5 NIGHTS - 5 ALBUMS - TERMINAL 5 - NYC

[Sticky Icky Green Stuff]

just got off the phone with patrick, word is these shows are going to be only "Okay".  He said they're feeling lazy and are going to phone it in.  each show is only going to be 45minutes, regardless of album length because of Terminals curfew.  NO ALCOHOL is allowed.  crazy shit going down.  I'll keep you updated as the news comes in.  

I'll make sure to record all 45 minutes...so it will feel like your right there. ;)

ooh touche.  8-)

[Sticky Icky Green Stuff]

hey bigsky can you do me a huge favor since I can't make it out there?
It tis but a small request.  Whenever you or anyone you're around yells can instead of just wooing all the time can you throw in more than the usual "Fuck Yeah!!!!!!"'s for me? that's my favorite thing to yell at MMJ shows.  FUCK YEAH!!!! WOOO!.  maybe throw in a few loud OWW!!!'s for me.  My final request is that you look at Tom square in the face for me and mouth the words "Sticky Loves You" in slow mo when he's looking at you, if that's even possible.  If you could pull this off I should be able to converge my energy with all the chronic smoke that's in the air that night and mentally travel to venue.   The chronic smoke has to have the right amount of fuck yeahs and oww's tho in order for me to appear via chronic smoke.  Every single time you smell weed, even when you smoke it.  that's me.  right there under your nose, rocking hard.  real hard.  man I want to have a dancefest with you guys during cobra this year.  (plays tiny violin)

[peafunk31]

hey bigsky can you do me a huge favor since I can't make it out there?
It tis but a small request.  Whenever you or anyone you're around yells can instead of just wooing all the time can you throw in more than the usual "Fuck Yeah!!!!!!"'s for me? that's my favorite thing to yell at MMJ shows.  FUCK YEAH!!!! WOOO!.  maybe throw in a few loud OWW!!!'s for me.  My final request is that you look at Tom square in the face for me and mouth the words "Sticky Loves You" in slow mo when he's looking at you, if that's even possible.  If you could pull this off I should be able to converge my energy with all the chronic smoke that's in the air that night and mentally travel to venue.   The chronic smoke has to have the right amount of fuck yeahs and oww's tho in order for me to appear via chronic smoke.  Every single time you smell weed, even when you smoke it.  that's me.  right there under your nose, rocking hard.  real hard.  man I want to have a dancefest with you guys during cobra this year.  (plays tiny violin)

I, for one, would be honored to contribute to the chronic smoke that creates the bridge in order for you to appear at the T5 shows. Consider it done, sir ;)

[Sticky Icky Green Stuff]

hey bigsky can you do me a huge favor since I can't make it out there?
It tis but a small request.  Whenever you or anyone you're around yells can instead of just wooing all the time can you throw in more than the usual "Fuck Yeah!!!!!!"'s for me? that's my favorite thing to yell at MMJ shows.  FUCK YEAH!!!! WOOO!.  maybe throw in a few loud OWW!!!'s for me.  My final request is that you look at Tom square in the face for me and mouth the words "Sticky Loves You" in slow mo when he's looking at you, if that's even possible.  If you could pull this off I should be able to converge my energy with all the chronic smoke that's in the air that night and mentally travel to venue.   The chronic smoke has to have the right amount of fuck yeahs and oww's tho in order for me to appear via chronic smoke.  Every single time you smell weed, even when you smoke it.  that's me.  right there under your nose, rocking hard.  real hard.  man I want to have a dancefest with you guys during cobra this year.  (plays tiny violin)

I, for one, would be honored to contribute to the chronic smoke that creates the bridge in order for you to appear at the T5 shows. Consider it done, sir ;)

most excellent. I thank yee.

[el_chode]

I just noticed that the week of these shows is also CMJ in NYC. There is going to be lots of shows to hit after these shows end and probably some day shows as well. I wish it was October.

:o

DID NOT REALIZE THIS.


FREAKING OUT SLIGHTLY RIGHT NOW.

THIS WEEK WILL BE RIDICULOUS.

IT'S OFFICIAL.

So if you are thinking: What the hell is CMJ?...

http://cmj.com/marathon/

If any of you have done CMJ before, I'd be curious if you have any tips or pointers.  I've done SXSW several times; is it sort of that same format?

Thanks in advance   :)

Never done SXSW or ACL but I interned at CMJ in 2005, helped with the band selection.

It is my impression you'll get a A LOT more college and indie bands than you would at SXSW or ACL, or at least there's a bit less of the "MMJ is playing and debuting new songs, so good luck getting in" type events. So in other words, there's a bit more crowd distribution across the entire marathon instead of super-hyped sets that everyone everywhere flocks to.

Keep your ear out for label showcases with surprise shows, and best of all, in my experience nothing ever really sells out in advance, but you need to get to certain buzzed/hyped shows early to get tix, especially if you don't have wristbands.

