Mission of Burma and Chris Brokaw at Toad's

Mission of Burma and Chris Brokaw at Toad's Place - 9/20/07

Of all the reunion bands going around, I think Mission of Burma is my favorite. Their new stuff is damn near as good as their old and they still play their old really well. I caught them on the 2004 tour and was really impressed. When I saw they were booked at Toad's again, I knew I didn't want to pay that much to see them again, but I realized I could use my new connections to get in for free.

The opener was Chris Brokaw. I usually have a hard time with a solo guy with an electric guitar, but he did a decent job filling up the space. He had noisy moments and poppy moments. Nothing blew me away, but it didn't make me run away either.



Mission of Burma just seemed like they were having a really good time. Roger Miller had his amp out front, but wasn't wearing the shooting-range earmuffs. They played a lot of new stuff, but they hit "That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate" and, my favorite, "Trem Two." There was talk that they'd to "That's When I Reached for My Revolver" at midnight, but it didn't happen.



Yeah, so, good times. I was glad to see that Toad's place didn't take any time during the three months they were closed to clean the place up any. Floors still as sticky as ever. The smoke machine smelled a little stale, too.