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Title: Modest Mouse East of the Mississippi... finally
Post by: jkeisenh on December 31, 2003, 01:30:00 pm
I know it's been years, but finally, Modest Mouse has rediscovered land East of the Mississippi, believed to be inhabited by people that like their music:
 
 4-Feb Irving Plaza, NYC
 5-Feb Irving Plaza, NYC
 10-Feb Orpheum Tampa, FL
 11-Feb Orpheum Tampa, FL
 12-Feb Polish American Club Miami, FL
 13-Feb Social Orlando, FL
 14-Feb Social Orlando, FL
 15-Feb Social Orlando, FL
 17-Feb CafĂ© Eleven St Augustine, FL
 18-Feb Jack Rabbit's Jacksonville, FL
 20-Feb Beta Bar Tallahassee, FL
 21-Feb Beta Bar Tallahassee, FL
 
 Now, can someone please explain this Florida thing to me?  Please?
 
 (ps-- already bought for the 2/5 show... roadtrip!)
Title: Re: Modest Mouse East of the Mississippi... finally
Post by: godsshoeshine on December 31, 2003, 01:51:00 pm
they played at siren this year, so its hasn't been that long, but anywho...i'd think about going if it was during the weekend. why can't they just come to dc or even baltimore?
Title: Re: Modest Mouse East of the Mississippi... finally
Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on December 31, 2003, 01:55:00 pm
I'd say be patient. It don't take 5 days to drive a van from NYC to FLA.
 
 
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Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
  they played at siren this year, so its hasn't been that long, but anywho...i'd think about going if it was during the weekend. why can't they just come to dc or even baltimore?
Title: Re: Modest Mouse East of the Mississippi... finally
Post by: jkeisenh on December 31, 2003, 02:02:00 pm
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Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
  they played at siren this year, so its hasn't been that long, but anywho...i'd think about going if it was during the weekend. why can't they just come to dc or even baltimore?
yeah, i guess i don't count festival appearances as full-fledged shows.  i mean, it's not like being in a small room filled with people there specifically to see that band, you know?
Title: Re: Modest Mouse East of the Mississippi... finally
Post by: godsshoeshine on December 31, 2003, 02:54:00 pm
yeah, i kinda got the jist of what you're saying. also, i'm sorry that he hits you with a full can of coke. that's no joke.
 
 AND if one were on a drive from nyc to say, florida, washington dc would indeed make a nice rest stop for an hour or two. hope the new drummer learned more songs, though
 
 are they big enough for the 930 or would the black cat be more likely?
Title: Re: Modest Mouse East of the Mississippi... finally
Post by: jkeisenh on December 31, 2003, 02:59:00 pm
Depends.  Anyone have the release date of their next album?
 
 No, seriously.  I think they're a bit too big for Black Cat.  I mean, look at them compared to Death Cab...
Title: Re: Modest Mouse East of the Mississippi... finally
Post by: godsshoeshine on December 31, 2003, 03:12:00 pm
that's what i was worried about...930 has shows the 6th-8th. looks like the new one comes out march 30th now. keeps getting pushed back
Title: Re: Modest Mouse East of the Mississippi... finally
Post by: jkeisenh on December 31, 2003, 03:23:00 pm
Well, there's always the gym at UMBC...  :p  
 
 Nevertheless, there are options... and they could play Black Cat if they wanted, which is free all but 2/7.  Maybe two dates at Black Cat would satiate?  Perhaps?
Title: Re: Modest Mouse East of the Mississippi... finally
Post by: godsshoeshine on December 31, 2003, 03:26:00 pm
or recher. which is far, but tollerable for someone superawesome
Title: Re: Modest Mouse East of the Mississippi... finally
Post by: sonickteam2 on December 31, 2003, 03:33:00 pm
i REALLY hope they dont come here.  
 
 how annoying are those clowns.
 
 they should tour with Tortoise and Gomez.
 
 
 and Wilco
Title: Re: Modest Mouse East of the Mississippi... finally
Post by: godsshoeshine on December 31, 2003, 03:39:00 pm
don't worry, i'm sure they won't cancel the clarks or the ska mob tour.
Title: Re: Modest Mouse East of the Mississippi... finally
Post by: sonickteam2 on December 31, 2003, 03:47:00 pm
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Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
  don't worry, i'm sure they won't cancel the clarks or the ska mob tour.
ok
 