Of course, this could all have changed this year if they attract some super-huge headlining act.

Not to contradict you but I feel the need to add some additional information here. I lived in NYC for 6 years and did CMJ every year. I now live in Austin and have been doing SXSW before I even moved here. CMJ is really like a smaller SXSW with a lot fewer bands playing. But the bands typically are of a similar level. The major problem with CMJ is that all of the venues in NYC are spread out so it is hard to get from one to another in time to see lots of sets. It is almost better to pick one or two shows per night.

A lot of showcase do in fact sell out at CMJ and are hard to get into. Everything at the Mercury Lounge will be tough to get into. Also I would suggest buying tickets to any show you might really want to see especially shows at the Bowery Ballroom. The Sub Pop showcase that used to be held there sold out almost every year.

My suggestion would be look for one or two shows you might want to try to hit after MMJ and then head to those. Most venues will end at 2am. IN the beginning of CMJ there were very few day parties but over the past few years they have started to add these. A great NYC resource for live music is brooklynvegan.com. He typically has a few day shows and all of them are typically worth seeing.

This could be more subjective, but from my experience, the marathon typically will have a genre "theme", and there's never been a name I would consider as big (hence the "smaller than SXSW" type feel). Plus CMJ is way more college oriented. One year it was decidedly emo-ish and I perhaps in my humble opinion, the bands sucked, hence no real big names.

As far as the selling out, I only say that because I've been in the city for shows and only found out I was at a CMJ showcase after the fact (Dirtbombs come to mind, I forget the venue). It was definitely more crowded all around, but I was really just wholly unaware of the fact I was in the middle of the marathon.

So I guess the lesson is, who knows? Or maybe, YMMV? (Is that the right lingo?)

[touchingmept2]

1500 bands over 5 days? Things could get crasssieee!

[the_wizzard]

So Phish just announced a fall tour in the NE before, during, and after the terminal 5 run.  My dear friend, whose apartment I will be calling home during the T5 run, is a HUGE Phish fan.  I think she will be tempted to go to the Providence, RI show on 10/22.  I have not spoken with her yet, but as payment for me crashing her pad, I bought her and her husband tickets for both the Z and Evil Urges shows.  Therefore, I may just have 2 extra tickets for those nights.  Will let the board know once she confirms her plans.....

[touchingmept2]

So Phish just announced a fall tour in the NE before, during, and after the terminal 5 run.  My dear friend, whose apartment I will be calling home during the T5 run, is a HUGE Phish fan.  I think she will be tempted to go to the Providence, RI show on 10/22.  I have not spoken with her yet, but as payment for me crashing her pad, I bought her and her husband tickets for both the Z and Evil Urges shows.  Therefore, I may just have 2 extra tickets for those nights.  Will let the board know once she confirms her plans.....

Sweet can I stay at the apt too? ;)

[ALady]

Speaking of Phish, if anyone wants to roadtrip up to Amherst on Sunday after the T5 run...I'm your huckleberry   ;D

[baconus66]

I so want to go to these shows, especially after the 3 I just saw.  Unfortunately, it's looking like it will take a miracle.  

[Ruckus]

Speaking of Phish, if anyone wants to roadtrip up to Amherst on Sunday after the T5 run...I'm your huckleberry   ;D

I haven't read Twain in a while.  Does that mean you're paying?  If so, I'm in. [smiley=beer.gif]

[October]

phish throws a wrench in things for me.  i'd like to catch one of their shows, maybe providence or amherst, possibly atlantic city.

anybody else going to try for either of those?  i have at dawn and TTF tickets, but none of the other nights yet.

[ALady]

Speaking of Phish, if anyone wants to roadtrip up to Amherst on Sunday after the T5 run...I'm your huckleberry   ;D

I haven't read Twain in a while.  Does that mean you're paying?  If so, I'm in. [smiley=beer.gif]

If you drive, I'll get tickets...   ;)

[capt. scotty]

hey bigsky can you do me a huge favor since I can't make it out there?
It tis but a small request.  Whenever you or anyone you're around yells can instead of just wooing all the time can you throw in more than the usual "Fuck Yeah!!!!!!"'s for me? that's my favorite thing to yell at MMJ shows.  FUCK YEAH!!!! WOOO!.  maybe throw in a few loud OWW!!!'s for me.  My final request is that you look at Tom square in the face for me and mouth the words "Sticky Loves You" in slow mo when he's looking at you, if that's even possible.  If you could pull this off I should be able to converge my energy with all the chronic smoke that's in the air that night and mentally travel to venue.   The chronic smoke has to have the right amount of fuck yeahs and oww's tho in order for me to appear via chronic smoke.  Every single time you smell weed, even when you smoke it.  that's me.  right there under your nose, rocking hard.  real hard.  man I want to have a dancefest with you guys during cobra this year.  (plays tiny violin)

Not only will I yelp out a ton of FUCK YEAH WOOHOOS at T5 for you, but I will do the same at the show tomorrow night.

