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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Bags on February 23, 2004, 05:38:00 pm
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Starting a new thread because this is an alert of sorts...
The National have themselves listed as playing in Vermont (http://www.americanmary.com/shows/) on March 7, although the Black Cat still has them opening for Alaska! on the same date.
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Sun. 07 Mar 2004
CLUB METRONOME
188 Main Street
Burlington, VT
It makes sense they'll be in VT based on the way their tour moves from the Thursday 9:30 Club show with the Walkmen.
Just an alert that if you want to see them, Thursday may be the only chance
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After touring with the Walkmen they will be opening for the Pernice Brothers again and 16 Horespower, unfortunately, not in DC.
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So Thursday is their only local show? Glad I saw that, I may have waffled....
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Bugger.
I wanted to see them twice.
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i don't know if i should point this out or not... but there's National vid posted on the Brassland website (http://www.brassland.org/). It's shot in a hotel room with various band members sitting in the bathtub... Are they considered HOTT by any chance?
Was considering come down, but Kosmette needs a little cocooning today after a crappy week...
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Kosmo did you notice the national had a song on the clash tribute that came free with uncut? CLAMPDOWN!
Thanks for the vid link...I am going there now
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Originally posted by Bags:
The National have themselves listed as playing in Vermont (http://www.americanmary.com/shows/) on March 7, although the Black Cat still has them opening for Alaska! on the same date.
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So are they opening for Vermont in Alaska or Alaska in Vermont...this is doin me 'edd in Brian...
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From the horses gob
"Hey Dr. Mark,
Glad to hear you are coming out on Thur. ... hoping you have bought tix in
advance ... as it may (or may already have?) sold-out (due to the immense
popularity of the Walkmen + Weird War most likely, if so).
Sorry about the mis-info on the Black Cat ... we were booked there earlier,
but things got shifted around w/ our bookings. We won't be there that night
unfortunately.
See you thursday night. Keep it real.
/the national"
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Is this seriously a show which might sell out?!? I'm planning to get there about 8.
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Originally posted by Bags:
Is this seriously a show which might sell out?!?
two of the bands have local connections/are local which helps
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And pollardfork.....oops......I mean pitchfork, gave the new Walkmen album a 9.2
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
pollardfork
I noticed that they gave The Microphones live album a 6.1 today, I gave it a 6.2 a week or two ago on Big Yawn, see, I don't do everything the same as pitchfork, oh and their review also featured better writing
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I didnt think it would sell out, but I dont really like the walkmen. I bought my tickets a couple of weeks ago as I really didnt want to miss the show.
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Originally posted by pollard:
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
pollardfork
I noticed that they gave The Microphones live album a 6.1 today, I gave it a 6.2 a week or two ago on Big Yawn, see, I don't do everything the same as pitchfork, oh and their review also featured better writing [/b]
What's this Robot stuff you seem to be listening to a lot?
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Are the Walkmen better than, or at least different from, Jonathan Fire Eater? I remember seeing them years ago, and thinking they were horrible. And now hear they are receiving major hype.
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
What's this Robot stuff you seem to be listening to a lot?
it only looks like a lot because the album came with 3 discs, but each is only 20 minutes long
http://www.therobotateme.com/ (http://www.therobotateme.com/)
not crazy about the new stuff so far, one disc is entirely political and made to sound like early twentieth century radio programming, although there is some good stuff on the other discs
review of first album (http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/r/robot-ate-me/they-ate-themselves.shtml)
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Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
Are the Walkmen better than, or at least different from, Jonathan Fire Eater? I remember seeing them years ago, and thinking they were horrible. And now hear they are receiving major hype.
Gosh Rutherford, that's so contrary.
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Well I'm not always contrary. I did see this chick yesterday at Borders and thought she was good...
http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1700688 (http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1700688)
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
Are the Walkmen better than, or at least different from, Jonathan Fire Eater? I remember seeing them years ago, and thinking they were horrible. And now hear they are receiving major hype.
Gosh Rutherford, that's so contrary. [/b]
Both are far better than Wilco so what are you worried about?
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There goes Mankie again, picking on the one band that I like that he's actually heard of...
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Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
Well I'm not always contrary. I did see this chick yesterday at Borders and thought she was good...
http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1700688 (http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1700688)
Sounds like she's big with freshmen at Smith.
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"Murder Me, Rachael" is SUCH AN EXCELLENT SONG!
I just hope they play that song over and over for 40 minutes... :D
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I'm amused by the fact that she wanted to call her album either "Penis Envy" or "Black America", but her label wouldn't let it fly. Instead, she called it "Get Away From Me", and obvious play on Norah Jones' album.
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
Well I'm not always contrary. I did see this chick yesterday at Borders and thought she was good...
http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1700688 (http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1700688)
Sounds like she's big with freshmen at Smith. [/b]
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Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
I'm amused by the fact that she wanted to call her album either "Penis Envy" or "Black America", but her label wouldn't let it fly. Instead, she called it "Get Away From Me", and obvious play on Norah Jones' album.
She sounds more like Avril Lavigne:
"I'm bad with taking directions. I'm a nice girl on the outside, but I'm a complete punk on the inside. I just like to learn on my own."
