KD in Baltimore
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1. nah they were running late and we hadn't practiced it. we probably could have but nah...
2. great parents?
2. great parents?
I went over around 9:30 with Blake (singer/Triac) after confirming with Sam that the Dots were running a little late. We motored around looking for the venue (Supreme Imperial) and pulled up just as the Dots did. There was a joyful reunion, let me tell you.
The space was really quite cool physically, although I've heard bad things about the people that run it (which turned out to be largely true...more on that later...). It's a converted mechanics garage, huge inside, and they still had halloween decorations up so there were creepy spiderwebs and candelabras strewn about.
We got some beers from the illegal bar and hung out for a bit; Sam showed me some great pictures of clouds and goats and grashoppers he'd taken in Texas, Greg lost all the merch money (Toby took it when he wasn't looking), Mia played gameboy. I met this pretty rad girl who works at the independant movie theater next to the crepe shop I work at and we named cities in the US in alphabetical order, only getting stumped on X and Z (and cheating a bit on Q...Quantico isn't a city per se but you could live there, which was the whole point of the exercize).
Band 1 played, I have no idea what they were called, and they were terrrrrible. Noisy mushy punk art rock, and the instruments were completely impossible to seperate from each other. We suffered through them, then Dagger Hearts (I think) played an awful synth-pop set (with definite NIN undertones). They were somehow worse than Band 1, with incredibly loud and bad vocals, an anemic drum machine, and boring melody lines.
There was some panic as Kayo Dot was setting up because the owners of the space suddenly decided that only non-effected vocals could be run through the PA, so no violin, no keyboard, no horns, no delay, no samples, etc etc. Buncha pansies, if you ask me. DJ somehow hooked it up though, and the KD went on with nearly a full set-up (no keyboards, I think). The guitars had to turn down a bit to accomodate, but this was for the best since the room was REALLY boomy and mostly empty (I counted about 40 people, not bad considering the show was not promoted at ALL). They played their 4 song set, and I sat in the back and enjoyed the floating sensation and familiar sounds. I thought it sounded damn good, all things considered, but only Greg agreed with me. DJ actually looked at me like I had a booger hanging out my nose when I told him it sounded good, but I also didn't have the benefit of hearing them play a bajillion times over the last month. More hugs, great hugs, the best hugs, then I had to take off and try to get some sleep so I could be here typing to you guys today. Blake dragged me out to another bar though, and I watched him drink guiness for a while and we talked Triac (UK tour! I am doing awesome! and the like...). Finally got in at 2:45 and now I feel like I want to die.
Fin!
The space was really quite cool physically, although I've heard bad things about the people that run it (which turned out to be largely true...more on that later...). It's a converted mechanics garage, huge inside, and they still had halloween decorations up so there were creepy spiderwebs and candelabras strewn about.
We got some beers from the illegal bar and hung out for a bit; Sam showed me some great pictures of clouds and goats and grashoppers he'd taken in Texas, Greg lost all the merch money (Toby took it when he wasn't looking), Mia played gameboy. I met this pretty rad girl who works at the independant movie theater next to the crepe shop I work at and we named cities in the US in alphabetical order, only getting stumped on X and Z (and cheating a bit on Q...Quantico isn't a city per se but you could live there, which was the whole point of the exercize).
Band 1 played, I have no idea what they were called, and they were terrrrrible. Noisy mushy punk art rock, and the instruments were completely impossible to seperate from each other. We suffered through them, then Dagger Hearts (I think) played an awful synth-pop set (with definite NIN undertones). They were somehow worse than Band 1, with incredibly loud and bad vocals, an anemic drum machine, and boring melody lines.
There was some panic as Kayo Dot was setting up because the owners of the space suddenly decided that only non-effected vocals could be run through the PA, so no violin, no keyboard, no horns, no delay, no samples, etc etc. Buncha pansies, if you ask me. DJ somehow hooked it up though, and the KD went on with nearly a full set-up (no keyboards, I think). The guitars had to turn down a bit to accomodate, but this was for the best since the room was REALLY boomy and mostly empty (I counted about 40 people, not bad considering the show was not promoted at ALL). They played their 4 song set, and I sat in the back and enjoyed the floating sensation and familiar sounds. I thought it sounded damn good, all things considered, but only Greg agreed with me. DJ actually looked at me like I had a booger hanging out my nose when I told him it sounded good, but I also didn't have the benefit of hearing them play a bajillion times over the last month. More hugs, great hugs, the best hugs, then I had to take off and try to get some sleep so I could be here typing to you guys today. Blake dragged me out to another bar though, and I watched him drink guiness for a while and we talked Triac (UK tour! I am doing awesome! and the like...). Finally got in at 2:45 and now I feel like I want to die.
Fin!
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btw, how did you join a band so fast after moving? i'm having problems finding worthwhile stuff to do here.
sincerely,
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sincerely,
bored in stl
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Hi.
it just worked out that I was moving into town just before their guitar player was leaving and blake is on the other board and heard the motW stuff and asked me if I wanted to replace him! it's been pretty tough getting up to speed but it's so fun. the UK tour would be like 4 shows with Misery Index(?).
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how do international tours work? i mean, airfare roundtrip is like 700 bucks apiece at least. are you going to be making more than $2800 for those four shows??
nah airfare will be like $300 each, and merch goes for at least double there...you can sell hoodies for 25 quid that cost $15 to make here...and people actually buy a ton of stuff there.
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from now on i will refer to all currencies in terms of ha'pennies
how the hell can you get a flight for only 60,000 ha'pennies?!?!
how the hell can you get a flight for only 60,000 ha'pennies?!?!
azal
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ticket prices for international flights are mad cheaper in the winter time.
Josh, if you guys every get anywhere within 300 km of here, I'm so booking a show in Belgrade.
Josh, if you guys every get anywhere within 300 km of here, I'm so booking a show in Belgrade.
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if you guys go, mosdef take tons of merch. macabre are crazy with merch- chuck makes (or at least used to) shirts himself so they always have a million shirt designs, buttons, prints, stickers, etc.
i always wanted to do band logo pint glasses. that might go well in the UK but they'd be a bitch to take over. stickers & buttons take up less room i guess.
i always wanted to do band logo pint glasses. that might go well in the UK but they'd be a bitch to take over. stickers & buttons take up less room i guess.
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don't you have to pay crazy fees to bring merch international? i always hear stories of bands smuggling it over or getting it made there.
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I've been looking on the Kayo Dot/Opeth board for quite some time now and finally registered 
. I was at the show in Baltimore, in fact I was the first one at the venue at 7:30. Waited till 9 to get in. Then another hour plus for the horrible opening bands to treat us. I was the guy with long curly hair, front and center for Kayo Dot. They put on a great show, one of the best live acts I've seen. Of course a lot of subtle thigns were weren't really noticable, and the vocals were pretty much WAY in the background, but I expected that anyways. Yes, they did have keys, I saw them playing them. What a great night.
. I was at the show in Baltimore, in fact I was the first one at the venue at 7:30. Waited till 9 to get in. Then another hour plus for the horrible opening bands to treat us. I was the guy with long curly hair, front and center for Kayo Dot. They put on a great show, one of the best live acts I've seen. Of course a lot of subtle thigns were weren't really noticable, and the vocals were pretty much WAY in the background, but I expected that anyways. Yes, they did have keys, I saw them playing them. What a great night.
