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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 03-23-2007, 02:57 AM:
 
For those of you who have recently attended a concert/small venue shows... musical acts or even stand up comedy acts/plays...

It would be cool to know your experience, possibly a review of what you thought of it and if available a link to a website/music/sample... etc. Reason being is that I love discovering new music and the like and would like to know what everyone else has experienced from a show, etc.

I just came back from a show at The Set in Tempe, AZ where the headliner was the band called "Skybox", a Chicago band that was originally from Phoenix, AZ. They are Ambient/Black Metal/Progressive House/Indie/Pop/Psychedelic... My co-workers invited me to join them, so I went not knowing very much at all about this band. I was able to catch some samples and they sounded pretty decent from what I gathered.

As for the show, I was able to get a really awesome view from the side of the stage. And they literally rocked the house... very cool stuff. They played a couple of songs that I vaguely remember hearing awhile back... so I knew that they must be one of those up and coming bands. There were a few white masked dancers on the stage and close to the end of the show 2 guys dressed in chicken costumes dancing as well. By the last song about 6 other people from the audience joined on to the stage and danced to the music.

I didn't realize that my co-worker and I were talking to the lead singer of the band before they actually performed. I just kinda thought he was some guy from an indie band who was catching the show. When they went on I kinda felt pretty cool to have met him... to have talked and stood two feet away from him. He seemed so normal.

Their Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/skybox
 

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Posted by Dick Vaughan (Member # 540) on 03-23-2007, 03:30 AM:
 

quote: Jennifer Pan

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They are Ambient/Black Metal/Progressive House/Indie/Pop/Psychedelic...

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I do love a band who know their roots
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 03-23-2007, 11:15 AM:
 
I haven't been to a rock concert with a major headlining act in about a year. The last one was Nine Inch Nails, the With Teeth 2006 winter-spring tour, in March of 2006 at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City.

The concert was really good, with a variety of old NIN standards and tunes off the With Teeth release. I was surprised to see Trent Reznor shaved his head. The stage had lots of custom LED motion graphics displays, two different layers of projection screens including one that went in front of the stage and all sorts of other lighting gear.

I won't get into specifics too much. If you want to see what happened at that specific concert you can. They taped the show in 1080p HDTV. I recall two full sized studio cameras, a jib crane and some other gear in plain view.

The NIN show in Oklahoma City I attended along with another in El Paso were used to create the new NIN concert video Beside You In Time. It's available on DVD, HD-DVD and Blu-Ray.

A political rapper dude, whose name I forgot, was the opening act.
 

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Posted by Ian Woloschin (Member # 3709) on 03-23-2007, 12:18 PM:
 
Recent (past year) shows, Carbon Leaf at the Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA, end of October. Very good show, I helped out selling merchandise so I got in for free (along with my brother). Show was really good, got to chat with the band for a bit after, but I had to leave pretty shortly after the show to make it back to Alewife before the T closed . I did get a bunch of good pictures while I wasn't manning the merch table. The venue was pretty small, so I could just walk in and be almost at the front of the stage.

I also saw Ted Leo + The Pharmacists at Clark University right here in Worcester, end of November. Free show, small venue, very awesome show. Ted Leo was sick and dying and missing bits of fingernails, but he still put on a really good show. Couldn't get any good pictures though, there was almost no light on the stage.

I'm going to a Decemberists concert at the Avalon in Boston tonight. Don't think that's a small band or a small venue, but it should be fun.

I've been possibly offered a Ben Folds ticket for tomorrow night at Assumption College (once again, here in Worcester). Not sure if I'm getting the ticket or not, but that'd be neat.

Going to see Carbon Leaf again at the Paradise Rock Club next Saturday, selling merch and all that good stuff again. Really looking forward to that again.

I'm actually helping to produce an OK Go concert April 20th at my university, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. One of the clubs I'm in does lighting and sound (and 35mm projection), so I'm hoping to have a lot of fun with that.

Going to see Ted Leo + The Pharmacists again the first week of May, somewhere in Boston, I forget where.

Finally, going to see Dispatch at Madison Square Garden in NYC in July. Definitely looking forward to that because I never thought I'd be able to see Dispatch live .

...I also just got back from two months in London and do not have nearly enough money to be going to all of these shows. I'm just glad two of them are free for me...
 

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Posted by Mark Lensenmayer (Member # 134) on 03-23-2007, 12:24 PM:
 
This wouldn't be to everyone's taste, but I went to a magnificent concert by 6-British men who are called the King's Singers.

This was a totally acoustic performance...no sound system. It was performed in an late-19th century music hall with excellent acoustics. Just six singers and six music stands.

The music ranged from 4-century Japanese court poetry set to music (I have NO idea what it was about, but it sure sounded nice!) to "Old McDonald" sung in Italian. Just beautiful, clear voices with a perfect blend.

I think it is important to, on occasion, to hear pure music, whether acoustic instrument or pure vocal. It gives a better sense of what music should sound like.

Please understand that this is NOT a negative comment on amplified music. I like it loud, but I also like to clean out my ears with a good acousitc set.

