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Whoa, I didn’t see that other link there. I was definitely at this show:
Like you said in your email, I really don’t know how you could go see ANY show and not be bored out of your skull. The closest I’ve come is seeing the Boredoms/Lightning Bolt and that was more than enough to make me uninterested in 90% of all live music being performed right now.
Bands like Wolf Eyes really should take up the Butthole Surfers mantle. But instead, they put on the most boring show on earth.
While the danger element was exciting, being able to see live music and not worrying about getting killed, crippled or maimed is similarly exciting in it’s own way.
Wow… is that what happens to you when you approach 40?
Why do you think I only go see people like Hope Sandoval nowadays.
On a similar note, Laura Marling is playing World cafe tomorrow and I am seriously considering going but then I miss the Phillies and I still have to get up at 3:30 am on Thursday.
I said the above but I pretended to be my wife
I saw the Butthole Surfers live in like 92 or 93.
I got horrible sunburn, and did not get to make out with the girl who had big boobs.
i’m glad kev cleared-up the fact that i am not the one who prefers the boring girl shows.
mandy said:I DID NOT KNOW THIS AND AM EXTREMELY UPSET ABOUT ITWhy do you think I only go see people like Hope Sandoval nowadays.
On a similar note, Laura Marling is playing World cafe tomorrow and I am seriously considering going but then I miss the Phillies and I still have to get up at 3:30 am on Thursday.
I DID NOT KNOW THIS AND AM EXTREMELY UPSET ABOUT IT
Yep, me too. I only found out by chance yesterday.
The other thing that plays more into the danger aspect than anything else is that back then, nobody involved in any of these bands ever even came close to the idea that they could make money doing any of what they were doing. So that absolutely lent it even more of a sense of reckless abandon as well as ridiculous levels of creativity and risk taking. That hasn’t been the case in pretty much any subculture of music since the mid 90’s or so, since any band at this point with the internet and touring and all that can make a pretty solid living no matter how weird or crazy they or their music are. So that lends itself to a certain sense of self preservation on everyone’s part.
Let’s face it when we are in an era where a hardcore band who named themselves Fucked Up can actually make a solid career playing music and getting lots of press and everything else, there’s very little left that isn’t possible to be co-opted and sanitized.
Also, someone please tell me about this Laura Marling person. I’m intrigued.
Kev picked her as a favorite of 2008 or maybe 2007 and it’s a sort of occasionally celtic-infused folk/rock stuff that’s really pretty outstanding.
Ooh…that sounds suitably old man enough for me. I’ll need to check this out.
Her debut record was from 2008 and is in my top five – if not my #1 – for the year. I love love love it. She’s a very good songwriter and I was really hoping she wouldn’t get lost in the sudden influx of young female British folkish singers.
Kev, I will get Mandy to make it available, if it is not already there
You should be able to find it on dynosaur.