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Re: Video: Bo and the Locomotive performs 'Grass' for Show Me Shows

Roy — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:10:39 -0000

Fixed. Thanks Amy.

Re: It's, like, that radical 80s Contest!

Chris Ward — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:39:06 -0000

Remember to email answers...don't post here. Thanks!

Re: Video: Bo and the Locomotive performs 'Grass' for Show Me Shows

Amy — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:50:13 -0000

The bass player's last name is Arato, not Aruto.

Re: Forecastle Festival contest: Win some weekend passes!

Chris Ward — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:18:56 -0000

You shit pencils?

Re: Justin Hinds @ 70: A retrospective with memories from family, musicians & peers

Dennis Higgins — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:26:33 -0000

This is an excellent write up

Re: Justin Hinds @ 70: A retrospective with memories from family, musicians & peers

Dennis Higgins — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:24:56 -0000

This is a lovely expression about Justin Hinds at 70. All the comments are so representative and thanks Michael for such an excellent job.Not many persons in Jamaica may learn of this write up and sure our leading newspapers here ought to log in and make a publication. But MICHAEL, THATS UP TO YOU

Re: Forecastle Festival contest: Win some weekend passes!

Jarred Gastreich — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:41:35 -0000

I should have begun by saying I'm pretty prude, and that was my first time defecating outside of a bathroom - not counting ages 1-5ish when I was still doing it in my pants.

Re: Forecastle Festival contest: Win some weekend passes!

Jarred Gastreich — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:38:54 -0000

While waiting in the motionless line to get into Bonnaroo, I did a #2 about 20 feet from the road, behind some small bushes. I almost stepped on a couple of other piles of #2 while I was back there. So it's not such a unique story I guess...

Re: Justin Hinds @ 70: A retrospective with memories from family, musicians & peers

Abercrombie and Fitch — Tue, 15 May 2012 03:42:14 -0000

Maybe you should try seeing both sides of this issue instead of assuming that yours is the only valid opinion. Id still read it, I like the way you write. But I can see some people getting upset.

Re: Concert review: Alan Evans Trio and the Rhythm Section Road Show throw funk fiesta at the Old Rock House, Saturday, May 5

Phillip Nicewaner — Mon, 14 May 2012 21:33:39 -0000

You forgot to mention the amazing encore of a four-minute drum solo that led to a ten minute rendition of Cream's White Room. Both groups completely killed it and Coco, Presberg, and company found multiple new fans, I am sure.

Re: Forecastle Festival contest: Win some weekend passes!

Basement_rockets — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:21:11 -0000

I went to my first festival in 2009 and that festival was Bonnaroo. I wanted to go in 2008 but wound up deciding against it. (Sorry, I just don't like Metallica) I absolutely loved it. Every moment. It poured down our first night. The sound of the raining hitting a certain section of tents and then moving over to ours was fun. Each time it was followed by a large cheer. I knew then that everyone was there for the same thing and everyone was going through the motions. My absolute favorite moment was Friday night. Though a few of my friends wound up sleeping all of Friday night. I don't know how! Anyway, I felt like I was in this huge ocean. Kind of floating around from show to show. David Byrne was the highlight. Hearing 40,000 people sing "Burning Down The House" was amazing. Crystal Castles, Paul Oakenfold, Public Enemy were all on that same night too. The whole weekend was amazing. Saturday was a bit different. Nine Inch Nails was the show of the night. Though I couldn't handle the intensity. I walked over to MGMT expecting a fun show but did not get that. They just didn't sound good. And I remember me and my group friends not talking for the longest time. Then I turned to someone and said "This isn't good right? Like this isn't just me?" and they all agreed. It was a weird moment but a good group bonding experience too. Sunday was Erykah Badu, Michael and Michael Have Issue and Snoop Dogg. Sunday was very chill. Getting a really close spot for Badu was gratifying as we hadn't gotten that close all weekend. As the night winded down, I was feeling a bit sad. I didn't want to leave. I felt like it was the thing I had been looking for at the time. I wound up staying Sunday night and kind of watching Phish. I'm not a fan really at all but sitting there and watching the crowd was great. The crowd was full of people being highly interactive with each other and hula hoops and everything else. As I sat there, I really didn't want to leave. But as all things go, It had to end. We left Monday morning. The first shower when I got back home felt heavenly. But that doesn't even come close the feeling I felt while I was there. I haven't' missed a year since then. I try to take that feeling with me all year around. Not just there.

Shawn Michael at basement_rockets@yahoo.com

Re: Forecastle Festival contest: Win some weekend passes!

Chris Ward — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:12:07 -0000

I'm ineligible but I'll start. I went to Lollapalooza (can't remember what year) and got in the crowd for Girl Talk, which was the most amazing thing I'd ever experienced live -- hot, sweaty, happy people all around, limbs all akimbo. I was sort of flipping out, and didn't realize how exhausted and overheated I was actually getting. I forgot that I was not 18 anymore. So I see they are pulling people out of the crowd at the front who are overheated. At some point I realize I'm done: need to get out, go hydrate and come back.

