prepare for one of the best shows you can get!

it's interesting that some of the people with hundreds, some with thousands of posts on this board yet they've only seen SY live once or twice. I think that's pretty rad.

Yes, rad. over and out.

Do what?

I've never seen them live dammit, never! And it is many things, but rad is not one of them.

Once. Saw them at the Way out West festival on Friday. 'twas amazing!

I've seen them 3 times and I've seen Lee's Drift performance which was cool.

was it different to the dvd? or did they recreate that?
must have been great

three times, once in 2004, twice in 2007

Yes because you aren't a true fan if you haven't seen them live more than 5 times.

I saw them once at The Forum in April 1995. They were boring, and also were blown off stage by the support band (Descension).

Twice.

1986 (supporting JAMC)
1991 (Reading Festival)

I hope that's not what I sounded like with my post. I'm just saying it's cool that people are so into a band they've (possibly) never seen perform live. SYs shows are quite a different experience than studio AND live recordings.

Anyhow, each show is unique, like each venue. Go to the show.

SY - one time (St Nazaire last Saturday) + Two dollar guitar with Steve on drums quite a few years ago.

once, on the Nurse tour. the Istanbul show.
and i saw them backstage and they were uber kool and signed my shit and took pictures w/ me, it was awesome.

but a SY fiend wants more.

why were you backtage?

because i'm cool

they signed your shit.
that's so cool.

how did you safed it from drying out?

it's simple. my shit is cool too.

Growing up in Nashville, TN, moving to Charleston, SC, and then Norfolk, VA, has really limited my opportunities as compared to those on the Southeast. But I've made a few minor road trips to see them. Since 1995 I've been to 11 shows. Not one of those from 1996-1999 - they were hard to catch for a while. I've found that I really enjoy the evolution and maturity of their output over the years and think they get better everytime. But that's just me.

once in st.petersburg

does anybody know if its troublesome to get a visa inside russia for a german?

no its not very problematic.
you need only some money and a little time(it gets something around 2 weeks).

thats fine, how about the money?
my grandma wants to see her hometown again, and that is near königsberg, dunno how its english/polish name is, but its in a russian sector. and I am trying to manage how to get their with her by car.
do we need travel passes or are standard passports enough?

im from estonia and here visa prices depends on how long you will stay in russia.its somewhere between 40 - 100 euros.i think standard passport and visa is enough.

I saw SY only once, in Moscow last year. it was very cool and I want more!!

i recommend you to get some information from russian embassy

thanks again for that info, I will go to the information next week, and will try to get exact information, but thats some news I can tell my grandma in a few hours while eating. she will be happy bout it :)

youre welcome:)

4 times

Zero times, one that'll forever be that. :cry:

Twice:

At the Trocadero in Philadelphia touring Murray Street

At Penn's Landing in Philadelphia opening for Wilco and touring Sonic Nurse. And as much as I like Wilco, I think the wrong band was headlining.

6 times altogether:


-Washington DC
-Prague, Czech Republic
-Vienna, Austria
-Krems, Austria
-London, England
-Minehead, England

Once. And I was late. Car battery died. Still made it. Soon after I arrived Schizophrenia was about the air and I was taken away to a trance-like state. A great performance. The evening closed out with some Death Cab and then some Flaming Lips magic.

I think six times? In 2004, I saw them a few times in a row at venues I frequented, so I get a bit hazy on the specifics from that period. More than five, less than 10.

Seen them more than any bands except for Modest Mokse and Sleater-Kinney, both of whom I’ve seen more times than I can remember with any degree of certainty.

*shrug*

Favorite show was on the Nurse tour.. Oh goodness. Sober as a judge, too, I was. Godlike.

Like 12? Don't remember exactly.

A two nighter in DC in 2000.

My friend and I followed them deadhead style for several shows in 2003:
Pittsburgh, Lexington (or was it Louisville?) KY, st louis, indianapolis, ohio (columbus for sure but maybe Cincinnati and Cleveland too?)

Then other times:
Chicago, Asheville NC, and the first No Fun Fest with Thurston and Paul Flaherty, and Kim with dj olive, ikue mori, and jim o'rourke.

I think I'm forgetting some. I think columbus again? I know I saw a sonic nurse show.

Ohhhh you saw Kim and DJ olive and Ikue Mori? Fucking *jealous* goddamn.

Sometimes people have been really incredulous when I’ve told them I don’t remember how many times I’ve seen a band, but — seriously — I’ve been going to concerts since I’ve was 12, I have lived in cities most of my life, and I have always been an obsessive music fan. I’ve been to hundreds of shows, so fuck... yah, can’t recall with certainty on some of them.

I know I saw them play behind Murray Street, Nurse and Rather Ripped, plus a few festival shows.

But you definitely have me beat. I’m at less than 10 for sure.

ah, dammit, why the fuck did you leave the board haaa haaahaaa

between 10 - 15 times, have to count it properly some day.

Jim was also playing. I can't remember if it was bass or guitar.
Their set was only about a billion times better than the record.
I recorded it on minidisc but lost it before I could get it onto the computer.

Yep. At my age I have seen certain bands several times. Mount Eerie I also saw about a dozen times. Once right before glow pt 2 as the microphones, several times in 2003 and 2004, and sporadically since. His last couple of records are too intense for me.