I am on a beer/bike ride instead
― catbus otm (gbx), Saturday, 22 September 2012 01:40 (eleven years ago) link
friends are posting about the show on fb and i'm drinking by myself bein real jealous. it's a lot better than it sounds
― arby's, Saturday, 22 September 2012 01:44 (eleven years ago) link
Some friendly hippies from Duluth just got me stoned in the alley here, so I don't suppose I'll mind if Xiu Xiu sucks. ^_^
― *sad hug eomticon* (Control Z), Saturday, 22 September 2012 01:52 (eleven years ago) link
drinking by yourself rules
― global tetrahedron, Saturday, 22 September 2012 01:54 (eleven years ago) link
I brought ear plugs. The door guy warned me about how insanely loud it would be. I have my doubts, having seen sunn o))).
― *sad hug eomticon* (Control Z), Saturday, 22 September 2012 01:58 (eleven years ago) link
^hey are you two newerish mn ilxors or old ones w/ new names
i can't keep up w/ this place
― arby's, Saturday, 22 September 2012 02:02 (eleven years ago) link
that'd be great if they were outrageously loud, but yeah i have my doubts as well because they really weren't that loud last time. but i still have some earplugs even though i hate wearing them. also i'm an ilx newbie fyi
― global tetrahedron, Saturday, 22 September 2012 02:04 (eleven years ago) link
Man Xiu Xiu is lugubrious.
...old ilxor, I guess? I have never posted very much till just lately. I used to be ctrl-s and, before that, xero.
― *sad hug eomticon* (Control Z), Saturday, 22 September 2012 02:07 (eleven years ago) link
oh okay!
― arby's, Saturday, 22 September 2012 02:09 (eleven years ago) link
Wait, didn't you used to be "rabies"?
― *sad hug eomticon* (Control Z), Saturday, 22 September 2012 02:10 (eleven years ago) link
yes
― arby's, Saturday, 22 September 2012 02:10 (eleven years ago) link
Okay. ....I just overheard someone say "avant-garde," very seriously.
I'm not digging Xiu Xiu. Oh well.
― *sad hug eomticon* (Control Z), Saturday, 22 September 2012 02:16 (eleven years ago) link
Okay that was pretty cool.
― *sad hug eomticon* (Control Z), Saturday, 22 September 2012 02:32 (eleven years ago) link
daaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn
― *sad hug eomticon* (Control Z), Saturday, 22 September 2012 05:22 (eleven years ago) link
yeah that fucking ruled. that one song gira said was 'in progress' was fucking ludicrous. too bad he didn't seem happy with the show. my ears are ringing pleasantly.
― global tetrahedron, Saturday, 22 September 2012 05:30 (eleven years ago) link
that fucking ruled
otm (despite aforementioned probs w/ the vocals, for which Gira apologized to the audience & had clearly been super-irritated by all thru the 2+-hour show)
I wanted to see the Blind Shake for $5 @ the Ritz tonite, but after Swans last night & Melvins Weds night I just haven't got it in me. A shame, bcz I <3 the Blind Shake so.
― *rad hug eomticon* (Control Z), Saturday, 22 September 2012 22:53 (eleven years ago) link
sad to hear michael gira wasn't his usual bubbly self
― jalapeno kloppers (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 24 September 2012 17:42 (eleven years ago) link
he wasn't being a prima donna or an asshole or anything, he was just justifiably upset with some of the sound and then i'm pretty sure the band missed some cues at a certain point, which has to be frustrating.
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 24 September 2012 18:21 (eleven years ago) link
Mission of Burma foolz
― *rad hug eomticon* (Control Z), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 13:45 (eleven years ago) link
(tomorrow @ 400 Bar)
― *rad hug eomticon* (Control Z), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 13:51 (eleven years ago) link
dirty three on friday at the cedar
― arby's, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 15:15 (eleven years ago) link
oh shit really? i completely forgot about that band
― goole, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 16:24 (eleven years ago) link
i'm still so pissed off at what they've done to ruin the sound at the 400 bar i'm not even going to see one of my favorite bands ever (MoB)....fucking dicks ugggg the archers show sound was soooo bad
― jalapeno kloppers (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 16:25 (eleven years ago) link
what changed? i never much liked that bar but i don't remember it sounding great like ever
― goole, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 16:28 (eleven years ago) link
trans am gave me hearing damage there, so when i'm famous they'll put a plaque on the wall for that
well it used to sound "Ok"...basically they built a new wall dividing the stage part of the room from the bar part...which totally fucked up the acoustics and blocks off all the sightlines from the bar side....like just go! it's the most retarded renovation i've ever seen in my life
― jalapeno kloppers (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 16:34 (eleven years ago) link
:(
― *rad hug eomticon* (Control Z), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 16:36 (eleven years ago) link
that's crazy, i remember when they opened it up even more than it was (i think?)
