Comments on Lifesavas @ Chop Suey

hmm, another hiphop show where emcees wave towels in the air, tell you to wave your hands, and get mad when you don't. Borrrringg.
Cant i just watch and enjoy my drink? i dont want to feel guilty because i enjoy my music in a different way than the emcees want me to.

I don't know what I feel stronger: The admiration for the passion and intelligence of this Slogging's writing or my genuine guilt and shame for not being at what sounds like a transcendent show. If only I could get a time machine and piss off the backed up emails and packages I was handling last night and have experienced this instead. Thanks for a great report, Jonathan.

aren't the lifesavas from portland? that totally debunks your argument...

yeah they from portland, but obv the writer either didn't know that or not being from seattle thinks portland and seattle are the same thing (boooo). nice review of the actual event, even if the premise of the post is wrong.

But to call something a Mecca is to imply that people are travelling to it.
So Seattle is getting more hip hop shows, more acts are coming here, it is becoming a...Mecca.

And I would call a Portland band local, in the NW sense. We states have to stick together.

Pull your head out. Portland is part of your region. It doesn't matter how you feel about it. It's part of your market. It's a fact. Get over yourself you fucking finger wagging Seattle pussies. Jesus. Bitch bitch bitch.

estey - you definitely shouldn't miss Black Anger this weekend opening for Blue scholars. and even tough @6 might not agree, Scholars at Showbox with a 9 piece backing band, and Kidz in the Hall and Black Anger opening is a great show. But for sure check out the Lifsavas new album. Very good.

I'm glad people are noticing that JZ goes above and beyond on his Lineout concert reviews. I told him the same thing at the show, that his Fleet Foxes/Cave Singers Lineout post was really descriptive, thoughtful reporting. That people wish they'd seen the artist or vow to catch them next time is a tremendous result. JZ: keep em coming.

BYW, I heard C.Suey only presold 60 and sold 90 tix at the door. It felt more crowded than that to me. Anyone? Right, right?

that should read "BTW" (it's short for by the way, but much handier to use)

When Lifesavas set started the floor was 80% full and the bar area was pretty packed. Around the middle of their set is when people started to leave, and by the encore there were maybe 50 or 60 people still there. Claiming that attendance was really that sparse the whole time isn't accurate reporting.

great review. dope show.

and @ 1...

if u didnt come to get it on- then stay your dead ass home!

David -- I totally plan on being at the early show; wouldn't miss it for the world. Thanks for the reminder.

I haven't been keeping up with Lifesavas since we covered them for BANDOPPLER Magazine -- I will definitely pick up their new action. Thanks, my friend.

why did you call gabriel teodros a project whore? do you even know what "hoodrat" means?

Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler? Was he hitting on all the white girls?