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[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by BookerT:
 sounds a lot like that first batch of dinosaur jr. reunion shows, don't it?

That's ridiculous. Dino Jr's first batch of shows were on average $15, which is on par with what J Mascis & The Fog was charging and probably less then Sebadoh could charge at that point (in similar sized venues, no less). Also, it genuinely appeared they had put past differences aside, and were a lot calmer, more peaceful individuals in their 40's then they were in their early 20's. You're right on no new material at first, so at least you got 1 of 3 correct, though.

[BookerT]

Originally posted by Julian, certified WEBLEBRITY:
   

Originally posted by BookerT:
 sounds a lot like that first batch of dinosaur jr. reunion shows, don't it?

That's ridiculous. Dino Jr's first batch of shows were on average $15, which is on par with what J Mascis & The Fog was charging and probably less then Sebadoh could charge at that point (in similar sized venues, no less). Also, it genuinely appeared they had put past differences aside, and were a lot calmer, more peaceful individuals in their 40's then they were in their early 20's. You're right on no new material at first, so at least you got 1 of 3 correct, though. [/b]

oh jesus christ, dude. aren't i allowed to try to work walkonby into an insane rant on a boring friday without getting a self-righteous julian rant instead? man.

[conorh98]

DC date announced for David Byrne show:
 11/9 Warner

[sweetcell]

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
  Rage Against The Machine
 09-03 Minneapolis, MN - Target Center
 (during the RNC)

luckily RATM are equal-opportunity haters:
 
 Tent State Music Festival to End the War
 Featuring Rage Against the Machine, Flobots, The Coup, State Radio, and Wayne Kramer
 Tent State University at Cuernavaca Park, Denver, CO
 August 27 (third day of the DNC)
 Free - tickets distributed via lotery
   http://tentstate.org/rage.htm  
   

Originally posted by conorh98:
  DC date announced for David Byrne show:
 11/9 Warner

also Sept 17 at Baltimore's Lyric Theater.  all dates listed here.

[azaghal1981]

Bitch of a conflict 9/17:
 
 David Byrne V. Tony Conrad V. Mogwai

[azaghal1981]

Here ya go DFA1979:
 
 10/15
 MSTRKRFT
 Bedrock (Baltimore)

[DeathFromAbove1979]

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
  Here ya go DFA1979:
 
 10/15
 MSTRKRFT
 Bedrock (Baltimore)

Sweet Mary. I can't get enough of these guys. And thanks for the heads up!

[azaghal1981]

Snailhook's probably the only other person who'd care about this but:
 rivers of & time-lag records present
 TIME OF RIVERS FESTIVAL 2008
 october 10th, 11th, 12th 2008
 portland, maine, usa @ SPACE GALLERY
  http://www.space538.org  
 $35.00 weekend pass / $15.00 per night
 secondary shows scheduled for saturday & sunday afternoon @ DOORYARD
 earth
 tetuzi akiyama
 jozef van wissem
 michael chapman
 jack rose
 paul metzger
 ilyas ahmed
 george stavis
 glenn jones
 mv & ee
 fire on fire
 cian nugent
 ben reynolds
 harris newman
 steve gunn
 fursaxa
 r keenan lawler
 carter thornton
 alexander turnquist
 micah blue smaldone
 james beaudreau
 zaimph
 joshua burkett
 visitations
 cursillistas
 arborea
 marc orleans
 rafi bookstaber
 edward gibbs
 
 
 P.S. We gotta get Paul Metzger, Visitations, Fursaxa and Ilyas Ahmed!

[Staralfur25]

Chromeo!!
 sweet    that just made my day. now if only i can get off work.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

HEY SETH! How about an election night show???
 
 ROCK AND ROLL MEANS WELL TOUR - FALL 2008
 
 DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS AND THE HOLD STEADY HIT THE ROAD TOGETHER
 
 You've heard the rumours - and this rock and roll wet dream is coming true.
 
 Drive-By Truckers and The Hold Steady have teamed up to bring you the Rock and Roll Means Well Tour this Fall! Catch the double-rock show in cities across the country.
 
 Tickets go on sale Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 at 10AM ET.
 
 Check out the tour dates and buy your tickets ASAP!
 
 
 Rock and Roll Means Well Tour Fall 2008
 
 Thu Oct 30    Louisville KY    COYOTE'S @ CITY BLOCK  (HS Closes)
 
 Fri Oct 31   Nashville TN     RYMAN AUDITORIUM  (DBT Closes)
 
 Sat Nov 01    Atlanta GA    TABERNACLE   (DBT Closes)
 
 Sun Nov 02    Tallahassee FL    THE MOON @ FSU    (HS Closes)
 
 Mon Nov 03    Raleigh NC    LINCOLN THEATRE   (DBT Closes)
 
 Wed Nov 05     State College PA    THE STATE THEATRE    (HS Closes)
 
 Thu Nov 06    New York, NY    TERMINAL 5    (Closer TBA)
 
 Fri Nov 07   New York, NY    TERMINAL 5     (Closer TBA)
 
 Sat Nov 08    Philadelphia, PA    ELECTRIC FACTORY   (DBT Closes)
 
 Sun Nov 09    Boston MA    ORPHEUM THEATRE   (HS Closes)
 
