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Originally posted by wxdude:
Scissor Sisters, 9:30 Club
Sept. 7
$15

I LOVE THEM!!! I've heard thier live show is quite enteraining and the new album is great. i will definitely be there. great news!!

I think I heard one of their songs on the radio, and it was awful.

Originally posted by wxdude:
Scissor Sisters, 9:30 Club
Sept. 7
$15

Saw them at a free show at a Tower Records in New York last Friday. I thought they were pretty good, even though I don't ususally go in for that 70's glam rock. Definitely worth checking out.

ACT and MoveOn PAC are very proud to announce our partnership in a truly historic event.

The Vote for Change Tour (October 1-10) includes Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band, Bonnie Raitt, Dave Matthews Band, Dixie Chicks, Jackson Brown, John Mellencamp, Ben Harper, Kenny â??Babyfaceâ? Edmonds, Pearl Jam, R.E.M, Ben Harper and others.

Conceived by a loose coalition of musicians four months ago, Vote for Change is a multi-city, multi-artist tour that will include approximately 34 shows in 28 cities in 9 states over the course of one week.

Tickets will go on sale to the public on Saturday, August 21st. All proceeds from ticket sales will benefit ACTâ??s work in the battleground states.

http://actforvictory.org/vote_for_change/index.php

note: this is NOT me saying that I like these bands– i'm doin' it for the cause. tho' REM used to be good.

That lineup would more likely make me vote for change in the music world than the political world.

It will also open up new audiences for DC for C, my morning jacket and bright eyes…….

Actually, seeing Bruce in Philadellphia with REM as support could be pretty entertaining.

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
That lineup would more likely make me vote for change in the music world than the political world.

It's not a festival with all on the same lineup.

Here's info I received on the only band on that list that matters to me:

Pearl Jam and Death Cab for Cutie will be performing the following Vote for Change shows:


Oct. 1
Reading, PA Sovereign Center
Oct. 2 Toledo, OH Sports Arena
Oct. 3 Grand Rapids, MI Delta Plex
Oct. 5 St. Louis, MO Fox Theater
Oct. 6 Asheville, NC Civic Center
Oct. 8 Kissimmee, FL Silver Spur Arena

What are you turning into me and me into you? Yes, having never seen Springsteen or REM, I guess that one would be the most appealing one to me, though only for nostalgia purposes.

Originally posted by mark e smith:
It will also open up new audiences for DC for C, my morning jacket and bright eyes…….

Actually, seeing Bruce in Philadellphia with REM as support could be pretty entertaining.

books for prisons benefit punk show and flea market

Sun, August 8, 2004
st. aloysius church: 19 i street, n.w. (900 block of n. capitol st. nw / n.
capitol and i sts. nw)

washington , DC gurth (dc)
bear and butterfly (dc)
dramamachine (ct)
weapons of masturbation (nc) $5

6:30 pm

show and flea market to benefit books to prisoners. flea market with
clothes, records, patches, books, and baked goods

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
[QB] What are you turning into me and me into you?

What a frightening thought! I wont watch any role changing movies (Big, Vice Versa) again.

As well as a mild curiosity in seeing the two bands, I just cannot imagine REM fans and Bruce fans getting on too well. I could lead to some very funny lentyl casserole vs bloody steak fights.

Hmmm, what do the bloody steak REM fans like I do in that situation…

I don't think there is a big difference in REM and Springsteen fans, but I could be wrong.

about 10-15 years, i'd say. my parents love bruce.

10 years is about right.

But they're both guitar-oriented mainstream artists who when they first started were considered a bit alternative…

Washington Social Club is opening for Presidents of the USA on 8/25 at 9:30.

From Pollstar:

Oct. 17 @ 9:30 Club

Beep Beep
TV on the Radio
The Faint

I'm there!

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
10 years is about right.

But they're both guitar-oriented mainstream artists who when they first started were considered a bit alternative…

i guess, but rem doesn't sell out stadiums like the boss. make that 10 years and 30,000 fans per venue

Also from Pollstar, the Killers are listed for Sunday, October 3.

Originally posted by Random Citizen:

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
upcoming at Iota:


09.16.2004 Joseph Arthur Arlington VA

Dammit! I'll be in Austin. This should be a good show, he has a new album coming out soon.

My thought was…

Damnit! A weeknight.

Just found out the other night he's touring and was hoping he'd hit the area.

Arlington, Va and a weeknight just don't mix in my life. Crap. Crap. Crap.

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
That lineup would more likely make me vote for change in the music world than the political world.

Have to agree with you there. Not one of those bands would stir me out even to a free show! In fact, I'd go out of my way to avoid about 90% of them. Has nothing to do with politics for me. Just can't stand any of those bands.

It looks like the Libertines are touring in October. No DC show listed on Pollstar yet.