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ProverbialCereal
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 Posted - 05/02/2005 : 18:04:49
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I saw the Shins two nights in a row in Asheville, NC.
It was freakin' great.
The Brunettes opened. They were really good. Fun, very adorable pop music from New Zealand.
That's it. I haven't posted a topic in a while.
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Sir Rockabye
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Posted - 05/02/2005 : 18:08:02
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I missed the shins. They played three shows last week in New York that I could have attended, but wasn't able to due to the Jewish holidays.
I honestly wasn't that upset. I saw their taped performace at the Austin Cit Limits, and they didn't look that impressive live. I figured, if they coudln't impress me when I knew they would be putting on their best show (best show due to the fact that they knew it was being recorded for a national viewing audience) how could they impress me when they weren't?
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ProverbialCereal
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Posted - 05/02/2005 : 18:23:40
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Huh, well... you probably missed 3 really good shows. That Austin city Limits show is about 2 years old anyhow, so who knows how much they've improved their live show.
They were energetic, tight, and James Mercer's vocals were amazing. Both shows I saw were of equal goodness.
Plus the female singer of the Brunettes is a babe.
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Sir Rockabye
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 05/02/2005 : 18:31:14
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Well, glad you had a good time Proverbial. I'll make my best effort to catch them next time they are around.
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Homers_pet_monkey
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 05/03/2005 : 06:16:37
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They were fantastic when I saw them at Reading Festival last year. The gig converted one of my friends too.
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hawken
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Posted - 05/03/2005 : 07:02:35
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Caught the Shins live at the Black Cat in DC a couple years ago...great show, great band. Lots of energy...you can tell they're having fun.
Also saw James Mercer perform a solo acoustic show he co-headed with Sam Beam (Iron and Wine) at IOTA in Arlington. That performance was amazing, coolest thing was there was probably only about 25 of us in the bar for James' portion of the show! |
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Monsieur
* Dog in the Sand *
France
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Posted - 05/03/2005 : 07:16:20
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The Shins are one of my favorite current bands. I missed them in Paris, but I will certainly not miss their next show in France.
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Cult_Of_Frank
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Canada
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Posted - 05/03/2005 : 07:20:57
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Sounds awesome, I'd love to catch them, plus any babe in a band is a bonus! (do I get a 3-B-bonus?)
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Broken Face
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Posted - 05/03/2005 : 08:16:32
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sorry dean, scrabble rules no longer apply in general chat
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
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Posted - 05/03/2005 : 08:25:13
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I haven't heard them, but The Shins is a pretty lousy name IMO. Not as crappy as The National but still.
Denis
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Cult_Of_Frank
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Posted - 05/03/2005 : 08:33:10
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Damn! Knew I should've used up my z's when I had a chance.
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
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Posted - 05/03/2005 : 08:34:02
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Start a thread about the Zutons then. Like "I hate the Zutons" for instance.
Denis
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ProverbialCereal
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Posted - 05/03/2005 : 08:58:35
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What the Shins name lacks, they make up for with the quality of their music. You eventually forget how simple and almost lame the name of the band is. I dunno, I think it works for them. Maybe because I'm used to it by now.
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Homers_pet_monkey
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 05/03/2005 : 10:42:09
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Yeah it's a terrible name but then so is The Beatles.
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 05/03/2005 : 10:44:24
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talking of band names - what about "the real republic" ?
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Homers_pet_monkey
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Posted - 05/03/2005 : 10:46:10
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Well it begins with 'The' so it's not too imaginative.
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PixieSteve
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Poland
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Posted - 05/03/2005 : 10:47:02
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ok. "real republic"
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 05/03/2005 : 10:55:31
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That's better. Are you starting a band?
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 05/03/2005 : 11:01:47
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i am already sort of in a band - playing together for fun for over a year. but not really a band in teh sense that we write songs (though we've had a go). lately decided we might aswell come up with a name.
anyway, the shins... never heard of em.
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
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Posted - 05/03/2005 : 20:34:46
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wow thats so cool that you got to see the shins.
the stupidest thing ever i did about a concert is i got confused... the concert was on a tuesday i think and then I was thinking it was that following sat.
then my husband goes.... umm i think concert was yesterday. I was pretty darn po'd. |
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Skatealex1
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 05/04/2005 : 02:33:43
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Originally posted by Sir Rockabye
I missed the shins. They played three shows last week in New York that I could have attended, but wasn't able to due to the Jewish holidays.
I honestly wasn't that upset. I saw their taped performace at the Austin Cit Limits, and they didn't look that impressive live. I figured, if they coudln't impress me when I knew they would be putting on their best show (best show due to the fact that they knew it was being recorded for a national viewing audience) how could they impress me when they weren't?
Some brains just work that way, that's what chemicals can do.
Same thing here I had to miss that and Im gonna be missing the decemberists today too  but for the decemberists i actually have the tickets oh well
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I saw the Shins live.
