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Post by know ID yuh on Nov 9, 2010 0:36:27 GMT -5
I love Mimicking Birds. It's surprising he has already played Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits, but not Sasquatch. It's also surprising he doesn't have a bigger following in the NW, being a Portland guy. |
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Post by Whoopsie Goldberg on Nov 9, 2010 0:49:59 GMT -5
I could really see that happening. I hope mimicking birds, and modest mouse both make an appearance. modest mouse hasn't been around the area since 2008, and like you said the mimicking birds just hit it big with the festival circuit. in fact, I'm just gonna go ahead and throw a completely random prediction out there.... I give sasquatch a 90 percent chance of putting both of them on the bill. Thats right... you heard it. spread the news
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Post by ComesWithASword on Nov 9, 2010 13:07:05 GMT -5
The Head and The Heart
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Post by topspin on Nov 9, 2010 13:48:40 GMT -5
I could really see that happening. I hope mimicking birds, and modest mouse both make an appearance. modest mouse hasn't been around the area since 2008, and like you said the mimicking birds just hit it big with the festival circuit. in fact, I'm just gonna go ahead and throw a completely random prediction out there.... I give sasquatch a 90 percent chance of putting both of them on the bill. Thats right... you heard it. spread the news I saw Modest Mouse in September 2009 in Spokane. They played Bumbershoot in Seattle the night before. |
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Post by Whoopsie Goldberg on Nov 9, 2010 13:53:56 GMT -5
ok ok. let me rephrase that... I haven't been ABLE to see modest mouse in the area since 2008. I remember when they played that spokane show, I was so bummed.
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Post by Pea on Nov 9, 2010 15:10:07 GMT -5
ive heard great things about them. i suppose it's time i check them out! |
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Post by interstateeight on Nov 9, 2010 20:52:48 GMT -5
I could really see that happening. I hope mimicking birds, and modest mouse both make an appearance. modest mouse hasn't been around the area since 2008, and like you said the mimicking birds just hit it big with the festival circuit. in fact, I'm just gonna go ahead and throw a completely random prediction out there.... I give sasquatch a 90 percent chance of putting both of them on the bill. Thats right... you heard it. spread the news I saw Modest Mouse in September 2009 in Spokane. They played Bumbershoot in Seattle the night before. Clearly what he meant to say is that Modest Mouse does not tour nearly enough, and as long as I am not seeing them three times a week, he is correct. |
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Post by LumpSquatch on Nov 9, 2010 23:57:15 GMT -5
A bit off topic, but I8, I played in a little Modest Mouse cover band for a little cover show we do in town every Halloween. Being Eric Judy is fun. (Did Talking Heads, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Rage Against the Machine too)
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Post by Horned Gramma on Nov 10, 2010 13:52:03 GMT -5
I saw Modest Mouse in 2000 (Moon and Antarctica) and it was fucking intense. I've seen them three or four times since, and each time it is progressively more disappointing. Nevermind that their new music is about as bad as it can be.
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Post by wolfhat on Nov 10, 2010 19:30:01 GMT -5
I saw Modest Mouse in 2000 (Moon and Antarctica) and it was fucking intense. I've seen them three or four times since, and each time it is progressively more disappointing. Nevermind that their new music is about as bad as it can be. I've had a similar experience with them. I first saw them years ago and the show was amazing, but every time I've seen them since it has been less and less mind blowing. I don't think their new music is awful, but it definitely doesn't compare to their first 3 LPs. |
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Post by Horned Gramma on Nov 10, 2010 19:41:29 GMT -5
Hate to say it, but the problem is Isaac got sober.
Years ago, when the internet was a baby (and before [adult swim]), the Williams Street people maintained a flash-based website for Space Ghost Coast to Coast at ghostplanet.com. One section of that website listed music and film recommendations from the creators of the show, which is how I got turned on to Modest Mouse. I had gathered a small collection of what would be called 'indie' music from stuff I had seen on MTV2, but when I went to Amazon.com to order 'Moon and Antarctica', the rabbit hole of Amazon recommendations blasted the gate open for me. A couple weeks later I had my first copy of 'In the Aeroplane Over the Sea', and it was all over.
So I have a special place in my heart for Modest Mouse, even if they continually disappoint me these days. Last I saw `em was at Sasquatch, and I was so bored I couldn't even pay attention to them.
However, there was one last *really* special MM performance that I can point to. It was a few months before 'Good News for People Who Love Bad News' was released. I was sitting, reading a book in Col. Summers Park in the vicinity of 20th and Hawthorne in Portland where I lived at the time. There is a group of houses overlooking the park, from which I could hear a band rehearsing that sounded an AWFUL lot like Modest Mouse. When the singer started in it removed all doubt; later, when the record came out, I recognized 'Bukowski' which I had heard in an embryonic form that day.
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Post by LumpSquatch on Nov 10, 2010 19:45:42 GMT -5
Hate to say it, but the problem is Isaac got sober. true story |
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Post by wolfhat on Nov 10, 2010 19:51:24 GMT -5
Wicked story, HG. If that was me at that point in time I would have lost my shit.
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Post by know ID yuh on Nov 10, 2010 20:56:31 GMT -5
Hate to say it, but the problem is Isaac got sober. true story Many believe this (including myself), but I also think he recently got used to be sober. I've seen some dreadful Modest Mouse shows, but caught the residency in Portland a year ago, and thought they were solid. Brock still exhibited some madman tendencies, and I still couldn't understand a word he was saying between songs. Then again, I also feel like they hate festivals, and go all out for their paying customers in the smaller venues. |
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Post by LumpSquatch on Nov 11, 2010 9:42:57 GMT -5
Many believe this (including myself), but I also think he recently got used to be sober. I've seen some dreadful Modest Mouse shows, but caught the residency in Portland a year ago, and thought they were solid. Brock still exhibited some madman tendencies, and I still couldn't understand a word he was saying between songs. Then again, I also feel like they hate festivals, and go all out for their paying customers in the smaller venues. also true |
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