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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Bags on October 16, 2010, 12:12:56 am
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Really I most want to find out why on earth the late night kings are going on at 8:00. The only reasonable answer is they are planning for a five hour set.
Second, who's goin'!?!
And third, where's the pregame? With DC9 possibly closed, I vote for Solly's, but there may be some Duffy's votes as well (I'd say the upside of Duffy's is that it's stumbling close, but stumbling while the sun is still out is not appealing to me at all).
Maybe the answer is that really this show involves post game?
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I would like to see Sweet Apple so that's where I'll be prior to GBV showtime.
Maybe they are just coming to terms with old age and want to be snug in their beds by midnight.
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They've been playing 'til 1 or 2 in other cities.... This is just DC. [Also, pregame likely to start by 5:00, way before doors]
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I'm in.
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As I said on other post I'm on kid patrol..this early set times may mean I miss half the show...
woe is me..
There must be a reason..maybe they're playing on NPR the next day or satelilite radio
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Yeah, that's kind of hurting me too. I don't think I'll miss them at all...but definitely cuts down on my ability to get there early...
As I said on other post I'm on kid patrol..this early set times may mean I miss half the show...
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i'm guessing that they want to be done for metro. start at 8, play for 3.5 hours, be done by 11:30
i'll be there
of course i got my first cold in 2 years this weekend :-[
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i don't think the show will last more than 2.5 hours.
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I will be there.
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Yep, I'm there
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doors open at 6:30 and sweet apple opens.. and gbv on at 8?
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You know, that doesn't add up. You're right. Unless Sweet Apple are due only to play half an hr.
Doors 6:30
SA: 7
GBV: 8
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the whole thing doesn't add up.. reading reviews of their previous shows (and they've been essentially playing a similar set list) their shows are coming in at about two hours.. if they go on at 8 they'll be done by 10...
ordinarily i could give a shit although i prefer later shows .. but for me in this case the later the start time the more convenient
i also can't remember if it was seth or who posted that they'd asked to play early so as to play a really long show.. again, seems highly unlikely.. these guys have barely played together... kevin fennell hasn't played the drums-before this tour- in 15 years...i actually have his alien lanes black t shirt i bought on ebay a bunch of years ago... they're going to play the 40 songs they've been playing and thats going to be it.
we'll know soon enough..thursday when they post set times..
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I'm excited for an early start and a before 11 end. Because I am old.
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Hutch, I'm with you. It's hard for me to believe that suddenly in the middle of the tour they're planning a 3.5, 4 hour show... I usually love it when a show is done by 11 or so, but (1) that's not GBV, and (2) I know too many people who want to be there in time to be close to the stage but simply can't be there that early.
I'm not complaining (any longer). Mostly I thought it had to be a mistake as this is the only show they're handling this way...
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if they are done around 10 that is totally weird, but i took off friday, we have a hotel room. i'm down for whatever
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Set times will probably now be 8:00 for support and 9:00 for GBV.
this makes more sense.
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Listening to Jellyfish Reflector.. thats about the period I last saw this lineup or most of this lineup..unclear exactly who was in band at RFK show June 96....most excited about seeing Demos, Sproud, Fennell and Mitchell..
I wouldn't be surprised if they go on even later than 9...
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Yay! Whew. Less stressed about tomorrow just in terms of getting there.
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Plus, more time to drink before hand.
Yay! Whew. Less stressed about tomorrow just in terms of getting there.
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Building in pregame was the cause of the stress! ;)
Plus, more time to drink before hand.
Yay! Whew. Less stressed about tomorrow just in terms of getting there.
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Anybody got an extra ticket they're looking to move? My group unexpectedly got a +1.
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There were quite a few in the ticket x-change section earlier this week/last week.
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Redsock, check with me tomorrow. We may well...
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i'll be there. i also have an extra ticket (just posted to the ticket exchange subforum). i'm super excited for this show.
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Anybody got an extra ticket they're looking to move? My group unexpectedly got a +1.
mr. p has an extra ticket... mostly because i didn't want to go.
