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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: mankie on August 28, 2003, 11:37:00 am
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Just letting you all know that Andrew WK will be giving a free show at Lulu's, 24th and M NW tonight....it's some DC101 last minute thing. Doors open at 7pm and there's NO cover charge.
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Thats still too much to go see him.
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Thanks for the heads up, Mank. Markie, Lulu, Bede...will you be there? I'm going to try my best to make it, but seeing as I haven't been home in a few days, I'm not sure I can swing it.
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This would be a fun show, but unfortunately I have prior plans out in Bethesda.
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how would Mankie know about this and no one else?
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It's true, I checked the DC101 website.
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awesome! i would love to see him... he was in my dream the other night. and no, it was not sexual. we partied hard!!!!!!!!! (all of those !'s are needed)
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Originally posted by Guiny:
Thats still too much to go see him.
If the beer was free as well I may be tempted.
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Originally posted by thirsty moore:
It's true, I checked the DC101 website.
You calling me a liar....TWAT! :mad:
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looks like I will be going with Lulu to Lulu's. that place is a horrible dive. Apparently there is only one thing worse than fake plam treee......real palm trees.
So Paige are you going to introduce yourself? Maybe your gay dog will like Andrew WK?
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Nope. I'm just showing the scientist unmistakable evidence that the show is happening. If anyone was questioning your statement, it was the scientist.
So, when's Resisted Temptation going to tour stateside?
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Originally posted by mankie:
Originally posted by thirsty moore:
It's true, I checked the DC101 website.
You calling me a liar....TWAT! :mad: [/b]
I checked also........
Mankie, thanks for being the bearer of good news. You should go and do your sailor dance.....
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Well he is playing Salt Lake city tomorrow, so I was initially very sceptical, to tell you the truth I still am.
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I totally trusted Mankie, until I got this email:
"this is a joke, right, he is touring the west coast"
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Did anyone ever figure out any information about his show at University Yard? If he's going to be playing twice in four days next month, I may have to sit this one out.
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Originally posted by nkotb:
If he's going to be playing twice in four days next month, I may have to sit this one out.
Its free and in a horrible place, I really want to see this show.
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Apologies NOT accepted!
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for all of the people with "musical taste" its nice to know everyone likes a talentless tacky crap rock band every now and then.
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Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
Well he is playing Salt Lake city tomorrow, so I was initially very sceptical, to tell you the truth I still am.
The man must not do sound checks.....which wouldn't surprise me.
He must be taking a very early flight out in the morning and taking advantage of gaining a couple hours flying west.
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Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
Its free and in a horrible place, I really want to see this show. [/b]
I got a BJ in Lulu's one time, it can't be THAT horrible. ;)
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Originally posted by mankie:
I got a BJ in Lulu's one time, it can't be THAT horrible. ;)
I will be thinking of you all night now,
ICK.
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Originally posted by mankie:
Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
Its free and in a horrible place, I really want to see this show. [/b]
I got a BJ in Lulu's one time, it can't be THAT horrible. ;) [/b]
I didn't know that you were a vodka drinker.
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Originally posted by Jaguär:
Originally posted by mankie:
Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
Its free and in a horrible place, I really want to see this show. [/b]
I got a BJ in Lulu's one time, it can't be THAT horrible. :D
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Originally posted by Jaguär:
I didn't know that you were a vodka drinker.
But he is very windy.......
http://www.znaps.com/pressrelease1.htm (http://www.znaps.com/pressrelease1.htm)
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Originally posted by mankie:
I got a BJ in Lulu's one time, it can't be THAT horrible. ;)
I didn't think Rhett would hang out at Lulu's.
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Originally posted by mankie:
I got a BJ in Lulu's one time, it can't be THAT horrible. ;)
I didn't think Rhett would hang out at Lulu's. [/b]
I was wondering how long it would take for someone to come up with that...I almost made the comment myself for crying out loud.
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Okay, I've got plans earlier. What do you think would happen if I show up about 10:00? Besides the total disbelief that I'm going to LuLu's on a Thursday night (or ever).
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I assume that they will be partying hard.
Though being a free show sponsored by a big local radio station, they may be at full capacity, so have alternate plans if all else fails.
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Originally posted by mankie:
Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
Its free and in a horrible place, I really want to see this show. [/b]
I got a BJ in Lulu's one time, it can't be THAT horrible. ;) [/b]
how was the scientist's technique?
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"Do we look like the kind of store that sells sentimental tacky crap? Go to the mall..."
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So is no one really going?
