Lat Minute Gogol Bordello tickets available - TONIGHT

[Not Afraid]

Apparently, Isince I can't really breath that well, 'm not supposed to be going out. Although, I am really tempted to risk it to see GB tonight at the Mayan. But, if anyone wants my ticket and can go, let me know asap. You will probably be keeping me healthier. Doors at 7, show's at 8 (GB probably on at 9:00). Chris will have the ticket at the show.

[innerSpaceman]

Oh, you have to go. I wanted Shanti to meet you.


Bah.

[Not Afraid]

I want to go too. But, with no seats and me feeling very geriatric, I'm not sure I should.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Lisa!!!! I'm so torn.

Take care of yourself.

Risk it.

Take care of yourself.

Risk it.

TAKE CARE...RISK...TAKE CARE....RISK! Dammit.

[Not Afraid]

Me too.

Where is my punk rock ****it self when i need it?

[innerSpaceman]

Please, I'm feeling SO FRELLING OLD this week ... and I'm still going.


The Mayan is, I believe, INDOORS.


I'm getting there after 8, and I'm going to wander around till Gogol comes on. It's not like we sit during their performance.



(Plus, I'm going knowing that I will ache tomorrow)



Not to guilt you. Just, um, psychological warfare encouragement. :p

[Not Afraid]

Yeah, we will be indoors. And, fresh drugs are now brewing at the pharmacy. The venue is 25 minutes away from home. I can do it. I can do it. I can do it. (I'm out of my mind) I can do it.

[innerSpaceman]

Sheesh, you're closer to the venue than I am.

How can that be?




Anyway, not to kill you or anything, but it wouldn't be the same without you.



Plus my daughter and my friends at the same event NEVER happens.

[flippyshark]

I would love to see this with you all, but I'm way far away. Enjoy!

[innerSpaceman]

They are fun, fun, fun.


Alas, the last band I saw live was .... Gogol Bordello.



But fun, fun and fun.

[CoasterMatt]

Oh man, I wish I could go - Mutaytor last Thursday, The Fiery Furnaces on Monday, this would make a great trifecta...

[BDBopper]

I guess I am not swanky enough. I have no idea who these bands are. They aren't Rockabilly are they? I love Rockabilly!

[innerSpaceman]

Um, no, not Rockabilly. Perhaps Romanian-tinged punk rock describes it best.


Not Afraid, I hope you're not sorry you went. I didn't spend a lot of time with you folks, but it was a great show (and I think their performance was better than last time).


Hmmm, I learned that anyone I fix my attention on at a Gogol Bordello concert will end up on stage.

Be careful whom you tell you can't go see bands on school nights ... they will bust you at the very next school nite band you see.

And friends all arrive in a single bunch .... even if they don't know each other.

[€uroMeinke]

I feel great - but my ears are still ringing. Here's a picture of what it was like:

[Kevy Baby]

I feel great - but my ears are still ringing. Here's a picture of what it was like:It was all fuzzy with a time and date stamp?

[NirvanaMan]

Basically....and then there were ninjas.

[BDBopper]

Then did the UFO's land on stage? LOL

Sorry folks. I am just feeling ridiculous today.

[innerSpaceman]

Here's my el jay (http://zlick.livejournal.com/) take on the show.


Not about the actual concert, per se, but one of my briefest el jay entries ever!

[BDBopper]

Very interesting. Nice post. I enjoyed reading all about it. Kidos! :) :snap:

[Not Afraid]

I went. I saw. I danced. I jumped. I perspired. I had fun. I came home. I passed out.

[innerSpaceman]

By the way, my calves got quite a workout from all the jumping, but my lats got nothing.

So I'm confused about the thread title "Lat Minute Gogol Bordello Tickets." I thought my lats would get a good one-minute workout, but that was false advertising.:p

oh, I have no shame - - teasing Not Afraid when she's down and out ... after I pestered her to use the last of her energy on going to the show last night.


* * * * * *

Heheh, during American Wedding (a song about how our weddings are so completely lame), there's that part where all the music stops and Eugene just sings the refrain all slow and sultry and solo ... and I turned to Kelly and said, "now that's the kind of wedding I want." TeeHee.


