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Quote from: alexanderzurflu;240018
You gotta cut the local fanbase some slack...there are way too many awesome things to do in CT on a long weekend. Why go to a free show outdoors on one of the few days it didn\'t rain all summer when there\'s more important priorities including back to school shopping, putting gas in the leaf blower, Spiced Pumpkin lattes back in Starbucks stores........ On top of it all, I\'m sure there\'s a lot of traffic to battle and scarce parking options in the backwoods of Monroe, CT.
Don\'t forget about Yale volleyball... the pride of the Nutmeg State. -
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Umm. I didn\'t go and I didn\'t really have any serious plans either. Seemed a bit of a drive for a 1 hour time slot.
However I think within the next two months or so there\'s probably something like half a dozen shows I\'m going to be at. Let It Roll > Branstock > Sullys is the intent, for one..
As annoying as Skye is and as little as anybody cares about her Hawaiian escapades, I sorta gotta take her side on this one. -
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Quote from: SkyePrizm;240016Quote from: leith;240012
Awesome showing for a free festival in CONNECTICUT!!
Really. Great **** job people.
its a holiday weekend. and don\'t give me labor day isn\'t a holiday crap. i had two parties today. i am sure others had the same. plus its listed on the top of this in monroe, i hate monroe...
um...it was in Wolcott.
but I didn\'t go either. New Hampshire with my family sounded like more fun. -
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Drove around Wolcott for 2 hours, couldn\'t find it. I didn\'t have the street # on me and there was no sign of anything going on.
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Mark,all you had to do was take a left, straight down a bit,
up the hill and then a right,quick left. Over on the right was a
little curve and bingo you\'re there!
I got a GPS! Punched in my destination and bingo I was there!
Nice little fest! Good people ,music,weather.
Brought a 12 pack of sierra nevada.
The Breakfast did a set of Weird Beard tunes!
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Quote from: bdfreetuna;240022
As annoying as Skye is and as little as anybody cares about her Hawaiian escapades, I sorta gotta take her side on this one.
I knew that took a lot for you, so thanks.
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Quote from: Mark;240024
Drove around Wolcott for 2 hours, couldn\'t find it. I didn\'t have the street # on me and there was no sign of anything going on.
there was no sign of anything going on from the street because they did it right and kept it hidden and had no tresspassing signs at the beginning of the driveway. would have been impossible for anyone without the address # to know where to go. you should have had your cell phone on because i called you at 6:30 just before pulling in.
it was a bigger fest than i expected, but i couldnt believe this was a CT show and no breakfast fans came.
mayfly jam was the highlight and stl jam was ser. everyone who missed it blew it. they had a pretty nice setup there. if they ever do this again and invite the breakfast back no one should miss it. -
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hmmm leith, let\'s see most of us, who still see the band despite, work, growing up, having kids, getting married or whatever, have been seeing the band with all their ups and downs, tough times, equipment theft, lineup changes, future uncertainties, debt, and giving up on recording/writing new songs so they basically play the same 20 songs over and over with the occasional, "ser bustouts," here and there, but still manage to play it so hard and heavy that you don\'t get bored, anywhere from 5-9+ years. with many of us seeing them well over a hundred, or in some cases 200 times. we have sacrificed as much as our lives allow, told as many people as we could about them, spent small fortunes when a lot of us couldn\'t afford it, and driven countless hours all for them. even if it meant being in the middle of nowhere with half the bar leaving at set break and only having the dedicated who drove to see them left.
for me this band is what a good times is supposed to be. it is music how it\'s supposed to be played. we can all **** about the band\'s shoulda, coulda, wouldas, but what the **** is that gonna do?
so all i can say in defense of the "weaksauce," or whatever b\'fam showing for an over priced middle of the nowhere show that features talent that i can only assume can\'t hold a candle to the b\'fast\'s, only for them to play like an hour on a weekend where some people may have plans with friend\'s and family they haven\'t seen in a while, is quite simply but i\'m sure by your truly unreachable standards, uninspired or intelligent, is **** off. you don\'t know us.
now please, please, blow us all away with your what i can assume will be obviously my well deserved, complete and total "pwnage," or "ownage," or whatever, i for one can NOT wait. -
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the Breakfast was off the HOOK........I tried telling people last week to try and not miss out on any gig done at SpinRay and Dawns, there can really not be a more ideal, totally chill scene. And yes, if you dont have the street address it can be a **** to find, (I think they had a solitary balloon out on the driveway entrance but that was it.) but that is also what keeps things cool and running there. At the beginning of June at Spinstock there was close to 1000 people there on Saturday and things got a little crazy.
Highlight for me was standing right behind Jordan and Adrian during Mayfly and the awesome cover of Question. Gotta tell you that Adrian can thump those skins, but you all know that.
Would like to have some more Breakfast fans there as they would have had a blast in that scene, but the Breakfast definitely made the the people already there lifetime fans, and that is what it is about, right?
Thanks Jordan for sitting in with us, you sounded great as usual. You and Geoff tear it up together.
