Everything posted by stc
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Pink Floyd
the gilmour live album from the last tour came out today. just fired it up, sounds good.
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New Austin Music
just watched the latest strange lot video and it features the die spitz bass player.
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Shall we talk about heavy music?
there is a 90's band from memphis called big ass truck. their guitarist is now a member of the hold steady. can't believe there are 2 bands who chose to be called big ass truck.
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Old Fashioned Hamburger Stands
king burger in rocksprings really hit the spot after 4 days on the devils river. i suspect their mexican food is also good because half the people at the counter were ordering enchiladas. for a town of 800, rocksprings was surprisingly busy.
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Surly official camping and backpacking thread
$1,400. we had to carry all of our camping gear but they hauled everything else and did all the cooking, cleaning, etc. there were 3 guides total for our group of 5. one of the guides was a retired green beret...the calmest most level-headed dude i've ever met. i had no doubt if shit went south he would handle it. he also had some incredible stories.
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Surly official camping and backpacking thread
did 3 nights on the devils river last week, it was as incredible as i hoped it would be. put in at the north unit of the state natural area and took out at the south unit. we used a guide and i'm glad we did, it's a shallow river and there were many times where the correct route was not very apparent. weather was great, water felt amazing, didn't see anyone else out there. did a couple of hikes to some caves in the south unit. it was far more physically demanding than any of the trips i've done on the rio grande in big bend.
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Concerts you are attending
all 3 shows i saw on the last leg of the nin tour i had to get secondary market. the bots are ridiculous during general sale.
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Concerts you are attending
- Concerts you are attending
wanted to see hooveriii but that 1:30 start time wasn't going to happen for me. feel like every time they play austin it's at a very inconvenient time.- Tex Mex
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3 day levitation review. the venue: palmer events center the good...convenient location with ample parking for $10, easy security, cold AC, restrooms- never a line, bars- never a line, decent food trucks, ample outdoor spaces to chill, nice view of the city. the bad...sound at the indoor stage was mostly very bad. there were a handful of bands that sounded good but overall it was terrible. it was also absurdly dark in there even between bands. turning on the house lights between sets would have been helpful. the outdoor stage wasn't large enough and it was baking in the sun for most of the afternoon. friday: castle rat- medieval fantasy doom metal. they had a whole theatrical theme with costumes and a storyline...sort of like gwar but not as big of a production. they were entertaining, definitely enjoyed their set. skloss- 2nd time seeing them, their live show has improved since last year. instrumental droning, sludgy psych rock. they were good. blood incantation- they used 20 minutes of their set doing soundcheck and then still sounded like shit when they finally started. sound was so bad i couldn't listen to more than a song before i bailed. rickshaw billies burger patrol- lots of energy on the outdoor stage. played a couple of new songs that i didn't immediately love, otherwise pretty much their standard fun set. the sword- plagued by terrible sound. there was a speaker crackling the whole time, couldn't hear vocals, couldn't hear lead guitar. a real shame. setlist was good, did a cover of space oddity that i hadn't heard them play before. acid bath- somehow the sound for this set was incredible. i was only somewhat familiar with their music but they fucking crushed it. this was absolutely the best set of the weekend for me. extremely good. the armed- didn't catch much of their set but they did a really good cover of nin somewhat damaged that stopped me as i was heading to the food court. mastodon- the sound was decent, not my favorite setlist. once the lasers kicked, the visuals were excellent. saturday: wednesday- new album is good, sounded fine live. good start to the day. blonde redhead- one of the few bands that sounded really good on the indoor stage. had never listened to them before but i reallly liked their set. swervedriver- another band i wasn't really familiar with. didn't like the vocals but they sounded good when they got to jamming. raveonettes- danish psych duo. have seen them a handful of times but i think this was the best one yet. not sure who the additional guitarist was but he added a lot to their sound. one of my favorite sets of the weekend. unknown mortal orchestra- maybe the worst sound of any band the entire weekend. a muddy fucking mess. truly unlistenable. listened to 2 songs and bailed. tv on the radio- sound was great, setlist was great, energy was great. very good set. sunday: population II- canadian psych rock trio. had some heavy jams and good energy. nice way to start the day. a place to bury strangers- a wall of noise and strobe lights and awesomeness. did their normal thing where they play a few songs in the middle of the floor. love those guys. diles que no me maten- psych rock band from mexico city. it all seemed like improv, not sure they had any real songs. didn't love it. frankie and the witch fingers- another set with sound problems...the sound completely cut out a couple of times. they had insane energy and the crowd went absolutely nuts. black angels- more sound issues. couldn't hear the guitar, vocals were extremely loud. they played a new song that i liked a lot. wish the sound would've been better. built to spill- they fucked up a couple songs but mostly sounded great. would've liked something off of you in reverse. i would hurt a fly and carry the zero made up for any shortcomings. two of my favorite songs ever. struggled to make it through built to spill because i was fucking beat after 3 days of festival. didn't catch destroyer or pavement. fun weekend, if they can sort out the sound issues i would gladly go back to the palmer events center next year.- Pink Floyd
loved in the beato interview when gilmour was talking about the comfortably numb solo...not thinking about the fans' expectations, plays it how he feels it and it's fun every time. such the opposite of waters.- Concerts you are attending
sound at moody center has been exceptional for almost everything i've seen there (mastodon being the exception). it's a really good venue compared to 99% of other arenas.- Concerts you are attending
all of the set times are on the levitation website. it's over by 10:30 each night.- Concerts you are attending
the best music festival of the year kicks off tomorrow. not all that excited about the palmer events center but hopefullly it's alright. the friday lineup of metal bands is extremely awesome. will be going all 3 days.- Rick Beato's YouTube channel is a must-subscribe
i enjoyed the gilmour interview just because i've never heard him go into that much detail regarding the recording process, effects, etc. i think gilmour appreciated that the interview didn't focus on band drama. i do find beato to be fairly annoying. could be the way it's edited, but he frequently completely ignores obvious follow up questions and moves on to some unrelated topic.- Concerts you are attending
i don't get it either. they aren't bad but they do nothing for me.- Concerts you are attending
saw natural child at sagebrush on saturday night. pretty uninspired set. first time at sagebrush, hopefully the last.- Concerts you are attending
sound at scoot inn is consistently terrible.- Beer 2025: Merry Christmas Everyone, Including the Haters and Losers
these were popular with the homebrew crowd when i was in college because of the reusable top, so i drank quite a few of them. they were in green bottles though. nice, crisp pilsner from what i remember.- Concerts you are attending
found this website yesterday, nintourhistory.com. you can add your dates and it compiles a bunch of stats...how many times you've seen each song, who the band members were, etc. i've seen 108 unique songs and 422 total. wish and hlah were the only 2 songs played at all 19 shows. hurt and gave up at 18/19. fun to play around with.- Concerts you are attending
they just announced a nine inch noize set at coachella.- Concerts you are attending
lol. hate to see the headliner stealing stage time. what a travesty.- Concerts you are attending
i've got tickets for viagra boys whole 3 night tx run hou>aus>dal. not sure i'll make the final show but gonna give it a shot! - Concerts you are attending
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