Oh, and I timed it ... it took Eugene 2 minutes and 43 seconds before he took his shirt off.

And when he came all the way into the crowd near the end of the show and ended up a few feet away from us ... well, yummity yum yum.



All in all, a much tighter show than last time. Let's go see them again!

(But I've got to get in some other bands before then ... calling mousepod, calling mousepod...)

[Ghoulish Delight]

(But I've got to get in some other bands before then ... calling mousepod, calling mousepod...)
Have we mentioned how fvcking awesome Ghostland Observatory's show is? Oh hey look, Nov. 30th at the Music Box....

[innerSpaceman]

OMG - tix on sale yet?

[Ghoulish Delight]

OMG - tix on sale yet?Don't you have an inside track we can exploit?

ETA: And yes, they are on sale. $18+Ticketraper fees

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Don't you have an inside track we can exploit?

ETA: And yes, they are on sale. $18+Ticketraper fees

"Ticketraper". LMFAO. I haven't even heard of that band, but I think Music Box is a decent venue. I'd be up for this....

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Heheh, during American Wedding (a song about how our weddings are so completely lame), there's that part where all the music stops and Eugene just sings the refrain all slow and sultry and solo ... and I turned to Kelly and said, "now that's the kind of wedding I want." TeeHee.

Lordy forbid I ever marry, but if I do, first the 2 day reception, then the drunken exchange of vows. Valhalla!!!

[innerSpaceman]

yes, they are on sale. $18+Ticketraper fees
Are you and CP going??

[Ghoulish Delight]

Are you and CP going??
I've just discovered the date, and have not discussed it...but I don't think I have it in me to say no after what we witnessed a week ago in NY.

"Ticketraper". LMFAO. I haven't even heard of that band, but I think Music Box is a decent venue. I'd be up for this....http://www.myspace.com/ghostlandobservatory. I think the best description I've come up with is "new wave inspired electro rock noise".

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

I've just discovered the date, and have not discussed it...but I don't think I have it in me to say no after what we witnessed a week ago in NY.

http://www.myspace.com/ghostlandobservatory. I think the best description I've come up with is "new wave inspired electro rock noise".

Ooh, digging it. Ponder, ponder.

[innerSpaceman]

Oooooh, let's all go!


(I'll ask zapp if he's into it ... I'm gonna go regardless. I assume it's general admin ... so's we don't need to worry about being ticketgang raped.)

[blueerica]

I am soooo into this. <3 Ghostland Observatory!

[Not Afraid]

Have you ever been to an American Wedding?
Where's the vodka, where's the pickled herring?

[innerSpaceman]

I was also intrigued by the part where Eugene identified the group of Eastern Europeans in the crowd by the way they were moving to the music ... because that's I was moving to the music. The slavic stuff goes straight to my soul. Even though I've never set foot in Eastern Europe, that's where my grandparents hail from.

It's in my blood. I was not brought up listening to any of that music. My parents were thoroughly Americanized and, by the time I was born in 1960, there were no strains of slavia running through any musical influences in my house. I was brought up on The Beatles and Beethovan.

Yet, I can feel it in my veins when the Romany stuff in Gogol comes to the fore ... every 12 seconds.


Odd. Genetic memory and ancestry and all that. Hmmmmm.


:confused:

[innerSpaceman]

AHAHAHA! There's a new movie out called Wristcutters that posits an afterlife for those who kill themselves which is, alas, just a crappier version of this life ... with lousy jobs, ugly environs, and depresssed people.

One of the main characters is named Eugene, a Russian rocker patterned after Eugene Hutz. His car radio won't play anything but songs by his old band, which are actually songs by Gogol Bordello. Hahahaha!

Must.See.It.Now.

[innerSpaceman]

Hehehe, a very sweet movie, for being about the limbo that successful suicidals are doomed to.

It wasn't exactly that the car radio played only Gogol Bordello, but that the movie's Eugene only had tapes of his old band. It was not an element of the doom of the dour afterlife, but just a devise to get some early Gogol Bordello tunes on the soundtrack. They used 3 songs from Multi Kontra Culti vs. Irony (2002), which is the only early CD of theirs I have.

