Sell outs...

[Silencio]

Yeah, this may be a little off subject to a degree, but i remember my favorite show being Calla/Cooper Temple Clause at 9:30 in March, aside from the great sets and my general interest in them, from what i remember the show was barely half full if that. I dunno, i just dont enjoy being in a sold out show as much, but im guessing most people feel the same way. Then again...

[dtqjr]

speaking of sell-outs...
 
 Arcade Fire?  Being all the rage, will this one sell-out?  Has HFS begun playing them?

[Darth Ed]

I'm kind of worried about that too. If I can't get to the box office this weekend, I'm ordering mine from Tickets.com.

[niro]

people are we forgetting, when you say the "current sellouts" at 9:30 represents the "DC music scene" that dc really doesn't have a representative music scene.  if anything really, anything goes.
 
 not to mention when people go to 9:30 i don't think  any concert has been more than fifty percent washingtonians.  you're forgetting md and va are there, and i've seen people as far as from europe come to shows here.  diversity in music really soars around here.
 
 really to say otherwise is looking at one side of a huge polygon.       :cool:

[Random Citizen]

Originally posted by niro:
  when you say the "current sellouts" at 9:30 represents the "DC music scene" that dc really doesn't have a representative music scene.  

Spoken like someone who doesn't have a clue. There are more than a few bands that are not from the DC area who cite DC-based bands as influences on their sound. Try to do a bit of research before you generalize...or, as you put it, "looking at one side of a huge polygon."

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by niro:
  people are we forgetting, when you say the "current sellouts" at 9:30 represents the "DC music scene" that dc really doesn't have a representative music scene.  if anything really, anything goes.
 
 not to mention when people go to 9:30 i don't think  any concert has been more than fifty percent washingtonians.  you're forgetting md and va are there, and i've seen people as far as from europe come to shows here.  diversity in music really soars around here.
 
 really to say otherwise is looking at one side of a huge polygon.        :cool:  

this is sarcastic, right?
 
 DC is well known for having one of the most monolithic and stifling music scenes in the country.  If Ian MacKaye doesn't like you, you're SOL.

[redsock]

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
   

Originally posted by niro:
  people are we forgetting, when you say the "current sellouts" at 9:30 represents the "DC music scene" that dc really doesn't have a representative music scene.  if anything really, anything goes.
 
 not to mention when people go to 9:30 i don't think  any concert has been more than fifty percent washingtonians.  you're forgetting md and va are there, and i've seen people as far as from europe come to shows here.  diversity in music really soars around here.
 
 really to say otherwise is looking at one side of a huge polygon.         :cool:  

this is sarcastic, right?
 
 DC is well known for having one of the most monolithic and stifling music scenes in the country.  If Ian MacKaye doesn't like you, you're SOL. [/b]

Ian came to the most recent BigYawn show, I hope that means he likes us.

[K8teebug]

Don't forget that Wilco sold out too.  It's no suprise that OAR and BTE sold out.  Look at all the crap they play on the radio that people suck right up without question.

[bellenseb]

Gavin DeGraw caught me by surprise. 2 shows sold out? Who is this guy?

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

the title of this thread should be "sellouts sell out."  

[HoyaSaxa03]

Ian came to the most recent BigYawn show, I hope that means he likes us.
 ------------
 
 for the sake of you and your family, i sure fucking hope so.

[Bags]

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
   If Ian MacKaye doesn't like you, you're SOL.

I think you're referencing the scene in 1994...it's 2004.

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by Bags:
   

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
   If Ian MacKaye doesn't like you, you're SOL.

I think you're referencing the scene in 1994...it's 2004. [/b]

point well taken, and i'm sure it was hyperbole even then ... but i was just amazed that this guy with hubris to spare thought that DC has no discernable scene.
 
 if you ask anyone who knows anything about music in this country what they think of when you say "DC music scene" and they either say hardcore or fugazi. pretty simple.

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
   

Originally posted by Bags:
   

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
   If Ian MacKaye doesn't like you, you're SOL.

I think you're referencing the scene in 1994...it's 2004. [/b]

point well taken, and i'm sure it was hyperbole even then ... but i was just amazed that this guy with hubris to spare thought that DC has no discernable scene.
 
 if you ask anyone who knows anything about music in this country what they think of when you say "DC music scene" and they either say hardcore or fugazi. pretty simple. [/b]

or go-go, if they're not totally narrow-minded and whitebread.

[TheWaz]

Challenge yourself by listening to some bluegrass. I don't hear that played much on corporate radio. Or is bluegrass "safe"?

no bluegrass is my hidden treasure.  i would say a good portion of bluegrass is safe if not most.