Line Out - Comments on The Shins at the Paramount http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_shins_at_the_paramount The Shins played last night. Heard of 'em? I wasn't able to make it to the show, but Stranger contributor Matt Garman was there, and I asked him to tell me all about it. Here's what he had to say:... Copyright 2008 Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:35:00 -0800 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:44:55 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by josh according to ticketmaster's website, the show is sold out.

]]> josh http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_shins_at_the_paramount#c639681 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_shins_at_the_paramount#c639681 Last Night Mon, 19 Feb 2007 10:53:29 -0800 Comment by graig markel oh yeah, the shins. i downloaded a record called "wincing the night away" on the internet about a year ago. they're still around?

]]> graig markel http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_shins_at_the_paramount#c639692 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_shins_at_the_paramount#c639692 Last Night Mon, 19 Feb 2007 11:08:04 -0800 Comment by Eric Grandy ho, snap!

]]> Eric Grandy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_shins_at_the_paramount#c639709 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_shins_at_the_paramount#c639709 Last Night Mon, 19 Feb 2007 11:24:25 -0800 Comment by kerri harrop what is up with teenagers crowd surfing? how did this relic of the Grunge Years (TM) become so popular again?

i dj'ed the three sold out PUSA shows this weekend, two of which were all ages. i seriously could not believe how many kids were crowd surfing last night -- there was a steady stream of bodies being passed to the showbox stage for PUSA's entire set. at times, two or three at once.

i don't generally attend all ages shows so maybe this is a normal activity for The Kids? it was as strange as seeing the packed crowd pogo-ing like mad to ram jam's black betty.

]]> kerri harrop http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_shins_at_the_paramount#c639957 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_shins_at_the_paramount#c639957 Last Night Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:02:12 -0800 Comment by Eric Grandy It's definitely weird, Kerri. I want to say it's some now-wzxing nostalgia for the 90s (nostalgia catches up with us all), but it never really stopped happening as far as I can tell, it just started happening at different/bigger/less appropriate shows.

]]> Eric Grandy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_shins_at_the_paramount#c640013 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_shins_at_the_paramount#c640013 Last Night Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:43:17 -0800 Comment by Matt Garman 2 things:

1. I've been asked by a couple people what "Braffed" means. It's a reference to Garden State, the overrated coming-of-age flick written, directed, and starring Zach Braff. The Shins' music is prominently featured in one scene that will totally change your life.

2. I stole "Braffed" from my friend Heather, with whom I had brunch on Sunday morning, who in turn stole it from her friend Eli.

]]> Matt Garman http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_shins_at_the_paramount#c640014 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_shins_at_the_paramount#c640014 Last Night Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:43:46 -0800 Comment by Eric Grandy Stop trying to make "braffed" happen, Eli. It is so not fetch.

]]> Eric Grandy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_shins_at_the_paramount#c640047 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_shins_at_the_paramount#c640047 Last Night Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:57:59 -0800 Comment by Eli For further examples of "Braffed" see the last 6 minutes of every episode of "Scrubs" ever. All those bands playing their sensitive songs in the background while Braff tries in vain to make one single emotion (other than "inflated ego"...and I'm not sure that is an emotion) come out of his Goddamn stony face, those bands are being Braffed. Hard.

Oh, and Eric, Braffed is totally happening. It's very fetch right now. Very fetch indeed.

]]> Eli http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_shins_at_the_paramount#c642198 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_shins_at_the_paramount#c642198 Last Night Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:07:58 -0800 Comment by Eric Grandy I know, you're right. I am madly in love with the term, as you well know. Braffed is so on. You're a mean girl, Eli.

]]> Eric Grandy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_shins_at_the_paramount#c642330 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_shins_at_the_paramount#c642330 Last Night Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:44:55 -0800