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Post by buddymo on Aug 12, 2010 13:09:35 GMT -5
Just bought my ticket. Am I the only one going?
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Post by buddymo on Jun 1, 2010 8:41:26 GMT -5
charlemagne420: You might have me in mind when you mention people irritated by the drunk couple leaning against you making out. I was right in front of Steve too--the short guy in the green Comas t-shirt (are you the blond guy who looks like Mark Ibold from Pavement?). I've been going to shows for 20+ years and have never been so bothered by other concert goers as I was by the drunk couple making out and leaning against people who clearly didn't want them leaning against them. I especially felt bad for a young girl at the very front, who told me beforehand it was her first THS show, and who was constantly bedeviled by the young couple who didn't care that they were the only people in our area who wanted to be "people touching people." I tried to tolerate them as best I could until the female half of the careless couple, swinging herself around madly, managed to headbutt me the likes of which I've never been headbutted before. "It was OK in the end" and all, but here's how I recorded the events upon my return home: Dear 21-year-old blonde, drunk and cocaine-addled girls with braces of the world: please do not stand right behind me at the Hold Steady show with your equally drunk and cocaine-addled white-belted, skinny-jeaned, 5”4’ tall boyfriend and ruin the first 2/3rds of my evening by dancing so carelessly that you are constantly elbowing me in the back and kicking me in the shins, until I have to grab you and shout “COOL IT. YOU NEED TO CHILL OUT!!” and then about ten minutes later, still dancing, bash your head into the back of my head, causing me tremendous pain, such that I grab your boyfriend and shout at him “YOU NEED TO REIN IN YOUR GIRLFRIEND NOW! SHE JUST BASHED ME IN THE SKULL AND I’M PISSED OFF ABOUT IT!!”, at which point you control yourself for about 15 minutes but then eventually try to pick my back pocket as a way of making fun of me, the old grumpy guy at the front of the stage at the Hold Steady show who doesn’t want anybody to touch him (what a loser), after which I shoot you yet another murderous look, and then about five minutes after that, during “Hurricane J”, you reach around from behind me and put your drugstore sunglasses on top of my head, as yet another way of making fun of me, at which point I decide to just embrace the annoyance and absurdity of the whole thing and put the sunglasses on my face for the remainder of the song, to which I am pogoing and singing along at top volume, after which I put them back on your face and say to you, kindly, gently even, “You’re silly!”, only a few minutes after which your coked-out boyfriend (no offense to coked-out people intended) and I are next to each other singing together blissfully along to “Massive Nights” as if we were best friends while you are grabbing my ass, and then you and he move back into the crowd so that you are neither in my peripheral vision nor in my thoughts for the last third of the evening, which I enjoyed a lot more, but then made a point of finding you on the way out to say, in a really friendly way, actually, “Wow, you guys were annoying. I’ve only yelled at people like that maybe twice before in my entire life, and I’m old,” after which you smile and say, in the manner of Chrissy from “Three’s Company,” “We were making fun of you!” and your boyfriend gives me a bro-hug, and I say “You guys be careful on the way home” and then you both say “Bye! Have a good night!”, because we’ve somehow established some friendly bar-band détente, after which I make my way of out of the Variety Playhouse, making sure to recycle my two cans of Bud Light and one can of Miller Lite on the way out the door. Thank you. Wow. That couple did indeed suck, but they were out of my mind by the time I got home. Never thought I'd see such prose devoted to them.
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Post by buddymo on May 28, 2010 14:23:05 GMT -5
Both were great shows. Patterson Hood (from DBT) sang on Navy Sheets at the Athens show.
The Atlanta crowd was a lot better than the Athens show, both in terms of size and excitement.
I really enjoyed the ATL setlist - there was a definite focus on Almost Killed Me that was cool. I was fairly close to the front row in front of Steve, and I thought that the last song on the stage setlist was Killer Parties. Can anyone confirm?
I also got to meet Craig when I showed up at the ATL show. I parked in one of the lots close to the Variety, and he was wandering around the lot talking on his cell. I didn't want to interrupt him, and I didn't want to look like a creepy stalker, so I called my girlfriend and told her she had to help me look busy until CF got off the phone.
Also great to meet folks at the Yacht club before the show. Hope to catch another one soon!
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Post by buddymo on May 27, 2010 17:23:27 GMT -5
I'm in atl now and flying solo. I'll be heading to L5P soon. Anyone eating dinner anywhere before the show? Vortex would be good.
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Post by buddymo on May 26, 2010 9:06:25 GMT -5
My friend Dave and I will be getting into downtown Athens tonight around 9. I'll be in a US shirt. Someone local pick a bar close to the 40 watt, and let's do this!
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Post by buddymo on May 17, 2010 8:16:08 GMT -5
Got my tickets. I'll be at both shows. Probably won't be able to get to the Athens show early, but I'm definitely up for something in L5P before the Variety Playhouse show.
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Post by buddymo on May 12, 2010 8:38:53 GMT -5
Anyone think that "U.S. ingenuity" in "Touchless" could be referring to the Unified Scene? I wonder if someone in a numbered shirt was the one after Craig in the song.
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Post by buddymo on May 6, 2010 21:49:47 GMT -5
If you were going to name your kid after a storm in 1977, I'm not sure why you'd choose Holly. It was a pretty lame hurricane - it only retained hurricane status for one day. www.stormpulse.com/hurricane-holly-1976I was hoping that it had made its way into the Gulf (and to Ybor City), but it didn't even get close.
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Post by buddymo on May 6, 2010 9:03:58 GMT -5
Seems like they wrote it to entice quiznos to come to shows.
