Have to be brief today...

Kaboom | Opposites Attract | Christian! Teenage Runaways (J & J's Pizza)
Really hoping to catch Kaboom tonight. Their overdriven sound, frantic yelps and dynamic rhythm changes should make for a good live show. Speaking of good live shows, this is your second chance in as many nights to see Christian! Teenage Runaways, a band that never plays the same set twice and makes every show seem like an event as opposed to just phoning it in for another gig. Opposites Attract are another band I've been meaning to see, with some pretty crazy melodramatic vocals and trashy garage rock backing tracks.

80's Night with DJ G (Hailey's)

Lost Generation with DJ Wanz Dover (Fallout Lounge)

Sober (Zubar)
Playing funk & hip hop with no cover.

"In '90 Fugazi played in a parking lot or field or something and Last Rites opened." Yes, you got the facts straight. Congratulations, you're a budding Fugazologist. However, you might want to work on your reading comprehension. You seem to fixate on the word "field."

You're right 8:16 AM. I did read that in Our Band Could Be Your Life. So? Am I wrong? I didn't say I was at the show, I just wanted to get the facts straight. "They played in a field...." Right.

Well, 8:10 just totally looked it up in Our Band Could Be Yor Life. Memory cells may not be as reliable but they are fffn REAL!

Andrew ... maybe you were the lucky Mad Hatter I barfed on at the Toadies/Funland/Slowpoke show in 91!

-!DIRECT HIT!-

Thanks for the correction, 8:10. I didn't go to that show but heard about it from friends, and it's been many years. Hence the "parking lot or field or something." Turns out it was "or something." Other than that, I'm pretty sure the rest of what I wrote is accurate. Either way, though, thanks for setting it straight.

I saw Ian MacKaye drinking a Coke and chastized him for it. How DARE he endorse such a filthy corporation...and such a killer of a drug. What a dick.

If you took this seriously you are retarded.

No, Fugazi didn't play in a field. It was a warehouse in Dallas, and no one could go in because of fire regulations, so there were something like 900 punks all moshing outside while Fugazi just cranked it and played anyways. It was fucking legendary.

If you're going to write a book on here, please make sure to get the facts straight. Thanks.

MC,

I think the Fugazi, Wayward Girl, Bedhead show at the Bomb Factory was in '91 or '92. I remember hearing that Ian McKaye told Kelly Keys, the owner of Direct Hit Records who booked it, that he "wanted to see some women on that stage." Wayward Girl had very recently started up in Denton so they got the show along with Bedhead, whose earliest 7" singles were on Direct Hit. The main singer of Wayward Girl at the beginning was a 16-year-old who was way into the riot grrl thing. The rest of them were more college girls having fun playing, I think.

In '90 Fugazi played in a parking lot or field or something and Last Rites opened. The time before that was in the FW club a different Kelly owned before Madhatter's in '88 or '89. At that show, Fugazi actually played before a new, Pixies-esque Fort Worth band called the Toadies because it was a school night and they didn't want "the kids" to have to stay out too late.

i used to see wayward girl all the time

i especially liked thier shows at mad hatters

circa 91-93

DL ... the Wayward Girl show was like 1990 ... I know because even I (ageist?) was too young to get out to Dallas for that one. The Bomb Factory show with the "shoe in Ian's face" incident was 93/94 or so I think.

history is cool, bring on the hate

Oh My God. 8:17 PM is not making any sense whatsoever.

What kind of pretentious fuck uses the word "blokes"? Anonymous, if you're so fucking bored, why don't you quit torturing yourself by hanging around HERE and go check out a Bill Hicks DVD or something. You be so cool!

Oh My God.

Oh My God.

kyle,

this is Jason, and I totally agree.

I try to keep it positive.

we'll slay those demons.

