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that was an incredible show.

Kurt Vile and True Widow is a great bill.

yep. also caught just Bob solo @ Nightstage a year or two afterwards. and saw Sugar at Avalon (could have been still named Citi at that time).

ftfy

i can testify to that. the 1st solo tour (great band, btw- tony maimone, anton fier, chris stamey) was pure emotion, rage, bile and bitterness. and i loved every second of it.

yeah that's probably the show...memory's fading on me! who opened for that show, do you remember? i don't think i got there in time to see an opening band...went w/ some friends who live in Foxboro.

wow...i just pulled aisle seats (left/center), 13 rows back. bummer that i already bought tickets.

U2 tour, early 90s...house lights are up, the PA is cranking out "Stand By Me" and slowly the band strolls out, member by member, starting w/ the rhythm section and finally the Edge and Bono, all slowly joining in on the song. very cool. the Jesus Lizard, Goat tour...packed, small club. apprehension in the air. "here comes dudley" is the first song, macneilly and sims laying down a sinister groove while denison splays spidery guitar lines all over the top. Yow slowly makes his way across stage, stops, and slits his eyes as he gazes across the room. soon, he's on top of the crowd, and the m

you are gonna love it. don't forget your tarp!

it's not the first time Lagunitis did this... http://voices.idahos...s_are_gone_good and Dogfish Head has a beer label drawn by Mekon Jon Langford.

i have a couple of Kinks Velvel reissues. they look and sound nice.

heat is not the issue (nor is anything else they mention, i bet): http://www.tmz.com/2011/08/01/king-of-leon-cancelling-us-tour-dates-caleb-followill-exhaustion-vocal-issues-sick-concert-tour-dates/

here's an interview w/ Mike and Ty that i did w/ my friend Max, from after their set at Solid Sound: http://www.bigtakeover.com/interviews/interview-with-sic-alps

they were pieces of cloth, tied together...kinda like ghosts for halloween decorations. rubber chickens could work, too.

can't say that this is a surprise, though still sad when someone turns out like that...

#firstworldproblems

Mussolini made the trains run on time, too. ok, i know i'm overreacting here with this variant on Godwin's law.

band of horses had a copyright grab to photograph their show, when they opened for Pearl Jam...PJ didn't. fuck band of horses.

yeah my front element of my lens was covered w/ water...i had a hood on, but i was close enough to the stage edge that splashing droplets eventually found their way on to it. it was raining so hard i didn't bother trying to wipe it down. most of the time if you didn't have direct light coming into the lens you couldn't tell droplets were there. that shot was definitely a stroke of luck.

that's the mountain goats board...i saw a PopTodd name in there and figured it was you. i'm in this room now http://turntable.fm/punknew_wave_19751990

yeah it is nuts. i made 1K level, but still need 4 fans to break 100.

not too many new 7" are priced less than that, unfortunately.

i got front row seats for Sonic Youth on the Goo tour...went to the box office on my day off, no one was in line, and picked up 6 seats. that was awesome.

i remember camping out for U2 tickets in 84, for the Unforgettable Fire tour. we had a pretty good spot, probably ~50 people back or so. well, as the time drew nearer, people started coming in and hopping on/cutting the line and we couldn't do anything about it...the ticket seller didn't care as he was gonna sell tickets regardless of who bought 'em and by the time we got to buy our own, all the Providence seats were sold out and we had to go for the Worcester show. that sucked.

a friend wanted me to head down to the Philly show but i just couldn't swing it. i saw three shows last year and they were all super fun. thanks for the kind words re: SSF