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Okay, so I took technically less than half of "strong bad" as a red herring and started working with "st bad". I played around with that for awhile and then St. Nick aka Santa and from there went with Bad Santa. A google search of "Bad Santa" and "Funky Town" lead me to a myspace page for Kizer Sose. The only song that this person (presumably an alter ego) has playing on their myspace page is Yoo Hoo by Imperial Teen.
Sounds like an incredible jump but I thought I'd throw it out there. It would be a lot of work for Imperial Teen, though.
the rage guess is somewhat legit.. anyone know about what they will be doing this summer..
and they do perform in front of a HUGE red star.. which could fit in with this star trend.. "homestar runner?" i dunno i seriously doubt it
Rage is one of the few bands I don't think would fit well at Roo...Don't get me wrong. I love them. They were one of the best live shows I've ever seen. They're just too....angry I guess. Here's a true story about the Rage show I went to.
It was at the Worcester Centrum right after Battle of LA came out. We had seats 12:00 from the stage, about 3 rows away from being as far back as you could possibly by. Ten minutes before Rage came on, people started crowding outside the 2 aisles that were opened up to the floor. A couple minutes after that people started charging down the aisles knockin over security guards to get to the floor. My buddy and I ran over to try to sneak through the madness.
So we're running down the stairs to the floor and get halfway, before a sizable female security guard steps in front of me. And we were like oh well, we tried and started to turn around. Next thing I know I see a kid fly past me and hurl his body at the security guard (it was like the hit Willis McGahee hit sunday....the dude like left his feet and knocked this lady down half a flight of stairs. And I was like that's kind of quacked up, but I'm running down to the floor.
So, we get down to the bottom and we're just about home free through the metal fences, and another security guard, male, like 6,2 240 jumps out in front of me. So, I end up squished between the guard and like 100 people behind pushing theyre way down on to the floor...it felt like my chest was gonna collapse...Theguard finally gave way and we all rushed onto the floor, which could be described as nothing less than a full-fledged riot. There were way more people on the floor, than could possibly fit on the floor. All the security rails had been knocked aside.
Once Rage started, it was by far the craziest pit I've ever seen, and I've seen a lot of heavy bands (Pantera, Metallica, Korn(sucked), Tool, among others)especially when I was younger. It was just pure mayhem. After the first set, we went back up to our seats, and we were overlooking the floor. All you could see was bodies flying like rag dolls through the strobe lights. It was crazy.
Edit:something similar happened at Lolla/coachella? if I remember correctly. And sorry for the super-long off topic post. Just wouldn't consider Rage a viable headliner, I guess was the point
The show was freaking amazing, but not really the vibe I'm looking for at Roo...(Didn't have a problem with Metallica bc they're much more versatile, and Tool is trippy as hell.)
Post by monkeymonkeyjoyjoy on Jan 23, 2009 11:39:21 GMT -5
The way that the paper clue was found in the real world reminded me of when Trent Reznor left all of those clues and zipdrives were found around the world...in bathrooms and such...before "Year Zero" came out...wouldn't NIN be great on the farm! I would LOVE that!
Yes, just as there are threads for each of the other clues. Not sure why this one was started.
This was started before we started breaking down all the clues but separate threads. This is more of a general meeting ground for all the clues gathered.
lead me to a myspace page for Kizer Sose. The only song that this person (presumably an alter ego) has playing on their myspace page is Yoo Hoo by Imperial Teen.
Sounds like an incredible jump but I thought I'd throw it out there. It would be a lot of work for Imperial Teen, though.
Kizer Sose, is a character (spoiler alert-actually just another identity for Kevin spacey's character) in the Usual Suspects. He represents Evil.
"take me back, take me way way back, before hindforth street, before the way it was, where it all began. definitely, arguably, evolutionary...I bet Desmond will dig that one."
Once Rage started, it was by far the craziest pit I've ever seen, and I've seen a lot of heavy bands (Pantera, Metallica, Korn(sucked), Tool, among others)especially when I was younger. It was just pure mayhem. After the first set, we went back up to our seats, and we were overlooking the floor. All you could see was bodies flying like rag dolls through the strobe lights. It was crazy.
Yeah, I'm far too old to do the pit thing anymore but back in the day the only pit I was ever in that was more intense than debut-album era Rage was Bad Brains. If it wasn't for their reggae stuff I'm quite certain that I would've passed out!
Post by themaninblack on Jan 23, 2009 12:16:12 GMT -5
The contingency of Rage fans that would show up to Bonnaroo is probably quite limited. Their show would probably have a decent pit but I would highly doubt it'd be anything like Lolla or their normal shows.
"take me back, take me way way back, before hindforth street, before the way it was, where it all began. definitely, arguably, evolutionary...I bet Desmond will dig that one."
I'm thinking the dead. Here's my rationale:
Hindforth Street means backwards street. San Fran is known for Sideways streets (bc of the hills).
Before the way it wasm where it all began is San Francisco. All the hippies moved out there (the gang of merry panksters, and that whole thing) The first rock music, drug-infused rock anyway, came from SF....where it all began.
The Grateful Dead were pretty much the symbol of the Haight Asbury section of SF and all it stood for
They are definitely, arguably an evolutionary band (literally and figuratively)
I haven't put together the Desmon piece yet, but I know they used to use the word "dig" somewaht regularly, ya dig?
The contingency of Rage fans that would show up to Bonnaroo is probably quite limited. Their show would probably have a decent pit but I would highly doubt it'd be anything like Lolla or their normal shows.
I agree...I think the vibe just isn't right...Zach de La Rocha is just an angry, angry man....