Oh cool, thanks
Just Announced Commentary - 2011 Edition
K8teebug wrote:
I do not understand Animal Collective. Liked their second album okay, but overall, I find them incredibly annoying.
I love MPP. I can't explain what I like about them. I just do. I used to not get it. Then one day, I totally did.
I am hoping this doesnt mean the Comet show on March 30 is cancelled…
the Lost Rivers (on facebook)
Hello people,
there haven't been many news from us in the last couple of months ? let me tell you why:
In 2012 many things didn't work out the way we wished them to. We had some good times and a lot of good things happened, but there were also a lot of bad things happening and some people threatened to tear apart this whole project. We felt that all this negativity started to cover all the positive things we have experienced.
We fought hard to get everything back on track and to find a way to deal with the things that had happened. The result was that I hardly had any time to do what I love the most ? writing amazing rock'n'roll music. I now want to fully focus on this aspect.
So, I will take some time off from the "managerial duties" and from playing live shows. Meanwhile I am in the process of writing a new album.
2013 will see the reformation of the Lost Rivers ? we will come back stronger, louder, crazier and better than any band you have ever heard before.
P.S.: You can still see us play live on March 22 when we are destroying the Windmill in Brixton, London.
Stay tuned.
We love you guys!
cheers,
phil
Shemp wrote:
The National Theatre is under new management and will apparently begin booking concerts.
The best seats for Morrissey are $125.
Cheapest = $49.50
killsaly wrote:
Moz has announced a historic show in Washington, D.C. The National Theatre will open its doors to Morrissey for their FIRST-EVER rock show in their 175-year history, on Friday, April 5th. Morrissey can now be added to the long list of prominent names that have graced The National Theatre?s stage including Winston Churchill, Laurence Olivier, Katherine Hepburn and more.
Tickets go on sale Friday, March 8th at 10am through Ticketmaster, the 9:30 Club, Merriweather Post Pavilion and The National Theatre box offices. For a complete list of Morrissey?s North American tour dates, click on the 'TOUR DATES' tab at the top of the page.
A long list of prominent carnivores. Wonder if he'll back out.
stevewizzle wrote:killsaly wrote:
Moz has announced a historic show in Washington, D.C. The National Theatre will open its doors to Morrissey for their FIRST-EVER rock show in their 175-year history, on Friday, April 5th. Morrissey can now be added to the long list of prominent names that have graced The National Theatre?s stage including Winston Churchill, Laurence Olivier, Katherine Hepburn and more.
Tickets go on sale Friday, March 8th at 10am through Ticketmaster, the 9:30 Club, Merriweather Post Pavilion and The National Theatre box offices. For a complete list of Morrissey?s North American tour dates, click on the 'TOUR DATES' tab at the top of the page.
A long list of prominent carnivores. Wonder if he'll back out.
POTW.
you guys do realize that the seats at national suck horrible. they kill your ass and legs and are so fucking tight close together. ive been there plenty of times and i got sick of the seats and started going to warner instead. unless the new people have changed out the seats . . . beware, but how appropriate for him, seeing how he's quite the pain in the ass.
awesome, finally, yesss . . . after swtiching over to google chrome because of a company switch i have spell checker on my club forum posts!! beware.
awesome, finally, yesss . . . after swtiching over to google chrome because of a company switch i have spell checker on my club forum posts!! beware.
Vas wrote:
HOW TO DESTROY ANGELS
4/30
FILLMORE SS
In the meantime: NIN's 'Head Like a Hole' mashed with 'Call Me Maybe' is terrible and perfect
walkonby wrote:
awesome, finally, yesss . . . after swtiching over to google chrome because of a company switch i have spell checker on my club forum posts!! beware.
Next on my list of add-ons for Chrome….capitalization.
From the Just Announced thread:
(Bold is mine.)
Some of the saddest downfalls in music I've yet to see was when that guy from Abba had to resort to playing in his own cover band and now Sylvain Sylvain spends his Fridays nights at home (or somewhere undefined) posting on Facebook his "Rampage Of Songs". One night I noticed he was just posting away all kinds of YouTube links. Good ones (though I never bothered to click any of them) but loads of them, one after another. Didn't think much of it at all until he made some post thanking everyone for listening and to come back again next Friday for his "Rampage of Songs". Then another day I noticed him advertising this thing and realized that he was dead serious. In his mind, this is a standing gig for him. I actually felt embarrassed for the guy. Really pathetic.
(Bold is mine.)
hutch wrote:
no Tommy Ramone at Jammin Java….