Oh, this was the night of the OSU/Michigan football game held here in Columbus, and they STILL sold out all 900 seats!
 

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Posted by Rachel Gilardi (Member # 1016) on 03-23-2007, 04:34 PM:
 
Latest concert was the "All the right reasons" tour on 3/11/07 in Worcester, MA. Main band was Nickelback also playing with Three Days Grace and Breaking Benjamin. Nickelback and Three Days Grace really rocked... Breaking Benjamin was...eh. Great show overall though! You know you really have the crowd going when you throw gallons of beer into the audience (Nickelback)...haha.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 03-23-2007, 04:57 PM:
 
<rant on>

I could never enjoy myself at concerts because they insist on playing everything at death level: past the point of distortion and beyond the threshold of pain.

I'm sorry, but leaving a venue with blood trailing from my ears just isn't my idea of fun.

Last show I saw was at Lehigh University last Christmas. Little Anthony and the Imperials, Richard Street (lead singer of The Temptations), and Tommy James. Even on a show like this, with many oldsters in the audience, you'd think they would've kept everything at a comfortable level, but no. The volume was ear-splittingly loud. I spent most of the evening with my fingers in my ears. (And I was the only one whose ears weren't ringing when we got home!)

Never again. That kinda crap is simply too dangerous. I still use my hearing in my job and to mix soundtracks for trailers... I'm not gonna risk losing it because some kid at an audio console thinks he's being impressive.

<rant off>
 

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Posted by Michael Coate (Member # 757) on 03-23-2007, 05:14 PM:
 
Tim, ever hear (no pun intended) of a little invention called earplugs.

Speaking of which, here's a little something I thought amusing. When I saw IRON MAIDEN at the San Diego Sports Arena during their summer 2003 tour, I was fortunate to have had a seat in the second row. I was close enough to see that Bruce Dickinson, the band's singer...was wearing earplugs! I felt like yelling up to him: "What's the matter, Bruce? Now that you guys are getting old, the sound is kinda loud, isn't it?!"

The last concert I attended was LINDA RONSTADT at the Gibson (AKA Universal Amphitheatre). A relative of mine is the drummer for RICHIE FURAY, who opened the show, so I was comped some tickets. (A good show, but...I cannot believe she did not perform "You're No Good." Wasn't that one of her biggest hits???)

The last Broadway-type show I attended was MAMMA MIA at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas in 2004. (I also saw it in London in '03.) I've never been into Broadway shows and showtunes and that kind of stuff, but I must admit that I thought MAMMA MIA was very enjoyable. Even more so if one is familiar with the music of ABBA.

BTW, how many of you wear earplugs when you attend a concert?
 

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Posted by Clint Koch (Member # 1179) on 03-23-2007, 05:24 PM:
 
Velvet Revolver at the California Mid-State Fair last summer with my then 15 year old daughter. Also a group called Avenged Seven Fold at Cal Poly SLO with the same daughter. Before that was Kim Simmons of Savoy Brown fame at a small club here in SLO with my wife. All three were last summer.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-23-2007, 06:08 PM:
 
I've only been to two concerts in my entire life. The first was when I was about 7 years old. It was AC/DC. It was loud. They fired a canon several times. My ears rang for nearly a day after the event. Fast forward nearly 25 years and my next concert was Joe Satriani. It was a spur-of-the-moment thing as we only found out maybe 3 hours before the show started that he was even in town. It was loud but nowhere near AC/DC's level. Pretty good show except for all of the smoke which wouldn't wash out despite showering vigorously and washing my hair multiple times when I got home. The clothes had to be washed right away. It really made me appreciate smokers. They offer so much to the world and are so valued!

I had a chance to go to a Sting concert about maybe 10 years ago, but I decided to be a complete asshole and not go.
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 03-23-2007, 06:38 PM:
 

quote: Joe Redifer

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They fired a canon

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Is that the famous Pachelbel canon we've heard so much about?

I used to go to just about any concert, but haven't gone to many lately. I do think they are often too loud, but sometimes "distortion" is percieved as loudness. Loud can be great, if not distorted.

I hate wearing earplugs because it ruins the sound, but I've worn them occasionally. I think it's sort of dumb that they can't just play at a level where people won't need earplugs.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 03-23-2007, 06:40 PM:
 

quote: Michael Coate

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Tim, ever hear (no pun intended) of a little invention called earplugs.

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Either way, you're not going to be able to hear it properly, so why bother?

quote: Mike Blakesley

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sometimes "distortion" is percieved as loudness.

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They equate loud with "good", regardless of what happens to the waveform along the way. A kid I worked in a radio station with swore it didn't matter that he constantly pegged the VU meters on the console... he figured it was VOLUME, and made his voice louder in listener's radios. Even after listening to recordings of his airshift, he refused to acknowledge the distortion and clipping present in his audio.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-23-2007, 07:35 PM:
 

quote: Mike Blakesley

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Is that the famous Pachelbel canon we've heard so much about?

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quote: Joe Redifer

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Many people were killed by the cannonballs, but that enhanced the awesomeness.

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quote: Mike Blakesley

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The best sounding concert I ever heard in any venue was an Alan Parsons show

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I can absolutely believe that. And yes, Mike, Phil Collins is cool, too!
 