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Quote from: Ren;240030
hmmm leith, let\'s see most of us, who still see the band despite, work, growing up, having kids, getting married or whatever, have been seeing the band with all their ups and downs, tough times, equipment theft, lineup changes, future uncertainties, debt, and giving up on recording/writing new songs so they basically play the same 20 songs over and over with the occasional, "ser bustouts," here and there, but still manage to play it so hard and heavy that you don\'t get bored, anywhere from 5-9+ years. with many of us seeing them well over a hundred, or in some cases 200 times. we have sacrificed as much as our lives allow, told as many people as we could about them, spent small fortunes when a lot of us couldn\'t afford it, and driven countless hours all for them. even if it meant being in the middle of nowhere with half the bar leaving at set break and only having the dedicated who drove to see them left.
Blah blah ya so what? I have spent thousands of dollars and traveled cross country more than once for these guys.
Try again.Quote from: Ren;240030for me this band is what a good times is supposed to be. it is music how it\'s supposed to be played. we can all **** about the band\'s shoulda, coulda, wouldas, but what the **** is that gonna do?
If this band is what good times are supposed to be than where the **** were you?
This has nothing to do with the band they DID what they were supposed to do. You guys failed not them.Quote from: Ren;240030so all i can say in defense of the "weaksauce," or whatever b\'fam showing for an over priced middle of the nowhere show that features talent that i can only assume can\'t hold a candle to the b\'fast\'s, only for them to play like an hour on a weekend where some people may have plans with friend\'s and family they haven\'t seen in a while, is quite simply but i\'m sure by your truly unreachable standards, uninspired or intelligent, is **** off. you don\'t know us.
Yeah OK fucktard. That has to be your only defense because you don\'t have one unless you live outside of CT.Quote from: Ren;240030now please, please, blow us all away with your what i can assume will be obviously my well deserved, complete and total "pwnage," or "ownage," or whatever, i for one can NOT wait.
Hope I didn\'t take too long. -
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Oooooooh that was the best pwnage I ever had. What the he\'ll is wrong with you? Way to break me down and **** on me. Any little cyber **** out there would push snicker and the push his glasses up when they slipped. Excellent use of quotes to show exactly what parts of MY excuse bothered you. Also not my family I was refering to you fuckin\' lame ass. Guess I should try again. No wonder I don\'t come on here anymore. No wonder why Dave doesn\'t come on here anymore. There\'s a feeling and a vibe on here at times that I can\'t describe, but I\'m not an educated wook so u guess I\'m a fucktard or something. Bravo.
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Dude, it\'s not mandatory to go to every show. And especially lame to **** at Ren cuz I see the guy at the majority of the shows I go to.
It\'s probably easy to criticize considering you\'re in California, so you almost always have a great excuse not to go.
Fact is an hour long time slot from 5:00-6:00pm for $40 or whatever it was isn\'t exactly all that compelling to most of us. I\'m sure they impressed the crowd that was there anyway.
Besides that there are a bunch of full length normal price & time shows coming up in the area... most of which I\'m going to attend and I bet you I\'ll see Ren at least at a few of these.
So ahh, maybe pick your battles with the real slackers? -
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I guess I stuck my nose where it dint belong, that\'s all. And for that I paid dearly.
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Quote from: Ren;240034
Oooooooh that was the best pwnage I ever had. What the he\'ll is wrong with you? Way to break me down and **** on me. Any little cyber **** out there would push snicker and the push his glasses up when they slipped. Excellent use of quotes to show exactly what parts of MY excuse bothered you. Also not my family I was refering to you fuckin\' lame ass. Guess I should try again. No wonder I don\'t come on here anymore. No wonder why Dave doesn\'t come on here anymore. There\'s a feeling and a vibe on here at times that I can\'t describe, but I\'m not an educated wook so u guess I\'m a fucktard or something. Bravo.
Sweet melt.Quote from: bdfreetuna;240035Dude, it\'s not mandatory to go to every show. And especially lame to **** at Ren cuz I see the guy at the majority of the shows I go to.
It\'s probably easy to criticize considering you\'re in California, so you almost always have a great excuse not to go.
Fact is an hour long time slot from 5:00-6:00pm for $40 or whatever it was isn\'t exactly all that compelling to most of us. I\'m sure they impressed the crowd that was there anyway.
Besides that there are a bunch of full length normal price & time shows coming up in the area... most of which I\'m going to attend and I bet you I\'ll see Ren at least at a few of these.
So ahh, maybe pick your battles with the real slackers?
It was a free show unless you wanted to donate $40 I guess.
Anyway this is not really a battle.
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Quote from: Ren;240034
There\'s a feeling and a vibe on here at times that I can\'t describe, but I\'m not an educated wook so u guess I\'m a fucktard or something. Bravo.
I agree. For people who claim, peace love and happiness, there is a lot of disgruntled, sarcastic cruel comments thrown about. Sometimes I think this site would scare away more new fans than keep them.
Maybe I am still all in the no worries, calm attitude of the hawaiian people no one wants to hear about....but i feel like some of you need to jump on a plane and soak in their vibes.
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