guzziguy Posted April 16, 2009 Report Posted April 16, 2009 don't trust anyone over under 30 FIFY i'm probably going to be a cranky asshole in my latter years. you know, after i hit 30. How would we tell?
Genetic Posted April 16, 2009 Report Posted April 16, 2009 Funny story: so I went to (....) Suddenly it seems my Geddy Lee story, where I beat the hell of him on a tennis court (BTW he asked for it), is incredibly pale... Amicalement
Genetic Posted April 17, 2009 Report Posted April 17, 2009 Hardly. Tell it. Well.... As a former tennis director of an indoor tennis club in a city where tourism is a big part of the economic activity there's so many fun opportunities. There's one. All the producers of rock concerts in our city are connected to the usual network of solid sources for VIP entertainement. My club was one of these sources. The funny thing is that when celebrities are privately visiting incognito (or even when musicians are on tour) they want to do normal things but in a secret way. At the club I managed we had a freaking nice setting with a private court in a separate building from the main complex. In and out without any chance to be seen by the regular club members. There I had the chance to practice with many high profile people who wanted to play tennis with the local pro hiden from the general public. No big deal it was part of the job. Now back to the main topic. One evening I received a message like this '' dont go to to bed too late you have a practice with a member of a rock group tomorrow ''. Yep it was Geddy Lee. A very nice fellow and a good player I must say. Generally half the times the practice is evolving toward the '' show me what you can do maestro '' . This time was no exception and at the end of the hour he asked for it. Let me just say that he found out that tennis can be a risky business.... Amicalement
GPH Posted April 17, 2009 Report Posted April 17, 2009 Did he pay you Big Money? (pun intended ) Great story!
Genetic Posted April 17, 2009 Report Posted April 17, 2009 Did he pay you Big Money? (pun intended ) Great story! The usual fee.... Amicalement PS. Back then I was a bit jalous of the Montreal tennis pros. One example: our Davis Cup captain (and a tennis pro for the major part of the year) had the chance to get every year a one week stay in a corporate condo in Tokyo. A gift from his tennis Japanese students (the big guys in the electronic field who were playing at his club).
Dusty Chalk Posted April 17, 2009 Report Posted April 17, 2009 (avoids making a "favorite headache" joke) Cool!
ingwe Posted April 19, 2009 Report Posted April 19, 2009 sevendust on stage now. next black label society. vomitous.
naamanf Posted April 19, 2009 Report Posted April 19, 2009 sevendust on stage now. next black label society. vomitous. Kick ass. I hope your going to be rockin' it in the pit. I know Sevendust is coming here in a couple weeks. If there are with BLS I am definitely going.
guzziguy Posted April 19, 2009 Report Posted April 19, 2009 B.B. King at the Canyon Club, Agoura Hills, CA. Rachel Cantu opened for B.B. She played guitar and had one other guitarist as accompaniment. She played mostly a slow, country style. I think that she has a nice voice and talent, but I just couldn't get into her music. That's surprising as I tend to really like this style of music. Later, the B.B. King Band opened without B. and played two pieces. They are a group of older blues and jazz musicians and definitely have their act together. Then B. walked out. He barely made the seat that was set up for him. He proceeded to joke, talk and perform for almost two hours. B.B. King still has his charisma, voice and guitar talent. It was an extremely enjoyable concert. If you have a change to see B. live, I highly recommend it. He and his band put on a great show. But don't wait, he's 83 and the diabetes is definitely affecting his ability to walk. One never knows how many concerts he has left in him. So make the effort to see him while you still can.
jinp6301 Posted April 24, 2009 Report Posted April 24, 2009 Harpur Jazz Ensemble (my school's jazz ensemble) Concert with guest artist Sherrie Maricle was fucking awesome
postjack Posted April 24, 2009 Report Posted April 24, 2009 three evenings of Widespread Panic last weekend. Breather this weekend. Next week Robert Randolph on Thursday, Death Cab on Saturday. I'm not the biggest Death Cab fan but a friend really wanted me to come with.
Voltron Posted April 24, 2009 Report Posted April 24, 2009 Jeff Beck at the Fox Theater in Oakland. Great stuff but JP and I were both pretty ripped and the last third of the show is a little blurry.
Dusty Chalk Posted May 2, 2009 Report Posted May 2, 2009 Gojira w/The Chariot, Car Bomb, GI9, Separation, and Wisteria (in more or less reverse order, me thinks) -- missed the first three (the last three listed); Car Bomb -- not my thing, although the drummer was fantastic (he played a little without accompaniment during sound check and sounded like friggin' Gavin Harrison); The Chariot -- really not my thing -- HATED it; Gojira were friggin' awesome. Tight (which one has to be with some of those stop-starts and changes), sounded great (some of the older songs sounded better live than they did on record), and you could tell everyone was having a blast. During this one grand section of one of the songs, the bassist just had this huge blissful ear-to-ear grin on his face -- it was contagious. The drummer and the guitarists were on, and Joe Duplantier sounded great on every single fucking song. First night of their first headlining tour in North America, and they got everything right -- I forgot what a pleasure it is to see a show without technical difficulties. Oh, and hotties friggin' everywhere. It must be something about the French.
jinp6301 Posted May 2, 2009 Report Posted May 2, 2009 waiting for the university orchestra to start Symphonie Fantastique
postjack Posted May 3, 2009 Report Posted May 3, 2009 nice on the Gojira. would love to catch them. in new Orleans right now for death cab. listening to the opened as we speak.
catscratch Posted May 4, 2009 Report Posted May 4, 2009 Saw Shpongle yesterday in NYC. Kinda disappointed since it wasn't a full live set, but Simon still put on a good show. There were tracks from the next Shpongle album which sounded very promising, and some Younger Brother stuff which I really didn't like. This was more of your standard psytrance party than a serious show, but it was a good one regardless. J. Viewz opened and actually were great, with a full band setup and fully live. Never heard of them before but will definitely check them out.
Voltron Posted May 4, 2009 Report Posted May 4, 2009 For some reason I love listening to Shpongle on airplanes. Just seems to fit the setting.
ingwe Posted May 8, 2009 Report Posted May 8, 2009 Tomorrow night: Spinal-Tap/Folksmen in their Atlanta performance of the Unwigged & Unplugged tour!
Voltron Posted May 8, 2009 Report Posted May 8, 2009 Tomorrow night: Spinal-Tap/Folksmen in their Atlanta performance of the Unwigged & Unplugged tour! Are you writing this from the future?
ingwe Posted May 8, 2009 Report Posted May 8, 2009 Thank you Al. <ob 'tit' for Al's 'tat'> Doesn't matter since you don't have one. </ob 'tit' for Al's 'tat'> on second thought... fuck you and fuck Disney too!
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