Secret Machines

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by general grievous:
  i am far too cool to bother with shows, the best bands dont even play shows anymore

Dude, what are you talking about? Hanson tours pretty damn regularly!

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:
  The best part,though, was when we gave the bouncer a picture of BadSushi and told him she wasn't allowed in. Man, that was classic...

wait, is this the same bouncer that -- according to badsushi -- has a little wallet-sized picture of me in his pocket and is "on the lookout" for me and my horrendously anti-social behavior?

[HoyaSaxa03]

the secret machines do a whole shitload of acid, i wouldn't be surprised if they "misinterpreted" what was going on in the backbar
 
 best show i've seen of theirs is still them opening for the fire theft at the cat ... not a big crowd, no expectations, and they just rocked the joint

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
  wait, is this the same bouncer that -- according to badsushi -- has a little wallet-sized picture of me in his pocket and is "on the lookout" for me and my horrendously anti-social behavior?

Oh, good, someone picked up on the parody.

[Bartelby]

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
  the secret machines do a whole shitload of acid, i wouldn't be surprised if they "misinterpreted" what was going on in the backbar
 
 best show i've seen of theirs is still them opening for the fire theft at the cat ... not a big crowd, no expectations, and they just rocked the joint

Bet this will be news to Brandon...were you doing a few tabs with them?  Maybe they'll cover "malicious slander" during your first year in law school.
 
 BTW:  That small wallet photo is now a full-sized poster hanging in the office....and they gave the small one to the secret service last night.
   

[Bags]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  Since when is drinking, smoking, and partying hard considered normal behavior for early 20's? What a sad society we've become.
 

About as long as college has been around...
 
 Guess I must be wrong -- that must be why 18th Street is always so dead on Friday and Saturday nights...it's like a ghost town around 2:30 a.m.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Owning slaves and not allowing women to vote was also once considered normal behavior.
 
 

Originally posted by Bags:
   

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  Since when is drinking, smoking, and partying hard considered normal behavior for early 20's? What a sad society we've become.
 

About as long as college has been around...
 
 Guess I must be wrong -- that must be why 18th Street is always so dead on Friday and Saturday nights...it's like a ghost town around 2:30 a.m. [/b]

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by BadSushi:
   

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
  the secret machines do a whole shitload of acid, i wouldn't be surprised if they "misinterpreted" what was going on in the backbar

Bet this will be news to Brandon...were you doing a few tabs with them?  Maybe they'll cover "malicious slander" during your first year in law school.
 [/b]

oh badsushi, you are so cool, referring to band members by their first names and stuff
 
 well, your best friend told a national television audience on MTV2's Subterranean that they spent during their first few months in new york in a tiny heat-less apartment they "did a lot of acid"
 
 damn brandon for maliciously slandering himself like that!!
 
 oh, and their drummer josh garza has a great quote in their 1-sheet: "we're just trying to make music that connects with people, connects with the cosmos, and connects with the gods" ... sounds like a man who is quite experienced with sobriety to me

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by BadSushi:
  Bet this will be news to Brandon...were you doing a few tabs with them?  

more news from brandon ...
 
 Altered States: The Secret Machines' Narcotic Blis
 
 "The First time you take acid, or have any kind of a psychedelic experience, from that point on you look at the world a little differently." Brandon Curtis squints his eyes a little as he says this, like a scientist subtly underscoring the tenets of his lesson. The Secret Machines, for whom young Brandon sings and plays bass and keyboards, play post-acid rock--flavored with sorbet-light touches of Flaming Lips frazzle, a never-ending motorik groove they liberated from the Germanic likes of Neu!, and the heaviest kick-drum detonations since John Bonham's gargantuan kit finally fell silent. But this isn't just about the drugs.
 
 "Meditation is a part of it too," he continues. "We're all into self-examination, the processes of the brain. Drugs separate you from your usual point of view, offering a different perspective. It's not necessarily advisable," he grins. "But anything could throw you into that state. Like hearing a groove for 10 minutes--that alters my state every time, with or without chemicals."
 
 "You can't underestimate the mystical impact of the things you don't understand," adds his younger brother, guitarist Benjamin. "Whether it's hearing great music, or a drone that lasts for ages, or having a 9-hour acid trip, or driving for 15 hours straight, no breaks."
 
