Friday, July 18, 2003
12th & Porter - Nashville, TN
Opening act: Character
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Circus
That's the Way It's Meant to Be
Walk You Home
Leave It All Behind
Exorcising Demons
Look Out Below
Me & the Skirts
The Beginning
See You Thru
There's a Million Ways to Sing the Blues
The Idea of Growing Old
Exhibit A
Darkroom
Situation Gone Bad
God Save Rock'n'Roll
Harder to Ignore
Thursday

ENCORE:
Stark White Stork Approaching ->
Stagecoach
Someway, Somehow
Action

-12th & Porter was packed. It makes me proud to see our city support a local band this way.
-Character? What can I say, you continue to evolve and you continue to blow my mind. Ryan Norris is a genius and Dave Paulson is one of my favorite guitar players.
-I think I saw more people that I know at this show than I ever have before, and so many of them were message board people. I got to meet Rachel and Mr. and Mrs. Khautala.
-This is two shows in a row that Parrish has worn the Whitt's Barbecue shirt...do you think he's scored an endorsement?
-The Features are firing on all cylinders. Look out, London!

Stagecoach? STAGECOACH?! Ugh! I hate the movie theater/my birth year/my parents' desire to leave home this weekend...I hope you are right about the cylinders, JC. When next we see the Features, they may be London's new favourite band...

i had the best fucking time.

it was lovely meeting jamiecarroll, stalker on skates, 1drwoman, smees little pootie, sina, keith, ceeze, er.. anyone else? im sorry im such a nerd around yall. ill work on it.

im glad all the underagers got in!

oh and during characters set i had no idea that little pole was an instrument (i couldnt really see it) so i just thought the guy was really stoned and waving his hand in front of a mic stand or something. thought id share.

(Edited by rachel at 6:56 pm on Jul. 19, 2003)

that was an awesome show, I've been wanting to hear stagecoach for a long time. stark white stork was cool to hear live, and it was the first time for me to hear, Situation Gone Bad and Harder to Ignore.

Very nice show. Thanks to my new identity I was able to get in to 12th and Porter for the first time in over a year. And it was well worth the trouble. The Features were on fire! I enjoyed every moment of the set. Harder to Ignore, Stagecoach, Someway Somehow were probabaly my favorites last night. It was a pleasant surprise to hear SWSA too.

Very nice to meet SOS, you can stand in front of me any time. I was serious about my offer for a place to stay. You really can't go that long without seeing The Features again. Hope you had a safe trip back to Memphis.

We decided to eat at 12th & P a couple of hours before the show. The next time the Features play there, the whole message board could meet and eat there. (A seven cheese pizza couldn't hold me back...)

I was good and wound-up by the time we walked in the play room, and so I was set to have a good time.

We did.

Token and I had never "danced" to Stark White Stork Approaching before, and I think it's a new favorite of mine.

Who was it who kept singing "Extension Cord"? When they did, I leaned forward and told Roger, "Don't do it, it's a trap!"

It was good to see everyone again. I finally met ghostflower!!

Wow. That show was some great fun. I was dancing like a madwoman. The Features rocked. My favorites last night were Look Out Below and That's the Way... . I also enjoyed Harder to Ignore a lot.

It was really, really nice to see Iwantelvis, havesomesoma, sexysadie, rachel, im1drwoman, smee, sina, keith, carligula, jamiecarroll, mike_D, deevol, and to meet ghostflower, smeeslittlepootie (Happy 21st Birthday!), and the Khautalas.

I am very proud of all of you underagers for getting in. Impressive. Well done!

I hope that August has plenty of shows. I want more.

(Edited by Token at 5:10 pm on Jul. 19, 2003)

I was standing right behind those people, and when they sang it rollum told them to shut up, I thought that was kind of funny

Rollum told people to shut up a couple times last night..

first and foremost, it was SO good to meet all of you! I wish I had gotten to meet more people, but maybe next time. You probably think I was drunk, but no, I'm just a spaz. and thank you for your kind offer and I will take you up on it sometime.

onto the show! I said this last night, and I will say it again. I didn't think Rollum could improve as a drummer, but holy shit; he . . . er . . . phenomenal. i would venture to say that despite the shortness of the set, this is was the best features show I've ever been to. just bc, man, they were so tight, matt didn't break a single string, or fall over, for the first time i think i really noticed what a great bass player roger is.
i always knew they sounded good, but i think their talent as individual musicians is really clear now.

