[MMouse]: re: burkittsville
The only reason I say Burkitsville is hard to get into is because when I was driving home to Richmond from State College, Pa, I decided to check out the town, but the one road goinginto the town was heavily detoured, and in no way let you get within a mile of the place. It took me a good 40 minutes to get anywhere near the town limits. It felt like some government-sponsored, Burkittsvillian-requested attempt at keeping gawkers out. Ben
[MMouse]: promise ring
Maybe because this chick who ended up fucking me over triedgetting me into the Promise ring, or perhaps because emo bands who "don't deserve to be labeled as emo" are nonetheless emo and just little too whiney for me, I can't stand the Promise ring. So basically having added nothing to this discussion, can someone tell me why Burkittsville, Maryland is harder to get into than Fort Knox? Ben
[MMouse]: weezer
If anyone has an extra ticket to the weezer show in DC please contact me. If no one does, I'm interested in finding alternate means of entering the 9:30 club. Ben
[MMouse]: pittsburgh
What can you guys tell me about Pittsburgh? I'm going there for the 8th and quite possibly the 9th. Thanks a lot. Ben
[MMouse]: Favorite Mouse lines!
Hey everyone, I was just wondering what everyone's favorite lines from Modest Mouse songs are. No limit to the number, just interested in what people think. My personal favs are: "A third had just been made and we were swimmin in the water, didn't know it then was it a son, was it a daughter? and it occured to me that the animals were swimming, around in the water in the oceans in our bodies, and another had been found, another ocean on the planet, given that our blood is just like the atlantic, and how..." -Third planet and also: "More housing developments go up, named after the things they replace, so welcome to minnow brook, and welcome to shady space" -Novicain Stain. Looking forward to reading some responses, Ciao everyone! -Ben
Re: [MMouse]: Beatles on the Pavement
I was just wondering. How would the amount of hooks in GbV's catalogue compare to the Beatles'? Ben
[MMouse]: DC and lyrics
This is my first post to this list, but I've been on it a while. I've only got a few things to say and/or ask. First, is anyone on here from or around Virginia? Apparently a lot of you are from just North of here, but I haven't seen any representation from the Confederacy except for maybe Texas and North Carolina. Secondly, is anyone going to the shows at the Black Cat in DC on May 23rd and 24th? My friend and I are skipping school for two days to see them both nights. C) Is anyone going to Elliott Smith at the 9:30 club on the 12th? Who is Whiskey Biscuit? I've never heard of them nor can I find any information regarding them anywhere. IV-- Going back a few days to a topic that almost came up on here, what is everyone's favorite song lyrically by Modest Mouse? I love the first third of Styrofoam Boots. I read it for my English class for poetry month. It did not go over too well with the southern baptists, but it still was golden. Finally, I read somewhere (most likely on here, but I swear I cannot remember) that one of the big differences between Built to Spill and Modest Mouse is how Doug Martsch writes lyrics despite the music while Isaac Brock writes in concert with the music. This seems to be true. I can identify with entire songs by MM, while BTS is more like Emerson...their aphorisms are great, but taken together they border on suck. Well that's it, Ben
[MMouse]:
I don't think teenyboppers like pearl jam. i doubt 12 yearold girls will go to their show just to hear last kiss. pearl jam are decent. their first two albums suck, and i havent heard their last one, but based on the songs by them that i do like, they've shown me, at least, that they can be half-decent. are you fucking kidding me? "their first 2 albums suck" what the shit is that? their first 2 albums are the only good shit they have done. their first one "ten" was one of the reasons i came to like good music so much. it was so original and unlike the rest of the stuff i was hearing on the radio. i have since quit listening to the radio unless its a good classic rock station, but compare smashmouth and matchbox20 to early pearljam, and you have a blowout. there is no comparison. oh yeah, not liking a band's best material, and not hearing the rest of it doesnt really mean you know what you are talking about. ben A. of the 21st century "im trying to drink away the part of the day that i cannot sleep away"
[MMouse]:
1.Who are you/where do you reside/how old are you?Ben/Richmond, Va/So close, yet so far to 18 2.What is your favorite mouse song?Doin' The Cockroach 3.What are five records you couldn't live without? Modest Mouse-Lonesome Crowded West Pavement-Brighten the Corners Black Crowes-The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion Weezer-Weezer Built to Spill-There's Nothing Wrong with Love 4. Putting records on the internet for free download bad or good? Bad 5. Ebay, bad or good?Indifferent 6. Russ winning the hottest male contest, is he voting for himself or what?Not a clue. 7. Do you own the Japaneese Tour EP?just on mp3 8. First live show?Some festival here in Richmond. I think it was They Might Be Giants, Agents of Good Roots, Bio Ritmo, Jimmies Chicken Shack, and Everything. 9. Worst live show?Smashing Pumpkins 10. Favorite sound? An acoustic guitar played over an electric guitar. 11. least favorite sound?The printer at work. When it starts up, I have to wake up and do stuff. 12. girls posting their pictures and email addresses on the internet bad/good? Good 13. What book should every person in america read? Catch-22 14. Signing to a major bad/good? Good, unless the music is affected too much. Then again, it has nothing to do with my personal survival like it does with the band. 15. Wearing the t-shirt of the band you are going to see? not my bag 16. Modest Mouse list being oft-off the topic bad/good?Good if not excessive. 17. Favorite beer? It all tastes like shit to me. 18. Favorite color? Green 19. What are you going to name your first born child? Boy: Allah Girl: Yahweh 20. Five favorite movies (the question that tells tons about a person)? American Beauty Swingers Back To the Future Shawshank Redemption Clerks
[MMouse]: beer me!
