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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: carolinee on September 04, 2003, 06:04:00 pm
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It is at UMBC fieldhouse. What/Where is that? Does anyone know?
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u got google on your pc?
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
u got google on your pc?
do you? my google is on the Internet
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I googled it, duh. The only thing I can find is taht it is part of the UMBC campus. Nothing about seating, capacity, or location on campus.
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Mapquest or Yahoo's directions.
Neither are perfect sources but they've helped me get around DC, which is no easy chore when you don't know the town. (They've gotten me lost too.)
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just google umbc fieldhouse+capacity. Capactiy for the place is 4000.
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my suggestion is save your money and go see The Dirtbombs and The Sights at the Ottobar on 11/6... you then have enough money to see The Cynics, The Von Bondies, The Woggles, etc when they come in town.
the following is scarastic... i wonder how that drum sound they spent some many hours to find in the studio will sound in the umbc fieldhouse... i'm guessing it will have a bit more reverb in it.
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A fieldhouse?! I thought this was supposed to be a warm-up club tour. What a strange (and poor) choice of venue.
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the strokes are gay.
and thats really all i have to say on this friday morning. (for now)
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
the strokes are gay.
nah their the luckiest wedding/bar mitzah band
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
the strokes are gay.
nah their the luckiest wedding/bar mitzah band [/b]
i would love to hear their rendition of Hava Nagila!
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LOL...they're still using this shitty venue? Guess I'm officially starting to feel old. Last show I saw there was the Ramones with Frank Black opening in 1994. It's at the University of Maryland...a bit smaller than Bender Arena. I think they did some work on it or something, but it was pretty gawd awful when I saw that show. Plus I had trouble finding it. Anyway, that's one show I think I'll safely pass on. I'd rather save my dimes to go to NYC to see Echo & the Bunnymen...got my tickets yesterday. :)
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didn't they play dar last time? they need a new booking agent or something
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Where would you guys suggest they play? Of course they're going to go with a larger venue where they can make the most money. Five years from now, they'll be reduced to playing places like JAXX, and their fans will have moved on to some other flavor. Better make the $$ now.
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Bunnyman, I think you're talking about the great Ritchie Coliseum in College Park, which was my favorite local venue until 9:30 came along. Never saw a bad show there.
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Of course I meant the new 9:30. Concerts at Ritchie were always crazy. The rundowness of the place I guess leant itself to that.
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Gay guys have all the luck, getting to kiss Dwew Barrymore and all that...
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
the strokes are gay.
and thats really all i have to say on this friday morning. (for now)
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I helped bring many of those scary shows to Ritchie. Loved the place other than the bird crap and dealing with the University to get barricades and other things done.
But UMBC is also the University of Maryland in Baltimore county. It is a similar room to what Ritchie was (they totally renovated it for the worse), but bigger. Much bigger, Ritchie could hold 1800 (well officially less but that is what we sold...).
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
the strokes are shite.
Here, here!
The girls think the singer is sooooooo dreamy though, and that seems to be all that matters these days.
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Yes, that's certainly never happened in the music industry before.
Originally posted by mankie:
The girls think the singer is sooooooo dreamy though, and that seems to be all that matters these days.
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I don't buy that you all can think the Strokes music is that bad, this stinks of backlash, the album is not nearly as bad as a lot of crap that has come out since, it isn't bad in the way that the vines is horrible.
And Sonick, again, please don't be so negative, don't make me point out every time that you are either.
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Originally posted by mankie:
Here, here!
I think the singer is sooooooo dreamy though, and that seems to be all that matters these days. [/b]
whatever you say buddy.
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it's a walk off.
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Originally posted by jadetree:
I don't buy that you all can think the Strokes music is that bad, this stinks of backlash, the album is not nearly as bad as a lot of crap that has come out since, it isn't bad in the way that the vines is horrible.
And Sonick, again, please don't be so negative, don't make me point out every time that you are either.
sorry jadetree. i didnt mean to be negative. I digress. and i shouldnt call things gay either.
I am, after all, going to see Billy Idol next week. :eek:
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I'd just like to point out how hip I am by saying that I hated them after hearing their FIRST album.
I think Mankie was in my hipster club as well.
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
I'd just like to point out how hip I am by saying that I hated them after hearing their FIRST album.
I think Mankie was in my hipster club as well.
No, hip is hating them after hearing the rough mixes of their first album that you got from a friend of a buddy of someone who knows someone in the band.
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
I'd just like to point out how hip I am by saying that I hated them after hearing their FIRST album.
