

Guitarist and backup vocalist Ben Christo certainly warrants a comparison to Pete, the “hair flip” member of South Park’s clan of Goth Kids. His mane, cut into an exaggerated pompadour, was as self-aggrandizing as his low-slung guitar. Wherever the instrument moved, his hair was sure to follow, sweeping and swallowing his performance whole. At times Eldritch almost hid behind Christo, cowering beneath the sheer force of his masculine beauty.

Kai, the youngest member of the group at 31, shifted the focus by swinging his diabolically lengthy locks around like a coked-up metalhead.

But the undersung hero of the night came in the form of Chris Catalyst, another bald fellow with sunglasses and an epic, Matrix-esque coat.

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[Planet Dave]

Blimey, a review and reviewer so shallow an ant could walk through it and barely dampen its ankles.

[Charlie]

Blimey, a review and reviewer so shallow an ant could walk through it and barely dampen its ankles.

cheered up my crappy day at work reading this!

[Planet Dave]

Blimey, a review and reviewer so shallow an ant could walk through it and barely dampen its ankles.

cheered up my crappy day at work reading this!

At your service, my lady

[ruffers]

Here's another press review ... hairy, hairy, girl ... ... thank to poison-door.net for the link ...

https://www.dailycal.org/arts/music/con ... 1a87c.html

Ha, that's quite a review! For anyone short on time, I condensed all the hair mentions below:

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Andrew Eldritch, the only remaining original band member of the Sisters of Mercy, is bald. This is an unavoidable fact.

Eldritch, as one of its longest-standing icons, has been widely mocked for losing his boyish good looks — most noticeably his mop of hair.

But as red lights arose to reveal the man himself, he was flanked by two younger guitarists with –– what else –– incredible hair.

As Eldritch began the set with a low, almost imperceptible growl, the implicit mockery of the frontman’s hairless circumstances took center stage. He appeared shaky, unconfident, a grandfather passing the baton to the next generation of moody pretty boys. As the spindly arpeggio of “Alice” soaked through the audience, the hair began to move. A lot.

Guitarist and backup vocalist Ben Christo certainly warrants a comparison to Pete, the “hair flip” member of South Park’s clan of Goth Kids. His mane, cut into an exaggerated pompadour, was as self-aggrandizing as his low-slung guitar. Wherever the instrument moved, his hair was sure to follow, sweeping and swallowing his performance whole. At times Eldritch almost hid behind Christo, cowering beneath the sheer force of his masculine beauty.

Kai, the youngest member of the group at 31, shifted the focus by swinging his diabolically lengthy locks around like a coked-up metalhead.

But the undersung hero of the night came in the form of Chris Catalyst, another bald fellow with sunglasses and an epic, Matrix-esque coat.

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God knows what they'd have made of Dylan?

[Icon]

Obsessed much with hair, that guy or gal or whatever who wrote that?

[mh]

If by strange chance they ever do an original lineup reunion with Gary and Craig, that reviewer would probably have a conniption fit.