"You shoulda gone topless..."
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Post by buddymo on May 3, 2010 10:39:57 GMT -5
I think it'd be cool to see them cover "Marry Me" by DBT. There are plenty of DBT songs that would be awesome to see THS play, but I think "Marry Me" may fit Craig the best.
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Post by buddymo on Apr 15, 2010 9:04:24 GMT -5
I'll definitely be at the Atlanta show, and I'm planning on going to the Athens show as well. Hopefully I'll be able to take off of work - I live in Columbus so it'll have to be a mini-roadtrip for me.
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Post by buddymo on Apr 4, 2010 9:22:22 GMT -5
It's strange to me that they're playing Savannah. I don't think a lot of bands go through there. Plus, the bar they're playing looks a little, er, small. I'm surprised they didn't just play a second show in either Athens or ATL.
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Post by buddymo on Mar 31, 2010 9:22:14 GMT -5
This made my morning. The only thing that could make it better is if the Savannah-Athens-ATL shows were on a weekend. This may cost me my job.
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Post by buddymo on Mar 26, 2010 9:49:02 GMT -5
I believe that all we have left is "boy meets girl and the rest is history."
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Post by buddymo on Mar 25, 2010 16:01:57 GMT -5
I knew I'd get a better response if I posted this here instead of on my facebook. I certainly didn't expect logic equations. Thanks, guys.
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Post by buddymo on Mar 25, 2010 8:52:03 GMT -5
We all know that killer parties almost kill you. That means that killer parties don't kill you.
Townie parties are definitely not killer parties. But, you can get killed at a townie party.
So, killer parties don't kill you, and the non-killer parties can kill you.
It'd be very sad if someone turned down an invite to a killer party because of safety concerns, instead went to a townie party, and ended up dead anyway.
Gotta be careful out there.
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Post by buddymo on Feb 21, 2010 14:40:28 GMT -5
It's going to be the Atlanta show. (C'mon guys...what's wrong with the Southeast?)
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Post by buddymo on Feb 4, 2010 11:15:59 GMT -5
Still not seeing an announcement...
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Post by buddymo on Jul 22, 2009 11:44:17 GMT -5
Here's the direct link to the podcast: cdn3.libsyn.com/bigdaddydrew/Tad.mp3?nvb=20090722103924&nva=20090723104924&t=013e8b53019d33dbd5d8bThe Deadspin link is here: deadspin.com/5320128/get-hammered--tad-kubler-of-the-hold-steady-on-the-deadcastAlso, here's a "summary" of the interview from the Deadspin page, if you're at work and can't listen. "his week's Deadcast guest is Hold Steady guitarist Tad Kubler (Listen here, iTunes here.) DOUBLE WHISKY COKE NO ICE. I ask Tad all the tough questions, and submit him to a deadly gauntlet of asskissing, the likes of which he may never recover from. I also ask him questions from Deadspin readers, and he was nice enough to answer all of them with honesty and good humor. Is the band working on a new album? YES! Does he still drink? NO! Because he almost died from pancreatitis! RAWK Do double guitars serve any other purpose than to look awesome on stage? YES! Was the song "Slapped Actress" written to inspire Tony Parker? NO! Is he a Packer fan? YES! FUCK HIM! Has he ever trashed a hotel room? SEVERAL! What the fuck is the deal with Ybor City? NO ONE KNOWS! How does Craig Finn keep his glasses on while going bonkers on stage? HE DOESN'T! HE LOSES THEM! MAYBE HE SHOULD GET LASIK! Does he watch True Blood strictly for the tits and ass? YES! Does he work harder on stage than the keyboardist? FUCK AND YES! When's the last time the band got tits flashed at them? IN NEBRASKA! Will you, the listener, be disappointed when "Constructive Summer" fades out at the top of the podcast and a civilized conversation takes its place? YES! This week's Deadcast is available for your listening pleasure right here. You can also find the new Deadcast in the iTunes Music Store here. The Hold Steady is back on the road this Friday in Jersey, along with numerous festival dates the rest of the summer, and they have gigs lined up in Alaska and Canada for the fall. Full itinerary here."
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Post by buddymo on Jul 9, 2009 7:19:17 GMT -5
So, what are the chances we get an official explanation from someone about why this got canceled? Was it strictly a decision by the Conan folks, or did THS pull out for some reason? I don't want to send any undeserved bad vibes to Conan.
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Post by buddymo on Jul 8, 2009 20:38:45 GMT -5
Damn. This has been what's been getting me through this week.
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Post by buddymo on Jun 30, 2009 15:47:51 GMT -5
My vote's for Ask Her for Adderall.
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Post by buddymo on Jun 9, 2009 20:11:36 GMT -5
Awesome! Trying to figure out which poof of hair is mine in each one.
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Post by buddymo on Jun 9, 2009 8:52:53 GMT -5
That was pretty incredible. I'm pretty pleased with myself for deciding to fly up to DC for one night to catch a show. I didn't expect to end up nearly front and center like a 14-year-old, but those things just happen sometimes.
Thanks to Amy for putting together the cookout and hosting all of us. As great as the show was, it might have been even cooler spending a beautiful late-spring day hanging out with a little cluster of clever kids. It was great meeting everyone - hope to see y'all at some shows in the future!
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Post by buddymo on Jun 3, 2009 10:32:11 GMT -5
If anyone is still looking for/deciding on a hotel, I just booked a room at the Westin City Center. Although City Center is over and no one really goes there, it's a really good price for a Westin ($95) and looks to be about a mile from the venue. If anyone else is staying there or decides to stay there, send me a PM.
Getting excited!
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