88 Boadrum at LA County Museum of Art, August 8, 08 (apparently)

and it looked pretty at night

and an L.A. Fitness!

as a native angeleno (/yelp), there are moments and settings that will make you forget you're in Fuckin LA and this was one of them

I like Fuckin LA

musically I felt the early 08 boredoms club shows were better but Boadrum is about spectacle gathering several povs numerology time and much more. I'd say this only compares to chatham or branca live, but boadrum was free and more kid friendly. Also drum armies are easier to grasp for most in a pop context than avant guitar armies, if that matters to you. Thank you boredoms, Nike, LACMA. Thank you LA Entertainment Machine for stepping off this time.

more kid friendly

get bent pointed out one small kid who was totally going crazy for it, and there were others around that seemed to be just as into the music. And why not?

but yeah ifya dug boadrum, try not to miss live chatham or branca live!!! (dsclsr: yeh yeh I was in a former. Me biased)

I meant latter oops

get bent pointed out one small kid who was totally going crazy for it, and there were others around that seemed to be just as into the music. And why not?

i think those kids are gonna turn out ok. sadly, i didn't see anyone dancing who was above the age of 3. the house strongly urged everyone to sit down during the set. i felt like i was in footloose -- all those drummers and the crowd can't do anything but watch, listen, quietly nod their heads.

9:00 seemed to be time for the ny kids to be taken home

there was an elderly Japanese gentleman who was dancing over by the Wilshire side of the crowd. He was totally into it and smiled at all the passerbys.

BTW Ian, the event was only right next to the JAPANESE PAVILLION OF LACAMA. But NYC would be better off without all those office buildings anyway.

Anyway being able to walk around was U & K. Lots of different acoustic spots to check.

Yeah, ML Compton mentioned doing that as well -- part of me wanted to but I was more intent on sitting and chilling...

a cute cat followed a. and me back to the car, literally. it was waiting by the car door, intent on coming home with us. we named it lacmakitty.

GOOD AMBIENCE OR SOMETHING:

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i don't defend new york.
i didn't even go!

the one ian comes correct
the marketing was low key, the admission execution was better, but the whole thing was blahzay blahzay

best when you could just lay back on the lawn and listen. did i hear something from vcn in there?

did u cum yet?

aww u guys are so cool

luv u :D

>>I'd say this only compares to chatham or branca live, but boadrum was free and more kid friendly.

Not to take away from last night because it was pretty amazing, but I saw Branca's 100 Guitars at Disney Concert Hall last year and it was one of the greatest things I've ever experienced. The sheer number of guitarists accomplished something that only 100 guitarists could. Last night didn't really need 88 drummers.

seeing chatham's 200 gtrs on friday so I will compare and contrast

Manuel Gottsching performs E2-E4 live in NYC Aug. 15th

god, LA is an ugly city.
-- ian, Saturday, 9 August 2008 21:03 (Yesterday) Link

Cool! Now that you've established that for yourself - you don't need to visit!

Gottsching I am definitely making it to. I hope it is good :{}

l.a. looks great and they make nice shoes

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That was totally fucking sweet even though I didn't get together with any of the people who I knew who said they'd meet me there.

Though if Ned took those shots, I think he was about ten feet to the left of us.

It was not nearly as crowded as I feared, though I was annoyed at how many people came there and just wanted to chit chat through the whole fucking set, including one dude who had a volunteer badge and some chick who was up for a promotion and "Like, I totally deserve it." I felt like such an old man telling people to shut up, but Christ, during that tickety-tockety quiet bit, I wanted to hear the music, not the 15-year-old dollar-store Adrock behind me.

Ah, I'm a bit pissed that I missed this...but then I was one of the lucky few who actually made it into the one last year. I wonder if they'll do a 9/9/09 one? That'll fall on a Wednesday or something though.

Shit, they should just do a variation of this EVERY summer. But maybe that would get stale after a while. I dunno.

1010 drummers in 2010.

(And on second look, I think those pictures were actually taken from across from where we were.)

Though if Ned took those shots, I think he was about ten feet to the left of us.

Hahah! Well, I did in fact take those shots I posted, so there you go. (xpost) Although as you say maybe opposite -- were you facing Eye at all?

I just realized that the pics of the stage setup remind me of Close Encounters--they should do next year at Devil's Tower.

BoaDrum was very original. I had never heard the Boredoms but the music was much prettier than I expected and I got a sense of sonic waves.

It is still above me but I can imagine why people get so into it.

i am also going to murphy/mahoney/etc

i went to this and it was really poorly organized. the space was way too small for the number of ticketholders, thus packed crowds inside and long lines outside and not very much room to dance after 1am or so. the line was so long for the bar that it took over most of the dance floor. lincoln heights is a great area to hold a party like this, but next time they should take over a disused warehouse instead of a tiny studio.

xpost, true about the size of the space, but i liked the small sweaty atmosphere. there are better venues, but the sets kept me there til the party was over

Marty, that was very interesting music

does anyone have a boot of either performance yet?

xpost felicity - it is less music and more pure energy translated into sound!

Yes, I am starting to get what that means. Pretty cool.

1010 drummers in 2010.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vTNID0dchE

it pops off at 1:28

dis kindof sucked..

last year was 200x better

i still luv you though GGD !

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have bootlegs of these shows leaked?

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^ 3-D

did you guys see the shoes eye created with nike and vice?

http://vice.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/08/08/olle_hemmendorff_am90_notext_smal_3.jpg

77 boadrum doc on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCyRal3bbJI

This reminds me that Nana (Boredoms manager's daughter & cover model for VCN) shown briefly @ 20min mark just launched this official store for you hardcore ボアダムス collectors.

https://boredomshop.thebase.in/