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Post by Thorngrub on Aug 12, 2004 9:05:33 GMT -5
Man I'd sure love to see The Cure this time around ... *hmmmm*, this friend of mine has an Xtra ticket (lawn seats/$20) & wants to get ANY chick w/a car to take him in exchange for the ticket . . .but, he's the sort of fellow who's tattooed all over his body with tortured images of Jesus w/a crown of thorns gazing skyward forsakenly & he's an ex-junkie so he sorta expects the chick to drop to her knees first thing in exchange for the Cure ticket . . . of course, now that he's found No Takers he's lookin @ me his ol' drinkin buddy pal, and all I can think is 'Oh Great, seein The Cure w/Ryan, yeah that's gunna go over real well after his 10th beer . . . I'm thinkin maybe to lighten up and say "WTF" and go for it, but he can forget about the blowjob cuz homey don't play dat no how.  |
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Post by dolly on Aug 12, 2004 9:16:43 GMT -5
Pixies and Cure were both excellent live - I'm pleased I didn't miss out (Move festival- Manchester for me).
Pixies play all the hits like you'd expect and they certainly know how to get the crowd going. Kim and Frank seemed to have a nice rapport on stage too, which was really good to see. I hear the'yre thinking of recording something new in 2005....
The Cure - I'd seen them before on the Wild Mood swings tour - so I was pleased to see them tour an album which wasn't shite (even if it's not a classic). It was much better this time round and Fat Bob is back to his miserable wailing best. Played a load of my favourites which I didn't expect to hear, including Play for today, A Forest, and the edge of the deep green sea. The overall emphasis was more on the misery side of things (plenty of Pornography and Didintegration) as opposed to the poppier side of The Cure - which is what they tried to pull last time I saw them. And what better string of songs in the middle of a set than Pictures of You, Inbetween Days, and Boys Don't Cry? Just sorry they didn't play Charlotte Sometimes like they did at Patten's Curiosa. Lucky bugger, rare treat that.
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Post by Thorngrub on Aug 12, 2004 9:19:48 GMT -5
For Example: The other day I invited Ryan over to check out my new place and listen to some serious ass South American Death Metal like MorteM, ExecutoR, VulcanO, Atomic AggressoR, and the like. Next thing ya know I get a call from this chick I never heard of and she says they're at the 7-11 right by my place, so I bike up there and expect to get introduced to his friends, a cute looking couple hangin out with him in front of the 7-11, right? Well by this time my friend has had plenty to drink and he's rabblin up a storm out in front, lightin up these home rolled cigarettes and generally looking like a dangerous hippie freak, it was only a matter of time before the Mormon 7-11 clerk called the Coppers on his ass, and when I shake hands with the girl, Ryan says "She's married" rather drunkenly, and I introduce myself to her husband, and then I invite them all over, the couple seems rather hesitant and I don't figure this out till later, after we all get to my place just down the street. Turns out he just met em at the 7-11 and basically was hitting on her until she introduced her husband to him, and he had her call me from her cell and so the next thing you know I've invited total strangers into my apartment with this drunken ex-junkie radical Leftist Che Guevarra-fanatic, man it was actually pretty hilarious. Of course everything that comes out of Ryan's mouth is several decibels too loud so that all my new neighbors can hear him not to mention the people across the street, shit like "Man I've got this friend who pimps these whores for $120 a night, these ladies are the kind you'd never get to fuck unless you were a bonafide rock star and shit" and "Yeah back when I was high and I'm not talkin that weed shit I'm talking being REALLY HIGH, the REAL shit you know what I mean" and the stuff that really got to me was "We need to start a REAL REVOLUTION and take over the government with GUNS THE GOOD OL FASHIONED WAY", all of this in a voice so cuttingly LOUD that all I could do was cringe & keep my fingers crossed my new neighbors weren't hearing any of it.
After awhile I relaxed and figured "Fuckit", he's one of them radical commie leftist hippie junkie freaks that's all talk and no walk, even a friggin police officer could see that right off the bat, so I decided there was no point in stressin over my friend's disturbing penchant for making a real ASS out of himself in public like that. "He's harmless officer, really" would be about all I had to say and we'd be on our way. And to my addled neighbors: "Um, sorry about all that, he's just had a lil too much to drink, he isn't really going to shoot our president through the head or anything" or some such apologetics (I'm just hoping one of my guy-neighbors doesn't come down & start inquiring about them Bargain Top Line whores).
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Post by dolly on Aug 12, 2004 10:21:35 GMT -5
Did those poor strangers go back to your place then in the end, Thorny?
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Post by Rit on Aug 12, 2004 10:44:16 GMT -5
hi Dolly, how's yourself this afternoon?
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Post by Thorngrub on Aug 12, 2004 12:24:14 GMT -5
Yeah, they came over dolly, perhaps sensing a modicum of sanity in me to balance out Ryan's clearly unhinged qualities. Turns out they were a real sweet couple that just moved here from North Carolina, into my neighborhood. When they left, they said they'd be happy to stop by and visit sometime. Seems they were smitten with my place - what with all the cool and nifty things distributed throughout. It's me own lil gingerbread house.  |
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Post by Proud on Aug 12, 2004 21:15:21 GMT -5
"real punk/protest music."
... uh?
"As Jllm remarked in the car the other day upon hearing "Don't wanna be an American Idiot" - You failed, mate."
i'm not sure what that's supposed to mean, but i have a feeling it isn't too friendly.
"But they are going to have to become a damn sight more sophisticated lyrically (and perhaps consider treating that nasal blockage) before they can be considered serious social commentators. Now, is this debate done yet?"
no, the debate's not done yet until i'm done being bitter. and honestly i'd say spots of warning are lyrically sophisticated enough, mainly "misery".
