Mike Doughty's Band: "Tremendous Brunettes"

Ah, aging hipsters.

I was quite surprised to see Mike Doughty sell out the High Noon. His former band, Soul Coughing, was a big deal in college rock during the mid-90's, but their last album came out in 1998 and he's basically haunted Internet messageboards since then. I'm guessing the people who came out to see him mostly know him from the Soul Coughing days -- they were old, lots in their 30's, easy. A couple of them kept yelling for "Circles," one of Soul Coughing's minor mainstream hits; they all cheered the loudest for the cover of "Hungry Like the Wolf." I don't think they really got what he was doing. I think I did, though, and the set was great. Doughty's a showman and a half, and his new material is vibrant and true.

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[c4rr13j0ylol]

its a dude.

[juanvelez75]

heh heh *sigh*....yeah.

[rancid2222]

Soul Coughing 4 life.

[Formula405]

every time i hear this song i can come to only one conclusion: doughty is a monster dousche.

[Deanbass77]

I love Doughty, I'm just 17. He has a huge young following in Minnesota. I'd say he's one of my biggest influences.

[scottay69]

obviously the aim was to point out to the poster that Mike Doughty is a great solo artist, Haughty Melodic is one of my favorite albums, I saw him in SF a few years ago live, he WAS awesome, great songwriter, i wish more 20-somethings would figure out what good songwriting is, FYGLPH probably doesn't know who WILCO is - or would be put off the age of the crowd, hilarious

[frenk1973]

The only thing worse than a questionable comment from the poster -- who has at least taken the time and effort to provide something for us to enjoy -- is the pretentious fuck who wants to cut him down to size but isn't up to the task.

[fyglyph]

In case you haven't been paying attention (and I can see from your description you haven't) Doughty's had a successful solo career since about 2001, not spent his time "haunting internet messageboards." It doesn't sound like you "get it" at all. At least you can look forward to being an aging hipster in a few years though.

[JohnnyStorm2006]

Mike RULES!!!!!!!!!! He sent me an 8x10 autograghed picture no charge. What a great person besides being a very talented musician and songwriter.

[BlueScarecrow]

his songs are great. aging or not, he's still a great artist.