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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on September 17, 2003, 01:52:00 pm
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Any of you Marylanders going? I wonder if it's a wide thing to do to drive to Bawlmer and back from DC tomorrow night?
I wonder if Ottobar will cancel the show, and how people will find out?
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Went to their website and listen to a few songs, nothing impressive.
As for the Pernice Brothers, sorry I don't know them, but going to Baltimore seems not much of an option.
Think will stay at home waiting for Grandaddy, Jonathan Richman, Yo la tengo, Interpol and others to come.
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I cant say BRMCs new singles do anything for me at all. I will take the trip to Baltimore with Randall, weather permitting.
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Originally posted by Bubba:
I cant say BRMCs new singles do anything for me at all. I will take the trip to Baltimore with Randall, weather permitting.
same here
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you all suck. GET UNDA MY DESK
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Originally posted by Samantha:
you all suck. GET UNDA MY DESK
that is the best offer I have had in minutes.
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Originally posted by Bubba:
Originally posted by Samantha:
you all suck. GET UNDA MY DESK
that is the best offer I have had in minutes. [/b]
sorry I'm not as good as your mom :(
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Was my mum good then?
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I won't be at either show, not even in spirit.
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Originally posted by Guiny:
I won't be at either show, not even in spirit.
I guess neither of the acts were very successful in the 80's.
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what the hell count me in on the road trip to balmer with rhett, markie and jadetree.......
brmc weren't that great the last time i saw them anyway........
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Originally posted by Bubba:
Was my mum good then?
Not bad actually.
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Originally posted by poorlulu:
brmc weren't that great the last time i saw them anyway........
They weren't bad IMHO...a lot better than the shit some people get all horny over anyway.
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Originally posted by poorlulu:
brmc weren't that great the last time i saw them anyway........
they were pretty good actually, remember they supported spiritualized on the "good show".
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Originally posted by mankie:
Originally posted by Bubba:
Was my mum good then?
Not bad actually. [/b]
Actually you would be a good match for my Ma, your both the same age........
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Well I already knew you all were going.
I was sort of wondering if we were going to have the pleasure of meeting sonickteam2. Or perhaps if Kosmo was making the trek up there.
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Well I already knew you all were going.
I was sort of wondering if we were going to have the pleasure of meeting sonickteam2. Or perhaps if Kosmo was making the trek up there.
I won't feel bad that you weren't looking forward to meeting me.
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Originally posted by redsock:
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Well I already knew you all were going.
I was sort of wondering if we were going to have the pleasure of meeting sonickteam2. Or perhaps if Kosmo was making the trek up there.
I won't feel bad that you weren't looking forward to meeting me. [/b]
It's a music savvy thing..you wouldn't understand, and therefore not included in Rhett's gang.
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Originally posted by mankie:
Originally posted by redsock:
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Well I already knew you all were going.
I was sort of wondering if we were going to have the pleasure of meeting sonickteam2. Or perhaps if Kosmo was making the trek up there.
I won't feel bad that you weren't looking forward to meeting me. [/b]
It's a music savvy thing..you wouldn't understand, and therefore not included in Rhett's gang. [/b]
But I like the Pernice Brothers...and other 21st century bands. Which makes me a little different from you.
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Sorry Redsock. For some reason I thought you lived in Virginia. (all of your gf's gigs in VA?)
I know Kosmo is a huge fan of the new album (and he lives in MD), and Sonick only lives 8 blocks away from the club. That's why I specifically mentioned those two.
Originally posted by redsock:
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Well I already knew you all were going.
I was sort of wondering if we were going to have the pleasure of meeting sonickteam2. Or perhaps if Kosmo was making the trek up there.
I won't feel bad that you weren't looking forward to meeting me. [/b]
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Sorry Redsock. For some reason I thought you lived in Virginia. (all of your gf's gigs in VA?)
I know Kosmo is a huge fan of the new album (and he lives in MD), and Sonick only lives 8 blocks away from the club. That's why I specifically mentioned those two.
I live in the bustling suburb of Arlington. So, Baltimore is no problem normally, but not tomorrow night. I think they might cancel the show...most smaller venues certainly will. I guess it just depends if they think people will actually show up.
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I emailed Ottobar, and this is the reply I just got:
It is planned to still happen- of course we cannot predict what tomorrow
will look like though.
Best bet is to check the site first- If there is power, it will be updated.
Then call the club after 7pm. If there are phones someone will answer it and
we can update you.
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let's see if we can get a guinness record for most use of the word actually on one thread, eh?
