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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: dlcjr1775 on August 26, 2003, 03:17:00 pm
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So, for all the bitching and whining and moaning I read from most of the regulars on this board, you'd think that they were dragged to this show, beaten for $45, and then thrown in the door and locked in. so, those of you who weren't , who actually wanted to go, how was it? What happened? Was it the regular "performance" or did he actually do something different? I've heard that at a couple club shows, he actually pulled out an acoustic guitar and played some of his hits all acoustic.....
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I'm dying to hear about it. I'm pessimistic that anyone from the board went, though.
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Originally posted by bags:
I'm dying to hear about it. I'm pessimistic that anyone from the board went, though.
I think everyone who posts here is under 21.
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I would guess that thatguy was there, some others too. Will find out some stuff saturday, was thinking of going, but so late and had so many late nights in a row...
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I actually went to the show and it wasn't all that bad...
He's more talented than I thought. I figured that he'd be lipsynching to a backtrack from a CD, but he had a full band there (who were all really good) and was singing and played acoustic guitar and keyboards too. The crowd was a bit obnoxious but not all that bad. The show was a bit short (about an hour, give or take)
He talked a lot and I think he was trying to prove to everyone that he's not "JUST" a teeny-bopper / pop guy. He insisted that people notice him drinking his beer. He made several references to smoking weed and used the f*ck word and the sh*t word in all of his sentences.
The staph did a great job with will call and security flowing in the club.
Overall a pretty solid experience. It was worth checking out, seeing as there was nothing better to be doing (other than sleeping) at 1am on a Monday night.
Cheers
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Originally posted by SamZeb:
He talked a lot and I think he was trying to prove to everyone that he's not "JUST" a teeny-bopper / pop guy. He insisted that people notice him drinking his beer. He made several references to smoking weed and used the f*ck word and the sh*t word in all of his sentences.
"It dosen't take talent to swear" - Kosmo, 2001
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Originally posted by SamZeb:
He talked a lot and I think he was trying to prove to everyone that he's not "JUST" a teeny-bopper / pop guy. He insisted that people notice him drinking his beer. He made several references to smoking weed and used the f*ck word and the sh*t word in all of his sentences.
"It dosen't take talent to swear" - Kosmo, 2001 [/b]
I think that he thought that it would add to his 'grown up' image if he were to curse a lot.
Oh yeah, at one point he was like "I think I'm losing my voice...man I'm tired. I think I'm getting old" and then he kinda chuckled. What's funny is that half of the crowd was probably older than he is.
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So its sounds to me like he was trying too hard to be a grown up.
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it was A LOT of work, but i spent maybe thirty seconds in the main room while he was on stage so i can't comment on the show at all. i can say that just about everyone i saw leaving had a smile on their face, and i can't remember a single person complaining about the ticket price or set length or how late it was. a good indicator of a good show is a happy crowd.
highlights of my evening:
1. some crazy woman screaming "YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOUR PEOPLE HAVE DONE TO ME!" and crying when i told her that the ticket holders line was around the corner.
b. a car coming into the back of the alley and then backing out right away. they dropped a 15 year old girl there. we found her hiding in the bushes.
III. a limo containing 11 strippers offering me any amount of money, and "anything i wanted to do with any or all of them" to let them in.
D. drunken midget. high comedy.
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Did the 11 strippers enjoy the show?
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Originally posted by Mobius:
Did the 11 strippers enjoy the show?
a gentleman never kisses and tells. i'll just say that the drunken midget recieved more attention from me than the limo full of strippers.
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Originally posted by thatguy:
III. a limo containing 11 strippers offering me any amount of money, and "anything i wanted to do with any or all of them" to let them in.
Then again, Josh, strippers love big guys in kilts.
;)
--sam
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A show is good if you have funny stories to tell and not stories like "I almost killed 5 people/idiots today". Well now you can rest until friday, what a casual week.
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actually, i get to rest until saturday. i'm tossing some of my crap and my favorite blonde in the back of the jeep and heading to the beach. gonna be a good week, methinks.
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Originally posted by thatguy:
heading to the beach.
hands up who can imagine the worlds palest man on the beach? Look mummy its just like star wars, there are two suns........
no offence or anything.
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Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
Originally posted by thatguy:
hands up who can imagine the worlds palest man on the beach? Look mummy its just like star wars, there are two suns........
no offence or anything. [/b]
none taken. i make a point of avoiding the sun whenever possible. any time i spend in the sand will likely be after the sun begins to set. i've got over 120 hours worth of tattoo work to protect. no lazing about in the hot sun for me.
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Originally posted by thatguy:
no lazing about in the hot sun for me.
I had never thought about having to look after the tatoos.....
look mummy there are two moons, now comes to mind though.
