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09/08/07 01:50 - ID#41005

zomg!

Y'all! The best band of all time (ok, ok, my favorite band of all time) is coming to Buffalo! You must go see them!

They Might Be Giants
Buffalo, NY at Town Ballroom
Fri. Nov. 16 (8 PM)
Tickets on sale Sept. 8 (that's today!)

They haven't announced any FL dates yet, and of course 11/16 is a mere five days before I'll be in Buffalo for a visit... argh.

But 11/16 is also the day before (e:carolinian) 's birthday, so someone should take him to this show as his b-day present! :D

james writes at 11:39:26 09/18/07 - Comment #24706: oh ya! He was on a bunch of early Hello EPs. I will have to look up "Drink Me"

If you like I can burn his first CD and his Dewanatron extravaganza for you... OH! And I can put the various bootlegs I have of him as well.

lizabeth writes at 03:15:04 09/12/07 - Comment #24308: "The Operating Theater" is the one I found, and it was like finding a tiny bit of buried treasure. "Where They Belong" is such a great song, as is "Cadavers," and the title track is so good... really, the whole album is worthwhile. He has a nice voice, too.

Thank you for all the info and links - I will have to check them out. Wasn't he in Drink Me? I looked him up on the All Music Guide :::link::: , but they only list him as having "worked with" them... I swear he was on their Hello club EP, though. I will have to investigate further...

james writes at 12:57:59 09/11/07 - Comment #24267: He has three albums out

Tells the Story - his first, and probably like the one you have

The Operating Theater - his second, it has a ton of great songs like Cadavers, Where They Belong, Solomon Gruny. Great album!

Dewanatron - he and his cousin like to make music machines. Check them out at www.Dewanatron.com

Also, look him up on youtube. He did a series of political campaign songs on New York public access infront of a hallucinogenic background while wearing a crazy colored suit. It is wonderful.

I am a huge Dewan fan, if you can't tell, and I am glad you spent that dollar ^_^

lizabeth writes at 11:38:33 09/11/07 - Comment #24265: @ tinypliny - yes, they are those people (but they've done so much more than that, too!)

@ james - I have seen them well over a dozen times, and their shows are always so much fun. I've never seen Brian Dewan, but I did find one of his CDs in the $1 bin at a record store here, and I'll tell you, that was one of the best dollars I've ever spent.

@ jenks - I do think The National are on my ever-growing list of bands I need to check out someday...

tinypliny writes at 02:37:53 09/09/07 - Comment #24169: I vaguely remembered something. Aren't these the people who sang the title song for that Malcolm sitcom?

james writes at 08:17:22 09/08/07 - Comment #24125: I have seen them live half a dozen times and OH!! They put on the best damn show.

I hope Brian Dewan opens for them again.

jenks writes at 05:26:51 09/08/07 - Comment #24117: no no no no, the REAL best band of all time (The National) is coming to buffalo- not toronto, not new york, BUFFALO. They just added the date yesterday. 10/9 at the Tralf. I'm sure I'll have to work, but I'm SO going.

(tmbg are fun, too, though. :) )

carolinian writes at 04:17:43 09/08/07 - Comment #24116: Yeah, what she said!

drew writes at 02:20:55 09/08/07 - Comment #24110: TMBG = awesome

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07/23/07 11:51 - ID#40228

...more beseeching

The New Pornographers
OCT 20 - The Riviera Theatre - North Tonawanda, NY

Tix here:

I saw them in March at Langerado, and they were great. My husband hadn't really heard much of their stuff before that show, and he walked away raving.

Their new album, Challengers, is coming out on August 21st (same day as the new Rilo Kiley album! I'm excited!). The closest they'll come to South Florida on this tour is Atlanta, which is 10 hours away. :( So, once again, I am begging y'all - go to this show. As a personal favor to me. Please. Do it. Assuming the new album is good (and I have no reason to suspect otherwise), it'll be a blast. (e:jbeatty) (aka my brother-in-law, who finally stopped lurking here and posted some journals) will be going, even if I have to buy his ticket myself. :D

And don't forget! Old 97's, July 26th, Thursday at the Square! That's just a couple days away!

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07/13/07 12:14 - ID#40094

I beseech you yet again

Guess who else is playing in Buffalo soon?

The Old 97's!!!

They're playing on July 26th at Thursday at the Square:

I'm trying to send at least one of my friends from Syracuse. But you all live in Buffalo - you have absolutely zero excuse not to go to this show. The Old 97's are so, so good, and so much fun to see live. I missed them once when they played Buffalo (back in like, 2003 or 4 or something), and now I am going to miss them there again. You must go in my stead, then post about it here and make me all jealous.

Actually, looking down the schedule for that Thursday at the Square thing, I'm like, "Why, exactly, is it that I don't live in Buffalo?" :/

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07/10/07 02:41 - ID#40038

people of Buffalo, I beseech you

On September 24th, Andrew Bird will be playing at some place called "Asbury Hall at The Church" (I have never heard of this place, but then again, I don't actually live in Buffalo).

You must go to this show. If I were still living in Syracuse, I would be there, 100%. I waited for ages for Andrew Bird to play somewhere in New York besides NYC, and now that I am not living there anymore, he is finally going to do it. Because I cannot go to this show, you people must go in my stead. Do it. Don't let me down.

Pre-sale tix allegedly can be found here:

If you're not familiar with the musical wonder that is Andrew Bird, run-do-not-walk: