nyc 5/22, the evening edition: sightings, free blood, megaweapon at tommy's tavern

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as mentioned on the other thread, this show is happening along with the daytime east river music project extravaganza.

who: sightings (load records; my favorites)
free blood (heavy-breathing !!! side project, but much more than the sum of its parts)
megaweapon (george from sf's zum records, doing god knows what.*)
also: dj g-druzzi (the abc's/the ratpure) and dj dan "new york" selzer (crazy rhythms/acute records/nyhappenings/my really good friend/blah blah)

when: saturday may 22, 8pm

where: tommy's tavern, 1041 manhattan avenue at freeman street, brooklyn, ny (g train to greenpoint avenue)

how much: $6. cheep!

*seriously, i have no idea what this is going to sound like. come out and be surprised!

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 20 May 2004 16:59 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.neatstuff.net/robotics-pics/Voltron-Robot.gif

― Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Thursday, 20 May 2004 17:03 (twenty years ago) link

Argument to thread.

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Thursday, 20 May 2004 17:04 (twenty years ago) link

guest list guest list guest list

― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 20 May 2004 17:05 (twenty years ago) link

ha i know there ain't no guest list at tommy's

― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 20 May 2004 17:05 (twenty years ago) link

for once I'd love to see a electro dj whatever bill where there's one token indie noise band and not the other way around

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 20 May 2004 17:09 (twenty years ago) link

well no one could say I didn't give it a shot.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 20 May 2004 17:12 (twenty years ago) link

yeah, those people work their way into everything! ridiculous.

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Thursday, 20 May 2004 17:13 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.damndjs.com/images/damn/shock.jpg

― sexyDancer`, Thursday, 20 May 2004 17:13 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.ninjaturtlesnetwork.com/VideoGames/TMNT1-016.jpg

― Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Thursday, 20 May 2004 17:15 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.ninjaturtlesnetwork.com/VideoGames/TMNT2-008.jpg

― Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Thursday, 20 May 2004 17:16 (twenty years ago) link

well no one could say I didn't give it a shot.

thanks, pal.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 20 May 2004 17:16 (twenty years ago) link

I should listen to Sightings.

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Thursday, 20 May 2004 17:23 (twenty years ago) link

that's hard to do.

― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 20 May 2004 17:23 (twenty years ago) link

Shut up!

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Thursday, 20 May 2004 17:25 (twenty years ago) link

yeah. shhh.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 20 May 2004 17:28 (twenty years ago) link

hahahahahahahaha omg roffle roffle roffle!

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:14 (twenty years ago) link

AMATEUR!!@!@@!

― Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:15 (twenty years ago) link

don't bring am@teurist into this, dude.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:16 (twenty years ago) link

if i ever have children, one of them will be called roffle.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:16 (twenty years ago) link

and the dude who never heard Neu! 75 is calling me an amateur, too. That smarts.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:17 (twenty years ago) link

yeah, but the same dude has the roffle copter

― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:19 (twenty years ago) link

BUT DOES HE LIKE LA DUSSELDORF?!?

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:19 (twenty years ago) link

roffle expert / rother newbie

― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:22 (twenty years ago) link

I HAVE HAD THE OTHER NEU! ALBUMS FOR YEARS, OK!!!

― Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:26 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.illmob.org/funny/roflcopter3.gif

― Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:28 (twenty years ago) link

BUT DO YOU LIKE LA DUSSELDORF?

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:29 (twenty years ago) link

Is anyone here going to the Scissor Sisters show on Saturday? It'd be nice to meet up, say hi.

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:30 (twenty years ago) link

lp,

megaweapon is george's DJ name but i think i saw him do some token indie guitar/noise.

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:30 (twenty years ago) link

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:31 (twenty years ago) link

xpost: ps: tell him i said hi... :-\

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:32 (twenty years ago) link

"picture of dusseldorf dude laughing at donkey > La Dusseldorf > Sightings > 'Planet Rock' > 50 year-old Polish dudes in shorts giving you high-fives > Frank Zappa > donkey balls > scissor sisters" is probably the consensus of this thread's participants.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:33 (twenty years ago) link

I WILL HAVE TO SEE

― Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:33 (twenty years ago) link

the above was an xpost obv

hstencil, otm, obv!

― Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:34 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.acuterecords.com/22nd.jpg

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:34 (twenty years ago) link

interested to see/hear what Gabe will spin.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:35 (twenty years ago) link

me wearing white overalls>anything else in the world

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:36 (twenty years ago) link

oh, I see how that works. Mr. Hstencil taken in by the celebrity DJ. Doesn't care what I'm gonna play. Oh no, just you wait and see.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:36 (twenty years ago) link

well see Dan GABE DOESN'T DJ EVERY DAMN WEEKEND.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:38 (twenty years ago) link

$20 to Dan if he wears and plays "White Overalls" Saturday.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:38 (twenty years ago) link

TELL ME ABOUT SIGHTINGS

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:41 (twenty years ago) link

THEY ARE LOUD.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:41 (twenty years ago) link

I sometimes wonder if White Overalls isn't some weird racist thing. You know, White Over All, Over All Over All Over All!

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:42 (twenty years ago) link

SIGHTINGS ARE EITHER THE BEST OR TEH WORST

― Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:42 (twenty years ago) link

Dan, it probably is, they're GERMANS. "Fucking Germans, nothing changes."

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:43 (twenty years ago) link

wasn't the white overall thing discussed already? what we should discuss is how i totally fucked up in the game by not asking mikey/freddie/alfredo mas to dj the show. D'OH. why did i not think of this earlier?

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:44 (twenty years ago) link

"We are NIHILISTS!"

"Ja, we believe in NOTHING!"

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:44 (twenty years ago) link

well...I can think of many reasons why not to ask Mikey to DJ! But I'm sure it's not too late.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:46 (twenty years ago) link

Autobahn

― Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:47 (twenty years ago) link

me on my way to Tommy's:

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 20 May 2004 18:49 (twenty years ago) link

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fuck. should have gone. stayed home and watched "spellbound" instead.

― phil-two (phil-two), Sunday, 23 May 2004 07:00 (twenty years ago) link

Sightings ruled last halloween & at No Fun Fest. When I saw them the first time, a few years ago, they weren't as great. But they've been kicking ass and fucking with my head regularly now. <emofag> I REALLY AM DUMB FOR NOT GETTING ABSOLUTES YET. BUT I DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE RECORD STORE WHERE IT WILL BE CHEAPEST BCZ MY EX MIGHT BE WORKING. </emofag>

― Ian Johnson (orion), Sunday, 23 May 2004 07:14 (twenty years ago) link

dude i should have gone to this! i totally missed out!

derrick may didn't get good til the end....there was a huuuge expanse where it was just punishing, brutal, hard-as-nails techno that was impossible to get into

― geeta (geeta), Sunday, 23 May 2004 09:02 (twenty years ago) link

....TOLD YOU SO!

thanks for having me Lauren...while as usual I was a bit dissapointed there weren't millions upon millions of people going crazy, we had a nice dance party for a while. Gabe and I cracked up about how many of the same records we brought(though different mixes, trainspotters...I had the Modern Romance Can You Move single, he had the bootleg edit, I had the french Disco Circus LP, he had the ballroom Francois K. mix, 2 copies of Human League Love and Dancing, etc)

There was a great disco light but some girl with "epilepsy" made me turn it off. Whatever, those epileptics, always ruining it for the normal folk.

Megaweapon had it's moments, dr. sample and foot pedal power electronics with some big melodic tones and power chord guitar rock sampling, Free Blood was FANTASTIC...really, it's great there's a band doing that, funky, sexy, fun, a bit silly, a bit sultry etc. Sightings however, I left 30 seconds in because I immediatey got a headache, shoulda brought protection...came back near the end to cue a record and had to wear my headphones it was so loud. All these kids were totally moshing. They were fantastic. John is a goddamn machine of a drummer, I want to see him have a drum-off with Kid from Oneida. Richard was "tight" on bass and Mark, well, everytime he touches his guitar it sounds like a steel factory exploding shards of aluminum and mercury splattering everywhere. Don't know what that means. No Wave meets thrash hardcore was my first impression upon seeing them years ago at the 103.9 space, and it still stands, add some Noise and Neue Deutsche Welle and you're set.

