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Post by StormyPinkness on Jul 7, 2011 13:55:35 GMT -8
I invented the guitar.
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Post by Shaxspear III Esq. on Jul 7, 2011 13:57:11 GMT -8
Wasn't meant to be offensive mang, my appologies. I blame my old roommate who used to go off about who he's seen before they were popular. He would do this within a 5 minute period with any person he met for the first time.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Jul 7, 2011 14:00:27 GMT -8
Just spoofin'. I try not to have these conversations anywhere but on this forum because no matter how it is intended you end up sounding like a douche. I bring it up today because mostly I'm just curious and the board's been pretty quiet.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Jul 7, 2011 14:00:42 GMT -8
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Post by know ID yuh on Jul 7, 2011 14:05:06 GMT -8
Due to geographical and financial reasons, I wasn't able to start attending a lot of shows until 2005, and didn't start seeing the unknown bands until a couple years later. Five years from now, I'll probably have a bunch of these. The first one that comes to mind however is the Fleet Foxes. I'm sure several of you were able to catch them live before their first album came out, since they filled in for the National at Sasquatch days before the release, but I saw them even before that. My first Fleet Foxes show was at the Holocene in Portland, opening for Blitzen Trapper. I ended up seeing them five times in six months, never paying more than $10. It ruined me for the band, because I can no longer fathom spending $35 to see them again.
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Post by Shaxspear III Esq. on Jul 7, 2011 14:16:15 GMT -8
I'm pickin up what you're putting down.
I also started listening to Atmosphere around 1998 when a girl from Australia sent me an mp3 of God's Bathroom Floor over mIRC.
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Post by davers on Jul 7, 2011 14:20:45 GMT -8
MY best one would be seeing Metric and Death from Above (before they were forced to add 1979) open for Billy Tallent probably 7-8 years ago. I can check the stub when I get back to my home city.
DFA was pretty great, and Metric totally blew me away. Over the next year I saw DFA 2 more times and Metric again.
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Post by Shaxspear III Esq. on Jul 7, 2011 15:02:30 GMT -8
MY best one would be seeing Metric and Death from Above (before they were forced to add 1979) open for Billy Tallent probably 7-8 years ago. I can check the stub when I get back to my home city. DFA was pretty great, and Metric totally blew me away. Over the next year I saw DFA 2 more times and Metric again. I was at that show in Calgary.
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Post by Peter Gibbons on Jul 7, 2011 15:59:23 GMT -8
I also started listening to Atmosphere around 1998 when a girl from Australia sent me an mp3 of God's Bathroom Floor over mIRC. I saw Atmosphere in a small town near Anchorage back in 2006. During the opening set (Brother Ali) I stepped outside to smoke a cigarette with some friends. A few moments later we noticed that we were standing right next to Slug. We opened the conversation with some hard-hitting topics such as the weather and the difference between Minnesota and Alaska. Then some chick decided to ruin the situation by running up to him and asking, “R U Slug?!? U should play God’s Bathroom Floor 2night!” Now it is my understanding that that song is about Slug overdosing in a bathroom with nice tile. Not a question I would open up with. He replied, “I don’t play that song live.” She replied, “Y? I <3 that song soooo much!” He put out his cigarette and left. That exchange, coupled with my first time vomiting in a urinal, made for one of the most memorable concerts of my short career.
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Post by Shaxspear III Esq. on Jul 7, 2011 16:33:20 GMT -8
Awesome story. That's my favorite song and I've seen them play it once. What's your opinion on their new sound with the new album? Probably best to reply in the "new albums" thread.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2011 21:29:59 GMT -8
So on my way back way from Bonnaroo we spent the better part of a day in Nashville, and one of the things my dad wanted to see was the Ryman Auditorium. It was fantastic and inspiring, really instilled in me a sense of what country music is. It was restored in the early 90s after laying in waste for the twenty years after the Grand Ole Opry left, and now is kind of a museum but is also still a highly-regarded venue - they had up posters from shows by bands like Wilco and Coldplay (not to mention the assorted country stars), the Decemberists and TVOTR were scheduled for later in the summer, and I watched a Neil Young concert film that was shot there later that day on the drive. Most of the stuff worth seeing is in the main auditorium area, where the shows are in the evening, so there were techies setting up for the act that night while we were walking around.