MATAMP

retarded actors guild= rag

WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON IN HERE!!!
EVERY POST THAT IS POST ON HERE IS MAKING EVERYTHING AND THE HATE WORSE..INCLUDING THIS ONE. EVERYONE JUST STOP POSTING!

i agree that "A good storm" is one of the best albums --its so awesome when you have friends that can appreciate different musical styles instead of those who follow the typical rock and roll music scene

ORANGE AMPS

You could at least come up with an offensive joke that might make me laugh. I'm not laughing, guys. I'm a little closer to snoring, really. Come on. I watch Bill Hicks and David Cross DVD's all the time, so you're really gonna' have to work on impressing me. Can you actually come up with an ORIGINAL joke that will make me smile, let alone chuckle? Please?

GORILLA AMPS

this sounds great! When do you think we can get started? Also, do you know if there's a union for mentally disabled thespians we could contact about hiring people on. I am thinking we could rent out rubber gloves for the evening and give the proceeds to the special olympics.

Oh 5:06. You're trying WAAAY too hard to be funny, and it simply isn't working. Eat a fruit cup and shut the fuck up.

Cool Andrew! It's nice to see people who are trying to be kind on here and who have positive things to say. I'm trying real hard to be good on here....I know i've been really mean in the past.

Rainbird

everything in retard theatre has to be done by retards:
lighting, sound, curtains, set design, directing, pit orchestra, even the people who take your money and give you a ticket and the ushers as well.

Why do you call people who might be somewhat mentally slower than you "retards", 4:12 PM? I'm hardly comfortable with the retard, though it is in fact a word with a few different definitions, one being necessary for music(retard: a slacking of tempo). But calling people what many refer to as mentally retarded "retards" is just lower than low. Picking on them is even lower. Why not just make fun of rape victims, 4:12?

Kyle

kyle
jungle life, though it has been in existence for well over 2 years, is my new favorite record.

a good storm... wow.

Hey 4:11 PM.....what's your name?

Yes. Kyle Rainbird. Or Rainbird. Or Kyle. Or whatever else you want to call me, really.

-Rainbird

"It's like you are describing a class full of retards trying to do a play."

I'd pay a dollar to see that. what play? perhaps Macbeth, or maybe Hamlet. yea, mentally handicapped theater sounds like a winner to me. Probably go all the way to Broadway; then who's gonna be laughing? Thats right, the short bus.

I see Leanne and Julie and Sasha perform with these HUGE smiles on their faces all the time, and I KNOW they are genuine smiles since i've known the girls for several years.

It's like you are describing a class full of retards trying to do a play.

Kyle... RAINBIRD?

God damn it.

The early 90's are over Defensive so just keep posting about hip hop/funk/80's nights because those are totally relevant and new.

Look. In my humble(cough,cough..)opinion, The Christian! Teenage Runaway's are good people(and great friends I might add) that are simply trying to have fun. I see Leanne and Julie and Sasha perform with these HUGE smiles on their faces all the time, and I KNOW they are genuine smiles since i've known the girls for several years. If their music isn't your thing, then whay the HELL do you have to comment about it? Why can't you just go find something you might enjoy/do something creative or positive with the time you spend on here instead of bashing people for trying to have fun and chasing their dreams?

I think that if you have something bad to say about any band on here, it probably means that you are a performer and you just want to smear every other act out there in order to make yourselves look good. Don't do that, because it just doesn't work that way. If you enjoy what you do, then you won't have to worry about hurting others reputations, because your reputation would be so good for being a solid act that......man......do you see what i'm saying?

"Attacking a creative venture is like putting on a sheet of armor and challenging a banana split." -Vonnegut

I hope everyone on here can be more respectful/tactful in the future(myself included). Have a nice night!

-Kyle Rainbird

You know, I bet you aren't really the Denton Police Department.

anyway, call us sometime!

WE'LL BE DRUNK!

I've never heard anyone call rob "weird" or "out there"

he's just a laid back dude. that's all.

I mean, we've partied with him a few times... it takes a laid back dude to party with the cops!

we brought our hummer over there with fifty bounds of venison, we had a fucking NOISE BBQ!

