Comments on: Great show at Harlow’s

By: mezzicun

mezzicun — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:13:05 +0000

Hey Fargo, I think that kid goes to Columbia University now. Kind of ironic to have the old anti-establishment punk rockers’ progeny attending a very established university, eh?

By: Fargo Pentameter

Fargo Pentameter — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:56:46 +0000

Damn, I can’t believe I missed this. Last time I saw X, Exene was way pregnant. The kid is probably old enough to have his/her own band now.

And now, thanks to the comments, I’m gonna have the chanting, rhythmic lyrics to Nausea circulating through my head for the rest of the day. That should go well with the background hum of the office…

By: badhairday

badhairday — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:40:04 +0000

Method13 - Having gray hair on my own head pretty much makes it OK for me to comment on the people who are in my own age group, as far as I’m concerned. If you’d been at the show you might have had the same thoughts I did, that although I may have ventured into a few pits back in the day, nowadays the bumps and bruises would be much harder to shake off the next morning. Just a fact of life, not age bashing.

Hecubus - I didn’t know the opener had a dude from The Pogues. But that definitely explains their sound. Thanks for the info!

By: mezzicun

mezzicun — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:47:19 +0000

I was there, it was about my 12th or 13th X show–the great thing about being in SoCal during the late 70’s and early 80’s wasn’t the smog but the music. Great band indeed.

I wondered and should have paid more attention to the Filthy Thieving Bastards as I kept thinking who is this Pogues cover band?

By: jesse

jesse — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:12:54 +0000

I wish I would of known about it. I love X.

By: wburg

wburg — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 06:10:39 +0000

Actually, I still feel comfortably talking smack about Ray Manzarek’s production job on “Los Angeles,” because he saw fit to add his godawful keyboard track to “Nausea,” making a great song just about unlistenable. It’s enough to make you want to pound your forehead on the sink.

By: method13

method13 — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:05:28 +0000

I notice that grayhairs were made fun of in post yet X themselves if original members are all in their mid-fifties and unless they color their hair it would be gray too especially Exene. Substitute gay or lesbian or ethnic slurs and everybody would be up in arms but it is all right to bash grayhairs. Ray Manzarek of the Door’s produced X’s first album and was gray-haired back in 1978 when he popularized the band. It is time for grayhair anarchy to destroy the ipod zombies and trash-talking ho’s.

By: Hecubus

Hecubus — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:07:40 +0000

Worth a mention was the opening act, Filthy Thieving Bastards featuring Spider Stacy of the Pogues. That would go a long way towards explaining the weatlh of Pogues covers. Great show start to finish.