So yeah, a pretty good night, definately woulda been better if Geeta and Phil were there dancing.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Sunday, 23 May 2004 16:09 (twenty years ago) link

the disco light at Tommy's is indeed great. I had a great time last night, and didn't even go into the back room (might've had something to do with the 7 beers and big pinch of hash I had before I even got there).

― hstencil (hstencil), Sunday, 23 May 2004 23:24 (twenty years ago) link

dude...the drummer from sightings has to be the WORST drummer going, and i love sightings...it's like watching lawyers dance to DANCEHALL, awful.

anyway, I went to to see the fall...sorry lauren. I regret not going to Tommy's because every fuckface in williamsburg was crowded into an 11' x 11' room trying to get a piece of real live punk rock.

― ddb, Monday, 24 May 2004 13:01 (twenty years ago) link

DUDE I NEVER SEE YOU ANYMORE.

Also, Dan, did you get a haircut? Looks sharp, buddy!

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 24 May 2004 13:35 (twenty years ago) link

Homes,
I was keeping my eyes peeled for you at that East River show...were you there?

I still haven't seen you on WHEELS OF STEEL.

**sigh**

― ddb, Monday, 24 May 2004 13:40 (twenty years ago) link

I was there, down on the right side with MY MAIN MAN RUSS and all the other "cool kids" and whatnot (except for part of White Magic's set - when I was over on a hillside SMOKING HASH).

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 24 May 2004 13:42 (twenty years ago) link

Nice,
Hash rules and White Magic SUCK(ED).
I was on the left, under a tree...eating a Mango ice...good shit.

I'll see you soon, son.

― ddb, Monday, 24 May 2004 13:44 (twenty years ago) link

you didn't like White Magic? I was just about to start a thread about 'em. I like their new EP.

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 24 May 2004 13:47 (twenty years ago) link

Nah Dude...I'm a hater.

I don't know if there is a thread for the Fall show, but there is an Awesome review via Jon Fine via Dan's NYHAPPENING list....

10th or so post.

http://invisionfree.com/forums/thefall/index.php?showtopic=1787

― ddb, Monday, 24 May 2004 13:49 (twenty years ago) link

"Seems the Fall played a small gig on Thurs for Record Execs - about 3 songs..."

hahahahahahahahahaha.

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 24 May 2004 13:56 (twenty years ago) link

yup. not too many songs, but lots of vodka-soaked watermelon slices mmm mmm.

― lauren (laurenp), Monday, 24 May 2004 14:31 (twenty years ago) link

FREE BEER AND I DON'T EVEN WORK IN THE RECORD INDUSTRY! YAY!

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 24 May 2004 14:35 (twenty years ago) link

I was at the White Magic show, in the middle, sitting with my friend, pointing to where Mr. hstencil was and saying, "see, that's where all the cool kids are."

I'm not joking. I was like "that's black dice, and that guy's in the animal collective, and that guy's in the rapture and that woman was in the vels, and there's a rogers sister and that dude's in gang gang dance and that's BJ"

I have to say, and this is probably best for the other thread, but I wish the show was promoted more to audiences who would've loved to see Sharon Jones free outside. Almost the ENTIRE crowd was the typical east village/williamsburg hipster set. I guess that's what happens with token bands.

Anyway, I liked White Magic, I pretty much always do, definately glad she had the piano, I've seen them play acoustic sans piano(also sans miggy.) I thought they were good and while they're being cast into the neo-psyche folk revival, it's really a neo-psyche-rock revival, i.e., they are way more Jefferson Airplane then Incredible String Band. Or something.

And yes, I got a haircut, and I'm very happy with it.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:12 (twenty years ago) link

"...and that's BJ"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA OMG ROFFLE!!!!!!

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:14 (twenty years ago) link

haha, the Rogers Sisters. The best thing ever was seeing them being forced to open up for my scumbag RI noise friends.

― Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:16 (twenty years ago) link

don't dis on the Rogers Sisters - the Rogers sister in question at the show is a major friend (and I think I blushed when she smiled and waved hello at me).

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:17 (twenty years ago) link

plus they're on your favorite label NOISE IS THE NEW EMO DUDE.

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:17 (twenty years ago) link

Why would you blush when she looked at you? ARE YOU EASILY WON OVER BY INDIE PSEUDO CELEBRITY FUXXX? (haha, I am guilty of this pretty bad, I always feel awkward at 8r14n Ch1pp3nd41e's place. [He and I have pretty huge overlap in our record collections! Sun Ra records, Boredoms, Ruins, Load-related stuff, etc.)

― Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:24 (twenty years ago) link

I like the Rogers Sisters when they sound like the B-52s/Fall, not as much when they sound garagey. I totally had a crush on the drummer.

However I've never had a crush on anyone from Lightning Bolt.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:25 (twenty years ago) link

oh, and you're laughing at the BJ joke but not the Vels reference?

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:26 (twenty years ago) link

The Rogers Sisters weren't very good when I saw them. EVEN COACHWHIPS WERE BETTAR

― Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:27 (twenty years ago) link

no I like the Vels reference, that was totally ace (and you're prolly the only one sharp enough to make it). I am friend with BJ but that doesn't mean I can't have a laugh at his expense, does it?

"See that guy with the red hair and the ERMP shirt? He was in Born in East L.A. and also plays in the SB and Watersports. See that guy standing next to him? He, uh, doesn't do shit!"

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:28 (twenty years ago) link

I like their Beefheart cover and hey they run the coolest bar in Brooklyn (after Tommy's).

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:28 (twenty years ago) link

oh yeah...then I was like "and that's hstencil...he's the only guy in nyc who likes minimalist composers more then me..."

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:34 (twenty years ago) link

well, and Kyle Gann, probably.

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:34 (twenty years ago) link

Brian Turner told me he likes reading my ILM posts! Thanks, Brian!

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:35 (twenty years ago) link

Message to the Roger Sisters...CLEAN THE MEN'S BATHROOM, IT SMELLS LIKE PEE PEE, LIKE BAD!

― ddb, Monday, 24 May 2004 16:36 (twenty years ago) link

the whole bar smells like peeeeee

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:37 (twenty years ago) link

that's why it's so cool.

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:37 (twenty years ago) link

MEMO TO ERIC FROM BLACK DICE FROM ROGER SISTER #1:

please clean boys bathroom smells like pee

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:37 (twenty years ago) link

seriously tho, maybe I should see a doctor, I can never smell anything.

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:38 (twenty years ago) link

MEMO TO ERIC FROM BLACK DICE FROM ROGER SISTER #2:

five minutes is too long to cook a hot dog.

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:38 (twenty years ago) link

ZING AGAIN.

CUTTY OTMFM!

― ddb, Monday, 24 May 2004 16:38 (twenty years ago) link

ha, the guy in the cool corner cleans cutty's PEE!

― ddb, Monday, 24 May 2004 16:39 (twenty years ago) link

MEMO TO ALL ASPIRING ART-NOISE MUSICIANS:

it's not as glamorous as it seems when you are cleaning pee and cooking veggie dogs

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:43 (twenty years ago) link

do you ever play that video game by the front door where you get to see naked ladies?

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:44 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.eblox.com/lechner/totalbreakfast.jpg

― Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:46 (twenty years ago) link

no but i play the game where i ask girls at the bar to be naked ladies

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:47 (twenty years ago) link

i am soooooooooooo good at naked lady photo hunt.

― lauren (laurenp), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:48 (twenty years ago) link

lauren, don't they have a version where you see penis?

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:48 (twenty years ago) link

WHAT GAME IS THIS???????????

Also: http://www.game-revolution.com/chatter/mailbag/custer.jpg

― Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:49 (twenty years ago) link

all the girls I know are better at naked lady photo hunt than the dudes!

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:49 (twenty years ago) link

jon, sometimes you are like a guy on a radio show who is ready to insert any fart/burp/glass breaking/screaming woman sound effect at moment's notice.

where/what is this archive of images that you are so quick to pull shit out of?!? or are you just googl'n?

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:51 (twenty years ago) link

i have my sources

― Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:52 (twenty years ago) link

there is such a version, but if your most reliable drinking buddies are perved-out boys then they usually object to the penis version. what if someone sees and thinks that they're G-A-Y!!

― lauren (laurenp), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:52 (twenty years ago) link

I've seen that...there's a website with an archive of images from classic old-school porn video games somewhere.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:54 (twenty years ago) link

That's the infamous "Custer's Revenge"

Review here: http://www.classicgaming.com/rotw/custer.shtml

― Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:57 (twenty years ago) link

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