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Breakfast Babble => The Chase => The Chase (Archive) => Topic started by: Wolfman on July 01, 2004, 03:05:22 am
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We\'ve gone over how much the Dying Room sucks a lot on this forum. People piss on the wall right next to the band. Old men show up drunk and grope girls. It is smelly, dirty, and in a slum that nobody wants to go to. The sound is the worst the band has ever had. The lights don\'t work at all. The enitre building is decaying, and it is noticably worse every time the band plays there. Several long-time fans of The Breakfast wrote that they had the worst time ever at a Breakfast show the last time here and wanted to just leave in the middle of the show. This venue might be good for high school bands who will settle for any gig, but it makes a band like The Breakfast look like a joke.
It\'s time for everyone to boycott this venue. This is for the band\'s benefit as well as the fans. The band has played here about fifteen times over nearly four years and the crowds have never grown. This venue has done nothing to support the band in the Providence market. Half the crowd at every show is people who drive in from out of state. If we ser fans send the message that nobody wants to go here, the band will understand that they really need to move up in the world. Then they can play a venue in Providence that will actually draw some new people from Providence, and we will get to watch the band in a room that is not collapsing and covered in urine.
There\'s no right or wrong, but if you care about whether or not the band progresses in the world, I don\'t see how you can support them playing this venue. If you saw the reviews of people saying what a bad time they had here last time, ask yourself why you would go back. I did not go to the last Dying Room show and I\'m not going to this one.
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Providence has turned into a pathetic music town. What once was a good little market, is now crap. I live here, and I am saddened by the state of live music in this great little city.
True, the Living Room sucks, but maybe the boyz are being told "no" by the other places. (The Call needs to happen but they try to book bigger-name bands)
I think it\'s important that PB gets a foot in the door at The Call, but certainly you can blame it on the lame music scene here, and all over the place, that PB is not a bigger draw than they are. WTF is wrong with people?
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Originally posted by rustyD
(The Call needs to happen but they try to book bigger-name bands)
True, but not really. My friend\'s roomate\'s band, Fungus Amungus, gets booked at The Call to headline all the time, and they are not that good at all, they are not even in the same league as the boys. I\'ve seen them headline The Call on a Friday night and a Saturday before (not a run, different times). But in your defense they do book some decent names (the bigger ones have been going to Lupos/Strand as far as I remember, I havent been in Providence since ealry May). But what I don\'t get is how PB can co-bill a gig with AGP at the Webster (yea, so what the Webster is in CT), and AGP can get The Call and get a huge turnout there, yet the boys can\'t get The Call??
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Originally posted by antbach
But what I don\'t get is how PB can co-bill a gig with AGP at the Webster (yea, so what the Webster is in CT), and AGP can get The Call and get a huge turnout there, yet the boys can\'t get The Call??
Great point Anthony. As with any other business, let\'s judge The Breakfast by their competition. Their main peers are AGP, Umphrey\'s, Particle, and Raq. Would any of these bands ever be caught dead in the Dying Room? Hell no. If we were the crew for one of these bands going to Providence, we would be going dowtown to a nice venue where our band would sound great and we could have a great time. But no, we\'re Breakfast fans, we get to go to a slum and literally wallow in urine while our band sounds like a 2 hour donkey fart. What is that?
If you can play a place 4 times in 1 year and not see any increase in crowd, then there is a problem with either the band or the venue. The problem is clearly not the band...
When is this going to end? 15 shows in 4 years is way too much of a sample. The crowds have not grown at all and they never will. When do they give up on this shithole...after 30 shows in 8 years? Do you think the band should still be playing here in 2 years? I said no to that question 4 years ago.
People, do not support this show. This is for everyone\'s benefit. If the band gets a new venue then people out here don\'t have to go to this pit anymore. If the band grows their fanbase and paychecks (which will never happen at Dying Room), then fans across the country will get more shows because the band will be able to afford to travel more. We\'ve all put way too much into this to accept settling for mediocrity, so don\'t support it.
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I went to the Dying Room once back in the day. I cannot believe that someone hasn\'t literally died in there. The place is for one, a health risk sanitarily speaking, but as a structure itself, its only a matter of time before a wall callopses and crushes some spinning hippies....
I am all for a downtown providence show....would it be fare to say the 3 biggest things in booking a music gig would be scene, scene, scene....a la the ole saying about real estate..."location location location".....
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So this place really is that bad? I\'m debating on going, but only cause this will be probally the only time i\'ll get to see them this summer.
