the el rey has a bar, but it's a fucking ripoff. $6 for a corona.
fuck that. they cost 75 cents in TJ. mixed drinks are more expensive and
come in a little dixie cup. your best bet is to get trashed in the parking
lot, high school days style.
no smoking allowed in california, buddy.
-j
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On Mon, 7 May 2001, Brian M. Cass wrote:
quoted 73 lines I'm going to the ae show at the El Rey on May 19th and I had a couple of
> I'm going to the ae show at the El Rey on May 19th and I had a couple of
> questions. Would you suggest a person who would actually like to listen
> to the music and not just hear the bass wear earplugs? I ask because
> they're kinda silly and uncomfortable.
> Also, does the El Rey have a bar? Can you smoke there(cigarettes)(And
> before you say anything, I only smoke when I drink)?
> I was thinking about dropping three hits a little while after ae came on
> stage, is there any place nice to trip around the El Rey? Perhaps a
> pleasant campus to explore? Being LA I don't suppose it would be wise to stroll about a
> park in the middle of the night.
>
> PEN EXPERS kicks ass!!!!
>
> quick review
> Meat Beat Manifesto - Actual Sounds and voices: I don't know if you could
> call this idm, but its kind of a fun cd. I'm not much for big beat which
> this is a little bit , but this is also kind of jazzy. I don't think there
> are enough quality tracks that are actual full blown tracks. They often feel
> unfinished. Quality, but not something that has enough to offer to
> distract me from Confield, and not fun enough to distract me from stuff
> like Clarence Park and Agony. It might sound like I'm dissing this
> cd, but I really apreciate the jazz on it. Side note: Its on Reznor's
> Nothing Label, which is nice, along with Autechre, Squarepusher, and
> overplaid. Oh, and anyone know where that acid again clip comes from?
> Orb also used it on the Little Fluffy Cloud track. 3/5
>
> LENTIC CATACHRESIS kicks ass!!!!
>
> "what are you, some kind of machine?"
> http://mirror.yellow5.com/archive/index52.html
>
>
> On Mon, 7 May 2001, R. Lim wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 5 May 2001, Kurt Hoffman wrote:
> >
> > > nonetheless, if one closed one's eyes, there was plenty going on,
> > > more riches than one could keep up with at times. no one does it
> > > quite like them, despite routine allegations to the contrary. would
> > > have been happier closing my eyes in a more comfortable and intimate
> > > space than Bowery Ballroom, but what the hell.
> >
> > Yeah, this pretty much sums up night one. My biggest complaint with the
> > venue was the sound system. The bass only existed as a diffuse thudding
> > sound that obliterated a lot of the high end detail and made it almost
> > impossible to enjoy with earplugs (think dinosaur stomping on Dixie cups).
> > Between this and being continuously jostled/stepped on/poured beer upon
> > made it sort of difficult to follow the boys once they cut the moorings
> > loose and started to navigate through more oblique territory. The early
> > part of the set did pretty much affirm their reputation as rhythmic
> > virtuosoes & I imagine that the latter part was equally rewarding,
> > especially to those who possess the Boulezesque ability to comprehend the
> > most difficult music in one go. Unfortunately, I did not rank among their
> > number that night.
> >
> > By the way, I couldn't help but notice that David Byrne (dressed in
> > full-on suburban dad mode) checked out an hour into the set. This means
> > that we're much smarter than him, right?
> >
> > -rob
> >
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