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Posted by Darryl Spicer (Member # 711) on 03-24-2007, 12:30 AM:
 
what the hell I will list em all........

1977-Starbuck at the Bluegrass fair

The Following were all at Rupp Arena
1979-Kiss
1980-Molly Hatchet, The Henry Paul Band and Max Webster
1981-AC/DC
1981-Journey and The Gregg Kihn band
1981-Foreigner and Billy Squire
1982-Rush and Rory Gallagher
1983-Pat Benatar
1983-Journey and Bryan Addams
1984-Ozzy Osbourne and Motley Crue
1984-Rush and Fastway
1987-Bon Jovi and Cinderella
1987-Pink Floyd
1992-Kiss, Faster Pussycat and Trixter
1992-Tesla and Firehouse
1996-Van Halen and Collective Soul
1996-Ozzy Osbourne, Life of Agony and Korn
1996-Kiss and the Deftones
1998-Aerosmith and Kenny Wayne Shepperd
1998-Kiss and Econoline Crush
2000-Kiss, Ted Nugent and Skid Row

2001-Aerosmith and Fuel in Cincinnati, Ohio River-bend Amphitheatre

2001-Ozzy Osbourne, Soil, Mudvayne and Rob Zombie
Louisville, Ky Freedom Hall

2005-George Jones at Renfro Valley, Ky

2005-Styx and Reo Speedwagon Rupp Arena

as you can see there are gaps between the years....that's what happens when Ticket prices are to high and nobody worth a crap comes around.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-24-2007, 01:46 AM:
 
Yeah, 1981 must have been the year I saw AC/DC. I think it was Fastway that opened for them. They were not memorable.

Tim, what show are you talking about? Will I be able to make millions? I would settle for hundreds of thousands.
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 03-24-2007, 01:59 AM:
 
I still have a bunch of 1980s era tee shirts from concerts I attended up in my attic. They don't fit me anymore.


Actually, some have shrunk in weird ways from aging.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-24-2007, 02:28 AM:
 
Yes, they have "shrunk" from you aging.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 03-24-2007, 10:27 AM:
 

quote: Joe Redifer

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Tim, what show are you talking about?

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Oh, just some stuff I'm working on. One's an animated theatrical short. You could make 10's of dollars!
 

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Posted by Demetris Thoupis (Member # 833) on 03-24-2007, 10:42 AM:
 
Scorpions - Unbreakable Tour (Nicosia Stadium)
1st performance for the Unbreakable album after Germany started in Cyprus. 1st time Scorpions came and they totally rocked the stadium we watched them!

Elton John - (Da Villa Nicosia)
The guy is a mastermind in piano. There is no way you cannot love the way you fiddles piano around his fingers. Nothing on a stage but him and a piano.

Emma Shaplin (Kourio Limassol)
Probably the best place to watch a concert. Its an ancient greek theater type open air theater with a backdrop of the Limassol sea. I am not sure whether she playbacked. Good concert on the overall

Bonnie Tyler (Ayia Napa Stadium)
A decent concert without much to say. She did perform most of her "known" songs and also some other. Good concert on the overall. Total Eclipse of The Heart probably saved the day!

Alkistis Protopsalti (Kourio Limassol)
The voice of this lady is simply crystal and pure. The concert was really amazing. Greeks love her. She is probably the most charismatic performer of Greece.

Stefanos Korkolis (Limassol)
Mostly piano type concert. You can either love classic music or hate it. I enjoyed it all the way.

Scorpions 2006 (Limassol Stadium)
A comeback to an island who loved them mostly for their ballads. The concert was packed as the 1st one back a few years ago and they were simply A M A Z I N G.
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 03-24-2007, 12:28 PM:
 
Mike Henan is a Tom Jones fan ???? I bet he also has all of Englebert Humperdinks CDs as well .

I agree with Tim about volume levels!! I still attend the Utah Symphony once in a while when they are doing a work I might enjoy hearing, orchestra hall is a great place acoustically and the huge Chihuly blown glass chandelier in the lobby is amazing, especially for first timers. They say our wonderful maestro Keith Lockhart is leaving cause hiz 250K salery isn't enough to satisfy his every whim but I think it has more to do with the Opera comming in and messing things up for the symphony. Perhaps they'll get Pavel Kogan back to replace him.... he used to be the guest conductor or second in command till two years ago. I always liked his direction and style much better anyway and he will be here to conduict an all Ravel program in May that I won't miss. Lockhart is also principal conductor of The Boston Pops and I always felt his direction reflects the Pops style more than anything else.

Otherwise SLC has really shitty locations for the larger venues. There are nice halls at vboth University Of Utah and BYU but they are smaller halls. I saw Elton John and Billy Joel at the Delta Center years ao and it sucked big time.... Never been back to the Delta Center since. There is the USANA Center which is an outdoor venue but no one that I'd go fight the crowds and lines of cars has appeared there. There is a new hall that just opened in Wendover thats 1000 seats... Don Rickles did the opener there. Will check the place out in the near future.