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Originally posted by SamZeb:
Then again, Josh, strippers love big guys in kilts.
:D
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Originally posted by thatguy:
highlights of my evening:
1. some crazy woman screaming "YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOUR PEOPLE HAVE DONE TO ME!" and crying when i told her that the ticket holders line was around the corner.
b. a car coming into the back of the alley and then backing out right away. they dropped a 15 year old girl there. we found her hiding in the bushes.
III. a limo containing 11 strippers offering me any amount of money, and "anything i wanted to do with any or all of them" to let them in.
D. drunken midget. high comedy.
Sheesh Josh are you just trying to be indecisive? You've got numeric, lower case alpha, roman numerals, and upper case alpha to prove your highlights!
Talk about the midget! What happened with the midget? Was he up on your shoulders? Did you carry him around from his waist? Could you stash him in a keg?
MindCage
Mindless Faith (http://www.mindlessfaith.com)
Deep6 Productions (http://www.deep6.com)
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Originally posted by thatguy:
Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
Originally posted by thatguy:
hands up who can imagine the worlds palest man on the beach? Look mummy its just like star wars, there are two suns........
no offence or anything. [/b]
none taken. i make a point of avoiding the sun whenever possible. any time i spend in the sand will likely be after the sun begins to set. i've got over 120 hours worth of tattoo work to protect. no lazing about in the hot sun for me. [/b]
You got quite a ruby complexition from friday's sunning. Any of that stick?
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Originally posted by Dupek Chopra:
BTW: kneepadpaige, am I invited to come over and stroke your new black pussy? I'll give you a tour of my amphibarium, and then - if you're very good - I'll let you stroke my greenback.
You're horrible. Instead of play along I'll be a party pooper and correct you:
-I got a DOG, not a cat
-My dog is cream, not black
I will never, ever, EVER want to take a tour of your amphibarium nor will i want to stroke your greenback. And if it's green, don't you think you should get that checked out? Maybe Rhett gave you something..
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Originally posted by paige:
nor will i want to stroke your greenback.
http://www.nyanko.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/chamb/dangermousechars.html (http://www.nyanko.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/chamb/dangermousechars.html)
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I dunno, looks like you and baron silas greenback share a taste in dogs......
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Who cut the cheese? (http://www.davelog.com/cheesego.html)
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Dupek:
You might be interested in a recent slate.com piece on Timberlake and the idea of music cred in pop music. Here's a sample:
"Few critics complain about the Jackson 5's "I Want You Back," but for every Motown encomium, there are a hundred complaints about the virus of "synthetic teen pop" and "bubblegum." Pop critics call it "rockism," and the (very) short version of the attack goes like this: Pop music isn't made by people, but by bands of hired guns on assembly lines, working to rationalized standards established by technocratic committees maximizing shareholder investment. The emphasis of pop songs is on transitory physical pleasures, instead of the eternal truths that rock protects. Pop is also consumed by lots of women and kids, and what do they know?
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There's a real argument to be had about whether or not it matters who made a song, but let's accept for now that the number of people involved in making a pop record matters because this idea about the Individual Artist won't go away. Fine. Thing is, if you read the credits on records, the number of people involved in making big, shiny pop records is about the same as the number of people involved in making the records of high-cred bands like Radiohead or Wilco. The much-maligned Matrix, producers of Liz Phair and Avril Lavigne, are a three-person team. Add the artist and a stray lyricist or keyboard player, and that makes five credits. That's as many people as you've got on an Oasis or Radiohead album, not counting the producer.
Do we know exactly what Thom Yorke contributes to Radiohead songs, other than singing? Do we know what Jeff Tweedy does, exactly, in Wilco? When Pink Floyd takes a year to make a record, is that "spontaneous"? Wasn't Bob Fosse hyperchoreographed? It feels a bit tortured to avoid the most obvious explanation for Madonna and Justin's records: that Madonna's and Justin have a lot to do with their music, and how they make it up and get it done is no more important than it is for any other artists with their names on the marquee. (Quickâ??think of a single solo disc by a famous producer â?¦ that's any good. We'll wait.) Why punish Madonna for not being Pete Townshend? Why punish Justin Timberlake for not being Scriabin?"
And stop being a bully to Paige. I'm sure you're a lovely guy, but it sure makes you seem like a big dick.
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Originally posted by MindCage:
Sheesh Josh are you just trying to be indecisive? You've got numeric, lower case alpha, roman numerals, and upper case alpha to prove your highlights!
old habit from my usenset posting days. it was the preferred style on the bodyart newsgroup.