Let\'s get a Western Mass gig guys!!!!! Some sort of co-bill with Raq
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Originally posted by weekapaug19
So this place really is that bad? I\'m debating on going, but only cause this will be probally the only time i\'ll get to see them this summer.
Let\'s get a Western Mass gig guys!!!!! Some sort of co-bill with Raq
its not that bad. if they did end up getting a new pa system then its worth putting up with everything else. just make sure no one slips roofies in your drink and you will have a good time.
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Originally posted by ChrisF
its not that bad. if they did end up getting a new pa system then its worth putting up with everything else. just make sure no one slips roofies in your drink and you will have a good time.
good point chris, but even as a joke, any venue that some says what you just said is not a serious concideration. I have to agree with seth on this one. I dont get to go to many shows anymore, so I pick and choose them based on my schedule and location. I\'m not going to go out of my way for the living room. I\'ve dumped enough $$ into there over the years.
on a side, Tim and Ron are managing the band. Rons still on honeymoon/just getting back, so Tim has been managing the band. The bands also in studio. Tims also going gigs all over with ian and now megans band, so he\'s pretty busy lately. Although I dont agree with the venue, chances are Tim booked it becuase he didnt have time to hastle with getting a new venue, and the living room offered him a date. <-just a guess
I for one will not be going. I dont even know if I can make it to cafe 9 :holyshit:
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it is considerably local (with casino stop on the way home) and has an anything goes policy...which unfortunatley means piss where you want to some people, but i dont think im goin back there unless the new pa system is in full effect. i hat to see Dobson in such dissarray while at work
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Originally posted by FrankZappa
Tim and Ron are managing the band...chances are Tim booked it becuase he didnt have time to hastle with getting a new venue, and the living room offered him a date...
I for one will not be going.
Good point. I\'ve gotta cut them some slack here because there\'s no manager. That doesn\'t make the venue any better, but it\'s tough to get all over them for this gig when they\'re just trying to scrape by on the venues they know until they get a manager who can hook up the better gigs. So I\'ll give them a pass for this gig only. If they ever play here again after this one, that will be sad.
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well,either way,ill see yaal at the dying room!
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i love how there\'s already a boycott of a show that hasn\'t been announced yet.....think i\'ll cruise manhatten with umphrey\'s mcgee instead
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Originally posted by oldnewbie
i love how there\'s already a boycott of a show that hasn\'t been announced yet.....think i\'ll cruise manhatten with umphrey\'s mcgee instead
??? I\'m confused. There is a show at the Dying Room in 10 days. It\'s been up on the band\'s site and jambase and the pbfans calendar for weeks. I\'m confused. I\'ll probably see you on the boat with Umphrey\'s though!! I\'m hittin the boat this Friday too for Amon Tobin. He\'s one of my 3 favorite DJ\'s.
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this show is NOT on the bands website nor did i see it on jambase (i didn\'t check today) it is on this boards calender but i didn\'t notice that right away as i usually use thebreakfast.net for the schedule. it won\'t be hard to boycott if nobody knows about the show.....someone should call the guitar player or the bass player or the manag....oh shit.....that won\'t work.....also i\'m working on the 16th so i don\'t know yet about umphrey\'s.....but i\'ll be trying
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Everything at the Call has been a failure..... The Providence music scene is just plain WEAK now. So the Call barely has anybody because it\'s a losing proposition. Bands might play there once, but if the turn-out stinks they won\'t be back. AGP -- how many times have they booked it? Probably once.
A big draw like Reid Genauer and the AOD can fill \'er up, but the Call knows that the Breakfast cannot draw people off their stupid ass and get in to see a show.
PB is stuck in Providence la-la land.
In fact they are facing this situation in many places I bet. People just don\'t support live music.
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They should have no problem getting into the Call. I saw a Dead cover band that just plays once every couple months there just for fun(most members of the band are from Western MA and play around there w/ a different guitarist) and there were probably less than 50 people there.
Either way, this Living Room show will be my only chance to see PB this summer, so there\'s no way I\'m gonna miss it. I wasn\'t at the last show there, but I\'ve had so much fun all the other times, I couldn\'t care less about the venue just as long as its the Breakfast that is playing is all that matters to me.
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looks like gotv might get the call on friday,so maybe no dying room for me..however,ill see yaal for the crazy latenight set on saturday!
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Freddie we will be at GOTV so come with your party shoes on!!!
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cool.i look forward to it..see yaal latenight!
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i\'ll be at the dying room with 2 firstimers friday. maybe we\'ll be the only ones there.
