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It's Michelle Mae from the Make Up

bearman🐻 wrote:
Ex Hex recruited another bass player, and she is insanely good.

nkotb wrote:
It's Michelle Mae from the Make Up

bearman🐻 wrote:
Ex Hex recruited another bass player, and she is insanely good.

She's FANTASTIC.

Hammered Hulls was a great time at the Fort Reno.

It was indeed a mighty great time, and I forgive them for having two new songs that suck. :P

The setlist was great and it brought me back to the first time I saw them in 2001 (Philly setlist had 3 songs from the fourth album—one review seem to suggest that a  reunion with Isobel is imminent?). 

bearman🐻 wrote:
Saw Belle and Sebastian and Ex Hex in Philly the other night at Union Transfer. Ex Hex recruited another bass player, and she is insanely good. It was the third time I saw them this year, and it was by far the best of the shows. Something seems to have clicked and they are really sounding terrific. Belle and Sebastian…I don't know what to say other than that was one of the best times I've had in ages. The setlist was crazy good, but I will confess that the magic of social media gave me the opportunity to request 4 songs, and ALL of them get played. I think that was just pure luck, but it was stuff they don't play often or at all. ("Seeing Other People", "Nice Day for a Sulk", "Jonathan David", and "We Are the Sleepyheads"). Other highlights were "A Century of Fakers", "The Chalet Lines", "Me and the Major", "Stars of Track and Field", and getting on stage to dance during "Legal Man" was awesome. And yeah, there's video on YouTube. They played "The Boy With the Arab Strap" as the second song, which was unusual…Stuart bitched that the barricade screwed up his plans for audience participation, but when he jumped into the audience later on and went back on stage, he got a handful of us through the stage door. Anyway, I always enjoy their shows, but this one was just off the charts fun. They all seemed to be having a fantastic time.

Vas wrote:
-one review seem to suggest that a  reunion with Isobel is imminent?). 

no freaking way…that would be awesome
Almost got tiamrs!
What a mean tease

here's the link:

https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/live-music/reviews/belle-sebastian-the-leadmill-sheffield-2-jul

Hyper-engaged-Hatch wrote:

Vas wrote:
-one review seem to suggest that a  reunion with Isobel is imminent?). 

no freaking way…that would be awesome
Almost got tiamrs!
What a mean tease

this does sound fun http://www.theboatyweekender.com/

Caught the sold out The Chats at Union Stage.  It was a fun, high energy show from the 1st note, with a good crowd.  Very short 50 minute set but packed 17 songs in that time.  Openers Teen Mortgage were a surprisingly good opener, and I'm really enjoying their EP. 

saw 2 nights of the mountain goats last week. enjoyed the show wednesday more than thursday due to setlist being the more well known (to me), better peoples at the thursday show though. friday saw aimee mann, jonathan coulton and both were really great. sunday we caught 2 minutes of ratscape (i don't know what band was playing) and 30 mins of artscape (english beat). it was so fucking hot out. not enjoyable.

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I did probably the nerdiest thing I have ever done and attended a podcast (How Did This Get Made) taping on Saturday. It was hilarious. Rollicking good time. Now I just need to see Wait Wait Don't Tell Me.

I had an interesting weekend of 'shows'

Saw Scott Kelly (US astronaut with longest time in space) speak (was great and inspiring)
Watched Star Wars: A New Hope with a full orchestra (Amazing…if you are a fan this was such a treat to hear Williams phenomenal score done live)
Saw guy from Antiques Road show do a talk (was very interesting, but not life changing)
Saw Ira Glass provide an evening of thought, laughter and ideas (enjoyed and would do again. What a gift for engaging storytelling, could make the reading of an aspirin bottle interesting)

Went to Harrisonburg on Saturday to catch Sierra Ferrell play a headlining set on a night off of opening for Parker Millsap on tour, holy shit what a voice.

Julian, wrote:
I did probably the nerdiest thing I have ever done and attended a podcast (How Did This Get Made) taping on Saturday. It was hilarious. Rollicking good time. Now I just need to see Wait Wait Don't Tell Me.

