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Mysterious Aftertaste posted:
Unless you meant my other comment -- I wasn't saying B&B was their best album, I was saying that's about as far back as I can see them going with their sound/mixing and that's better than nothing. It's not even realistic to think they'd ever go back to putting out albums like Hello Rockview or Losing Streak, so I didn't bother to suggest it. edit: gently caress it i'll just say it, I think B&B is okay and i don't get why people hate it so much. The 7th Guest fucked around with this message at 15:47 on Mar 28, 2008 |
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Mar 28, 2008 15:36
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Quest For Glory II posted:Um well after loving Anthem which pushed the horn players so far back in the mix they were in a different country, I would take anything as an improvement. Oh B&B is fine. I love a ton of songs on that cd. It was liking In With The Out Crowd that got the 
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Mar 28, 2008 15:52
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FateoMcSkippy posted:Oh B&B is fine. I love a ton of songs on that cd. It was liking In With The Out Crowd that got the I actually hate most of the songs on that album but given the quality of "P.S. Shock the World" you can see the potential that they have to turn poo poo completely around.
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Mar 28, 2008 15:55
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mix.lunar posted:Kick rear end, will it still be in Tennessee? Yea it's still in Knoxville, it's gonna be at the World's Fair Park and apparently one of the stages is under the SUNDOME or whatever name they have for that giant ball that was in that Simpson's episode. It should be nicer since there'll be grass instead of concrete.
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Mar 28, 2008 20:57
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Quest For Glory II posted:Geez, you're putting words in my mouth. I said that they should continue in the direction of that CD because they're starting to realize that they do in fact have other people in their band other than guitar players and are starting to responsibly produce their album with that in mind. Ah when you said "continue in the direction" of that cd I thought you meant turn out more poo poo. But I do agree that more horns = needed and better.
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Mar 28, 2008 22:37
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Apparently I misunderstood most of the post as well. But as for post-production, it's been going in the wrong way since Hello Rockview, in my opinion.
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Mar 28, 2008 23:02
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Gah, Big D/Catch 22 starts in 5 minutes and my ride still isn't here 
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Mar 29, 2008 22:01
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RUN TO THE SHOW LAZLOW, RUN!
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Mar 29, 2008 22:31
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He just called and said "he'll see what he can do". They'll be back next year, right guys? RIGHT? 
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Mar 29, 2008 22:39
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http://mi145.hobnox.com/sid9iodr9fmdauro31tlmk4edi644/index.html?episode=986 New "Road to the Throwdown"(that happened almost two months ago) is up. Features 5 or 6 songs from the Bosstone's first night back. Dr. D is such a great song
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Mar 29, 2008 23:25
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Sorry this took so long...had to install vista the other night anyway Ska Weekend 2008 JULY 19, 2008 KNOXVILLE, TN WORLD'S FAIR PARK PERFORMANCE LAWN You guys better be ready to dance, party, see some great bands, and help out a GREAT cause. I am donating 100% of the profit to 2nd harvest this year. The more you guys spread the word the better. ALSO...I will even give you a few band names of the 17 in this email. THE HITS FATTER THAN ALBERT THE TAJ MOTEL TRIO STEREOHYPE ROYAL CITY RIOT CHASE LONG BEACH many more to come, that is just the first batch of confirmed bands. Be looking for a new look myspace page too, it is currently under construction. THERE WILL ALSO BE 2 LOGOS THIS YEAR. One is currently on the page. Yukiko is working on the other, and the design she explained to me is freaking sweet. PS...Jenn and I are moving back to Nashville this weekend! So who's going?
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Mar 30, 2008 01:30
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I would but its in Tennessee and I'm in Pennsylvania.
