[ATTENDED: August 30, 2019] Stonefield
I was very excited to see King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard again. I was a little less excited that they were playing at Franklin Music Hall (formerly The Electric Factory). I’ve had some pretty bad show experiences there and the venue is fairly narrow and quite long. (Although good for KGATLW for moving from the 1,200 capacity Union Transfer to the 2,500 capacity Franklin (not sure if they sold out)).
My worst experiences were with parking–huge lines, high fees. Then I discovered you can park for free on the streets a couple blocks away, so that made things much better. But those parking issues often meant that I got in the building later than I wanted to. For Nick Cave I was so far back I was next to a very ill-placed bar in the middle of the floor. Franklin has removed that bar, thankfully.
So, I made sure to arrive super early (for me). Doors opened at 7:30, show at 8:30. I arrived at 8 and the line to get in was around the building! Usually people don’t arrive all that early for shows–they blow off the openers, which is fine by me. But this crowd was nuts. Turns out Franklin is REALLY slow about checking people in. Not as bad as the abyssal Starland Ballroom, but pretty bad. I did not get into the building until 8:25. Which is unbelievable. We also heard a live band playing while we were on line, which we all assumed was the opening band going on early (it wasn’t, I have no idea what it was). (more…)
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After the great stoner/groove vibe of Stonefield I still wasn’t If I had missed ORB or not. We had heard a band playing while we were waiting on line, but it seemed too early for the opening act to end.
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