Official 930 Club The Cure at Merriweather 6-22 Thread

Thurston wrote:
I've never thought of New Orleans as one of the largest live music markets which is why I could have seen the Cure not having played the place……love the place… but it just isn't a first tier market in anything

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/03/the-united-sates-of-events-americas-top-concert-going-cities-by-genre.html

Why would you see the Cure in Nawlins when a band playing on the side of the road is probably better??

**throws on flame retardant suit**

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Yada wrote:

Thurston wrote:
I've never thought of New Orleans as one of the largest live music markets which is why I could have seen the Cure not having played the place……love the place… but it just isn't a first tier market in anything

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/03/the-united-sates-of-events-americas-top-concert-going-cities-by-genre.html

Why would you see the Cure in Nawlins when a band playing on the side of the road is probably better??

**throws on flame retardant suit**

Dean Ween Band or Gene Ween?

Thurston wrote:
I've never thought of New Orleans as one of the largest live music markets which is why I could have seen the Cure not having played the place……love the place… but it just isn't a first tier market in anything

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/03/the-united-sates-of-events-americas-top-concert-going-cities-by-genre.html

OK, I am dropping out of this conversation.  

That link is for the 25 LARGEST cities in the USA.  All of those charts are for the SAME 25 cities.  New Orleans IS NOT ONE OF THE 25 LARGEST CITIES IN AMERICA.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population

It is number 50.  SO it would not be on your list/link.

That does NOT mean NOLA as a market is not HUGE.  It is the place people in Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, and other Southern states go.

killsaly wrote:
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damn dude give me more time! i got kids around here and can't be on the board every 2 seconds seeing what responses you're about to delete! thanks in advance

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Thurston wrote:

Yada wrote:

Thurston wrote:
I've never thought of New Orleans as one of the largest live music markets which is why I could have seen the Cure not having played the place……love the place… but it just isn't a first tier market in anything

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/03/the-united-sates-of-events-americas-top-concert-going-cities-by-genre.html

Why would you see the Cure in Nawlins when a band playing on the side of the road is probably better??

**throws on flame retardant suit**

Dean Ween Band or Gene Ween?

I was thinking more of this hobo-esque genre.

Thurston wrote:

killsaly wrote:
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damn dude give me more time! i got kids around here and can't be on the board every 2 seconds seeing what responses you're about to delete! thanks in advance

you need that script, it's pretty crazy shit (both the script and what sally is deleting).

killsaly wrote:

Thurston wrote:
I've never thought of New Orleans as one of the largest live music markets which is why I could have seen the Cure not having played the place……love the place… but it just isn't a first tier market in anything

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/03/the-united-sates-of-events-americas-top-concert-going-cities-by-genre.html

OK, I am dropping out of this conversation.  

That link is for the 25 LARGEST cities in the USA.  All of those charts are for the SAME 25 cities.  New Orleans IS NOT ONE OF THE 25 LARGEST CITIES IN AMERICA.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population

It is number 50.  SO it would not be on your list/link.

That does NOT mean NOLA as a market is not HUGE.  It is the place people in Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, and other Southern states go.

oops

of course i can accept i'm wrong if that list is wrong..:)  whats the big deal?

i will keep looking for a list of largest music markets by share of concertgoing revenue in the US.. if you have such a list please post! thanks

Yada wrote:

Thurston wrote:

killsaly wrote:
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damn dude give me more time! i got kids around here and can't be on the board every 2 seconds seeing what responses you're about to delete! thanks in advance

you need that script, it's pretty crazy shit (both the script and what sally is deleting).

i bet.. its crazy.. he truly hates my guts… i even sent him a modern english record last week on me.. he still hates my guts…

I don't hate anybody.  I don't really like your posting style though. 

killsaly wrote:
I don't hate anybody.  I don't really like your posting style though. 

GIFSoup

Relaxer wrote:
One niggling thing though – who the fuck needs four encores anyway?

Old people.

29 songs was not enough so past two shows have upped to 34 songs… so far seems like alternating nights get Disintegration heavy setlist…

up a song to 35.. last night was for those who love kiss me kiss me..7 songs from there.. 5 from disintegration and FOUR from bloodflowers..

i'd take that…

First perfect girl since 1990!

Last night's setlist from Colorado is insane. 4 songs from Seventeen Seconds, and "Cold" and a "Strange Day". I realize the odds are low that I'll get to see all of those in the same show, but I would flip for that.

Not that it really matters much, but I will be at the concert!!! So stoked, because it's my first time seeing them in 12 years. I'll be in the lawn seats, which honestly is not a bad thing. The one time I saw the cure, I had press passes and got to be about only 2 feet from Robert Smith (yes I can post the crappy photos I took for my college's newspaper if you really want a good laugh). I think the experience was so much for my 18-year-old self that now at 30-going-on-31, I'm just like "woohoo, can't believe I got a pair of lawn tickets to the sold Cure concert!" All I ask is for is decent weather and to maybe hear "Charlotte Sometimes" (they didn't do it when I saw them last). The fact they've been playing "Burn" just makes me happy.

curious…is there a public transit option?

No