Mark
 

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Posted by Jason Winn (Member # 3568) on 03-24-2007, 02:15 PM:
 
The most recent concert I went to was Friday, March 16 at Tom Cat's in Deep Ellum in Dallas, TX. It featured a bunch of underground artists. The show was called "Rise of the American Riff Raff." The show opened up with a performance from The Phrozen Body Body (who I happen to know personally, before he became a rapper). My boy, Gerald (that's his real name), tore the roof off that place. Then, some guy named Bouncie got on stage, but nobody was feeling his set. The crowd was dead. He only did a couple songs, and then he walked off the stage and left. I guess he lived up to his name, 'cause he bounced! Then, Bloodshot got on stage and totally schooled it!

After Bloodshot was Lavey. I've never heard of Lavey before this concert, but he put on a badass show! Then, out came Big Slack & Ill. This was my second time seeing them in concert, and they were the shit! Next was the underground legend, McNastee, who tore the roof off as always! Shy One was next. This was my first time seeing him in concert, and he was the shit! He was jumping off the speakers and everything. After Shy One, Major and the Usual Suspects did their set, and they were pretty tight. Then, for the finale, McNastee, Big Slack & Ill, Shy One, and Lavey all did a set together! It was a bad ass show!!!

I was so proud of The Phrozen Body Boy! That's my homie! This was his third show ever! It was his first show in our hometown of Dallas! His first two shows were in Tulsa, OK. Ya'll need to check him out: www.myspace.com/thephr0zenbodyboy

The next concert I'm going to will be on Sat. May 19 at the Palladium Ballroom in Dallas. It will be ICP and Twiztid together on the same tour! Fuck Yeah!!! I can't wait for that!
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 03-24-2007, 03:25 PM:
 
Yea I like Tom Jones... not into Engelbert though But I also like KISS, Metallica (pre black album), ABBA, Ramones, Sinatra, etc, so my musical tastes vary. I dont really like newer stuff though.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 03-24-2007, 11:40 PM:
 

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But I also like KISS,.... ABBA,...Sinatra...my musical tastes vary. I dont really like newer stuff though.

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Mike, we have more in common than I thought! I've never been keen on newer stuff, either. I'm on and off with KISS, though...
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 03-25-2007, 12:53 AM:
 
Yeah I only like the pre-reunion KISS, including when they took the makeup off in the 80s and 90s, some good songs during that era. I saw the original reunion show in Phx during 96 and it was great but didn't bother for any of them after that. Now if we could just figure out a way to get Agnetha out of hiding, I bet they'd do another show in a heartbeat.
 

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Posted by Justin West (Member # 920) on 03-25-2007, 01:35 AM:
 
How about "The Wiggles" in concert??? Caught the last one with the YELLLOW Wiggle on tour!
 

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Posted by Hillary Charles (Member # 769) on 03-25-2007, 09:00 AM:
 
Mike and Tim, we could have the most awesomest slumber party!
I love all that stuff--had to learn to enjoy KISS because of my cousin Mikey.

The last concert I attended was Cher at Madison Square Garden during her farewell tour. A year before that was...Cher...you guessed it, during her farewell tour. This time in Philadelphia. Apparently, she really likes long goodbyes.

In Philly, Cyndi Lauper opened for her, and she was amazing! Then at some point during the tour, she broke her leg or something, and in MSG, Comedian Dom Irrera opened.

Preferred Cyndi over Dom, but either way, great show.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 03-25-2007, 10:28 AM:
 
Ooooh, that would be fun! We could watch retro stuff and listen to 70s music!
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 03-25-2007, 01:36 PM:
 
I saw a Kiss concert back when I would go to any concert at all, just to go. Actually I didn't even like Kiss at that time...but I came out of that show a fan. You talk about SHOWMANSHIP, these guys had it in spades.

At that time Kiss was still a pretty controversial band, especially in Montana...there was a lot of newspaper coverage about the impending concert and how much trouble it might cause. I still remember during the show, Gene Simmons said: "I've been hearing a lot of talk about some stories in the paper in the past few days. Well, you can go home and tell your moms and dads that we didn't kill any chickens....but we played some good rock and roll!"

It was one of the best concerts I ever saw.

Some years ago a friend and I travelled to Bismarck ND to see the first 'original group' reunion tour...and it was another excellent show. They'd lost none of their rockability.

Ooops sorry, this isn't a "recent" concert, but it's a nice story I guess.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 03-25-2007, 03:45 PM:
 

quote: Tim Reed

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We could watch retro stuff and listen to 70s music!

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Don't forget to bring your 8-track cartridges. We could play 'em on a Madman Muntz player.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 03-25-2007, 04:32 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Sam Graham (Member # 2889) on 03-30-2007, 10:21 PM:
 
I just returned from Over The Rhine at the Goshen Theater in Goshen, IN.

The Goshen is an old movie house that seats about 300 on the floor. It's a beautiful auditorium (pics on the web link and coming eventually to Cinema Tour). Yes, they show movies there once in awhile (Spanish movies, specifically, once a month for free.)

The floor was full and there were probably fifty others in the balcony, but a lot of the space up there is used for the sound and lighting equipment.