THIS BLOG IS AGEIST STOP MAKING IT ABOUT YOU AND YOUR VENUES!!!
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Yeah I've grown out of my diapers and sandbox too and I wish it were the 90's again when this blog and the stupid mentality it facilitates wasn't so prevalent and everyone was just having a good time with music and not acting like they had to "OUTWEIRD" every one else.

goat and s.d.s.

both acts at the last HOT show

are both over 30

don't call the tinnitus kids ageist

I've seen teenagers, twenty somethings, thirty somethings and even fourty somethings at shows there.

What makes them riot grrrl is that in concert, they SOUND LIKE A RIOT GRRRL BAND. Maybe someday they'll open for Fugazi.

1:47 said "We're not pretentious, so I'm guessing thats just someone posting about how much they suck.

If you'd like to see authenticity in action, come join Kaboom March 9th at Secret Headquarters.

And dont talk smack about The Runaways, they'll rock your face into your ass, with style."

how is this not pretentious? how do you know if your show is going to be authentic until your in the middle of playing it? do you practice hanging from the rafters?

No really, I agree with whoever made that ageist statement. It's all over this blog. Stupid statements like "you must be in your 30's if you remember that" or some such nonsense. Get over your little hang ups. Hating on music from the past because it's in the past? It's stupid. "The 90's are over"???????????? Did you really write that and haven't you written it repeatedly? "You must be getting up there if you were at this show", what the hell is that supposed to mean? No. We're all suspended in formaldehyde you pretentious dill. No ones getting any older and only the kids who are still playing with building blocks (and lightbulbs apparently)know where it's at. You do a great job contradicting yourself in the same paragraph you claim to not be an elitist prick. This blog is for bored morons about bored morons who have to see their name in print on a daily basis and written by those morons friends. Off switch now.

you're missing the point of the music if you insist on giving it names and labels.

just shut your mouth and enjoy it while you can, scenesters.

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^Pics of the show.

Harsh Noise Acts

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Too old to be "ageists".

ageists?

really? then why have over half of the actual harsh noise acts at the house of tinnitus been over the age of 30?

Kathleen Hanna must be spinning in her grave.

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This blog and the noise scene are ageists.

girls just wanna have fun

"kaboom are probably the most pretentious group of blokes ive ever conversed with. i have a hard time accepting the authenticity of what they are doing...."

We're not pretentious, so I'm guessing thats just someone posting about how much they suck.

If you'd like to see authenticity in action, come join Kaboom March 9th at Secret Headquarters.

And dont talk smack about The Runaways, they'll rock your face into your ass, with style.

Crystal Pepsi

just because some lesbians are in a band, it doesn't make them riot grrls

12:33

do you remember new coke 1985?

that was hype.

c!tr is 1787 Chateau d'Yquem

quote: "Whether or not Christian! Teenage Runaways are nice people was never in question. The music is pretty amateurish and kind of smells of the old riot grrl schtick, but I asume they are pretty young. If they are serious about their art I bet they will be pretty good in a few years. They are getting overhyped on this blog which may end up hurting them more than helping while they are still honing their craft."

What makes something riot grrl? Political lyrics? They have none. The fact that they are women? Big fucking deal. The early 90's are over. Get over it. As far as overhyping something, perhaps you're giving us more credit than we deserve.

quote: "I saw this years ago with Wayward Girl. Denton's original riot grrl band. They ended up doing shows with Tiger Trap, Bratmobile ,Bikini Kill and a bunch of other crappy bands that hid their lack of talent behind the whole GRrrrrrrl schtick. Bedhead opened up for these girls opening for Fugazi at The Bomb Factory. To this day they are still mostly remembered as the crappy girl band that opened for Fugazi. They eventually got better, but it was already a bad joke by then."

