My last girlfriend made a similar sort of comment about Pixies....when I was wearing a T-shirt with them on, she said 'oh, they're real? My old art teacher liked them....I thought he made them up as a joke'. :rolleyes:

how many girlfriends have you had

there's a station here in SD that plays Pixies, Dinosaur Jr., old Flaming Lips, Sonic Youth, Smiths, and all that. but they also play generic crap too, but meh, at least they keep an even balance of the cool stuff with the generic stuff.

Seeing Sonic Youth do Daydream tomorrow :D There's a band called Car-sick Cars supporting who I'd never heard before, but sound decent.

[QUOTE=asdf;15218875]I love my college radio station. It's almost always good.[/QUOTE]

i thought there were no good radio stations around here, but recently learned i could pick up the station from a college not far from my house.

heres the playlist: [url]http://www.wknc.org/studio/[/url]

they play a good mix of all genres. sometimes they play some shitty stuff, but its better than any other radio station here.

I have a radio show on wednesdays with a friend. You can stream it. I'll you guys when it's on next week.

I want to get a show at my school.

I know someone with a show.

I know one of the college DJs here. The college station is better than any other station in town, even with the often stuttering DJs and technical difficulties.

[url]http://kbga.org/home/[/url]

They used to have a webstream but the FCC made them shut it down.

[QUOTE=Kyle;15219932]Seeing Sonic Youth do Daydream tomorrow :D There's a band called Car-sick Cars supporting who I'd never heard before, but sound decent.[/QUOTE]

The Slits opened when I saw them a month ago. Good show.

[quote=Iai;15219308]My last girlfriend made a similar sort of comment about Pixies....when I was wearing a T-shirt with them on, she said 'oh, they're real? My old art teacher liked them....I thought he made them up as a joke'. :rolleyes:[/quote]

You and your crazy girlfriends.

[QUOTE=StaticSynth;15220543]The Slits opened when I saw them a month ago. Good show.[/QUOTE]
They're coming in October. Worth the $25?

[QUOTE=planewreq;15220811]They're coming in October. Worth the $25?[/QUOTE]

Sure, they're still good performers. And as a bonus they did a pretty long encore (like the whole first half of Rather Ripped).

[QUOTE=planewreq;15220811]They're coming in October. Worth the $25?[/QUOTE]

I saw the Slits open for Sonic Youth like a month ago. The Slits were just annoying. But Sonic Youth played all of Daydream Nation and me and my friends all got in for free. Flawless day.

[QUOTE=Thanks;15219273]The UP > the lp[/QUOTE]Was there actually less music to see in ann arbor than in the UP?


But once again, I love my school's radio station. I've been listening to it a lot since I've moved in and it really has yet to dissapoint. I will eventually be volunteering there, and maybe next year I will take a work study job there (I'm currently at my work study job, so since I already have one, I couldn't have another.)

College radio is fun.

[QUOTE=asdf;15221493]Was there actually less music to see in ann arbor than in the UP?


But once again, I love my school's radio station. I've been listening to it a lot since I've moved in and it really has yet to dissapoint. I will eventually be volunteering there, and maybe next year I will take a work study job there (I'm currently at my work study job, so since I already have one, I couldn't have another.)[/QUOTE]

Less? Probably not. But the quality of the crowds, and thus the caliber of the performance is not even comparable. Ann Arbor crowds are dead and useless, and there's absolutely no sense of involvement or interaction between the performer and his audience. I saw three bands from Ann Arbor last night, and they played the same old Ann Arbor indie folk that I saw several times downstate, because there was little else to check out. The show in Marquette was one of the best nights of my summer, because the crowds up here demand a much more powerful performance from the artists by being supportive and interactive, and we really make an event, a party, out of every show. This is the second time this summer Chris Bathgate has made the 8 hour trip up to Marquette, and why? Because the way we put on shows up here is truly incredible.

All that not to mention that the bands we have in this great climate for live music are of a much more interesting variety than those in Ann Arbor. We have a lot of weird kids that do weird things, and grown up weird kids that sort of lead the way. Marquette is insulated from so much, because it's a small town with a very strong regional culture. Bordering on the largest fresh water lake in the world, Marquette is also a town of extremes, with incredibly long, volatile winters. The music that comes out of our little town reflects so much of this isolation and extremity. It's almost untouched by national trends, and it's unique. I love so many of the bands up here.

