Faraquet

The late, great Faraquet scheduled a handful of reunion gigs across a weekend (presumably so no one in the band would have to take time off work) to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their lone full-length album, The View From This Tower, which has long been high on the list of my favorite underground records. I felt a rare bit of hometown pride when the Philly show sold out fast enough for them to add and sell out a second, which is apparently a first for the band, and while I could have gone to both shows, I was already scheduled to table at a zine fest in Jersey in the afternoon. I guess it was nice to make a 52¢ profit at the fest, but let me say unequivocally that I wish I had done the full Faraquet double-header, because after they ran through the whole record and a few other tunes, I was more than ready for them to do it all again. This was the first show in a long while where I made a point of getting there early and planting myself front and center, and like the rest of the middle-aged white dudes that packed the room, I was not remotely disappointed.