Talk about the midget! What happened with the midget?
he just kinda stumbled around a lot, hit on women, and eventually got kicked out. he was apparently a friend of one of the nsync guys. he would wander up to me, tell me he was totally sober, and then one of his friends would usher him away. nothing horribly interesting happened, but it was entertaining.
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Originally posted by Sir HC:
You got quite a ruby complexition from friday's sunning. Any of that stick?
nope. gone within two days. i hate it when i get caught off guard in the sun. shaving the next day SUCKS.
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Originally posted by thatguy:
he just kinda stumbled around a lot, hit on women, and eventually got kicked out. he was apparently a friend of one of the nsync guys. he would wander up to me, tell me he was totally sober, and then one of his friends would usher him away. nothing horribly interesting happened, but it was entertaining.
Well isn't one of the N'Stink guys from Bowie or something? You should have let him go with the 11 strippers...
MindCage
Mindless Faith (http://www.mindlessfaith.com)
Deep6 Productions (http://www.deep6.com)
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Originally posted by MindCage:
Talk about the midget! What happened with the midget? Was he up on your shoulders? Did you carry him around from his waist?
<img src="http://www.prisonflicks.com/images/btMB2.jpg" alt=" - " />
"Master-Blaster, a rather brilliant midget named Master (who supplies the brains) and the hulking but mentally impaired Blaster (who supplies the brawn)."
Does this seem fitting or what?
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Some excerpts from the e-mail I wrote to my friends about the show...
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
So, yeah, you might be saying to yourself right now "what the fuck?" Yeah, it was quite possibly very uncool of me. Oh well. Here are the exciting details, though...
Justin Timberlake -- 9:30 Club -- August 25th
Justin and Christina Aguilera were playing at the MCI Center at 7:30pm on August 25th. But, I couldn't convince myself that paying almost $100 for crappy ass seats in the back of the MCI Center, seated all by myself inbetween screaming 13 year olds, was a good idea. So, I passed. But, then there was a surprise announcement...it was announced that Justin Timberlake would be playing a 21+ late show at the 9:30 Club. So, for half the price, I could go see Justin in a 21 and over environment in a small club. I decided that I really couldn't pass that opportunity up.
So, at 7:15pm, I went to the 9:30 Club. Doors opened at 11:30pm. Justin took the stage at 1:00am. Yes, 1 in the morning. Insanity. Well, there was already a line. But, it was only a small line (since the majority of the fans were still at the MCI Center show). I was 8th in line. Not too shabby.
I am perplexed by one thing (and this is just a generalization)...it would appear, in my intense study of boy band fans, that they tend to always fall into one of two categories: 1) very unattractive and rather large or 2) very pretty and fashion-oriented in that sorority girl/pop princess wannabe kind of way. ... The sorority girl/pop princess wannabes make me want to stab forks in my eyes.
I felt like a fraud waiting in line all that time. I don't even own Justin's album. Shocker. And I only own two of the *N'SYNC albums. And I have never before seen *N'SYNC or Justin in concert. And all the people (I might as well just say girls since there were about a total of 5 guys there...all dragged along by their girlfriends) were so excited to see their Justin. I can't even name all the members of *N'SYNC. And I most certainly do not know things like Justin's middle name, hometown, or fav food. Oh well. I managed to hide my non-fanatic Justin fan-ness pretty well.
There were far too many Britney Spears wannabes waiting in line. Why do all the Justin fans feel the need to dress exactly like Britney fucking Spears (a la the Britney look-alike in Justin's "Cry Me a River" video)??? Don't they realize that he broke up with her? That, to me, would be an indication of something that Justin doesn't want. But, hey, what do I know, I'm not a true Justin fan.
The line situation wasn't chaotic, surprisingly. Yay for the 9:30 Club staff. ... I got front row, right in front of Justin. And there was no barricade. ...
Around 1:00am, Justin's band took the stage. ...most decked out, head to toe, in NBA gear. They all looked like Nelly clones. I guess it is all part of Justin's plan to gain some street cred.
The band jammed for awhile and tried to get the audience all pumped up. I would have enjoyed it had the band actually been good. They didn't suck, but I wouldn't classify them as good either. ...
Finally, ...Justin came out. All the frills were gone. There was no elaborate stage set-up, there were no dancers, there were no costume changes, there were no flashy lights, etc., etc. Justin was wearing dark brown cargo pants, pristine white sneakers, a ribbed white tank top with an orange short-sleeve 'Peasant Run' t-shirt over it, and a camaflogue hat (which he later discarded). And there was none of that head thingy that all these pop stars are so find of nowadays...it was just a regular mic on a regular mic stand. In other words, it was a show about the music and not a show that was just meant to be a show.