Using the early stuff made it believable that this Eugene's band was not a success ... and, for those in the know, made his suicide (on stage, during much heckling, by electrocuting himself with his guitar) all the more bittersweet because the band would have started to record some great stuff in a few years (their seminal work, Gypsy Punks, was released in 2005).


This film was such an odd bookend with the movie Life is Illuminated which hired Eugene Hutz to play a very different character than his usual persona, and the new Wristcutters instead wanted a character like Eugene's persona, and hired a different actor to perform it.


TeeHee.



Hmmm .... Being that a motion picture is released this week featuring those songs from Multi Kontra, I'm surprised Gogol Bordello did not play any of them (or anything from that album) at either of their two recent shows in L.A.

[mousepod]

I guess since this is the thread in which the Ghostland Observatory show was last mentioned...

It appears that the Music Box at the Henry Fonda Theater will start selling tickets at its very own box office, starting tomorrow, with no added TicketMaster fees. I'll be stopping by there on the way home (that's Wednesday, Nov 7) and buying a ticket for myself. Anyone else need one?

[BarTopDancer]

Very tempting...

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

AHAHAHA! There's a new movie out called Wristcutters that posits an afterlife for those who kill themselves which is, alas, just a crappier version of this life ... with lousy jobs, ugly environs, and depresssed people.

One of the main characters is named Eugene, a Russian rocker patterned after Eugene Hutz. His car radio won't play anything but songs by his old band, which are actually songs by Gogol Bordello. Hahahaha!

Must.See.It.Now.

I've wanted to see this movie since I first heard about it ages ago. I think it had a hard time finding distribution. Now I really must see...

[€uroMeinke]

I guess since this is the thread in which the Ghostland Observatory show was last mentioned...



I think you need to create a new thread

[Not Afraid]

Some typos just live on, don't they?

[Not Afraid]

Why is Chris posting? He's not at home? Come home, damnit.

[€uroMeinke]

Why is Chris posting? He's not at home? Come home, damnit.

When my car is done, and my boss is done reviewing the deck I put together

[innerSpaceman]

I finally caught sight and sound of some Ghostland Observatory. A more loathsome and unappealing musical act I cannot even conceive of. Bleh.

[Isaac]

I finally caught sight and sound of some Ghostland Observatory. A more loathsome and unappealing musical act I cannot even conceive of. Bleh.
I just went over to YouTube to see what it was you loathed so much.

Yup. Ghostland Observatory is CRAP-Tacular!

Have fun GD !

[Not Afraid]

LOL. Madonna rocks, dude! ;)

[NirvanaMan]

To be fair, Gogol Bordello looked horrible on youtube. It's hardly an accurate prognostication of the live performance of a band.

[BarTopDancer]

The parts I heard from the Ghostland Observatory MySpace page remind me of Arcade Fire.

[Isaac]

LOL. Madonna rocks, dude! ;)
She does.

Over 200 million albums sold and the # 1 female music artist of all time.

Hehe. Good job NA. It's not everybody that can shoot themselves in the foot like you can. ;) :evil:
To be fair, Gogol Bordello looked horrible on youtube. It's hardly an accurate prognostication of the live performance of a band.
Fair enough.

So far though G.O. doesn't look too promising.

[Ghoulish Delight]

The parts I heard from the Ghostland Observatory MySpace page remind me of Arcade Fire.Not exactly.

[BarTopDancer]

Not exactly.

/shrug. That's what the parts I heard remind me of. Your mileage may differ. ;)

[Ghoulish Delight]

/shrug. That's what the parts I heard remind me of. Your mileage may differ. ;)
I'm just sayin', if you buy tickets expecting Arcade Fire, you won't find what you're expecting.

I don't really care if someone else thinks they suck. All I know is I had more fun at their show than I've had in a long time. You don't like 'em, don't go. Have fun.

[BarTopDancer]

I'm just sayin', if you buy tickets expecting Arcade Fire, you won't find what you're expecting.

Not expecting AF at all. I like what I heard (I like AF too) - but am in no way expecting AF.

