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Thu, 25 Aug 2005 9:33:42 -0500
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Re: [idm] electronic-shows run too late! (againagiangaing)
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quoted 17 lines > http://knittingfactory.com/calendar/event_descrip.cfm?event_num=55856&room=1&location=1 > > i know this has been brought up before a couple million times, but i'm > pissed. i was all stoked that the glitch show at knitting factory had five > acts and i was interested in seeing two of the first three (hearts of > darknesses and datach'i) and figured out of five acts i could get out early. > turns out the show runs until 4am... maybe i'm old, and maybe i come from > a "rock n' roll man!" background, but this seems like a tradition of > techno/rave, and shouldn't be assumed for newer electronic music (this is > not dance music, so why are there club hours?!?!?). i in no way am flaming > the promoters of this event, i'm very glad they put it together, just as a > general statement... i go to a lot of electronic shows alone as not to risk > convincing a friend to go and them not liking it. and personally, i love > going to big line-up shows that start at 8:00 pm. you get to watch the > first couple acts with a cup of coffee, move to beer, good times. > > grumble-grumble
I understand from elsewhere that NYC is the greatest city on earth... maybe you guys don't have dayjobs to go to, so there are no "school nights"? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org