they had the band X play at their yearly festival. does the average current listener give a fuck about X or know anything about them? just seemed so weird
― global tetrahedron, Sunday, 30 June 2019 18:11 (four years ago) link
probably not. seriously fuck rock the garden tho
re-reading the thread and: whatever happened to heliotrope festival ?
― budo jeru, Sunday, 30 June 2019 19:15 (four years ago) link
I was tempted to go just to see X and The Beths. The National headlining was a major turn off though.
― kitchen person, Sunday, 30 June 2019 19:44 (four years ago) link
heliotrope was back this year at heart of the beast, wasn't able to catch much but glad it's back
― global tetrahedron, Sunday, 30 June 2019 22:06 (four years ago) link
dang i didn’t realize.
i wonder if there are enough mpls posters to sustain an ongoing show / events thread
but then the NYC thread hasn’t been active for a bit so idk
― budo jeru, Sunday, 30 June 2019 22:32 (four years ago) link
There’s always this one: Rolling Totes PWNING Awesome Shows in Twin Cities Thread!
― JoeStork, Sunday, 30 June 2019 23:57 (four years ago) link
ah thanks
― budo jeru, Monday, 1 July 2019 01:17 (four years ago) link
Separately, the Current's Minnesota music history podcast, the Current Rewind, written by ILXor vet M. Matos, has been a consistently great listen.
https://www.thecurrent.org/collection/rewind
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 July 2019 03:39 (four years ago) link
they had the band X play at their yearly festival. does the average current listener give a fuck about X or know anything about them? just seemed so weird― global tetrahedron, Sunday, June 30, 2019 1:11 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― global tetrahedron, Sunday, June 30, 2019 1:11 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Does the Current even play X? Or are they just another one those bands the Current talks about playing but never seems to get around to?
I suppose it would have been cool to see them the Robins Kaplan LLP VIP Area, I heard there were a lot of great snacks and of course the respite from the rest of the unwashed upper-middle class white people in attendance in the General Admission area
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 1 July 2019 16:58 (four years ago) link
fwiw, X was great in the heat. Billy and Exene looked to be doing well. was getting a bit of Sabbath vibe on Nausea and a couple other songs, which is not a connection I've made in the past. got a little nervous-where is this going?-when Exene thanked the signing interpreter, but thankfully didn't go anywhere weird.
and the Beths were really good as well, harmonies were right on. would have preferred seeing their first pass at the Hex or the Entry, but glad to see them (and Courtney). that whole record is great.
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Monday, 1 July 2019 17:37 (four years ago) link
still bummed i skipped that hex show
― budo jeru, Monday, 1 July 2019 17:39 (four years ago) link
https://www.thecurrent.org/countdown/march-music-madness--greatest-movie-soundtracks/
Words can not describe how much I loathe listeners of The Current.
― Vegemite Is My Grrl (Eric H.), Friday, 27 March 2020 17:16 (four years ago) link
LOL!!Good Will Hunting51.8% Repo Man48.2%
― morrisp, Friday, 27 March 2020 17:27 (four years ago) link