2007: How many live shows did you see?

1

only 1 fucking show

Deerhunter

Marnie Stern

finis

Counting festivals, quite a few shows. Arguably the ones that were the greatest distance to attend were Brett Anderson and NIN, as they were both in London...

2 shows. different bands, but both had my friend joey in them. that is all.

4 shows, mostly as a pretext for salsa dancing. (Actually in one case it was a multi-artist concert where featuring some performers I was interested in as more than just bands to make it possible for me to dance.) Am I forgetting anything? I certainly didn't go out much this year.

people who doesnt like to go to shows , although they love music, and live in a place where it's available - c/d?

20 to 30 (despite whining about late starting times, etc.)

Hmm. Wedding Present, Klaxons, National (x2), Peter Bjorn & John, OCDJ, MIA, The Stills, Miss Kitten & Ellen Allien, Alex Smoke, Doc Martin, Tiefschwarz, Young Knives, Good, Bad & Queen, Jeff Samuel, Dan Curtin, Guido Schneider, Josh Wink. Probably about 20? Seems about right.

^^yes all my reasons for not going to more than 2 shows are listed in that thread - xpost

except for Om. i really wanted to go, but it was raining, weeknight, too far, etc etc.

Prolly saw 100+ bands this year through work - gigs I voluntarily attended? maybe 3

Gigs I paid into? one

over 50, probably up to 60 or 70 by now. but then, this year I had a paid gig covering live shows on the regular. I think the most shows I saw in a given year before this one was about 30 in 2005.

My band played 21 shows, so I saw whatever bands were on the same bill with us. I went to the Pitchfork Festival on all three days. I saw friends' bands play at least half a dozen times. After that, though, I didn't see very much. Right now all I can think that I saw was Battles/Caribou, New Young Pony Club, Feist/Grizzly Bear, the Tuvan throat singers, and Girl Talk. Definitely not as many as usual.

no I-Pod of stereo can recreate the volume, intensity, or personal nature of a concert.

Wrong.

people who doesnt like to go to shows , although they love music, and live in a place where it's available - c/d?

(Hadn't seen curmudgeon already linked to that; sorry...)

Anyway, I saw Van Halen. And a couple other things, I guess.

Times New Viking twice, Blonde Redhead for the first time, BMRC (left after one song, I got in free), Clockcleaner (with TNV), Clipd Beaks (played on the same bill), Safety Pin...There weren't very many shows in my town this year.

I'm going to "win" this thread (thereby losing my hearing), aren't I?

Marshall Stack > Home stereo speakers >/= headphones

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I just skimmed that other thread and it sounds like a bunch of gentrified bullshit to me.

hmmm. i saw a Blonde Redhead/The National double bill that was pretty good. a lot of festival acts, the ACL Festival in Austin - Yo La Tengo, Bjork, LCD Soundsystem, My Morning Jacket, Wilco, Dylan (UGH), Arcade Fire, Blonde Redhead x2, the National x2, Spoon, a lot of other bands at festivals that weren't quite as memorable. Yo La Tengo the following Monday night, 2-1/2 hours, favorite show of the year. i saw Spoon a couple other times in Austin. Caribou, great show, on the same night as Boris, fucking great show as well. Battles in a small venue, who were excellent, and again at a festival, also fantastic. Electrelane. The Black Keys with Dinosaur Jr supporting, awesome. Mark Burgess (with Yves Altana), Calla, Sloan, the Apples in Stereo, a Place to Bury Strangers at SXSW07. Cat Power, Spoon a fourth time. Don Cab (boring) before Battles at a fest. The Church with Rob Dickinson (Catherine Wheel) supporting, was v drunk, good show though. Billy Corgan/"Smashing Pumpkins" in Austin and Dallas, twice in one week. Echo and the Bunnymen, fantastic show, i think that was this year in Jan/Feb sometime. Sonic Youth in the summer, lots of Daydream stuff, great show. Eluvium (good) with Explosions in the Sky (dull). Interpol for free, wouldn't have seen it otherwise. Low outdoors, fucking fantastic as usual, with uh...Charlie Parker? Ted Leo, Of Montreal, New Pornos at a fest, all pretty entertaining. a great Mogwai show, though that may have been 2006. had tickets to Psychedelic Furs, ended up cancelled. Spectrum/Sonic Boom with about 30 people, amazing show. one of the guys from Stars of the Lid, solo show, really good as well.

that's all i can remember right now.

oh! and Liars, who were indescribably great as always, totally confounding the crowd, at their gig opening for Interpol, who were the most rehearsed/dull band of the year, perhaps, and played maybe 2 songs i can say i enjoyed.

