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He eventually took that on the road, and now has brought a version of it indoors to his opening set. Musicians on social media (again, up there with Wurster).ĭuring the pandemic, Narducy started doing ‘lawn shows,’ where he would perform, and his local Evanston, Illinois venue Space would provide drinks & food, all socially distanced. Verböten…) – hell, Narducy even is the touring bassist for Merge Recordsįounders Superchunk (again alongside Wurster). There was also his nineties band Verbow (name oddly no connection to Who found belated fame when much later cited by their singer’s cousin, Dave HeĮven was part of putting together a musical based on his high school band, Verböten, Split Single (that includes fellow Mould band member, drummer Tom Wurster). While his obvious connection is that he playsīass in Mould’s band, Narducy is a musical force in his own right with his band One person noted that he or she had gotten theirs in 2020, with management calling them an “optimist,” for thinking that live music would come back. The crowd seemed to be an older one (at least from what could be seen on screen), and most had gotten their tickets for this show back in 2019, before it & everything else was cancelled. You’ve done…” But if you were watching from home, no mask needed, and drink right To the lounge, where you could also take off your mask and, “Think about what Indeed, it appeared that, to get a drink, one had to go downstairs Were all wearing masks, as they were asked to do by management just before the Second floor of the Madison suburb’s City Hall. Solo performers, but thankfully the venue is actually a smaller affair, on the House” may have brought to mind some giant hall & stage that would shrink So, it was still great to see living legend Bob Mould, along with “slightly famous” opener & friend Jason Narducy, on a livestream from Stoughton Opera House in Stoughton, WI on Saturday, October 16th.

Indeed, there are definite ‘comforts of home’ advantages, seeing artists far away to the lower drink prices of your close by refrigerator. But we haven’t tossed aside what we learned during the heights of the crisis, and if by now livestream shows aren’t a novelty or essential, we’re also much more familiar with them. We hesitantly headed to outdoor shows & festivals during the late summer, and as the weather slowly turns we’re even going into indoor venues. Yet we all still agree that on-screen is no replacement for in-person, from kids being taught to adults watching a show.

Necessity is the mother of invention, and the COVID pandemic led to a lot of invention, usually involving doing something from home that you used to do in-person, and usually doing it on your computer screen.

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