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I would LOVE to go to Pernice Bros, but I'm not driving from D.C. Hell, I don't think I'll even venture to the 9:30 Club, which is only two neighborhoods away....
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I thhink the bigger problem with Baltimore will be getting home. Only 30% rain in Bawlmer until 7 pm, but then all hell will break loose for 12+ hours.
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Exactly....if the show were at, say, 1:00 p.m., I might give it a shot!
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
I thhink the bigger problem with Baltimore will be getting home. Only 30% rain in Bawlmer until 7 pm, but then all hell will break loose for 12+ hours.
They were my thoughts exactly. Too bad that we can't easily trade apartments for the night.
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I was thinking of leaving early for Baltimore and then crashing on my friends sofa in Baltimore after the show (and just calling in, like most people in my office will do anyway), but that would rob me of the car company or my fellow boardies, who already bought their tickets.
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I just saw that we should be driving home in 60 MPH winds. Shit. The winds scare me more than the rain.
I too already have a ticket which means more incentive to get my ass to the show.
Wouldn't mind so much if there was a nice all night hurricane party at the club so that we could all ride out the storm. Damn ABC board forcing us out during the worst of it.
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Considering the show won't start until...9:00 or so (?), it very well may be cancelled. This is what is driving me crazy, how can I plan around "maybes". Aaarrrgggghhh.
Originally posted by Jaguär:
I just saw that we should be driving home in 60 MPH winds. Shit. The winds scare me more than the rain.
I too already have a ticket which means more incentive to get my ass to the show.
Wouldn't mind so much if there was a nice all night hurricane party at the club so that we could all ride out the storm. Damn ABC board forcing us out during the worst of it.
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As one of the safety people for my office, I keep getting emails like this:
Due to the uncertain weather conditions resulting from Hurricane Isabel for Thursday and Friday, employees are encouraged to keep track of updates for the DC area.
I fail to see how these weather conditions are uncertain, and I fail to see how this info is of any help...
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Originally posted by bags:
Considering the show won't start until...9:00 or so (?), it very well may be cancelled. This is what is driving me crazy, how can I plan around "maybes". Aaarrrgggghhh.
Bags, you weren't around this board in February when we had the BIG snowstorm that closed parts of the East Coast down. In fact, it was illegal in Maryland to drive except in emergencies. The show still went on!
Oh, and it's supposed to hit us during where some of us will be having high tide. Makes a difference.
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Well I already knew you all were going.
I was sort of wondering if we were going to have the pleasure of meeting sonickteam2. Or perhaps if Kosmo was making the trek up there.
actually i'm planning on going to brmc/warlocks show... i also really like the warlocks new album and have been meaning to catch brmc. the pernice bros will have to wait until a later date. unless of course the brmc show gets cancelled and the other doesn't ;)
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
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actually i'm planning on going to brmc/warlocks show... i also really like the warlocks new album and have been meaning to catch brmc. [/QB][/QUOTE] I have a feeling they wil be opening with Hurricane Heart Attack,just a hunch.
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I saw Pernice Brothers in Charlottesville tonight and they rocked. Hope you guys get to see them in Baltimore on Thursday.
They played the most awesome cover as an encore, maybe they do that all the time and I just don't know because I've never seen them live before. The whole set was great.
Anyway, hope the hurricane doesn't affect the show. Enjoy!
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Hey I Just called the Ottobar- the show has been POSTPONED! This storm is really screwing my week up!
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Originally posted by threequartersleeve:
Hey I Just called the Ottobar- the show has been POSTPONED! This storm is really screwing my week up!
WOW.....Whatever will i do now? :roll:
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Originally posted by threequartersleeve:
Hey I Just called the Ottobar- the show has been POSTPONED! This storm is really screwing my week up!
OH NO!!!!!!
Rhett will be spitting mad, everybody DUCK! :D
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Their website says tickholders hold tight- a makeup date will be announced soon. Just hope it's not on school night-Tuesday.
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Disregard this one, read two posts down....my bad.
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Their website says tickholders hold tight- a makeup date will be announced soon. Just hope it's not on school night-Tuesday.
I guess it is for the best
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Rhett will be spitting mad, everybody DUCK! :D [/qb][/QUOTE] [/QB][/QUOTE]
No Mankie....He only spits on his European trips.
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The show has been rescheduled for Saturday, December 20th. My guess is that they were planning on swingling around this way at that time anyway. Would be awesome if they did both DC and Baltimore back to back on a weekend.
Celeste was so disappointed that she was going to miss this show because she's out of town. Now she will be jumping for joy. I think I will go spit for joy.
