two four six eight breegul likes to masturbate seven eight nine ten he whacks it always thinking of men

one time i stole stephen malkmus's danish but i didn't feel bad

HEY GUYS LETS MAKE SURE NEUTERED MALK MOTEL KNOWS THAT WE THINK THEY'RE SPIFFY!!

you guys sound like you are no fun

i'm ready to get down anytime with anybody... only two conditions 1) NO FEMS 2) NO FATS

like if I go see Mark Kozelek, that is obviously a kind of introverted, reflective experience and everyone wants to stand as quiet as they can and lean in as close they can to absorb it all as completely as possible. but seeing a band where they guys move around on stage, and there's crazy guitar solos and insane drums, I completely do not understand how it can be fun to just stand there with your hands in your pockets with a sour look on your face. Moving to the music, getting lost in it transforms the experience, and especially if others are really into it also, the crowd becomes part of the show. The audience and the artist feed off each others' energy. Can you imagine Pearl Jam in 1992 going crazy on stage and Eddie Vedder climbing walls while the audience stands perfectly still and checks their twitters in between songs? It's a very basic, primal thing. You dance around your brain releases endorphins and everything feels more awesome. I really want to blame it on this generation for being a bunch of jaded hipster dicks who think they are too cool for everything, but I think it might really just be having seen so many shows with bad audiences in this city

Don't know if people are actually disagreeing with you, but the way you're wording it, particularly with "dance" is making me think of this

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I am generally opposed to non-GA shows and most of the times if it's seated I will opt against going even if it's a band I really like (exception for NMH). I once saw my fav band play a seated venue and everyone stood up and they ended their set by thanking people for standing up and making it feel like "a real rock show". It's obvious that bands appreciate when you show some kind of positive organic reaction to them other than clapping. Sometimes I see people on the front row with their arms crossed and both hate and love them cause it's hilarious but also wtf.

lol I have never gotten on anyone's shoulders, or crowd surfed, or slam danced. Like I said, I don't get drunk and flail like a maniac. By dance I just mean move. Sway your body, shake your head, jump up and down when the band plays a fan favorite. It feels natural. It seems obvious to me also that not standing with your arms crossed is more enjoyable and the artists would appreciate a crowd that actually looks like it is having fun, but I guess that's just like my opinion man

JESUS just shut up already. everything you are saying is entirely subjective. for someone who purports to be on the cutting edge of open-mindedness you sure are being a doofus

Stuff White People Like – #67. Standing Still at Concerts



Things I Don't Want to See Anymore


The Guardian – Why Don't People Dance at Shows Anymore?

wow this guy is the fucking revelator

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Governor Sandwiches sleeps through the Boss


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can you really blame him

that was when he woke up for the encore of blinded by the light

Haha who is Governor Sandwiches?

Is he a relative of Mayor McCheese?

I kind of sway, nod my head, sometimes even raise my hand at a particularly good part of a song. I'm mostly self-conscious at shows, though. Don't drink because I always have to drive home after, too.:o

Although, NMH encourages singing along and that was REALLY fun to belt out their songs at the top of my lungs. But everyone was doing that, so...

I was in the nosebleeds for Springsteen and squished between two people; that shit suuuucked. 99.9% of the shows I go to are GA and I like that much better.

When I started going to shows, everyone jumped around like maniacs and danced. Trying to emulate them always felt forced to me, and I couldn't pay as much attention to the music as I'd like to - so I didn't. I'd just stand there and hear people complaining that I was "no fun".

Fast-forward 15 years, and you get people like rbg all up in arms that they aren't cool anymore. It's kind of funny. I mean, go ahead and dance if you want to. No one's stopping you.

NJ Gov Chris Christie and yes he's Mayor McCheese's brother.

i just love it when concert halls sing about anne frank and semen

What a way to bring people together.

sorry guys i have a job

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also that reminds me that for some fucking reason he/they haven't ever played communist daughter since they reformed i mean what the fuck i love that song

i mean, i guess i really like it not love but the fact they don't play it is aggravating. theyt srsly play every song on aeroplane EXCEPT communist daughter.:cry:

oh come one really

i pirated deafheaven today

sunbather in flac for the car

NMH Appreciation thread now

i know, i know, it's a none issue to most

it's pretty good isn't it

I didn't jam it yet

once i was at the library and even though i had my ipod in the car, i borrowed sunbather so i could listen to it on cd

if i had one of those ports in my car i would never buy cds. but at this point i kind of enjoy the tradition of getting ready for a road trip or perusing the used cd bins even though its almost always for stuff i listened to back in the 90s.

i got stoked last week when i found an original pressing of pretty hate machine for $5 and mellon collie for $8.

new stuff i buy on vinyl and they all come with download codes and i can't force myself to buy cd versions of things i already own on vinyl although most of the stuff i wish i did have for my car. its not like i can pick it up casually at a store i would have to special order that shit.

i mean i could easily spend a couple hundred dollars getting cd versions of new stuff just for the car

i mean it's not like i can pick up an OPN or Emeralds cd somewhere for 5-10 dollars its 15+ every time

but then again most of my car tunes are just burned mixtapes from artists i enjoy. i like how online blogs will feature mixes made by artists. its another way to get inside the artists head i think and listen to the things they enjoy listening to.

OPN has a lot of great mixtapes, as does sun araw, spencer clark, and mark mcguire.

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