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nomad0186
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Re: Bloc Party June 17, 2005 at 05:12 PM UTC #
argh don't blame bloc party for chin-stroking scenesters; its not cool to enjoy yourself at a show anymore.

Bloc Party was amazing, i was on the barrier, w/ bassist Gordon Moakes a foot away from me. Sorry if I stepped on anyone, because i went out of my mind. They had great energy, and weren't concerned about trying to cultivate an image.

Set List:
So Here We Are
Like Eating Glass
Banquet
Positive Tension
She's Hearing Voices
Blue Light
Luno
This Modern Love
Little Thoughts
Helicopter

Plans (which was not on the original set list; fan in the front made a sign and paid Kele a buck to play it, displacing "Into the Blue," which I've never seen on any previous EP, so it was a new fucking song, which kind of makes me mad that they didn't play it)
Price of Gas
Compliments
Pioneers

I would've liked to see some more stuff from the EPs, like Staying Fat or the Marshalls are Dead, but it was a great show nevertheless.
HoyaSaxa03
Joined: March 22, 2004 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: Bloc Party June 17, 2005 at 05:29 PM UTC #
Originally posted by LenardYorkton:
argh don't blame bloc party for chin-stroking scenesters; its not cool to enjoy yourself at a show anymore. Sorry if I stepped on anyone, because i went out of my mind.
i'm really getting sick of this … who cares what's cool and what isn't, if you want to dance, fucking go for it, just respect others' space
TomJaworski
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Re: Bloc Party June 17, 2005 at 05:29 PM UTC #
i'm not mad at the "chin-stroking scenesters" or audience members who stand still. at certain shows, i may be mistaken for one. i rather grow annoyed at meathead interns or students (probably from gtown) who probably bought silent alarm at urban outfitters who butt in front of you just as the show begins, who bop around awkwardly during the show, and who every ten minutes send one of their group to retrieve more miller lite. sorry thats the snob-side of me speaking. i'm just glad i'm tall so i can move away.
El Tee
Joined: October 09, 2003 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Bloc Party June 17, 2005 at 05:33 PM UTC #
Originally posted by LonnieBeale:
i'm not mad at the "chin-stroking scenesters" or audience members who stand still. at certain shows, i may be mistaken for one. i rather grow annoyed at meathead interns or students (probably from gtown) who probably bought silent alarm at urban outfitters who butt in front of you just as the show begins, who bop around awkwardly during the show, and who every ten minutes send one of their group to retrieve more miller lite. sorry thats the snob-side of me speaking. i'm just glad i'm tall so i can move away.
yeah I don't really appreciate the dude who came up to me at Old 97s cause I wasn't bopping all around. Then he tried to give me a high five. :roll:
HoyaSaxa03
Joined: March 22, 2004 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: Bloc Party June 17, 2005 at 05:36 PM UTC #
Originally posted by LonnieBeale:
i rather grow annoyed at meathead interns or students (probably from gtown) who probably bought silent alarm at urban outfitters who butt in front of you just as the show begins,
actually, they're probably from AU or GW … georgetown has absolutely NO indie scene (apart from our alt-weekly mag)
rfredley
Joined: May 23, 2005 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Bloc Party June 17, 2005 at 06:11 PM UTC #
Dance or don't dance. Just don't shout your conversation above the volume of the music if you're around other people who appear to be trying to listen to the show.

If you want to talk during the show, kindly remove yourself to the bar, or better yet, stay home and listen to the CD in the background.

And no, just because the song is quieter doesn't give you license to shout over it 'cause you're bored.

I know. I'm preaching to the choir on this board.

Anyway, thanks for all the great shows. Started with Live on the first night in the new address, and ended a long run last night. Wife and I are having our first kid soon, so it'll be a while before we're properly babysittered up for a show in all likelihood.

Hopefully by then they'll have a special "talkers" section. Should get one for the movie theater as well.

Thanks for the memories folks.
sonickteam2
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Re: Bloc Party June 17, 2005 at 06:19 PM UTC #
Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
georgetown has absolutely NO indie scene (apart from our alt-weekly mag)
and you of course ;)
AlanOnymous
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Re: Bloc Party June 17, 2005 at 06:46 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Caesar:
I saw B.P. in NY and it was one of the best shows I've attended.
I'm going to re-post my msg from another thread here, just b/c I'm that important. :p

At last night's Bloc Party show a friend and I were standing pretty close to the stage and everyone around us stood perfectly still (well, except for taking photos OC!) the entire time. It irritated me because I feel like that behavior belonged in the back or in the upper level of the club.
I say, let's keep the "stiffs" away from the front!