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Mar 30, 2008 04:30
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Saw Streetlight Manifesto at the Boardwalk in Orangevale last night. Completely packed house. The opener for them, Dan Potthast, was surprisingly hilarious and set a good mood. He had some pretty catchy songs, and I really enjoyed his stuff. I've never heard of him before, I'm excited to see him again if he comes back here someday. He made a pretty good joke about how people said Streetlight Manifesto fans were douchebags. The second band, Zox... I wasn't a fan of them. They had a fiddle player, which was neat, but I was really indifferent towards them. I hung out and talked with Dan for a bit, and waited for Streetlight to come on. I'll be honest, I'm not a fan of mosh pits. I enjoy a good Skank Pit or a Circle pit, or even a Circle/Skank pit. I never really noticed the kind of people in the crowd until Streetlight came on, and I was pretty saddened in some ways. Anyone who tried to Skank was usually just hit in the side by some guy who wanted to perpetuate the huge pit going on. That's just my personal thing though, it kind of sucked that I couldn't really skank to one of my favorite Ska bands, but either way, Streetlight Manifesto put on a really loving good show. They played a good variety of songs off of both of their albums, but I only noticed one Catch 22 song (Dear Sergio...They didn't play Keasby Nights!). This was my first time seeing them, and I was not disappointed at all. I was a little weirded out that Thomas Kalnoky...sounds the exact same live. Ususally, vocalists sound just a bit different life, whether it be rawer or a bit more precise, but he just sounded... the same. It was actually pretty cool, but he didn't really put any new inflections on the songs. Just kept playing. Overall, it was a lot of fun. Singing Down Down Down to Mephisto's Cafι made my night. I just wish the Security Guards at the venue didn't suck (they have a reputation for sucking, and they sure as hell kept it up).
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Apr 1, 2008 01:23
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I've been getting more and more frustrated about not being able to find any good shows here in NYC. You'd think it'd be a kickin' scene, but I'm at a complete loss.
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Apr 1, 2008 01:39
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lessthankyle posted:I've been getting more and more frustrated about not being able to find any good shows here in NYC. You'd think it'd be a kickin' scene, but I'm at a complete loss.  The Slackers play there all the time. They're having Slackerfest or whatever there aren't they? With Bomb The Music Industry!.
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Apr 1, 2008 03:15
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OniKun posted:Saw Streetlight Manifesto at the Boardwalk in Orangevale last night. Completely packed house. Ah, a fellow Sactown skanker. You don't by chance happen to know any local drummers who play ska, do you?
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Apr 1, 2008 04:22
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lessthankyle posted:I've been getting more and more frustrated about not being able to find any good shows here in NYC. You'd think it'd be a kickin' scene, but I'm at a complete loss. You guys have The World/Inferno Friendship Society playing around or near there constantly. Feel lucky! alvinthegreat posted:Ah, a fellow Sactown skanker. You don't by chance happen to know any local drummers who play ska, do you? Nope. Sacramento is rather devoid of ska-ish people. People who want to play punk, on the other hand... Well, poo poo. They are everywhere.
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Apr 1, 2008 09:00
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OniKun posted:The opener for them, Dan Potthast, was surprisingly hilarious and set a good mood. He had some pretty catchy songs, and I really enjoyed his stuff. I've never heard of him before, I'm excited to see him again if he comes back here someday. He made a pretty good joke about how people said Streetlight Manifesto fans were douchebags. You should listen to MU330, the (kickass) ska band that Potthast has been in since the early 90's. Really fun ska-rock.
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Apr 1, 2008 18:06
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OniKun posted:The opener for them, Dan Potthast, was surprisingly hilarious and set a good mood. He had some pretty catchy songs, and I really enjoyed his stuff. I've never heard of him before, I'm excited to see him again if he comes back here someday. He made a pretty good joke about how people said Streetlight Manifesto fans were douchebags. Oh man, Dan Potthast puts on such a great show. I saw him last year with Flip The Switch (I think, I don't know I'm not a fan, I was there for Dan) at 924 Gilman here in Berkeley. He easily took the show. There were maybe like 20 people there and he started taking requests for Mu330 songs, or whatever songs we really wanted him to play. He's probably the nicest guy in the business today, if you don't count Mike Park. I'm really glad that he moved to the West Coast so I can see him more often. OniKun posted:I'll be honest, I'm not a fan of mosh pits. I enjoy a good Skank Pit or a Circle pit, or even a Circle/Skank pit. I never really noticed the kind of people in the crowd until Streetlight came on, and I was pretty saddened in some ways. Anyone who tried to Skank was usually just hit in the side by some guy who wanted to perpetuate the huge pit going on. That's just my personal thing though, it kind of sucked that I couldn't really skank to one of my favorite Ska bands, but either way, Streetlight Manifesto put on a really loving good show. Well, here's the thing. From what I've noticed from going to ska shows for several years (holy poo poo...it's been over 7 years since my first ska show, and I got into ska relatively late in my life...that's weird), is that skank pits or circle pits rarely form outside of small shows or outside of really poppy shows (like Reel Big Fish). If the show is packed, there's not going to be a whole lot of room to form one, and if the show isn't super poppy, kids are going to want to mosh. It kinda sucks, but that's just the way it is. I've started to just dance how I drat well please wherever I can find room. I'm not really into this whole "skank this way or you're doing it wrong" thing that a lot of younger kids seem to be so insistent upon. I've gotten so many weird looks from kids while I jump up and down and flail my arms around in the pit. As far as I'm concerned, ska is dance music, and I'm going to dance how I drat well please to it. Just as long as no one gets hurt or you're not inhibiting anyone else's ability to dance, you're doing it right.