Sylvain Sylvain will be there…
Some of the saddest downfalls in music I've yet to see was when that guy from Abba had to resort to playing in his own cover band and now Sylvain Sylvain spends his Fridays nights at home (or somewhere undefined) posting on Facebook his "Rampage Of Songs". One night I noticed he was just posting away all kinds of YouTube links. Good ones (though I never bothered to click any of them) but loads of them, one after another. Didn't think much of it at all until he made some post thanking everyone for listening and to come back again next Friday for his "Rampage of Songs". Then another day I noticed him advertising this thing and realized that he was dead serious. In his mind, this is a standing gig for him. I actually felt embarrassed for the guy. Really pathetic.
Jaguar wrote:
From the Just Announced thread:
(Bold is mine.)hutch wrote:
no Tommy Ramone at Jammin Java….
Sylvain Sylvain will be there…
Some of the saddest downfalls in music I've yet to see was when that guy from Abba had to resort to playing in his own cover band and now Sylvain Sylvain spends his Fridays nights at home (or somewhere undefined) posting on Facebook his "Rampage Of Songs". One night I noticed he was just posting away all kinds of YouTube links. Good ones (though I never bothered to click any of them) but loads of them, one after another. Didn't think much of it at all until he made some post thanking everyone for listening and to come back again next Friday for his "Rampage of Songs". Then another day I noticed him advertising this thing and realized that he was dead serious. In his mind, this is a standing gig for him. I actually felt embarrassed for the guy. Really pathetic.
are you saying he makes money if people click on the links?
i'm actually on sylvain sylvain's facebook or is it the new york dolls facebook that he runs? maybe we're talking about different things…and i kind of dig it…i like being connected to the guy i guess…
but then again i've been going through a major reevaluation of all things New York Dolls… the last and probably final "New York Dolls" album is real good in a 1950s sort of way…johansen's voice has really changed though
my take would be that I don't feel embarassed for Sylvain as much as sad and embarassed for the world… when you think about the contribution the New York Dolls made and how far ahead of their time they were, the little reward they obtained seems hardly fair…both in image and sound they were pretty much a decade ahead of everyone else and established the blueprint for much of 1980s popular music…
killsaly wrote:
To me it is a natural nine inch nails continuation. You can definitely feel the "Trentness" of it, kind of like the stuff he did with Saul Williams. I personally think it is great.
I'm glad you like it. My unsolicited impression is that Trent and his wife were sitting around listening to the Knife and decided, hey we could do that. I don't think it's bad but I just can't get over thinking, this has been done so much better. Maybe I just don't care for Trent's breathy vocals anymore.
Meanwhile, though they sound nothing alike and come from totally different places and have literally nothing to do with each other, Thurston's new band Chelsea Light Moving, is really scratching that Goo itch.
@Hutch - Re: Sylvain Sylvain's "Rampage Of Songs":
^ I doubt he makes any money from it but I wouldn't know. Just looks like any other posting when someone goes on a roll of posting YouTube music links. The first time I noticed him posting about his "Rampage of Songs", I honestly thought that he was joking and taking the piss on himself about his music video frenzy. Never imagined he was serious about this and it apparently being a weekly thing. Really, I don't pay all that much attention to them other than reading what a few of them are. Lots of old stuff spanning the decades and it is mostly good stuff. Matter of opinions and all, of course.
Yeah, I do love that a lot of musicians are very accessible via some of the social networks. I'm not at all knocking that. Think it might be the NYDolls site rather than his personal; then again, I'm not paying all that much attention. Also, it's hard to tell now that Facebook has totally screwed up their distribution of what feeds one ever sees which pisses me off. I want all of them, not just the ones FB picks and chooses.
It appears that the guy has been relagated to trying to keep his music life going by spending his Friday nights trying to drum up some attention on FB by playing video host. This is a Rock legend, not a fan just having some fun with their knowledge and ability to string an interesting stream of videos along. It's also a Friday night. You think this guy would have gigs to play, people to schmooze, fans to dodge, women and men to fend off. I don't know, something other than what appears to be a desparate attempt at staying relevant. Maybe that's just my slant but it strikes me as being rather sad.
^ I doubt he makes any money from it but I wouldn't know. Just looks like any other posting when someone goes on a roll of posting YouTube music links. The first time I noticed him posting about his "Rampage of Songs", I honestly thought that he was joking and taking the piss on himself about his music video frenzy. Never imagined he was serious about this and it apparently being a weekly thing. Really, I don't pay all that much attention to them other than reading what a few of them are. Lots of old stuff spanning the decades and it is mostly good stuff. Matter of opinions and all, of course.
