Record Store Day 4/19/14

K8teebug wrote:

chaz wrote:

atomic wrote:


Uh I am the one who went to all the floristree, soft house, other diy venues.  See local bands at metro gallery, ottobar, windup space, have been seeing local bands since the early 80's at venues that weren't advertised.  When you go to as many local shows as I have been to let me know.  Saw them at places like Marble Bar, Our House, Eutaw Street Clubhouse …where were you?  Wait a second you probably weren't even born when I started going to DIY venues.  Do you remember bands like Reptile House, Cloaca, Grey March, Bangah, Cabal, Beyond Words, Monkey Spank?   Probably not.  Don't act like you support more local bands than me because you saw Celebration a few times.  Everyone has seen Celebration a ton of times.

What you don't like Beach House?  Too popular for you?  I saw Beach House when they had 30 fans at their shows.  So yeah I supported them.   I love their music.  I have probably seen Wye Oak a dozen times.  I have even seen crappy bands like the Thrushes several times.  

Holy crap Atomic just totally out-scened the entire human race.

I have seen Celebration not at all.  I don't even know what they sound like.  And I may be the only person who thinks Beach House is BORING and Future Islands sounds like really bad 80's music.  Or maybe it's because I'm old and miss bands who play real rock.

You mean like KIX? 

atomic wrote:


Well at least we can both agree on the greatness that is Neal Diamond. 

so great you can't even spell his name?

K8teebug wrote:
I have seen Celebration not at all.  I don't even know what they sound like.

I love Celebration.

You can listen to/download their 2011 album for Pay What You Want.
http://celebration.bandcamp.com/album/hello-paradise-2

One of my favorite live music memories is sitting down on the floor of a recording studio in Baltimore with about 15 other people, watching them record this: http://www.mobtownstudios.com/projects/celebration-microshow/
video from that (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsS3N9x4sE4)
Celebration at Farm Fest

hutch wrote:

atomic wrote:


Well at least we can both agree on the greatness that is Neal Diamond. 

so great you can't even spell his name?

I was driving in the car last night with the wife and the Monkees came on the Sirius Radio and it was "A little bit me.. a little bit you".  And I was like Neil Diamond stole everything he ever did from a Monkees song.  Then I looked it up and he wrote it. 

Hexenjagd wrote:
And Beach House bores me.  Nothing to do with their level of popularity.  Do you think I listen to music based off of how many people like them?  I don't.  One of my favorite artists is Neil Diamond, one of the greatest and most popular singer-songwriters/badasses of all time.

Did you go to his last show at Verizon?  It was awesome. 

atomic wrote:

hutch wrote:

atomic wrote:


Well at least we can both agree on the greatness that is Neal Diamond. 

so great you can't even spell his name?

I was driving in the car last night with the wife and the Monkees came on the Sirius Radio and it was "A little bit me.. a little bit you".  And I was like Neil Diamond stole everything he ever did from a Monkees song.  Then I looked it up and he wrote it. 

we can agree on the greatness that is Neil Diamond

K8teebug wrote:

Hexenjagd wrote:
And Beach House bores me.  Nothing to do with their level of popularity.  Do you think I listen to music based off of how many people like them?  I don't.  One of my favorite artists is Neil Diamond, one of the greatest and most popular singer-songwriters/badasses of all time.

Did you go to his last show at Verizon?  It was awesome. 

Sadly, no.  But I did go to his 2008 Verizon Center show… It was a great time.
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/neil-diamond/2008/verizon-center-washington-dc-33dd84dd.html

Hexenjagd wrote:

K8teebug wrote:

Hexenjagd wrote:
And Beach House bores me.  Nothing to do with their level of popularity.  Do you think I listen to music based off of how many people like them?  I don't.  One of my favorite artists is Neil Diamond, one of the greatest and most popular singer-songwriters/badasses of all time.

Did you go to his last show at Verizon?  It was awesome. 

Sadly, no.  But I did go to his 2008 Verizon Center show… It was a great time.
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/neil-diamond/2008/verizon-center-washington-dc-33dd84dd.html

Cool he did the Monkees song "I'm a believer".  Seems ole Neil wrote that one as well. 

Which reminds me: I  see Mickey Dolenz is touring and playing Rams Head Annapolis.  It is funny that Mickey Dolenz solo plays such smaller places than when he plays with Peter Tork and Michael Nessmith.  Other than Auntie Grizelda, I think the other two would be more detriment than benefit to have on stage.  Like now we have to suffer through  Nesmith singing a song. 

You're being too rough. Tork sings on Shades of Grey which is one of the monkees best. Nessmith (who is the heir to the Liquid Paper fortune, I believe) rarely had toured with the monkees in the last twenty years but did contribute some good songs like Listen to the Band and Mary Mary.

Julian, wrote:
You're being too rough. Tork sings on Shades of Grey which is one of the monkees best. Nessmith (who is the heir to the Liquid Paper fortune, I believe) rarely had toured with the monkees in the last twenty years but did contribute some good songs like Listen to the Band and Mary Mary.

Mary Mary is a good song.  He doesn't sing on it though.  He is not a good singer.  He didn't tour with the Monkees because he couldn't get along with Davey Jones.  He toured last tour the one without Dave Jones (RIP)

Michael Nesmith also made a forturne sueing PBS.  Evidently he is the luckiest guy in the world. 

atomic wrote:

Julian, wrote:
You're being too rough. Tork sings on Shades of Grey which is one of the monkees best. Nessmith (who is the heir to the Liquid Paper fortune, I believe) rarely had toured with the monkees in the last twenty years but did contribute some good songs like Listen to the Band and Mary Mary.

Mary Mary is a good song.  He doesn't sing on it though.  He is not a good singer.  He didn't tour with the Monkees because he couldn't get along with Davey Jones.  He toured last tour the one without Dave Jones (RIP)

Michael Nesmith also made a forturne sueing PBS.  Evidently he is the luckiest guy in the world. 

Nesmith doesn't sing on Mary Mary? I'll take your word for it.

He toured with them sometime in the early-2000s. I went to see it. I think he left halfway thru the tour tho.

Julian, wrote:

atomic wrote:

Julian, wrote:
You're being too rough. Tork sings on Shades of Grey which is one of the monkees best. Nessmith (who is the heir to the Liquid Paper fortune, I believe) rarely had toured with the monkees in the last twenty years but did contribute some good songs like Listen to the Band and Mary Mary.

Mary Mary is a good song.  He doesn't sing on it though.  He is not a good singer.  He didn't tour with the Monkees because he couldn't get along with Davey Jones.  He toured last tour the one without Dave Jones (RIP)

Michael Nesmith also made a forturne sueing PBS.  Evidently he is the luckiest guy in the world. 

Nesmith doesn't sing on Mary Mary? I'll take your word for it.

He toured with them sometime in the early-2000s. I went to see it. I think he left halfway thru the tour tho.

"On July 25, 1966, Nesmith produced and recorded the song for the The Monkees at Western Recorders in Hollywood, California. Micky Dolenz sang lead, and Mike used the crack group of session musicians known as The Wrecking Crew to beef up their sound, including; James Burton, Glen Campbell, Al Casey, Hal Blaine, Jim Gordon, Michael Deasy and Larry Knechtel. Their version was released on the album More of the Monkees in 1967 and became a number five hit in Australia in 1968."