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
The show has been rescheduled for Saturday, December 20th. My guess is that they were planning on swingling around this way at that time anyway. Would be awesome if they did both DC and Baltimore back to back on a weekend.
Celeste was so disappointed that she was going to miss this show because she's out of town. Now she will be jumping for joy. I think I will go spit for joy.
so what's the deal with tickets, or I guess I can go look for myself
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They said hold onto tickets, the old ones will be honored.
Did you ever actually receieve up the tickets, or were they on will call?
Is that date clear for you?
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The Ottobar has a manifest with your names, as per names given at time of purchase. You will need valid ID to prove you are who you claim to be. Always a good idea to take a printed confirmation with you just in case but I've never really had to have it but sometimes they do ask.
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
They said hold onto tickets, the old ones will be honored.
Did you ever actually receieve up the tickets, or were they on will call?
Is that date clear for you?
tickets were on will call, no idea if that date is clear yet, as of know it is
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The website says new date is December 20th
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Originally posted by threequartersleeve:
The website says new date is December 20th
Well, that could be good, but chances are I'll be on my way to florida for christmas with the family by then. I's like some kind of curse. Maybe I can catch them someplace else.
But I'm glad no one will be traveling long distances to Ottobar -- showtime is supposed to be BAD.
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The problem was Y95's transmitter was so weakâ??powered by a monkey pedaling a miniature bicycleâ??that its broadcast was always going in and out. It was as frustrating as anything I can remember. I'd micro tune like a madman, trying to catch a clear sounding verse or chorus before the song ended. And if I missed the song I tried to pick up the disc jockey's back announcement. It was that important to connect. To this day, even the slightest bit of static peppering a broadcast makes me anxious.
But tweaking the Popeye transistor caused Y95's signal to vanish completely, and that of a powerful mainstream station would paint over the smaller station's bandwidth. I suffered through countless surprising flourishes of Wang Chung and Phil Collins and Van Halen and that â??Total Eclipse of the Heart' song. The one about riding on the freeway of love, man, that was deplorable. Pure fucking misery.
That summer the little monkey died in a hostile corporate takeover, and Y95 went away for good.
I had a twelve-inch black and white TV made by a company called Admiral. If I moved the TV to the northernmost point of my bedroom and taped a disfigured wire coat hanger to the end of the antenna, and if the weather was just right then maybe, just maybe, I could pick up a grainy broadcast music video station called V68. It was like I was trying to receive secretly coded messages from the French Underground. Actually, Polish Underground is more accurate: I discovered V68 by accident one Friday night. I was twisting the VHF dial looking for a movie with lots of implicit sex, when I happened upon the video for â??Minus Zero' by Lady Pank. They were driving around in a white battle tank I later found out was actually pink. I was looking at the black and white world.
I saw the video for â??How Soon is Now' within an hour of picking up the channel for the first time. I recognized the tremelo guitar but couldn't believe it was actually happening. The Smiths on regular TV? I felt hopeful and victorious. Anyone who watched V68 at that moment had to be watching The Smiths. It was like my world went from black and white to a thousand shades of gray.
For me, The Smiths were the great pasty white hope. R.E.M. ran a close second (until late '86 when they lost me), but the Brits had an emotional edge. It was like Morrissey was given the key to the city of morbid, romantic angst. He tiptoed over a suspension bridge of glass blown by Marr and Co. It was pop music and ultra-melodic, with lyrics that penetrated my quietest fears with a diamond-tipped bummer.
"Why don't you listen to something else...like jazz? That Smith Family is so depressing," offered my mother, simply doing her best to help, and I blamed her for it. "No wonder you don't feel like getting up," she added, leaving a basket of folded laundry inside my room without coming in. "Their poor mother and father." I rolled over on the bed so that if she had anything else to say, it would be to my back. Even as I was acting like a hateful little shit, I knew I loved her, but I could not stop myself from excluding her from my life in a hurtful way. It's endearing now, the way she thought The Smiths were a real dysfunctional family. But then I was embarrassed both for her and for myself.
"They're not related. It's just a band name, like The Dead Kennedys," I snapped (though at that time the Dead Kennedys were a band I knew by name alone), and closed the door hard in her face with my foot. "Besides, it makes me feel good."
She stood outside for a few seconds, then she sighed. I could hear her footsteps moving down the hardwood hallway until I jacked up the volume knob on the tape player. Once again, thankfully, I was alone. I took a pen and some paper from my bag and started to write Allison yet another note I would never send. I flipped the tape from front to back as I imagined her on her bed, listening to a girlfriend on the phone, with her feet against the wall.
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A confused cookie isn't he..."Allison" was Elvis Costello. ;)