Yeah, I do love that a lot of musicians are very accessible via some of the social networks. I'm not at all knocking that. Think it might be the NYDolls site rather than his personal; then again, I'm not paying all that much attention. Also, it's hard to tell now that Facebook has totally screwed up their distribution of what feeds one ever sees which pisses me off. I want all of them, not just the ones FB picks and chooses.
It appears that the guy has been relagated to trying to keep his music life going by spending his Friday nights trying to drum up some attention on FB by playing video host. This is a Rock legend, not a fan just having some fun with their knowledge and ability to string an interesting stream of videos along. It's also a Friday night. You think this guy would have gigs to play, people to schmooze, fans to dodge, women and men to fend off. I don't know, something other than what appears to be a desparate attempt at staying relevant. Maybe that's just my slant but it strikes me as being rather sad.
Jaguar wrote:
@Hutch - Re: Sylvain Sylvain's "Rampage Of Songs":
^ I doubt he makes any money from it but I wouldn't know. Just looks like any other posting when someone goes on a roll of posting YouTube music links. The first time I noticed him posting about his "Rampage of Songs", I honestly thought that he was joking and taking the piss on himself about his music video frenzy. Never imagined he was serious about this and it apparently being a weekly thing. Really, I don't pay all that much attention to them other than reading what a few of them are. Lots of old stuff spanning the decades and it is mostly good stuff. Matter of opinions and all, of course.
Yeah, I do love that a lot of musicians are very accessible via some of the social networks. I'm not at all knocking that. Think it might be the NYDolls site rather than his personal; then again, I'm not paying all that much attention. Also, it's hard to tell now that Facebook has totally screwed up their distribution of what feeds one ever sees which pisses me off. I want all of them, not just the ones FB picks and chooses.
It appears that the guy has been relagated to trying to keep his music life going by spending his Friday nights trying to drum up some attention on FB by playing video host. This is a Rock legend, not a fan just having some fun with their knowledge and ability to string an interesting stream of videos along. It's also a Friday night. You think this guy would have gigs to play, people to schmooze, fans to dodge, women and men to fend off. I don't know, something other than what appears to be a desparate attempt at staying relevant. Maybe that's just my slant but it strikes me as being rather sad.
hmm.. i think we agree on a lot but i think its great if sylvain loves music and wants to share some links…he's just a regular guy who loves music… i don't think it has anything to do with staying relevant… he's obviously irrelevant…
i kind of think the fact he's still alive and kickin' is an achievement..the fact he hasn't dissapeared from the world even better… after all nolan, kane and thunders are all gone…
but it is sad….not sure how..but sad it is..
one of my all time favorite musicians andres calamaro would and still sometimes does share youtube video after video on twitter with his commentary… my guess is he'd get high on weed and just sit there lookign at youtube videos excited… to me thats real human… no pretense….he's from/in argentina..one year we exchanged tweets while i explained the world series to him as they show it down there on tv (and he was watching) but nobody knows anything about it….i guess as i get older i don't need my musicians on a pedestal and i realize i can interact with them …and they are fairly regular people..
But see, there's a difference. What Calamaro is doing is random and purely on impulse. That I love. Have seen lots of musicicans and band sites (often run by a non-band member administrator) do things like that. As you mentioned, many musicians will also interact with the fans which is one of the beauties of social networking. I think all that is good for both the fans and the bands.
What Sylvain is doing is something else entirely. It's a standing gig he's committed himself to. I guess some appreciate it but it just hits me as a celebrity crawling around at Rock (pun intended) bottom and itching and scratching away at trying to come back up out of the hole. More power to him! I hope he makes it back up as it would be such a waste to let his talents fester away before he's gone for good.
What Sylvain is doing is something else entirely. It's a standing gig he's committed himself to. I guess some appreciate it but it just hits me as a celebrity crawling around at Rock (pun intended) bottom and itching and scratching away at trying to come back up out of the hole. More power to him! I hope he makes it back up as it would be such a waste to let his talents fester away before he's gone for good.
Holy crap snagging an Animal Collective ticket was easy.
killsaly wrote:
Holy crap snagging an Animal Collective ticket was easy.
I was surprised by this too, still available. $25 was cheaper than I'd imagined.
that is because
animal collective sound horrible live.
animal collective sound horrible live.
The few shows I saw were pretty great.
Especially the improvised segues between songs. I would be happier if they did a tour of instrumental and vocal improvisation exclusively and piece an album together from recordings of that tour than if they played written songs.
Especially the improvised segues between songs. I would be happier if they did a tour of instrumental and vocal improvisation exclusively and piece an album together from recordings of that tour than if they played written songs.
Is the Morrissey presale on ticketmaster or ticketfly? I'm confused.