Strange. I would have thought ILXers saw more.

I probably average a gig+ a week which including festivals is probably 100 artists. I still have Art Brut, Daft Punk and someone else left to go this year.

I am always surprised by how few shows ILxors go to. I am also surprised by stephen's feat of memory, there. My answer: god knows, more than most people so far even though I missed loads due to misanthropy/essays/exams.

Hmmmm.....not many.

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Mudhoney, the Stooges, Mission of Burma and a friend of mine's band.

Only local stuff as far as I can remember.

Upwards of 50?

haha when i saw the thread title i thought "emil.y & mister craig are gonna beat everyone hands down"

0. i hate music?

I am always surprised by how few shows ILxors go to.

I'm not, depending -- location, money to hand, interesting local scene (or not), they all factor in. I mean, I saw a lot of shows, but I'm not surprised at folks who don't, or who listen a lot to music that's not reflected in live performances much.

forgot i went to one day local thing in the Summer and saw Battles

zappi: I probably don't win this year, though I generally concur with the 'average of a gig or more a week, plus festivals' thing. But I haven't toured for a while, and I've been bogged down with work, and although I did do two ATPs & Field Day I missed Eggstock and Dot-to-dot, soooo... I'm actually probably under 100 this time around.

And Ned, you're right I think, location is a big factor. I don't have much cash so I tend to favour gigs over records (if I just bought records I'd have no social life), so I think money is less important (also, blagging guestlist places is a good move for the skint, though I rarely manage this). Also, having a wide variety of tastes is good: I don't tend to see many acts of certain types as they won't be very interesting live, or don't have a live circuit that takes in Nottingham, but a bunch of other stuff will come my way on a regular basis.

I don't have much cash so I tend to favour gigs over records

This is kind of weird. I don't know what it's like in the UK these days, but here a CD costs $10-$15 (or, if you like, free) -- whereas a show featuring a touring band is going to be at least $8 (usually a bit more) and when you factor in a couple drinks, you're paying at least the same amount.

When I saw Battles at Metro last month, I paid $16 for the ticket, nearly as much for the Ticketmaster service charge, and then $12 for a pair of beers with tip. That's a $40 night out.

man...that's tough...say an average of once a week probably? so around 50 or so I'd imagine. i'm counting shows my band played i guess, actually maybe more than 50...

approx 15 + a bunch of local shows.
deerhoof, grizzly bear, black mountain, tv on the radio, jay reatard, numbers, battles, fiery furnaces/yo la tengo, calexico, tortoise, subtle, qui, and some i'm forgetting.

best: deerhoof, grizzly bear, black mountain
waste: qui, fiery furnaces, battles

jaymc, I think the crucial point for me about gigs over records is that if I didn't go to gigs, I would buy records and go to the pub to see my mates, which would end up costing more than not buying records but going to gigs to see music AND my mates. And *mph*down*urgh*load*eek*ing*shh*mp*mumble*3s...

I was thinking all year I should be going to more gigs, but thinking about it I seem to have averaged one a month or so. Not great considering I live in London, but it's not like I'm young any more.

Jack Rose at the Luminaire, good.
Glenn Branca at the Roundhouse doing the 100 guitars show, overwhelming.
Free Noise at the ULU, noise guys and gals with Evan Parker and other improvisors, partly great.
Nalle, The One Ensemble and others at the Red Rose, not bad but the headline band (someone from some better known band, forget who) were pretty much white reggae so that dampened the evening down a bit.
Alvin Curran piece out the front of the Tate Modern / on the Thames etc, OK, great bit when they were playing along with the bells of St Pauls Cathedral.
Talibam! in Hoxton somewhere, amusing, awesome drummer.
Ken Vandermark playing with a classical ensemble at Conway Hall, interesting I guess.
Ornette Coleman at RFH, mindblowing.
Kosmos at the ICA, music student types, surprisingly OK, only went because the missus gives spa treatments to the viola players mother.
Kemialliset Ystavat at the Buffalo Bar, OK-ish but fell into the "loop everything into an indeterminate mush" trap. Tight Meat Duo supporting, made me realise why free jazzers should learn how to play before deconstructing anything.
Ligeti piece at the QEH, wasn't in the mood.
LMC Festival (night 1), saw Yasunao Tone and Taku Sugimoto, unimpressed.
Flat Earth Society at the Purcell Room, amazing, can't work out why more people don't know about them.
Played with Sunburned Hand Of The Man (terrible) and Carla Bozulich (surprisingly pretty good).
Didn't see Boredoms (too late to get ticket), Circle (wanted to avoid my arch-enemies who were supporting), The Necks (too lazy) and no doubt loads more.
Just spent ridiculous amounts of money on tickets for the Olivier Messiaen centenary festival at the South Bank, so 2008 should be more exciting.

