Ska is dead tour roll call.

I'm so there tonight…no really.

Anyone else going?

This is a momentous occasion, I'm taking my daughter to her first 930 show.

We look forward to giving her those wonderfully huge non-drinkin stamps on both hands.

If i had a kid i'd go.

Originally posted by saco:
We look forward to giving her those wonderfully huge non-drinkin stamps on both hands.

I'm sure she'll think of them as a right of passage and won't wash them off for months!

Be sure to stamp her boyfriend too.

Originally posted by mankie:
Be sure to stamp her boyfriend too. [/QB]

Stamp or Stomp?

Originally posted by Rob_Gee_a.k.a _Guiny:

Originally posted by mankie:
Be sure to stamp her boyfriend too.

Stamp or Stomp? [/QB]

I'd stamp….he's a big boy for 16!

Mank, isn't your daughter 2 years old? Very modern of you to let her date a 16 year old…. :D

Originally posted by Bags:
Mank, isn't your daughter 2 years old? Very modern of you to let her date a 16 year old…. :D

My daughter is fast approaching 15…my son is fast approaching 15 months…I'll have it all to do again in 14years, when I'm 57. :eek:

Originally posted by mankie:


This is a momentous occasion, I'm taking my daughter to her first 930 show.

i actually find this insanely cool/borderline really adorable. if she's like any other 16 year old, i'm sure she's whining to her friends about "my lame dad taking me to a show" but you know that she thinks it's the coolest thing ever.

does she know how much alcohol you have consumed at the 930 club? Maybe she will use that as a gauge for her future experiences (21+ of course) ;)

It is completely awesome…there were a lot of parents and kids at Fountains of Wayne last night, and it was so cool. These kids were so jazzed.

Mank, oops – thought your baby was a girl! I did remember that you had an older daughter, though. Just razzing the old man on the board! (Hey, I know folks at certain 9:30 Club shows think I'm a mom with a kid down in front…I hope they at least think I'm a cool mom singing along and dancing/bouncing more than most)

Originally posted by mankie:
My daughter is fast approaching 15…

Just count your lucky stars that I moved away, mate!

Originally posted by vansmack:

Originally posted by mankie:
My daughter is fast approaching 15…

Just count your lucky stars that I moved away, mate!

That's the only reason I'm letting her venture into DC….you're in San Francisco!!! ;)

HEY SMACKIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I could've gone to prison about 100 times last night mate…and made an absolute fortune in the padded bra industry!

4 bands, three were crap. Full of young'uns having a great time, so that was enjoyable.

BTW The two staph members in front of the stage catching the body surfers are absolute gems. Gently catching them and putting them down so they could run round to the back and start all over again takes a lot of patience. Without question 930 staph are the best there is. (except for the miserable twat who used to work the backbar of course)

i was going to ask how the show was… i'm sure it was better than watching reruns of 24, which seems to be more and more like a soap opera.

Why are they gems? Isnt it their jobs to catch crowd surfers, put them down so they can run to the back and do it again? Thats what i thought they got paid for. Before you say they should kick out crowd surfers, thats not a good answer cause crowd surfing is a part of about 50% or more of concerts whether we like it or not.

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
i was going to ask how the show was… i'm sure it was better than watching reruns of 24, which seems to be more and more like a soap opera.

To give a more serious music critique on last night, I'd have to say if that's ska, then ska has changed a lot since I was skanking to it back in the day.

It seems to be much more rap/punk with trumpets/trombones/saxes thrown in to make it 'ska' if you know what I mean. A lot of screaming and rapping with the word "fuck" thrown in an awful lot. Between the bands they played the Specials and some other older ska music (police and thieves etc) which proved my point even more. My daughters boyfriend is more into it than she is and even he said the stuff they played between the bands was much better than the bands themselves…..I just smiled to myself.

The one thing that does seem to be the same is the attitude of the fans…dance your head off, have fun, get roudy….no trouble. The style of clothes has changed dramatically though from my two-tone suit, Ben Sherman's and Doc Martins days.

Originally posted by Rob_Gee_a.k.a _Guiny:
Why are they gems? Isnt it their jobs to catch crowd surfers, put them down so they can run to the back and do it again? Thats what i thought they got paid for. Before you say they should kick out crowd surfers, thats not a good answer cause crowd surfing is a part of about 50% or more of concerts whether we like it or not.

Getting paid for it is irrelevant to my comment….there are thousands of bartenders and wait staff who get paid for their work and are terrible at it….if a person does a good job, then why can't I compliment them on it?

I have nothing against crowd surfing if all involved are enjoying it.

Originally posted by Rob_Gee_a.k.a _Guiny:
Why are they gems? Isnt it their jobs to catch crowd surfers, put them down so they can run to the back and do it again? Thats what i thought they got paid for. Before you say they should kick out crowd surfers, thats not a good answer cause crowd surfing is a part of about 50% or more of concerts whether we like it or not.

Come on, guiny.

While crowd surfing may be part of 10% of shows or so (I haven't seen crowd surfing in ages, and I go to 50 shows a year…), it does not *have* to be tolerated. And even where it is, security staff are often not so sweet about it. No, their job is not to 'handle' the crowd surfers; it's to manage the crowd in order to protect the band and the equipment. That the 9:30 club staff is so good at doing it and about it is quite commendable and unusual.

Originally posted by mankie:

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
i was going to ask how the show was… i'm sure it was better than watching reruns of 24, which seems to be more and more like a soap opera.

The one thing that does seem to be the same is the attitude of the fans…dance your head off, have fun, get roudy….no trouble. The style of clothes has changed dramatically though from my two-tone suit, Ben Sherman's and Doc Martins days.

So that's where all the dancing happens! Nice to know it happens for some shows….

I'm curious, what's the dress code like today?

Originally posted by Bags:
So that's where all the dancing happens! Nice to know it happens for some shows….

damn - you beat me to it :)