Pigface, 2001, at the Roseland Theater in Portland, Oregon. They're an industrial "supergroup" -- that is, made up of people who normally don't work together -- and their whirlwind tours only take a month to see the country. It's shocking they can keep up such energy at every stop. Sure, they play the same songs on every tour, but damn, are they worth seeing over and over again.
Einstürzende Neubauten, late 1998 or early 1999, at La Luna in Portland, Oregon. Touring for the Ende Neu album. I don't actually remember much of the details of this show, but I remember an amazing energy permeating the venue while Blixa Bargeld poured gravel over drum snares into barrels and other such Neubautenish things.
Marilyn Manson, early 1997, at the Salem Armory in Salem, Oregon. Touring for the Antichrist Superstar album. I know it sounds bad, but consider this! I was 16, it was my first show ever, and I was drunk on Pabst Blue Ribbon. The greatest concert moment of my life was when the lights went completely out for a minute or so while the synthesized organ of Cryptorchid played, and at the end, the lights flashed back on in time to the first two beats of Antichrist Superstar. The entire stage set had been redone, and Manson was standing up on a podium, shaking a fist in the air, and just looking fucking awesome. I was standing at front and center stage, and knew I'd never see showmanship like that again.
shotsy said: "have you seen the Life is Life video? It is truly spectacular."
I, too, was surprised when I saw that song on your list, but I haven't seen the video. Is it on the web somewhere?
catty2> I am Catty. I was born from the depths of the Internet.
you> Where is that?
catty2> he did exactly that for almost 2 years with great success and led more and more aircraft as the war went on :*
you> You're a pilot?
catty2> and when he sought to destroy that jerk his path crossed that of a pilot from sagussa
you> Tell me about the pilot from Sagussa.
catty2> what does the reference to a soldier tell you about the time period of the story?
Catty obviously tires of my questions (I read its last response as one of those accusatory sentences high school teachers like to say in response to stupid questions).
Nice find!
Riveting! I wonder what that laquer made out of tree bark tastes like.
The blogger's travelogue is a great find, too. The part about Christian relics existing in Shikoku is even more interesting than her bit about the mummy, but I can't find anything else about it on Google.
I set my alarm to wake up early this morning, just to try to sign up. Yesterday morning, I got to work early, but I couldn't access the site until it was twenty minutes too late. And, of course, I only learned about new user signups the night before that.
Oh well. My AskMetafilter obsession can go unrequited for the next year.
Piece of trivia: Skinny Puppy has the morbid honor that Jeffrey Dahmer picked up one of his victims at one of their shows.
That's interesting -- especially because this site, and this site alone, seems to be the only place this "trivia" has ever been posted on the web.
That questionable information and many other minor errors (the New Order bit attributes the "new world order" phrase to Hitler, not Shakespeare; KMFDM is transcribed backwards as "Kein Mehrheit für die Mitleid," resulting in a nonsensical English translation; etc.) cause me to wonder how well-researched the rest of the band names are.
The pages were still a lot of fun to poke around, though! Thanks for sharing them.
Great site!
I've also wondered why Seinfeld can't be found on DVD yet. My only guess is that it's still making a lot of money through syndication -- my local TV stations show reruns at least twice a weekday.
I'm (sort of) looking forward to the Neo-Victorian thing we seem to be heading towards. Vickie!
posted by liet 20 years ago
In "Curious George; What was the best concert you ever went to?"
Pigface, 2001, at the Roseland Theater in Portland, Oregon. They're an industrial "supergroup" -- that is, made up of people who normally don't work together -- and their whirlwind tours only take a month to see the country. It's shocking they can keep up such energy at every stop. Sure, they play the same songs on every tour, but damn, are they worth seeing over and over again. Einstürzende Neubauten, late 1998 or early 1999, at La Luna in Portland, Oregon. Touring for the Ende Neu album. I don't actually remember much of the details of this show, but I remember an amazing energy permeating the venue while Blixa Bargeld poured gravel over drum snares into barrels and other such Neubautenish things. Marilyn Manson, early 1997, at the Salem Armory in Salem, Oregon. Touring for the Antichrist Superstar album. I know it sounds bad, but consider this! I was 16, it was my first show ever, and I was drunk on Pabst Blue Ribbon. The greatest concert moment of my life was when the lights went completely out for a minute or so while the synthesized organ of Cryptorchid played, and at the end, the lights flashed back on in time to the first two beats of Antichrist Superstar. The entire stage set had been redone, and Manson was standing up on a podium, shaking a fist in the air, and just looking fucking awesome. I was standing at front and center stage, and knew I'd never see showmanship like that again.
posted by liet 20 years ago
In "Worst. Song. Ever."
shotsy said: "have you seen the Life is Life video? It is truly spectacular." I, too, was surprised when I saw that song on your list, but I haven't seen the video. Is it on the web somewhere?
posted by liet 20 years ago
In "Chatty Catty"
catty2> I am Catty. I was born from the depths of the Internet. you> Where is that? catty2> he did exactly that for almost 2 years with great success and led more and more aircraft as the war went on :* you> You're a pilot? catty2> and when he sought to destroy that jerk his path crossed that of a pilot from sagussa you> Tell me about the pilot from Sagussa. catty2> what does the reference to a soldier tell you about the time period of the story? Catty obviously tires of my questions (I read its last response as one of those accusatory sentences high school teachers like to say in response to stupid questions). Nice find!
posted by liet 20 years ago
In "The Self-Mummified Buddhist Monks of Japan"
Riveting! I wonder what that laquer made out of tree bark tastes like. The blogger's travelogue is a great find, too. The part about Christian relics existing in Shikoku is even more interesting than her bit about the mummy, but I can't find anything else about it on Google.
posted by liet 20 years ago
In "Curious George: Whither MeFi?"
I set my alarm to wake up early this morning, just to try to sign up. Yesterday morning, I got to work early, but I couldn't access the site until it was twenty minutes too late. And, of course, I only learned about new user signups the night before that. Oh well. My AskMetafilter obsession can go unrequited for the next year.
posted by liet 20 years ago
In "Origins of Band Names"
Piece of trivia: Skinny Puppy has the morbid honor that Jeffrey Dahmer picked up one of his victims at one of their shows. That's interesting -- especially because this site, and this site alone, seems to be the only place this "trivia" has ever been posted on the web. That questionable information and many other minor errors (the New Order bit attributes the "new world order" phrase to Hitler, not Shakespeare; KMFDM is transcribed backwards as "Kein Mehrheit für die Mitleid," resulting in a nonsensical English translation; etc.) cause me to wonder how well-researched the rest of the band names are. The pages were still a lot of fun to poke around, though! Thanks for sharing them.
posted by liet 20 years ago
In "Curious George: MoFi census"
Game designer. (PC, online, to be exact.) But I used to be a web designer, and I wanted to be a journalist once, so I fit in this thread just fine!
posted by liet 20 years ago
In "Majik."
If you all like the music, Ohgr is well worth following up on. Majik is a good example of their style.
posted by liet 20 years ago
In "Killographic:"
"Dude, this game is totally killographic!" It has a good ring to it.
posted by liet 20 years ago
In "Every Seinfeld episode"
Great site! I've also wondered why Seinfeld can't be found on DVD yet. My only guess is that it's still making a lot of money through syndication -- my local TV stations show reruns at least twice a weekday.
posted by liet 20 years ago
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