| November 4th, 2005 07:32 AM |
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| pavlovs dog |
Just wondering,
How many of you feel that you have fallen into the posting pit and now just spend endless hours trolling this board or others instead of doing something meaningful like inventing a cure for cancer or writing the next Great American Novel or something? I used to read alot but for a few months just read posts and write posts and when I run out posts to read I go back and read my old posts.
For veterans: is this just a phase or should I just pack it in now and realize my pre=posting life is gone for good? |
| November 4th, 2005 07:43 AM |
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| Ten Thousand Motels |
Well, its just like anything else I guess,...all things in moderation. |
| November 4th, 2005 08:20 AM |
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| Jair |
I just can't live without Rocks Off!
And, it's not waste of time, it's a very noble thing!
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| November 4th, 2005 08:28 AM |
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| keefkid |
haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
too funny, i was jus thinking about that the other day...i used to have a life .... but then i joined rs.com which led me around to other boards and now i am jus a shadow of my former self................................... |
| November 4th, 2005 09:59 AM |
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| Joey |
quote:
pavlovs dog wrote:
For veterans: is this just a phase or should I just pack it in now and realize my pre=posting life is gone for good?
The worm has certainly turned for you my Stonesian Brother .
In fact , my company recently bought me a laptop so I's can go's aheads and read this board whilst I poop ....................... WAIT !!!!! :
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| November 4th, 2005 10:10 AM |
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| glencar |
You're almost at 19K! |
| November 4th, 2005 11:15 AM |
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| Joey |
quote:
glencar wrote:
You're almost at 19K!
" U2 gives L.A. band a taste of vertigo
The quartet of fans catches Bono's eye, then industry ears as Exit plugs in for an impromptu one-song dream gig."
November 4, 2005
" Would-be starlets used to loiter at Schwab's Drug Store just waiting to be discovered, but that type of Cinderella story doesn't happen anymore, right? Well, on Tuesday night a rare bolt of show-biz lighting struck for a young L.A. band called Exit when they found themselves on stage with U2 and playing to a sold-out Staples Center.
Not only that, they rocked.
The all-female quartet barreled through the 1980 U2 song "Out of Control" with instruments lent to them by their heroes, and they got a standing ovation from the crowd and plenty of interest from the music industry folks in the audience. Atlantic Records, Sony BMG and Columbia Records are among the labels that have already contacted the group. Some music executives didn't even wait until the show was over, Blackberrying each other during the show trying to find out who the band was.
One of the executives interested in the band is Tim Devine, senior vice president of A&R for Columbia Records.
"I was very impressed with them and want to hear more," says Devine, who saw them at the concert. "The guitar player was exceptional, as is the drummer. The singer seemed a little nervous. But all of them went up there, grabbed the instruments and played with aplomb. I haven't heard their original material though," something Devine said he had asked for.
For now, Exit's original work is limited to a few MP3 files that can be found on the group's website, www.exit-band.com.
"It's been unbelievable, it was just magic," said 24-year-old drummer Pam Bluestein. "It was like a dream."
They also have a fan in Bono. "They're good!" the singer shouted to his band mate, the Edge. Then the singer picked up a water bottle and took a seat on stage, his body language that of a guy taking a lunch break.
The members of Exit had tickets for the floor section, and they showed up hours early to ensure they could get a spot close to the foot of the stage. They brought with them a homemade sign: "Bassist, Singer, Guitarist, Drummer — The Girls Play Really Well," a play on a U2 lyric from the song "Vertigo." Bono saw the sign while he was singing "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" and pulled them up on stage.
"Come up," Bono said. "Larry would get the girl band on his birthday." That was a reference to U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr.'s celebrating his 44th birthday.
U2 has plucked fans from the crowd for years, either letting them participate in the show or simply to be serenaded, as Bono did with another female fan Tuesday night. On this current world tour, U2 has at least twice pulled bands up on stage, with mixed results: One of the groups was too shaky and the band getting paid to play finished the song themselves. But the members of Exit were focused on getting on stage and not blowing the chance.
