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[V-Adore]

See, that's what was a pleasant surprise for me: they sounded pretty good live. I'd agree that it wasn't as good as their studio albums in terms of sound quality, but they hung together remarkably well for a band that's always felt immaculately produced. That, and they tended towards wall-of-sound songs that made for really fun dancing/singing-along ("Jackie Dressed in Cobras," "Testament to Youth in Verse," plus "My Slow Descent Into Alcoholism" in the encore). Maybe it wasn't a perfect show -- I'm not that much of a concerthound, I'll admit -- but I had a delightful time.

[CortJstr]

I wish Dan Bejar didn't always seem like he was being forced to perform. His attitude makes it seem like we're all interrupting his drinking by coming to see him perform. That plus his songs tend to be my least favorites to begin with.

[littlefallsmets]

Dan Bejar sounds like a powerful religious cult in the Dune books.

"We can't allow this shipment of spice into the hands of the Dan'bejar, Paul. It would TOTALLY fuck shit up."

[CortJstr]

I am already home from The Weakerthans show and it's not yet 10pm. So sad. They played for an hour and fifteen minutes, but I missed the beginning because they actually started 15 minutes early. I guess that's my punishment for skipping out on the lame openers.

But I did buy some TMBG/Oppenheimer tickets with only a $1 service charge.

[littlefallsmets]

I think it says everything about how really fucked we are as a culture, that we are happy that we "only" had to pay a dollar extra over the written price. I've said it before, I'll say it again:

Some additional reigns are required on the American form of capitalism.

I ain't saying we go to collective farms or nothin', pure communism is as suck as pure capitalism but... c'mon. Seriously, c'mon.

We "only" paid a dollar extra for nothing extra!

Fuck. This. Shit.

[CortJstr]

I think it says everything about how really fucked we are as a culture, that we are happy that we "only" had to pay a dollar extra over the written price. I've said it before, I'll say it again:

Some additional reigns are required on the American form of capitalism.

I ain't saying we go to collective farms or nothin', pure communism is as suck as pure capitalism but... c'mon. Seriously, c'mon.

We "only" paid a dollar extra for nothing extra!

Fuck. This. Shit.

I realize it's insane but the alternatives are:

1) Don't go see any bands ever again until TicketMaster and Tickets.com both go bankrupt
2) They stop explicitly stating the service charge and start hiding it in the ticket price, meaning prices go up across the board so it doesn't matter where you buy the tickets or if you pay cash anymore.

At least under this system you can find out of the way places (or the actual venue B.O.) that only charge 50 cents or a dollar compared to the $8 that ticketmaster.com often charges for the exact same ticket.

[side_show]

So the Weakerthans weren't that great?  The SO's seen them a few times and hasn't had great things to say about them either.  I gotta say I think their new album is a real let down.  I was just listening to it last night, and it doesn't even kind of compair to the quality of Reconstruction Site.  I got it over a month ago, listened to it once then barely again, so I pushed myself to listen to it all the way through last night and I gave up a few tracks before the end.  I'm very disappointed, but maybe it'll grow on me?

[CortJstr]

So the Weakerthans weren't that great?  The SO's seen them a few times and hasn't had great things to say about them either.  I gotta say I think their new album is a real let down.  I was just listening to it last night, and it doesn't even kind of compair to the quality of Reconstruction Site.  I got it over a month ago, listened to it once then barely again, so I pushed myself to listen to it all the way through last night and I gave up a few tracks before the end.  I'm very disappointed, but maybe it'll grow on me?

The show was good, the problems were mainly the venue's fault. The Weakerthans were the early show, with 5pm doors and another show had 10pm doors. So they had to be totally done, encore included, by 9pm to clear the club out for the 2nd show. On the club's website it said that the openers played at 6 and 6:45 then The Weakerthans would go on at 7:45, but apparently they had everybody start early. So those of us who tried to show up after the openers ended up coming too late.

I think the frontman was chattier than when I saw them last year, which helped things. He talked to some people in the front row who had driven like 12 hours to see them, because DC was the furthest south the tour went. And the guitar player and bassist would often act like they were in a stadium-rock band, holding their guitars up in the air or doing that overly dramatic full-circle strumming thing.

I'm not as big a fan of the new album, but I do tend to prefer the peppier songs like Our Retired Explorer or Aside. I had the same issues with the New Pornographers newest. I just don't dig on slower more melodic stuff.

Also, I just learned about the Virtue/Virtute mix-up they had on Reconstruction Site. So apparently I've had the name of one of my favorite songs wrong for years.

[V-Adore]

I take it The Boy has had some issues lately, Ash?

[theinevitable]

today, I woke myself up from a dream! It was the first time, I think, that I have ever done that.

"and as you can see, here in the library we have a large collection of DVDs"
"holy shit! DVDs? My film class! i'm dreaming! I should be in class! *wakes up*"
So, I only missed half of my class. oops.

[jaydub]

today, I woke myself up from a dream! It was the first time, I think, that I have ever done that.

"and as you can see, here in the library we have a large collection of DVDs"
"holy shit! DVDs? My film class! i'm dreaming! I should be in class! *wakes up*"
So, I only missed half of my class. oops.

You went?  I used those kinds of opportunities to find my friends and distract them.

[theinevitable]

recently, I have been really entertained by watching my roommates play Guitar Hero III. Especially when the song is by such as The Strokes, but the animations on the screen are still strutting rock guys with long hair playing their guitars behind their heads.
I also have enjoyed hearing them play a Dead Kennedy's song, and exclaim "what is this crap? this isn't even music!"

[jaydub]

I also have enjoyed hearing them play a Dead Kennedy's song, and exclaim "what is this crap? this isn't even music!"

Philistines

[V-Adore]

Today, I'm washing that man right out of my hair and sending him on his way.

[wombat]

Good for you!