"Green Day are just as bad as Creed. I'm going to VooDoo this year, and I lump Green Day in the "shit to avoid" section right there with Alter Bridge and Kid Rock. Wretched bands."
no. that's all i have to say. ... no. ... no, no, no. no.
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Post by dolly on Aug 13, 2004 1:04:13 GMT -5
hi Dolly, how's yourself this afternoon? SOrry Rit - I posted and ran yesterday. Things are cool. I cooked a meal of stuffed mushrooms, teriyaki-style chicken and stuff that I was pretty disappointed with, but you don't want to know about that Watched Vanilla Sky for the first time. Very interesting - lots to think about - i slightly irritating in places. Thorny - I can't imagine anyone being scared of you - your friend sounds a bit "real" though, lol. Americans must be very trusty. If someone invites you in randomly here - you assume they want to either mug or rape you. |
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Post by dolly on Aug 13, 2004 1:06:38 GMT -5
"real punk/protest music." ... uh? "As Jllm remarked in the car the other day upon hearing "Don't wanna be an American Idiot" - You failed, mate." i'm not sure what that's supposed to mean, but i have a feeling it isn't too friendly. "But they are going to have to become a damn sight more sophisticated lyrically (and perhaps consider treating that nasal blockage) before they can be considered serious social commentators. Now, is this debate done yet?" no, the debate's not done yet until i'm done being bitter. and honestly i'd say spots of warning are lyrically sophisticated enough, mainly "misery". "Green Day are just as bad as Creed. I'm going to VooDoo this year, and I lump Green Day in the "shit to avoid" section right there with Alter Bridge and Kid Rock. Wretched bands." no. that's all i have to say. ... no. ... no, no, no. no. I forgot about your tendency to get a little oversensitive. Chill - no one is getting at you - but most of us think Green Day suck, it's nothing to get upset about. Real punk music? The Clash? I know you have an appreciation for them... Not too friendly? Towards you? Don't be ridiculous - it was a conversation in a car between myself and my boyfriend in which you obviously were not mentioned. and as for not quitting while you are still bitter - well now you are trying my patience... |
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Post by Proud on Aug 13, 2004 6:49:47 GMT -5
"I forgot about your tendency to get a little oversensitive. Chill - no one is getting at you - but most of us think Green Day suck, it's nothing to get upset about."
i don't like being told my music tastes suck, that's all.
"Real punk music? The Clash? I know you have an appreciation for them..."
the clash are great. don't know what this 'real' thing is about though.
"Not too friendly? Towards you? Don't be ridiculous - it was a conversation in a car between myself and my boyfriend in which you obviously were not mentioned. and as for not quitting while you are still bitter - well now you are trying my patience..."
aaalrighty then.
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Post by Ryosuke on Aug 13, 2004 7:19:38 GMT -5
i don't like being told my music tastes suck, that's all. My taste in music sucks, although I'm proud to say that it sucks slightly less than other aspects of my personality. But in all seriousness, I agree with dolly. You are taking this WAY too seriously. Believe me, all of us have had moments when our favorite bands were criticized by other posters. I think that Guns N' Roses are a pile of crap for instance, but I very much doubt that ekul cares. And look at how bow handles all the Doors criticism. You really need to stop interpreting these things as personal attacks. As for my opinions on Green Day, I think they're listenable. |
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Post by Thorngrub on Aug 13, 2004 8:26:47 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]i don't like being told my music tastes suck, that's all. [/glow] Man do I hear you, Proud! Hell yeah, you know me -- freaking 39 year old self-professed "Floyd Casualty" who is a bonafide vinyl-obsessed junkie and old-school "audiophile" who has pored over the most exquisite sonic terrains crafted by modern progressive musicians & adored various excursions into classical, jazz, avante-garde, etcetera, and I just happen to think that one megasuperstar band out of Bakersfield California by the name of KORN is the headiest force to hit rock'n'roll since Pink Floyd themselves, and all I get is SHIT for it!!! Man I am so with you on that. All I know is, if there is a band that I personally thought FUCKING SUCKED and then I heard from someone whose opinion & taste in music I more or less respected told me otherwise, I sure as hell would think and even listen twice and try and see it from their perspective. Sometimes that may be enough for me to squeeze past the barrier that prevented me from appreciating it in the first place, other times its no use. I just think everyone should respect everyone else's opinions on shit like music -- but of course there's times when you just can't cross that line into such a fundamentally seperate camp that it would violate everything you personally believe in insofar as music goes. So it's a tricky, grey area. And luke is crazy for lumping Green Day in with Creed!  |
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Post by luke on Aug 13, 2004 8:45:21 GMT -5
Hey, my Green Day bashing is well-known round these parts. For instance...I really think that Dude Ranch is a much, much more solid album than Dookie, and sets up a lot of stupid kiddie punk way more effectively.
Thorny, I posted you a question over on the book board. Er...if you haven't read Song of Susannah, you may want to avoid it.
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Post by Proud on Aug 13, 2004 8:50:33 GMT -5
"And luke is crazy for lumping Green Day in with Creed!"
amen to that.
comparing dookie to dude ranch is like comparing... mediocre tortilla chips with a pinch of decent flavoring to shit. chips win!
(hey, if we're allowed to diss each other's tastes, then i'm in on this too)
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Post by JesusLooksLikeMe on Aug 13, 2004 9:08:42 GMT -5
i don't like being told my music tastes suck, that's all. No-one's saying your music tastes suck. Some people think Green Day suck is all. Although using the word suck sucks even more. All I know is I heard some twat singing "I don't want to be an American idiot" on the radio, and idly commented that it was ironic he should have that for a specific ambition. Dude, you were 3000 miles from my thoughts at the time. Don't take it personally. People always say my favourite bands, erm, blow goats. I don't mind. |
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