"Being up there was like the eye of a hurricane, the energy and sound are amazing," bassist Susan Hamilton, 25, said. "I'm still shaking. I think we impressed U2 too. They were waiting around to see if we could do it, and you could tell they were surprised, I think. Luckily, we rocked it."
Exit began five years ago as a U2 tribute band, but they have ventured into their own material now. "We've been working toward getting into the studio, and if this helps that would be amazing," said Trevi Fligg, the 27-year-old singer.
For the time being, the rock 'n' roll fantasy still takes a backseat to their day jobs. On Thursday the group gathered at 6:30 a.m. at the offices of Quality Parking in Encino (the band's manager, Christine Lawrence, works there) to be photographed for the paper. It was the only time of day that their job schedules would allow it.
Guitarist Courtney Lavender, 24, said the sudden attention is surreal. "It's all utter madness. And it's wonderful." Bluestein said she had been contacted by a drum manufacturer about an endorsement deal for their cymbals. "Can you believe it?"
There may be no better stage to borrow than the one belonging to U2. The Staples show is part of a hot-ticket tour that will be among the top grossing road runs in rock this year. The band has also outgrown simple pop conventions — with Bono's political activism, U2 has become larger than life. Tuesday's show was high on the celebrity quotient. Charlize Theron, Dennis Hopper, Salma Hayek, Winona Ryder and Val Kilmer were in the audience for both U2 and Exit.
Fligg said it would be hard for the young band to match the music moment they had with U2, but she did learn that arena crowds are more exciting than intimidating. "To get a taste of that, what it's like, that's what every band wants."
There was another insight gleaned during Exit's fleeting turn as arena rockers: Bono is short and sweet. "He came up to my shoulder," Fligg said. "I had flats on too. And he put his head on my shoulder. That was so cool."
As Bono said during Exit's time on stage: "It pays to advertise."
http://www.calendarlive.com/music/cl-et-exit4nov04,0,7748202,print.story?coll=la-home-headlines
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| November 4th, 2005 04:18 PM |
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| keefjunkie |
thats cool...
the stones would NEVER do that |
| November 4th, 2005 04:23 PM |
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| glencar |
I hope not! I want my band up there doing their own material! |
| November 4th, 2005 04:50 PM |
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| Starbuck |
quote:
glenny penned:
You're almost at 19K!
joey will undoubtedly reach 20K at the end of this thread.
quote:
pavlov's dog drueled:
For veterans: is this just a phase or should I just pack it in now and realize my pre=posting life is gone for good?
yup, you're right. you should probably just pack it in now.
[Edited by John Steinbeck]
[Edited by Starbuck] |
| November 4th, 2005 04:56 PM |
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| voodoopug |
you must learn to work around the boards and still be productive, some can do it, some cannot. This is what seperates the a list posters from the rest! |
| November 4th, 2005 05:10 PM |
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| Joey |
I poop ........................................
......so leave me alone !!!!!
Flackykins ! ™ |
| November 4th, 2005 10:00 PM |
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| Starbuck |
quote:
pugsly noted whimsically:
"you must learn to work around the boards and still be productive, some can do it, some cannot. This is what seperates the a list posters from the rest!"
joey, quite obviously, has not been able to master the concept.
joey, will you be coming to NY? maxy is having a BBQ in his basement!
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| November 4th, 2005 10:31 PM |
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| glencar |
Only if Joey's the meat! |
| November 4th, 2005 10:45 PM |
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| pdog |
quote:
glencar wrote:
Only if Joey's the meat!
LOL! Maxy would have joey on a spit with an apple in his mouth...or ass! |
| November 4th, 2005 11:14 PM |
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| voodoopug |
quote:
Starbuck wrote:
joey, quite obviously, has not been able to master the concept.
joey, will you be coming to NY? maxy is having a BBQ in his basement!
isnt this similar to what happened to joe pesci's character in Goodfellas? |
| November 4th, 2005 11:21 PM |
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| Scottfree |
Productivity is not my friend....... |
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