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Post by MercurySolo on Mar 2, 2005 19:10:01 GMT -5
no, haven't seen them yet and had the oppurtunity twice...
Time 1: Big Fucking Day 2003 (San Fran Radio Concert). Hot Hot Heat just got done playing on the second stage, and the DJ came out and announced Interpol was next. I was excited, hadn't heard any stuff of theirs yet, but I heard people on this board say they were great, so I wanted to give them a listen. Unfortunately, the people me and my gf went with felt that seeing the Donnas do a radio interview was much more important than hearing some band they never heard of that probably sucks (someone who didn't like ATD-I because "they scream too much" and "they're weird"). post-story: she now loves Interpol, and regrets having missed them that day.
time 2: Curiosa. That time, a couple of my friends (same girl, actually) had bought those tix to Curiosa, but a few days before the show, they won backstage passes and tix to a backstage radio interview to ask questions before the show. So, since her and my girl (a big Cure fan, too) are cool, she hooked us up with the free tix. My girl's job didn't get out 'til 7, though, so we got there just in time to get in our seats before the Cure came on... missing Interpol by 15 minutes.
Free Cure show more than makes up for missing Interpol the first time, but having to sit through the Donnas babbling about their nail polish and favorite shopping stores sucked ass. almost makes it even.
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Post by motherprussia on Mar 2, 2005 19:10:11 GMT -5
speaking of interpol, i'll see them with q and not u in like 10 days
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Post by MercurySolo on Mar 2, 2005 19:33:06 GMT -5
damn, that's a hell of a show. if they swing west again (which they probably won't be doing anytime soon since they played SF on Valentine's Day) I'd pay to see that.
Oh, another weird music moment today... I was ordering my girl some food to take to her at work, and when I got it, I pulled out of the drive thru to an alley that turns downtown. "L'vie L'viaquez" was starting, and I was stoped in the alley as a transient (at least he looked like one) was crossing the street on the side of me, stopping me from making my turn...
The guy, wearing glasses like the chick who looked like Anthony Michael Hall in Goonies, cowboy boots, stained jeans and a white stained Utah Jazz t-shirt and a battered cowboy hat. I'm waiting what feels like forever for him to cross the street, and when he gets to the sidewalk by my car, he smiles a semi-toothless grin at me.
I have the stereo playing at vol. 34 in my Lancer, and as he smiled (which reminded me of the "End Is Near" homeless guy at the end of White Zombie's "More Human Than Human" video), the last of the traffic had moved out of the way and the guitar intro burst on my speakers. The guy jumped startled, staring at me as I drove away.
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Post by CoKeS on Mar 2, 2005 20:16:04 GMT -5
damn, that's a hell of a show. if they swing west again (which they probably won't be doing anytime soon since they played SF on Valentine's Day) I'd pay to see that. Oh, another weird music moment today... I was ordering my girl some food to take to her at work, and when I got it, I pulled out of the drive thru to an alley that turns downtown. "L'vie L'viaquez" was starting, and I was stoped in the alley as a transient (at least he looked like one) was crossing the street on the side of me, stopping me from making my turn... The guy, wearing glasses like the chick who looked like Anthony Michael Hall in Goonies, cowboy boots, stained jeans and a white stained Utah Jazz t-shirt and a battered cowboy hat. I'm waiting what feels like forever for him to cross the street, and when he gets to the sidewalk by my car, he smiles a semi-toothless grin at me. I have the stereo playing at vol. 34 in my Lancer, and as he smiled (which reminded me of the "End Is Near" homeless guy at the end of White Zombie's "More Human Than Human" video), the last of the traffic had moved out of the way and the guitar intro burst on my speakers. The guy jumped startled, staring at me as I drove away. that's john frusciante playing the solo's on that song... just thought you might wanna know
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Post by soniktruth on Mar 3, 2005 15:53:34 GMT -5
speaking of interpol, i'll see them with q and not u in like 10 days film that show MP!!!
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Post by Castro on Mar 18, 2005 13:34:30 GMT -5
when i was on work experience, there was a fire drill and there was a point in the corridor where i could hear all the different fire alarms at different pitches and they all made this amazing harmony. thats was cool
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Post by MercurySolo on Mar 21, 2005 17:36:14 GMT -5
For an instant music experience, I've found you could just throw a movie soundtrack into your car stereo... I use Kill Bill Vol. 1... I'll drive up to my house and blare the music from kill bill, you know, the one that plays whenever Uma sees an advesary (track 16 on the CD). Great stuff.
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Post by Castro on Apr 29, 2005 16:38:51 GMT -5
this was so fucking wierd. i was listening to lets go swimming by arthur russell with headphones and halfway thru the song i realised i'd been listening to the edges of the song. so then i listened to the centre of the song, and then the overall mood of the song was revealed to me.
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Post by soniktruth on Apr 29, 2005 17:05:20 GMT -5
this was so fucking wierd. i was listening to lets go swimming by arthur russell with headphones and halfway thru the song i realised i'd been listening to the edges of the song. so then i listened to the centre of the song, and then the overall mood of the song was revealed to me. mushrooms?
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Post by Castro on Apr 29, 2005 17:28:01 GMT -5
shit paras spotted the recurring theme in my posts!! the game is up!! i thought no one would find out...
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Post by Evycakes on Apr 29, 2005 19:57:52 GMT -5
i got chills when i heard sparta play while oceana sleeps live ... i just <3 that song soo much
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Post by CoKeS on Apr 29, 2005 23:41:25 GMT -5
you want a music experience? smoke a joint and listen to "sphere" by john frusciante.
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