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Grex > Music2 > #262: Top of the Park: the movies, the music, the Grexer sightings |  |
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response 25 of 103:
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Jun 24 07:24 UTC 2000 |
Lynne, if you were there Thursday for the bands, then you would have to have
tried in order to not see me. (I'm the stagehand/assistant sound engineer)
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slynne
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response 26 of 103:
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Jun 24 07:30 UTC 2000 |
I was there for the bands but I was sitting on the very edge at a table
talking to some friends. I wasnt really paying attention to people so I missed
seeing you! I am so lame. I totally walked right by a co-worker without even
seeing him and it wasnt until he shouted my name like 10 times that I noticed
him. I have a real talent for being in my own little world sometimes.
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senna
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response 27 of 103:
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Jun 24 15:13 UTC 2000 |
I work till 11 four nights a week. I won't be there much at all.
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drew
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response 28 of 103:
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Jun 24 18:19 UTC 2000 |
Re #22:
You *are* in the "future" - check a current calendar lately? Though I must
say that except for the Internet and various electronic consumer goodies, I'm
not all that impressed.
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krj
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response 29 of 103:
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Jun 25 03:40 UTC 2000 |
TOP was rained out tonight after the first set by blues guitarist
Rollie Tussing III. But I was glad to make Rollie's acquaintance
and I liked his playing style enough to get his CD.
After the drizzle ended the night's entertainment, but before the
evening had been officially called off, I chatted with other and
ivynymph up by the stage. other's boss spoke enthusiastically
of Sunday night's opening band, a local band called The Trinkets
featuring Whitley Setrakian and playing in an alt.country style.
About the second band, North, I know nothing. They are described
as "folk-rock," which is a pigeonhole which includes some of my
favorite music along with lots of really boring stuff...
So I'll be there for the early music at least.
The movie for Sunday is "Superman." Bleah.
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carson
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response 30 of 103:
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Jun 25 03:49 UTC 2000 |
(what do you mean, "bleah"? granted, "Superman II" was the better
movie, but "Superman" still holds up as an entertaining piece of
work even now.)
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krj
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response 31 of 103:
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Jun 25 06:57 UTC 2000 |
I saw "Superman" in first run. My girlfriend excused herself about
midway through the movie and went to read her book in the lobby.
I gritted my teeth and stuck it out, just because I hate to walk
out of movies.
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scg
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response 32 of 103:
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Jun 25 07:26 UTC 2000 |
Even when TOP had bad movies, there was something really nice about lying on
the stage on a warm summer night, watching the stars and the movies. I'm
sorry to be missing it.
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gypsi
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response 33 of 103:
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Jun 25 08:10 UTC 2000 |
Scg has a point... of course, it's raining so much this summer that it's
kinda hard to do that... ;-)
<birdy, however, LOVES all this rain>
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remmers
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response 34 of 103:
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Jun 25 14:11 UTC 2000 |
The rain is great for my lawn, which is all I care about.
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balynce
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response 35 of 103:
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Jun 25 14:22 UTC 2000 |
I don't have my own lawn, so TOP is more important to me hehe.. STOP RAINING
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jerryr
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response 36 of 103:
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Jun 25 15:58 UTC 2000 |
since the forces of nature find a way to make grass grow (rain, etc) you would
think that they would find a way to controlit (ie cutting it)
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remmers
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response 37 of 103:
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Jun 25 16:22 UTC 2000 |
Perhaps they will develop a genetically engineered grass that will
stop growing as soon as it is at ideal lawn height.
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slynne
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response 38 of 103:
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Jun 25 16:42 UTC 2000 |
remmers, you have been dreaming of that for a long time, havent you?
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happyboy
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response 39 of 103:
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Jun 25 17:01 UTC 2000 |
re:29
yeah ken, i saw him a cupple weeks ago for the umpteenth
time at the tap room open mic. finally had a chance to chat
with him about tunings, mountain music, banjo frailing, geetars
and stuff. i haven't bought his cd yet but he DID inspire me
to start playing guitar again, so i wen't up to elderly
and picked up a used *resophonic* (THANKS MOM). the thangs a
wrassle to play but it's coming back, u dig?