Anyway, it was an outstanding performance in an intimate setting with a well behaved crowd.

Very very cool.
 

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Posted by David Stambaugh (Member # 1102) on 03-30-2007, 10:39 PM:
 

quote: Phil Hill

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We could play 'em on a Madman Muntz player.

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Hey, you mean I'm not the only one who remembers Madman Muntz? The legend of Earl "Madman" Muntz's products is he would go to the engineers and point at a component and ask "What does that do?" If the component was essential to basic operation, he would allow it. But if the component was non-essential to basic functionality, Muntz would order it removed as a cost-cutting measure.

Well that's the story I heard anyway.



www.madmanmuntzmovie.com has a variation on that story:

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Muntz thought the television sets on the market at the time were far too complicated, so he experimented by buying an existing set, disassembling it, then removing parts one at a time. If the set still played, he removed another part. Then another and another. Finally, with the set simplified as much as it could be, it became a Muntz TV!

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quote: Mike Blakesley

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I think the best arena sound I've ever heard was when I went to a Phil Collins concert (go ahead and make jokes, but it was great) around the end of the '80s. It was in the Great Western Forum in L.A.

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is it still called [the Great Western Forum]?

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quote: Mike Blakesley

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I saw a Kiss concert back when I would go to any concert at all, just to go. Actually I didn't even like Kiss at that time...but I came out of that show a fan. You talk about SHOWMANSHIP, these guys had it in spades.

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Do you remember the year? Were they in make-up?
 

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Posted by Richard Hamilton (Member # 321) on 03-31-2007, 03:58 AM:
 
I sometimes play "roadie" for my cousins band . For a while I was doing it every weekend, pretty fun stuff.

Rick
 

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Posted by Joshua Waaland (Member # 287) on 03-31-2007, 08:07 AM:
 
For me it was Pearl Jam at the Cleveland Gund Arena several years ago. I think it was around 2003. My wife used to work for Cole Vision (Sears Optical, BJ's Optical, Target Optical, Things Remembered and Pearle Vision) before they were bought out and we got lots of free tickets from her vendors plus they owned several loges.

Before that it was Bon Jovi and Goo Goo Dolls also free in the loge. I wouldn't have paid for that concert.

My favorite band of all time is Alice In Chains but unfortunately I won't be seeing them with all of their original members. Layne Staley I never got to see them perform but I grew up through my high school years with the Seattle grunge music. They did tour last year with a fill-in singer but I didn't even know until last week when I checked their website. It was a very impromptu tour and they would just pop into night clubs and play here or there. Wish I would have known.
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 03-31-2007, 09:37 AM:
 

quote: Michael Coate

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Do you remember the year? Were they in make-up?

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Yes, it was during their original heyday. Late '70s, probably '78. I think their most recent album at the time was "Love Gun." I saw them again in '97 during the reunion tour. Great times.
 

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Posted by Darryl Spicer (Member # 711) on 03-31-2007, 01:19 PM:
 
1977/78 stage set





1979 stage set







You can find more pictures and interesting facts about the stage shows at this web site.
The Kiss Tours
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 03-31-2007, 03:12 PM:
 
God, how cool that must have been to see them in their prime... I'm glad they finally are starting to release the old shows on DVD, my VHS's are starting to wear out.
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 03-31-2007, 03:52 PM:
 
Wow, those pics bring back the memories. That was in the days before "reserved seating" and we were able to get really close to the stage...I probably was about 10 feet back from the front row.
 

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Posted by Michael Coate (Member # 757) on 03-31-2007, 10:46 PM:
 

quote: Mike Blakesley

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Yes, it was during their original heyday. Late '70s, probably '78. I think their most recent album at the time was "Love Gun." I saw them again in '97 during the reunion tour. Great times.

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1977-78 for the "Love Gun" tour sounds about right. Not sure how much you remember from that show but it should have been pretty similar to the '96-97 reunion show since the intent, I believe, was to recreate a show from the "Love Gun" tour. (Do you remember if they opened the show with "I Stole Your Love," or with "Detroit Rock City"?)
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 03-31-2007, 11:18 PM:
 
I went to a show earlier today, at The Clubhouse in Tempe. The headliner was some band called "Hit the Lights" and some other bands but I REALLY was there to see "The Secret Handshake". Totally dig this band, was sad that they only played four songs... but the plus was that they were the first to perform and my friend and I just totally ditched the rest of the band and went to go see a movie after their set was done.

The Secret Handshake is Indie/Electronica originally from Dallas Texas. Its just the kind of music that makes you want to dance and be happy As for the live performance I really liked it, nothing really out there and crazy like the show with "Skybox" but then again I wasn't expecting it to crazy. The lead singer was fairly friendly and was getting the audience to groove along, considering it wasn't a huge crowd (an afternoon show).

I was able to get a T-shirt and have it signed... I've never done that before so yeah, it was pretty cool to have that happen.

Totally hyper from hanging out today. It was awesome.

