concerts are fun

Aug 29, 2004 21:52

spent a few days in houston, and i'm having a great time, although i'm quite anxious to go back to school and meet all of the new freshmen and stuff ( Read more... )

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mooseking August 29 2004, 20:07:28 UTC
Mind you, I'm not hugely certain about your musical preferences (or the exact identity of some of these people... you should make sure that is a band called Karate and not just some martial artists doing a demonstration), but I can vouch firsthand for the Decemberists' ability to put on a really great show, if not for their actual presence at the venue. Of course, this is likely to be GBV's last tour (under that name at any rate), so if you haven't seen them (I haven't, so I couldn't tell you how good they are live), maybe you should. I've heard the Wrens are a good live band in theory, but can be uneven in practice... when they're on, they're great, but sometimes they'e not overly motivated and the show suffers.

If I still lived in Boston, I'd offer to maybe attend a show with you. Then you'd probably get kind of unnerved, because we don't actually know each other, and nobody wants to see music with strangers. Unless they do.

Now, if you wanted advice on stand-up comedy shows in Boston, then maybe I could give you more help...

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thanks katiesaur August 29 2004, 20:38:04 UTC
don't worry, it's a band. the shows are a record release party apparently.

i've heard from someone else as well that the decemberists put on a great show. so now i just have to hope that that's a real show and not just pollstar.com being silly.

i don't know the wrens well, but that show caught my eye because it is soon and before school starts.

i'm pretty scared of strangers. unless they have candy. i have a serious chocolate weakness.

stand up comedy would actually be a lot of fun. whenever i listen to things people recommend, i really enjoy it, but i've never found the motivation to try to find anything funny on my own. how much money would i be looking to spend for a humourous evening? i was going to tell you the name of this one guy i think is really hilarious to help you make suggestions, but i can't think of his name...

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Re: thanks katiesaur August 29 2004, 20:58:12 UTC
mitch hedberg

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Re: thanks mooseking August 29 2004, 21:36:13 UTC
Yeah. Hedberg's great.

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dayan August 29 2004, 20:48:01 UTC
The Wrens! You won't be disappointed, and we need people to go crazy batshit.

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katiesaur August 29 2004, 21:03:27 UTC
oh no! i don't know how to go crazy batshit!! i've never done it before!!

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Austin city limits music festival. klausboy August 29 2004, 21:33:37 UTC
http://www.aclfestival.com/schedulegrids.html

Old 97s, Cake, spoon, wilco, the roots, mindy smith, the pixies, ryan adams, dashboard confessional, modest mouse, howie day, sheryl crow, franz ferdinand. los lonely boys, patty griffin, blind boys of alabama.

those are the ones i know well.

Totally flying back to texas for that show/festival. (and for my dad's birthday too.)

though, if you're not gonna be in houston anymore, it prolly ain't as worth it.

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Re: Austin city limits music festival. katiesaur August 29 2004, 22:55:35 UTC
that looks excellent!

i'm glad i won't be in houston anymore because i would be tempted to blow way too much money on that.

have fun! and you definately need to post all about it after you go!

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volty August 30 2004, 07:57:58 UTC
Old 97's, Death cab w/ whoever. Weakerthans, even though we just saw them last year.

I'm back on campus. Gimme a yell when you pick concerts, and I can accompany your awesome self. :)

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naiaha August 30 2004, 14:34:20 UTC
I will go with you to TMBG!! I will probably also go with you to Death Cab and maybe Decembrists in October. <3

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katiesaur September 1 2004, 14:41:24 UTC
cool! i don't know that many of tmbg's songs, but i think they are a lot of fun and i would have a really good time anyway. yeah. so we should go!

i decided i need to see all of my syllubi (is that how you spell it?) before i decide what to do in october and on.

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odd spuck September 5 2004, 15:26:48 UTC
I figured you'd be telling naiaha no thanks on the more expensive they might be giants to see Travis Morrison that night (aptly playing at the Plan, of all places), but I guess I see he's not so much on your mind anymore.

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Re: odd katiesaur September 5 2004, 15:38:03 UTC
Actually, he is on my mind, and I've listened to all of the MP3s on his website, but my only adjective for them so far is interesting. Well, that and that part of checkers and chess makes me think of Bethany because she loves backgammon and dislikes checkers and chess. I don't like it quite as much as dismemberment plan though and I don't know how much fun it would be at a show... even though travis was pretty exciting in concert (the bassist was the best though, so maritime gets most of my dismemberment plan heart). I think they might be giants would put on a really fun show, although I'm not totally sure of course.

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