Line Out - Comments on Day Two http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two Mirah photo by Heather Cox After so many acts running a little late on Friday, I figured I'd show up a little after three and still catch some of PWRFL Power's opening set Saturday, but Kaz was on time and,... Copyright 2008 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:15:26 -0800 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 02:11:20 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by jackson mcguire what the fuck does you not doing your job and missing against me! have anything to do with their street cred?

]]> jackson mcguire http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c771987 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c771987 Block Party Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:12:43 -0800 Comment by jackson mcguire what the fuck does you not doing your job and missing against me! have anything to do with their street cred?

]]> jackson mcguire http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c771989 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c771989 Block Party Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:22:18 -0800 Comment by Eric Grandy I was talking about my street cred, Jackson, not theirs. Sensitive much?

]]> Eric Grandy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c771990 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c771990 Block Party Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:28:00 -0800 Comment by Eric Grandy Also, thanks to the labor reforms fought for by radical activists like Against Me!, my job now grants me dinner breaks.

]]> Eric Grandy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c771991 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c771991 Block Party Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:33:19 -0800 Comment by Ari Spool If I had said to you, "You should really listen to my best friend's band, they're awesome!" I would have lost way more street cred than you did when you got sushi.

]]> Ari Spool http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c771993 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c771993 Block Party Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:39:16 -0800 Comment by Eric Grandy I'm jk-ing, girl. But what if you said that to me while eating sushi? You'd be such a sell-out! And you'd probably spit rice all over me.

]]> Eric Grandy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c771994 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c771994 Block Party Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:45:48 -0800 Comment by Ryan It sounds like you were a lot less impressed with Aesop Rock than I was. He blew me away. Although, I didn't have any expectations beforehand.

And I don't think I've felt more ambivalent about a band than I do about Spoon. Totally agree with your assessment. They're technically solid, inoffensive...milquetoast.

]]> Ryan http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c771996 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c771996 Block Party Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:50:28 -0800 Comment by Eric Grandy I guess I should've been more explicit about it, but I thought Aesop Rock was great. "None Shall Pass" was especially rousing. And the new album is solid, too.

]]> Eric Grandy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c771997 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c771997 Block Party Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:53:35 -0800 Comment by Ari Spool Milquetoast is the best word ever to describe Spoon. Safe is another good one. Boring would work, too.

I think discussing things over sushi immediately would turn us into yuppies. Fuck that shit! Tattoos and booze forever!

]]> Ari Spool http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c772000 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c772000 Block Party Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:13:45 -0800 Comment by ndrwmtsn yo spoon is ill. the soft effects ep is really great and so is girls can tell. seriously.

what don't you like? they have a distinctive sound and a singer you either love or hate with a fake accent!

i admit, it's hard to find words to say exactly why i like spoon, but what exactly are the charges against them?

]]> ndrwmtsn http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c772007 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c772007 Block Party Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:33:38 -0800 Comment by christopher hong I think Spoon has been boring live every time I've seen them but their recordings are often daring and nuanced in a way that's easy to ignore because how great they are at putting a catchy tune together. Ghosts of post-punk and motown strutting hand in hand.

'Milquetoast' is far, far off the mark as far as I'm concerned but I could give two shits about Girl Talk or a lot of what Eric and Ari are into so, maybe this is a Diff'rent Strokes moment.

]]> christopher hong http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c772012 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c772012 Block Party Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:15:19 -0800 Comment by Jenn Dashney Heather Cox is the best rock photographer in Seattle, by far.

]]> Jenn Dashney http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c772013 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c772013 Block Party Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:22:20 -0800 Comment by Katelyn Spoon's boring... too bad you didn't catch Dyme Def though, that show was incredible!!! So much better than Aesop Rock. Yeah, Aes might be a powerful performer, but Dyme Def is tight and old-school. Talent, I tell you.

]]> Katelyn http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c772016 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c772016 Block Party Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:43:51 -0800 Comment by Ask Me Anything, I've Got Answers Fits, google Rob Sonic. Check out some of his stuff. I think you'd dig some of it. Hypemen are often just regular old rapper dudes who know their homies lyrics good enough to handle the backup duties.

]]> Ask Me Anything, I've Got Answers http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c772022 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c772022 Block Party Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:22:12 -0800 Comment by erin dude, when are you going to post that amazing poem your buddy found?

]]> erin http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c772042 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c772042 Block Party Sun, 29 Jul 2007 22:22:17 -0800 Comment by bunnypuncher Geez Eric, you would have thought you would have heard about the Pleasureboaters from any of the dozens of times Megan has mentioned them in the paper?

]]> bunnypuncher http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c772053 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c772053 Block Party Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:44:57 -0800 Comment by Eric Grandy Who's Megan?

]]> Eric Grandy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c772064 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c772064 Block Party Mon, 30 Jul 2007 02:25:33 -0800 Comment by Jeremy Did you not notice Aesop Rock introducing his "Hype Man" Rob Sonic at least 3 times? Or that 3 of the songs were actually Rob Sonic's? Oftentimes a rapper will bring out a fellow artist to help gain them exposure, Which was obviously a futile effort in this case; since the reporter covering the show didn't bother to find out anything about who they were covering. And i would hardly describe DJ Big Wiz's 5 minute turntable solo "straight forward backing." Get it straight or stay out of my music scene.

]]> Jeremy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c772188 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c772188 Block Party Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:13:54 -0800 Comment by Sean Along with others I am surprised they didn't care enough, or pay attention, to research anything about Rob Sonic...anything but your typical 'hypeman'. Then again in the next section he talks about missing the band 'to go eat sushi'. The Aesop Rock set was the highlight of the day for myself.

]]> Sean http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c772214 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c772214 Block Party Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:18:07 -0800 Comment by Eric Grandy Thanks, @14, I'll check him out. I missed the DJs turntable solo, but that sounds pretty awesome. I wish I'd caught it.

]]> Eric Grandy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c772228 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c772228 Block Party Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:39:38 -0800 Comment by Jeremy Another omission from the Aesop recap was that Seattle's own Grayskul came out to perform a song with Aesop, a highlight for anyone who cares about local hip-hop.

]]> Jeremy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c772242 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c772242 Block Party Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:01:11 -0800 Comment by KELLY O Sept. 11 - New Grayskul album! Show at Chop Suey!

]]> KELLY O http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c773112 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c773112 Block Party Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:57:39 -0800 Comment by bunnypuncher Eric - Maybe it's just me missing some sarcasm on the internet here, but just in case you were serious I was talking about Megan Seling. She writes up pretty much every show the Pleasureboaters play.

But of course, I'm pretty sure you're just messing with me, and I feel like a fool.

]]> bunnypuncher http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c773377 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/07/day_two#c773377 Block Party Wed, 01 Aug 2007 02:11:20 -0800