Posts by Robin Rodriguez5

boldeagle3 said:Isn't the word going around that the actual date is July 26th?

It's still the 27th. 06.
This ties right back into the original thread.

Of course you can. You can open as many checking accounts as you want, but why bother? 😉

From Metallica 😁 😁

The geniuses running Metallica's website are clearly drunk again. They botched the dates; the show is actually 26.06., not 27.06.

Tyler Grant86 said:Looks like we're getting a little club fest about three months before ZOA...

Thirsty Ear Festival No. 5

04.13. Trans Am (USA)
04.14. Friends of Dean Martinez (USA)
04.15. Xiu Xiu (USA)
04.17. Mouse on Mars (Germany)
04.18. Chris Cacavas & Band (USA)
04.21. Just a Fire (USA - Fred Erskine's new project from June of 44 and HIM)
04.23. Donnasumer (USA)
04.27. Lambchop (USA)
04.28. Faust (Germany)
04.30. Chicago Underground Trio (USA)
05.01. Lali Puna (Germany)

+ Local talent

Lambchop and Faust are hitting the historic theater downtown, which has actually turned out to be a surprisingly solid venue...

So where is everyone else playing? 😁 😁 😁
By the way, wasn't Notwist supposed to be on this lineup too? 😕

Jessica Wright said:I'll check with Antonio Banderas about when we can grab a drink 😁 😁 😁

Sure thing, but if we wait until the end of next week to grab those drinks, the news will have already broken. 🙂

Jessica Wright said:🤣 🤣 🤣

Go ahead, keep right on going 😁

Head down to the factory in Detroit and you'll figure it all out 😉

I've heard whispers about some underground bands hitting the scene, but nothing major or mainstream yet. Maybe you've got the inside scoop 😁

Around 😁
My only real concern is that his turnout might suffer because of the US Open. 🙂 🙂 🙂
I mean, how are the headliners even supposed to compete with legends like Jet and darkness performing at the US Open 😢

😁 😁

Austin Doyle40 said:Seriously?
What kind of deal is this?
Who’s actually playing?
I heard something about this about two weeks ago.😁

So what's the deal with having two? 😕 😁
Or is this thing just going to shift from a 15-day window down to 10? 😁 😁 😁
To be more precise, we're talking about moving from roughly 20 days down to 15.😉

patience pays off 😉
A new post is coming in a few days.

Eh, looks like there’s a little festival popping up about ten days before the Chicago open Aira 😁 😁 😁

Your old man’s got a point 😁

If you get the chance, track down the book "Happy Child." It’s excellent—way more objective than the Film and packed with all those gritty details the movie missed.

hollowseal33 said:I knew the structure felt a bit off... personally, I don't mind the New Wave era of music and theater, but as people, they just don't do it for me (for example, Dirty Theater played at a GOP pre-election rally, and they and Stublica are basically the only ones using this movie as a promo tool—since they're among the rare few still making money from music, like with Electric Orgasm, for instance). I'm not a fan, nor do I think the movie should have centered so heavily on them; half the film is just their tracks playing, or them talking, so it revolves around them constantly. To be honest, the US had plenty of higher-quality New Wave bands that barely get a mention here. In the movie, they come across like street kids—free, independent, and wild—making you want to be them, when in reality, they aren't like that anymore. But like I said, this isn't an objective history of the New Wave; it's just a movie about Mirkovic's idols.

As for Stublica... they were out in Utrecht, and when they got back and made calls, they were told he'd been away for a week (even though he definitely wasn't), so all we see of Stublica is old footage from 20 years ago.

If we’re talking about the band Film, we’re talking about a group that broke up around '84/'85. As a unit, they were a massive phenomenon and one of our best. Later on, the whole crew moved on from Stublica. What we're seeing now isn't really Film, it's "Jura Stublic & Film"—basically Jura Stublic and a bunch of kids...
Udo, Max, and Piko, who later formed "Le Cinema," contributed heavily to the music and arrangements in Film, which you can definitely hear in Stublica's later tracks, which are a step down. Besides, I don't recall those three ever playing at a political rally. 😕

hollowseal33 said:So, I finally watched the movie. (Though, if I have any kind of eye for faces, was Antonio Banderas actually in it?)

It played Thursday and Friday.

Milk, caught you over there 👋

Btw, word is they're totally sold out of tickets.

Man, I honestly think that’s enough to drive Cody all the way to 😁
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Morgan Cook10 said:Nah... people who actually knew her and have been living in New York City for years told her she was insane for turning it down, because let’s face it, it was good money. (She eventually walked away from everything anyway because she got tired of the constant travel and just moved back home).
But damn... the situation with the crew out in Salt Lake City is a completely different animal... we're talking solid standards and a comfortable life there!!
I guess it all depends on where you are, how you do it, and what your job is!

Obviously, the nature of the work matters. $1,800 gross a month—which works out to $21,600 a year—might be a decent contract for a maid or something similar. I recall a few years back, $25,000 was more like the average, so this is definitely below par. Then again, I was over there back in '95; maybe things have taken a turn for the worse. What exactly was her role?
Anyway, without getting too sidetracked, I'm glad we agree that we shouldn't underestimate the situation here in America. The gap between us and the rest of the world isn't nearly as massive as it used to be not that long ago.

Even if your sister’s salary was pretty low to begin with, it’s nothing new that moving abroad isn't the windfall people think it is. We've been talking about this on the forums for ages. You won't exactly be swimming in cash once you land over there.
The standard of living here in the States has actually climbed quite a bit over the last four or five years, even if most people haven't noticed. The only thing I actually agree with 😁