― goole, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 16:37 (eleven years ago) link
i mean it's burma...i also really hate the bigger sullivan brother because of a personal interaction when we played there so i'm kinda biased.
― jalapeno kloppers (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:01 (eleven years ago) link
i mean it's burma
yeah I don't even care how shitty it sounds, I sorta have to go? gonna get there earlyish so I can position myself for "optimum" acoustic reception though.
― *rad hug eomticon* (Control Z), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:04 (eleven years ago) link
i'd go up front...probably....the whole thing sounds like a garage now!
i saw burma at the main room for the first reunion tour and it was godlike
― jalapeno kloppers (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
So did I! It was!
― *rad hug eomticon* (Control Z), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:06 (eleven years ago) link
I haven't even heard their latest album. Tbqh I go to hear the old-time MoB hits. "Academy Fight Song"!!!!!!!!
― *rad hug eomticon* (Control Z), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:08 (eleven years ago) link
I did like onOFFon and The Obliterati.
― *rad hug eomticon* (Control Z), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:09 (eleven years ago) link
i mean it's burma...i also really hate the bigger sullivan brother because of a personal interaction when we played there so i'm kinda biased.― jalapeno kloppers (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, September 26, 2012 5:01 PM (9 minutes ago)
― jalapeno kloppers (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, September 26, 2012 5:01 PM (9 minutes ago)
haha you and me and everyone else in the twin cities hates that fucking dude. pretty sure ive told this story before, but one time i did sound for helva there and he deducted the cover charge for me from their pay.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:13 (eleven years ago) link
― goole, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 16:24 (53 minutes ago) Permalink
yeah i sorta did, too, but i guess that's what happens when a band doesn't do anything for 7 or 8 years
― arby's, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:23 (eleven years ago) link
Of course you were right, M.H., but Burma in a garage with terrible sound still > no Burma at all, to me anyway. "That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate"!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3.
― *rad hug eomticon* (Control Z), Friday, 28 September 2012 11:30 (eleven years ago) link
sustained orgasm punctuated by warren ellis scarfing bananas
― arby's, Saturday, 29 September 2012 04:33 (eleven years ago) link
Torn between Converge @ Varsity and Brute Heart @ Cedar (w/screening of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) on 10/19. Help me figure out which will be the more Totes PWNING Awesome Show, guys.
― *rad hug eomticon* (Control Z), Friday, 5 October 2012 11:55 (eleven years ago) link
kinda bummed i didn't go to burma, heard it was great
also heard bob weston did a lot to make it sound considerably better than the archers show from ppl that were at both
― farte blanche (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 5 October 2012 17:23 (eleven years ago) link
so as long as bands have a member that's a respected sound engineer and producer they should be fine!
― farte blanche (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 5 October 2012 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
@ Burma I was stood in front on the Clint side and honestly the sound was pretty bad right there, but I didn't care.
― *rad hug eomticon* (Control Z), Friday, 5 October 2012 19:43 (eleven years ago) link
y'all might get a kick out of this, from a fb friend's feed:
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/557131_10152184621840722_438925415_n.jpg
― / me, / me. /. /. (goole), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 01:42 (eleven years ago) link
That selby tigers record is great!
― rap game klaus nomi (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 13 October 2012 17:25 (eleven years ago) link
Oh man the Selby Tigers! <3 Arzu.
I missed Com Truise and Mike Watt but am going to see Brute Heart perform an instrumental soundtrack to "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" at the Cedar tomorrow. (Was tempted to go see Converge at, I think, the Varsit, instead, but am feeling elderly this week.)
― *rad hug eomticon* (Control Z), Friday, 19 October 2012 04:16 (eleven years ago) link
y
what's really good in the city 2nite
― goole, Friday, 19 October 2012 20:04 (eleven years ago) link
i saw that brute heart "dr. caligari" thing in the park and i didn't really like it tbh :/
Aw. I enjoyed it last night, and would like to see Brute Heart again.
― *rad hug eomticon* (Control Z), Saturday, 20 October 2012 18:02 (eleven years ago) link
That show sounded interesting but I ended up not going. I saw Brute Heart last month when they opened for Maria Minerva and liked them though, I'd see them again too.
― o_o, Saturday, 20 October 2012 18:31 (eleven years ago) link