my only complaint - i wish they had played bring on the night.

and rollum's kick ass drumming made him a little . . uptight? bitchy?
oh well, he's still hott.

last night was a wonderful time. i think it was more fun than usual just because i came not expecting to get in but did, thanks to my new cousin/step-sister sadie and company. everything was great. 'twas my second time seeing character, and they were quite enjoyable. those fellows sure do like to dance. the features were just a big bundle of goodness. "harder to ignore" is one of the best songs on the planet. i enjoyed the crowd sing-a-long to "extension cord," though i am sure that the band did not. and "stagecoach" is one of my (if not the) favorites. it was really really nice to meet SOS, even though the atmosphere did not allow for much conversation. i hope you get to come back soon. and i have to commend yadadada and token on their excellent dancing, as i was watching from afar. "look out below," "see you through" (extra props for the "and there's nothing left to say" move), and "SWSA" had to be my favorites out of what i saw.

my first 21 and over show......twas a great experience. i would have to say that this has been my favorite show this year. the band could not have been any tighter. a very well thought out set list. it seemed to flow very placing upbeat song and slow songs in their correct position. i aw alot of people i knew, if i didn't say hello to you, sorry. i still aknowledged that you were there. nice to see sexysadie, havesomesoma, and iwantelvis. glad you got in. highlights were singing extension chord and drinking guiness while wacthing ceeze sweat like a pig (ok maybe that wasn't pleasant but it was really fucking hot in there.) roger looks like jesus....nuff said. it was nice to finally meet sina and carligula and i finally met yadadada!!!!! great show. great set great times. i feel great........

ive decided to bring a handheld fan to the next show. and force myself to wear tennis shoes.

roger looks like a caveman. especially when he sings. in a good way.

There isn't anything in this world quite as wonderful as a fat man sweating to death. These are the times I think about shaving my head and becoming anorexic.

The stoned guy playing the antenna (theremin) was me, rachel. Except I wasn't stoned, I was drunk.

He told me to shut up in Atlanta. I think he's in a new "angry" phase in his development as a drummer. As long as he keeps drumming like he does, he can tell me to go fuck myself & that will be fine with me. These reviews make me so very sad to not be in Nashville anymore, especially with Character opening. You lucky Stagecoach listeners!!

Just look at all my comments from all the other shows and apply them to this thread. Also, nice to meet Rachel, Ceeze, and Ghostflower. If I had met Khautala, I think I would have officially met everyone on the message board by now. Nice dancing Yadadada and Token.

I am quite possibly the most jealous person in the world! Everything sounds like it was perfect... All I know is that there better be a ton of August shows. It completely sucks not seeing them in over 2 months. . .

12th and porter is still my favorite place to see the features. roadie is still a person that i long to dance with. stagecoach was nice. i heard rollum didnt feel good. thanks to whoever it was that switched places with me on account of their curly hair.



i know you black avenger!

This is basically just to repeat what everyone else has said: this was an excellent show! It was probably the best performance I've seen from the Features, and one of the best shows I’ve seen in a while.

I have never made an effort to conceal my past doings

maybe you should revive the old site... just an idea.

did anyone record the show? (I'm sure someone did) if so I would like to get a copy

I'm pretty sure Blightman did. You can probably dig up his E-mail somewhere on the site if you try hard enough.

Did anyone see Freezetag's awesome poster design for the show? Rumor has it they'll be available for sale on the site. I would definitely buy it.

they were selling them at the show. i wanted to buy one but i didnt have enough time.

(Edited by rachel at 2:23 pm on Jul. 20, 2003)

What? What? What? Wh-wh-what did it look like?

i dont really remember. i remember it being pretty crazy and colorful and saying something like "the best show in the world"...
hopefully someone else got a better look at it. i saw a couple people buying them (maybe even Carl?).

(Edited by rachel at 3:43 pm on Jul. 20, 2003)

No, they weren't for sale at the show. She only made one poster. It was up at the merch table though. The deal was that if you wanted one, they were taking down e-mail addresses. Natalina or Rob will e-mail you back and arrange a transaction (I think they have a paypal account now). I think they'll probably sell them for about $10. It was a cool poster. She's really talented.

(Edited by jamiecarroll at 5:18 pm on Jul. 20, 2003)

I was wondering what they were singing.

