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Monday, June 22, 2009

News The Best Show of 1999 Comes to Edgefield

Posted by Ezra Ace Caraeff on Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 10:55 AM

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Ah, 1999.
While we were busy squirreling away money in anticipation of Y2K, losing our illegal downloading virginity to Shawn Fanning, and mourning the Memorial Day Miracle, two of rock's finest acts produced their best recordings: The Flaming Lips' The Soft Bulletin and Built to Spill's Keep It Like a Secret.

Now a decade later, the two bands are performing together on Thursday, August 20th at Edgefield. Granted, both bands acts have fallen from grace a bit as of late—The Lips' spastic children's birthday party act has grown stale, while Built to Spill's wanky guitarsturbation solos have reached the point of unbearable (unless you are really high)—I'll always have a soft spot for both acts. Tickets ($46) go on sale this Saturday at 10am.
See you in the giant hamster ball.

(Feel free to comment below if you think There's Nothing Wrong with Love or Transmissions from the Satellite Heart were better albums than their 1999 counterparts.)

 

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Built to Spill is by far and away the worst band I've ever seen play live. I saw them once, thought it must have just been a fluke, saw them again and figured there was something wrong with me, then saw them a third time at a festival and figured out it wasn't me. Built to Spill is hands down the boringest concert I've seen 3 times.
Posted by BlackedOut on June 22, 2009 at 3:18 PM · Report
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Pray tell Mr. Blacked Out, what was your most excitingist concert you've ever witnessed? Follow up question: How many times have you seen that band? 152? I'm guessing it must be 152 since you've seen the boringest concert thrice.
Posted by egads on June 22, 2009 at 11:54 PM · Report
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Perfect From Now On is miles ahead of Keep It Like a Secret -- and it's not even close. That said, BTS's first two LPs, Ultimate Alternative Wavers and There's Nothing Wrong With Love are even better...
Posted by Macho Slut on June 23, 2009 at 12:18 AM · Report

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