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Apr 1, 2008 20:00
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I don't really feel that Streetlight Manifesto is a skanking band. The more I listen to their music I feel like moshing but I'll listen to Reel Big Fish and want to skank. I don't know, maybe I'm weird.
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Apr 1, 2008 20:27
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Mike_V posted:
The Slackers have been in Europe a lot lately playing. I saw them on a Booze Cruise over the summer, but trying to catch them since then has been rare. I've only been here since August, and it's been pretty sparse lately. Regardless of the shows that may or may not be happening, it's more that I can't seem to find any organized listing or site that shows what is coming up. Myspace only seems to show a handful of them, so if anyone knows anything, I'd love to hear it. BTMI also seems to be all over the place a lot more now, they used to do a lot of shows here in the area that I would drive up for, but being split between Atlanta and NYC kinda hinders that I guess.
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Apr 2, 2008 01:28
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Time to liven up this thread with some Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra! I never realized j-ska could reach these levels of awesome until I watched this video of them performing their song Skaravan live. Look at all the skanking! http://youtube.com/watch?v=R9dWMhSJq0c
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Apr 4, 2008 08:07
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My band (https://www.myspace.com/thelockup) just signed to "Do The Dog" records! Do The Dog are one of the UK's larger ska and reggae labels, with some cracking bands on (http://www.dothedog.com/ http://www.myspace.com/dothedogmusic), so we are well pleased with this development. If anyone fancies seeing us, we are headlining a "Ska Burlesque" show this evening in South London: The Amersham Arms 388 New Cross Street London And we will be playing tomorrow in Reading, Berkshire at The Face Bar, along with Catch It Kebabs, my other band The Brass Monkeys, and some others.
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Apr 4, 2008 11:11
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Chipyy posted:My band (https://www.myspace.com/thelockup) just signed to "Do The Dog" records!
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Apr 4, 2008 13:51
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Chipyy posted:My band (https://www.myspace.com/thelockup) just signed to "Do The Dog" records! Congratulations! You guys sound awesome, maybe we can play some shows together when Taj does our UK tour.
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Apr 4, 2008 14:02
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Thanks guys. Josh Wow, friend us up, I'd do it myself but I don't really run our myspace and I can't even remember the password at the moment. Loving your stuff, it's reminding me of Quality Softcore/Duck and Cover era Mad Caddies at the moment. Heyyyy.. I just read our myspace, it's gone all pretentious! Our Bio used to be funnier than that.
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Apr 4, 2008 14:12
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Chipyy posted:Thanks guys. Josh Wow, friend us up, I'd do it myself but I don't really run our myspace and I can't even remember the password at the moment. Loving your stuff, it's reminding me of Quality Softcore/Duck and Cover era Mad Caddies at the moment. I'll have my guitarist send you a friend request since I don't run our myspace either. We don't have anything planned for the UK tour other than that we want to do it, we'll probably end up over there in the next year or so.
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Apr 4, 2008 14:15
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Josh Wow posted:I'll have my guitarist send you a friend request since I don't run our myspace either. One of the perks of being in a ska band - so many band members that you can always find something else to do the boring stuff. One the other hand, it does mean you need more than one vehicle to get anywhere and have to share the free beer with more people.
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Apr 4, 2008 14:34
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Chipyy posted:One of the perks of being in a ska band - so many band members that you can always find something else to do the boring stuff. One the other hand, it does mean you need more than one vehicle to get anywhere and have to share the free beer with more people. We manage to get everywhere in one van but I totally feel you on having to share free pitchers from a gig. Two pitchers of beer last a lot longer between 3 people than between 6-8 people. Maybe I should start a pop-punk band...
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Apr 4, 2008 16:28
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Chipyy posted:My band (https://www.myspace.com/thelockup) just signed to "Do The Dog" records! Congrats! I remember listening to you guys back when I was lurking and really liking your stuff, but forgetting the name. Glad to see that you guys are getting up in the world.