Ah, that makes sense, Emily.

1. Sodastream @ The Social, Nottingham - 10 Jan
2. Black Carrot @ The Charlotte, Leicester - 2 Feb
3. Kid606 @ Moog, Nottm - 11 Feb
4. MJ Hibbett @ The Fellowes, Nottm - 17 Feb
5. Napoleon IIIrd @ Junktion 7, Nottm - 10 Mar
6. The Chemistry Experiment @ Lee Rosy's, Nottm - 28 Mar
7. Quack Quack/Pit er Pat @ Basement Bar, Leicester - 29 Mar
8. Butterflies Of Love @ The Grapes, Sheffield - 3 Apr
9. Butterflies Of Love @ The Packhorse, Leeds - 4 Apr
10. Butterflies Of Love @ The Social, Nottm - 6 Apr
11. Alasdair Roberts @ The Social, Nottm - 13 Apr
12. Herman Dune @ Rescue Rooms, Nottm - 14 Apr
13. Bilge Pump @ Bunkers Hill, Nottm - 14 Apr
14. Viking Moses @ Ellen McGee's House - 14 Apr
15. Napoleon IIIrd @ Stealth, Nottm - 19 Apr
16. Low @ Rescue Rooms - 25 Apr
17. ATP @ Butlins, Minehead - 27/28/29 Apr
18. Electrelane @ The Social, Nottm - 8 May
19. Dot-To-Dot Festival @ Various, Nottm - 27 May
20. of Montreal @ The Social, Nottingham - 31 May
21. Gringo Records 10th Anniversary @ The Art Organisation, Nottm - 9 Jun
22. Faust @ The Charlotte, Leicester - 12 Jun
23. ILX Has A Bucket Fest @ The Windmill, Brixton - 17 (I think) Jun
24. Deerhoof @ Polish Eagle Club, Nottm - 28 Jun
25. No Age/Mika Miko @ Stealth, Nottm - 30 Jun
26. Marnie Stern @ Stealth, Nottm - 14 July
27. Directing Hand @ The Art Organisation, Nottm - 17 July
28. MJ Hibbett @ Lee Rosy's, Nottm - 25 July
29. Indietracks (Indiepop festival) @ Butterley Railway Station, Derbys - 28/29 July
30. Field Day Festival @ Victoria Park, Hackney - 11 Aug
31. Owen Tromans & The Elders/Alex Clegg @ Bunkers Hill, Nottm - 21 Aug
32. Bearsuit/The Deirdres @ Junktion 7, Nottm - 23 Aug
33. Dan Deacon @ Stealth, Nottm - 25 Aug
34. State Sanctioned Recordings showcase @ The Cube, Bristol - 2 Sept
35. The Mai '68s @ Cafe Bruxelles, Leicester - 13 Sept
36. Get Hustle/Spin Spin The Dogs @ Bunkers Hill, Nottm - 21 Sept
37. Jeffrey Lewis & The Jitters @ The Musician, Leicester - 24 Sept
38. Euros Childs/Das Wanderlust @ The Social, Nottm - 2 Oct
39. The Bobby McGee's/Butcher Boy @ Lee Rosy's, Nottm - 10 Oct
40. Kling Klang/Black Carrot @ Rose of England, Nottm - 20 Oct
41. The Blow @ Stealth, Nottm - 20 Oct
42. Strategy/Reanimator/Gareth Hardwick @ Chameleon, Nottm - 24 Oct
43. Boredoms/Michael Gira @ Shoreditch Town Hall, London - 26 Oct
44. The Soft Pink Truth/Strategy @ The Rocket, London - 27 Oct
45. Damo Suzuki & Friends @ Junktion 7, Nottm - 10 Nov
46. Grouper/Gareth S Jones/Gareth Hardwick @ Chameleon, Nottm - 16 Nov
47. Cowtown/Puttin' On The Ritz/I Love Sarah/Chops @ The Social, Nottm - 22 Nov
48. A Hawk And A Hacksaw/McWatt @ The Malt Cross, Nottm - 5 Dec
49. ATP Nightmare Before Xmas @ Butlins, Minehead - 7/8/9 Dec
50. Fortuna Pop/WCWAJGA Xmas Covers Party @ 93 Feet East, London - 15 Dec
51. The Parallelograms/The Deirdres @ The Red Room, Nottm - 21 Dec
52. Damn You! Xmas Covers Party @ The Maze, Nottm - 22 Dec

