Video: Beast Make Bomb
When Beast Make Bomb settled into a cozy corner on the top floor of Georgetown’s pristine business school building, they were itching to finally play a song free of interruption. Their first attempt in Dahlgren Square proved near perfect, aside from the earth-trembling twelve o’clock chimes of the neighboring clock tower. On the second try, we secured permission from the kind folks at Uncommon Grounds to play inside the café, a venue that turned from humble to nightmarish once the coffee grinders went on in full force.
Undeterred, we led the Brooklyn quartet over to the Rafik Hariri Building to play a lovely tune amongst the business school’s suit-clad professionals. As lead singer Ceci Gomez belted out the final “Ooo’s” of the song, however, a woman in a fuchsia suit and a temper to match stormed over to our crew to demand that we stop the show immediately. Apparently, the business school’s board of advisors didn’t care for rock n’ roll. Stifling giggles, we apologized and went out front to greet lax bros, MBA candidates, and undergrad students alike with one last song as they entered the building.
Eager for their 9:30 Club show with The Whigs, the band thanked us for the borrowed guitars and slipped out of sight into misting rain. A day of setbacks and delays couldn’t stop the music.
Camera + Crew: Scott Lensing + Dan Stokes