[quote=Robert Crumb]what kinda question is that!!??!![/quote]
ok well i guess i'm going

I was just joking

I was being completely serious



but no i'm going

I was just kidding again, it will probably be a very nice show.

[QUOTE]I know one of the college DJs here. The college station is better than any other station in town, even with the often stuttering DJs and technical difficulties.

[url]http://kbga.org/home/[/url][/QUOTE]
My girlfriends dad is the man who fixes all those technical difficulties. I'm going to try to get some sort of thing going on there so I can do that as my senior project or something I dunno.

George Thorogood and the Destroys coming to town I'm going alone, yeah, with nobody else.

[QUOTE=Thanks;15221724]Less? Probably not. But the quality of the crowds, and thus the caliber of the performance is not even comparable. Ann Arbor crowds are dead and useless, and there's absolutely no sense of involvement or interaction between the performer and his audience. I saw three bands from Ann Arbor last night, and they played the same old Ann Arbor indie folk that I saw several times downstate, because there was little else to check out. The show in Marquette was one of the best nights of my summer, because the crowds up here demand a much more powerful performance from the artists by being supportive and interactive, and we really make an event, a party, out of every show. This is the second time this summer Chris Bathgate has made the 8 hour trip up to Marquette, and why? Because the way we put on shows up here is truly incredible.

All that not to mention that the bands we have in this great climate for live music are of a much more interesting variety than those in Ann Arbor. We have a lot of weird kids that do weird things, and grown up weird kids that sort of lead the way. Marquette is insulated from so much, because it's a small town with a very strong regional culture. Bordering on the largest fresh water lake in the world, Marquette is also a town of extremes, with incredibly long, volatile winters. The music that comes out of our little town reflects so much of this isolation and extremity. It's almost untouched by national trends, and it's unique. I love so many of the bands up here.[/QUOTE]That was a very thorough explanation, Alex, and I can believe it. Enthusiasm of the people at the show, both performers and crowd, are definitely important to what really makes a show and a scene. I've never been to the UP, so I guess I do have a distorted perception of it. Sounds like it's isolated in a good way.

I guess that's why I got into the local punk scene in GR more so than anything else, because the crowds are (or were) just more into it, as were the bands.

You've seen The Mighty Narwhale, right? Around GR they get a pretty strong crowd that's into the music generally. Don't know about AA, though.

All I know is there seems to be sh[I]i[/I]t to do in Kalamazoo as far as a music scene is concerned.

[QUOTE=Thanks;15221724]Less? Probably not. But the quality of the crowds, and thus the caliber of the performance is not even comparable. Ann Arbor crowds are dead and useless, and there's absolutely no sense of involvement or interaction between the performer and his audience. I saw three bands from Ann Arbor last night, and they played the same old Ann Arbor indie folk that I saw several times downstate, because there was little else to check out. The show in Marquette was one of the best nights of my summer, because the crowds up here demand a much more powerful performance from the artists by being supportive and interactive, and we really make an event, a party, out of every show. This is the second time this summer Chris Bathgate has made the 8 hour trip up to Marquette, and why? Because the way we put on shows up here is truly incredible.

All that not to mention that the bands we have in this great climate for live music are of a much more interesting variety than those in Ann Arbor. We have a lot of weird kids that do weird things, and grown up weird kids that sort of lead the way. Marquette is insulated from so much, because it's a small town with a very strong regional culture. Bordering on the largest fresh water lake in the world, Marquette is also a town of extremes, with incredibly long, volatile winters. The music that comes out of our little town reflects so much of this isolation and extremity. It's almost untouched by national trends, and it's unique. I love so many of the bands up here.[/QUOTE]

Marquette is an awesome little place. I love the UP. Ive been hiking in the pictured ricks and the porcupine mountains a couple of time. Absolutely stunning. And your dead right about the weird people up there.

[QUOTE=asdf;15221955]That was a very thorough explanation, Alex, and I can believe it. Enthusiasm of the people at the show, both performers and crowd, are definitely important to what really makes a show and a scene. I've never been to the UP, so I guess I do have a distorted perception of it. Sounds like it's isolated in a good way.