52 it would appear.

That's so low! Rubbish! We are pants!

Also, we were just having an argument in the living room about how to count festivals - I say you should at least count each day as a separate gig, even if you're not counting each band.

ok who stole the real mr craig & emil.y & replaced them with gigshy robot indiefops? (ps lol mai 68s)

probably 50-100ish.. 98% local stuff. i think in terms of touring bands, camera obscura, gossip and art brut are the sum total. and the latter two are both next week.

over 50 under 100.

prob closer to 100 though

what I can remember... Booker T and the MGs w/ Sharon Jones, Manu Chao, Ralph Stanley, Siren Fest (MIA, Dolls), Brooklyn Philharmonic w/ Mark O'Connor, Beastie Boys, Vampire Weekend 2x, miscellaneous indiepop, Sonny Rollins, Gutbucket and American Composers Orchestra, Jens Lekman, Gustavo Dudamel and National Youth Symphony of Venezuela w/ Emanuel Ax, Del McCoury Band, Madeleine Peyroux, Neil Young, NY Dolls again? RZA?

I sold or didn't use alotta tix.

I think two festivals and three more concerts, although I feel like I'm forgetting a thing or two.

Lessee...

The Clean, The Chills, a bunch of other Dunedin bands (all part of one festival), Haunted Love, Robert Scott (at the library!), KOTAC, Devin the Dude, The Fiery Furnaces, Robyn Hitchcock.

43. Boredoms/Michael Gira @ Shoreditch Town Hall, London - 26 Oct

*******JEALOUS**((((*******

omg

I didn't get out to see as much live music in the past year. I have to drive 45 minutes to an hour or more to see any touring acts of note. The only club that was booking anything regularly other than cover bands burned down, so I saw less local stuff, probably averaging maybe one gig a month. I went out of town and saw Porcupine Tree, Joe Bonamassa, and Tool. There were definitely a couple of other shows I wanted to see, but the dates never aligned up. I also went to a couple of real bluegrass circles next to a closed train station and see a bunch of guys from all ages jam in a big open group of eight to ten players at once.

Patrick Wolf x 3
Ash x 1
Regina Spektor x 2
Battles x 1
65daysofstatic x 2

I think that's it. As we've just moved from the wilderness to the city (admittedly one that doesn't get that many gigs I'm interested in), this total should go up next year. Saying that, we have a mortgage now...

43. Boredoms/Michael Gira @ Shoreditch Town Hall, London - 26 Oct

*******JEALOUS**((((*******

omg

-- stephen, Friday, 14 December 2007 06:28 (2 hours ago)

Funnily enough, that was the most worth being jealous of.. I already posted this on another forum, so here's my best 10 of the year:

1. Boredoms, Shoreditch Town Hall, October.
2. Electrelane, The Social, Nottingham, May.
3= of Montreal, The Social, Nottingham, May.
3= Deerhoof, Polish Eagle Club, Nottingham, June.
5. Faust at The Charlotte, Leicester, May.
6=. Quack Quack, Basement Bar, Leicester, March.
6=. Hawk & A Hacksaw, Malt Cross, Nottingham, Dec.
8=. Chrome Hoof @ ATP, Minehead, Dec.
8=. Bearsuit/The Deirdres/Horowitz @ Junktion 7, Nottingham, August.
10= Low at ATP, Minehead, April
10= Sunn o))) at ATP, Minehead, December.

I think we managed one this year, it was an 'indiefest' at the Oracle shopping centre at the official last day of summer.

I saw less shows this year than since I was 13, despite (theoretically) better access. In a bigger city, it just feels like more work. Even though one of the reasons I moved to a bigger city was to see more/better shows.