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And I thought you were cool...
Anybody got an extra ticket they're looking to move? My group unexpectedly got a +1.
mr. p has an extra ticket... mostly because i didn't want to go.
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I just want you guys to know that I won't be at this show tonight. I just can't get behind a pussy like Pollard who drinks light beer.
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And I thought you were cool...
Anybody got an extra ticket they're looking to move? My group unexpectedly got a +1.
mr. p has an extra ticket... mostly because i didn't want to go.
yeah. i totally blew my cred on this one. sorry nkotb... i tried to like gbv but just couldn't get into it. maybe i wasn't drunk enough?
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saving your energy for this?
http://www.fathomevents.com/premiere/series/soundofmusic.aspx
I just want you guys to know that I won't be at this show tonight. I just can't get behind a pussy like Pollard who drinks light beer.
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Hey, a coworker has a ticket at Will Call he can't use. If I bring a xerox of his idea, last four digits of his credit card and a note 'releasing' the ticket to me, can I get his ticket?
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it has worked for me before...
Hey, a coworker has a ticket at Will Call he can't use. If I bring a xerox of his idea, last four digits of his credit card and a note 'releasing' the ticket to me, can I get his ticket?
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wont work, buy my extra instead ;)
homepage now says 9:15
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i have an extra, shoot me a PM if you want to meet up before the show, i'll be drinking somewhere close by.
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What is the game plan? Anyone planning on meeting up somewhere? I'm coming in reasonably early to get a few drinks beforehand...any official plans?
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What is the game plan? Anyone planning on meeting up somewhere? I'm coming in reasonably early to get a few drinks beforehand...any official plans?
sollys for my crew but i ain't getting in til 8... they will probably leave earlier to see mascis...
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What is the game plan? Anyone planning on meeting up somewhere? I'm coming in reasonably early to get a few drinks beforehand...any official plans?
i'm meeting people at duffy's at 7ish, i'll be wearing a black jacket/grey superchunk shirt, feel free to say hi
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HoyaSaxa, have we met? I'll be in a black and white striped shirt with collar (girl's shirt, I'm a girl) with a red/white baseball patch pinned on. It's a GBV patch... And I'm middle aged. ;)
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good show..but too short...doing encores starting at 1:15....come on! that seems wrong for this band..
but in the end its like people didn't expect more than 2 hrs..
had not been to duffys btw.. color me unimpressed.. rude waiter..high prices...surprised..i expected more.. a place that has 6 tvs and not one showing phillies-giants game?
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We were at Duffys too. Good wings. We were in the back, so we had to get bar service, but it was fine. The servers/bartender were a bit rude. Oh well.
Good show. Lame crowd. Some Justin Beiber dude in front of me just would not stop texting. Seriously people, put down the phone and watch the show. Call me old fashioned, but I am so over people on their phone the entire time.
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fantastic show....went to U street music hall for Grum to finish off a great night...
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It was short and it started too early . . .which perhaps made the show more in line with the dense and looslely efficient GBV 'classic' albums than a legendary immersive marathon show. A cavalcade of hit after hit lighting up the hazy shadows of the debauched recesses of your rock and alcohol soaked mind. I could review the show by just saying Smothered in Hugs, Watch Me Jumpstart, Motor Away, Game of Pricks, Gold Star for Robot Boy and it would suffice to explain how I felt. Great fun to see the old guys reunited, with eachother and the songs, working their alchemy.
I guess it was like a happy hour jam. Loosened up along the way (especially Tobin who gave off a vibe that he got there straight from work), hit a kind of inebriated sweet spot (I'd point to Smothered in Hugs) and then it was over before you have another, lose your sense of time and the real craziness begins.
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I guess I missed the part where Tobin loosened up!..
To me he seemed not to fit in at all and seemed so nervous when he first sang... the band was bob, kevin, greg and mitch.. what Tobin was doing half the time I haven't a clue...
But of course he wrote many well loved GBV songs and it was great that he was a part of the reunion.
