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MonkeyPants wrote:

manayer wrote:

Got wrote:
Sweetlife Festival  @ MPP -  April 28th

Avicii, Kid Cudi, the Shins, Explosions in the Sky, Fitz and the Tantrums, A$ap Rocky, and Fun

tickets $75 (YIKES)

on their website when you scroll over the poster a little pop up thing appears for a bit listing other artists: "gotye, metric, chromeo, james murphy, little dragon, cults, rac, and st vincent"  maybe they will be announced later or those were other acts they wanted and couldnt get?

I don't get that popup at all…If they really had those other artists in the can, then why would they post such a super lame lineup instead of announcing that much better lineup?

Well, it does say more will be added. If they add those I'm in.

MonkeyPants wrote:

manayer wrote:

Got wrote:
Sweetlife Festival  @ MPP -  April 28th

Avicii, Kid Cudi, the Shins, Explosions in the Sky, Fitz and the Tantrums, A$ap Rocky, and Fun

tickets $75 (YIKES)

on their website when you scroll over the poster a little pop up thing appears for a bit listing other artists: "gotye, metric, chromeo, james murphy, little dragon, cults, rac, and st vincent"  maybe they will be announced later or those were other acts they wanted and couldnt get?

I don't get that popup at all…If they really had those other artists in the can, then why would they post such a super lame lineup instead of announcing that much better lineup?

That is a good point. 

Would much rather see some of those popup acts at the Club.

azaghal1981 wrote:
Would much rather see some of those popup acts at the Club.

Really??  They would be on a second stage I would assume.  I would much rather see them outside at merriweather than at the  930 club. 

you like short sets?

atomicfront wrote:

azaghal1981 wrote:
Would much rather see some of those popup acts at the Club.

Really??  They would be on a second stage I would assume.  I would much rather see them outside at merriweather than at the  930 club. 

the Ottobar
4/30 - SOULFLY- 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TOUR!
with INCITE, LODY KONG and guests TBA

5/5 - Lower Dens

I read the post before the username and knew immediately this was you. ;D

Vas wrote:
you like short sets?

atomicfront wrote:

azaghal1981 wrote:
Would much rather see some of those popup acts at the Club.

Really??  They would be on a second stage I would assume.  I would much rather see them outside at merriweather than at the  930 club. 

3/29 - Washington, DC @ Subterranean A

PRESS RELEASE
Wham City Take Absurd Educational Seminar to the Northeast

Fresh off a second successful national tour, Wham City is taking a stripped-down, educational revamp of their batshit comedy variety show to select Northeast cities in March and April. "Just in time for April Fools day"

The Wham City Educational Seminar is a blitzkrieg of gonzo lectures
(and one administered test) by Dina Kelberman, Connor Kizer, Ben O'Brien, Robby Rackleff,
Alan Resnick, and Mason Ross. The two-hour,seated show covers far-ranging topics like:

    *How to Make More Money
    *How Alien Advertising Affects Us All
    *Outlive Your Friends and Family (Through 3D Scanning And other Digital Archiving Techniques)
    *Meditation and Its Effects on the Brain
    & more!

Like much of Wham City's output, the Educational Seminar is equal parts serious and absurd. In fact, the more outrageous the material, the more likely it's sincere. (especially if it's Connor.) And while they've won accolades in recent years for their comedy, the Baltimore collective has always been more concerned with living up to their own idiosyncratic artistic manifesto than with
populating their art with "jokes".

walkonby wrote:
did ratbastard really need to say what he did?  that is all.  no grump.

reminder: ratbastard once listed "the o'reilly factor" as one of his favorite shows.  i think it's obvious where he is coming from and why he hates maddow.  his hatred of a "libetard" is entirely predictable.  he's not being graceful (or interesting) about it, but that's just presentation.  

