Fugazi Live Series

So, uh, what's good here?
http://www.dischord.com/fugazi_live_series

jesus man, I dunno. none of the shows I saw are available (although it's nice to see the dates), and neither are the two live boots I have (Irving Plaza 1995-04-05 is good).

yeah, it seems like a ridiculous amount of stuff to wade through. seems like they should at least have a recommended shows thing, or a sampler ...?

still, a cool idea!

didn't i read they're going to have user-submitted ratings?

I guess you could go by the "most downloaded shows" list on the bottom left...

yeah, i guess so. and comments. i suppose after a bit, the "most downloaded" thing on the homepage will be a good indicator of the cream of the crop. xp

"Sign up now and receive 2 free Egghunt tracks!" does that refer to THE 2 Egghunt tracks that exist or what?

yep

i really liked this quote from Ian about his "hectoring" and "humorless" stage banter:

I remember one time we did a show at Virginia Beach in '88 or '89, and there was this really scary skinhead crew there. This one guy had a swastika earring and before the show he came up to me and was like, "I've got a fucking hit on you." And I was like "Hit? Wow! What did I do?" "You betrayed the scene." Apparently, I betrayed the scene by being in a band like Fugazi that played, at the time, what people thought was reggae music. The problem with that is, as absurd as it is, I saw those people do very serious damage. And until people have played on a stage and have like 15 big dudes with shaved heads Sieg Heil-ing and screaming "white power" before running into the audience and just beating the crap out of people, then I'm not really interested in whether or not they think it's appropriate for me to speak out against that kind of thing.

yeah i think people forget sometimes how charged and ugly the atmosphere was in some corners of the scene they came out of

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2011/12/02/nothing-but-a-number-a-live-history-of-fugazis-song-repeater/

Ian and Guy talking about "Repeater" with various versions of the song over the years

This list seems like a fair starting point.
http://www.spin.com/articles/suggestion-dive-fugazis-live-archive-now?page=0,2

This is my personal favorite so far -- devastating takes on "Reprovisional" and "Shut the Door"
http://www.dischord.com/fugazi_live_series/washington-dc-usa-40392