I'm keeping track next year for the next thread.

Probably close to 100

Probably close to 5. I did crowd surf for the first time ever. And last time ever, almost certainly. Far too old for that ridiculousness.

only three but all wicked excellent

1. devendra banhart/atem/vetevier/coco rosie/vashti bunyan @ carnegie hall

2. iggy & teh stooges @ united palace

3. patti smith & band @ beacon theatre (b'day tribute to fred "sonic" smith!)

oh jeez I almost forgot last monday went to see this Chris Botti guy at the Blue Note cause somebody we know is working w/him. not exactly free jazz LOL but not kenny g either, better than I expected from a guy who consorts w/Sting but not exactly swinging either -- the slow pretty numbers just crawled.

I'm sure I can come up with another similar list with some more research...

It's been an awesome year for live music.

RUSH!, Fireballs of Freedom, Red Fang, Black Elk, Danava, Rollerball, SubArachnoid Space, Stinking Lizaveta, Sightings, Stovokor, Faith & the Muse, Big Business, Minsk, Middian, Engorged, Octis, Marnie Stern, Mary Timony, Ludicra, Jesu, Sunn 0))), Oxbow, Slough Feg, Hammers of Misfortune, Tool, Trans Am, Wolves in the Throneroom, Twin, 31 Knots, Marissa Nadler, Jackie O Motherfucker, Whitehorse, Silentist, Giant Squid, Ahleuchatistas, The Obituaries, Pierced Arrows, Wormwood, Aldebaran, Hatchet, Pelican, Clouds, Witchcraft, Enslaved, Stereo Total, The Octopus Project, Melvins, Burmese, Acid Mother's Guru Guru, Akimbo, Amber Asylum, Thrones, Captured! By Robots, Ruins (alone), Clipd Beaks, Fist Fite, Turambar, Grey, Smegma, 27, Monotonix, Genghis Tron, Blue Sabbath Black Cheer, Bunny Rabbit, Panther, Totimoshi, Matt and Kim, Green Milk from the Planet Orange, Old Time Relijun, Neko Case, Merle Haggard, Grails, Neurosis, Christ on Parade, Skeletonwitch, Nachtmystium, Boris, Asunder, High on Fire, The Hidden Hand, Daughters, Don Caballero, Zombi, Noxagt,...

tomcats / isan / christ @ luminaire london (07 Jun)
junkboy / isan @ prince albert brighton (03 Nov)
and lastfm reminds me:
the orchids @ luminaire (02 Mar)

Can't remember more than 2 club shows this year. Deerhoof was amazing. Fiery Furnaces wasn't very interesting at all. The keyboard player was an asshole.

1 Underling
2 The Good The Bad & The Queen
3 Decemberists
4 Guillemots
5 Jarvis Cocker
6 Tilly And The Wall
7 Gossip
8 Field Music
9 Bat For Lashes
10 The Hours
11 Joan As Policewoman
12 Herman Dune
13 Yann Tiersen
14 Low
15 Gruff Rhys
16 Ballads of The Book (King Creosote, James Yorkston etc)
17 Guillemots
18 Maximo Park
19 King Creosote
20 James Yorkston
21 Franz Ferdinand
22 Sparklehorse
23 Fence Collective
24 Art Brut
25 Devo
26 Deerhoof
27 Indian Summer Festival - 2 days
28 King Creosote/ Gruff Rhys
29 Os Mutantes
30 Hey You Get Off My Pavement Festival
31 Guillemots
32 Emma Pollock
33 King Creosote
34 Guns And Horses
25 Boredoms
26 Asobi Seksu
27 Fence Collective
28 Beirut
29 Black Lips
30 Acid Mothers Temple
31 Lucky Luke
32 Electralane
33 Teenage Fanclub/ The Pastels
34 National Park
35 ATP Portishead
and possibly Jeffrey Lewis this weekend...

0. i hate music?

I love music. But I also love my kids. :-)
Hopefully I'll be able to attend some gigs in 2008. But I'm not betting my... uh... kids on it. :-)

Fiery Furnaces wasn't very interesting at all. The keyboard player was an asshole.
-- sonderangerbot, Friday, December 14, 2007 9:58 PM (1 hour ago)

Last year (or the year before?) Fiery Furnaces used to mash up all their songs. The set list would be a part of this song and a part of that song with the vocals from another. It was amazing. This year they played the songs straight and it wasn't nearly as exciting.

