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Post by Smallstone on Apr 21, 2005 12:40:55 GMT 1
and yes we all may love Thorn to pieces but is that love being reciprocated? I fear it isnt............  |
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Post by thorn on Apr 21, 2005 15:33:35 GMT 1
it is it is!!!!!!!! thank you samllstone thats exactly what i wanted to know it really doesnt make any sense, one would think both songs would have been included, coz show me the way is a cool song!!! i totally understand about the whole flow of the album being interrupted it really doesnt feel the same!!!!
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Post by MarchToFuzz on Apr 28, 2005 16:12:49 GMT 1
Dinosaur jr's the april 16 reunion show from spaceland is now available for download on www.freesofree.netall you gotta do is signup(free) and download all you want. there's also Dinosaur Jr 2005 Tour Dates: 08 Jun 2005 - The Forum - London UK 10 Jun 2005 - Download Festival - Donington UK 07 Jul 2005 - House Of Blues - Lake Buena Vista FL USA 08 Jul 2005 - Variety Playhouse - Atlanta GA USA 09 Jul 2005 - The NorVa - Norfolk VA USA 10 Jul 2005 - Cats Cradle - Carrboro NC USA 11 Jul 2005 - 9:30 Club - Washington DC USA 13 Jul 2005 - Electric Factory - Philadelphia PA USA 14 Jul 2005 - Central Park SummerStage - New York NY USA 15 Jul 2005 - Avalon - Boston MA USA 19 Jul 2005 - House Of Blues - Cleveland OH USA 20 Jul 2005 - Clutch Cargo - Pontiac MI USA 21 Jul 2005 - Madison Theatre - Covington KY USA 22 Jul 2005 - The Rave / Eagles Club - Milwaukee WI USA 23 Jul 2005 - Quest Club - Minneapolis MN USA 24 Jul 2005 - Lollapalooza - Chicago IL USA 29 Jul 2005 - Fuji Rock Festival - Japan  |
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Post by Thurston_Whore on Apr 28, 2005 16:49:08 GMT 1
Kool..nice one mate thanks for the info.  |
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Post by thorn on Apr 29, 2005 9:21:59 GMT 1
sweet i have to try get to the london gig!!!!!!!
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Post by Thurston_Whore on Apr 29, 2005 14:06:54 GMT 1
I heard that one is sold out thorn,Never know though it might be false info.
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Post by thorn on Apr 29, 2005 16:53:04 GMT 1
FUCK FUCK DAMN DAMN SHIT NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! why?  do these things always happen!!! |
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Post by Smallstone on May 2, 2005 19:57:31 GMT 1
Indulge me a little everyone... here's my wee Dinosaur Jr tale....I need to 'share' again:)
I have plenty of very fond 'early' Dinosaur Jr memories. I think I kinda discovered them in mid 1988, around the time of the Freak Scene single and Bug release. Maybe it was just before that, anyway..... it's a long time ago and I was 17 so I think I was just beginning to.....you know smoke a bit of weed, have a few drinks every now and then:) My big friend (still to this day) was a dude we called Dob (real name Robert) who had a copy of You're Living All Over Me which we would blast at every opportunity. We would hang in his house A LOT. We weren't cool. We didn't have girlfriends. We had long hair. We lived in a dull seaside town with not a lot to do. We were sorta proto-grungers (you know ripped jeans, converse boots, check shirts, beads etc - remember this is pre-Nirvana). We read comics, listened to John Peel on the radio, watched trashy movies, chugged cheap lager, went to gigs, listened to Sonic Youth, hardcore blah blah blah.
Anyway it's spring 1989 and word was Dinosaur Jr were gonna be playing some rare UK shows so like WE WERE THERE! NO QUESTION!!!
We lived on the South Coast of the UK and the closest and easiest show to get to was Portsmouth at the Polytechnic. The show was on a Saturday night, so great, EASY! We would either jump on the train or cadge a lift and drive down on the night get a ticket etc etc. It was going to be a BLAST!
Anyway as it turned out a few of our friends wanted to go as well which was cool, so a lift was arranged and on a sunny May evening 5 of us (me, Dob, Kev and Chad) piled into our friend Stan’s really small Fiat car and off we raced to Pompey! A bone shaking scary 45 minute drive later and we were there........however it seemed that every indie rock fan in the South of England had also turned up with the same idea!!! The whole area around the venue was packed and there was a big sign saying those fateful words. SOLD OUT. DISASTER!! We were screwed.......we were NOT getting into this show:(
We were just gonna split, find a pub, drown our sorrows, whatever, when I spotted a familiar looking bespectacled looking bass guitarist hanging out in the parking lot. I just thought F%*@ it I'm gonna go talk to him!! So I approached Lou who by now has Murph stood next to him. J is kinda hanging out about 20 yards away in a doorway NOT talking to Lou and Murph.....So here's how it goes down:-
Me:
'Lou, hey how’s it going man? Er me and my 5 buddies have driven a really long way (THIS IS A LIE - BUT HEY LOUS NOT GONNA KNOW RIGHT!!) to see you tonight and we don't have tickets and the gig is totally sold out, is there anyway that you could you know either sneak us in or like put us on the guest list?'
Lou:
'Sure no problem, what are your names? Anyone got a pen?'
So Lou, the GOD that he is, puts me and my five mates on the guest list. We thank him (I think Chad actually dropped to his knees and kissed Lou’s hand!!) and swagger past the locked out crowds and go to the box office to where Lou has just taken the list and we are IN! I quickly buy myself a ticket to the Mudhoney show that was happening the following week (another story!!) and it all goes off!! Lunachicks support. Then Dino J.
Incredible gig! There’s a (really bad) recording of the show on the Dinosaur Jr Video/Audio site. They play all the greats plus weird covers of Gigantic by the Pixies and some intense kinda Napalm Death noise jams!! What a night! What a band!!!! J is on fire. Lou is bashing seven shades of poo out of his Rickenbacker bass and Murph is just SLAYING those Gretsch drums. At the end of the night we thank Lou who is packing up his gear (no roadies in those days folks) and literally FLOAT out of the venue we are so HIGH at what we have seen/experienced!!
It's a night I've never forgotten. We got in on Lou Barlow's guest list! What a great guy! It's kinda why I am SO EXCITED about seeing the original line up again. I mean it's been 16 years!!! Thats crazy! I'm sat here chugging a beer and listening to Bug on CD, all older, married and stuff and I still LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!
Cheers:)
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Post by MarchToFuzz on May 2, 2005 20:45:01 GMT 1
hi Smallstone i love to read yr stories, share more !!!! i wish my english will be that good too that i´ll share my stories.... but it's not.... i think.... live yr live with good times hope all is always well with you mate, thanks again |
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Post by Thurston_Whore on May 2, 2005 21:48:52 GMT 1
Wow! Smallstone that is a great story man! I can almost picture it and picture you guys back in those day musta been real kool to talk with lou to man i wish i was older back in those days so i coulda been to see all the great bands that came to the uk back then,Its still great news that dino are back together though and i hope i'll get my chance to see them sometime.And yeah smallstone keep those great stories coming in man!!!
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do these things always happen!!!