xneverwherex
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Re: This week rollcall
November 01, 2012 at 04:39 PM UTC
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thanks for the heads up! ill make sure to get there early so I can be up front.
Vas wrote:
Saint Etienne played from 8:40 thru 10 pm.
Great show, but you'd wanna be close…the volume was quite low.
sweetcell
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Re: This week rollcall
November 01, 2012 at 08:12 PM UTC
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i had a lot of fun at st. etienne. show was not low volume, at least not if you were out in front of the PA. if you were up against the stage at USMH, the PA was directly above you - so it didn't hit you directly. from where i was standing, 15 feet back, it was plenty loud. and the bass was WAY TOO HIGH for the genre of music they were playing. this isn't dubstep or moombathon.
brokensocscene
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Re: This week rollcall
November 01, 2012 at 09:30 PM UTC
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^ was referring to the volume of the vocals (forgot to mention that).
Yada
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Re: This week rollcall
November 02, 2012 at 02:09 AM UTC
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Metermen tomorrow night.
I'm assuming no opener and showtime at 8pm?
azaghal1981
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Re: This week rollcall
November 02, 2012 at 03:51 AM UTC
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Doing a friend's standup comedy thing instead of the Comet show tomorrow. Haven't been to a standup gig since Sarah Silverman at the club. Looking forward to it.
On a side note, does anyone else think it's about time for moombahton to go away forever yet?
sweetcell
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Re: This week rollcall
November 02, 2012 at 05:25 AM UTC
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azaghal1981 wrote:
On a side note, does anyone else think it's about time for moombahton to go away forever yet?
it, and dubstep, can go jump in front of a train.
azaghal1981
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Re: This week rollcall
November 02, 2012 at 05:40 AM UTC
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Shame what the word dubstep has turned into. Guys like Kode9, Burial and Distance put out some of the more interesting/innovative/fresh sounding music of the last decade and most people only know the genre for the garbage that came way after.
hutch
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Re: This week rollcall
November 03, 2012 at 03:20 PM UTC
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Loved the Meter Men last night… Zigaboo and Porter are probably my favorite rhythm section.. that shit is tight… definitely a bucket list show.. for those that don't know Art Neville was not with them on keys and instead Page McConnel of Phish played with them on the four night tour
Most of the people there came to see Page I think but he knew he was the luckiest guy there and he talked about it..
Got there about 8:18 and they were on… advertised as 8 pm show… i think they'd just started…. the first sent went on til somewhere around 9:30.. then they took a long break.. kind of like a Phish show i guess. and came back on probably past 10 and played til close to midnight.. it was a long show..there was the GO VOTE, the tribute to the Howard and how glad they were to be playing it as they never had before and all the history yada yada, a Romney diss, etc..
Highlights were two or three Meters instrumentals ffrom the first album (Cissy Strut? I never can keep them straight) which they jammed out to 12 or more minute versions… ended first set with Africa which went on forever and ever… it was "that shit is sick" version… second set was less my bag but a very nice Hey Pocky Way and they ended the second set with a great It Ain't no use which also went on for about 15 minutes introduced by Leo Nocentelli soloing for about 2-3 minutes…. they then took a real short break..shook hands with crowd, George Porter thanked the crowd.. and they played one more tune which Im' forgetting title (from Rejuvenation which is my favortie album and I think they played five tracks from that)…
.had to drive home and boy were there a lot of drunk kids driving around Golden Triangle on Rhode Island/Conn Ave… sad.
one for the record books and i'm glad i made it out.. oh one thing about Howard.. on the $$35 ticket i bought at door they tacked on $7.50 in charges… talk about bullshit.. why say ts $35 if you can't ever buy it for less… beer prices at howard are almost standard bar prices so thats nice.
lily1
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Re: This week rollcall
November 04, 2012 at 12:18 AM UTC
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xneverwherex wrote:
11/2 - St Etienne @ The Fillmore (SF)
For those of you (Sweets/Lily1?) that saw them - how was the show? Is their set fairly long? So tired of seeing bands with so much material who can barely eke out an hour.
how was the show in san fran? i had a great time in dc. it was like one giant gay disco and i spent 90 minutes dancing with my new friends. i had no sound issues from where i was.
lily1
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Re: This week rollcall
November 04, 2012 at 12:20 AM UTC
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anyone else going to ben gibbard on thursday?
i was going to see bebel gilberto tomorrow night until it got postponed.
azaghal1981
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Re: This week rollcall
November 06, 2012 at 05:21 PM UTC
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Kuschty Rye Ergot/Domesticated Wild Drones/Teething Veils at CD Cellar Thursday
Eternal Summers at AU Friday
PG Six at Comet Saturday
Grass Widow/Hand Grenade Job/Garland of Hours at Comet Sunday
skeeter
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Re: This week rollcall
November 06, 2012 at 05:39 PM UTC
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Gibbard.
killsaly
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Re: This week rollcall
November 06, 2012 at 05:49 PM UTC
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Az, so Hand Grenade Job is your new Priests?
azaghal1981
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Re: This week rollcall
November 06, 2012 at 06:01 PM UTC
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Hah
Priests are on a break since Katie is touring with Chain and the Gang whose current lineup is all kinds of fantastic.
But yeah. Trying hard to not miss an HGJ show if I can help it.
Plus, I've never seen Grass Widow and very much want to.
killsaly
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Re: This week rollcall
November 06, 2012 at 06:18 PM UTC
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I might do day two of the fest, ill let you know how Grass Widow are live.
azaghal1981
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Re: This week rollcall
November 06, 2012 at 06:23 PM UTC
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Awesome. I've heard only good things.
Relaxer
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Re: This week rollcall
November 06, 2012 at 09:17 PM UTC
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Is that the Leather that's only released a handful of singles and eps? Because I just love them.
azaghal1981
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Re: This week rollcall
November 06, 2012 at 10:26 PM UTC
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Yes. They are awesome.
I saw them once at DNA Test Fest in 2010 and their set is still fresh in my memory.
Unsanity
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Re: This week rollcall
November 07, 2012 at 06:50 AM UTC
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Leather were pretty awesome live when I saw them with Drunkdriver. The singer ended up flat on the floor writhing around in spit and spilled PBR. Surely made an impression on me.
I'll be at Roky Erickson at the Ottobar on Sunday. I've been a fan forever and have never seen him. Hoping to be surprised but not getting my hopes up too high. I'm also excited The Flying Eyes are opening for him.