[Flag, the more name-heavy of the Black Flag reunions, treating Moose Lodge 1873 in Redondo Beach, CA to a secret show, 4/19/13]

– thank you, Chuck Dukowski, for bringing a splash of color to this shindig

– I’m surprised the band didn’t institute a “no cell phone” rule to prevent the tangled mess of arms rising up from the crowd; on the other hand, when’s the next time most of Black Flag’s gonna be at your local moose lodge?

– feel like maybe they hung those antlers up for effect

– in a surprise to no one, this reunion performs with a degree of excellence, probably because no robots in sombreros are involved

– the person recording this made some weird cuts, such as editing down the tension-fraught bass / drum opening of “No More” (WHICH IS KIND OF THE WHOLE POINT OF THAT SONG BUT W/E)

– Egerton nails Greg Ginn’s guitar tone; again, not a surprise as he seems like something of a Ginn disciple, but still, I didn’t assume he’d be this on target

– this has no relevance to anything but I met Egerton after an ALL show in 1997 and he was really nice

– Flag hits it out of the park on “My War”

– am I on drugs or does the band look “professionally lit?”

– “My kids are out there!” Chuck says at one point in reference to the crowd, seemingly amused that his children even exist

– I think “White Minority” has always kinda spoken for itself and doesn’t necessarily need further defense, yet Keith offers one any way (something about his grandma sexing Native Americans)

– when Dez Cadena takes over on vox for a few songs his stage patter makes him seem like a “down to Earth bro” I’d “like to have a beer with” (I’m actually being sincere)

– Dez gets a little Vegasy in “Thirsty & Miserable” and I ain’t mad at that!

– closing with “Louie Louie” hit this brother hard in the heart for some reason, maybe because that seems like a true Black Flag move, in the true spirit of the orig band

– DUDE NO “TV PARTY” WHAT THE FUCK THAT’S A “FALSE FLAG” IF I EVER HEARD IT LOL LOL LOL