I am reminded of something from the world of Phish. They have a song called "Destiny Unbound" that is kind of a fan favorite, but (until this year) haven't played it in concert since 1991. People kept requesting it and requesting it. Finally Trey said that the only way they'd play it again was if the first two rows of the audience sang the first verse in unison. And in 1997, one audience finally pulled it off, but they still didn't play it.

Oops. I thought I saw people walking away from the merch table with it on some cardboard. Must have seen it wrong.

You saw Blightman and Freezetag collecting their display model. You also saw me watching with a broken heart knowing I could not buy one then and there. I managed to buy the last EP they brought that night for a friend. Unfortunately, I had planned on buying two, but alas.

On a related note, the show was a BLAST. I think my favorite part of the set was SWSA -> Stagecoach. Neither song is one of my favorites, but it just sounded so perfect. I would like to see them use SWSA to intro more songs, preferably of a more "appropriate" subject matter, like That's the Way it's Meant to Be. Or have they already done that?

I realized two things at the show, both of which made me a little sad. Because The Features are now playing to more diverse audiences around the world, they are adopting the "leave them wanting more" philosophy. I fear that there may be fewer 1 hour+ sets in the future. Of course, this seems like the best approach for the band. It also means less frequent Nashville shows, so 1) they can play other cites more often, and 2) they can have an even more packed house than usual. This is pretty evident from friday's turnout after such a long hiatus. Once again, this just makes more sense for the band. It makes me a little sad, but it also makes me hopeful that they're on their way to getting some well-deserved recognition outside of Nashville.

I thought I saw them handling something to that effect there, but I had no idea what it was. I'll probably get one...and I may get a copy of the show if I can.

Harder to Ignore is a new favorite of mine.

i'm happy for those under 21ers who got in, yet sad for not trying myself.

didn't get in, eh?
Aren't you the guy that always shouts for Extension Chord???

I had a splendid time at the show. I'm glad my new step-sister/cousin Havesomesoma made it in. It was very nice to finally meet you, Stalker. You should definitely take up our offer if there are any Murfreesboro shows soon.

The Features were fantastic. I thought it was a wonderful, solid show. It only would have been better if they had done a rarity or two. I was very excited when someone shouted for "Damage is Done", and Rollum pointed at the person and said "Yes!" or something, so I got excited. But, of course, Matt decided he wanted to do "Action". But, that's okay. Next time maybe.

My real sister and I were discussing Roger's resemblence to the Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer...That is one hairy man.

I completely missed these posters you people are talking about. I want one.

i do tend to yell for extension chord, but i was out of state for this particular event.

what a bunch of assholes. that's why you need to see blur instead of phish on saturday.

my new favorite features song: exhibit a.

which reminds me, PM me with your adres so i can mail your fabulous comp.

Now... I'm just a caveman. I don't understand your microphones or your bass guitars. But, I do know rock'n'roll.

That was me, and while I did want to hear the song, it was sort of a joke. I've just heard that Rollum is the only one in the band that doesn't hate that song and I wanted to see if I could stir something up. It kinda worked.

(lucky for all of us)

some people just can't appreciate a very very good song when they hear it..or, um...play it.

...or write it.

Rollum used to do the same with "Stick Together," but it was to no avail. I don't think Damage Is Done will re-surface regularly.

If Matt is going to deny us our "Damage is Done" quota, he should at least explain to us why. Is it too personal? Is the chorus a strain to do? I want an explanation!

I heard it's because he knows you like that song and, because he hates you, he doesn't like to play it. I could be wrong, though...

People sometimes write songs and dislike them.

No, that's not true, Digsy.

(Dammit, Carl...you can't keep a secret)

Well, I'll have you know that it was I that got him to play it at the last Red Rose show. I said "Please, Matt, 'The Damage is Done'" and he complied. Your theory is wrong. It must be because HaveSomeSoma likes it...

psh. he didnt even hear you. that was all me, baby.

Ha

I have to give Y3D credit for referring to Roger as "Jesus." He was very "Messiah-like" at the show.

(Edited by richarddawson at 3:01 am on Jul. 22, 2003)

You fooled me too man. I was sure that you were stoned out of your mind.

Well, I'm crediting JamieCarroll for making that same observation in the back of 12th and P.

