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Types of ‘Indie’ Rock Concert Attendees

The Guy Who Just Stares – This guy resists any temptation to move. He just stares at the band in utter amazement or simply boredom.

The Drunken Chick – She’s usually all over the place with her alcoholic drink (typically Pabst Blue Ribbon beer) in hand. Her dance is out of rhythm, but generally it works.

The Rockin’ Out Hipster – He may or may not be trying to attract attention. For whatever the occasion, he is going nuts in his own little world.

The I Don’t Give A Shit Dude – They don’t give a shit about the band. Even if a really awesome band is playing, they are more interested in socializing or watching the ball game at the bar.

The Photo/Video Addict – He/She takes 1000 pictures and records smaller sized videos throughout the entire show. They usually get bumped by the normal people around them in the first row who are getting pushed from behind.

The I’m Going To Start Moshing Even If It’s N/A – This guy is a major douche. His definition of an awesome concert is when bodies start ramming into each other. Even if fuckin’ folk is playing this guy will make every effort to start a mosh pit.

If I think of more, I’ll post more!

Glen

Black Lips Fall Tour?!

Apparently, just apparently, the Black Lips will be touring the United States again starting October 28 in North Carolina. Now it would be kind of really cool if they decided to keep going north all the way to Cambridge, Massachusetts to play the Middle East downstairs again in November. But it would be even cooler if they just zipped on over here in early August before embarking on a tour in Europe. It actually makes more sense for them to zip over here than to just peace out from Atlanta.

Boston to Vorarlberg, Austria: 3811.3 mi
Atlanta to Vorarlberg, Austria: 4125.8 mi

That extra 314.5 miles could be a real bitch. So if they just play Monday, August 10 at the Middle East downstairs, they could play an awesome sold out show and make some good dough on top of that selling more t-shirts and 200 Million Thousand CDs.

But, if for whatever reason, the above is not possible…the November thing sounds pretty cool. We Boston die-hard Black Lips fans would much appreciate another show imminently!

Glen Maganzini

Boston’s Best Concert Venues

Middle East Downstairs – A+ – Capacity: 575
My favorite concert venue! It might be that all the bands I’ve seen here have been amazing, but it’s the intimate nature of the basement (and the hot hipster chicks) that makes me always leave Nabil’s premise drenched in sweat smiling.

Paradise Rock ClubA – Capacity: 650
A truly awesome place to see a concert.  There is enough room for rocking out in front of the stage (besides one annoying pole), enough room to just sit or stand around and watch, and enough room on the stage to fit a seven person band.

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Review: Jay Reatard, TV Smith, Pretty and Nice @ Harpers Ferry (7/3/09)

Pretty & Nice, TV Smith, Jay Reatard – Harpers Ferry – July 3

Pretty and Nice: Interesting kids…. Their music mixed loud, fast punk with some glimmers of power pop. Musically, they had the chops, but they didn’t stand out more than any other band to me. On the other hand, it was their “antics” that caught my attention. These include singing songs about ponies for mic checks and similar little songs between their actual numbers, making extremely strange, almost robotic faces, often while rocking out on the guitar (mainly this was just one guitarist and it looked as though he would fall at any moment haha).
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