I need to see if I can go. When is the show again?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Friday Nov. 30th.

[€uroMeinke]

I like lots of different music, and post about it a lot here - I even put shows I hope to see on the LoT calendar. Of course, some of the things I like, someone else might find boring, silly, embarrassing, or even loathsome. But I keep posting.

I hope other people who have different tastes in music would do the same. Maybe I don't care as much for the Beatles or They Might Be Giants as most people here, but I love to hear what you're listening to, and what have been some of the great shows you've been to.

I like music, and people who like music too.

[innerSpaceman]

Oh ditto. And I certainly don't mean to put anyone down for their different tastes in, OMG, music.

I was just really surprised, after the rave reviews here and there for months, that GhostObv was soooooo not my thing.


And sure, YouTube's not the best tool for assessing how an act seems on stage. Just the best one we've ever had till now.

[Ghoulish Delight]

And sure, YouTube's not the best tool for assessing how an act seems on stage. Just the best one we've ever had till now.

Most accessible perhaps, but far from best, what with most of the source video being taken with cell phones or, at best, digital still cameras with crappy video, and then further compressing that already crappy video/audio for streaming. I watched a couple videos last night from the show we were at...if I had seen those videos as my first impression of the band I doubt I would have given them a second pass.

[innerSpaceman]

Well, I was also privy to lots of tape for their upcoming Austin City Limits DVD (it's being edited at my ex girlfriend's record label). It was much better quality than the YouTube stuff ... but I am able to look past poor video and sound quality and found the same unappealing (to me) music and stage antics in both formats.


Most people don't have access to anything but YouTube. It's certainly not the best tool ... but I really don't know of anything better for the general public. Sure, you can assess the music better elsewhere ... but unless a group is good enough to have some professional video of their act, the crappy YouTube videos are pretty much the best available for previewing how a live show might be.

[€uroMeinke]

Ugh - I may be revealing my Luddite roots here, but what happened to getting to know bands by listening to their music?

Nothing I've ever seen on YouTube can compare to seeing something live, something live that you're familiar with, that the stranger next to you is familiar with, and energy fills the room, and the band plays off of it.

To be sure I enjoy a good performer and performance, But watching Robert Fripp Rock the house while being seated on a chair to me was just as compelling as seeing Eugene from Gogol Bordello crowd surf on a drum.

But then, I'm aural.

[Kevy Baby]

Ugh - I may be revealing my Luddite roots here, but what happened to getting to know bands by listening to their music?

Nothing I've ever seen on YouTube can compare to seeing something live, something live that you're familiar with, that the stranger next to you is familiar with, and energy fills the room, and the band plays off of it.Not just YouTube, but ANY televised/DVD/etc. footage of a live performance does not capture the essence of the performance. I've even seen footage of shows I have been to and it just does not come close to the same experience.

Even if you are one of 100,000 people in the LA Coliseum watching Bruce Springsteen (this was like 1984 I believe), you are still a part of the experience, not just a voyeur. Every sight, every nuance is by your own choice, not the person editing the broadcast and deciding which camera angle to show on this cut.

My first experience with Ursula1000 was a live show. I knew nothing about him when I went - it was on complete blind faith (thanks to the LoT!). In retrospect, going to a live "show" of just a DJ seems weird - what is there to experience besides the music? One can hear a great deal of the show in one of his Mega Mixes. But it something completely different when one is in the right environment, sharing the collective experience with others.

[CoasterMatt]

One word here... Mutaytor :)

[Not Afraid]

I've been to probably 3000 live music shows in my life (if not more) and I've only seen one taped version that comes close to the experience. However, Nick Cave on DVD is better than nothing, since I've never seen him live.

[innerSpaceman]

The experience is one thing. But I can tell from even a poor facsimile if I'm going to really hate something ... and Ghostland Observatory just happens to be that something for me.


I may have only seen video ... but, believe me, I've seen enough.

[€uroMeinke]

The experience is one thing. But I can tell from even a poor facsimile if I'm going to really hate something ... and Ghostland Observatory just happens to be that something for me.


I may have only seen video ... but, believe me, I've seen enough.

