Taking Back Sunday Band • Page 535

wait where is this show lol

 

I looked it up last night out of curiosity. Some place called Barnums in Island Park.

 

i would bet there are no more than 11 people there. including the bar regulars.

no hate. but 2 PM on a Friday?

 

Reminds me of the Friday Night Death Slot.

 

Last night I found myself in a Youtube black hole watching old live videos. Funny watching these Fazzi era videos, the band honestly sounds the best they have here but the NA songs get absolutely no response from the crowd. Also funny that Rubano's vocals are louder than Fazzi's.

 

God, Rubano is so good

 

thank you for sharing. This was awesome. Haven’t watched this in so long.

 

They have never sounded better/tighter live than they did during this era and I’ll die on that hill. Even when Fred was in the band. The way they extended Sink Into Me a little bit at the end was great.

 

I love Shaun and how happy he looks when he’s playing and he’s an incredible bassist in his own right, but man, I miss the little fills that Rubano would throw into their songs.

 

I was wondering what memorable bass lines they've had since Matt Rubano left. I'm sure there's plenty but they don't seem to stand out as much as they did during Rubano's tenure. Perhaps because the latter used more effects?

 

The loud-as-hell tambo on the outro of Twenty-Twenty Surgery makes me want to shake my ass every time I hear it.

 

I don't recall that area being too safe after sundown.

 

If it’s the one on Austin blvd, that place originally opened in the 90s as Billiards and Archery - the upstairs was an archery range. Then they dropped archery and added a really bad lazer tag when that was all the rage. Then I remember not being allowed to go there as a teen as there were stabbing incidents. I left the island in 2011 and to my knowledge it was still kind of a shitty bar/pool hall.

 

@Drewski weigh in

 

Canceled due to “unforeseen circumstances according to Mark’s Instagram. Does anybody have any idea what that might be?

 

Lack of interest

 

Snow? It's snowing pretty badly everywhere as far as I know.

 

Nah likely the lack of interesting thing. I don’t think it’s snowing on Long Island (easy to google the weather) and also then you would just. Say it was snow.

 

Canceled because that's just the way it is

 

Oh, it was a music video shoot?

 

Nah, it’s supposed to be sunny today along most of the east coast.

 

And “pop up show”

 

Mark O'Connell may just be off to the worst start of a solo career in the history of solo careers.

 

It's a dive bar-y billiards hall but it is most definitely not too dangerous to walk around. Very busy road, just super industrial.

 

Its funny because Fred left TBS at their peak and gained some level of intrigue and success when kick starting his solo career because he could say he was in TBS. I love the band and all, but almost 18 years later, name-dropping TBS is not going to get Mark far at all on top of the messy way he left the band.