You know who that act was, playing the goddamn Ryman Auditorium? Owl City. The juxtaposition of "here is Johnny Cash's notebook, here is the banjo that invented country music" with "here is where Owl City will play tonight" was a lot to take in.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2011 21:33:26 GMT -8
Anyway, I saw DJ Lance Rock open for the Aquabats just before Yo Gabba Gabba really became a thing, and also Fleet Foxes at noon at the squatch. Nothing really comparable to seeing Arcade Fire in a basement or the Beatles at the cavern club, the biggest jumps I've seen were "large" to "very large" (e.g., Explosions in the Sky) and "very small" to "has some name recognition" (e.g., Real Estate).
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Post by Drew on Jul 8, 2011 7:01:23 GMT -8
My lone contribution is seeing vampire weekend in the fall of 2007 with about 35 other people at a bar in Missoula. That was cool.
I have a friend with a doozy of an arcade fire story though. She was telling this random group of people about her gnarly ultimate frisbee accident in the dining hall at tufts one evening. Then they got on stage and were arcade fire. This was before funeral came out.
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Post by DeltaSigChi4 on Jul 8, 2011 7:09:39 GMT -8
I read Obama's books before Obamamania, just because I read a lot.
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Post by Pea on Jul 8, 2011 7:39:30 GMT -8
Geno, you might appreciate this one.
I saw As I Lay Dying (basically the biggest metalcore band in the world) in 2002 at a small all ages club in Tacoma before their debut album was released on Metal Blade Records. I heard a couple early tracks of theirs on the old mp3.com website and convinced a few of my friends to tag along. There were MAYBE 15 people total at the show but they put on a hell of a performance. I was able to chat with the drummer out back for a few minutes and told him that I thought they were about to blow up in the scene. He smiled and said something along the lines of, "Hey thanks man, I sure hope so!"
Next time they came through Seattle they were headlining a gig at El Corazon (still called Graceland at the time) and had one of the most packed and insane crowds I've ever been in.
I can't remember if I ever saw them again after that but I know they've since gone on to perform at and sell out even bigger venues. It's kind of fun to be able to chronicle the success of a metal band throughout their career by how many more tattoos they have and how much longer their hair is the next time you see them.
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Post by davers on Jul 8, 2011 8:46:06 GMT -8
My lone contribution is seeing vampire weekend in the fall of 2007 with about 35 other people at a bar in Missoula. That was cool. I have a friend with a doozy of an arcade fire story though. She was telling this random group of people about her gnarly ultimate frisbee accident in the dining hall at tufts one evening. Then they got on stage and were arcade fire. This was before funeral came out. I saw them sometime in Feb 08 at a small venue that was knocked down and is now a 30 floor condo building. I bought the ticket before they were known, but by the time the show came around pitchfork had already reviewed the album and the show sold out shortly after. I guess that doesnt really count.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Jul 8, 2011 9:19:26 GMT -8
I read Obama's books before Obamamania, just because I read a lot. E All of a sudden this game feels totally douchey and I don't wanna play anymore. E
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Post by stamper on Jul 8, 2011 9:37:00 GMT -8
I was there when Captain Beefheart started up his first band. I told him, "Don't do it that way. You'll never make a dime." I was there.
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Post by know ID yuh on Jul 8, 2011 9:53:37 GMT -8
I used to argue with Horned Gramma on a blog before anyone knew what a Horned Gramma was. Now every newb who wants to make a name for themselves argues with him, and strangers approach him at music festivals knowing his real name.
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Post by Pea on Jul 8, 2011 9:55:24 GMT -8
Are you implying that Horned Gramma isn't his real name?
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