Cramps Tonight at Irving Plaza

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Anyone going? Anyone have an extra ticket for me?

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 18 October 2004 20:14 (twenty-one years ago)

I so wish I was going. Alas, I am not. Have fun if you go, Mary!!!!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 18 October 2004 20:26 (twenty-one years ago)

I really want to go, but I just got back this morning from Chicago-Milwaukee-Detroit, and am afraid I will fall asleep before the show. The fact that it's at Irving Plaza is not a big draw either.

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 18 October 2004 20:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Hey, what's wrong with Irving Plaza? Saw some of the best shows of my life there -- it's a helluva lot better than Roseland. Alright, yes, Bowery Ballroom is way better, but still...Irving Plaza is one of the last of the old guard.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 18 October 2004 20:53 (twenty-one years ago)

The sound at Irving is better than Bowery, though.

― Loose Translation: Sexy Dancer (sexyDancer), Monday, 18 October 2004 21:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Oi! Second night of CRAMPS in a row for me.

― johnzorneatscorn (johnzorneatscorn), Monday, 18 October 2004 21:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Alex, you corporate whore, must I explain to you the ramifications of the Clear Channel–sponored hell that is I.P.?

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 18 October 2004 21:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Alex, you corporate whore, must I explain to you the ramifications of the Clear Channel–sponored hell that is I.P.?

I don't worry about that shit. If a band I like/espouse/am curious about is playing there -- I go. Over the years, at IP, I witnessed: The Ramones, Suicidal Tendencies, the Wedding Present, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Cop Shoot Cop, Foetus, James, Nick Cave & the Bad Sees, Curve, Echo & the Bunnymen, Lush, Man or Astroman, Skeleton Key, Fishbone and about seven dozen more I can't recall at the moment. The place is fine by me.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 18 October 2004 22:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Suicidal Tendencies, the Wedding Present, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Cop Shoot Cop, Foetus, James, Nick Cave & the Bad Sees, Curve, Echo & the Bunnymen, Lush, Man or Astroman, Skeleton Key, Fishbone

This Clear Channel business is even worse than I thought!

― adam. (nordicskilla), Monday, 18 October 2004 22:25 (twenty-one years ago)

You're a bag of rancid feces, adam.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 18 October 2004 23:02 (twenty-one years ago)

I am going tonight (heading over in a couple minutes I supppose), but probably leaving after the Gore Gore Girls are done, since they will doubtlessly blow the Cramps off stage (which is nothing against the Cramps, who I'm sure would be mildly entertaining if I wasn't so sleepy despite their not having made a decent album for a couple decades or more. The Gore Gore Girls would blow just about *anybody* of the stage. It's sort of their job. "All Grown Up" and "Sweet Potato" on their immminent new EP must be heard to be believed.)

― chuck, Monday, 18 October 2004 23:39 (twenty-one years ago)

You're a bag of rancid feces, adam.

Very nice of you to say so, old chap.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Monday, 18 October 2004 23:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Chuck, Flamejob was good.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Monday, 18 October 2004 23:57 (twenty-one years ago)

love the Cramps, myself. & the few GoreGoreGirls tunes ive heard were rather wicked.

― kephm, Tuesday, 19 October 2004 00:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Aww, the poor Brimstone guy broke his ankle.

― johnzorneatscorn (johnzorneatscorn), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 03:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Saw the Cramps in Boston on Saturday, but arrived too late for the Gore Gore Girls -- d'oh! Is it just me or is Lux turning somewhat ... professional? This is a guy I remember stripping down to red garters and fishnets and climbing the speaker columns years ago. Now he doesn't do anything past putting the mic in his mouth.

― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 11:04 (twenty-one years ago)

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