Its like 2 for the price of one!!  :D

[Bigsky]

hey bigsky can you do me a huge favor since I can't make it out there?
It tis but a small request.  Whenever you or anyone you're around yells can instead of just wooing all the time can you throw in more than the usual "Fuck Yeah!!!!!!"'s for me? that's my favorite thing to yell at MMJ shows.  FUCK YEAH!!!! WOOO!.  maybe throw in a few loud OWW!!!'s for me.  My final request is that you [highlight]look at Tom square in the face for me and mouth the words "Sticky Loves You" in slow mo when he's looking at you,[/highlight] if that's even possible.  If you could pull this off I should be able to converge my energy with all the chronic smoke that's in the air that night and mentally travel to venue.   The chronic smoke has to have the right amount of fuck yeahs and oww's tho in order for me to appear via chronic smoke.  Every single time you smell weed, even when you smoke it.  that's me.  right there under your nose, rocking hard.  real hard.  man I want to have a dancefest with you guys during cobra this year.  (plays tiny violin)

;DSIGS...your too funny.

Linda might get jealous if I'm caught mouthing to her man...but I'm willing to do it for you Sticky.

It's too bad you can't make it, but you will be there in smoke...I mean spirit.

[Sticky Icky Green Stuff]

hey bigsky can you do me a huge favor since I can't make it out there?
It tis but a small request.  Whenever you or anyone you're around yells can instead of just wooing all the time can you throw in more than the usual "Fuck Yeah!!!!!!"'s for me? that's my favorite thing to yell at MMJ shows.  FUCK YEAH!!!! WOOO!.  maybe throw in a few loud OWW!!!'s for me.  My final request is that you look at Tom square in the face for me and mouth the words "Sticky Loves You" in slow mo when he's looking at you, if that's even possible.  If you could pull this off I should be able to converge my energy with all the chronic smoke that's in the air that night and mentally travel to venue.   The chronic smoke has to have the right amount of fuck yeahs and oww's tho in order for me to appear via chronic smoke.  Every single time you smell weed, even when you smoke it.  that's me.  right there under your nose, rocking hard.  real hard.  man I want to have a dancefest with you guys during cobra this year.  (plays tiny violin)

Not only will I yelp out a ton of FUCK YEAH WOOHOOS at T5 for you, but I will do the same at the show tomorrow night.

Its like 2 for the price of one!!  :D

tear it up man, I'm happy every is so happy.  This is a very good this, yes.   scream your head off.  nothing better than leaving without a voice because you were singing loud.  

[hacksaw]

i swear to god if any of you people at my show are screaming Jim's lyrics into my ear canal you you will know who i am by the end of the show. be quiet, stay sober, and keep the dancing to a minimum and you will be safe.

[Sticky Icky Green Stuff]

hey bigsky can you do me a huge favor since I can't make it out there?
It tis but a small request.  Whenever you or anyone you're around yells can instead of just wooing all the time can you throw in more than the usual "Fuck Yeah!!!!!!"'s for me? that's my favorite thing to yell at MMJ shows.  FUCK YEAH!!!! WOOO!.  maybe throw in a few loud OWW!!!'s for me.  My final request is that you [highlight]look at Tom square in the face for me and mouth the words "Sticky Loves You" in slow mo when he's looking at you,[/highlight] if that's even possible.  If you could pull this off I should be able to converge my energy with all the chronic smoke that's in the air that night and mentally travel to venue.   The chronic smoke has to have the right amount of fuck yeahs and oww's tho in order for me to appear via chronic smoke.  Every single time you smell weed, even when you smoke it.  that's me.  right there under your nose, rocking hard.  real hard.  man I want to have a dancefest with you guys during cobra this year.  (plays tiny violin)

;DSIGS...your too funny.

Linda might get jealous if I'm caught mouthing to her man...but I'm willing to do it for you Sticky.

It's too bad you can't make it, but you will be there in smoke...I mean spirit.

thanks I appreciate it, especially with such risks involved.  It'd be hilarious if you turned Tom on for me.  I'm not sure if it would creep me out long run or make laugh.  probably a bit of both.  I guess some men's dicks are just meant to be sucked.

[Sticky Icky Green Stuff]

i swear to god if any of you people at my show are screaming Jim's lyrics into my ear canal you you will know who i am by the end of the show. be quiet, stay sober, and keep the dancing to a minimum and you will be safe.

What do you have tickets to?  Celine Dion?

[hacksaw]

you know what, i respect Celine's fanbase more than I do MMJ's because none of Celine's fans smoke marijuana cigarettes during the show.