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.

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?

Friday Nov. 30th.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

One word here... Mutaytor :)