What's your schedule...

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
I understand what you guys are saying, but my point is, if you're doing it two or three or four nights a week, it's becoming your life. It's becoming your second job. It's becoming your norm, no something special.

Maybe a good analogy: I like to eat pizza. If I eat it once or twice a month, its amazing. I'f I have it three or four nights a week, it loses its specialness.

Wouldn't the show experience be better if it were about quality rather than quantity?

But I guess to each their own.

fair observation. i live within walking distance of the 930, black cat, verizon, dc9, etc so if i wanted to, i could go out every night. eating pizza twice a week, compared to every night, means that those two nights are pretty special. different tolerance threshold, i guess. i do try to pick quality shows, i don't go out just to go out. sometimes there are 2-3 quality shows a week, sometimes none. i happen to be in a lifestyle that allows me to go out that often on occasion, someday i won't have this luxury so i'm seizing it while i can… salad days in the making!

Originally posted by sweetcell:

Originally posted by xneverwherex:
4/7 - Kaiser Chiefs (@ 9:30 club - yeah! - havent been there in over a year now)

excellent, we should met up for a drink before/during/after. maybe keep each other company as we camp out and hold down a good spot in the club, take turns running drinks from the bar :)

sure thing.. drop me mail here. ill be with kurosawa btw, in case you already know her. knowing us well probably be near the front if not very front. im too short to see if im in the middle :)

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
I understand what you guys are saying, but my point is, if you're doing it two or three or four nights a week, it's becoming your life. It's becoming your second job. It's becoming your norm, no something special.

Maybe a good analogy: I like to eat pizza. If I eat it once or twice a month, its amazing. I'f I have it three or four nights a week, it loses its specialness.

Wouldn't the show experience be better if it were about quality rather than quantity?

But I guess to each their own.

well i dont know so much about the DC shows, as im not paying that close attention, but a lot of the bands are from the UK or somewhere not even in the neighborhood. If they all tour the same week, well hell, guess it means i have one hell of a busy week.

yeah, i dont have to see the bands, but if not, who knows when I might see some of these bands again.

I will say - if i did 5 back-to-back shows every week, id be a zombie all the time. But i did see some incredible shows, that id have not missed for the world.

besides got a better way to spend my hard earned money..

I try to go to the shows that I can't live without. From there, I base them around my schedule and location and ticket price. I can't go to all shows anymore, especially just to check out a band (unless on a weekend or something). Lack of funds, time, etc. and then basic attention span at shows caused me to cut down. I try to do other activities other than music/shows so my energy level is there even for those bands/artists that I really want to see.
Oh, I also now realize I don't have to see an artist or a band every time they come through town, unless they are one of my favorites. Helps to get excited about and make room for other shows.

Back in the day, as the saying goes….If I had the urge to go out I'd go to a show, mostly at the 930, it was like most folk going to the movies. I figured that there's no such thing as a bad concert so wouldn't even bother to see who's playing before heading down. I was very rarely disapointed. (Fatboy slim being the exception) Then the 930 started booking different artists so I stopped doing it. Going to a show a 2/3 times a week never spoiled the times I went to see an artist I really liked.

I just enjoy live music, and have no desire to sit in a darkened room with a couple hundred other people eating a $6 bag of popcorn and a $4 cup of watered down soda, trying to watch a movie that will be available to watch in the comfort of my own home in a couple of months without some ignorant prick talking too loudly or having their cellphone go off every two minutes.

…but then again…that's just me!

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
I understand what you guys are saying, but my point is, if you're doing it two or three or four nights a week, it's becoming your life. It's becoming your second job. It's becoming your norm, no something special.

Maybe a good analogy: I like to eat pizza. If I eat it once or twice a month, its amazing. I'f I have it three or four nights a week, it loses its specialness.

Wouldn't the show experience be better if it were about quality rather than quantity?

But I guess to each their own.

I'm seeing different bands every night though, so it's like going to an italian place but trying something new everytime….instead of pepperoni pizza every night.

Originally posted by pdx pollard:
Portland board time, but do you like the Doug Fir? So many shows are there but I dont go that often because I just dont care for it. Or maybe just because I am not that close to it. I much prefer Dantes or the Towne Lounge, they just dont get that many shows.

I really like the Doug Fir. I've seen more shows there than at any other venue in town since moving here. Yeah, it's very close to where I live, so that helps, too.

Originally posted by DeathFromAbove1979:
Going to s who[sic] with some friends

But are they really your friends? Would they drive out to the center breakdown lane of the beltway in the middle of an ice storm at 430 AM because your spare tire was flat? Would they change that tire for you in the freezing rain?

Originally posted by Unfrozen Caveman Veep:

Originally posted by DeathFromAbove1979:
Going to s who[sic] with some friends

But are they really your friends? Would they drive out to the center breakdown lane of the beltway in the middle of an ice storm at 430 AM because your spare tire was flat? Would they change that tire for you in the freezing rain?

I'm noy really sure i myself would do that.

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
I understand what you guys are saying, but my point is, if you're doing it two or three or four nights a week, it's becoming your life. It's becoming your second job. It's becoming your norm, no something special.

Maybe a good analogy: I like to eat pizza. If I eat it once or twice a month, its amazing. I'f I have it three or four nights a week, it loses its specialness.

Wouldn't the show experience be better if it were about quality rather than quantity?

But I guess to each their own.

That's a poor analogy unless you eat the same pizza with the same toppings over and over again. If these people see the same bands over and over again they are dolts. Personally, I go out and see acts as often as I can because it's a different experience every time. However, I never try and duplicate artists within the same year unless it's a special circumstance.

What if one considers standing for 90 minutes listening to a good band play live music as basically the same experience? Good bands are pretty interchangeable.

If you take the Metro everyday, aren't you basically repeating the same experience day in and day out, even if you're physically on a different train with different passengers each day?

Originally posted by ayates:

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
I understand what you guys are saying, but my point is, if you're doing it two or three or four nights a week, it's becoming your life. It's becoming your second job. It's becoming your norm, no something special.

Maybe a good analogy: I like to eat pizza. If I eat it once or twice a month, its amazing. I'f I have it three or four nights a week, it loses its specialness.

Wouldn't the show experience be better if it were about quality rather than quantity?

But I guess to each their own.

That's a poor analogy unless you eat the same pizza with the same toppings over and over again. If these people see the same bands over and over again they are dolts. Personally, I go out and see acts as often as I can because it's a different experience every time. However, I never try and duplicate artists within the same year unless it's a special circumstance.

It also helps to have friends who also enjoy shows. Most of mine don't, so after many shows, sometimes it gets boring for me. (I know, I know, do I want wine w/ my cheese?)
I wish I could go to shows just to find an artist - the weekend works better but generally, there aren't shows.
I tend to research an artist I haven't heard of then head to the show.

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
What if one considers standing for 90 minutes listening to a good band play live music as basically the same experience? Good bands are pretty interchangeable.

If you take the Metro everyday, aren't you basically repeating the same experience day in and day out, even if you're physically on a different train with different passengers each day?

I'd say that person has a pretty piss poor taste in music. Sure, if you go to the same venue in the same city everyday it would get old and boring. Change it up, I work at the NIH 40 hours a week and do it quite often so work should not be an excuse.