Fort Reno Forum Party!

Originally posted by Sir HC:

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:

Originally posted by brennser:
in general I am much more comfortable addressing forumites by their screen, as opposed to their 'real' names, even when I know their real names

lulu will always be lulu, kosmo will always be kosmo etc etc

Sir HC is adamant that everyone refer to him as "sir."

ma'am works too…

Too many Chris's in this world. Remember the night at the club Chris doing lights, other Chris doing FOH, and third Chris on Monitors. Bummer was that it wasn't Chris managing. (and 3 of the 4 had M at the last initial).

Good thing I wasn't DJing :D

The other day someone thought my name was actually Kosmo, which is flattering in a way… As is being called by my screen name.

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
that's what i thought. pink helmet?

Just replaced it last night with a purpley blue one. (Helmets have a shelf life of 2 years. I just noticed that the sticker in the pink one said '02. Scary.)

I gotta take my daughter to Ft. Reno this summer….she'd have a blast. The Evens would probably be a good one for her to check out.

Just so you know when you meet her, her screen name is Spawn of Chaz.

really?

Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
(Helmets have a shelf life of 2 years. I just noticed that the sticker in the pink one said '02. Scary.)

The Evens/Ted Leo were my daughters first gig last year - shes still talking about it and wants to go back this year!

Originally posted by Fine French Chaz:
I gotta take my daughter to Ft. Reno this summer….she'd have a blast. The Evens would probably be a good one for her to check out.

Originally posted by chimbly sweep:

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
that's what i thought. pink helmet?

Just replaced it last night with a purpley blue one. (Helmets have a shelf life of 2 years. I just noticed that the sticker in the pink one said '02. Scary.)

heh, on friday the girl i thought 'that must be chimbly sweep' had a pink helmet on. so i don't feel so bad

Originally posted by Bags:
Once you meet one of us

that's IF you meet up - such teases! ;) ahem.

speaking of teasers– show #1 was just posted on the website.

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
heh, on friday the girl i thought 'that must be chimbly sweep' had a pink helmet on. so i don't feel so bad

that was most certainly me.

Considering the first show is just a week off, they certainly are taking their sweet time getting a schedule up.

Gist is Nayan's band from Revolutionary Records – he's a guy everyone should support!

(Helmets have a shelf life of 2 years. I just noticed that the sticker in the pink one said '02. Scary.)

yo chimbley

2 years!!!!

that sounds like a bike shop/helmet manufacturer scam?

from helmets.org

"Most manufacturers now recommend that helmets be replaced after five years, but some of that may be just marketing. (Bell now recommends every three years, which seems to us too short. They base it partially on updating your helmet technology, but they have not been improving their helmets that much over three year periods, and we consider some of their helmets since the late 1990's to be a step backwards, so we would take that with a grain of salt.) Deterioration depends on usage, care, and abuse. But if you ride thousands of miles every year, five years may be a realistic estimate of helmet life. And helmets have actually been improving enough over time to make it a reasonable bet that you can find a better one than you did five years ago. It may fit better, look better, and in some cases may even be more protective."

Originally posted by chimbly sweep:

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
heh, on friday the girl i thought 'that must be chimbly sweep' had a pink helmet on. so i don't feel so bad

that was most certainly me.

I was nearby

Originally posted by brennser:

"Most manufacturers now recommend that helmets be replaced after five years, but some of that may be just marketing. (Bell now recommends every three years, which seems to us too short. They base it partially on updating your helmet technology, but they have not been improving their helmets that much over three year periods, and we consider some of their helmets since the late 1990's to be a step backwards, so we would take that with a grain of salt.) Deterioration depends on usage, care, and abuse. But if you ride thousands of miles every year, five years may be a realistic estimate of helmet life. And helmets have actually been improving enough over time to make it a reasonable bet that you can find a better one than you did five years ago. It may fit better, look better, and in some cases may even be more protective."

But I really abuse mine– it gets tossed in corners, thrown on floors, pounded against walls, covered in snow/salt/rain/hail/etc. Besides, it was 3 yrs old anyway.

Schedule finally posted

No Ted Leo….yet

BUT alot of tbas…

Q and not U is playing the same night as tegan and sara… :(

Originally posted by you be betty:
Q and not U is playing the same night as tegan and sara… :(

Shows at Ft. Reno end pretty early. You could probably catch Tegan and Sara after Q and not U, but would miss the opening act.

which bands are worth checking out? i'll definitely be seeing q and not u and travis morrison…

they should have links to each band's site

hypothetically, that's a great idea.
too bad i don't have transportation :(

Originally posted by you be betty:
hypothetically, that's a great idea.
too bad i don't have transportation :(

From Fort Reno's site :
"Fort Reno is located across the street from Woodrow Wilson High School and is 2 blocks from the Tenleytown-AU stop on Metro's Red Line."

Viva El Metro