Here is their Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/thesecrethandshake
 

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Posted by Darryl Spicer (Member # 711) on 04-01-2007, 01:12 AM:
 

quote: Michael Coate

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1977-78 for the "Love Gun" tour sounds about right. Not sure how much you remember from that show but it should have been pretty similar to the '96-97 reunion show since the intent, I believe, was to recreate a show from the "Love Gun" tour. (Do you remember if they opened the show with "I Stole Your Love," or with "Detroit Rock City"?)

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quote: Michael Coate

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(Do you remember if they opened the show with "I Stole Your Love," or with "Detroit Rock City"?)

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I don't remember all that much about individual songs because I wasn't all that familiar with their music (other than the hits) at the time. I do remember that stage set very well. I guess I remember more about the show itself than the music.

The reunion tour show was just as good.
 

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Posted by Mike Spaeth (Member # 524) on 04-02-2007, 02:44 PM:
 
Let me see... who have I seen in the last year or two?

Disco Biscuits (4 times)
Muse
Matisyahu/Gomez
Gnarles Barkley/Sleepy Brown
Blue October (acoustic set)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra (best show I've ever seen)
The Killers/Sparta

This weekend, I went to the stuff downtown for the Final Four. Interesting collection:
Panic At The Disco (Friday)
Live/Ludacris/Johnta Austin (Saturday)
hellogoodbye/Chevelle/LL Cool J/Sugarland/Maroon 5 (Sunday)
Marc Cohn/Robert Randolph And The Family Band (today)

I also have tickets to the following upcoming shows:
Muse/My Chemical Romance
Roger Waters
Tool
 

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Posted by Clint Koch (Member # 1179) on 04-02-2007, 04:50 PM:
 
Mike, how was the Muse show?
 

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Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 04-02-2007, 05:19 PM:
 
Nothing recently; I've attended a couple of Boston Symphony performances within the last year and saw the Pogues when they were in town about a year ago.

I saw the Grateful Dead perform when I was in high school; that was a memorable show. (If anyone is a tape trader, I'd love to get a tape/DAT/CD of that show--Boston Garden, 10/29/1994.)
 

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Posted by Mike Spaeth (Member # 524) on 04-05-2007, 01:44 PM:
 
Muse was awesome! Small venue (The Tabernacle). Probably the best show I saw last year...
 

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Posted by Clint Koch (Member # 1179) on 04-05-2007, 01:49 PM:
 
I have yet to have the chance to see Muse live. I can't wait to see them live.
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 04-12-2007, 11:19 PM:
 
Just got back from a show at the Modified in Downtown Phoenix. The headliner was Hella, but I really went to go see Attack of the Giant Squid.

They are Experimental/Progressive maybe a slight hint of Jazz into it. My co-worker is the bass player for the band and I haven't had the chance to see them play until now. The show was pretty awesome, loud and rockin' in the enclosed small venue. Most of the live set was improvisational, so that was pretty sweet to get to experience that first hand.

Their Myspace Page: http://www.myspace.com/attackofthegiantsquid
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 06-21-2007, 02:51 AM:
 
Just got back from an AWESOME show tonight. Total orgy of the ear if I do say so myself. I saw the band "Tortoise" at The Rhythm Room in Phoenix.

This was my first time seeing them live, and before that I've never really sat down and listened to their stuff to really remember what they were like. But when I saw them tonight a whole new found respect for this band was necessary. They are all really multi-talented. I was totally expecting them to be the mid to late 20 group of guys but they are totally older dudes... like mid 30's or 40's. That was just too cool and a total surprise for me and my friends.

They are instrumental, sorta jazzy feel, progressive, ambient, and awesome ear noise! The stage was set up to where 2 drum kits face each other dead center in the front, keyboard back center, bass on the left back and lead guitar on the right back, and of course xylophones on the right and left front of the stage.

Throughout the whole show every band member kept changing to different instruments, from the keyboard to drums to marimba to bass. It was crazy... and by far the best show I've been to. They played 2 encores! Mad props to these guys... Totally inspiring and its the kind of stuff kids like me want to create but sooo can't because we don't have the mad skills.

Oh and I was able to stand right up in front cuz short people like me can totally do that sort of thing. I felt as if I was going to get hit with a drum stick at any moment or it breals and stabs me in the eye.

Here is video of a live show last year. http://youtube.com/watch?v=5sps7YxLeYM
*The show I saw tonight was soooo much better!

Their Myspace:
Myspace

Their Website: http://www.trts.com/
 

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Posted by Chad M Calpito (Member # 3736) on 06-21-2007, 03:23 AM:
 
Well, the most recent concert was in 2002, a week after my trip to St. Louis, Missouri and Des Moines, Iowa. I saw KC & The Sunshine Band at the Humphrey's By The Bay in Point Loma. It was a great outdoor venue. Plus, my friend & I got to meet KC in person after the concert.

Other concerts I have been to are:

1) 1988 - Run DMC & The Beastie Boys at the San Diego Sports Arena;

2) 1988 - The Doobie Brothers at the San Diego Sports Arena;

3) 1989 - Mannheim Steamroller at the Wilshire Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles;

4) 1989 - Information Society at Disneyland in Anaheim;

5) 1994 - Michael Crawford's EFX Show at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas (got the second row center table).
 

