Weekend Roll Call

work needs me on site tomorrow, i'm now in DC tonight. so i'm back to cut copy vs. sword. seriously leaning towards cut copy… i'm more in the mood for dancing than headbanging, and BC is closer/more convenient that RnR. don't have a ticket tho.

anyone got an extra cut copy ticket?

my sword/torch is still up for grabs, if anyone wants to come get it in friendship heights.

Cut Copy is gonna be a blast. Saw them open for Simian Mobile Disco last April. What a bill. They were very, very impressive!

Is Floristree still at the same address it's always been at?

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
Is Floristree still at the same address it's always been at?

several websites (including last.fm) seem to believe it's at 405 W Franklin St. never been there myself.

cut copy tore the house down, i haven't seen a crowd move like that at black cat maybe ever … full 4-piece band, i wasn't expecting that, made it feel like a new order show in a small club … really short set though, around 50 mins with encore

black kids disappointed a bit, but they have such high expectations, i kind of feel bad for them for how high the bar is that they have to jump over … they were mixed really poorly for much of their set … i'd say 3-4 songs sounded really good, the other 4-5 were pretty weak

the last two songs that i caught from mobius band sounded great, their drummer really killed it

oh, and that was the most self-consciously hipster crowd i've ever seen in DC … i don't mean "i'm wearing a black t-shirt" hipster, i mean like painstakingly put-together day-glo outfits and 80s getups, like something you'd seen in williamsburg 4 years ago

Black Kids annoyed me. Dumb lyrics, too. "listen to your body tonight it's gonna treat you right". "i'm a limousine". WTF??!

Mobius Band were great! Cut Copy ruled. And I didn't mind that they used backing tracks to most songs.

Local H tonight.

Why, were they playing their ipods too loud on the Metro? Or throwing their KFC wrappers down on the ground?

Originally posted by wanderlust j. marshmallow:
Black Kids annoyed me.

The Swell Season in Baltimore Saturday. I've managed to get about 6 tickets for this show. 4 of them are floor seats, so I have at least 2 floor seats remaining.

If anyone is interested in wanting to see them for free (I'm not charging for the tickets. It's a karma thing, plus my birthday is on Monday and it's a nice thing to do~) you can email me at poetneko@mac.com. Not sure what the 3rd set of seats will be, except super cheap ie: free (as the normal seats are $45, the ones we purchased before I managed to win several). Otherwise we're going up to the balcony and upgrading some people in bad seats to the floor

I can't fucking wait. :D

Originally posted by sweetcell:

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
Is Floristree still at the same address it's always been at?

several websites (including last.fm) seem to believe it's at 405 W Franklin St. never been there myself.

Cool thanks. That's what I thought.

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
cut copy tore the house down, i haven't seen a crowd move like that at black cat maybe ever …

Originally posted by wanderlust j. marshmallow:
Cut Copy ruled.

dammit. so pissed that i had to work late last night (really really late) and couldn't make it to the BC - sounds exactly like my kind of show. hoya even hooked me up with a free ticket, and i couldn't use it.

Originally posted by sweetcell:
hoya even hooked me up with a free ticket, and i couldn't use it.

that's the last time i ever scramble to get you on a guest list :D

Anyone go to John Darnielle/Rock Plaza Central in NYC last night? Would appreciate a review of that.

I made it to the Long Blondes/Drug Rug show at the RnR Hotel. Not very fond of the new Long Blondes record, but the songs from the prior album were very good live. Plus, they actually smile and were very happy to be there…(unlike, Ladytron??)

Drug Rug were very impressive as well.

The DeVotchKa show was NPR'd:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90430567

Swell Season was one of the best shows I've seen in my entire life.

Plus, I got to meet Susan from Exit Clov outside… she's an amazingly lovely person =D

Anybody have a guess about set times for the Pela show tonight at RNR? Three bands, doors listed as 8 and showtime as 8:30.

8:30, 9:15, 10:15?

They've been good about starting/ending early on weeknights for a little while now.

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
Anybody have a guess about set times for the Pela show tonight at RNR? Three bands, doors listed as 8 and showtime as 8:30.

mmmm great show, did you make it Charlie?? I was looking for you…

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
Anybody have a guess about set times for the Pela show tonight at RNR? Three bands, doors listed as 8 and showtime as 8:30.