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the 11PM curfew really has nothing to do w/ Emerson. other theatres/outside venues have this too (Orpheum, Wilbur, Comcast, Bank of America, etc).

i thought it was fine, but i was in the 5th row of the balcony.

what an incredible opening song last night...sorry if that's a spoiler (though it seemed an obvious choice to me).

i didn't bother putting in for the show, since the restrictions at that venue are pretty ridiculous. they make you shoot from one spot, either at the back of the building or far on one wing, and then you have to leave and stow your gear. i shot there once (The Pixies) and won't do it again...i missed 4 songs in the interim of dropping my gear at my car and getting back to my seat. and i had to rent a long lens as well. though the lights were pretty damned good. i kinda wished i had a camera from where i was sitting (center balcony, 1st row).

picked up my copy of the LP tonight. wanted to get a poster for a friend but it was sold out after the show.

Handshake Drugs > Impossible Germany was the killer. great show.

Vivian Girls.

hopefully i get approved for this show in Boston this saturday. the show i caught @ House of Blues two years ago was a lot of fun.

me. please keep up on the more salient posts in this thread.

i've heard Howe Gelb referred to as a poet, but never a polemicist.

Howe Gelb's contribution: http://www.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/howe-gelb-remembers-sept-11-in-nyc-of-time

here i come again and i'm bringing my wife

i talked w/ John after the Orpheum show last year..he and Pat came into bar we were at (Silvertone) after the show. very pleasant. I also talked w/ Jeff briefly this year when i ran into him and his sons @ the Moog exhibit at SSF. thanked him for inviting Rick Bishop last year as well as for getting two SSFs off the ground, and he was cordial.

some random ones: robert pollard [gbv] - solid, midwest dude. loves to drink and have fun. what's not to like? buzz osbourne [melvins] - funny as hell. sharp, sharp sense of wit. wasn't mean, though. jon spencer - mentioned i went to college w/ him, his wife (christina martinez) laughed. very nice, well-mannered. henry rollins - straightforward, as you'd expect al cisneros [om, sleep] - soft spoken, thoughful, somewhat reserved lou barlow [sebadoh, dinosaur] - over his petulant phase, by far. friendly, outgoing. david lowery [cracker/camper van] - wasn't really interested in talking...david

that was a great vid.

The National/Yo La Tengo/Wye Oak.

remphish1, i didn't know you were a stalker

arik roper http://arikroper.com/

no. the fact that you wear pink tutus in an unironic fashion makes you cool.

8 records in for GBV was arguably my favorite, _Alien Lanes_...and he'd go on to make 8 more GBV records, and then a few dozen LPs under his name or other projects. and for anyone who's listened to Boston Spaceships, it's clear that he is still cranking out high quality stuff.

this was a FLAC of the "I Might" single...

i just did comparison between the 128 rip and FLAC version, via headphones. not all that much of a difference, to be honest. the FLAC version was a bit fuller, for sure. but it wasn't black and white to me.

no way. absolutely no way.

things i have learned from this thread: Opinions matter! Some opinions are wrong!

sounds about on par for Via Chicago opinions