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Posted by Damien Taylor (Member # 4255) on 06-21-2007, 05:04 AM:
 
I think the last one was a Perth band called Karnivool about 6 months ago, im not sure if they have made it over there yet. And before that.. probably Woflmother. Have either of these bands had chart success in US/UK?
 

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Posted by Jim Bedford (Member # 4) on 06-21-2007, 09:08 AM:
 
I'm about to head out to the Telluride Bluegrass Festival that runs thru this Sunday. The Lovely Luci runs Dispatch and Communications and I put in shifts monitoring 180± radios and get to enjoy the show. Really looking forward to Chick Corea and Béla Fleck, Emmylou Harris, Los Lobos and Allison Krause. Hot and glassy here today at 8750' with the temp expected in the low 80's.

From late May until the end of September Telluride hosts close to four festivals per month, including Film, Wine, Balloon, Mushroom, Blues and Brews, Jazz, MountainFilm, Chamber Music, and many others.

We even have a weekend called The Nothing Festival, which is scheduled for July 13-15, and you can tell from their website how much they're into Nothing as it's a few years out of date.
 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 06-21-2007, 09:58 AM:
 
Chad,
I am uber jelous you got too see Information Society! Not sure how their new singer will sit with me...
 

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Posted by Chad M Calpito (Member # 3736) on 06-21-2007, 10:51 AM:
 
They were great to see in concert. I didn't know that Information Society had a new lead singer. Now that I know, I, too, don't know how the new singer will be as well. Anyway, I was right up front and it was awesome.
 

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Posted by Anslem Rayburn (Member # 1267) on 06-22-2007, 07:49 AM:
 
I got to see Red Hot Chili Peppers last year in Glendale, Arizona. Awesome show, good times. I was lucky enough to see John Frusciante play and sing "For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her", and that was a great bonus. Also, Frusciante and Flea going head to head on guitar/bass for 20 minutes or so was pretty great. Anthony Kiedis doing a back flip off the drum set at the ripe old age of 44 made me feel even more out of shape than normal, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.

The first songs I remember by these guys are off of "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" when I was a freshman. How old are you when bands that made it big when you were in high school are played on the classic rock station?
 

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Posted by Mark J. Marshall (Member # 1409) on 06-22-2007, 09:14 AM:
 
We just recently saw Glenn Beck's Inconvenient Tour, which was an absolute blast.

I saw a remote radio broadcast with Bill O'Reily this morning, though I'm not sure if that counts or not.

Last year, we saw Michael Flatley in concert, doing his "Lord Of The Dance" stuff.

We're going to see Weird Al in August, which will be the third time I've seen him live. If you've never seen Weird Al, it is a GREAT show!

Also in August, we're going to see Wicked in Philadelphia. We're really looking forward to that.

We may also go see Glenn again in New York city in August for his "Insider's Convention" depending on how finances are.
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 06-22-2007, 01:48 PM:
 
Saw Brian Regan, comedian, in Billings about a month ago. He was freakin' hilarious. Highly recommended if he's in your area.

www.brianregan.com
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 06-22-2007, 02:04 PM:
 
Isn't he Ronald Regans great great grand nephew or something like that?

Mark
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 06-22-2007, 03:32 PM:
 
You mean Ronald Reagan the former president? Different spelling, so I'd say not.

Maybe you're thinking of Michael Reagan, the radio talkshow guy. He's Ronald's son.
 

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Posted by Michael Coate (Member # 757) on 06-24-2007, 11:40 PM:
 
Saw The Police last night at Dodger Stadium! (Foo Fighters and Fiction Plane opened.)
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 02-27-2008, 01:15 AM:
 
Just got back from the Lymbyc Systym Show at the Modified here in Downtown Phoenix. The last time I saw them live was around August of last year.

The little venue was PACKED! I could barely see the bands for a good part of the show.
Bands that also played were What Laura Says Thinks And Feels and This Will Destroy You .
Only caught the last few songs of Whats Laura says.. And as for This Will Destroy You their first few songs were ok but not too great the rest of their set was pretty good.

The Lymbyc Systym (Experimental / Club / Shoegaze / Electronic... or what I like to call futuristic porno music! ) set was off the hook! They also played a couple new songs but mainly their classics. Recently I purchased their Remix Album that just released a couple weeks ago... Loved it!!.. couldn't stop listening actually.

Lymbyc Systym Myspace Page

Live in Florida
Another Live clip
 

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Posted by Andres Briano (Member # 4621) on 02-27-2008, 03:39 PM:
 
A couple of months ago I saw Soda Stereo live in their native Buenos Aires area. The concert rocked. They had been separated for an exact decade and they got together for one last tour. They rocked the entire american continent, from Buenos Aires to LA. They sold out 6 River Plate stadiums that fit somewhere around 65,000 to 70,000 people. The previous record was 5 stadiums and was held by the Rolling Stones!

www.sodastereo.com

AGUANTE SODA, CARAJO!
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 03-01-2008, 02:39 AM:
 
Just returned from a show at the Clubhouse in Tempe, AZ. Packed venue and plenty of security guards.

There were 7 bands that played tonight but I was only there to see Yellow Minute and the headlining band Dear and the Headlights.