hey, i like beer and i like mouse music, i also like morrissey music and dance around the house to it in my tighty whities with the windows open. (on occasion i do this while drinking myself into oblivion.) im not saying that drinking is good, (i am), but i like it and that is what i will do. you can watch. have fun. ben A. of the 21st century "i'm trying to/ drink away the part of the day that i cannot sleep away" "17. Favorite beer? the best beer is NO BEER!!! drinking is for jack asses." how can you like modest mouse then? ...i know i'm gonnna get it for this. damon
[MMouse]:
with carbon dating. it is only accurate if the object is less than 1 years old, i think. when its older than that, the measurements that have to be made are too small and therefore, creat a lot of error in the readings. or something like that. ben A. of the 21st century "do me"
[MMouse]:
hey, i am tired of school too. just didnt want you to feel alone. has anyone here seen "dogma"? its great stuff. makes you think about religion. also in the beginning it talks about the poem in through the looking glass about the walrus and the carpenter and how they represent christianity (the carpenter) and the eastern religions (the walrus) they then proceed to fool the oysters into following them and then eat them. i will have to read it for myself though. ben A. of the 21st century dont go home tonight, go out and find the one that you love and who loves you.
[MMouse]:
there is this thing called a fossil record. its where you can take a bunch of fossils and look at them, and tell that each one is an evolved version of the last. that's how we got here now, and johnny, you can't physically evolve as a person. it takes thousands of years and generations. thank you for your cooperation and concern. ben A. of the 21st century
[MMouse]: biting off the skin that hangs off the blister, on the helpin hand
hey, arent the 'push kings' from new haven CT? they fucking rule!! if you have never heard them, go get "far places" today. its pop-tastic stuff that makes you unable to sit still. ben A. "h i know a girl and all she loves is candy candy. oooh if she dont watch out she's gonna get to sweet to soon."
[MMouse]:
i confess. i dont like sonic youth either. i kind of like that one song, "compilation blues" from the DGC rarities comp., but besides that, its just a bunch of noise to me. that's all. ben A.
[MMouse]:
i was watching the outdoor life network a while ago, and they played the first 30 seconds of the mouse's "shit luck" it was some public service commercial and they showed a bunch of bad guys cutting down giant trees while isaac yelled "this plane is definitely crashing." neat-o ben A.
[MMouse]:
loring, *J*, i too am in colorado. are there any good shows coming here soon? i havent been to any in quite a while. ben A.
[MMouse]: indie rock.
now, does being an indie rocker have anything to do w/ the way you dress. If so, anyone can be an indie rocker. do you have to be devoted to indie rock to be an indie rocker? what if i like prince and michael jackson? Maybe more or less it is a being. A state of mind. The music inspires you to be and act a certain way. I guess if you are in an indie rock band you are automatically one step up on the indie rock ladder. but what if you don't consider your band indie rock? Do you have to have certain urges as an indie rocker? Like to go to the salvation army and to be into the arts of some form. are you automatically restricted from being an indie rocker if you are the vp of some company or like a car salesman or something. can michael eisner be indie rock? what if i'm into the music, but i love to dress like a super slut or something. what makes indie rock "indie"? Maybe it will be coined indie, but indie no longer represents the word independent. Kind of like with Modern art. The art is no longer modern. but this whole time frame is represented as modern. and what about post-modern art? by definition post-modern art would be ANY art afterwards forever i'm confused. oh well
[MMouse]:
i too am a GbV fan. i saw them in august in Boulder. it was rad. i will be at the Denver show on monday if i get my car running. oh yeah, the new album rocks!! ben A.