"It took me two weeks to get sick of that place [Manhattan School of Music.] School is all about conformity and acquiescence, and those are two things I'm really bad at. I can't even pretend."
"I feel everything is political -- love, sex, life. I don't see how people can be unaffected by politics or the current events of the world. I get impatient with love songs, especially when they are written in a more modern style."
"I think it's such a shame when people are taken surprise by fame. I think they should just quit then, and leave the playing field open for me. Because I really want it."
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Musically, I don't hear the Avril Lavigne connection.
To me, more a combination of Randy Newman, Cole Porter, and Doris Day with some hip hop thrown in.
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Because I really want it.
How I have yearned to hear that sentence.
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Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
Doris Day
one of the sites I read, http://blog.largeheartedboy.com (http://blog.largeheartedboy.com) , called her Doris Day With An Edge today, which immediately made me think, "no thanks"
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If I had read that, I would have thunk the same thing. Luckily, I trusted the recommendations of a couple of people on the Fulks chatboard, and was pleasantly surprised after actually listening.
Originally posted by pollard:
Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
Doris Day
one of the sites I read, http://blog.largeheartedboy.com, (http://blog.largeheartedboy.com,) called her Doris Day With An Edge today, which immediately made me think, "no thanks" [/b]
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Originally posted by mankie:
Originally posted by Bags:
The National have themselves listed as playing in Vermont (http://www.americanmary.com/shows/) on March 7, although the Black Cat still has them opening for Alaska! on the same date.
???
So are they opening for Vermont in Alaska or Alaska in Vermont...this is doin me 'edd in Brian... [/b]
Just think..if they add Texas to the bill my head would explode!
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Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
There goes Mankie again, picking on the one band that I like that he's actually heard of...
HEY! I've heard of Bryan Adams. Who hasn't after the Robin Hood movie?
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There was a Robin Hood movie?
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So who stayed until the end of the Walkmen's set?
Did it get any better?
Is it just me, or are they starting to sound a little Strokes-y?
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Well I resurfaced out of the backbar about a song and a half in. I thought it sounded really good. they played the hit off of the first album next. Sounded great much better then when I had seen them before. The next song made me yawn and we returned to the bar.
I really dont think the walkmen are my thing. The guy does look like Walkie though.
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I know I'm posting this five days late, but loved The National. *Really* wish they were coming back.
When they were finished, I headed to DC9 for what was a WAY too great Thursday night of lots of free booze, a great DJ set with all kinds of stuff. And, oh my god, even a little dancing -- to alternative music, in DC?!?
Because The National ended so late, I thought the whole show would be much later, so I did head back to the 9:30 Club at 11:45 hoping to catch a couple Walkmen songs, but instead hit the crowds streaming to U looking for cabs.
Any word on Weird War?
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
Well I resurfaced out of the backbar about a song and a half in. I thought it sounded really good. they played the hit off of the first album next. Sounded great much better then when I had seen them before. The next song made me yawn and we returned to the bar.
I really dont think the walkmen are my thing. The guy does look like Walkie though.
which one's "the guy"...surely not "that guy"?
<img src="http://www.marcata.net/walkmen/images/walkmen.jpg" alt=" - " />
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
I really dont think the walkmen are my thing. The guy does look like Walkie though.
which one? ;)
<img src="http://campuscircle.net/interviews/images/walkmen.jpg" alt=" - " />
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Brooklyn-by way of-Cincinnati rock act the National has signed a worldwide deal with Beggars Banquet. The group's third studio album is expected in spring 2005. The National's two prior full-lengths, including 2003's acclaimed "Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers," were issued by New York independent label Brassland.
"We found out in May that Roger Trust, who runs Beggars Banquet, was a big fan of 'Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers' and he showed up at our show in London a month later," group member Aaron Dessner tells Billboard.com. "The next day we spent a few hours at the Beggars office in London, which was really impressive, and then Roger came over to see us play in Paris a few nights later. It just felt like a perfect match for us and them."
Dessner says the group is in the midst of recording new material, including tracks like "Mr. November," "Minor Stars of Rome," "Abel" and "The Thrilling of Claire." No shows are planned until an Oct. 3 appearance at New York's Bowery Ballroom, with fellow Ohio rock combo the Black Keys.
-- Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.
Billboard Magazine
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Originally posted by Bags:
Brooklyn-by way of-Cincinnati rock act the National has signed a worldwide deal with Beggars Banquet. The group's third studio album is expected in spring 2005. The National's two prior full-lengths, including 2003's acclaimed "Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers," were issued by New York independent label Brassland.
"We found out in May that Roger Trust, who runs Beggars Banquet, was a big fan of 'Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers' and he showed up at our show in London a month later," group member Aaron Dessner tells Billboard.com. "The next day we spent a few hours at the Beggars office in London, which was really impressive, and then Roger came over to see us play in Paris a few nights later. It just felt like a perfect match for us and them."
Dessner says the group is in the midst of recording new material, including tracks like "Mr. November," "Minor Stars of Rome," "Abel" and "The Thrilling of Claire." No shows are planned until an Oct. 3 appearance at New York's Bowery Ballroom, with fellow Ohio rock combo the Black Keys.
-- Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.
Billboard Magazine
I'm really digging their new EP ~ Cherry Tree. Got it?
That would be a muy cool show in NY.