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Post by beeffire on Mar 31, 2004 9:05:56 GMT -5
she will go down in indie fame as "that chick that smoked too much and is all out of that chinese herb her mom sends her, so she's totally gonna feel like shit tomorrow"  thats hilarious, i cant wait to hear it. unfortunately I dont think the show is seeded anymore, any chance of putting it up somewhere? |
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Post by Xiu Xiu the show show on Mar 31, 2004 9:30:11 GMT -5
After thinking about the presumptuous review of the crowd at Xiu Xiu’s 3.20.04 Tonic show for a few days, I've returned with this response—I'm not quite sure what exactly you "expect" from a crowd at a live show, but you describe this one as if you intimately understood the lives and histories of every person in this entire audience. I had spent that week teaching art to autistic and blind children. Am I a hipster? While in line, I met a high school teacher and her husband who were chaperoning their fourteen-year-old son and his three friends. They don't live in W-burg nor were they sporting $75 haircuts. Some people were yelling names, but this is a live event. Do you expect everyone to stand quietly with his or her hand folded or is there a list you could compile of appropriate things to shout? There was music from the downstairs club competing with the show (which was unfortunate) but again this is congruent with a show of this nature. Don't fret, when they're playing an acoustically sound venue like Madison Square Garden you can spent $150.00 for your ticket and sit in a nice chair and still listen to people shout silly things. Mr. Stewart and Xiu Xiu are outrageously talented and nonconformist musicians who will most likely play to crowds that are as unique and extraordinary as their music. I don't think you need to apologize to him...nor do you need to degrade the people who joined you that evening—none of whom you even know!
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Post by nikenike on Mar 31, 2004 10:43:05 GMT -5
um...while I agree that nice people were probably in attendance, there were waaaay too many hipsters. I'm not denying that there were nice people there (I know I came with three other people I find to be very good people), but the overall tone is what I was commenting on.
And judging by the look on Jamie's face, he wasn't digging the 'chinese herbs' girl. Also, going by some Actual Jamie Quotes, I think we can safely assume that he appreciates a CONSIDERATE AUDIENCE:
Jamie: 'It's really fascinating to play the really quiet stuff at a rock club, because about half of the time people are just there to get drunk and hang out and not really watch bands. So we'll just play quieter and quieter and quieter and quieter. And sometimes amazingly, and god only knows why, people will be really cool about it and it'll be like totally quiet, completely quiet. It's really funny, in this bar that smells like urine, for it to be totally silent. It's a really funny experience. It's really either one way or the other. Always really quiet or always... like we're not even playing, which is okay. It's not people's fucking job to be quiet when we're playing, but it's nice."
Pitchfork: See, I really, really hate it when I go to shows and there are people who see the quiet parts as the parts when they can hear themselves the best.
Jamie: When I go to shows, I find it fucking annoying. Like, insanely annoying. But when I'm playing a show, I can't, like, fucking demand that someone pay attention to me. We're basically there to play a part in someone else's night. But maybe they went to work, had a shitty day, and don't give a fuck about Xiu Xiu, you know?
Pitchfork: Yeah, when I go to shows, I have this elaborate fantasy scenario where I become "the crowd ninja," and I do back flips and decapitate people who won't shut up.
Jamie: I'll have to get into that. Because it makes me crazy when people talk at shows. I just heard about this, it was at an early Bright Eyes show, when he was just kind of famous, but not, like, Time Magazine famous. And some guy at the show was talking, and apparently this woman who was at the show screamed at the guy at the top of her lungs, "I DROVE SEVEN HOURS TO GET TO THIS SHOW! IF YOU FUCK IT UP, I'M GOING TO KICK YOUR ASS!" I always want to yell that at someone, but I've never had the courage to do that. I thought that was so fucking hot, though, that this person who came to the show was like, "YOU WILL NOT FUCK UP MY NIGHT, MOTHERFUCKER!" If I ever saw somebody do that at any show, they would become my hero immediately.
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Post by dr. strangelove on Mar 31, 2004 13:14:28 GMT -5
there's a difference between occasionally mentioning something to your friend between songs and talking throughout every song and being loud enough to be heard by everyone around. i personally don't mind the occasional yelling; it shows that there are people in the audience who are getting into it. but these people are just downright rude and having conversations about inane crap while ignoring the fact that all these people came to watch a show
as for the show, it is now on soulseek in mp3 format... look for a folder with the title "tonic" amongst the various words
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Post by Air America on Mar 31, 2004 14:10:33 GMT -5
If anyone is looking for an alternative to pitchfork, check out www.stylusmagazine.com. It's a little less monolithic and will actually give rap albums less than an 8 out of 10. Also, they've done a couple Xiu Xiu features lately. |
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Post by nikenike on Apr 2, 2004 12:46:21 GMT -5
this website rocks. thanks!
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Post by elliot on Apr 4, 2004 7:29:43 GMT -5
in about ten minutes i'll have this show on soulseek: corduroycore
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Post by dr. strangelove on Apr 4, 2004 14:29:31 GMT -5
it's already on soulseek
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