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Janet Weiss peeped me at the sushi restaurant, then I hung out with jack cole and queequeg.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:07 (twenty years ago) link

I was there... when the horribly lame Canadian band the Tea Party played in my basement and i was forced to listen to them. Now the rest of the world will be forced to listen to them as they're Scott Stapp's backing band...
Scott Stapp solo debut!

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:08 (twenty years ago) link

Oh, and Aaron, thanks for telling the M. Stipe story. Still my favorite tale of yours

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:09 (twenty years ago) link

too bad you were too old for her, h. ;-0

― jack cole (jackcole), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:13 (twenty years ago) link

I was there... on ILM when [x] was raving about [x] and I thought, you know, that's true

― nick.K (nick.K), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:17 (twenty years ago) link

"too bad you were too old for her, h. ;-0"

post of the week!
m.

― msp, Friday, 11 June 2004 17:26 (twenty years ago) link

I WAS THERE...
in the studio when c0wb0y m0uth were recording their debut album "word of mouth"

― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:29 (twenty years ago) link

I WAS THERE- when nirvana's manager would not let anyone deal directly with the drunken, obnoxious band, would not let 2 other bands soundcheck, and would not provide a reciept, screwing a friend of mine out of $2000 at an Amnesty International benefit she had arranged. For years I wished I had booked tad instead.

― autovac (autovac), Friday, 11 June 2004 21:18 (twenty years ago) link

Oh, yeah...
I WAS THERE -- backstage when Johnny Thunders lurched up to my not-criminal-looking friend, thrust a wad of cash into his palm and said, "You're the guy, aren't you? Somebody said you're the guy."

― briania (briania), Saturday, 12 June 2004 02:00 (twenty years ago) link

I was there when Dave Grohl played drums at a Foo Fighters gig for the first time ever and no I don't much care either.

― Mr Mime (Andrew Thames), Saturday, 12 June 2004 02:02 (twenty years ago) link

while lying on my back, tripping in a club in miami this march, otto von schirach caught me laughing at him upsidedown and confronted me.

― emma cleveland (emma cleveland), Saturday, 12 June 2004 02:16 (twenty years ago) link

OH I FORGOT ABOUT THE TIME I MET MIKE WATT. really briefly. he said he was going to get stoned in his van, and then disappeared into his van for awhile.

― Ian c=====8 (orion), Saturday, 12 June 2004 02:45 (twenty years ago) link

Justine Frischmann has kissed me on the cheek and David Gedge has stepped on my hand. (He said, and I quote: "Sorry.")

― biscotti, Saturday, 12 June 2004 02:56 (twenty years ago) link

My high school electronica duo was remixed by the Evolution Control Committee.

― Mike Ouderkirk (Mike Ouderkirk), Saturday, 12 June 2004 03:00 (twenty years ago) link

The dude from Liars grabbed my crotch on two occasions circa 2001.

― Jon in R'lyeh (ex machina), Saturday, 12 June 2004 03:27 (twenty years ago) link

I WAS THERE...

At Matt Br1nkman's loft in Olneyville, surrounded by Forcefield monsters. It was the last Landed show ever, Naut1cal Alm4nac and D3ad Mach1nes and some other bands played. Br1an Ch1ppendale ate all my wasabi peas.

― Jon in R'lyeh (ex machina), Monday, 14 June 2004 03:29 (twenty years ago) link

I was in the toilet upon which Elvis died...ah, the hazards of time travel.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 14 June 2004 03:45 (twenty years ago) link

The big guy from USA IS A MONSTER figured out how to work my VCR without using the Scart lead on Sat night, so we could watch the Ali G video

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Monday, 14 June 2004 08:52 (twenty years ago) link

I was there, on the Electroclash tour when Peaches called me out in the crowd and asked me if I was an old rocker or an A&R guy. J. Mascis also in the crowd that night.

The time before, with Marilyn Manson in the crowd, she jumped off stage and freaked my friend and me.

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Monday, 14 June 2004 18:15 (twenty years ago) link

I was there when james recorded the song, I played the drum tracks for him (scratch trax not the actual recording) and I was the first person he played it for.

― GALKIN (GALKIN), Monday, 14 June 2004 20:49 (twenty years ago) link

And... SCENE!

― Sean Thomas (sgthomas), Monday, 14 June 2004 20:52 (twenty years ago) link

my band at that time, ch1n3se g1rls opened for bardo pond (circa Dilate) and they were super nice and said we were the best opening band they'd had all tour.
we opened up for c. oberst's band datsapairachinos and from the stage he said "i can tell they're REAL 'local favorites'" all snarky and shit. they were absolute shite. we went and drank beer in the car.

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Monday, 14 June 2004 21:28 (twenty years ago) link

Ian Sevonius(sp?) leapt on me at a Make Up show and licked my ear twice.

Also Nikki from KaitO hugged me after I told her the band's performance was great.

Rennie Sparks jumped up and down excitedly and patted my back when I asked her to autograph my copy of her collection of short stories.

― Gear! (Gear!), Monday, 14 June 2004 21:32 (twenty years ago) link

three months pass...

I remember house
before it was called house.
I remember house
when house respected house.
I remember house
when house groove on the roots of house.
I remember house
when house was soul music and R'n'B,
before house was disco.

I remember house
before the superclubs.
I remember house
when people knew the lyrics of house.
I remember house
before record labels sold the house.
I remember house
when house was about love...

I remember house
when house was more then just a name to package the sound of this emotion.
I remember house
when it was just one house.
I remember house
when house had artists, songwriters and personalities.
I remember house
when you didn't have to be a DJ just to be into house.
I remember house
when house was broke.
I remember house
when house was done in the house.
I remember house
when it WAS a spiritual thing...