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Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
So is no one really going?
I can't or I would probably go just for the hell of it...I'm working till 7pm then have to rush home (ruffians?).
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Originally posted by mankie:
rush home (ruffians?).
Is Marie the name of your latest flame?
Do you think you will ever go to a concert again Mankie? And I dont mean to one of your own, or kids recitals.
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the thought of going to lulu's on a thursday night isn't exactly a pleasant one.
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
the thought of going to lulu's on a thursday night isn't exactly a pleasant one.
I am sure the artiste will transcend the venue.....
actually I think he will be right at home.
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Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
Do you think you will ever go to a concert again Mankie? And I dont mean to one of your own, or kids recitals. [/b]
I'm sure I will if The Beautiful South, Waterboys, Moz or Shane tour again. ;)
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
the thought of going to lulu's on a thursday night isn't exactly a pleasant one.
someone's beginning to sound old and crotchety like the mank!
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Originally posted by mankie:
Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
[qb] The Beautiful South, Waterboys, Moz or Shane tour again. ;) [/b]
maybe they could form a super-group and call themselves the "past their sell by dates"?
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Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
Originally posted by mankie:
Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
[qb] The Beautiful South, Waterboys, Moz or Shane tour again. ;) [/b]
maybe they could form a super-group and call themselves the "past their sell by dates"? [/b]
or even better, "more than 15 minutes"
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Originally posted by mankie:
or even better, "more than 15 minutes" [/QB][/QUOTE]
15 minutes with you,
well I wouldn't say no.
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Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
Originally posted by mankie:
or even better, "more than 15 minutes" [/b]
15 minutes with you,
well I wouldn't say no. [/QB][/QUOTE]
oh people said
that you were easily led
and they were half-right
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Originally posted by mankie:
someone's beginning to sound old and crotchety like the mank! [/QB][/QUOTE]
i did just have my birthday. . .bah. . these kids and their loud music.
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Originally posted by mankie:
oh people said
that you were easily led
and they were half-right
People see no worth in you, oh but I do.
I DOOOOOO.
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Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
Originally posted by mankie:
oh people said
that you were easily led
and they were half-right
People see no worth in you, oh but I do.
I DOOOOOO. [/b]
I dreamt about you last night
and I fell out of bed twice
you can pin and mount me
like a butterfly
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
i did just have my birthday. . .bah. . these kids and their crap music. [/b]
That's what the master of grumpiness says my humble apprentice.
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Originally posted by mankie:
pin and mount me
like a butterfly
two lumps please, you're the bees knees, but so am I.
when did we go from Rusholme ruffians to reel around the fountain?
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Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
Originally posted by mankie:
pin and mount me
like a butterfly
two lumps please, you're the bees knees, but so am I.
when did we go from Rusholme ruffians to reel around the fountain? [/b]
After the "15 minutes" reference.
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If my movie date is game, we'll try to stop by afterwards....who knows if we'll get in at 10:00, or if he'll be gone by then.
Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
So is no one really going?
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Originally posted by bags:
[QB] If my movie date is game, we'll try to stop by afterwards....who knows if we'll get in at 10:00, or if he'll be gone by then.
The movie is playing 7 days a week...Andrew WK only twice a week! ;)
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Actually no -- I got advance screening passes for the new Sophia Coppola flick. I don't know crap about Andrew W.K. except that the video to that single was stoopid. I'm interested because a number of folks on the board are into it, but it's not a biggie to me.
I know, I'm crazy. But I'm oh so bag-a-licous as well!
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Originally posted by bags:
a number of folks on the board are into it
The number is 1..markie, he just makes lots of noise so it seems like a lot more!
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Anyone? Anyone?
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yeah, did anyone go to that Andrew WK thing last night? or maybe everyone partied so hard they are still asleep, maybe this afternoon....
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ah it was great.........
lulu's is such a shitty place........but he rocked it hard.....
i'm really glad we went as it now means i can see ted leo and not feel bad about missing Andrew...........
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How did you get to the VMA's so fast Lulu?
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Originally posted by thirsty moore:
VMA's
Thanks for giving me an excuse to post this -
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Thanks for the new screen saver jadetree!
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that was so disgusting. i know it was like every guys' fantasy.... but god knows where britney's mouth has been!! :eek:
tell me someone, how much hair does beyonce actually have? it's like its own separate entity there! she's gross.
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Originally posted by paige:
that was so disgusting. i know it was like every guys' fantasy.... but god knows where britney's mouth has been!! ;)
Actually, I'd be more wary of Madonna's gob...but even then I'd take a chance..
