Just Announced Commentary - 2011 Edition

I'd take a sold out show at the hotel over a sold out show at 9:30 every day of the week.

I do agree that the FOR REAL SERIOUS GRRRR bouncers who come cleaving through the crowd with their flashlights are tiresome, the sound is the pits, and the shape of the room sucks. I can easily walk to shows there, though, so I'll never write it off completely

the sound sucks, the place sucks, the bouncers suck, the shape sucks, the vibe sucks, the bar sucks, the food sucks, the life sucks, the name sucks . . . but i can walk there, so it's ok.

nice, relaxer.

Well now most of that is completely made up and wrong, so there we have another typical walkonby post. Yahtzee!

walkonby wrote:
the sound sucks, the place sucks, the bouncers suck, the shape sucks, the vibe sucks, the bar sucks, the food sucks, the life sucks, the name sucks . . . but i can walk there, so it's ok.

nice, relaxer.

The rooftop is tits though. I also like the upstairs lounge areas. I don't think it's all that bad. Maybe security treats me better because I DJ there… I've never had a problem with them.

Also, aren't most security guards dicks? Or at least have dickish tendencies.

Relaxer wrote:
Well now most of that is completely made up and wrong, so there we have another typical walkonby post. Yahtzee!

you know me, like the back of your masterbating hand.

How can a man truly be monogamous when he has two hands?

My father asked me that very question the day I was born.

2 hands: 1 for your partner and the other for you.

How does Joint Custody have shows? Sure, I've tripped over the amp sitting by the door before….but the place can't hold more than a dozen people. Can it?

It is a tight squeeze. The one show I saw there was a sweaty mess but still kinda fun. Did not help that it was in late June.

hutch wrote:
Scott Weiland
The Howard
3-11
"Scott will perform the Stone Temple Pilots albums Purple and Core in their entirety."

wonder how the rest of the band feels? I thought the band was going to do a 20th anniversary Purple tour…

tickets are $39.50 in advance and $45 at the door….not exactly cheap.

Heroin isn't cheap. 

I think Slash is right and Weiland has been fired from Stone Temple Pilots…..

ignore the troll, hutch!

Vas wrote:
ignore the troll, hutch!

yes yes I must be stronger…….


back to the drawing board for me.


anyways i bought a ticket to the sweetlife thing.. can't believe i bought a vip ticket….$169 all included…  it better be incredible.

beetsnotbeats wrote:

hutch wrote:
The Feelies
3-27


almost surely there goes my trek to the Ottobar…

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Presents
The Feelies
Wed 3/27
7:00 pm
This event is 21 and over
A Beer-Music-Mash-Up fit for the craft brewers conference featuring a killer lineup of craft beer, the launch of Firefly Ale and a live performance by The Feelies. 21+ to enter.

I think I'll stick to the Ottobar.

really?  why?

i see a great band playing along with a good beer selection on offer at the bar.  at worse there might a 2-minute "speech" by a brewery rep touting the new beer.  no worse than a radio dj intro'ing the band and plugging his radio station, IMO.

are y'all afraid that this will be more about the beer than the band?  really?

or that this is a brewery conference related event, so the crowd won't be hipsterific enough?

sweetcell wrote:

beetsnotbeats wrote:

hutch wrote:
The Feelies
3-27


almost surely there goes my trek to the Ottobar…

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Presents
The Feelies
Wed 3/27
7:00 pm
This event is 21 and over
A Beer-Music-Mash-Up fit for the craft brewers conference featuring a killer lineup of craft beer, the launch of Firefly Ale and a live performance by The Feelies. 21+ to enter.

I think I'll stick to the Ottobar.

really?  why?

i see a great band playing along with a good beer selection on offer at the bar.  at worse there might a 2-minute "speech" by a brewery rep touting the new beer.  no worse than a radio dj intro'ing the band and plugging his radio station, IMO.

are y'all afraid that this will be more about the beer than the band?  really?

or that this is a brewery conference related event, so the crowd won't be hipsterific enough?

honestly, I just thought it might cut into the band's time and the focus on the band..

and if anything i thought the crowd might be too hipsterish… ;D

hutch wrote:

sweetcell wrote:

beetsnotbeats wrote:

hutch wrote:
The Feelies
3-27


almost surely there goes my trek to the Ottobar…

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Presents
The Feelies
Wed 3/27
7:00 pm
This event is 21 and over
A Beer-Music-Mash-Up fit for the craft brewers conference featuring a killer lineup of craft beer, the launch of Firefly Ale and a live performance by The Feelies. 21+ to enter.

I think I'll stick to the Ottobar.

really?  why?

i see a great band playing along with a good beer selection on offer at the bar.  at worse there might a 2-minute "speech" by a brewery rep touting the new beer.  no worse than a radio dj intro'ing the band and plugging his radio station, IMO.

are y'all afraid that this will be more about the beer than the band?  really?

or that this is a brewery conference related event, so the crowd won't be hipsterific enough?

honestly, I just thought it might cut into the band's time and the focus on the band..

and if anything i thought the crowd might be too hipsterish… ;D

I don't think we need to worry about it being too hipsterish.

But to echo Hutch, I think that it would detract from the show. I couldn't care less about the product since I'm a nondrinker but this reeks of a grown-up frat party, if such a thing exists.

More power to The Feelies, however. I don't know what their day jobs are but they and their family commitments are obviously important enough to limit their gigs to northeast weekends (sorry, rest of the world!). This gig probably pays enough for them to miss work in the middle of the week. Or maybe one of them is involved in the trade.

XX is headlining at MPP?  That seems like a terrible fit.  Their second album was awful and they are too mellow for a place that big.

Had to look up the Dogfish/Feelies event to find out where it is. Hope against hope had me wondering if it was at their Rehoboth location as this side of the Bay is usually devoid of any worthwhile music. Of course, we lose out again.


On the other hand, for Kosmo:

Cliff Hillis has 2 shows coming up this month. You and Kosmette ought to take a little trek to the beach.

Friday Feb. 15th
8:00PM
Fager's Island
Ocean City, MD
Part of the Songwriters On The Bay event.
"Fager's Island and GoodCleanFunLife.com will host six of the Mid-Atlantic's finest songwriters and performers from multiple genres on the main stage. Nate Clendenen (Ocean City, MD), Blake Haley (Ocean City, MD), Cliff Hillis (Philadelphia, PA), Robert Mabe (Winchester, VA), Nancy Micciulla (Rehoboth Beach, DE), and Skribe (Annapolis, MD) will all be on the same stage sharing original songs, along with their favorite cover material, throughout the evening in a Dinner Theater setting. For fans of great rock, pop, country, blues, bluegrass, and folk music, this event is not to be missed. Come early, bring your family and friends, have dinner and watch the best gathering of independent songwriters for 200 miles in any direction. Admission is free and Fager's Island will be featuring food and drink specials all night."

Friday Feb. 22nd
10:00PM
Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats
Rehoboth Beach, DE

I adore the Feelies and applaud anything that gets them back at the 9:30 Club. And for the person who said that people who don't drink are boring, all I can say is that I'd rather deal with a sober person than an abusive alcoholic. I'm so happy I don't look at the world with such a miopic view.