I guess that's why I got into the local punk scene in GR more so than anything else, because the crowds are (or were) just more into it, as were the bands.

You've seen The Mighty Narwhale, right? Around GR they get a pretty strong crowd that's into the music generally. Don't know about AA, though.

All I know is there seems to be sh[I]i[/I]t to do in Kalamazoo as far as a music scene is concerned.[/QUOTE]

Grand Rapids seems to have its good points. Friction is based there, which is cool. I don't know much about your scene, because you guys haven't sent that many bands up north. I love Spit For Athena, though.

I didn't get to see much of Narwhale's set when they played in Ann Arbor, but that show was pretty much a joke. They started around when they advertised the doors were opening, and sets were totally rushed, because there was another show going on that night. The blind pig is such a sh[COLOR="White"]i[/COLOR]thole, and of course no one in Ann Arbor comes out to the Blind Pig for regional or local acts.

Yeah, Kzoo is pretty cool. You get Hornet and M.Sord and Berwer and Frank Fuzz, to name a few. That city is much cooler than Ann Arbor, from the brief experience I had there. I mean, the one show I saw in Kalamazoo was at a roller rink, so it was a little out of the ordinary awesome, but I'm sure there will be good times.

[QUOTE=big80smullet;15221972]Marquette is an awesome little place. I love the UP. Ive been hiking in the pictured ricks and the porcupine mountains a couple of time. Absolutely stunning. And your dead right about the weird people up there.[/QUOTE]

I'm glad you've pleasant experiences up here. Pictured rocks is beautiful, but I've actually never been to the Porkies. I'm also glad that our weirdness is obvious enough for a visitor to pick up on.

[QUOTE=Thanks;15221995]
Yeah, Kzoo is pretty cool. You get Hornet and M.Sord and Berwer and Frank Fuzz, to name a few. That city is much cooler than Ann Arbor, from the brief experience I had there. I mean, the one show I saw in Kalamazoo was at a roller rink, so it was a little out of the ordinary awesome, but I'm sure there will be good times.[/QUOTE]
That's reassuring. Pretty much all I've been able to find as far as venues go would be The Kraftbrau and a few other bars, and the State Theater for bigger-name acts. I'm having difficulty finding local bands, but that'll probably change as the people who work at the radio station seem pretty knowledgable. I should probably try and make it to "Barking Tuna Festival."

long posts gtfo my community thread!

how many people DJ for their college's radio station?

i know a few of you do. i'm getting an AM slot this semester, which you have to do for one semester before you get an FM slot. but the thing is, they used to run the AM signal through a coax network hundreds of meters all through campus underground in ducts, which flooded a few years ago... and they didn't have the funding to fix them.. so the AM signal barely leaves the studio haha.. but its okay my show will still be dope!!!

but yeah i'll also be doing graphic design, booking, reviews, and equipment maintenance. so its gonna be a fun semester if i have enough free time for all this stuff

Yeah, I can't really help you when it comes to finding places to see the bands, but the ones I mentioned you should definitely try to catch. Hornet is a pretty awesome sort of post-hardcore band. They recently released a CD, and inside the jacket is a big picture from a Marquette show, with a bunch of my friends with Xs over their eyes. M. Sord is basically the coolest. I'm not sure how often he performs. He just played some shows with Hella earlier this summer. He plays drums to synths and has a great fog machine. Berwer I don't I think caught when they were in MQT, but one of their members is living up here now and plays in a few Marquette bands. I've heard recordings, and they're good.

I would also recommend going and seeing Small Brown Bike on the 7th at Kraftbrau. They're kind of Michigan legends.

EDIT: I just watched Berwer at Kraftbrau on youtube, and it looks like a pretty great venue. I saw my friend Tyler from the UP in the crowd, rocking out and smiling. Cool vibe.

I have heard of small brown bike, but I don't know why. Must be because of them being Michigan Legends as you say.

And I'll check out those bands when I have time. I've barely had any time to myself with this "fall welcome" stuff for school.

i might do some shows with a local post rock band

im a star

pics

whats up

you gotta get pics of the show if it happens

cause i am your biggest fan

hawt pix


i need to get a drummer and maybe another guitar player though because i cant actually play any of the music i've made =x

I'll play guitar for you.

move to ohio we'll hook up some jamz

ill play some hot lickz and riffz

who is masada