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So Lulu's is a shit hole..... The stage was on the ground floor in the main "dancing area". But 6ft back from the front of the stage is a 12 inch step and a railing. So this instantly looks dangerous, coupled with the sweltering temperatures in there, the inability to by or get water and the only beer being bud. Things had "bad times" written all over then.
At 10.30 Andrew WK came on and did a new song, things were pretty tame and nobody did much. Then he played an old song, the crowd in the front 6 foot section erupted. I cant remember much more after that. All I know is 50 minutes later I had a huge grin I was covered in sweat and apparently someone else blood.
Actually the crowd was really friendly and just seemed to want a good time. That is exactly what they got, in abundance.
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Did you look like this?
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no, it wasnt my blood. I only noticed half way home. I choose to walk bare chested the last half......
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Unfortunately for us, that was caught on film too!
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at least I dont leave whimpy messes.....
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Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
at least I dont leave whimpy messes.....
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isn't that jadetree there on the label?
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Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
I choose to walk bare chested the last half......
Was it a long walk? You look kind of tired.
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Was it a long walk? You look kind of tired.
Are you taking the piss ut of people with trisomy XXI? If so you are not very nice.
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Originally posted by paige:
isn't that jadetree there on the label?
Maybe. how do you know Jadetree?
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Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Was it a long walk? You look kind of tired.
Are you taking the piss ut of people with trisomy XXI? If so you are not very nice. [/b]
Do you think its Robertsonian Translocation or Mosaicism?
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Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
Originally posted by paige:
isn't that jadetree there on the label?
Maybe. how do you know Jadetree? [/b]
I heard she was sleeping with him behind your back...sorry, but I'm only telling you this because I'm your mate and you need to know. This charade can't go on any longer.
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Was it a long walk? You look kind of tired.
Are you taking the piss ut of people with trisomy XXI? If so you are not very nice. [/b]
Do you think its Robertsonian Translocation or Mosaicism? [/b]
just looks like a retard to me.
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at least she isnt giving you BJ's in Lulu's
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Do you think its Robertsonian Translocation or Mosaicism?
Most likely simple......
Down syndrome occurs in approximately one of 750 live births[1] and is associated with a variety of karyotypes. Approximately 92.5% have simple trisomy-21, while in about 4.8% the extra chromosome 21 material is present in the form of an unbalanced Robertsonian translocation or as an isochromosome of the long arm of chromosome 212. The remaining 2.7% are heterogenous and include mosaicism, double trisomies and reciprocal translocations.[3]
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Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
at least she isnt giving you BJ's in Lulu's
nice one...actually, she was bloody attractive.
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Originally posted by mankie:
Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
at least she isnt giving you BJ's in Lulu's
nice one...actually, she was bloody attractive. [/b]
I believe you think she was.
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Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Do you think its Robertsonian Translocation or Mosaicism?
Most likely simple......
Down syndrome occurs in approximately one of 750 live births[1] and is associated with a variety of karyotypes. Approximately 92.5% have simple trisomy-21, while in about 4.8% the extra chromosome 21 material is present in the form of an unbalanced Robertsonian translocation or as an isochromosome of the long arm of chromosome 212. The remaining 2.7% are heterogenous and include mosaicism, double trisomies and reciprocal translocations.[3] [/b]
A mate of mine is at NIH doing research into all that down syndrome stuff...well he was, I don't know if he's still working on that project.
For some reason I have visions of bombay doors having down syndrome..
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Originally posted by mankie:
A mate of mine is at NIH doing research into all that down syndrome stuff...well he was, I don't know if he's still working on that project.
For some reason I have visions of bombay doors having down syndrome..
I think Bombay Doors may not like that. Normally Downs indviduals are severely retarded. I think Bombay is closer to completely fucking crazy.
Know which building the guy works in? A Brit?
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At least I don't need to pull a markie to get laid.
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Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
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Know which building the guy works in? A Brit? [/b]
No idea, what would I know about the complex? I can barely spell NIH for God's sake!
He's a Brit, aren't all America's brightest scientists Brits, Indians and Asians?
His nickname is "Tricks"
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Andrew WK will be signing copies of his new album at Tower in DC on 9/13 at 1 PM. He will only be signing copies purchased on the spot at Tower for $18.99.
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
He will only be signing copies purchased on the spot at Tower for $18.99.
Nonsense.
Senor WK is a man of the people. He'll sign anything you bring him.