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gelinas
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response 40 of 103:
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Jun 25 22:04 UTC 2000 |
<DRIFT>
Re 36: The forces of nature *have* provided a means to limit the growth
of grass. We just don't allow them on our lawns any more.
</DRIFT>
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arabella
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response 41 of 103:
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Jun 25 22:22 UTC 2000 |
Remmers, there are genetically short varieties of grass available.
They only require mowing once or twice per season. The varieties
I'm thinking about come in mixtures with either herbs or low-growing
flowers, so you might not like these non-traditional lawns. I
hope to plan the Fleur-de-lawn one of these years.
Sorry for the drift.
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remmers
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response 42 of 103:
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Jun 25 22:33 UTC 2000 |
<DRIFT>
Re #40: You're right. Sheep would be against the zoning
regulations in my neighborhood.
Re #41: In the right context, it sounds like a lawn like
that could be quite attractive.
</DRIFT>
Note: In case anybody's lost track, this is the Top of the
Park item, so you should feel free to discuss TOP without
feeling that you're rudely changing the subject.
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happyboy
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response 43 of 103:
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Jun 25 22:57 UTC 2000 |
<DRIFT>
i really like guernsey farms old fashioned strawberry
icecream.
<DRIFT>
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omni
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response 44 of 103:
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Jun 25 23:25 UTC 2000 |
Oh the rain. Let's speak about it for a second.
I don't mind a little rain. I do mind torrential rain when I go shopping
and I'm trying to get my groceries home reasonably dry. It was raining so
hard that I swore I saw an old man building some kind of ark. I asked him
if he was concerned about the wood warping. He said that what did he care?
it only needed to last 40 days. ;)
Oh and let's not forget the other by-product of torrential rain, which would
be the interminable wait for a taxi. I waited so long for a cab, the dinosaur
on my t-shirt is now a fossil. ;)
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krj
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response 45 of 103:
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Jun 26 02:36 UTC 2000 |
I quit the garden work hours too early so I could make it to
TOP for The Trinkets, who turned out to be well worth the trip.
Three women singers up front, including local country-folk singer
K.C. Groves, Whitley Setrakian, and someone named Suzi.
Five instrumentalists, including both electric and pedal steel guitar,
behind them. The songs were a mix of Groves' originals, and covers of
songs by writers like George Jones and Lucinda Williams.
I asked Groves if this was a one-shot performance, and she said they'll
play together more if they can land some gigs.
I gave the second band, North, two songs. They didn't catch my fancy;
I went back to my garden work and got four more annual pots filled
before dark.
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flem
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response 46 of 103:
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Jun 26 05:33 UTC 2000 |
Pledge update: $325.90 pledged, $229.91 donated.
This does not include the refridgerator magnet pledges that are in
another item somewhere.
Eric tells me that they're supposed to send/give us some kind of
invoice, and we're supposed to give them money within 30 days of that.
They haven't done the invoice yet, though.
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twinkie
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response 47 of 103:
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Jun 26 06:31 UTC 2000 |
<DRIFT>
Y'know...Gurnsey Farms is in Novi
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other
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response 48 of 103:
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Jun 26 07:16 UTC 2000 |
Trinkets band consisted of Al Hill on keys, the drummer and lead guitar
from the Starlight Drifters, a bassist I recognized but couldn't
identify, and a pedal steel guy I'd never seen before.
North had a distinctly Rusted Root inspired sound, and had several
numbers I really thought were very good, including a beautiful percussion
solo. They were a mix of percussions, acoustic lead guitar, electric
bass, flute, and some sax, trumpet and trombone in some numbers at the
end. Definitely eclectic, and very enjoyable.
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krj
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response 49 of 103:
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Jun 26 07:32 UTC 2000 |
((( Summer Agora #10 <---> Music #262 )))
Ten percent of the responses so far are about the musical
entertainment. I hope the music-only readers won't object
too much to the to the rest.
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