 thank god.
Title: Re: Modest Mouse East of the Mississippi... finally
Post by: jkeisenh on December 31, 2003, 03:59:00 pm
ok, so I have a Florida theory.  I think they may just want to be somewhere warm in February.  That's all I can think of.  I mean, NOBODY tours in Florida!  I lived in Miami for half a year and there wasn't a decent show to speak of.  Most folks skip that ugly little state alltogether.
Title: Re: Modest Mouse East of the Mississippi... finally
Post by: godsshoeshine on December 31, 2003, 04:05:00 pm
pollstar tells me they are the only band scheduled for the polish american club (???), so i would just chalk it up to everything else about modest mouse that makes no sense: drugs
Title: Re: Modest Mouse East of the Mississippi... finally
Post by: jkeisenh on December 31, 2003, 04:20:00 pm
that and the new shoe smell.  i've always thought it to be somewhat psychotropic.
Title: Re: Modest Mouse East of the Mississippi... finally
Post by: ratioci nation on January 06, 2004, 10:15:00 am
Modest Mouse Sets Dates For Good News, Spring Tour
 Musically gifted prep-school students frightened, confused by School of Brock
 [Posted Tuesday, January 6th, 2003 06:00:00 Pitchfork Central Time]
 
 Will Bryant reports:
 Modest Mouse have announced a release date of March 30th for their highly anticipated Good News For People Who Love Bad News, according to a succinct post stating precisely that (and nothing more) on the band's website. Ordinarily, the Modest Mouse site's news compass points directly to Pitchfork's last news story on the band (which would explain why our September 12th news page continues to rack up thousands of hits month after month-- well that, and we reported Johnny Cash's death that day).
 
 Good News is the official follow-up to The Moon and Antarctica, which of course is somewhat surreal considering that album was released in summer of 2000-- the innocent age of Napster, when the Florida recount, 9/11 terrorist attacks, PATRIOT Act, SARS, RIAA lawsuits and Ryan Adams solo albums were still the stuff of paranoid science fiction. Miss Cleo warned us that Liz Phair was going to record a Shania-esque song about her panties, that Bush was going to start two wars in his spare time, and that California was going to be ruled by a German-speaking Republican cyborg and we made our peace with that, but dudes, come on: Radiohead lapped you, thrice!
 
 Die-hard Mouseketeers are no doubt already somewhat familar with the group's new material, much of which was debuted in fits of touring last summer and fall, but what remains foremost in the curiosities of most fans is how the album will sound-- especially given the rural clutter of Isaac Brock's Ugly Casanova debut and reports that Good News features, among other things, horns, strings, banjo, and a Dixieland jazz band. The incidental factors of a new drummer (Ben Wiekel) and new producer (Dennis Herring), coupled with the dense oddness of the new material, have only fostered more excited speculation.
 
 Among the songs debuted live last year (and widely circulated online, hint hint) are "Bury Me With It," "Black Cadillac," "One Chance," "The Good Times Are Killing Me," "Satin In A Coffin," "White Lies, Yellow Teeth," "The Ocean Breeze Is Salty," and "Float On." You can actually download a clip of the band performing "Float On" from the ZeD website (sort of Canada's answer to MP3.com) linked below.
 
 Before the album's release, Brock and crew will be playing scattered dates in the UK, NYC, and all over the freakin' state of Florida. On February 26th, the Mouse will play the 10th anniversary party for Up Records, which will be a benefit for leukemia charities in honor of label founder Chris Takino, who died in October 2000 of the disease. A more thorough tour, presumably encompassing other members of the electoral college, is expected following the album's release. Dates:
 
 01-22 London, England - Scala (w/ The Shins)
 02-04 New York City, NY - Irving Plaza
 02-05 New York City, NY - Irving Plaza
 02-10 Tampa, FL - Orpheum
 02-11 Tampa, FL - Orpheum
 02-12 Miami, FL - Polish American Club
 02-13 Orlando, FL - Social
 02-14 Orlando, FL - Social
 02-15 Orlando, FL - Social
 02-17 St. Augustine, FL - Cafe Eleven
 02-18 Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbit's
 02-20 Tallahassee, FL - Beta Bar
 02-21 Tallahassee, FL - Beta Bar
 02-26 Seattle, WA - Showbox (Up Records 10th anniversary party)
Title: Re: Modest Mouse East of the Mississippi... finally
Post by: MaLo on January 06, 2004, 10:39:00 am
they played at the black cat in summer of 2000
Title: Re: Modest Mouse East of the Mississippi... finally
Post by: ratioci nation on January 06, 2004, 10:43:00 am
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Originally posted by MaLo:
  they played at the black cat in summer of 2000
Modest Mouse?
 
 they played 2 nights with the Shins and Fruit Bats at the Black Cat in September? 2001 right after the new Black Cat opened
Title: Re: Modest Mouse East of the Mississippi... finally
Post by: bazookajoe on January 09, 2004, 05:33:00 pm
fyi, the Florida thing. Brock has lived off and on in Florida over the past couple of years. That's probably why they are playing all those shows down there.