 Tue Nov 11    Toronto ONT    PHOENIX THEATRE   (DBT Closes)
 
 Wed Nov 12    Pittsburgh PA    CARNEGIE MUSIC HALL   (HS Closes)
 
 Thu Nov 13    Bloomington IN    BLUEBIRD   (DBT Closes)
 
 Fri Nov 14   Chicago IL    RIVIERA   (HS Closes)
 
 Sat Nov 15    Minneapolis MN    FIRST AVENUE MAINROOM   (DBT Closes)
 
 Sun Nov 16    Minneapolis MN    FIRST AVENUE MAINROOM    (HS Closes)
 
 Wed Nov 19     Boise ID     THE BIG EASY   (DBT Closes)
 
 Thu Nov 20     Seattle WA    THE SHOWBOX   (HS Closes)
 
 Fri Nov 21   Seattle WA   THE SHOWBOX   (DBT Closes)
 
 Sat Nov 22    Portland OR     CRYSTAL BALLROOM    (HS Closes)
 
 Sun Nov 23    San Francisco CA    THE FILLMORE    (DBT Closes)
 
 Mon Nov 24    San Francisco CA    THE FILLMORE    (HS Closes)
 
 Tue Nov 25    Los Angeles CA    THE WILTERN    (DBT Closes)

[bellenseb]

John Prine
 DAR
 10/3

[azaghal1981]

Neil Young/Wilco:
 12/12/2008 The Spectrum Philadelphia, PA
 12/13/2008 DCU Center Boston, MA
 12/15/2008 Madison Square Garden New York, NY

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Personally, I hate his music (with the expection of some of that Massey Hall album and On the Beach), but it goes beyond that. I feel like if you're still kind of (relatively) an up-and-coming rock band getting more mainstream attention, the last person I'd want to go on tour with is Neil Young. Why? a) he's just another aging boomer relic who is pulling out the "rares" in order to wow the audience that grew up on his hits while simultaneously egging on your overzealous critic fans to give you more praise than you deserve. Each member of your band can singlehandedly outperform him and has made better records on their bad days than this guy's best days. however, due to the novelty fact that "he's freaking Neil Young!" you'll never be given the credit ('you' being Wilco) you really deserve.
 
 I mean, come on, to be fair, I don't like Neil Young but I think we could all agree here Wilco puts him out of business in terms of actual showmanship. His songs, not that he can help it, are either given a folk rock or grunge rock treatment and they never are given the room to breath life. Whereas, you have a band like Wilco, with two superhuman musicians and probably the most likable singer-songwriter in his age group playing songs of more dense emotional (okay, opinion) and musical (this however I feel is fact) complexities-- the craftsmanship of the mentioned bringing a tight yet spaced out sound. I feel like Wilco going on tour with that guy is Wilco not giving themselves enough credit. Yeah, he's Neil Young, but you're doing now what he did yesterday in terms of making contemporary, fresh, new sounding music. You're not recycling as much as your contemporaries are, the music you make is as new now is his was then. You should be the ones on stage, you can't help it that the music business has (for the most part) aged more intelligently than him and you get overlooked.
 
 don't get me wrong. if you wanna go see Neil Young, go see Neil Young. But everyone should be going ape over getting to see him open for Wilco, not the other way around. I'm sure I'm the only one that feels this way, I'm sure I sound backwards to probably 99% of the people here.
 
 

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
  Neil Young/Wilco:
 12/12/2008 The Spectrum Philadelphia, PA
 12/13/2008 DCU Center Boston, MA
 12/15/2008 Madison Square Garden New York, NY

[Relaxer]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
  Each member of your band can singlehandedly outperform him and has made better records on their bad days than this guy's best days. .
 
 I mean, come on, to be fair, I don't like Neil Young but I think we could all agree here Wilco puts him out of business in terms of actual showmanship. His songs, not that he can help it, are either given a folk rock or grunge rock treatment and they never are given the room to breath life. Whereas, you have a band like Wilco, with two superhuman musicians and probably the most likable singer-songwriter in his age group playing songs of more dense emotional (okay, opinion) and musical (this however I feel is fact) complexities-- the craftsmanship of the mentioned bringing a tight yet spaced out sound.

Wilco has some good songs, but they've got nothing that even remotely compares to Cortez the Killer, Cowgirl in the Sand, Like a Hurricane, Broken Arrow, Into the Black, hell, I could go on and on. Wilco is a good band, don't get me wrong, but Neil has more classic songs on some of his individual albums than Wilco has in their entire canon.
 
 And I don't know, but I've seen both of them perform numerous times, and have many boots of both, and Neil crushes Wilco live, not even a contest. Neil stretches out his songs, fucks with them, turns them around, loudens the quiet ones and quiets the loud ones, and tries new things WAY more than Wilco does. Tweedy has some great instrumentalists but they pretty much play the songs as they are on the albums.
 
 Plus, Neil has done classic work in multiple genres -- and he's just as likely to have Sonic Youth open for him as he would Wilco.
 
 Also, Jeff Tweedy is a total grump.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Please note, that rant came from a Wilco message board. Not from me. I'm just lazy in not quoting.
 
 I like Neil, I like Wilco. I'd love to see that show come to DC.