Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

Originally posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone
How long are the sets at ACL? That lineup makes a trip to Austin pretty damn tempting. As long as I don't have to see the String Cheese Incident.

I would definitely catch Drive By Truckers.

Hey Ollie, I will meet you there. Leftover Salmon? I cant believe this band finally made it out of Colorado. THis was the official band of CU Boulder (besides of course Free Beer and Big Head Todd). And G Love! The early nineties are back! Well, except for the fact that Blues Traveler and Spin Doctors didnt make the list. ANd Steve Winwood. I hope he does his circa 1986 work, Higher Love. (bc I would pass out if he did Traffic).

Seriously, lets go.

[evenodds]

Originally posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone
How long are the sets at ACL? That lineup makes a trip to Austin pretty damn tempting. As long as I don't have to see the String Cheese Incident.

I would definitely catch Drive By Truckers.

The sets are generally an hour. Los Lobos played longer because everyone had such a great time. Last year, there were 8 stages with staggered start times so you could check out a lot of different acts.

It was hot and we walked a lot, but it was such a great time.

Tickets are fairly cheap right now, and increase in price tomorrow.

This list of bands from my youth has reminded me of one whose name I forget , that I loved. They were white boys, singing ska. The lead singer was super tall and used to wear a top hat with the top cut out so his dreads spilled over. Their signature song was "Fat Girl". (she's a fat girllllllllll). I used to see them at the Chickenbox (and maybe also 30 Acres?)on Nantucket and I think they played Willow Street in Port chester and probalby other New England locales in the late eighties/early nineties. I dont know if they toured nationally. ANyone?

Originally posted by evenodds
The sets are generally an hour. Los Lobos played longer because everyone had such a great time. Last year, there were 8 stages with staggered start times so you could check out a lot of different acts.

It was hot and we walked a lot, but it was such a great time.

Tickets are fairly cheap right now, and increase in price tomorrow.

[evenodds]

I have no idea who that is, but I do have a new favorite band name:

I Love You But I Have Chosen Darkness.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by evenodds
The sets are generally an hour. Los Lobos played longer because everyone had such a great time. Last year, there were 8 stages with staggered start times so you could check out a lot of different acts.

It was hot and we walked a lot, but it was such a great time.

Tickets are fairly cheap right now, and increase in price tomorrow.

woo hoo! I can't wait to go. So long as there's cold beer available to help out with the heat, all will be well for the Texan(s) in attendance.

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally posted by evenodds
The sets are generally an hour. Los Lobos played longer because everyone had such a great time. Last year, there were 8 stages with staggered start times so you could check out a lot of different acts.

It was hot and we walked a lot, but it was such a great time.

Tickets are fairly cheap right now, and increase in price tomorrow.

Los Lobos are high on my list for Best Live Band Ever. I've seen them probably close to a dozen times, in venues ranging from rock club to winery to festival to political rally to zoo. When they heat up, they are amazing. Great original rock numbers, great Mexican folk music, and the perfect selection of covers (Bertha, Cinnamon Girl, What's Goin' On, etc.).

I gotta figure out if I can be in Austin in mid-September.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by evenodds
The sets are generally an hour. Los Lobos played longer because everyone had such a great time. Last year, there were 8 stages with staggered start times so you could check out a lot of different acts.

It was hot and we walked a lot, but it was such a great time.

Tickets are fairly cheap right now, and increase in price tomorrow.

Glad I already got mine... Sounds like a good time!

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by evenodds
For those planning to attend the 2nd annual Austin City Limits Music Festival, the line-up is out: http://www.aclfestival.com/schedule.html

Am I the only person here who likes the Drive By Truckers?

Look forward to seeing CCR, myself.

Although I do take exception with their characterization of Boys from Oklahoma.

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
This list of bands from my youth has reminded me of one whose name I forget , that I loved. They were white boys, singing ska. The lead singer was super tall and used to wear a top hat with the top cut out so his dreads spilled over. Their signature song was "Fat Girl". (she's a fat girllllllllll). I used to see them at the Chickenbox (and maybe also 30 Acres?)on Nantucket and I think they played Willow Street in Port chester and probalby other New England locales in the late eighties/early nineties. I dont know if they toured nationally. ANyone?

Are you referring to Mark Foggo's Skasters?

