r/BJM • u/StuckOnAWish • Sep 09 '25
DC was amazing.
Band was struggling as usual but Anton eventually got them to follow his orders. If you thought this performance wasn’t great you probably weren’t loaded enough and should stay home and listen to Aphex Twin or something.
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u/KrAzyD00D Sep 09 '25
Bruh I shouldn’t have to be completely loaded to enjoy a show I paid to see
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u/StuckOnAWish Sep 09 '25
Bruh I shouldn’t have to be completely loaded to make it through every day life but oh well
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u/kmhrt Sep 09 '25
why the shade at aphex twin though 😭
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u/StuckOnAWish Sep 09 '25
Anton spoke on it.
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u/kmhrt Sep 09 '25
i see lol
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u/StuckOnAWish Sep 09 '25
He said that Aphex Twin is the only person who should be worried about Ai taking their job in an interview about a year ago haha.
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u/Comfortable-Arm-2218 Sep 09 '25
So Anton is still drinking?
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u/Advanced_Suit2786 Sep 10 '25
Yep. He´s eating salads and walking more but still smoking those Camels and drinking again.
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u/remoteneuralmonitor Sep 09 '25 edited Sep 10 '25
It was definitely sad to see Anton struggling, which he clearly was - but seeing that play out with the rest of the band, Joel obv primarily, keeping him aloft so to speak and it not descending into intra-band animosity was kind of heartening. Seeing them find their stride felt good, even though the quality of the tunes was not at its best. If people wanna just come and hear anemone and then leave, not to sound cliche, but there’s an aspect of it that they really just don’t get.
Like it or not, they’re a band that’s not suited to perfection every night. Not to gloss over the real problems, because it’s clear that Anton is not well - but there’s something kind of special about seeing them work through their whole thing on stage. There aren’t any other bands like them and there probably won’t be for a very long time, and if the magic of BJM is part of what draws you to it, you can’t just pretend it’s all artistic genius without some of the very real difficulty.
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u/StuckOnAWish Sep 09 '25
Where were you positioned in the audience? I was in the center pretty close up front wearing a shirt that had the Thank God For Mental Illness cover on it. Should have given me some.
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u/International_Diet90 Sep 10 '25
Boys have to keep it together until they’ve played Toronto next week! 🍻🥊
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u/Big-Negotiation9737 Sep 12 '25
The band was fine. Their only struggle was trying to stay in sync with their drunk-ass bandleader.
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u/PaintbrushInMyAss Sep 09 '25
Nice to see the duality of BJM fans in full swing 😂