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I wonder if he will sign the "I heart N.Y." T-shirt that I wore at his last show that the blood will not come out of?
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Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
I wonder if he will sign the "I heart N.Y." T-shirt that I wore at his last show that the blood will not come out of?
I bet he'd sign it in his own blood.
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I have noticed that as he "matures" as an artiste that he high kicks less and rarely beats himself up like he used to. I think the blood days are past. *SIGH*
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Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
I have noticed that as he "matures" as an artiste that he high kicks less and rarely beats himself up like he used to. I think the blood days are past. *SIGH*
you caught him in his glory days, markie. be proud.
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playing Lulu's is one step closer to the semi-annual gig at JAXX.
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well he is playing 930 club in a short while.
besides I thought most of the bands you liked played small venues anyway?
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I still say the man is planning on moving to DC. He seems to be in town every other week. All you have to do is look at his website and see that he has a thing for politics, of sorts. I think he's planning on being the next president of the USA and is getting himself established as a member of the community before he takes over. :eek:
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Apparently he's going to call you if you buy his new album too. Just register your # with the secret code found inside the jewel case.
I just heard a van halen meets don henly single. Sounds like AWK is no longer partying hard, but is born again. Pure crap.
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So how was the show last night?
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I was unable to get to the show, but earlier in the evening he was on my campus (AU) doing a radio spot. What a nice guy. Signed every autograph, took every picture, etc. I asked him to sign my shirt, a blank white one, and he wrote "This is Elliot's party shirt! Your friend, andrew wk 9/10/03" Needless to say, it's my new favorite shirt. He also did a few AWK-isms on the radio, including a minute-long ramble about how this is the only September 10th of 2003 that will ever happen in the world, so we have to make it as exciting as possible, as well as a spiel about how he's not a virgin, he has no problem with people who are virgins, but he just enjoys partaking in "the things that non-virgins do."
Shame his music isn't a tad better. This is the kind of guy that you want to be a rock star.
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Don't know who this guy is, but here is a review I saw in today's paper.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/11/arts/music/11ANDR.html (http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/11/arts/music/11ANDR.html)
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thanks for the reviews,
Barcelona please can you cut and paste, I can never be arsed to sign up, "For full access to our site, please complete this simple registration form.
As a member, you'll enjoy: "
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we need to setup a shared nytimes id like they do on board kosmette hangs out on....
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For Andrew, Party Time Seems to Be All the Time
By KELEFA SANNEH
ith Andrew W. K., every sentence demands an exclamation point.
So: When he took the stage at Irving Plaza on Tuesday night, fans were already slam-dancing and chanting his name, which has more syllables than many of his choruses! He smiled and bellowed, "Hello!" Then he stuck the microphone in his pants, for safe-keeping! Then he bashed away at a synthesizer! Then he sang, "It's time to party!" And he was right! Sort of!
Andrew (his real last name is Wilkes-Krier, but he never uses it) became a star by refusing to deviate from this program of mind-numbing geniality. Two years ago he released his breakthrough album, "I Get Wet," which turned him into a kind of hard-rock performance artist. He conducts his public life according to a stringent (if puzzling) set of aesthetic standards: he is never seen without sneakers, a white T-shirt and light blue jeans (usually all grubby); he tries to avoid expressing any feeling besides exuberance; and he never passes up an opportunity to do his dance, an odd mixture of cheerleading and kickboxing.
His band members look as if they were hired by a casting director: Andrew was joined onstage by three amply tressed guitarists (it seems their job is to make the simple guitar parts triply loud), and by a mutton-chopped bassist who mugged and grimaced as if he were trying to woo Olive Oyl.
The most effective songs â?? "Party Hard," "We Want Fun," "She Is Beautiful" â?? were also the simplest, and Andrew filled the space between them with brief motivational speeches. At one point he asked the audience to "enjoy the living heck outta this melody!" Later he played a song he said was "designed at the perfect tempo for very high, very, very powerful jumping." Then he started jumping.
It's possible to detect a sly sense of humor behind Andrew's guilelessness. His greatest hit so far isn't a song but an unforgettable MTV program, "Crashing With Andrew W. K.," in which Andrew spent a few days living with four women at North Carolina Central University, a historically black university. They screamed as they watched him apply deodorant wherever it was needed (including one place it shouldn't have been necessary), they cheered as they watched him clumsily join a step show, and they sang along onstage at one of his concerts. When it was over, one of the women described her guest as "your average white guy"; one hopes she won't be too disappointed when she finds out that's not exactly true.