I think Mankie was in my hipster club as well.
and to be honest, i never liked ONE song they have ever sung....except kind of "New York City Cops".
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Originally posted by mankie:
Here, here!
I think the singer is sooooooo dreamy though, and that seems to be all that matters these days. [/b]
whatever you say buddy. [/b]
Well he would make a prettier girl than a boy.
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i think i dislike the Strokes because they were just thrown in with the White Stripes...although, it seemed more like the other way around. I liked the White Stripes and then all of a sudden they were second fiddle to a crappy band that everyone said "the white stripes sound like the strokes"
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
i think i dislike the Strokes because they were just thrown in with the White Stripes...although, it seemed more like the other way around. I liked the White Stripes and then all of a sudden they were second fiddle to a crappy band that everyone said "the white stripes sound like the strokes"
So you let the opinions and impressions of other people dictate what you like and dislike?
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I am half with jadetree on this......
lets see....
The vines album is surprisingly much better than their live show. The album is actualy pretty good.
As for the strokes, well a lot lot of you lot are fickle, fey, fraudsters. You support them on the way up, then when they get somewhere you try and knock them back down.
The strokes may not be the greatest rock band ever, but are they really any worse or better than interpol or the white stripes? Is this it? is a pretty enjoyable listen and when they supported doves, they were one of the few support bands, I had never heard of before the show, to really get me to sit up and pay attention.
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
So you let the opinions and impressions of other people dictate what you like and dislike? [/b]
that and, as i posted before, i dont like any of their songs.
i shouldve been more clear and said "one of the reasons i dislike the strokes"
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
that and, as i posted before, i dont like any of their songs.
i shouldve been more clear and said "spin magazine was covering somebody else that week"
you do like new york city cops though, so you do like one of their songs
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i said "kind of"
and STOP talking about Spin. damn you.
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Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
The strokes may not be the greatest rock band ever, but are they really any worse or better than interpol or the white stripes? Is this it? is a pretty enjoyable listen and when they supported doves, they were one of the few support bands, I had never heard of before the show, to really get me to sit up and pay attention.
At least I'm consistant in calling them all shite....credit where credit is due though, White Stripes are the best of a bad bunch.
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Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
The strokes may not be the greatest rock band ever, but are they really any worse or better than interpol or the white stripes?
much worse. much much worse. although i must say the most grueling live show i have seen in a while was Interpol at Coachella. they insisted on playing the first 8 bars of "Untitled" 4 times because they kept fucking it up...i mean, really, cut to the next song, or pick up where you left off, i have been out in the sun all day and i am too tired to stand almost.
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
i said "kind of"
and STOP talking about Spin. damn you.
sorry, probably is not funny anyomre
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Originally posted by jadetree:
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
i said "kind of"
and STOP talking about Spin. damn you.
sorry, probably is not funny anyomre [/b]
haha
that was, sort of.
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Where would you guys suggest they play? Of course they're going to go with a larger venue where they can make the most money. Five years from now, they'll be reduced to playing places like JAXX, and their fans will have moved on to some other flavor. Better make the $$ now.
friday/saturday double show at the 930.
i keep forgetting that hating the strokes is oh so deck. please talk about how trail of dead rips off sonic youth next
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Originally posted by letters and soda:
[QB] friday/saturday double show at the 930.
translations
rent party
the alimony is killing me
rehab is expensive these days
drinking in nyc bars bitter about being dropped is expensive
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hahaha, how about "somewhere closer than baltimore county that you can drink while watching the show"?
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oh yeah Mobius...that's what I'm thinking. What a pit that place was!
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Being a student at UMBC, I will report that the Fieldhouse is mostly used for sporting events and high school graduations.
The last concert there was Good Charlotte around six months ago.
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Originally posted by mankie:
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
the strokes are shite.
Here, here!
The girls think the singer is sooooooo dreamy though, and that seems to be all that matters these days. [/b]
God, girls these days are fucked up. He looks like a guy posing as a strung out lower east side coolster. Blech.
Give me Tommy Keene any day ;)
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Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
strokes may not be the greatest rock band ever, but are they really any worse or better than interpol or the white stripes?
Way worse than the White Stripes. And I don't hate the Strokes, I can take 'em or leave 'em, but the White Stripes are in a different league.
I don't know shite about Interpol.
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Originally posted by bags:
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I don't know shite about Interpol. [/b]
You're better off that way, trust me on this one.