His use of a term like that also should give you a clue as to what you are dealing with.

azaghal1981 wrote:
I read the post before the username and knew immediately this was you. ;D

Vas wrote:
you like short sets?

atomicfront wrote:

azaghal1981 wrote:
Would much rather see some of those popup acts at the Club.

Really??  They would be on a second stage I would assume.  I would much rather see them outside at merriweather than at the  930 club. 

I think we have a love connection!

He wishes.

sweetcell wrote:

walkonby wrote:
did ratbastard really need to say what he did?  that is all.  no grump.

reminder: ratbastard once listed "the o'reilly factor" as one of his favorite shows.  i think it's obvious where he is coming from and why he hates maddow.  his hatred of a "libetard" is entirely predictable.  he's not being graceful (or interesting) about it, but that's just presentation.  

I also recall a really over-the-top level of hate for U2/Bono (though that pretty much puts him in with half the board).

He just needs to read about all of Bono's tax shelter tricks to gain a new respect for the man I guess.

walkonby wrote:
so you don't like her.  do you really think this audience . . . cares?  hating is a right; expressing your hatred is an asshole.

Truth.

Same night as Chuck Berry at The Howard, so I'm out.  Sorry but I'll have to bow to a rock and roll legend over some halfway decent contemporary acts.

Commence hater-isms

i told a guy that i work with about the howard theatre and how they have reopened and who is playing there.  he freaked.  literally freaked right there in front of me.  the stories he has of seeing shows as a kid to teenager, where he was the only white kid there.  i'm sure he's got a bunch of classics.  when he said, "that place is 'dc's apollo theatre'" . . . i just smiled.

travelinbeat wrote:
Same night as Chuck Berry at The Howard, so I'm out.  Sorry but I'll have to bow to a rock and roll legend over some halfway decent contemporary acts.

Commence hater-isms

Chuck Berry is a must see; the most important person in the history of rock and roll. I love Cub Koda's essay at the All Music Guide so I'll repost the first paragraph here…

Of all the early breakthrough rock & roll artists, none is more important to the development of the music than Chuck Berry. He is its greatest songwriter, the main shaper of its instrumental voice, one of its greatest guitarists, and one of its greatest performers. Quite simply, without him there would be no Beatles, Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, nor a myriad others. There would be no standard "Chuck Berry guitar intro," the instrument's clarion call to get the joint rockin' in any setting. The clippety-clop rhythms of rockabilly would not have been mainstreamed into the now standard 4/4 rock & roll beat. There would be no obsessive wordplay by modern-day tunesmiths; in fact, the whole history (and artistic level) of rock & roll songwriting would have been much poorer without him. Like Brian Wilson said, he wrote "all of the great songs and came up with all the rock & roll beats." Those who do not claim him as a seminal influence or profess a liking for his music and showmanship show their ignorance of rock's development as well as his place as the music's first great creator. Elvis may have fueled rock & roll's imagery, but Chuck Berry was its heartbeat and original mindset.

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walkonby wrote:
i told a guy that i work with about the howard theatre and how they have reopened and who is playing there.  he freaked.  literally freaked right there in front of me.  the stories he has of seeing shows as a kid to teenager, where he was the only white kid there.  i'm sure he's got a bunch of classics.  when he said, "that place is 'dc's apollo theatre'" . . . i just smiled.

I am pretty sure my Dad has the same stories.  I wonder if it's the same place.  He went to see James Brown there, if so.

K8teebug wrote:

walkonby wrote:
i told a guy that i work with about the howard theatre and how they have reopened and who is playing there.  he freaked.  literally freaked right there in front of me.  the stories he has of seeing shows as a kid to teenager, where he was the only white kid there.  i'm sure he's got a bunch of classics.  when he said, "that place is 'dc's apollo theatre'" . . . i just smiled.

I am pretty sure my Dad has the same stories.  I wonder if it's the same place.  He went to see James Brown there, if so.

well its the same land and i believe parts of the same four walls.. .thats about it.. completely rebuilt..