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Apr 4, 2008 17:01
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Anyone want a ticket to Jacksonville (Florida) Streetlight show? I can't make it and I already got a ticket. It's April 18th at 8PM. I don't mind sending it to someone if they're certain they can go.
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Apr 5, 2008 05:31
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Thornes posted:Time to liven up this thread with some Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra! You have to love Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra...name me another band that will even think of using a sousaphone. What I would do to see them live 1 time. Its just to bad that th eonly way to get their cds new is for 20-40 bucks a pop, I feel bad that I had to download all but their full tension beaters cd.
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Apr 8, 2008 16:21
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Backno posted:You have to love Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra...name me another band that will even think of using a sousaphone. What I would do to see them live 1 time. Its just to bad that th eonly way to get their cds new is for 20-40 bucks a pop, I feel bad that I had to download all but their full tension beaters cd. If you don't mind buying music through iTunes, they have Stompin' Down the Beat and Answer up there for 11.99 and 9.99, respectively I believe. I had to purchase these afte Thornes' post because I lost what music of theirs I had a couple years ago. I loved their versions of Lupin the third and Tetris Type A. As for another band using the sousaphone, Youngblood Brass Band uses one though they aren't a ska band. There might be other brass bands out there that use one as well.
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Apr 8, 2008 16:57
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LTJ, Goldfinger, Big D, and Suburban Legends in Omaha on July 5th, I can't loving wait,  (LTJ has a bunch of new tour dates up) 4/30 ROCKETTOWN - NASHVILLE, TN 5/01 LINCOLN THEATRE RALEIGH, NC 5/03 THE BAMBOOZLE EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ 5/05 - ***CINCO DE MUSTACHE!!*** VALARIUM KNOXVILLE, TN 5/06 THE MUSIC FARM CHARLESTON, SC 6/17 JANNUS LANDING ST. PETERSBURG, FL 6/18 REVOLUTION FT. LAUDERDALE, FL 6/19 HOUSE OF BLUES ORLANDO, FL 6/20 - THE MASQUERADE ATLANTA, GA 6/21 HOUSE OF BLUES MYRTLE BEACH, SC 6/22 THE NORVA NORFOLK, VA 6/23 RAMS HEAD LIVE! BALTIMORE, MD 6/25 THE PALLADIUM WORCESTER, MA 6/27 LUPOS HEARTBREAK HOTEL PROVIDENCE, RI 6/29 PENNS LANDING PHILADELPHIA, PA 7/01 ROYAL OAK MUSIC THEATRE ROYAL OAK, MI 7/02 CONGRESS THEATRE CHICAGO, IL 7/03 FIRST AVENUE MINNEAPOLIS, MN 7/04 SUMMERFEST MILWAUKEE, WI 7/05 SOKOL AUDITORIUM OMAHA, NE 7/07 THE PAGEANT ST.LOUIS, MO 7/08 HOUSE OF BLUES CLEVELAND, OH 7/10 THE TOWN BALLROOM BUFFALO, NY 7/11 - HAMPTON BEACH CASINO BALLROOM HAMPTON BEACH, NH 7/12 THE CHANCE POUGHKEEPSIE, NY 7/13 WATER STREET MUSIC HALL ROCHESTER, NY 7/14 TOADS PLACE RICHMOND, VA 7/24 HOUSE OF BLUES LAS VEGAS, NV
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Raxe posted:As for another band using the sousaphone, Youngblood Brass Band uses one though they aren't a ska band. There might be other brass bands out there that use one as well. Funny that you should mention Youngblood Brass Band. I discovered them through a friend recently and their song Brooklyn is one of the most amazing things I've ever heard.
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Apr 8, 2008 18:06
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Speaking of Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, does anyone know where you can get any Empty Black Box cds in the US? I know you can have them imported, but that's really pricey.
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Apr 8, 2008 19:10
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Thornes posted:Funny that you should mention Youngblood Brass Band. I discovered them through a friend recently and their song Brooklyn is one of the most amazing things I've ever heard. Yeah, when I listened to most of their stuff right after I heard about them, I was blown away by what they were doing. For some reason, I love The Trilogy vs DJ Skooly, which is a face off between a DJ and three of their members.
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TLG James posted:LTJ, Goldfinger, Big D, and Suburban Legends in Omaha on July 5th, I can't loving wait,
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TLG James posted:LTJ, Goldfinger, Big D, and Suburban Legends in Omaha on July 5th, I can't loving wait, Is this for LTJ, Goldfinger, Big D, AND Suburban Legends? Or just LTJ. Either way I need a ticket for this.
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