Why are Pulp so unpopular now?

they were amazing here last year, don't deprive yourself

(except that a seated venue sounds a bit stupid)

Shut up, showoff

:)

/deprived, angsty Canadian

it was only the 5th or so show show they've ever played on this continent!

BILLL jeez how is this even a question?

xp to sic: fair enough, sorry. I assume all Pulp fans are Britishers and that Jarvis plays in their backyards, if they ask him too :)

Just finished Owen Hatherley's Uncommon. Very insightful and passionate, though I wish he appeared to like any music apart from Pulp. He tends to use them as a stick with which to bash every other band of the past 20 years. But then it's the intensity of his fandom that makes the book work so maybe you can't have one without the other.

I AM SO EXCITED GUYS.

I am probably getting ahead of myself here but what time does the show start? If possible do you think it would be cool to organize a post work pre-show FAP? Also, Lex and I are staying over night so I assume we'll go out afterwards but I know it's a school night for most people. I CAN'T WAIT. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

People keep saying "lex" ITT and I keep thinking "wait, the Lex at a Pulp gig??!"

THIS LEX AT A PULP GIG!! :D

The show is 8pm IIRC but yes, we should arrange any FAP time possible!

Going to have to look into this Uncommon book - hadn't heard of it.

Total Megabus ticket price: $2.50 (round trip, taxes included)

YAY!

:DDDDD

Had my phone on shuffle this morning and Babies came on at which point I got insanely excited and sorta started dancewalking my way into the building. I wish we didn't have to wait so long!!

Hah! I tried to introduce Andrew to the glory of 'Separations' and he just got hung up on the snippet of Vivaldi(?) that is played on the fiddle as it begins.. pfft.

Seriously, $2.50, ridiculous. A Toronto bus fare will run you $3!

Yeah, that's nuts. In a good way, of course.

I guess buying the ticket way in advance helped.. the other day, they didn't even have April dates up but I thought I'd check since new month and.. yay! Sorry, I love saving money. Especially when it means I can buy a Pulp shirt or something! /15yearold

I also ordered 'Uncommon,' the book mentioned upthread, for the bus ride! ~$14 on BookDepository.co.uk!

jeez how is this even a question?

maybe cuz I saw them in the mid '90s and don't remember a damn thing about the show? (I wasn't sorted for E's and wizz, either)

hey ladies....
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Hy161r33bzE/TytIRNbRYeI/AAAAAAAAASI/JTQawOgH1-A/s640/Photo%2520on%25202012-02-02%2520at%252021.34.jpg

It's allllll happening!

YAY!

don't worry, they were placed in a very safe drawer as soon as i took this photp :D

Second show just added. Just sayin, for all those who didn't get tickets first round..

you could have re-migrated it to the C or D thread this time! don't fall for Morbz' tyranny

Heh! I figured since recent concert discussion had gone down here I'd keep it here. The "second" show is the day before the one we got tickets to; bastards inadvertently relegated us to sloppy seconds. I was looking forward to the "first North American concert in 14 years" or whatever. Poop. I am sure it'll be fine, but it still irks.

Hmpf - Yeah!

*ponders Jarvis' sloppy seconds for a while..*

plz just consider thread title a pleasant irony

Has anyone picked up the recent reissue of Freaks? I'm wondering if the sound quality is terrible like the last CD version (all muffled & distorted - ugh)...

Wish I could go see them in NYC - lucky bastards.

So...

April 17, Warfield, San Francisco
April 19, Fox Theater, Pomona

Tickets on sale March 30, I gather.

This better be leading up to Toronto on April 5th or so!! Damn them.

so i now have a buddy who is willing to go with me to the show in Pomona on April 19.

Tickets Onsale: Friday, 3/30 at 10am
Ticket Price: $50 GA / $60 LOGE

i have to go, i think, not sure if he is going to be into that price however. i reminded him earlier today that he has seen Pulp before because they opened for Blur at the Palace way back when. he has good memories of that show but really doesn't know Pulp.

Ned are you going to go? would like to finally say hello if all goes well in the convincing.

so worth it

Just realized I haven't registered my excitement in a week or so. Ahhh! I am not gonna be able to sleep the night before.

Eeee! 26 days!!!

:)

Which reminds me that I need to find us a hotel. Will do this weekend. I promise. I am the worst!

I have faith in you!

so i get a text back from my friend "I'm out for the show. They r a Suede ripoff band."

so i text back saying that they are much better than Suede (though i love them) with a dance element and that he will not be disappointed. so right now it doesn't look good. i told him he needs to listen to Different Class

sigh...

^Doesn't deserve to see them^

also point out they were going for almost fifteen years before Suede's first single

well, no one buys music anymore... you're not that unpopular if you can headline Reading/Leeds

find new friends-alert!

my friend is fine, i just moved to San Francisco in 1995 and he lost touch of good music.

Attention:

Jarvis Cocker, lead singer of Pulp, will play live on the Whitney Museum's fourth floor, according to a source with knowledge of the event. The British musician will perform Apr. 5–8 with his side project, Relaxed Muscle, alongside Michael Clark's dance company, organized as part of the Whitney Biennial.

Cocker formed Relaxed Muscle in 2002, following Pulp's break up. He performs as "Darren Spooner," using a violent performance style and over-the-top goth costumes and make-up. The group has maintained a relatively low profile since their sole album release in 2003.

Pulp reunited in 2011 after a nine-year hiatus and is slated to play at next month's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

Tickets are required to attend, and advance tickets are sold out. A limited number of tickets become available each day of the performance.

Awww!

E MAYBE PULP ARE STAYING IN OUR HOTEL. Clearly the reunion of bands I liked when I was a teenager sends me shooting right back into teenage mode.

Hahaha oh my can you imagine?! Jarvis probably has his own apt in NYC. I certainly would if I were him.

You've got a good point. Celebrities: they're not like us!

I was looking up our hotel and apparently that is where Don Draper lived when Betty kicked him out. Except for how they filmed it all in California. Yay.

Hahah really? Sweet. I figured if we were going to pay the same for that or a best western or holiday inn we might as well stay somewhere with character!

omg so excited

Realized hadn't registered that in a while

going outfit shopping this weekend!!! What time does your bus get in, btw? I'm gonna try to persuade K that we should leave really early. I want as much time in NYC as possible.

Sorry pulp thread - A, you can msg me offboard if you want. :)