Justin opened with a kick ass version of "Cry Me a River". It was harder in some places and much lengthier than the original. He changed the lyrics around too. "Fuck you for making my cry a river." ... "I bet you think this song is about you, don't you, don't you, I bet you think this song is about you, don't you, don't you, IT IS!" Yes, indeed, it was very much a "fuck you" type of song. I loved it. ... I could have left the concert right then and been perfectly happy. "Cry Me a River" was hands down the song I wanted to hear most...and Justin definitely did not disappoint.
There was, however, one odd/frilly thing about the stage set-up. Towards the back and off to the right, there was a little bar. Is this the new trend now? ...the people at the bar would randomly take turns throwing ice cubes at Justin and the band. ...
So, I happen to look over to the right...and then I look back...and then I look to the right again. Is that another guy from *N'SYNC? It sure was. Chris Kirkpatrick (or whatever the hell his name is) was standing on the stage videotaping the performance. ...
Then Justin did some slow songs that I didn't recognize (since I don't own the fucking album). And he played the guitar. ... Oh well...I'll give him points for effort...
Ok, and it has to be said, Justin is pretty damn talented. Well, as a singer anyways...not so much as a guitar player. He has a great voice and a great stage presence. And, yes, he too is pretty damn good-looking. ... He's shorter and thinner than I had imagined. ...
However, I must deduct some points for his constant "if I do this thrust, it looks like I am fucking" movement. Yeah, a little too much of that. But, it did earn high-pitched squeals from all the 21+ girlies in the house. So yeah, it must just be one of those things that I don't understand since I am not a true Justin fan.
He did, however, have some other little gestures...which reminded me a lot of what Liam Gallagher does live. He would give new meaning to the song lyrics with his gestures...from fucking, to masturbating, to blow jobs, to squeazing tits, to smoking a joint. Oh no indeed, this is no longer that little boy in the boy band. He is now a full-blown, red-blooded, all-American male specimen. Oh joy. Maybe if he coyly sings about drugs and sex his street cred will go up and he will sell more records. He did, at times, seem to be trying a little too hard to please an older audience. On the other hand, you could just view it as him acting his age. Or, I supose, you could just view it as him being male.
And then it was time for "Like I Love You" (or whatever that song is called). ... And it was pretty damn good live.
And then he did a song (which I don't think is on his album) that was another "fuck you, you've done me wrong, you evil evil evil woman" song. It was pretty good. ...
And then he did "Senorita", which was also rather good live. And a very good crowd interaction song. Though, it was rather lacking on the whole fellas part of the song.
And then he introduced the band and had each band member do a solo on their instrument. Holy hell, the drummer sucked some serious ass. But then, Chris Kirkpatrick (or whatever) took over for the keyboardist. And for his solo, he played "Chopsticks". ...
And then Justin finished up the evening with "Rock Your Body". ... This was the only part of the evening where Justin actually danced. At the end of the song, he did the dance he does in the video. And he did it right in front of me. I had my hands in front of me on the stage to brace myself against the crowd and I actually had to move them so he wouldn't step on them. He was so close to me that he was practically on top of me. ... And the best part of his little dance was that his shoelace was untied. The entire time I was thinking "he's going to trip and fall, he's going to trip and fall, he's going to trip and fall". I wanted to reach over and tie it for him. ...
I wasn't blown away. I wasn't overly excited. I'm not consumed with an urge to purchase his album ASAP. But, I wasn't disappointed either. It was a good show. And a very different show from what I would have witnessed at the MCI Center. Justin has a great voice. ... The highlights of the evening were definitely the beginning and the end..."Cry Me a River" and "Rock My Body".
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Blue Star....I'd say it's time to go shopping at Forever 21 and get yourself some Britney gear, because from the effort you put into writing that long-arsed review, I'd say you're hooked on Justin!
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Originally posted by mankie:
Blue Star....I'd say it's time to go shopping at Forever 21 and get yourself some Britney gear, because from the effort you put into writing that long-arsed review, I'd say you're hooked on Justin!
Haha...I took parts out of it too...the actual e-mail was longer. Let's just say that it was a slow day at work yesterday.
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Originally posted by G.Love:
"Master-Blaster, a rather brilliant midget named Master (who supplies the brains) and the hulking but mentally impaired Blaster (who supplies the brawn)."
Does this seem fitting or what?
hulking but mentally impaired? hmm...not sure how i feel about that one.
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It was actually a very nice review. The only thing that gave it away was the four paragraphs that started "and then he"
thanks for sharing.
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Originally posted by thatguy:
hulking but mentally impaired? hmm...not sure how i feel about that one.
11 strippers offering you favors in the back of a limo and you concentrate on the midget!?!?!? something ain't working right.
"Aunty, tell me who runs Barter Town?"
Just kidding of course- its all in good fun :p