I must add that I liked the group that kept shouting things and trying to crowd surf. Particularly when they would refer to the Features as 'dogs'. (i.e., P-dog)

That's dumb. How would you tell Rollum and Roger apart? Of course, calling Parrish P-dog has a certain charm to it...

RogDog

Is that pronounced rog-dog or rodge-dog?

rog-dog. but i guess it could go either way.

(Edited by rachel at 12:54 pm on Jul. 22, 2003)

what the hell happened to buffalohead?

i think it'd be easier to just leave roger with "R-dog" and to assign "Haas-dog" to rollum. and should it be "dog" or "dawg"? also, should we completely abandon the quite obvious "master p" for parrish? "p diddy" even?

Good question. Maybe now that they're getting some cooperation from the music industry, they no longer feel that it applies to them.

And I'm crediting Tom Foolery with inventing it a week ago at The Earl.

A Haas dog sounds like a specialty hot dog with some kind of hot sauce on it.

rollum would definitely approve of the hot sauce part.

all this hot dog/hot sauce talk has got me hungry.

lousiana hot sauce is by far the best hot sauce there is.

I prefer Flaming Coon Ass hot sauce. Actually, I hate hot sauce, so I'm just basing this on name/artwork alone.

How would YOU know????

there was this guy who used to go to my school, and he would bring hot sauce for lunch and drink it, not pour it on anything, just drink it.

i'll do that with ketchup and soy sauce. seperately.

and piss. you piss drinker.

there was a guy at my school who did that once too. but he told some shit he wasnt suposed(sp) to, so some dudes made his drink piss, and then the guys got suspended, and one expeled.

(Edited by FlyingFeaturesFan at 6:16 pm on Jul. 22, 2003)

only when a pretty girl asks me nicely...

Everytime that I see Roger, someone else refers to him as Jesus. About a week ago we were at a bar and this random guy with sunglasses kept saying that...the funny part is that we were also hanging out with "Moses" Mays....It was a biblical night.

My friends were very confused who "the two people" that I ditched them and hung out with at the show were. After I thought about it, I think I spent the whole show dancing with you guys. At one point Token had to take my purse and throw it on the stage so I could REALLY dance! I had so so much fun by the way!

Likewise!

i don't know. don't listen to me, i'm delusional.

very nice.

I told Roger it is too bad he didn't try out for the Passion.

wow! are you dating roger? you talk about him all of the time! whats he like in person? whats his favorite reality tv show? can you introduce us??? this is sooo cooooooool

what is going on here? who's dating roger? i'm confused!?!?! all i know is- this is kind of upsetting. i was hoping one day he and i would meet and we could be together. i mean, i wanted to be with matt for the longest, then he got married, i heard the piano thing player guy works too much and wouldn't have time to spend with me, and the drummer is gay.... roger the bassist was all i had left.

gee, i really hope his gF isn't reading this.

Yeah, she's also friendly to strangers & likes to dance with enthusiasm, so you wouldn't like her anyway.

dont start with me, lauren.

Mindylieu is such a nice person, and stopforme is also such a nice person. So I'm sure there's just been some kind of misunderstanding. It can be so hard to read people in print.

I think the misunderstanding is that you've mistaken the girl that posts as stopforme as a nice person.

Mindylieu rules.

Stopforme rules.

I rule.

These things are probably all true, I just haven't met stopforme in person yet. I like to start things with stopforme because she's more than able to match nastiness with her own, and it's also usually funny to boot. Judging from my friendship history, it seems likely that we'd get along well. But, I did have to get mindylieu's back because she's so nice that she probably wouldn't do it herself.

what's all this "nice" bullshit about. if we only liked people because they were nice then stopforme would be my only friend.

thanks guys for defending me. obviously i do rule if i snagged roger, but i expected this type of jealousy because roger rules, too.

Roger is a swell guy-really nice and polite and everything wonderful you would imagine he would be. Survivor is his favorite reality tv show, but I think he likes perfect proposal, too. If you haven't been introduced it is your own fault because he is so friendly, so you don't need me to introduce you. and yes, it is cool.

WELL! i was over at parishs house last night to watch queer eye [its our ritual] and matt stopped by. they said to tell everybody on the messageboard "hey." i videotaped the whole exchange so if anyone has a video that theyd like to trade for it, im willing to start a trade exchange.

queer eye sucks.

You suck.

Awesome!

i have a video of roger hitting on every female friend i bring to a features show. sounds like a sealed deal!