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- BCollicot March 2005
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- RejectedSponge March 2005
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- Thomas March 2005
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my other favorite bnad has come here twice. the first time, my mom thought the place was shitty looking, so i couldnt go. and i emailed them, and they said only 6-7 people were there. then they came again. and the show was free. but stupid 21+. i don't see what's wrong w/ just have the bar sectioned off.
p.s.
i go to shows where my friends are opening for the band sometimes, and i don't know the band whose headlining. just cause they're psyched to see their friends get a real show doesn't mean they didn't appreciate the other bands, i mean, I wasn't obviously in your particular situation, but seriously, if your friends band was opening for a relatively semi-popular, obviously talented band at a real place not someone's basement, you'd probably be excited for them, too. I'm not justifying any obnoxious behavior, i'm just sayin.
i go to shows where my friends are opening for the band sometimes, and i don't know the band whose headlining. just cause they're psyched to see their friends get a real show doesn't mean they didn't appreciate the other bands, i mean, I wasn't obviously in your particular situation, but seriously, if your friends band was opening for a relatively semi-popular, obviously talented band at a real place not someone's basement, you'd probably be excited for them, too. I'm not justifying any obnoxious behavior, i'm just sayin.
word up--dont bash us high schoolers- you were one once, remember?
also though...i think that curfewed shows are ridiculous, and theyre stupid on the venues' parts.
i hate high schoolers that go to show just because they have nothing else to do, i am im high school and i hate high schoolers that do that but their are some quality high schoolers they are just hard to find
you should look into it. i'm pretty sure most states have curfew laws.
and yeah that's true, but that's not the venue's fault then, so it can't come back to kick them in the ass when they say it started when it was supposed to.
believe me, this is the reason there are 18+ shows. i totally agree with you that they're ridiculous and i hate them, but expressing my hatred for the law's stupidity isn't going to change it.
and obviously all people (not just highschoolers) who go to shows without knowing anything about the music (unless they're truly interested in being enlightened) just out of boredom are going to be the most annoying since they end up saying the "stupid" comments or whatever that piss everyone else off because most definitely majority of the people who are there are fans of the band, and don't want to hear people who don't know anything about the music talk about the music...... or anything else for that matter. so it's not really an issue of highschoolers or not, it's more of an issue of random people being bored and deciding to unbore themselves by going to a show by a band they've never even heard of.... and quite honestly, majority of the annoying people at shows are the lame 30 year old men who used to be beer bong champ in his frat in college, and now has a sad cubical job (im not putting cubical jobs down, well i am, but i'm entitled cause im probably going to have one) and decides the best place to get drunk is at a show and then HEY why not crowdsurf and oh my i just kicked someone in the head oh well im too drunk to care. those are the annoying ones. and their girlfriends/girl they found there. whewwwww.
p.s. im not completely disgagreeing with you re: annoying highschool students, I just think you can't generalize like you did.
i dont know any highschooler who "just go because they have nothing better to do". Most of us only go to shows if we like the band. We dont usually do anything because we have nothing else to do but drink.
you dont know anyone does that does that?
most kids iknow that go to shows go because they have nothing better to do
there were some kids there at my concert that had nothing better to do. but they werent annoying, surprisingly.
Today i gained a new respect for 18 plus after i went to a Hot Hot Heat show with like 1500 13 year old girls... it sucked. HHH was good and we were right up front. Louis XIV was kickass too.
*DIES*
i think i saw HHH when i was 13 or 14 or something like that
oh man
thats funny
i know thats not the only reason older people dont like to go to shows with a bunch of highschool kids, but i just wanted to say i dont like to go to shows with people like that either. i'd like to think i don't bother people at shows. i got into the 18+ show in san francisco and i dont think it was obvious i didn't belong there. i talked to several people who were like, asking me about my rent and stuff, and im like whoa there.
i dont know. 18+ shows just dont seem necessary for certain bands. i THINK ok go is one of them. i went to an all ages ok go show in LA, and it was fine. i went to the 18+ show and the only difference was the people there didn't seem like they were as into the band. which as far as im concerned, isnt a good difference.
18+ shows also are more likely to draw people with money and even connections. reporters and other important people probably won't want to go to a show filled with young children and it also make it seem as if this is the bands demographic.
i agree witht he curfew because haveing kids roaming the streets after a show in quite Northhampton or the city of Boston are very diffrent things.
anyway, i think there are a few new england shows so it shouldn't be difficult to get to another one.
However in your case youre not old enough to vote yet... so HA HA!!! Sucks to be you whiners!
Its all in good fun.
most kids iknow that go to shows go because they have nothing better to do
there were some kids there at my concert that had nothing better to do. but they werent annoying, surprisingly.
Im not even in high school and I still go to see live bands just because I have nothing better to do. There is a place around here that has a live band that plays a lot called Goiter Jelly... name's not real appealing, but I have seen them live... because well, it's live music...
and really they are pretty good... It's not about wether or not you know the music but if you can respect the bands talent
To answer someone else's question, I dont think there is a curfew for people if they're just walking around (but there is a driving curfew for junior operators-kids under 18)
plus.. I dont think im a <b>terribly</b> annoying 16 year old
*steps off her soapbox* hehe, sorry for that little rant there