Just Announced Commentary - 2011 Edition

66 can be done though

last time i went to nissan we left dowtown dc on a week night about 610 and took route 50 out to vienna and then cut over to 66.. we were at nissan by 730…

but the show was not one that had sold well so that must have helped at least a little bit…

in fact i must admit the last 4-5 shows i've seen at nissan i have not had any trouble really… i think since they made some improvements its not as bad as people think..

now i'm sure a full sell out like dave matthews would be a nightmare getting out

all in all i'd rather go to nissan than merriweather …i'm not sure which is closer but columbia feels farther for me..

hutch wrote:
all in all i'd rather go to nissan than merriweather …i'm not sure which is closer but columbia feels farther for me..

you're in NoVA, right?  i'd expect bristow to be easier than columbia, which requires that you do 180 degrees of the beltway or cut through DC.

and if both venue are equidistant, i'd definitely rather go to MPP - it's the nicer venue, better beer and food selection, easier parking.

sweetcell wrote:

hutch wrote:
all in all i'd rather go to nissan than merriweather …i'm not sure which is closer but columbia feels farther for me..

you're in NoVA, right?  i'd expect bristow to be easier than columbia, which requires that you do 180 degrees of the beltway or cut through DC.

and if both venue are equidistant, i'd definitely rather go to MPP - it's the nicer venue, better beer and food selection, easier parking.

yes I am in NoVA…

if equidistant  i'd rather go to MPP… i can't stand live nation.. and nissan books shit..

just find myself surprised that its gotten much easier for me on the rare foray to nissan.. i remember a show or two i saw at nissan in the 90s where it took 3 hours to get out of the parking lot.. that just has not happened to me for many years now

i dont care what seth says . . . it will always be


nissan

I have never been to Nissan.  Really the bands they book their mostly suck.  I guess this year they finally have someone I would want to see.  Depeche Mode and Bat for Lashes.  I have seen both bands a bunch of times.  It is on the day I get back from Germany/Austria so I definitely won't be attending.. Maybe I will catch their show in St Petersburg or Milan next year.

maybe this Bobby Bare Jr. show will be different but last year at Iota (it was a solo show) he looked like he wanted to take the money and run…short show… dead crowd…. the year before I went to one of those house party Bobby Bare Jr. shows and it also was on the short side….. but maybe with a full band it will be different..

i know he's not getting paid much but..

I've seen him numerous times, both with and without band.

I can say that he's one of the people I thought was much, much better with a band. As in since this is a band show I'm 90% sure I will go (rough work week that week so can't say with 100% certainty), but if it was solo, I'm 100% certain I wouldn't bother.

I can also say that the times I've seen him open (as opposed to headline), he's been much, much better. The time he opened for Old 97's at the 9:30 Club comes to mind, but there were one or two others that I'd have to think hard about who it was he opened for…it's almost like he's motivated to show up the headliner when he's opening.

hutch wrote:
maybe this Bobby Bare Jr. show will be different but last year at Iota (it was a solo show) he looked like he wanted to take the money and run…short show… dead crowd…. the year before I went to one of those house party Bobby Bare Jr. shows and it also was on the short side….. but maybe with a full band it will be different..

i know he's not getting paid much but..

kosmo wrote:
They have added a GA section on this tour

Got GA for Baltimore in the lottery

Az is Brother JT a North Carolina artist?  I think all the bands are Baltimore, but the special guests are all NC…

Scapescape is looking sick!
who i am trying to see:
Abdu Ali
Adam Lempel & the Heartbeats
Ami Dang
Arbouretum
Celebration
Cex
Chester Endersby Gwazda
Chiffon
Co La
DDm
Fell Band
A Guide to Rational Living
Holy Tongues
Horse Lords
John Ehrens
Kitsune Rad
Lizz King
Mark Brown
Microkingdom
Moss of Aura
Mt. Royal
Murderboats
Other Colors
Outer Spaces
Peals
Raindeer
Rapdragons
Roomrunner
Rye Rye
Schwarz
Slipper
Soul Cannon
Soft Cat
Smoke Bellow
Sri Aurobindo
Teenage Souls
Television Hill
Thee Lexington Arrows
Vlonde
War on Women
Weekends
Which Magic
Whoarfrost
Wing Dam
Witch Hat
Guardian Alien
Joan of Arc
Jenny Besetzt
The Lollipops
Lonnie Walker

Easton, PA.