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Originally posted by mankie:
Originally posted by bags:
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I don't know shite about Interpol. [/b]
You're better off that way, trust me on this one. [/b]
You should had warned me about them before I bought their CD today at Best Buy.
File under: A Bunch of Overhyped, Boring Bullshit
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Originally posted by Sir HC:
I helped bring many of those scary shows to Ritchie. Loved the place other than the bird crap and dealing with the University to get barricades and other things done.
:cool: Well in that case,a belated thank you is in order.Saw some of my favorite shows there:Clash,Stranglers,early U2...You are to be commended Sir!
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Originally posted by SPARX:
Originally posted by Sir HC:
I helped bring many of those scary shows to Ritchie. Loved the place other than the bird crap and dealing with the University to get barricades and other things done.
:cool: Well in that case,a belated thank you is in order.Saw some of my favorite shows there:Clash,Stranglers,early U2...You are to be commended Sir! [/b]
Oops those were pre my time. I was more the late 80s (butthole surfers) through early 90s (Janes Addiction, Skinny Puppy, and god forbid Billy Squire).
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Oops those were pre my time. I was more the late 80s (butthole surfers) [/QB][/QUOTE] Any interesting Gibby stories you'd be willing to share?That guy cracks me up!
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Best shows I saw at Ritchie were Sonic Youth and Red Hot Chili Peppers, both in '90. Didn't realize the place had such a history with the Clash and U2 playing there.
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Originally posted by Mobius:
Best shows I saw at Ritchie were Sonic Youth and Red Hot Chili Peppers, both in '90. Didn't realize the place had such a history with the Clash and U2 playing there.
since i am a big U2 dork i looked it up, they played there in april of '83...in '81 they played in this place in DC called the Ontario Theater...does anyone know where this used to be?
off topic: anyone know how to get rid of a cold?? i have a monster cold and a marathon to run this sunday..i need to get rid of it...grrr..i should probably just go to bed instead of sitting online supplying people with useless facts about u2
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So funny you mention the Ontario Theater, because I just found out about it this weekend! It's on the south side of Columbia Road across from the Safeway -- it's on the corner and now it's some kind of catch all discount store. I missed it by a few years, as i didn't move her until 1990, but the guys talking about it were here in the early/mid 80s. What a trip, huh?
And for the cold, I have a friend who SWEARS by Zicam -- it's zinc stuff you shoot into your nose, and it's supposed to cut down the time your cold lasts. I can't vouch, but some people swear it's a cure.
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Originally posted by bags:
And for the cold, I have a friend who SWEARS by Zicam -- it's zinc stuff you shoot into your nose, and it's supposed to cut down the time your cold lasts. I can't vouch, but some people swear it's a cure.
Thanks for the suggestion..i just went to the website for zicam, very interesting..apparantly you are supposed to start using it when you first get the symptoms of the cold...hmm..i'll check it out tho
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1st, Good Charlotte! THen. The Music As A Weapon Tour. Now, The Storkes at UMBC. How did this school become a new hotbed for music? When any tour make their stop in Baltimore, they gor Recher Theatre, Fletchers, Thunderdome, Bohagers or Towson University to hold concerts. Now, UMBC is entering the mix. What's up with that?
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The Room's On Fire!
Updated 00:02 PDT Thu, Sep 11 2003
Since hitting airwaves and stages in 2001, The Strokes have been pretty hot property. This time around, it's one of their rooms that's on fire.
The band has announced their first tour in nearly one year. Dubbed the Room On Fire tour, after their forthcoming sophomore disc, The Strokes will take to theatres from East to West Coast and back again, starting October 9.
As rumored, the Kings Of Leon will indeed be supporting for the North American leg, as will Regina Spektor.
The Strokes also have plans to hit Europe in December, although venues have yet to be announced. Most of the major cities in and around the continent are on the itinerary, with a few U.K. gigs planned as well, including a two-night stand in London.
However, if you don't see your hometown on the list, don't cry just yet. According to the band, "we'll come back and do more next year. So if your city is not there, we're sorry we can't make it this time. We'll be through soon!"
Meanwhile, back on the Web site, The Strokes have put a little MP3 of their new single, "12:51," up for a listen. That should tide fans over until Room On Fire gets released October 21.
Speaking of Strokes goodies online, it looks like everyone who's subscribed to their mailing list will have first crack at tickets for the upcoming tour. Not only that, the stubs will come at a much lower service charge.
Try ticketing.concertmaps.com/thestrokes1 for information. Some shows are already on sale.