Thanks for the history lesson. You must be getting up there if you were at this show. That was 1995, I believe. I'm not so young myself but a lot has happened in music between then and now. Unfortunately it seems that's right around the time a lot of people (my age especially) stopped paying attention.

quote: "Christian! Teenage Runaways would be wise to avoid the elitist attitude of the riot grrl scene and to avoid buying into being overhyped"

Should they join your elitist scene were you constantly mention someone's gender as a way to dismiss the music they make and also write it off as part of the first musical movement involving women that comes to your mind, regardless of whether or not it's accurate? How's that elitist scene working out? Unfortunately, I hear it's pretty crowded. The strangest thing about your statement is that it wouldn't even make sense ten, twelve or fifteen years ago. You must have been just as short-sighted then.

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i dont think we are making fun of anyone --and we are deffinatly not even close to riot grrrl music --i wish more people would get together and put themselves out there even if they are shitty to some people --everyone has an opinion and it seems like this blog is made up of mostly just that --so instead of bashing others maybe you could use good 'ol constrive criticism

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Whether or not Christian! Teenage Runaways are nice people was never in question. The music is pretty amateurish and kind of smells of the old riot grrl schtick, but I asume they are pretty young. If they are serious about their art I bet they will be pretty good in a few years. They are getting overhyped on this blog which may end up hurting them more than helping while they are still honing their craft.

I saw this years ago with Wayward Girl. Denton's original riot grrl band. They ended up doing shows with Tiger Trap, Bratmobile ,Bikini Kill and a bunch of other crappy bands that hid their lack of talent behind the whole GRrrrrrrl schtick. Bedhead opened up for these girls opening for Fugazi at The Bomb Factory. To this day they are still mostly remembered as the crappy girl band that opened for Fugazi. They eventually got better, but it was already a bad joke by then.

Christian! Teenage Runaways would be wise to avoid the elitist attitude of the riot grrl scene and to avoid buying into being overhyped.

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C!TR is making fun of all of you by getting you to pretend you like them.

kaboom are probably the most pretentious group of blokes ive ever conversed with. i have a hard time accepting the authenticity of what they are doing....

just saying....

5:15 PM


I'm not sticking up for kaboom, because I don't even know who they are, but dude....you just used the word BLOKES while calling them pretentious...Kettle? black?

anyone?

christian! teenage runaways may be the most entertaining concept since sex.

I HATE EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"C!TR fucking rule and are probably better people than you could ever hope to be."

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

Godd one.

F!U

"Actually, The Christian Teenage Runaway's are just a horrible, horrible band. Just really terrible. The fact that We Shot J.R. even recognizes this band at all makes me think that the contributing writers for this blog have pretty shitty taste. "

how fucking presumptuous.

C!TR fucking rule and are probably better people than you could ever hope to be.

Actually, The Christian Teenage Runaway's are just a horrible, horrible band. Just really terrible. The fact that We Shot J.R. even recognizes this band at all makes me think that the contributing writers for this blog have pretty shitty taste.

i think we are married to kaboom --we want it- we want it- now ---now!!!!

Christian! Teenage Runaways fucking BROUGHT IT!

hooked on scene-o-phonics!

If anyone in Dallas is interested, I'm getting some people together at Monkey Bar tonight around 10. It'd be cool to meet some more folks in the scene when not at a show.

It's too nice to be indoors.

If you are a Stooges fan get out to Fallout tonight. It's X-mas in february.

5:15
If I met you Friday at the House of Tinitus, sorry about that. Was drunk and was suprised any body had even heard of us. Pants.

they seem like really nice guys ---i had no idea that the opposites attract canceled ---maybe the pussy strut can play --do you have an example of why you think they are pretentious --how old are they anyway?

Their myspace tracks remind me of Circus Lupus.

kaboom are probably the most pretentious group of blokes ive ever conversed with. i have a hard time accepting the authenticity of what they are doing....

just saying....

im prob. coming eiter way..i was just curious

Probably not. We promise a good time at a good price though.

anyone filling in for them?

The Opposites Attract had to cancel last minute due to something important. Should still be hell of fun though. Thanks for putting it up there!