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posted by catherine / June 28, 2004 /
for those interested, here are a list of shows i will 100% definitely be attending this summer:
tuesday, june 28, wolftrap: ben folds / guster / rufus wainwright (guster are a leftover love from my days of pure college rock, and i really think they've gotten better with every album. i'm not an enormous fan of ben folds, but i think he'll be good. and if you know me, you don't need to ask to know how i feel about rufus. lovely rufus.)
thursday, july 1, fort reno: ted leo / the evens. (i am becoming increasingly obsessed with ted leo and the pharmacists' "hearts of oak." so much so that i want to stalk mr. leo around d.c. (i hear he moved here recently) even though he is apparently about five feet tall. "hearts of oak" is just...what a great summer album. go ahead, listen to "where have all the rude boys gone?" and dare tell me you don't involuntarily start singing along. also, charles or tommy, i can't remember, said the evens are ian mackaye's new band, so if you're a fugazi fan, you should come out too.)
sunday, july 4, galaxy hut: travis morrison. (god. i might want to stalk ted leo around d.c., but i want to stalk travis morrison around d.c. and then have 10,000 of his babies. so much so that i'm even foregoing fireworks. and i really like fireworks.)
monday, july 5, fort reno: q and not u / the party line. (to be honest, i've never been that into q and not u, but i've always assumed that's a failing on my part for not being cool and musically-indie enough. a lot of my friends adore them. so therewith i shall go.)
thursday, july 8, iota: the damnwells / juliana hatfield. (i know nothing about juliana hatfield, but i have to say i really like the damnwells' "bastards of the beat." it's kind of like ryan adams-lite, circa heartbreaker.)
saturday, july 10, there are actually two shows i want to go to, so i'm not sure if i'll make one or both (their times are a bit staggered, and maybe doable). we have: live on penn, old 97s opening for eve 6 (kill me now). i do love the old 97s, and even though i was exhausted and fell asleep the last time i saw them at the 9:30 club, i'm betting they'll be playing lots of new material since they've got a new (and apparently good) cd out in a couple of weeks. the other show: 9:30 club, phanton planet / washington social club. how can i resist the boys that brought me the OC's theme song? and i've had lots of people tell me how good wsc are. so. it'll be a debate for the ages. not sure how it'll work out.
thursday, july 22, black cat: ted leo / radio 4 / tigers & monkeys. (yes with the ted leo again. i think, though, that at fort reno he's solo, and this time he'll be with a full band.)
saturday, july 24, live on penn: fountains of wayne (opening for they might be giants). (my love for the indispensable pop of FOW will never be questioned. best summer-type band ever? except maybe weezer. i dunno. anyway. they're so good and cute live. and my nerdy boyfriend likes TMBG.)
saturday, august 14, the black cat: a.c. newman (aka carl newman, lead singer of the new pornographers). (i bought this album last weekend, and have been so obsessed with "hearts of oak", which i bought at the same time, that i haven't even listened to it yet. but i'm basing attendance on all things new pornographer-ish. if carl newman writes all the brilliant NP songs, then his solo album stands a good chance.)
any shows i'm missing?
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wow...juliana hatfield was the first concert I ever went to (w/o adult supervision) when I was 14.
I just found out that Ft. Reno shows are FREE. Why not go to all of them? I'm there.
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