Next week roll call

Originally posted by sweetcell:
POLL: which show should i attend this coming thursday, considering that i haven't seen any of these bands before?

A) British Sea Power/Pela/1990s/Tiny Masters of Today/Stardeath and White Dwarfs/The Grey Race (Bowery Ballroom)

B) Simian Mobile Disco, with Invisible Conga People / James Fucking Friedmann / Professor Genius (DJ Set) (Music Hall of Williamsburg)

C) Stars w/ New Buffalo (Town Hall)

enter your votes now. i'm leaning towards option A.

C is sold out - so youll have to find a ticket to that one. I saw British Sea Power last night, and well the sound seriously sucked at Maxwells, but I was hoping for a more engaging performance. My friends are hardcore BSP fans and said theyve changed it up a bit and its not like their prior shows. Mellowing it up with old age I guess.

Based on that - Id still go with BSP but I want to see a lot of the openers is why I'd go. Ill be at Stars. Then off to see Uncut and other bands till the wee hours.

Originally posted by SalParadise:
james murphy (dj'ing)
simian mobile disco

where/when is james murphy dj'ing? not that i have any room to add more shows this week, but i could try.

I was psyched to see this, but I haven't had any QT with my wife in weeks due to our work schedules, and since she's coming with me to the New Pornos show and I have Jens the night before, I'm opting to skip it. Bummed, but that's the price of getting old.

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
I don't know why but I figured Boris/Damon & Naomi would've been a bigger draw on here.

Maybe you could get the Director to pinch hit.

Originally posted by nkotb:
I was psyched to see this, but I haven't had any QT with my wife in weeks due to our work schedules

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
I don't know why but I figured Boris/Damon & Naomi would've been a bigger draw on here.

Yeah, somehow sending a high-rolling black dude with a huge rod to spend time with my wife doesn't sound like the ideal fix to that situation. Then again, I did miss the last Boris show. Hmmmmm….

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
Maybe you could get the Director to pinch hit.

Were you out there this weekend? I just got back last night from a bachelor party.

On a related note, I feel like dying right now.

Originally posted by Hoya Paranoia:
selling my tix for the hives & british sea power this week for a last minute trip to VEGAS …

apparently the Director and I will be at the Hives show.

also, I want to go to the BSP show sort of. and a friend wants me to go to see that Running band whatever they're called on Saturday. I don't know how I am still alive, and yet I'm planning all this shit….I AM INSANE.

You guys kill me, man. LOL. I'm hardly a high roller. Just single with no kids or main chick to worry about.

I'm just a black man caught up in the mix/
Trying to make a dollar out of 15 cents. :D

Originally posted by nkotb:
Yeah, somehow sending a high-rolling black dude with a huge rod to spend time with my wife doesn't sound like the ideal fix to that situation. Then again, I did miss the last Boris show. Hmmmmm….

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
Maybe you could get the Director to pinch hit.

Originally posted by sweetcell:
POLL: which show should i attend this coming thursday, considering that i haven't seen any of these bands before?

A) British Sea Power/Pela/1990s/Tiny Masters of Today/Stardeath and White Dwarfs/The Grey Race (Bowery Ballroom)

B) Simian Mobile Disco, with Invisible Conga People / James Fucking Friedmann / Professor Genius (DJ Set) (Music Hall of Williamsburg)

C) Stars w/ New Buffalo (Town Hall)

enter your votes now. i'm leaning towards option A.

I'd say B only because they've spent almost all their money on their light show. And according to their myspace page, that lightshow is awesome.

Originally posted by xneverwherex:
I saw British Sea Power last night, and well the sound seriously sucked at Maxwells, but I was hoping for a more engaging performance. My friends are hardcore BSP fans and said theyve changed it up a bit and its not like their prior shows. Mellowing it up with old age I guess.

i'm really sorry to hear that … they were one of the fucking craziest live bands i've ever seen circa 2003 or so … them opening for the libertines @ black cat (even sans doherty) was pretty much a perfect bill

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
I'll be at the Hives and British Sea Power. Sad to be missing Witchcraft. I'll be at Jens Lekman and the Hip next week (and hopefully Billy Bragg).

i'm surprised more people aren't going to billy bragg … seems like all the aging anglophiles on here would be all over this one … really looking forward to that show, have never seen him live

Originally posted by nkotb:
Were you out there this weekend? I just got back last night from a bachelor party.

On a related note, I feel like dying right now.

Awesome.

Over the weekend I was invited to a family friends' 21st birthday party with all of her girlfriends in Vegas. It happens to coincide with the opening week of March Madness. I'm pretty sure my head is going to explode.

Originally posted by vansmack:

Originally posted by nkotb:
Were you out there this weekend? I just got back last night from a bachelor party.

On a related note, I feel like dying right now.

Awesome.

Over the weekend I was invited to a family friends' 21st birthday party with all of her girlfriends in Vegas. It happens to coincide with the opening week of March Madness. I'm pretty sure my head is going to explode.