I remember house
before it was techno
I remember house before it had an afro.
I remember house
before it was deep.
I remember house
before it was hard.

I remember house
when house had tempos.
I remember house
before mpc16's.
I remember house
before house had loots
I remember house
before the whole world knew.

I remember house
Do you remember house?

― Straight outta Jersey (Michael F Gill), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 15:59 (nineteen years ago) link

I was there...at the first LCD Soundsystem show (assuming that they didn't have any prior to that one in Bowery Ballroom a year or so ago).

― Graeme (Graeme), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 17:20 (nineteen years ago) link

(it was kind of meh though)

― Graeme (Graeme), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 17:22 (nineteen years ago) link

Even I'd seen them a year or so ago!

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 17:25 (nineteen years ago) link

g16by from m4k30u+clu6 talks tons of shit on me!

― Professor Challenger (ex machina), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 17:38 (nineteen years ago) link

I was spanked by Grover Cleveland on two consecutive occasions...

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 17:42 (nineteen years ago) link

Not non-consecutive?

― Graeme (Graeme), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 17:56 (nineteen years ago) link

that's what i meant, it was a misremembered quote from the flintstones or something.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 17:59 (nineteen years ago) link

At an early Franz Ferdinand gig i shook Alex Kapranos's hand and drunkenly exclaimed, "You guys fuckin' rock!". He looked a little scared.

Kissed Chan Marshall. *Blush* Mind you, I wasn't the only one. She's kinda like the female Har Mar in showing her fans love, except for being talented and beautiful and drunk.

― Stew, Wednesday, 29 September 2004 18:57 (nineteen years ago) link

I was there when Ally C didn't try to book Franz Ferdinand for the Winchester Club because he'd never heard of them.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 22:12 (nineteen years ago) link

I almost told Tim Gane that; "She's alright from a distance, but I wouldn't do her with yours" - refering to Laetitia, not realising that they were married.

― Sasha (sgh), Thursday, 30 September 2004 00:34 (nineteen years ago) link

I was there when MBV played for 8 people in Philadelphia in 1989
I was there when little skatepunks bugged Kurt Cobain for autographs outside a Fall concert on the Sunset Strip in 1993

― seanp (seanp), Thursday, 30 September 2004 01:01 (nineteen years ago) link

Carrot Top? Yeah, I bummed a cigarette from him after I parked his Ranger Rover. Whatever, it's no big deal. I'm over it.

― skowly (skowly), Thursday, 30 September 2004 01:42 (nineteen years ago) link

I met Sum 41 about 4 years before they were signed. Greig Nori had just discovered them and was demoing them for cheap at my university.(I was in the broadcasting school, and there was a somewhat decent recording studio there.) Their material was more obviously hardcore-influenced than the pop-punk that made them famous. They seemed like nice skate kids (the oldest of them was probably 16), and they didn't show any signs of the party animal they would become a few years later.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Thursday, 30 September 2004 01:58 (nineteen years ago) link

I got high and hung out with: Jaz Colman and Geordie (although I am not sure Geordie smoked) from Killing Joke.

Steve Hillage and Miquete Giraldy (we used to have the same supplier) really nice people always remember your name.

Djed with and then hung out with Mixmaster Morris super sweet guy who would not let anyone else put a record on, even after the show when we were back at the house.

Allan Ginsburg- great old fruit

and I once ran into Rob Corgury from the daily show at Amoeba

― hector (hector), Thursday, 30 September 2004 02:43 (nineteen years ago) link

Trans Am stayed at my friends house once.

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Thursday, 30 September 2004 02:51 (nineteen years ago) link

that's friends' house

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Thursday, 30 September 2004 02:56 (nineteen years ago) link

I was at the Teenage Fanclub's first show. I also saw the pre-TFC band The Boy Hairdressers play at the club from Trainspotting.

― everything, Thursday, 30 September 2004 15:48 (nineteen years ago) link

My mate reckons she saw a secret KLF gig at Aberdeen University cafeteria, performed under the name FLK. No one else has ever heard about it but it might be true.

― everything, Thursday, 30 September 2004 15:53 (nineteen years ago) link

I quit smoking weed during daylight hours.

― shookout (shookout), Thursday, 30 September 2004 21:56 (nineteen years ago) link

I was the one who leaked LCD Soundsystem's "Yeah" onto SLSK!

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 30 September 2004 22:05 (nineteen years ago) link

I was at the Rapeman gig at Leeds University that famously got picketted by the student union. Actually the demo was really lame, but the gig fucking rocked.

― NickB (NickB), Thursday, 30 September 2004 22:11 (nineteen years ago) link

i saw 'on a friday'. they were rubbish.

― zappi (joni), Thursday, 30 September 2004 22:34 (nineteen years ago) link

a famous house music producer emailed me to complain about something i said about him on ILM!!

i was crushed, too, because it was a hasty thing i wrote a couple of years ago when i was annoyed about other things and taking it out via music nerd bitchery. i had no idea he'd find it via google!

anyway i wrote him a heartfelt apology explaining myself and my position and i *think* he feels better about it. i still feel bad about it and i'm trying to decide whether i should apologize to him in person (i'm driving 100 miles to see him dj in a couple of weeks)

― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 30 September 2004 22:42 (nineteen years ago) link

I recently listened to and enjoyed immensely Sting's Ten Summoner's Tales CD

― Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 30 September 2004 22:45 (nineteen years ago) link

give us a hint vahid!

Who is playing in LA in a couple weeks?

― hector (hector), Thursday, 30 September 2004 22:47 (nineteen years ago) link

haha i'm sure you can figure it out hector!! i'll see you at the show. NOW SHUT UP.

― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 30 September 2004 22:51 (nineteen years ago) link

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