Link to their webpage here

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone
Los Lobos are high on my list for Best Live Band Ever. I've seen them probably close to a dozen times, in venues ranging from rock club to winery to festival to political rally to zoo. When they heat up, they are amazing. Great original rock numbers, great Mexican folk music, and the perfect selection of covers (Bertha, Cinnamon Girl, What's Goin' On, etc.).

I gotta figure out if I can be in Austin in mid-September.

I think I've seen them about that many times, too, and they have never failed to give an absolutely amazing show. They did one of the best renditions ever of Traffic's Mr Fantasy as a 10 minute encore. And Estoy Sentando Aqui is one of my favorite drunken canciones ever. Maricela and Kiko also tend to be really well performed.

Have you heard any of the Los Super Seven albums? Cesar Rosas and David Hildago joined up with a bunch of other norteno artists to redo some old canciones and to write some new ones. The first album (in my opinion) is better than the second, but the whole group is just fantastic to listen to, if you're into norteno music at all.

[Atticus Grinch]

In an "unscientific" BBC poll asking "Who is the greatest American?", Homer Simpson is handily beating Lincoln, MLK and several other luminaries.

Love the caveat: "Results are indicative and may not reflect public opinion."

The real surprise, though, is that Mr. T is beating both Bob Dylan and Bill Clinton. Oh, and Thomas Jefferson.

Originally posted by purse junkie
Didn't he freeze some schmo in his own end-the-earth-by-icy-blizzard weather machine?

(was just starting to watch GH then so could be wrong on this)

Robert didn't vanquish the Cassidines - Luke did - Robert and Laura stood outside with guns. (And yet I can't remember the argument I wrote in yesterday's brief).

[str8outavannuys]

Here's the requested Amazing Race Recap

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The ATC guys left first by virtue of their fast forward, and almost immediately found themselves in last by virtue of some bad train station advice from a local (who thought for some reason that Padua train station would have a quicker way to get to Vienna than the Venice train station). So the teams get to Vienna, and everyone catches up because the next route marker was closed for the night. Then the best part: After going through the sewers, the teams come up and find their way to a fiacre (horse-drawn carriage) stand. Three or four carriages leave every half hour on the half hour. To get the cab, you have to grab the hanging tag off the door. Two of the first teams, (Reichen and Chip and Kelly & Jon) there fail to read the clue properly and climb in the cabs, which are then just sitting there (either because it wasn't time to leave, or because these idiots didn't grab the ticket). So the other teams are standing there watching these idiots in the cabs, and circus clowns Jon & Al realize what's going on, and grab the ticket from Reichen & Chip's cab. Next, the models do the same thing to Kelly & Jon. But all the teams stagger their way to a Palace, and then a bungee jump thing, and then have to do a long detour involving Mozart and Bethoven. Jack Osbourne-wannabe and his dad do the fast forward, which actually involved some hilarious moments of each of them dropping a full tray of champagne flutes as they tried to cross a dance floor filled with beautiful waltzing Austrian couples.
They win the stage, but no prize. Hot on their heels are the NFL wives, Reichen and Chip and Tian & Jaree. Doing surprisingly poorly are the LA guys, Dave & Jeff, who apparently bring nothing to the table.

Finally, it's a train race from Vienna to some small town namedG munden. The ATC guys seem to be mired dead in last place. However, Russell & Bitch-fucker get screwed by Russell's bad pronunciation of Gmunden, and buy tickets to Gmund. They realize their mistake before getting on the train, but it costs them about an hour. Lots of suspense, who's going to be last, and it's Russell & Bitch-fucker. Good ridance. The ATC guys are miraculously still in it for another week.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Anne Elk
Do you remember the cicada's? Otherwise known as the 17 year locust. They invaded when I was in highschool. It was disgusting. Crunching underfoot, clogging up the lawn mower, getting stuck in my hair. Ewwww! (shiver)

And the worst part is, they knock on your door early on Saturday mornings.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...mon_crickets_5

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
In an "unscientific" BBC poll asking "Who is the greatest American?", Homer Simpson is handily beating Lincoln, MLK and several other luminaries.

Love the caveat: "Results are indicative and may not reflect public opinion."

The real surprise, though, is that Mr. T is beating both Bob Dylan and Bill Clinton. Oh, and Thomas Jefferson.

So the English are still in a snit about the Revolution, are they? Then I nominate one of Benny Hill's interchangeable inflatable bimbos as greatest Brit.