What's your schedule...

[Guiny]

Nothing.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

A question for those with long lists:
 
 How do you manage to get excited about a particular show, when you've got 12 other shows to see in the same month?

[brennser]

Reod Dai - I'm with you re: distance and weeknights. Lack of money too. I'd like to go to RnR Hotel, sounds sketchy over there. Sucks for me. My list won't encompass half the stuff I want to see.
 Sorry for the crosstalk...  

some very impressive lists out there and lots of shows I'd like to go to but with 2 kiddies its just not feasible (unless I want divorce papers in my future)!
 
 RnR has a great lineup but I am spoiled at being 15 mins from the Black Cat and 9.30 and don't want to schlep across town to see a show

[azaghal1981]

Nonameface, Do Make Say Think is a Canadian post-rock band containing 2 (?) members of Broken Social Scene.

[Vas Deferens]

I'm going to most of these shows:
 
 Mar 24 2007 - The Ponys @ Black Cat  
 Mar 26 2007 - The Decemberists @ Strathmore Music Center  
 Mar 29 2007 - Dean & Britta (of Luna) @ Black Cat  
 Mar 31 2007 - Menomena / Field Music @ Rock & Roll Hotel  
 Apr 1 2007 - Do Make Say Think @ Black Cat  
 Apr 4 2007 - Blood Brothers @ Black Cat  
 Apr 5 2007 - Iggy & the Stooges @ 930 Club  
 Apr 10 2007 - Low @ 930 Club  
 Apr 11 2007 - Cloud Cult @ 930 Club  
 Apr 13 2007 - Junior Boys, The Youth Group @ Black Cat  
 Apr 15 2007 -MAN MAN @ Rock and Roll Hotel  
 Apr 16 2007 -Soulwax @ 930 Club  
 Apr 19 2007 -TV on the Radio @ 930 Club  
 Apr 21 2007 - Hot Chip @ 930 Club  
 Apr 23 2007 -Josh Rouse @ Birchmere  
 Apr 25 2007 - Wolfmother @ 930 Club  
 Apr 27-29L COACHELLA
 May 2 2007 -Sunset Rubdown @ Rock & Roll Hotel  
 May 4 2007- The Arcade Fire @ DAR Constitution Hall  
 May 6 2007 -Blonde Redhead @ 930 Club  
 May 9 2007 -AIR @ 930 Club  
 May 10 2007 -Ben Gibbard (solo) @ 930 Club  
 May 13 2007 -LCD Soundsystem @ 930 Club  
 May 16 2007 -Arctic Monkeys @ 930 Club  
 May 18 2007 -Elvis Costello @ 930 Club  
 Jun 10 2007 - Electrelane @ Black Cat  
 Jun 13 2007 -Voxtrot @ Black Cat  
 
 Also Lollapalooza...

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

How big is your trust fund?   :p  
 
 
 

Originally posted by Joe Marshmallow III:
  I'm going to most of these shows:
 
 Mar 24 2007 - The Ponys @ Black Cat  
 Mar 26 2007 - The Decemberists @ Strathmore Music Center  
 Mar 29 2007 - Dean & Britta (of Luna) @ Black Cat  
 Mar 31 2007 - Menomena / Field Music @ Rock & Roll Hotel  
 Apr 1 2007 - Do Make Say Think @ Black Cat  
 Apr 4 2007 - Blood Brothers @ Black Cat  
 Apr 5 2007 - Iggy & the Stooges @ 930 Club  
 Apr 10 2007 - Low @ 930 Club  
 Apr 11 2007 - Cloud Cult @ 930 Club  
 Apr 13 2007 - Junior Boys, The Youth Group @ Black Cat  
 Apr 15 2007 -MAN MAN @ Rock and Roll Hotel  
 Apr 16 2007 -Soulwax @ 930 Club  
 Apr 19 2007 -TV on the Radio @ 930 Club  
 Apr 21 2007 - Hot Chip @ 930 Club  
 Apr 23 2007 -Josh Rouse @ Birchmere  
 Apr 25 2007 - Wolfmother @ 930 Club  
 Apr 27-29L COACHELLA
 May 2 2007 -Sunset Rubdown @ Rock & Roll Hotel  
 May 4 2007- The Arcade Fire @ DAR Constitution Hall  
 May 6 2007 -Blonde Redhead @ 930 Club  
 May 9 2007 -AIR @ 930 Club  
 May 10 2007 -Ben Gibbard (solo) @ 930 Club  
 May 13 2007 -LCD Soundsystem @ 930 Club  
 May 16 2007 -Arctic Monkeys @ 930 Club  
 May 18 2007 -Elvis Costello @ 930 Club  
 Jun 10 2007 - Electrelane @ Black Cat  
 Jun 13 2007 -Voxtrot @ Black Cat  
 
 Also Lollapalooza...