What are the Scape Scape dates again?

The weekend before Hopscotch, August 30 to September 1. 

Edit:
Duh…
Guardian Alien are from NYC.  So i guess my NC thing is WAY wrong.

hutch wrote:

sweetcell wrote:
hutch, why didn't you announce this?!?

Carlos Vives
Patriot Center, Fairfax, VA
Wed, Jul 24, 2013

tu tienes la llave de mi coraaaaaaaaazon…

ha ha!…well, honestly, if you want to know (which i doubt) because i have no interest.. i don't consider it rock… so much latin music is too produced and poppy.. i went to see juanes a few years ago at the warner.. perfect seats for arguably the hottest latin act (of course on the house)… ugghh…i did not enjoy it. at. all……i'm also pretty biased in favor of anything from argentina..

you're right though..i still should have announced it.. ;D

i think the bigger venues the latin musician is playin the worst they tend to be…they do get the chicks though.. i'll hand them that..

i spent a year in Ecuador many lunas ago, and Vives was everywhere so i guess he's a nostalgia act for me.  you couldn't go out dancing without hearing his stuff at some point. 

i would consider going to this show, for ol' times sake, if it wasn't so far and tickets were cheaper.

sweetcell wrote:

hutch wrote:

sweetcell wrote:
hutch, why didn't you announce this?!?

Carlos Vives
Patriot Center, Fairfax, VA
Wed, Jul 24, 2013

tu tienes la llave de mi coraaaaaaaaazon…

ha ha!…well, honestly, if you want to know (which i doubt) because i have no interest.. i don't consider it rock… so much latin music is too produced and poppy.. i went to see juanes a few years ago at the warner.. perfect seats for arguably the hottest latin act (of course on the house)… ugghh…i did not enjoy it. at. all……i'm also pretty biased in favor of anything from argentina..

you're right though..i still should have announced it.. ;D

i think the bigger venues the latin musician is playin the worst they tend to be…they do get the chicks though.. i'll hand them that..

i spent a year in Ecuador many lunas ago, and Vives was everywhere so i guess he's a nostalgia act for me.  you couldn't go out dancing without hearing his stuff at some point. 

i would consider going to this show, for ol' times sake, if it wasn't so far and tickets were cheaper.

I been to Quito…

well.. .I didn't mean Hagar sucks.. I meant its a booking that is not very appreciated…I would love to see Sammy… anybody that has the party attitude is fine with me and Hagar has written and sung plenty of great stuff…  I just think his stock is kind of low..  of course what is funny is that say what you will but Hagar is one of the guys rocking cause he loves it… he does not need the money..he sold that Tequila or whatever company for like a billion dollars and is loaded…(although I'm sure investors probably got a big chunk of that change)

I did dislike Van Hagar a lot though..

Blues Traveler may be one of my least favorite bands of all time.. if i hear runaround or the hook one more time (i think runaround was a BT song) i will blow my head off..

I was sorry to miss the Wallflowers at the Black Cat ….but again, its a band whose stock has really sunk…

Stillwater wrote:
LETTUCE!
Sept 20

fuck yes

stevewizzle wrote:

Stillwater wrote:
LETTUCE!
Sept 20

fuck yes

Even fucker yeser is John Scofield and UberJamBand on the same bill!

TheREALHunter wrote:
Zola Jesus & JG Thirlwell
The Hirshhorn
Oct 25

thats a huge get for a museum that fits like 75 people.

the ottobar is booking more interesting shows for me than the black cat…

sorry about the just announced rant.  so mad right now, realizing that my health care costs for my seizure disorder are about to radically change; i feel like ratbastard at a turn in your gun day event.  well . . . that made me smile and feel good, for a second.

walkonby wrote:
sorry about the just announced rant.  so mad right now, realizing that my health care costs for my seizure disorder are about to radically change; i feel like ratbastard at a turn in your gun day event.  well . . . that made me smile and feel good, for a second.

Sorry to hear that, pal.