Well, I'm not trying to convince you otherwise - I'm just marveling at my own disconnect with YouTube as a music review and selection tool. I mean I've gone to band's My Spaces to listen to their tracks, but I rarely if ever watch any linked video. But then most people are visual so I guess it only makes sense, it's why that stuff is there after all.

As for myself, I'm still on the fence - I've like what I've heard, but so far haven't been grabbed by them yet, and may listen to some more tracks (or borrow some) and see how it resonates with me. If they were playing Coachella I would certainly sit in on their set, and seeing them with fans is somewhat compelling on its own for me. But if it does turn out that their music bores me, I wouldn't want to be a wet blanket for my friends who feel otherwise - plenty other bands to see and all that.

[Not Afraid]

The nice thing about the Music Box is that they have a balcony with seats to make a bad experience more comfortable.

[MouseWife]

So true. And, it isn't too far off of the freeway, parking is pretty good, so, not a lot of anguish getting there.

I like it there, and, if you are game, you can hit up the town.

Umm...who went?

[innerSpaceman]

The nicer thing about the Music Box is they have a huge, rooftop outdoor patio with a bar and a great view of Hollywood and a giant video screen to the happenings onstage, with an adjacent indoor lounge that looks like the inside of Jeannie's bottle ... you can have a fantastic time without ever setting foot inside the theater.

I look forward to some act that I can reasonably even tolerate to play there.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

I've been to probably 3000 live music shows in my life (if not more) and I've only seen one taped version that comes close to the experience. However, Nick Cave on DVD is better than nothing, since I've never seen him live.

I saw him at the Wiltern. But he got pissy and cut the act short. Really short. It was sad. But I made what I saw last. Mmm. Nick Cave. Mmmmmm.

[MouseWife]

The nicer thing about the Music Box is they have a huge, rooftop outdoor patio with a bar and a great view of Hollywood and a giant video screen to the happenings onstage, with an adjacent indoor lounge that looks like the inside of Jeannie's bottle ... you can have a fantastic time without ever setting foot inside the theater.

I look forward to some act that I can reasonably even tolerate to play there.

Oh how funny!! That does sound like it, totally! We have enjoyed that outdoor patio, quite a bit o' fun.

I've only been to two shows there but I really like it.

[Not Afraid]

I saw him at the Wiltern. But he got pissy and cut the act short. Really short. It was sad. But I made what I saw last. Mmm. Nick Cave. Mmmmmm.


You saw him live? I hate you Eliza Hodgkins 1812!










(Not really. I actually adore you immensely.)

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

You saw him live? I hate you Eliza Hodgkins 1812!


(Not really. I actually adore you immensely.)

I also had sex with him. Twice.

Maybe I'm lying. Maybe I'm not lying.

[Kevy Baby]

I'm still trying to figure out how a thread about an "upcoming" show that was two weeks ago is still active.





Wait, I have the answer: this is LoT.

[mousepod]

Quick Nick Cave story:

I wanted my mother to read his novel, "And The Ass Saw The Angel."

So when the book came out in paperback, I asked him to sign a copy for her (I had friends who worked at his label). He signed it "Dear Merilee - Love, Nick Cave".

...and I've seen him many times. I was at the famous Paradiso show in Amsterdam and even recorded a "Tender Prey"-era show with my cassette walkman (I can digitize it, if anyone's interested). I never ever ever want to hear "Red Right Hand" again.

But I never had sex with him. That's just EH1812. Maybe.

[NirvanaMan]

I also had sex with him. Twice.

Maybe I'm lying. Maybe I'm not lying.


Me too. Three times.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Quick Nick Cave story:

I wanted my mother to read his novel, "And The Ass Saw The Angel."

So when the book came out in paperback, I asked him to sign a copy for her (I had friends who worked at his label). He signed it "Dear Merilee - Love, Nick Cave".


I envy your mother that signed copy of his book.

And, yes, I'd like a digitized version of that recording, please. ;)

[innerSpaceman]

And yes, I'd like to have digitized sex with him.









At least twice.

[Not Afraid]

Even in pain, I can be aroused. ;)