the shins sold out???

both nights too! i didn't expect this. did any of you? extra tickets?

has been sold out for a little while now, I think most people expected it

Yeah, we all bought tickets the week they went on sale.

sales started slow but took off after the holiday.

only b/c they are uber-hipster cool.

Originally posted by chknfngrs:
only b/c they are uber-hipster cool.

Does anyone "objectively" like this band's most recent cd. I heard a lot about them, saw the BC show listings, bought the cd, listened to it about 10 times straight through, at that point determined I wouldn't be anywhere close to the BC during the shows (hair appt., cosby reruns, etc.), don't even know where the cd is at this time. Honestly don't know anything about this band beyond their most recent release and figure… "must be missin' somethin' here"… so what is it?

yeah, i've know about this show since it was announced. i guess i've got to really like a band if i'm gonna get tickets months before the show. i enjoyed "oh inverted world," but not crazy about it. they seem like they're put on a good show though.

Now that their popularity seems to be that of Creed or Foo Fighters, it's like sort of cool if you don't know who they are. No clue who they are. I will visit allmusic.com to see what they sound like.

You are a dope. Both of their albums are two of the best things to hit the music world in this century.

Originally posted by myuman:

Originally posted by chknfngrs:
only b/c they are uber-hipster cool.

Does anyone "objectively" like this band's most recent cd. I heard a lot about them, saw the BC show listings, bought the cd, listened to it about 10 times straight through, at that point determined I wouldn't be anywhere close to the BC during the shows (hair appt., cosby reruns, etc.), don't even know where the cd is at this time. Honestly don't know anything about this band beyond their most recent release and figure… "must be missin' somethin' here"… so what is it?

You are a dope. You wouldn't like them, they don't sound like the Pixies or have stupid beards and truckers hats like Granddaddy.

Originally posted by Barcelona:
Now that their popularity seems to be that of Creed or Foo Fighters, it's like sort of cool if you don't know who they are. No clue who they are. I will visit allmusic.com to see what they sound like.

Originally posted by Barcelona:
Now that their popularity seems to be that of Creed or Foo Fighters, it's like sort of cool if you don't know who they are. No clue who they are. I will visit allmusic.com to see what they sound like.

The Shins sell out two nights at the 600-capacity Black Cat and that means they are on a par with the 20-million-selling Creed and the every-album-has-gone-platinum Foo Fighters?

Originally posted by ggw™:

Originally posted by Barcelona:
Now that their popularity seems to be that of Creed or Foo Fighters, it's like sort of cool if you don't know who they are. No clue who they are. I will visit allmusic.com to see what they sound like.

The Shins sell out two nights at the 600-capacity Black Cat and that means they are on a par with the 20-million-selling Creed and the every-album-has-gone-platinum Foo Fighters?

Of course not, the post was intended to get funny reactions from the indie crowd.

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
[/qb]

The Shins sell out two nights at the 600-capacity Black Cat and that means they are on a par with the 20-million-selling Creed and the every-album-has-gone-platinum Foo Fighters? [/QB]

GBV still suck
:D ;)

Originally posted by grotty:
GBV still suck
:D ;)

Don't let Bede or Pollard hear you say that.

I've never been big on GBV, but the greatest hits album they released last year has become a regular denizen in my CD player.

Originally posted by grotty:

Originally posted by ggw™:

The Shins sell out two nights at the 600-capacity Black Cat and that means they are on a par with the 20-million-selling Creed and the every-album-has-gone-platinum Foo Fighters? [/QB]

GBV still suck
:D ;) [/QB]

Had I put Creed and GBV on the same post and I would have been killed at the next show at the 9:30 or Blackcat.

Originally posted by Barcelona:
Of course not, the post was intended to get funny reactions from the indie crowd.

Mission accomplished.

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:

Originally posted by grotty:
GBV still suck
:D ;)

Don't let Bede or Pollard hear you say that.

I've never been big on GBV, but the greatest hits album they released last year has become a regular denizen in my CD player.

Just kidding - I like them.
That was intended as a jab @ Barcelona who seems to express this anti GBV sentiment quite often.

Originally posted by Barcelona:
Of course not, the post was intended to get funny reactions from the indie crowd.

A fairly transparent attempt as well, get out of vacation mode GGW.

I think we all knew these shows would sell out. I'm going both nights…I really like both records and I think there's potential for them to be a good live band. We'll see! At $12 for a ticket, it was a price hard not to beat.

Did someone mention Grandaddy? They're coming back to the club with Saves the Day I think. Mmmmmm…Burtch. YUM.

Of course these shows were going to sell out.

You have a popular band that has not played in the area in a long, long time. Just like the Old 97's, that's an indicator that the interest level is high.

You have a band that whose press goes much further than the 50 hipster dufuses that live in the DC metro area.

And you have people selfish enough to buy tickets for two nights (even though they knew it would prevent others from seeing the band) for a band that only has 70 minutes of recorded material and doesn't play covers…people who are for some reason desperate enough to see the same band do the same exact songs two nights in a row.

Didn't surprise me one bit. ;)

Originally posted by Mr. Unctuous:
Of course these shows were going to sell out.

You have a popular band that has not played in the area in a long, long time. Just like the Old 97's, that's an indicator that the interest level is high.

You have a band that whose press goes much further than the 50 hipster dufuses that live in the DC metro area.

And you have people selfish enough to buy tickets for two nights (even though they knew it would prevent others from seeing the band) for a band that only has 70 minutes of recorded material and doesn't play covers…people who are for some reason desperate enough to see the same band do the same exact songs two nights in a row.

Didn't surprise me one bit. ;)

they have been doing a house of love cover on a recent tour

-selfish bastard going both nights