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i seriously doubt it.i heard the new sound system is ser now.believe it or not,im not kiddin either
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If they fix the sound in the Living Room, it could be a fun place. I like the "no rules" aspect.... And I\'m not a girl so I could care less about the state of the rest rooms.
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Originally posted by rustyD
And I\'m not a girl so I could care less about the state of the rest rooms.
:hscratch:
so wait, guys don\'t have to wash their hands or drop deuces?
i didn\'t get the memo....
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oh yea, we forgot to send you that memo.
:P
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Originally posted by davepeck
:hscratch:
so wait, guys don\'t have to wash their hands or drop deuces?
i didn\'t get the memo....
I can\'t speak for everyone, but I personally have never dropped a deuce at a show!
And as for hand washing, you would be surprised to find out that in most public restrooms, you actually end up with cleaner hands by NOT washing them and making it a point to NOT touch anything (door handles, faucets, papertowel dispenser, flush valve) except your penis!
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Originally posted by Marcial
(door handles, faucets, papertowel dispenser, flush valve)
but the living room doesnt have those things
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Originally posted by Marcial
I can\'t speak for everyone, but I personally have never dropped a deuce at a show!
after pb\'s 2nd album was released, this was the thing to do to show your fandom at a show.. for a while there, i was holding back some good ones, just because i knew there was a show coming up soon..
Originally posted by ChrisF
but the living room doesnt have those things
:lol:
it\'s funny cause it\'s true...
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Does anybody who is coming back to CT after the show have room for one more?
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Originally posted by Drew_Kingsley
Does anybody who is coming back to CT after the show have room for one more?
i have plenty of room for you drew.
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Originally posted by ChrisF
i have plenty of room for you drew.
Thanks. Let me know what time you\'re leaving ASAP. The easiest way to reach me is probably by replying here. Otherwise call my cell phone after 3:15 on Thursday.
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Definitely NOT the place to be if you need to drop a deuce..... So I guess if you\'re coming up from CT it\'s different. I go there expecting not to worry about the bathroom.
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Originally posted by rustyD
Definitely NOT the place to be if you need to drop a deuce..... So I guess if you\'re coming up from CT it\'s different. I go there expecting not to worry about the bathroom.
dunkin dounts seems to be pretty cool about people going in there to only use the restrooms and then leave. i have never had a problem. If you just walk next door then its not even an issue.
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Im still confused, is this show a done deal or what? The band\'s website does not have it listed as of the last time I checked which was probably this past monday or tuesday, it is listed on this calendar and jambase, what do I go by? Someone fill me in, I need to call a few people in the Providence area to tell them to go to show, even though I probably ain\'t gonna make it cos I crashed my car into a tree Saturday night. . .
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It\'s in the Breakfast mailer that went out on Monday. That would be really funny if people showed up to a show that doesn\'t exist though.
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Originally posted by antbach
I probably ain\'t gonna make it cos I crashed my car into a tree Saturday night. . .
Goodness, are you ok Ant!?
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Originally posted by Wolfman
It\'s in the Breakfast mailer that went out on Monday. That would be really funny if people showed up to a show that doesn\'t exist though.
Or, imagine if someone showed up for the show but when they got there realized they had the wrong date? ;)
ok, so who\'s coming out for this one? With the exception of Boston, it\'s about as close as pb ever gets to me so I will be there, with all of my shots up to date of course....
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News Flash!!!! I have been informed that there has been some renovating at the LR and that the sound system is new and the bathrooms have been cleaned up to a pissable (maybe not shittable) quality. I think tonight will be a blast and Wolf may have some points but they do play good shows there.
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Originally posted by jocelyn
Or, imagine if someone showed up for the show but when they got there realized they had the wrong date? ;)
cough, cough.....Wolf......cough, cough
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Hey Guys, Tim Palmieri Here. Sup. The Living Room has a new sound system. They got it from Lupo\'s. Also they renovated their bathrooms and put a new roof on so its nicer and whaddya know, we\'re going to FUCKING ROCK it tonight so don\'t boycott, don\'t be a sissy mary, and come out and have some fun in a typical rock club atmosphere designed to give you the grit of true Rock\'n Fuck\'n Roll. Wolf, have fun at home. peace
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thatta boy, timmy. i\'ll be there, so at least you got 1 person to play to.
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word, tonight is gonna be a blast!
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Gfunk... make sure you come introduce yourself... I\'ll be the girl whose hair is half dreaded, half not.... essentially, a drullet. Business in the front, party in the back.
