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Post by stakeyjay on Feb 9, 2012 8:00:46 GMT -8
I feel like we might be one of maybe 20 people at this show. Been listening to them since November, so good!
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jeffmac
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Post by jeffmac on Feb 9, 2012 8:20:59 GMT -8
I feel like we might be one of maybe 20 people at this show. Been listening to them since November, so good! I thought that when I went to FYF Fest last year, but it was full of people, so who knows. They are rather sublime.
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Post by Pea on Feb 9, 2012 8:22:36 GMT -8
Purity Ring is pretty cool live. I can't say I was totally in love with their performance when I saw them, but they were very interesting to say the least.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Feb 9, 2012 8:42:37 GMT -8
I'm going to heckle Portlandia mercilessly. I'm seriously going to get in there and yell shit at the stage.
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Post by Pea on Feb 9, 2012 8:53:23 GMT -8
Yea uh huh. Just like how you got in Oberst's face and screamed "WRONG KID DIED" until he burst into tears and ran of stage.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Feb 9, 2012 8:55:39 GMT -8
I had good reasons for deciding not to do that. I have equally good reasons to want to ruin Portlandia's set.
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Rusty
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Post by Rusty on Feb 9, 2012 9:22:12 GMT -8
I had good reasons for deciding not to do that. I have equally good reasons to want to ruin Portlandia's set. which are?
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Post by Pea on Feb 9, 2012 9:24:11 GMT -8
Eagerly awaiting HG's Kevin Barnes-esque personal diatribe against Fred Armisen.
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Post by StormyPinkness on Feb 9, 2012 9:37:18 GMT -8
There are some parts of Portlandia that are funny but for the most part it is cheap shots and kind of lazy in my opinion. I guess since I live in Portland and I adore where I live I have a different outlook and some defensiveness. But I am really surprised how many people are so fucking excited to see them.
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Post by Rusty on Feb 9, 2012 9:51:16 GMT -8
There are some parts of Portlandia that are funny but for the most part it is cheap shots and kind of lazy in my opinion. I guess since I live in Portland and I adore where I live I have a different outlook and some defensiveness. But I am really surprised how many people are SOFA KING excited to see them. Ahh, that makes sense. I've only seen like 2 minutes of the show, so I don't really know what all the hype is about.
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Post by Pea on Feb 9, 2012 9:55:13 GMT -8
I love the show, but then again I love any cheap shot against Portland so I'm an easy sell.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Feb 9, 2012 9:58:29 GMT -8
It's really not very clever if you've spent any significant time in Portland. Stormy's right -- it's pretty much all just cheap shots at the people of this city. I guess it's kind of funny conceptually, but watching Fred Armisen put on a stupid wig and stick his teeth out and pretend to be a lesbian bookstore owner isn't that much more amusing (to me) than actually spending those five minutes in a lesbian bookstore.
Also, once you've seen as many asshole cyclists and militant organic food nuts as I have, and once you've spent a couple hours inside a bar that is completely overrun with the adult dodge ball team after a practice... It doesn't matter how much they exaggerate those characters (HINT: it's not a lot), it's just tedious to watch.
Overall, it's just mean-spirited and kind of offensive considering neither of them are actually from Portland. And then you consider its contribution to the fucked up economy of this city -- I bet the statistics of people who moved here from California or Utah or wherever to 'Live the Dream of the 90's' and then found out there are literally no fucking jobs here are pretty surprising.
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Post by davers on Feb 9, 2012 10:37:05 GMT -8
So, having never watched the show, I can see how being from the place they are essentially making fun of would make it less entertaining. I gather it just pokes fun a stereotypes about hipsters and such. That being said, I've never been to Portland so maybe I will check out a few episodes and maybe I will like it.
I have to ask though, what exactly is a lesbian bookstore? Is it just a regular bookstore run by lesbians, or does it have literature that specifically appeals to lesbians?
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Post by Horned Gramma on Feb 9, 2012 10:40:27 GMT -8
or does it have literature that specifically appeals to lesbians? That one.
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Post by Pea on Feb 9, 2012 10:43:35 GMT -8
Women & Women First!
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Post by StormyPinkness on Feb 9, 2012 11:01:57 GMT -8
I have to ask though, what exactly is a lesbian bookstore? Is it just a regular bookstore run by lesbians, or does it have literature that specifically appeals to lesbians? We have all of those.
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Post by chapper on Feb 9, 2012 11:06:57 GMT -8
I think the show's a hit or miss most the time. This I find funny though. Mother fuckn god the DJ yall.
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Post by Cbats on Feb 9, 2012 12:02:31 GMT -8
Overall, it's just mean-spirited and kind of offensive considering neither of them are actually from Portland. I agree with pretty much everything you said but this. I just don't see it as being mean spirited, I think it's all meant to come from a place of admiration also, Carrie's live in Portland for a long time I think
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Post by StormyPinkness on Feb 9, 2012 12:48:48 GMT -8
Carrie is more forgivable than Fred Armisen. She is from the NW. Mostly I am god damn tired of hearing people say "put a bird on it".
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Post by Horned Gramma on Feb 9, 2012 12:51:09 GMT -8
Haha, yeah. That's pretty much what it comes down to.
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