What's your schedule...

[DeathFromAbove1979]

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.

I'm seeing different bands every night though, so it's like going to an italian place but trying something new everytime....instead of pepperoni pizza every night.

[Random Citizen]

Originally posted by pdx pollard:
 Portland board time, but do you like the Doug Fir? So many shows are there but I dont go that often because I just dont care for it.  Or maybe just because I am not that close to it.  I much prefer Dantes or the Towne Lounge, they just dont get that many shows.

I really like the Doug Fir. I've seen more shows there than at any other venue in town since moving here. Yeah, it's very close to where I live, so that helps, too.

Originally posted by DeathFromAbove1979:
  Going to s who[sic] with some friends

But are they really your friends?  Would they drive out to the center breakdown lane of the beltway in the middle of an ice storm at 430 AM because your spare tire was flat?  Would they change that tire for you in the freezing rain?

[DeathFromAbove1979]

Originally posted by Unfrozen Caveman Veep:
   

Originally posted by DeathFromAbove1979:
  Going to s who[sic] with some friends

But are they really your friends?  Would they drive out to the center breakdown lane of the beltway in the middle of an ice storm at 430 AM because your spare tire was flat?  Would they change that tire for you in the freezing rain? [/b]

I'm noy really sure i myself would do that.

[ayates]

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.

That's a poor analogy unless you eat the same pizza with the same toppings over and over again.  If these people see the same bands over and over again they are dolts.  Personally, I go out and see acts as often as I can because it's a different experience every time.  However, I never try and duplicate artists within the same year unless it's a special circumstance.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

What if one considers standing for 90 minutes listening to a good band play live music as basically the same experience? Good bands are pretty interchangeable.
 
 If you take the Metro everyday, aren't you basically repeating the same experience day in and day out, even if you're physically on a different train with different passengers each day?
 
 

Originally posted by ayates:
   

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.

That's a poor analogy unless you eat the same pizza with the same toppings over and over again.  If these people see the same bands over and over again they are dolts.  Personally, I go out and see acts as often as I can because it's a different experience every time.  However, I never try and duplicate artists within the same year unless it's a special circumstance. [/b]

[eltee]

It also helps to have friends who also enjoy shows. Most of mine don't, so after many shows, sometimes it gets boring for me. (I know, I know, do I want wine w/ my cheese?)
 I wish I could go to shows just to find an artist - the weekend works better but generally, there aren't shows.
 I tend to research an artist I haven't heard of then head to the show.

[ayates]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
  What if one considers standing for 90 minutes listening to a good band play live music as basically the same experience? Good bands are pretty interchangeable.
 
 If you take the Metro everyday, aren't you basically repeating the same experience day in and day out, even if you're physically on a different train with different passengers each day?

[/b]
 
 I'd say that person has a pretty piss poor taste in music.  Sure, if you go to the same venue in the same city everyday it would get old and boring.  Change it up, I work at the NIH 40 hours a week and do it quite often so work should not be an excuse.