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Originally posted by jocelyn
:jawdrop:Business in the front,:hehehe:party in the back. :hump:
:duck:
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Originally posted by jocelyn
Goodness, are you ok Ant!?
Ant = Fine
Ant\'s Lumina = not as good, still drivable but not on the highway and without passengars. . .
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Originally posted by jocelyn
Or, imagine if someone showed up for the show but when they got there realized they had the wrong date? ;)
Yeah, I thought about bringing that one up but decided to see if anyone would think of it. :)
Originally posted by tmn8r1
Wolf, have fun at home
Check. Went to Umphrey\'s McGee and flyered for the Knitting Factory show.
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:banghead::doh::banghead:
well i was all set for this show, and i was toatally excited. fucking dumbass that i am, me and 3 of my friends took 91 out of NH instead of 89>95 or whatever. we realized we were going the wrong way when we looked at the map. :banghead: we turned around in fellows balls and went home. i probably went to sleep before the 1st set was over.
Gfunk... make sure you come introduce yourself... I\'ll be the girl whose hair is half dreaded, half not.... essentially, a drullet. Business in the front, party in the back.
next time jocelyn. i think i may have seen you at the webster but i didn\'t introduce myself because i wasn\'t sure it was you and i\'m a sally.
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that show was sweet, anyone who boycotted really missed out. I don\'t recall or didn\'t write the setlist for that matter, but that Fishbowl sandwich near the end of th e set was the highlight for me(that and the Tom Sawyer set closer, he really nails those vocals). If I knew that was you I would\'ve said hey jocelyn, I was wearing the blue #37 Patriots jersey. oh well, there\'s always next time. The bathrooms were immaculately clean too, the urinals flush by themselves now too(instead of just spilling over on the floor like old times). I\'m def. down for seeing PB at the Living Room again and again, they never let me down there.
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That was really fun. The guys played great, those of you who didn\'t get there missed out... There was a bigger crowd for pb than I have seen at past LR shows, but of course not nearly the turnout that SHOULD be there. It may not have helped that they went on SO late. It\'s either too early or too late with these guys, what\'s the story with that? I know I saw people leaving part way through the 2nd band and I have a feeling if pb was on stage they would have stuck around.
The new (used) sound system obviously was much better, especially once the sound guy got the mix right. (I was really missing Josh for a while there- there was too much low end in the beginning- way too much bass, and it sounded pretty bad if you weren\'t either right up by the stage or way in the back of the room. But by probably the 3rd song he got it straightened out and it sounded pretty darn good.)
I have to agree with Igziabeher on the Garcian Fishbowl- it was great to hear that.
I find myself really hankering for a HLH.
Igzy, that\'s too bad I missed ya- I do recall seeing you with the Pats jersey but of course I had no idea it was you. Going to Guilford tomorrow? (The correct answer is yes...)
Gfunk sorry to hear about your directional difficulties. You (should have) driven right by my town on the Everett Tpke on the way to Providence. Next time you are heading by my town (Hollis, right next to Nashua) on the way to a show we should meet up and caravan down together. That way I can make sure ya don\'t get lost. ;) Plus, the more the merrier, ya know?
Chris, thanks for letting Josh hook up to your set up... Don\'t know why he switched to the SB part way through though. He\'s a strange man.
So.... looking forward to Guilford tomorrow! See you crazies there....
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Oh come on Dave I was referring to my hairdo. Punk.
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Originally posted by Gfunk
next time jocelyn. i think i may have seen you at the webster but i didn\'t introduce myself because i wasn\'t sure it was you and i\'m a sally.
Well, that is understandable. I am pretty intimidating. :lol:
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whats the story with this guilford show, what time are they playing, how much is it, are there gonna be other bands, etc.? I could possibly swing it, just as long as it doesn\'t run too late. me having to work at 8 o\'clock this morning was a bad scene.
thats a funny thing about Living Room shows, I live like 15 minutes away so I wait til the last possible second to go(usually leave around 11), then I hurry to get there cuz I fear I\'m gonna miss the beginning of the set, then everytime I get there, the opening band is still playing. I\'d like to see them play a longer show, but they can really cram a lot of music into that midnight to 2 o\'clock time period.
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Originally posted by jocelyn
Well, that is understandable. I am pretty intimidating. :lol:
no doubt ;)
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Oops, this was supposed to go here in response to Igziabeher. I accidentally put it in the wrong forum.
The show will be held on the Guilford Town Green from 6:30 to 8:30 in Guilford CT, Sunday July 18th. It\'s a free show and, in case of rain, it will be held at the Guilford Community Center, 32 Church, St., Guilford CT.
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