Just Announced Commentary - 2011 Edition

Julian, wrote:
Is anyone else interested in starting a pizza related band called The Smashing Pizzas? It wouldn't be a copy of Pizza Underground; we'd be a Chicago Deep-Dish style pizza band as opposed to their NY/Sicilian style pizza band.

this is one of the funnier things you've posted here.  POTW in my books.

i equally, thought it was, fucking brilliant

So…..Metro Gallery.  No stage?  Every pic I've found shows performers right at crowd level.  Can anyone confirm?

Going to see Loop, regardless.  But that's a bummer, if correct.

They have a stage.  It is less than 2 feet high (not sure what the exact height is).  I usually stand by the stage, so most of my pictures are at this type of perspective:

i cant wait . . . until the smashing pizzas perfom there.

StoneTheCrow wrote:
So…..Metro Gallery.  No stage?  Every pic I've found shows performers right at crowd level.  Can anyone confirm?

Going to see Loop, regardless.  But that's a bummer, if correct.

It is a very small place.  I don't think there is probably a better place to see a band as you are going to be close to the stage and people don't seem to be pushy like other places.  I see Killsally mentioned that it has a 2 foot stage.  So there you go you should be happy it is at the Metro Gallery.  And you can usually find free parking on Charles street on the bridge between Penn Station and Metro.

If it's an intimate spot then great. I was more concerned about it being a place the size of rnrhotel with a 2 inch stage.

It is one of my favorite places to see a show.  It is very intimate and they bring in great artists.  Sarah who runs the place is also cool as hell.

How's parking at Atlas? (same block as RNR Hotel)

^ get there early..kinda hard to find parking these days

Vas wrote:
^ get there early..kinda hard to find parking these days

Thanks. Took Metro anyway and glad I did. Didn't see any available parking from the bus, plus Metrorail/bus is really convenient for that place.

How was OPN?

Fantastic sounds and visuals. Good and loud. But for OPN probably just another gig.

Damien Jurado @ DC9 this Sunday is now sold out??! Did he suddenly become cool somehow after all these years?

maybe because of NPR?

I've always found him kind of boring….seen him twice….but his new album is a good listen.

bellenseb wrote:
Damien Jurado @ DC9 this Sunday is now sold out??! Did he suddenly become cool somehow after all these years?

That Sweetlife lineup is weak-sauce even by Sweetlife's second-tier standards.

That lineup makes me feel old.  I don't know 1/2 of them.

Julian, wrote:
That Sweetlife lineup is weak-sauce even by Sweetlife's second-tier standards.

What is the line-up?

Is the Aimee Mann/Ted Leo album out yet?  Just wondering if I missed its release.