I'll be in Vegas next week. Recommendations for any *ahem* nocturnal entertainment are welcome. I plan on crawling off the plane once I touch back down in D.C . . .

Originally posted by xneverwherex:

Originally posted by SalParadise:
james murphy (dj'ing)
simian mobile disco

where/when is james murphy dj'ing? not that i have any room to add more shows this week, but i could try.

what's one more show to your list of 27 this week.. ; -)

tonight
hiro ballroom (or highline? i get them confused)

let me know.

a, same for you if you end up rolling to smd on thurs.

Originally posted by Hoya Paranoia:

Originally posted by xneverwherex:
I saw British Sea Power last night, and well the sound seriously sucked at Maxwells, but I was hoping for a more engaging performance. My friends are hardcore BSP fans and said theyve changed it up a bit and its not like their prior shows. Mellowing it up with old age I guess.

i'm really sorry to hear that … they were one of the fucking craziest live bands i've ever seen circa 2003 or so … them opening for the libertines @ black cat (even sans doherty) was pretty much a perfect bill

so am i - as ive heard so much about their live shows. instead they stood around - moving just a bit here and there and while some of their songs sounded really good, i just wasnt at all moved by it. im really bummed i never saw them before.

i wonder if their lackluster performance was because it was the first show of the tour? oh and i was told they werent playing with their own instruments. not sure if that would have any effect on the band.

We were there for a whirlwind two nights. Most of the time was spent gambling (well, I don't really gamble, so I just spent it drinking my face off).

We did head to Sapphires on Saturday night. I'm not really much for strip clubs (sorry smackie), but the place was pretty nice: most of the ladies were good looking and friendly, and they treated the groom-to-be very well. One word of advice, though: don't offer to open the bar tab on your credit card. Oof. At least I got some airlines miles out of it…

Originally posted by TheDirector217:
I'll be in Vegas next week. Recommendations for any *ahem* nocturnal entertainment are welcome. I plan on crawling off the plane once I touch back down in D.C . . .

Originally posted by TheDirector217:
I'll be in Vegas next week. Recommendations for any *ahem* nocturnal entertainment are welcome.

Well sir, I've made a complete 360 on my Vegas night time entertainment. Well, 360 is a bit of a strech, so let's just say that my venues have changed. I tend to avoid Olympic Gardens, Cheetahs and Crazy Horse these days, opting for a few of the newer gentlemans clubs that are bit off the beaten path. Those other three have just gotten excessively crowded these days.

I really enjoyed Minx last time I was there - a little edgey and the girls aren't as hot as the other three, but they're not as fake either. They're crazy too and I love that. It's not your run of the mill experience. If you get the opportunity, catch Kennedy on the pole - without a doubt the best on a pole I've ever seen. Their private rooms are also a little less "supervised" then the big three. As best I could tell - anything goes.

Originally posted by SalParadise:

Originally posted by xneverwherex:

Originally posted by SalParadise:
james murphy (dj'ing)
simian mobile disco

where/when is james murphy dj'ing? not that i have any room to add more shows this week, but i could try.

what's one more show to your list of 27 this week.. ; -)

tonight
hiro ballroom (or highline? i get them confused)

let me know.

a, same for you if you end up rolling to smd on thurs.

i might be bailing on all shows tonight - as im pretty sick and i have to see the gazillion shows tomorrow. tonight is the only one that i would be ok with missing the shows - as one of the bands has a free show tomorrow and one of them has a residency at arlene's grocery. sooo.. it only leaves GoStation (i think?) that i want to see - and since theyre from NYC i can see them whenever.

dont think ill be seeing mr murphy tonight as much as id like to, but if im feeling up for it - ill let you know. these 27 shows are killing me. if youre going to be at other cmj shows let me know. ill be at a few venues tomorrow night and obviously the rest of the festival. i recommend uncut at fat baby on thurs night 11:30pm. kurosawa will be there as well.

are you seeing justice on saturday night? i cant wait to see midnight juggernauts.

oh btw - i got an email from jeremy at popscene. there is going to be free beer at the annex starting at 7:30 and free shows tonight. he'll be spinning with the other popscene djs in between sets. so you may wanna head down there - free is good! the little ones is one of the bands and sam champion - forgot who else is playing tonight.

Originally posted by nkotb:
We did head to Sapphires on Saturday night. I'm not really much for strip clubs (sorry smackie), but the place was pretty nice: most of the ladies were good looking and friendly, and they treated the groom-to-be very well.

No worries - it's not for everybody. Thanks for the review as I've been wanting to go there.

Originally posted by nkotb:
One word of advice, though: don't offer to open the bar tab on your credit card. Oof. At least I got some airlines miles out of it…

Rookie. Strip Joints are CASH ONLY AT ALL TIMES. Don't even use the ATM. Nothing good can come of it.