[sweetcell]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
  A question for those with long lists:
 
 How do you manage to get excited about a particular show, when you've got 12 other shows to see in the same month?

eh, when live music is your obsessions, it's pretty easy      seriously, i don't get excited about much else.  i don't watch TV, i'm not a huge sports fan... sometimes i think my sense of time is distorted by my obsession - i date when things happen by what shows occured around then      typical reminder by my GF: "you remember that indian restaurant we ate at, shortly after the stereolab show?"
 
 also, the above list isn't indicative of my regular schedule, just so happens that march and april are packed.  jan & feb were pretty lean.  last time it was this busy was rocktober.

[DeathFromAbove1979]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
  A question for those with long lists:
 
 How do you manage to get excited about a particular show, when you've got 12 other shows to see in the same month?

It keeps me going. It's inspiration to get all my work done and its a nice night out. Going to s who with some friends and sometimes even meeting the bands. I'm happy concert season is back.  

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I understand what you guys are saying, but my point is, if you're doing it two or three or four nights a week, it's becoming your life. It's becoming your second job. It's becoming your norm, no something special.
 
 Maybe a good analogy: I like to eat pizza. If I eat it once or twice a month, its amazing. I'f I have it three or four nights a week, it loses its specialness.
 
 Wouldn't the show experience be better if it were about quality rather than quantity?
 
 But I guess to each their own.

[Vas Deferens]

Not big, you want to contribute?  
 Be my daddy?
 
 

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
  How big is your trust fund?    :p  
 
 
 

[sweetcell]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
  I understand what you guys are saying, but my point is, if you're doing it two or three or four nights a week, it's becoming your life. It's becoming your second job. It's becoming your norm, no something special.
 
 Maybe a good analogy: I like to eat pizza. If I eat it once or twice a month, its amazing. I'f I have it three or four nights a week, it loses its specialness.
 
 Wouldn't the show experience be better if it were about quality rather than quantity?
 
 But I guess to each their own.

fair observation.  i live within walking distance of the 930, black cat, verizon, dc9, etc so if i wanted to, i could go out every night.  eating pizza twice a week, compared to every night, means that those two nights are pretty special.  different tolerance threshold, i guess.  i do try to pick quality shows, i don't go out just to go out.  sometimes there are 2-3 quality shows a week, sometimes none.  i happen to be in a lifestyle that allows me to go out that often on occasion, someday i won't have this luxury so i'm seizing it while i can... salad days in the making!

[xneverwherex]

Originally posted by sweetcell:
   

Originally posted by xneverwherex:
  4/7 - Kaiser Chiefs (@ 9:30 club - yeah! - havent been there in over a year now)
 

excellent, we should met up for a drink before/during/after.  maybe keep each other company as we camp out and hold down a good spot in the club, take turns running drinks from the bar    [/b]

sure thing.. drop me mail here. ill be with kurosawa btw, in case you already know her. knowing us well probably be near the front if not very front. im too short to see if im in the middle  

[xneverwherex]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
  I understand what you guys are saying, but my point is, if you're doing it two or three or four nights a week, it's becoming your life. It's becoming your second job. It's becoming your norm, no something special.
 
 Maybe a good analogy: I like to eat pizza. If I eat it once or twice a month, its amazing. I'f I have it three or four nights a week, it loses its specialness.
 
 Wouldn't the show experience be better if it were about quality rather than quantity?
 
 But I guess to each their own.

well i dont know so much about the DC shows, as im not paying that close attention, but a lot of the bands are from the UK or somewhere not even in the neighborhood. If they all tour the same week, well hell, guess it means i have one hell of a busy week.
 
 yeah, i dont have to see the bands, but if not, who knows when I might see some of these bands again.
 
 I will say - if i did 5 back-to-back shows every week, id be a zombie all the time. But i did see some incredible shows, that id have not missed for the world.
 
 besides got a better way to spend my hard earned money..

[eltee]

I try to go to the shows that I can't live without. From there, I base them around my schedule and location and ticket price. I can't go to all shows anymore, especially just to check out a band (unless on a weekend or something). Lack of funds, time, etc. and then basic attention span at shows caused me to cut down. I try to do other activities other than music/shows so my energy level is there even for those bands/artists that I really want to see.
 Oh, I also now realize I don't have to see an artist or a band every time they come through town, unless they are one of my favorites. Helps to get excited about and make room for other shows.

[Frank Gallagher]

Back in the day, as the saying goes....If I had the urge to go out I'd go to a show, mostly at the 930, it was like most folk going to the movies. I figured that there's no such thing as a bad concert so wouldn't even bother to see who's playing before heading down. I was very rarely disapointed. (Fatboy slim being the exception) Then the 930 started booking different artists so I stopped doing it. Going to a show a 2/3 times a week never spoiled the times I went to see an artist I really liked.
 
 I just enjoy live music, and have no desire to sit in a darkened room with a couple hundred other people eating a $6 bag of popcorn and a $4 cup of watered down soda, trying to watch a movie that will be available to watch in the comfort of my own home in a couple of months without some ignorant prick talking too loudly or having their cellphone go off every two minutes.
 
 ...but then again...that's just me!