After the show Mitch jumped down and hung out...maybe he was trying to get some of that "DC Pussy!" he went on about...
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what Tobin was doing half the time I haven't a clue...
Was his guitar even on half the time?
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It was short and it started too early
I wound up getting sick about 80 minutes in last night and had to leave. What time did they finally shut it down?
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It was short and it started too early
I wound up getting sick about 80 minutes in last night and had to leave. What time did they finally shut it down?
they started at 9:16 but there was about 10 minutes of gibberish noise.. they really started about 9:25 or so...
ended somewhere between 11:21 and 11:30..probably closer to 11:21....based on the time of my last pictures..
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maybe I shouldn't mention this but the band were smoking like chimneys all night... at one point the second hand smoke was noticeable and i looked around me thinking someone around me was smoking but then realized it was coming from bob and mitch
i am amazed at how bob pollard's voice holds up with all that smoking..he sounded amazing all night...
its too bad they couldn't get jim pollard to come out with them.. he was missed..
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It was short and it started too early
I wound up getting sick about 80 minutes in last night and had to leave. What time did they finally shut it down?
they started at 9:16 but there was about 10 minutes of gibberish noise.
Was that intentional or was that a result of "technical issues"? From upstairs I saw a sound guy messing around with what appeared to be a CD player but couldn't really tell. I made it until about 10:30 or so and then started crashing pretty hard so I left, sadly.
I noticed the smoke too pretty early on. It was really bad upstairs on Mitch's side.
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They definitely had technical problems with a Discman-type cd player. It looked like it would play for a few seconds then fail. They scrambled to try to fix it for a few minutes, but eventually gave up.
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had not been to duffys btw.. color me unimpressed.. rude waiter..high prices...surprised..i expected more.. a place that has 6 tvs and not one showing phillies-giants game?
i was at duffy's too, they definitely had the phillies-giants game on the tv closest to the door. my corn beef sandwich took forever, but was really good
it could have been longer, but really the only complaint i buy. so much fun
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Any thoughts on Sweet Apple?
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had not been to duffys btw.. color me unimpressed.. rude waiter..high prices...surprised..i expected more.. a place that has 6 tvs and not one showing phillies-giants game?
i was at duffy's too, they definitely had the phillies-giants game on the tv closest to the door. my corn beef sandwich took forever, but was really good
it could have been longer, but really the only complaint i buy. so much fun
the reason they had it on was that we asked! the game had been going on for a while already! i think it was in the third inning! i was with two philllies fans...
our 20$ pitcher of yuengling (ripoff price) arrived with three glasses that were hot as they had just come out of dishwasher..ridiculous.
12 bucks for a dozen wings?
very down on this place....doubt i'll be back..
and lets not talk about the waiter who looked like he'd rather be anywhere else..
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was that really j mascis with sweet apple? the foh soundman for gbv was 930's soundman. which is kind of weird, in that most bigger acts bring their own soundman. i guess gbv was trying to save money. plus they had 3 roadies. mitch mitchell chain smoked literally all night. when one of his cigs went out, a roadie had a lit one ready to go. at one point one dropped out of his mouth while he was singing and someone in the crowd picked up and gave it back to him. 930 was packed thurs night.
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I kept wanting J to rip a blistering guitar solo the whole time. Sweet Apple were OK.
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That was an incredible demonstration of iron-man (or iron-lung) smoking. Can't be good for you...
I didn't realize that was J until midway through the set. I liked them. A couple of songs stuck with me and I downloaded them today. Always a pleasant surprise when when I like the opener enough to listen later.
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thank god the typing course audio wasn't working; at the austin show, it went on for like 15 minutes before gbv took the stage (it didn't help that there was a bunch of technical problems to start the show either). . the talls of lone star helped pass the time. san francisco was brilliant! d.c. was good, although mitch's guitar kept going in and out. at least he got the solos right this time.....plus, the banter during "lethargy" was much more amusing than from the other shows i've seen.
sorry i missed everyone; i was in the back near the soundguy with godsshoeshine.....then we hung out downstairs afterwards.