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SeanBateman:
I don't disagree with you man. I'm not defending her as a musician, or saying I subscribe to her scene at all. I do however, enjoy her songs and her voice, and will sing along if I hear them on the radio. I'll be going trashed out of my mind anyway, so the price of beer isn't an issue.
It's a fun thing, with fun easy music. It doesn't always have to be hard work.

Inlander:
I'll raise a glass to Big Dumb Rock.

sp2:
That's the difference between you and me.  I can't stand her.  I find her music to be an insult and a cunning attempt to (further) commercialize off a medium that I enjoy and, in some cases, is actually still honest (punk in general has been raped by marketing campaigns, but that's another story entirely).  This feel-good, safe, clean, family-friendly image she cultivates is not good for the medium.  Punk is supposed to be about showing the brutal realities of society with equally brutal music and image.  Sanitizing it simply leads to a whole class of music that is a soulless expression of parent-approved rock and roll (Good Charlotte is another example of this shit).

You're not punk and I'm telling everyone
Save your breath, I never was one

I don't listen to the radio much anymore precisely because this sort of commercialized bullshit pisses me off, and I'm really trying to keep my blood pressure down before I give myself an aneurysm.  If I listen to the radio, it's the local college station, which prides itself on spinning only independant music and local bands.

For me, fun music is music that doesn't piss me off.  Right now, the fun music I've been listening to is Siobhan, which is pretty much a more talented Flogging Molly.  Welfare State is about as fun as albums get, and it's packed with songs to get shitfaced and pass out to.  I'm just pissed the band broke up (apparently they were drinking too much on tour and their livers are now fucked).  THAT makes a band enjoyable to me, not some ad campaign and radio glitz.

Now the bank has come to call
To repossess it all
And I can’t fuckin' wait
'Cause I was born to be a homeless man
In the modern welfare state

SpacemanSpiff:

--- Quote from: sp2 ---Some of the best concerts I've seen were really cheap in tiny venues.  I saw Mars Volta right after Deloused came out, and that was one hell of an awesome show.
--- End quote ---

Yes. Yes, I can only agree.

Apart from that: Seeing North of America twice and both times, they kicked ass despite the fact that half of their equipment and all of their personal stuff had vanished in a van fire a few days before the shows.
One of their shows was also the loudest show I've ever been to.

The Flying Luttenbachers also kicked an immense amount of ass, as did Berg Sans Nipple / Do Make Say Think. And Turbostaat, though that's mostly because the venue was so packed with people you just had an intense atmosphere anyway.


--- Quote from: sp2 ---Either way, be sure to bone some 13 year old punk wannabes.
--- End quote ---

If you wanted that, just go to some local ska show, the tickets are cheaper so he would save some money. And there are lots of retarded 13 year old punk wannabes there just waiting to make out with people that are at least 5 years older than they are (if you're homeless and/or addicted to hard drugs, it's a bonus).
Did I mention that I hate the whole ska scene along with every fucking ska band?

The Mighty Mopdecai:
I couldn't name my favourite gig there all goo for different reasons.
Recently the magic number were really Sweet in King Tuts
I'm going to see Julette and the Licks and Franz ferdiand in Edinburgh soon Wooho.
I wear a Teh shirt

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