Compared with adventures like these, Andrew's new album, "The Wolf" (Island Def Jam), is bound to feel a bit flat. The new songs are slower, with keyboard lines straight out of an N.F.L. highlight reel; when he roared, "You can never let down," the crowd seemed flummoxed by the change of pace â?? or perhaps by the tortured syntax.
By the end of the night, though, disorder had been restored: fans climbed all over the stage (and all over Andrew) while he sang "I Love N.Y.C." And although some of the music got lost in the commotion, the exclamation points came through loud and clear.
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Music
Andrew W.K. at 9:30, Preaching the Party Line
By David Segal
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, September 12, 2003; Page C01
If fun were a religion and moshing a sacred ritual, Andrew W.K. would make the perfect pope. He's got the costume -- the white T-shirt and white pants mark him as the high priest of his grinning flock -- as well as the hair, the smile and the stamina. Best of all, he has a nearly mystical faith in the healing power of sweat-drenched party.
"This is our party!" he shouted at the 9:30 club Wednesday night, as dozens of fans clamored around him onstage. "That's the whole point! To get together as buddies and pals and blow the roof off this mother!"
The mother still had a roof after 60 anarchic minutes of speed metal and singalongs, but that says more about the engineers who built the place than about Andrew W.K. He drove a few hundred fans into a delirious pandemonium, and for long stretches so much of the audience was bouncing on the stage that you couldn't see the band. The usually thick line between onlookers and performers vanished. Amps nearly toppled. Bodies flew in five directions at once. Chaos never looked so entertaining.
Right from the opening chords, Andrew W.K. -- the initials stand for Wilkes-Krier, his last name -- knew exactly how to ringmaster this circus. Instead of chasing away stage invaders, he pleaded for more, and he embraced or head-patted anyone within arm's reach. He stopped the show a few times between songs so fans could wrap an arm around his neck and self-snap a photo. Others just leaped onto his back and rode him like a rented pony.
"This is phenomenal!" he shouted toward the end of the show, while a teenager sat atop his shoulders. "Thank you, thank you a million times."
There might well be life after media darlinghood for Mr. W.K. Two years ago, he released his major-label debut, "I Get Wet," a collection of four-chord guitar anthems that were as happy as beer ads and as simple as soccer chants. The single, "It's Time to Party," summed up the whole story in one line. (Other songs include "Party Til You Puke" and "Party Hard.") The guy, in political parlance, knew how to stay on message, and there was something irresistibly sunny about his music and his attitude. In an endless series of interviews and TV appearances, he seemed smart enough for the whole thing to be an act, but he wasn't kidding, at least not about the Have a Good Time gospel that he constantly preached.
W.K. hasn't matured much -- his new album, "Wolf," could have been called "I Get Wet Again" -- and the novelty has inevitably worn off a little. But the man knows his niche, which is orchestrating mini-riots for 15-year-old boys and girls. On Wednesday night, the frenzy started about four seconds after the show began, when a fan rolled onto the stage and slapped on a werewolf mask he'd brought along in a knapsack. There are stars who might have been annoyed to share the opening number with a jackass in a silly costume, but Andrew W.K. isn't one of them.
"This is incredible!" he shouted when the song was over. "The werewolves have arrived with the full moon!"
The whole hour sounded like subtle variations of the same melody, modified with slightly different lyrics. The pace, on tunes like "We Want Fun" and "Tear It Apart," was always just fast enough for leaping up and down. W.K.'s vocals were always a drill sergeant growl, and aside from a few quick stops by W.K. at the keyboards, guitars dominated every tune.
Order broke down soon after the second song. Midway through "It's Time to Party," fans overwhelmed the stage, at one point knocking the keyboards to the floor. The microphone was grabbed from W.K.'s hands a few times ("Pork chop sandwiches!" somebody yelled). Fans took the singer aside to shout private messages in his ear.
"Everybody, meet Kevin!" W.K. announced after one of these onstage chats. "He drove me to the 7-Eleven the last time we were in town!"
For a party animal, W.K. is surprisingly house-trained. He drank nothing stronger than water, uttered nary a naughty word and urged not rebellion so much as harmony and group hugs. Mostly, he wants everyone to relish the moment and get along well. Even when he was mobbed, or hoisted off his feet, and even when his microphone blinked out of commission when the cord was trampled, he always seemed amused. The need for the pose of aloof cool that is second nature to most rock stars isn't utterly alien to him.
"This is flawless!" he shouted, pumping a fist in the air toward the end of the night. "Holy moly!"
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