Also, I couldn't help contrasting the show with the LCD/MIA show (which was also sold-out). I stood in basically the same location, and everyone around me was moving around and having fun. People were actually INTERACTING with each other!! (My friend and I did note at the time that this behavior was unusual for DC.)
-C
I couldn't agree more. I had the same problem. LCD show had me so happy, and the crowd at this show was just so damn annoying. Drunk chicks swinging their purses as if they'd never been in a crowd before, people shooting nasty looks if you applaud, dance a little, or shout out the simple "YEAH!" when your favorite song came on. What a bunch of a-holes. I had hopes for this show, but it looks like this is a band destined to be held hostage by its "fans".
HoyaSaxa03
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Re: Bloc Party June 17, 2005 at 06:53 PM UTC #
Originally posted by sonickteam4:
Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
georgetown has absolutely NO indie scene (apart from our alt-weekly mag)
and you of course ;)
well, it's been a couple years since i've been there … maybe things have changed, i doubt it though … AU and GW kids are much more likely to jump on the bandwagon of the latest emo/major-indie group
kosmo
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Re: Bloc Party June 17, 2005 at 07:11 PM UTC #
"It's not the band I hate, it's their fans" - "Coax Me." - Sloan (needs to just become my sig)
ratioci nation
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Re: Bloc Party June 17, 2005 at 07:27 PM UTC #
Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
AU and GW kids are much more likely to jump on the bandwagon of the latest emo/major-indie group
and you know this because?
Rhett Miller
Joined: November 15, 2001 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: Bloc Party June 17, 2005 at 07:30 PM UTC #
Because Georgetown kids are too busy sucking priest dick to be bothered with the latest music trend.

Originally posted by general grievous:
Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
AU and GW kids are much more likely to jump on the bandwagon of the latest emo/major-indie group
and you know this because?
boweswana
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Re: Bloc Party June 17, 2005 at 07:34 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
[QB] Because Georgetown kids are too busy sucking priest dick to be bothered with the latest music trend.

Don't make shit up like that. The Judas Priest show isn't til Sunday so their tour bus isn't anywhere near here yet.
HoyaSaxa03
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Re: Bloc Party June 17, 2005 at 07:35 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Because Georgetown kids are too busy sucking priest dick to be bothered with the latest music trend.

Originally posted by general grievous:
Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
AU and GW kids are much more likely to jump on the bandwagon of the latest emo/major-indie group
and you know this because?
no no no, it's the other way around!

hey, they're broad generalizations and there are obviously deviations from the mean, but AU is emo, GW is indie or house, GU is fratrock
nomad0186
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Re: Bloc Party June 17, 2005 at 07:51 PM UTC #
[/qb]i'm really getting sick of this … who cares what's cool and what isn't, if you want to dance, fucking go for it, just respect others' space [/QB]

I was being sarcastic; i'm fine w/ people dancing, thought i made that fairly clear (?)
ratioci nation
Joined: November 22, 2002 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: Bloc Party June 17, 2005 at 07:51 PM UTC #
Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
no no no, it's the other way around!

hey, they're broad generalizations and there are obviously deviations from the mean, but AU is emo, GW is indie or house, GU is fratrock
well I guess Emo wasnt really a trend when I was at AU, so I didnt notice, and how do all of the foreign students and kids from New Jersey fit in to the emo trend at AU? The only stereotype I knew about other schools while at AU was that Georgetown was full of unbearable snobs, and it has held pretty true :p
HoyaSaxa03
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Re: Bloc Party June 17, 2005 at 08:10 PM UTC #
Originally posted by general grievous:
well I guess Emo wasnt really a trend when I was at AU, so I didnt notice, and how do all of the foreign students and kids from New Jersey fit in to the emo trend at AU? The only stereotype I knew about other schools while at AU was that Georgetown was full of unbearable snobs, and it has held pretty true :p
i thought we had already talked about this when your moniker was pollard!

there's a preponderance of foreign students and NJ kids at all three schools i mentioned, i'm mostly referring to people at these schools who are into music scenes

lots of folks at g'town loved "underground" frat-rock like dispatch and that "crazy game of poker" band, and i noticed a TON of emo kids at AU

maybe this has all changed in two years, i dunno.

and i noticed an intense hatred (jealousy?) of g'town from the other two schools, i was even told that "anti-gtown" cheers are taught at AU's frosh orientation … i never noticed any real hatred of AU or GW from gtown folks
ratioci nation
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Re: Bloc Party June 17, 2005 at 08:24 PM UTC #
Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
i thought we had already talked about this when your moniker was pollard!

there's a preponderance of foreign students and NJ kids at all three schools i mentioned, i'm mostly referring to people at these schools who are into music scenes

lots of folks at g'town loved "underground" frat-rock like dispatch and that "crazy game of poker" band, and i noticed a TON of emo kids at AU

maybe this has all changed in two years, i dunno.

and i noticed an intense hatred (jealousy?) of g'town from the other two schools, i was even told that "anti-gtown" cheers are taught at AU's frosh orientation … i never noticed any real hatred of AU or GW from gtown folks
i dont think we discussed this, we may have skirted the issue

I did not go to orientation, so couldnt tell you

and the only reason that there was no hatred from gtown students was because they refused to acknowledge the lower castes

and really AU is just jealous obviously, I mean who the hell has heard of AU outside of the area
ggw
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Re: Bloc Party June 17, 2005 at 09:32 PM UTC #
Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
foreign students and NJ kids
There's a difference?
han
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Re: Bloc Party June 17, 2005 at 10:09 PM UTC #
i definitely agree that their show at the black cat was better. but, they are still a great band, and put on a good performance.

the crowd at the black cat was more into it, but this goes for almost all shows.
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