Except when they pull me out, the security guy grabs me by the neck instead of walking me around to the side. It becomes clear what's happening: he's gonna kick my ass out. I don't know if he thought I was causing trouble, but you know how these things go. I just wanted to get out of the crowd. But then I'm like "screw it. If I'm gonna get kicked out after paying all this money, I want to actually get kicked out for doing something." I feel his hand go slack on my neck, and I'm staring at the ground and see stairs leading up to the stage.

BAM! I take a hard left, bound up the steps and join the crowd on stage. I leap up onto the table where Greg is mixing and just start dancing. It felt like minutes, but it must have been seconds. The next thing I know I'm being flipped over a guard's shoulder and carried out like a sack of potatoes. He sets me down (doesn't throw me, thank god) and says "this guy's gone." Clearly, staying out is not an option.

I'm walking down the fence row, and I see a Golf Cart I think I can scramble up and hop the fence. But then, out of no where, an opening...they open the fence to let a food vendor in. I see my chance and take off through the hole past everyone. I hear "STOP THAT GUY! HEY!" and I don't turn around. There is a semi tractor trailer parked on some gravel, and I do a Bourne Identity-style, second base stealing slide underneath it, pop up, jump a large bush like Ferris Bueller, and run...run...run. When I'm confident I've lost everyone in the crowd, I take my shirt off and change the doo-rag I have on (just in case it's somehow recognizable, by any chance). I go back and enjoy the rest of the show.

A year or so later when I'm writing for this music mag and interviewing Greg, I tell him at the end of the interview that I really need to apologize for crashing the stage and dancing on his table, and that it was probably out of line. He says "Why are you apologizing? That's awesome!" Haven't done anything like that since I was in high school.

So there's that story...

Re: Concert review: The Polyphonic Spree (with New Fumes and Sweet Lee Morrow) raise all voices at the Duck Room, Friday, May 11

Tim — Mon, 14 May 2012 10:18:04 -0000

The Spree were great, but I found the sound mix to be terrible. Granted, I'm sure it's tough to blend all the different instruments and vocals, but I'm confident it would have sounded better in someone else's hands (and in a bigger room). The Duck Room was not the venue for these guys. What I thought would be an intimate experience ended up to be a frustrating one.

Re: Event review: KDHX fans and DJs share love, music and chaos at Midwest Mayhem at the City Museum, Thursday, May 10

Ingchristine — Sat, 12 May 2012 07:25:59 -0000

This event just keeps getting better and better!

Re: ‘Give the audience a new experience’ An interview with Maria Lindén of I Break Horses

Abercrombie and Fitch Sale — Sat, 12 May 2012 04:23:17 -0000

Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold; the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul. Democritus.

Re: Festival review: Rockin’ and rollin’ on the river at the Beale Street Music Festival, May 5 and 6

Eddie Carrigan — Thu, 10 May 2012 10:18:21 -0000

Sounds like a Festival that was too good to miss..Too Bad.

Re: Reckless Kelly 5/8/12

DEPARTED Priest — Wed, 09 May 2012 10:55:59 -0000

Joe Miller is now on bass. His former band, Back Porch Mary (has performed at the Pageant) played their final show last weekend. I believe this was Joe's first show with RK.

Re: Album review: Justin Townes Earle moves on with ‘Nothing’s Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now’ (MP3 download)

Bobgarza — Wed, 09 May 2012 00:10:38 -0000

He would be a mighty fine surprise for Twangfest 2012!

Re: UPDATE: Midwest Mayhem contest winners

Kate — Mon, 07 May 2012 15:09:51 -0000

Why do I want to marry Nick D'Angelo so hard?

Re: Concert review and set list: Social Distortion slows it down at Pop's, Saturday, April 29

Dale — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:33:59 -0000

My wife and I completely agree with your review. Like many, we are long-time fans of Social D, and were extremely dissapointed with this performance. We almost left when they did an AARP version of "Ball and Chain." We did stay for the encore. It will take a lot of persuading for me to spend $80 at a crappy venue to see them again.

Re: Album review: ‘Liza Minnelli Live At The Winter Garden’—honest and at the top of her game

ben campbell — Wed, 02 May 2012 11:29:06 -0000

Liza sings the best ever version of More Than You Know on Live at The Winter Garden. Purchase the album for this track alone. I've never heard anyone set this song alight at the end the way Liza does here.

Re: UPDATE: Midwest Mayhem contest winners

microminimalist — Tue, 01 May 2012 17:06:36 -0000

This is the funniest commentary posted on the internet in at least two hours. YOU WIN AT THE INTERNET.

Re: Concert review: Portugal. The Man (with the Lonely Forest and Union Tree Review) psych out the Pageant, Sunday, April 29

Jeb146 — Tue, 01 May 2012 16:08:22 -0000

Agree that the stage was entirely too dark. And the band was not very warm or endearing. Enjoyed the show, still.

Re: Contest: Win Midwest Mayhem tickets!

JV — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:51:27 -0000

Trying to figure a way back from Grafton.

Re: Contest: Win Midwest Mayhem tickets!

JV — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:47:35 -0000

Cheap Cheap Fun Fun at The City Museum for some KDHX party a few years ago!