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Av-merican
Un-Tenured Professor of Hockey
Joined: 17 Oct 2007
Posts: 2322
Location: Denver
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Gin Blossoms were awesome!
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Gin Blossoms are still around!? |
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Farang
Chaser, Wearer of Skirts
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 525
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| Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Ghosthouse tonight at The Railway Club!!! |
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PattyLa16
Queen of the Random Thought
Joined: 17 Oct 2007
Posts: 696
Location: Buffalo, NY
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| Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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Gin Blossoms were awesome!
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Gin Blossoms are still around!? |
I think they just started touring again. They have a new album too. They sound great. The lead singer came out with the opening band and did a cover of Tom Petty's Learnin' to Fly. They also covered Elton John's Rocket Man as an encore.
They played at the free out door show Buffalo has downtown on Thursdays in the summer. Thursdays at the Square.
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Bosc Ulrich II
OTP Resident Historian
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 3477
Location: Sweetest lid in the league
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John Mayer a few weeks ago...bought the tickets for my girlfriend.
Shouldn't have skipped the Killswitch Engage show  
I'm there the next time King Crimson or Yes come to Toronto, though :Butch:
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E.L.3000
Big in Japan
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 1783
Location: Fuck tha MTL police
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Word, busiest weekend of the summer. Just finished two days of Osheaga and a Wolf Parade concert for good measure. For those of you keeping score, here's my Osheaga report card (in order of which I saw them):
Day One
N.E.R.D. - A
Plants and Animals - B
Spiritualized - C
Duchess Says - B
Devotchka - C
Chocolat - B
Cat Power - D
Stooges - A
Day Two
Neil Halstead - C
Esker Mica - C
Jamie Lidell - B
Matt Costa - D
The Kills - B
Robertson - D
MGMT - A
Go! Team - A
CSS - A
Chromeo - A (maybe the best stretch of four performances I'll ever see)
Wolf Parade - A
Malajube (playing a free outdoor show, caught a few songs) - B
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E.L.3000
Big in Japan
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 1783
Location: Fuck tha MTL police
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skinnem
Poster Girl for OTP
Joined: 19 Oct 2007
Posts: 276
Location: Toronto
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Spiritualized only gets a C?
What happened?
I've seen Mr. Spaceman 5 times in the past 9 years, and without fail, he blew me away every time. I was considering getting tickets to the Virgin Festival in Toronto just to see Spiritualized.
How long did they play? Was it mostly material from the new CD?
I need to know if it would be worth the $75 ticket and your input would be most appreciated!
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E.L.3000
Big in Japan
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 1783
Location: Fuck tha MTL police
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It's the festival format that didn't seem to fit well. Spaceman's winding and spatial musical style doesn't really work in a short set (45mins), outdoors, in daylight. The lousy acoustics didn't help him much when he turned the amps up. It's probably very jarring in a theatre, but outside the depth of the compositions got muddled in the open air.
You need to be of a certain mood to really appreciate the kind of music he does. If you're a fan you'll probably enjoy yourself since he seemed more into it than usual, and he was playing a bit louder.
The band was tight, and they played a lot of old material (admittedly I really dug his performance of "Come Together").
I think you'll dig the set. You're probably a bigger fan of his than I am.
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PattyLa16
Queen of the Random Thought
Joined: 17 Oct 2007
Posts: 696
Location: Buffalo, NY
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Assuming I get the day off and it doesn't rain I'm going to Mayhem Fest. Three Stages. I'm not a HUGE fan of any of these bands, but it seemed like a good way to spend a day. 
Slipknot
Disturbed
Dragonforce
Mastadon
Machine Head
Airbourne
Five Finger Death Punch
Walls of Jericho
Under Oath
Black Tide
Suicide Silence
36 Crazyfists
The Red Chord
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monsieur parafect
OTPoliceman
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 123
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Madness, madness, they call it madness!
One Step Beyond!
Our House, in the middle of the street
It's just gone noon, half past monsoon, on the banks of the river Nile
For those of you who think I've lost it, no. We went and saw Madness perform last night at Sandown Racetrack Five Miles Long, Do da, Do da, in Esher, southwest of London (in GB, not Ont!). They had the horseraces, then the band played for 1.5 hours after. The track was sold out and everyone stayed for the performance after. The band started off with One Step Beyond then ripped off lots of their past hits and sounded top notch up until the finale of Night Boat To Cairo. People of all ages were up dancing and singing to their tunes. Most of all, my 14 year old daughter loved every minute of it. They kept the bars open until the concert finished around 10:45 PM. There were lots of drunken Limeys everywhere but no fights that I saw. Only complaint was that Mike Barson, the keyboardist, didn't start the show because his plane was delayed while returning from holidays in southern France. He appeared midway through the show with a rousing response from the audience led by lead singer Graham "Suggs" McPherson of "Have a nice holiday?" With and without him, the band sounded great and has aged well. Glad I finally saw them live. |
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E.L.3000
Big in Japan
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 1783
Location: Fuck tha MTL police
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Madness are the fucking shit. Love them.
I was so pumped because I thought you were in Canada...thanks for getting my hopes up about seeing Madness one day. 
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skinnem
Poster Girl for OTP
Joined: 19 Oct 2007
Posts: 276
Location: Toronto
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E.L.
Your review and feedback of Spiritualized is most appreciated! You're the best Eric!
So Thursday was my mom and dad's 43 Anniversary, and they celebrated by going to the Beer Festival in Toronto with my brother and sister-in-law.
Apparently word got out around the festival and beer tent, and The English Beat - who were the Beer Tent band for the night, wished my mom and dad Happy Happy!!
Review of the English Beat from my very drunken mom, dad brother and sister-in-law:
OH MY GOD THEY WERE AMAZING!
I picked up the stumbling foursome after the festivities!
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