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Post by Scarychips on Feb 10, 2010 0:21:52 GMT -5
Metro money, bus tickets, money for some merchandise. Montreal, here I come. (?)
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Post by Alyssa! on Feb 10, 2010 22:29:37 GMT -5
I guess it's not as dramatic when it's a daily thing for you. But the seven-hour odyssey + wandering around Montreal alone thing just makes the fact that I'm going more exciting.
Funny thing is, I'll probably be at the venue before you. ;D
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Post by Scarychips on Feb 10, 2010 22:43:23 GMT -5
Oh no, I have a habit of being at venue hours before the show starts. For example, Franz Ferdinand came in August, I was there 4 hours before the show started. Friendly Fires: 2 hours. So, I took the metro and went to buy my tickets for next week's show to occupy myself.
But going to Montreal is always an adventure for me. And, heck, I am sooo excited for this show so it adds to the adventure. Woo!
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Post by Alyssa! on Feb 11, 2010 16:10:39 GMT -5
4 hours before doors!? Woah woah woah. 2 hours is about as much as I could manage...I have to make it from the bus stop to the hostel anyway and grab some food. But since I'm going along, there's no reason not to just plop down in front of the venue with a book or something, see if I can fool people into thinking I'm native.  |
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Post by emyli on Feb 12, 2010 10:01:55 GMT -5
I've done as much as 7 hours before... But for The Decemberists, and they're a little more mainstream. Plus, it was an unusual circumstance. And they were playing with Death Cab.
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Post by Alyssa! on Feb 12, 2010 16:31:32 GMT -5
I've done as much as 7 hours before... But for The Decemberists, and they're a little more mainstream. Plus, it was an unusual circumstance. And they were playing with Death Cab. That's understandable. I would just make sure I had a friend, and we'd sleep in shifts. When did the next folks get there? |
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Post by jules on Feb 13, 2010 15:55:27 GMT -5
Owen's Twitter seems to suggest problems getting to the St Johns gig and still not there.
I've only ever missed one show because of the weather and that was because Devo lost their equipment truck in the fog back in 1978.
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Post by emyli on Feb 13, 2010 21:49:19 GMT -5
We weren't the first people there! Though I once waited 4 hours in 16 degree (farenheit) weather for a show. My friend and I just sat there huddled in blankets and drinking chai.
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Post by mermaid on Feb 14, 2010 15:31:50 GMT -5
Thank you so much for playing in St. John's Owen!! It was amazing, don't be a stranger and come back soon :^)
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Post by yesanastasia on Feb 16, 2010 22:26:07 GMT -5
There's video of "Fantasy" from St. John's here : www.youtube.com/user/c1a2s3s4g5i6b7b8The video isn't great, but the audio is decent, and captures some particularly fantastic use of Owen's "Owen-voice" setting on his keyboard (2:50ish) |
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Post by jules on Feb 19, 2010 19:38:19 GMT -5
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Post by dot on Feb 19, 2010 20:02:35 GMT -5
Wow, lucky people, I would love to hear Arctic Circle live at some point.
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Post by emyli on Feb 19, 2010 20:14:42 GMT -5
oh, me too. maybe I should offer to trade for it in the requests thread... I wonder if it's even a possiblilty.
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Post by Alyssa! on Feb 22, 2010 1:45:41 GMT -5
Montreal show at the outremont:
front row, dead center
three off-album songs and two encores
richard reed parry and sarah neufeld hanging around after
me probably seeing scarychips and him being shy unless he's secretly a 21 year old chick named Pamela who goes to McGill
took you two years to win my heart
first appearance of the orchestral scorebook
and being recognized later by both owen and thomas
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Post by Scarychips on Feb 22, 2010 17:27:16 GMT -5
Kid with the black-rimmed glasses and the grey shirt/grey-patterned scarf + messenger bag was me.
I was in the front too, right in front of Owen and I talked to Thomas after the show. Really cool.
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