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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: audioslave on October 03, 2003, 12:42:00 am
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hey whos going to the hot hot heat show next friday??
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me me me
I'm interested in hearing Ima Robot too, but have a going away HH and may not make it. I wish Ima were playing second; looks like they're first out of three.
Have I got that right?
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Originally posted by bags:
me me me
I'm interested in hearing Ima Robot too, but have a going away HH and may not make it. I wish Ima were playing second; looks like they're first out of three.
Have I got that right?
well, i dont know what HH means, but you should scrap it cause Ima Robot is great live and should not be missed. I hope that show doesnt sell out before i can get to DC on Monday to buy tickets.
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HH is happy hour. I will try for Ima, honest I will!
I don't think it will sell out fast; the last Hot Hot Heat show about six months ago was maybe half full.
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Originally posted by bags:
HH is happy hour. I will try for Ima, honest I will!
I don't think it will sell out fast; the last Hot Hot Heat show about six months ago was maybe half full.
They have got a lot more press and airplay since then. I bought my tickets last night.
If you want to play a game at the show, count how many people have chunky white hipster belts at the show. I felt quite left out as mine was at home.
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Originally posted by bags:
I'm interested in hearing Ima Robot
Saw 'em on Letterman a couple of weeks ago. To me, they sounded like a cross between Sparks and DK's, which is a pretty good idea.
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Another good game is to count how many kids are instant messaging someone from the show! I predict....half.
Originally posted by The Pariah:
Originally posted by bags:
HH is happy hour. I will try for Ima, honest I will!
I don't think it will sell out fast; the last Hot Hot Heat show about six months ago was maybe half full.
They have got a lot more press and airplay since then. I bought my tickets last night.
If you want to play a game at the show, count how many people have chunky white hipster belts at the show. I felt quite left out as mine was at home. [/b]
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I saw their April (?) show at 9:30, and it was fun. I didn't have their album yet (or e.p., or whatever it is), I just stopped by to see what they were like. A lot of energy, the lead singer is a little over the top, but I'd rather that than indie cool standing still.
I'd recommend it.
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Originally posted by bags:
the lead singer is a little over the top,
I was hoping he would be punky, instead he is far too effete. It really put me off them.
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Definitely effete -- he reminded me of a coiffed garage version of Mitch Easter.
And that's when I decided pants *that* tight are not attractive on any man.
Originally posted by The Pariah:
Originally posted by bags:
the lead singer is a little over the top,
I was hoping he would be punky, instead he is far too effete. It really put me off them. [/b]
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i'm so there.
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I'll be there. And everyone in the front better be dancing.
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Ima be there...surprised it's not sold-out. Saw them at the Ottobar this summer and they rocked!
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anyone coming down for the hhh show should be aware that howard's homecoming is that night. be prepared for traffic delays if you're coming from the north. i'd suggest using 13th street to avoid the hassle on georgia.
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Originally posted by thatguy:
anyone coming down for the hhh show should be aware that howard's homecoming is that night. be prepared for traffic delays if you're coming from the north. i'd suggest using 13th street to avoid the hassle on georgia.
yah thanx man for that :)
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i had the same experience, but they didn't thrill me enough to go out and want to see them again this friday.
Originally posted by bags:
I saw their April (?) show at 9:30, and it was fun. I didn't have their album yet (or e.p., or whatever it is), I just stopped by to see what they were like. A lot of energy, the lead singer is a little over the top, but I'd rather that than indie cool standing still.
I'd recommend it.
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Turns out I probably can't make it. I have both a goodbye dinner and a goodbye happy hour Friday. And I want to see Ima Robot as much if not more than Hot Hot Heat.
:(
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Oh my God! You guys are going to miss an awesome show on Friday! HHH is excellent! I haven't seen IMA ROBOT yet, but have their new CD and it's fantastic. I can't beleive you don't think the singer Steve in HHH is super sexy- :p I like his tight pants. It reminds me of the old glam/punk days. Anything's better than those outdated baggy pants that all the litttle boys wear. Hey baby, the 80's are coming back whether you like it or not!
I'll see ya at the show!!!
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I was thinking of hitting the HHH show and then checking out the Electrotease party at Five with Mira from Ladytron. (It's been forever since I've been able to check the board, boo-hoo..)
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Oops, I'm repeating myself already.
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that show was amazing, i was right up against the stage (the tall one in front of the lead singer that probably blocked everyone elses view haha) but it was fuckin great french kicks are what i was most excited about and they played great, ima robot was wierd but i loved the music and hot hot heat was great as always
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guitarguy, was the show sold out? I'm just wondering. I didn't make it over to the show.
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The Washington Post didn't think much of this band. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18002-2003Oct12.html)
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Oh that is a stupid review...... Just because girls like it it has to be shite. Oh and they had awful hair.
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They do have stupid hair. But not as bad as the guy from Ima Robot. And they're definitely way better than The Donnas.
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Be nice to the Canadian guys, its Thanksgiving today up there you know.
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Liked the album, hated the show.
I didn't know Carrot Top was in a band. ;)
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I hate Hot Hot Heat so refused to go to the show.
Don't worry Sonic, I LOVE The Stills, Readymade, and The High Dials (even though I want to kick their asses...and they now know it, thanks to a Canadian friend of mine who saw both The Stills and The High Dials the other night. Oh, and contrary to what someone told me, they have no plans in the near future of coming back to the area. AARRRGGGGHHH!!!!! And we aren't on the list for the current Stills tour. Double AAARRRRRGGGHHH!!!!!)
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Well, below is the Post review of the April show. Compare it to the recent review posted by Dr. Doom.
washingtonpost.com
Hot Hot Heat, Warming Up the 9:30 Club
Friday, April 4, 2003; Page C07
Hot Hot Heat singer Steve Bays told the crowd at the 9:30 club Wednesday night that the first time his band played in D.C., "about five or six people were there." The situation was different this time around, as the Canadian quartet nearly filled the V Street club, delivering a 45-minute set that bristled with so much energy that the dynamics of their angular pop songs were often blurred.
HHH's most recent recording, "Make Up the Breakdown," is a sharp-edged amalgam of pop hooks, new-wave keyboard wheeze and punk energy, shot though with what sounds like a thorough knowledge of English pop masters XTC. It was the punky energy that dominated Wednesday, as Bays laid one hand on the organ and the other on the microphone, using his high-pitched wail to shout down songs like "Naked in the City Again" and "Get In or Get Out." The band churned around him like an old washing machine changing cycles, which obscured the precise instrumental to-and-fro that makes "Breakdown" engaging listening. During the set's peak moments, however, the Heat's best songs -- an encore of "This Town" and the great, frisky kick of "Bandages" -- rose above the harried instrumental fray into smart, spiky pop that was well worth the $8 admission.
Furthering the value was an invigorating half-hour from locals Washington Social Club. Singer and guitarist Marty Royle spearheaded the trio's drive through a series of keening songs like "Backed Into the Future," which clawed fiercely at the walls of their classic pop casings via non-cliched rock-and-roll moves and stayed interesting throughout. No easy trick.
-- Patrick Foster