Elixir Sue

The songs on Vol. 1 were okay; I'm just not a fan of her voice. I'm not familiar with the backstory...why should we expect no vocals from M. Ward?

Happy birthday!

Now and Then

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THSekyWV9Vk

Now I understand why it was scrapped.

Which was the one that was planned for Anthology 3 but scrapped after George Harrison didn't like the result? (At least, I think I read that that had happened...)

I'm kind of ashamed I have never seen U2 before so that is one of the big drivers.

Similar situation for me...I saw them for the first time in October (in Tampa). I had a GA ticket and fortunately got there early enough to be in the "inner circle" area under the claw, which was pretty awesome. I absolutely loved the show - not sure if it helped that I was close to the stage or that I had never seen them before. Anyway, I heard good things about the video screens from people who had seats farther back. Before that show, I thought that I only needed to see them once in my life, but now I'm thinking I need to see them again. Have fun!

The Kills

Alison Mosshart? Good call.

(Side note: This is the show that prompted me to start wearing earplugs. )

QFT. I had seen them once before, actually, and was NOT converted. It was the loudest show I've ever been to, and full of redneck fans who just seemed like they wanted to fight, or 'git 'er done'. The Charleston show was a much better experience despite the weird crowd.

Hope you had a fun birthday, Brianne!

Also I think our own E Sue, who accompanied me, is now a convert. Got the 3 day pass for the Athens residency as well. Come on January.

They fucking rocked, and yes, I am a convert.

Thanks again for the ticket, Greg! How often do you get to rock out that close to the band and improve your blackjack skills on the same day?? Good times.

Edit: Here's one of the pics I took...they all turned out pretty blurry, but this one shows what a great spot we had.

Alright now, calm down, time to get back to reality.

Reality's overrated. More shows, please!

my sister saw them at the ryman last night, and said it was a fantastic show!

It was a really fun show, made even more awesome by their Three Amigos costumes:

I tinkled the porcelain there once, in lieu of the 'Lady Madonna' piano, in the loo.

I stood inside the door once for about 10 seconds, just to say I had been inside. Totally worth it.

Good to see you on here, Andrew!

I have to admit, a little shoving can be fun at a GA show every now and then. At the Sunday night show, however, I had a ton of space behind me and was pleasantly surprised that I wasn't squished against the rail the whole show.

Some other pics from night 1

Great show tonight! Absolutely loved the setlist tonight! I was pumped they played Country Disappeared!

Thank you for the setlist tweets! I was refreshing obsessively during the whole show.

Happy birthday, Froggie!!!

Omg, I had no idea it was your birthday! So glad I got to see you, and I hope you enjoyed your birthday!!

Tortoise: talented musicians but not my cup of tea.

Also, when Jeff said they were playing a greatest hits show, I'm pretty sure Kim and I looked like this:

The setlist was a little too SBS/W(TA) heavy for my taste, but I thought it was a fun show. I freaked out when they played I'm Always In Love - that alone was worth standing in line all day.

I loved seeing all of you and I wish I could go to the show tonight. Have fun!!

Yeah, they do have great deals, but I've found that in order to get Southwest's cheap fares you usually need to buy them pretty far in advance. I just checked their site and for the same days (17th - 19th) it's $127 each way.

Radio Cure!

Ooh, thanks! I might just do that.

 

Wait, is that one way?

No, round trip! I got mine on American, but there were some United flights popping up on kayak.com for the same price.

I think I am gonna come up for this. Weather looks nice. Haven't seen "you people" for a while. Been working too hard. Could use a shot in the arm (a legal one, of course).

Johnny, you can get a flight from Cincinnati for $96!