13 Yann Tiersen

Jealous!

Muse, Nada Surf, Sloan.
I dont go to many shows but I see good ones.

all those Fence artists.. I'm jealous.

Yann Tiersen was a bit prog - not like his accordion stuff that i was hoping for. Fence is the best thing in Scottish music at the moment. Well I think so any way.. and add The Fat Cat xmas do (Frightened Rabbit/ Twilight Sad / Vashti Bunyan) next week to that list now too..

i saw 0 shows this year. unless i'm forgetting one.

skimmed that other thread and it sounds like a bunch of gentrified bullshit

What is "gentrified" about people complaining about shows (and beverages) costing too much, and that they have to get up in the morning?

hahaha you've got a job but don't make enough to buy $6 beer sellout

Dan Deacon, Yo La Tengo, Black Dice, Hold Steady, Japanther, mostly smaller stuff at home made venues

oh and spank rock and whoever else played at those detroit electronic music festival after party things. if thats a concert.

4: Robert Pollard at the Bowery, Cecil Taylor and Masada at AOL NY, the Old Knit show at Town Hall, Yo La Tengo at the MFA.

i don't know. i still like going to shows. it's funny the periods when i go to more shows i'm usually way more posi about music in general for some reason.

but you know i'm not getting butthurt if peeps don't wanna jam anymore.

wilco+low,deerhoof,mission of burma, boredoms+lightning bolt,lcd soundsystem,spoon,place to bury strangers, reigning sound, a bones,neil young,explosions in the sky,battles.

12.

UK Subs/Discharge, Clorox Girls/Feelers, Rip Offs/Hatepinks, Von Sudenfed, Epoxies/Riot Squad, Avengers, Thanes, Devo, Jesus & Mary Chain/Pastels, Milky Wimpshake, Carter USM/Sultans Of Ping, Peter Bjorn & John/Maps, ILX Has A Bucket thingy and I'm going to see the Subhumans on Sunday. And I went to see Radio Birdman but the show was cancelled at the last minute for some reason.

dmbq / lightning bolt / Aa
lcd soundsystem / yacht
excepter "black hole" and some other shows
deerhunter / no age
excepter / mouthus / c. spencer yeh + someone else
koenjihyakkei
blues control / times new viking
blues control / ? w/video
watersports / mouthus
pissed jeans / fucked up
clockcleaner
beardlift x999
erase errata / dan deacon / ?
ooioo
magik markers
black dice
Aa / some other dudes

i'm forgetting a lot i think

About a hundred or so? Working in a club has it's benefits.

A brief mental run through puts it at more than that: less than 200, but more than 150, I guess.

Wow, this makes me nostalgic. Used to be able to rock two or three shows a week but as my wife says "You can stay out as late as you want but you have to get up at the same time regardless." Probably seen 25 shows this year. The last were an epic one-two punch: Youssou N'Dour (for two of the three-plus hours he played) and last night Cafe Tacuba.

3

I was too tired/full for Youssou :(

tix unused/sold included kinski, Wu Tang, Arcade/LCD, Bruce and JAM Awards (De La, Snoop, Mobb Deep, Rev Run, etc etc)

and I heard a couple Animal Collective songs

battles, kings of leon, dmx, hold steady, andrew bird, spoon, yeah yeah yeahs, arcade/lcd, bloc party, arctic monkeys, girl talk. so, 12 i guess.

Nine (in descending order of concert's quality): of Montreal, The National, Menomena, Underworld, of Montreal (a second time), Gipsy Kings, Interpol, Muse, and Broken Social Scene preeeeezenting Kevin Drew's "Spirit If....."

Resold tickets for Daft Punk in Montreal and bought, but didn't use, tix to see Menomena a second time.

oh yeah saw of montreal and gilberto gil on the same night.

also unused: The National, Hold Steady

"What is "gentrified" about people complaining about shows (and beverages) costing too much, and that they have to get up in the morning?

I think you just miss out on the live energy and volume, as well as the community aspect of music if you never go out.

Records are almost always a compromise in some way. Not that I don't love, listen to, and make albums.

I just think that as a music lover, both are important to me.

I hear all the complaints about waiting, and overpriced drinks. But maybe it's the city/venue/style. I know in Portland I am entirely spoiled.

"community aspect" = bunch of assholes talking too loudly and waving cigarettes around, spilling beer and getting into fights?