 Traveling is second nature for them, anyway. Brandon and Benjamin hail from Norman, Oklahoma, and later moved to Dallas; charismatic, hirsute drummer Josh Garza moved to Norman a year after the Curtis boys quit town, later hooking up with them in Dallas. They released a debut EP, September 000, in 2002, showcasing frazzled morsels of Lipsian psychedelia that showed a promise their new album, Now Here Is Nowhere, pays dividends upon. Drawing upon the grooves and Krautrock leanings of their live shows, there are a number of metallic, mantric noiseouts amongst the blissed-out ballads and anthemic rockers. Given that their stark, white-light-drenched concerts are fast becoming the stuff of legend, that's definitely a good thing.

[Bags]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  Owning slaves and not allowing women to vote was also once considered normal behavior.

Again, I refer you to 18th Street on any weekend night -- in 2005.  If you ask me, there are MORE 20-somethings out there than there were 15 years ago...
 
 Just because you're now 38 and have different behavior standards (or even if you always had the same behavior standards) does not mean that the entire world has changed with you...

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

And I don't think that 18th Street on a Friday night is an accurate reflection of the life of a typical 20-something. More like the reflection of those 20-somethings who choose to hang out on 18th Street on Friday nights.
 
 And just because most people do something doesn't make it "normal". And just because most people do something doesn't make it a good decision. And just because most people do something doesn't mean it should be encouraged.
 
 

Originally posted by Bags:
   

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  Owning slaves and not allowing women to vote was also once considered normal behavior.

Again, I refer you to 18th Street on any weekend night -- in 2005.  If you ask me, there are MORE 20-somethings out there than there were 15 years ago...
 
 Just because you're now 38 and have different behavior standards (or even if you always had the same behavior standards) does not mean that the entire world has changed with you... [/b]

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  And I don't think that 18th Street on a Friday night is an accurate reflection of the life of a typical 20-something. More like the reflection of those 20-somethings who choose to hang out on 18th Street on Friday nights.
 

i don't want to distract us from making badsushi look like the idiot that she is, but i was having a discussion about 18th street a couple of saturdays ago from the vantage point of a friend's roof overlooking the madness:
 
 how many people do you think are on the strip during the most crowded moment of the evening?  5,000? more?  we guessed that there are as many people on the street as there are in bars/clubs when the night is at it's craziest

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I never walked down 18th st on a Friday or Saturday night in my 5+ years of living in Adams-Morgan, so can't help you there.
 
 Badsushi is no more of an idiot than the rest of us.
 
 
 

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
   

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  And I don't think that 18th Street on a Friday night is an accurate reflection of the life of a typical 20-something. More like the reflection of those 20-somethings who choose to hang out on 18th Street on Friday nights.
 

i don't want to distract us from making badsushi look like the idiot that she is, but i was having a discussion about 18th street a couple of saturdays ago from the vantage point of a friend's roof overlooking the madness:
 
 how many people do you think are on the strip during the most crowded moment of the evening?  5,000? more?  we guessed that there are as many people on the street as there are in bars/clubs when the night is at it's craziest [/b]

[Bags]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  And I don't think that 18th Street on a Friday night is an accurate reflection of the life of a typical 20-something. More like the reflection of those 20-somethings who choose to hang out on 18th Street on Friday nights.
 
 And just because most people do something doesn't make it "normal". And just because most people do something doesn't make it a good decision. And just because most people do something doesn't mean it should be encouraged.
 

I said nothing about encouragement or good decisions.  And I'm sorry, but most people doing something does make it normal when you're talking about what is normal behavior.  Alas, it's normal behavior to treat your family members badly sometimes.  Sorry, it's normal.  Neither a good choice nor encouraged.
 
 normal:  "according with, constituting, or not deviating from a norm, rule, or principle b : conforming to a type, standard, or regular pattern"

[Bags]

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
  how many people do you think are on the strip during the most crowded moment of the evening?  5,000? more?  we guessed that there are as many people on the street as there are in bars/clubs when the night is at it's craziest

A couple times over the past couple of years I've been on a bus going up 18th Street around 2:00 or 2:30 a.m., and it is downright scary.  It looks like there's some sort of riot or event going on -- certainly thousands are out on the sidewalks and in the streets, most looking for taxis.  And more than you'd think eating those humongous, head-sized slices of pizza.  Scary scary!!!