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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: hutch on October 12, 2016, 01:22:31 pm
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obviously we all know this is destined to fail.... but if anyone has thoughts as there seem to be quite a few boardies attending the show?
I expect the Fannies (is this the "in the know" name for TFC?) to start at 10 pm. Opening band at 9 pm.
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yes.
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I will be there!
I'm going to see them in NYC too, and Philly.
My radio show yesterday was an all Scottish music special in anticipation of it.
If anyone is interested, it's up here: https://www.mixcloud.com/Spin-Cycle/spin-cycle-october-11-2016/
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I'm trying to figure out what time I will make it into DC but I'll tentatively meetup. Would prefer either the Backbar or something fairly close by (Duffy? Brixton?) if I can make it.
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should definitely be backbar..
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I'm trying to figure out what time I will make it into DC but I'll tentatively meetup. Would prefer either the Backbar or something fairly close by (Duffy? Brixton?) if I can make it.
How about Dodge City? Better draft beer list than Duffy's or Brixton.
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should definitely be backbar..
To be fair, that is by far the most expensive option being proposed. I hate paying $18 for a double Stoli and soda (a topic I do not wish to rehash yet again).
But if I can make it, I'll show up wherever.
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So we have the guy who lives in a shotgun shack suggesting the most expensive option, and Thurston Howell III suggesting it's too pricey. Love it.
How about Right Proper (next to Howard Theater)? Best brewery in DC, and only a five minute walk away.
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satellite room?
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should definitely be backbar..
To be fair, that is by far the most expensive option being proposed. I hate paying $18 for a double Stoli and soda (a topic I do not wish to rehash yet again).
But if I can make it, I'll show up wherever.
yeah.. I guess same for me as far as being up for whatever.. but I would expect if I could make it it would be fairly close to TFC playing...the notion that I would have hours to while away at a bar before the show..well..experience tells me that does not happen...I usually park and run in and the band I am there to see starts playing 15 minutes later... I could feasibly be there a bit earlier but not an hour earlier....
but it doesn't matter.. you all arrange the place and time.. ... i'm actually better at hanging out after shows as I can stay up til stupid o'clock and I'm usually on a big buzz afterwards...before the show i'm into getting my spot..... but i realize some people just want to leave after the show..
satellite room is a good compromise as its right next to the venue...
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How about somebody find out where the band is drinking before the show and we'll just go hang out with them?
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I am up for wherever as well...
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How about somebody find out where the band is drinking before the show and we'll just go hang out with them?
umm.. they don't strike me as big drinkers but they'll be backstage drinking for free.. they are not rich or anything..
so we need backstage passes... I will reach out to the band and get back to you.
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How about somebody find out where the band is drinking before the show and we'll just go hang out with them?
umm.. they don't strike me as big drinkers but they'll be backstage drinking for free.. they are not rich or anything..
so we need backstage passes... I will reach out to the band and get back to you.
It would be quite disappointing to learn that a band who entitled a song "Alcoholiday" weren't big drinkers.
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How about somebody find out where the band is drinking before the show and we'll just go hang out with them?
umm.. they don't strike me as big drinkers but they'll be backstage drinking for free.. they are not rich or anything..
so we need backstage passes... I will reach out to the band and get back to you.
That'd be great Hutch, thanks...
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So we have the guy who lives in a shotgun shack suggesting the most expensive option, and Thurston Howell III suggesting it's too pricey. Love it.
I have no problem paying for quality; I have a problem paying double market value.
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How about somebody find out where the band is drinking before the show and we'll just go hang out with them?
umm.. they don't strike me as big drinkers but they'll be backstage drinking for free.. they are not rich or anything..
so we need backstage passes... I will reach out to the band and get back to you.
Big drinkers? not so much, these days, but drinkers, yes. They have quite a busy schedule traveling, etc. so I imagine before the show they'll be inside and will most likely want to see the opener as well.
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So I plan to be at 8 in case they need a last minute playlist or whatever, otherwise I'll plan on hanging in the backbar before the show. I'll be the one wearing non pleated pants.
I'm planning on grabbing a bite to eat somewhere need the club around 7pm, if we are meeting up that early.
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So what's the final decision on place and time?
I'll be the old guy among many old guys, wearing my wife's Infidel t-shirt.
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Girl, I can't wait until I can finally be a part of a boardie meet up.
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It is looking increasingly like I will get there about 15 minutes before the opener so I will be, at best, making a quick cameo at any meetup while the rest of you close out your bills.
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It is looking increasingly like I will get there about 15 minutes before the opener so I will be, at best, making a quick cameo at any meetup while the rest of you close out your bills.
Sounds good.
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It is looking increasingly like I will get there about 15 minutes before the opener so I will be, at best, making a quick cameo at any meetup while the rest of you close out your bills.
Sounds good.
Well played.
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So I plan to be at 8 in case they need a last minute playlist or whatever, otherwise I'll plan on hanging in the backbar before the show. I'll be the one wearing non pleated pants.
I'm planning on grabbing a bite to eat somewhere need the club around 7pm, if we are meeting up that early.
I am wearing pleated pants now. Will change out of them and wear replacements merch of somesort. Probably an 8:15 arrival.
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So I plan to be at 8 in case they need a last minute playlist or whatever, otherwise I'll plan on hanging in the backbar before the show. I'll be the one wearing non pleated pants.
I'm planning on grabbing a bite to eat somewhere need the club around 7pm, if we are meeting up that early.
I'll more than likely be at Satellite room before the show. I'll also have my TFC green tote bag. See you later!
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Nice hanging out with Vas Deferens last night. Where were the rest of you clowns? ;D
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Nice hanging out with Vas Deferens last night. Where were the rest of you clowns? ;D
at the Meetup! Awesome seeing everybody!
Sorry we had to move it but there just wasn't enough space for all the boardies that turned up..
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Decent show. I wish they had decided to do their one masterpiece album in its entirety on its 25th Anniversary, instead of relegating it to one song.
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Decent show. I wish they had decided to do their one masterpiece album in its entirety on its 25th Anniversary, instead of relegating it to one song.
Songs From Northern Britain came out in 1997.
FWIW both Grand Prix and SFNB are more highly rated than Bandwagonesque.
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Decent show.
geez.. not exactly a ringing endorsement...
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Decent show. I wish they had decided to do their one masterpiece album in its entirety on its 25th Anniversary, instead of relegating it to one song.
Songs From Northern Britain came out in 1997.
FWIW both Grand Prix and SFNB are more highly rated than Bandwagonesque.
Allmusic gives Bandwagonesque the rare 5 star treatment, the other two get 4.5 stars. And Bandwagonesque got a major push here in the US, I'd be very surprised if the other two combined sold as much as Bandwagonesque here in the States.
For me personally, Bandwagonesque was the right album at the right time. I was into 80's Britpop and then the poppier side of early grunge, and that album fit into my wheelhouse at the time. By 1997, I had left all of that behind and was completely immersed in Americana. And fwiw, my wife's TF/early 90's into late 90's experience was similar except she moved on to hip hop.
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Decent show.
Ok, on certain songs they were very good, but never approached spectacular. On the new songs, they were decent, and on the songs that featured the guitarist on vocals, they were very pedestrian (the songs that Norman Blake and the bass player sang were better).
geez.. not exactly a ringing endorsement...