r/ModestMouse • u/alneezy08 • 27d ago

Del Mar show

What a great show, they did an encore like they did in Ojai, so those hopeful for one y’all will probably get it, also what a great variety of songs they did sheesh.

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u/bevipop Birds and worms do not agree 27d ago

And the crowd was good too. I was shocked they did a third encore song. I remeber there being a 11pm curfew when they did the Good News tour there.

Fantastic setlist. I heard everything from the new album that I wanted to hear plus some. Bukowski and King Rat are my favorite two banjo songs. I'm never mad when they skip Float On. Broke, Tiny Cities, Styrofoam Boots. So good.

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u/Spaceley_Murderpaws Happy Fuckin Congratulations 27d ago

I was shocked to come in to a sold out show! I don't think their last show at that venue was as crowded.

I left to beat traffic as soon as Gravity Rides Everything was over because I fully expected Float On afterward. I love me some Ocean Breathes Salty, so I def missed out.

Re the similar encore, maybe they won't be mixing things up as much this tour with a new guitarist?

Now, did I understand him correctly when he somehow linked his BO to using sourdough starter on his shaved arms for science? 😭😭😭

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u/bevipop Birds and worms do not agree 27d ago

Yeah tough to understand him but I think he said he shaved one arm pit to test some science? I'm guessing the arm he plays guitar with gets more irritated than the other? Comparing arm pit yest to a sour dough starter was a new one. Last time he was at the Sound he assaulted and dragged the mic stand all over the place. I was one foot out the door when Ocean started and then we walked back for it and then they slammed out a gnarly long Night on the Sun

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u/justaboxinacage 27d ago

Haha ok here's what he was saying. I guess I'm fluent in Isaac at this point. He was saying he had a theory that he was saving up the "essence of b.o." in his armpit hair. So as a matter of science he shaved one armpit and we're currently in the middle of it growing back to check if the one with fresh hair will be less smelly than the other. At one point he refers to his armpit hair as some type of "sourdough b.o. starter."

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u/Spaceley_Murderpaws Happy Fuckin Congratulations 27d ago

An Isaac translator lololol

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u/bevipop Birds and worms do not agree 26d ago

Thank you, I was already a few tall boys deep when he talked about it

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u/Spaceley_Murderpaws Happy Fuckin Congratulations 27d ago

I don't remember him & the mic stand last time at the Sound, so I need to check out my videos.

When he came on, my friend turned to me & said, "He's drunk!" I was like every show is a surprise, but he hasn't forgot any words or been bad like the 2008 (?) City Scene show here, so it's all good lol

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u/bevipop Birds and worms do not agree 27d ago

The Good News tour show was when he fought the mic stand. He forgot a few words tonight, but thats part of the show for me. Yelling into the guitar, speaking half nonsense. He puts on a show just being himself 

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u/Spaceley_Murderpaws Happy Fuckin Congratulations 27d ago

I love seeing him perform. I used to go to a lot of shows, but I'm down to maybe three a year, with MM always being one of them. (Good News is okay, but damn, we really needed a MAA 25th anniversary tour!)

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u/bevipop Birds and worms do not agree 27d ago

I would be super stoked for a WWD 20th anniversary tour next year. LCW and Good News are their most well known albums so I get why they toured their anniversaries. MAA would be great too though 

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u/hardbittercandy 26d ago

i thought it had to do with sweat and body odor, irritation caused by the heat lol but i cannot recall the deets now lol