My friends from the band Attack of the Giant Squid played with Yellow Minute... which was pretty cool to see them do something different from their own music. Very nice set and the crowd seemed to enjoy it. Dear and the Headlights were freakin' awesome... My friends who've never heard them before loved them. I am very pleased.
 

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Posted by Scott D. Neff (Member # 185) on 03-01-2008, 05:21 PM:
 
I went to see The Helio Sequence last night as part of Noisepop 2008 at the Independent here in San Francisco. I was blown away, much greater than I expected they'd be live. I have never seen a drummer get into beating the crap out of his set.
 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 03-01-2008, 07:00 PM:
 
Scott I am jelous! I'm quite a big fan of them. How did the singer sound? Since he lost his voice for 3 months, I'm wondering if he could yell like he sometimes did on the old albums.
 

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Posted by Scott D. Neff (Member # 185) on 03-04-2008, 11:56 AM:
 
Being that this was the first time I saw them live and I just got into them about 2 months ago I'm not sure how to compare.

He seemed fine I suppose, didn't seem stifled at all. The show was absolutely amazing! I'm disappointed that my auditing schedule isn't bringing me to places they're playing during the right dates or else I'd go see them again. If I had more time to sit in front of my computer I'm sure I'd have already geeked out about them and found EVERY live bit and recording I could... I'm definitely missing the higher energy of their live performance vs. the studio, not that I don't love me some mid-tempo...
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 10-22-2008, 01:12 AM:
 
I just came back from going to the Secret Stand Up Myspace show at the Tempe Improv, headliner was DAVID ALAN GRIER! The guy from In Living Color...

Great show altogether, the bf and I went there a little early to grab food and such. Was given the center 2nd row table... Had a blast!! As each comedian went on they only got better and better. Especially the 3rd guy who I can't remember his name at the moment was hilarious. As for David Alan Grier.... well... he was awesome! I didn't expect him to be so animated since he's getting to that middle aged thing but he was like a kid. Had a few quick improv moments with the audience too.

All in all, my face hurts from smiling and laughing through the entire show.
 

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Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 10-22-2008, 06:51 PM:
 
Caught Tower of Power last month at the Suncoast casino here. We had a blast. Still the tightest sounding horn section in the business. This year marks their 40th anniversary. I am getting old.
 

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Posted by Scott D. Neff (Member # 185) on 11-26-2008, 02:38 PM:
 
I went and saw the Decemberists for the first time last night. Holy Crap were they great. I usually end up rolling my eyes whenever an act tries to get the audience involved (usually because it fails miserably) but apparently Decemberist fans are a fun bunch because when the audience was asked to clap or sing along boy did they.

Also I really enjoyed that they took some songs that are otherwise snoozy and made them ROCK. I think they had just a great energy where you could tell they LOVE to perform.

So good. I'm tempted to fly to Portland and see them on their home turf. I can only imagine how awesome the show would be in their hometown.
 

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Posted by Joe Tommassello (Member # 4632) on 11-26-2008, 03:55 PM:
 
I go to concerts all the time. Been to three in the last ten days:

AC/DC at the Wachovia Center in Philly - great show...Joe, they still have the cannons though I am not sure you got the name of that song quite right.

Brian Wilson - Last Saturday - The old man still has a little rock and roll left in him. It was at the Keswick Theater...an old movie theater with the best acoustics I have ever heard in a concert venue. Perhaps that why they don't take down the cruddy looking curtains that line the walls.

The Eagles - Wachovia again, last night - They still sound great. Joe Walsh rocks.
 

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Posted by Galen Murphy-Fahlgren (Member # 4535) on 11-26-2008, 06:46 PM:
 
Scott, I agree completely. I saw them at Clutch Cargos in Pontiac, MI, during the tour promoting The Crane Wife. The Rout of the Patagons Tour, I believe it was called. It is a good band for nerds when you have to be interested in anthropology to get the name of the tour. Colin Meloy is about the biggest nerd you can be as the frontman for such a major band. He used better than a dozen different guitars, sometimes switching in the middle of some of their more epic songs. Some would say that is silly, but I have a friend who is a guitar aficionado, so I would not.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 11-26-2008, 07:23 PM:
 

quote: Joe Tommassello

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Joe Walsh rocks.

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Joe Walsh also "hams" it up. He's a long-time Amateur Radio operator, well-known on the bands.

Here's Joe, WB6ACU

 

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Posted by Chad Souder (Member # 343) on 11-27-2008, 12:21 PM:
 
I remember seeing Joe Walsh on an episode of Celebrity Jeopardy several years ago. I don't know if he was drunk or doped up or that's just how he is or what, but it seemed as if he had no clue what was going on or where he was. It was like a sketch on SNL, only it was real. The way I remember it, the only question he got correct was one where he was the answer, but it was awhile ago and I could be embellishing in my mind. It was very funny, though.
 

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Posted by Michael Brown (Member # 890) on 12-30-2008, 05:46 PM:
 

quote: Mark J. Marshall

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Also in August, we're going to see Wicked in Philadelphia. We're really looking forward to that.

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