Just Announced Commentary - 2011 Edition

RustyOrgan wrote:
David Cross @ Ottobar Info.:
Lyric Customer Presale
This presale is for customers who purchased tickets for the Lyric show which has now been moved to the Ottobar.

whoa…i thought going from the lube to the anthem was strange for that Willie/Stugil show
but going from a fancy Opera house to the otto bar is quite a venue change

sweetcell wrote:

hutch wrote:
Aha!

really?  when?!?  i thought they played their final show in Oslo a while back…

No, they're prolific tourers in Scandinavia and, of course, Germany.

But after seeing their MTV Unplugged last summer, I never want to see them plugged in again.

My 8 year old and I were chatting about DSO being perhaps the first repeat act at Anthem not counting multiple night stands (Courtney was with Vile first time) and he remarked that last year they also played on December 1…

hutch wrote:
My 8 year old and I were chatting about DSO being perhaps the first repeat act at Anthem not counting multiple night stands (Courtney was with Vile first time) and he remarked that last year they also played on December 1…

you forgot to log in to your Space account…

sweetcell wrote:

hutch wrote:
My 8 year old and I were chatting about DSO being perhaps the first repeat act at Anthem not counting multiple night stands (Courtney was with Vile first time) and he remarked that last year they also played on December 1…

you forgot to log in to your Space account…

Oh I did not realize Space’s daughter had ASD

sweetcell wrote:

hutch wrote:
My 8 year old and I were chatting about DSO being perhaps the first repeat act at Anthem not counting multiple night stands (Courtney was with Vile first time) and he remarked that last year they also played on December 1…

you forgot to log in to your Space account…

Hutch's child appears to know things in this story. If it was a Space story, the child wouldn’t even know who Dark Star Orchestra is, and their ignorance would be posted as virtue signaling.

TheREALHunter wrote:
Steve Earle (solo acoustic)
City Winery
Jan 25
Feb 12
Feb 13

An info on tix?

JohnnyBaconbitz wrote:

challenged wrote:
Joe Jackson
lincoln
sat, feb 9

Any idea what kind of set he'll be playing?

'Looking for some way to organize a show out of 40 years' worth of material, I decided to draw on five albums, each representing a decade: Look Sharp (1979) Night And Day (1982) Laughter And Lust (1991) Rain (2008) and Fool (2019).'

Presale info?

TheREALHunter wrote:
Snow Patrol
Anthem
Apr 26

One of the things I've been doing on paternity leave is watch all of Live Aid and Live 8 (there are now YouTube channels for both, BTW), and after seeing Snow Patrol on Live 8, I said, out loud even, "I miss Snow Patrol."

This makes me very happy.

Space wrote:

WagnerMercenary wrote:
are people even into Vamp Wknd anymore?…only good stuff came out in 2008 

although both their other albums reached #1 on the us charts…but that's no indicator of quality

I think chart position is probably more indicative of people being into them (or not) than your opinion of their quality.

interesting how when an "indie" band sells a lot, it's because the public perceives quality.  but when a boy band or pop diva sells a lot, it's proof that the public can't perceive quality. 

sweetcell wrote:

Space wrote:

WagnerMercenary wrote:
are people even into Vamp Wknd anymore?…only good stuff came out in 2008 

although both their other albums reached #1 on the us charts…but that's no indicator of quality

I think chart position is probably more indicative of people being into them (or not) than your opinion of their quality.

interesting how when an "indie" band sells a lot, it's because the public perceives quality.  but when a boy band or pop diva sells a lot, it's proof that the public can't perceive quality.

Are you saying that's what I'm implying or that's what he's implyng? Because that's not what I was implying.

Space wrote:

Are you saying that's what I'm implying or that's what he's implyng? Because that's not what I was implying.

So is this a dig at Tyrion Lannister

Julian, wrote:
I am just constantly in wonder of how pathetic and weak-willed someone must be to have their enjoyment of a concert ruined by someone else in looking at their phone. I would think the ego stroking of getting to declare someone else "not a tr00 music fan" and yourself, by extension, better would be the sort of thing that would fuel many of your fragile self-esteems for another day.

if they were looking at their phone, as in checking their message or surfing the web, i couldn't care less.

the problem, for me, with phones at concerts is that people use them as aerial recording devices: they hold them up over their heads, i.e. in my line of sight if they are in front of me.  i'm mildly photosensitive and the glare of someone's screen (why the eff does everyone have their screen brightness cranked to 100%?!?) diminishes my ability to see the show.  i'm paying to see musicians on stage, not a thousand points of light.  if it was limited to sticking your camera up, taking a pic or three then putting it away, it would be a mild nuisance.  but folks are holding their cameras up for minutes at a time, if not the entire show.

and let's face it: how often do folks go back and watch their grainy concerts vids with unlistenable audio?  there is a chance you might watch it again, meanwhile you're definitely disturbing me.  some might see is as "it's a free country, do what you want".  i believe that "do what you want" should be moderated with some consideration of those around you but YMMV.

maybe at my next show i'll bring a flashlight, turn it on and hold it over my head pointing backwards.  let's see how long that lasts. 

"but it's a free country, brah.  this is how i enjoy shows nowadays."

cruelty wrote:

Vas wrote:
Chris Gethard
Ottobar
10/3

this guy should be in the porn business with a name like that

Chris Gethard is sick and tired of your dick jokes, thanks

since we're on the topic:

challanged wrote:
Soccer Mommy opens for Wilco at Anthem.

sweet…been trying to catch them for the last year or so and something always comes up

Interesting how little is being announced all of a sudden!!


Could be that people are on vacation, a holding pattern on part of artists and promoters due to renewed covid concerns, for a few weeks everyone getting their schedules out and now it’s set, or a combination of all these factors?

Bob Dylan announces first show back in Lubbock, TX in October

How does that even work? Does he have to pay royalties to perform his own songs?

Who?