Caught their taping last night at DAR. Had a blast. Now I just need to see Body of Evidence.

Schulzenstein wrote:

Julian, wrote:
I did probably the nerdiest thing I have ever done and attended a podcast (How Did This Get Made) taping on Saturday. It was hilarious. Rollicking good time. Now I just need to see Wait Wait Don't Tell Me.

Caught their taping last night at DAR. Had a blast. Now I just need to see Body of Evidence.

I went in Richmond and the film was Star Crash which was . . . bonkers.

Julian, wrote:

Schulzenstein wrote:

Julian, wrote:
I did probably the nerdiest thing I have ever done and attended a podcast (How Did This Get Made) taping on Saturday. It was hilarious. Rollicking good time. Now I just need to see Wait Wait Don't Tell Me.

Caught their taping last night at DAR. Had a blast. Now I just need to see Body of Evidence.

I went in Richmond and the film was Star Crash which was . . . bonkers.

Hoff was so dreamy back then

challanged wrote:
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dafuq?

challanged wrote:
saw 2 nights of the mountain goats last week. enjoyed the show wednesday more than thursday due to setlist being the more well known (to me), better peoples at the thursday show though. friday saw aimee mann, jonathan coulton and both were really great. sunday we caught 2 minutes of ratscape (i don't know what band was playing) and 30 mins of artscape (english beat). it was so fucking hot out. not enjoyable.

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managed to snag page 1 of the setlist from Thursday




and the dopeass poster




and this side shot

Can confirm: that poster is dopeass.

Very cool…


I would have big time preferred night one based on the acoustic set alone

I can’t believe he doesn’t play Going to Georgia every single night but I sure respect it

hutch wrote:
I can’t believe he doesn’t play Going to Georgia every single night but I sure respect it

While I agree…if I went to that show, would probably be my #1 request
a large portion of his fan base wasn't even born when that came out

I don't agree with his stance on the song…but it's his song, so whodafuckamI

hasn't played since 2012

this is an interesting read
https://www.reddit.com/r/themountaingoats/comments/4gpag6/john_tells_the_story_of_how_going_to_georgia_was/
and this
https://themountaingoats.fandom.com/wiki/Going_to_Georgia


"I honestly don't want to play Going to Georgia ever again. I really confronted my old catalog because I began getting more and more engaged with my feminism, and I think Going to Georgia is a bullshit song. Bottom line: I know it's got a nice melody, and it's got a cool vibe, but that dude is bullshit and I don't want to be involved with him anymore. I'm not saying I'll never play it, I probably will, especially when the three of us are playing it kind of rocks, but I wish its lyrics were different, I don't know what to do with that. I don't like what's going on in that song. It seems daring and edgy to a 26-year-old dude to have a guy who goes down with a gun for unknown purposes to see somebody he claims to love, but to my present self, that guy is a fucking asshole. I don't like to celebrate things like that. I'm not ashamed of the song, the song has a vibe, I can't deny it, and I listen to Cannibal Corpse, you know. The song 'Fucked with a Knife', there aren't multiple readings of that song. That song is a terrible, horrible song but you know, my own part in that stuff, I don't know. I have complex feelings about it." – 2012-06-22 - Rio Theater - Vancouver, British Columbia

When requested by an audience member at encore - "Dude, I don't know if you got the memo, but I don't play that song anymore. Plenty of other bands cover it very nicely and you can listen to them." 2017-05-25 - Saturn - Birmingham, AL

""If you should find yourself in this song, heaven forbid, don't say 'Oh! What's the chance for epiphany here?' Call the cops. There's a fucking psychopath on my porch. I hate him, and I want him to go to jail. And if the police say 'What if he's having some deep feelings?' Tell them 'Take your patriarchal bullshit down to the garbage can where it belongs and haul this guy off to jail because he has a gun."" 2016-11-21 - Second City - Chicago, IL