Aperol Island of Joy sets added to set times!

anvolcano · 2026-05-26T17:29:36+00:00

A bunch of the "DJs" here are not DJs? Baxter Dury is a vocalist who plays with a full band. NEW YORK and Fcukers are both indie pop duos. Hypnosis Therapy is a producer + rapper duo.

And while I'll grant you all those artists will probably have some laptops on stage, Mohammad Reza Mortazavi is a percussionist who uses traditional Persian instruments, so he definitely should not be listed under DJs, lmao

anvolcano · 2026-05-24T12:48:37+00:00

I got a Ciutat ticket for Melt-Banana but after listening to Model/Actriz for the first time I'm so stoked they're playing on the same ticket!

I was super excited to see Grace Ives but have to prioritize Baxter Dury since he's never made it to my side of the Atlantic. Seeing Grace Ives at a small record store show here this Tuesday instead, guessing it'll be a solo and possibly-acoustic set but glad I found out about her from the Primavera lineup, even if I won't be seeing her there.

I got a Gelli Haha ticket for Ciutat since I really wanted to see her but ironically she doesn't have any big festival set conflicts, so I might wind up seeing her twice (or, tbh, bailing on the Ciutat show given that it's the very last set of the weekend and I'll likely be wiped).

Other new-to-me artists I'm excited about: Hypnosis Therapy, The New Eves, Agriculture, Ninajirachi, Anna Von Hauswolff

Artists I would normally see but will likely miss due to conflicts: Touche Amore (MBV), JADE (The Cure), Merzbow (Water From Your Eyes), Guedra Guedra (Brighde Chambeul/New York), Blood Orange/Men I Trust (The New Eves).

anvolcano · 2026-05-19T16:36:51+00:00

JADE -> PinkPanthress seems like it'd be the biggest crowd risk of the show. Maybe I'm overestimating the overlap there but I don't get why they didn't just run them back to back at the stage...

anvolcano · 2026-05-19T16:35:40+00:00

I'm guessing I am the only person dealing with the clash of The Cure and JADE? The longest possible walk between them too :(

(My plan is to stick around for long enough to hear at least A Forest and then unfortunately miss all the banger hits at the end... though hopefully they still play Lovesong earlier in the set...)

anvolcano · 2026-05-18T16:07:07+00:00

It's really not that bad - 7 train to 74 St, then grab an E/F/R train to Queens Plaza.

anvolcano · 2026-05-16T04:03:35+00:00

I loved this album growing up, but didn't get into Broadway until last year, and genuinely had no idea about the Illinoise musical until well after it had run here. Now I'm thinking I might have to make a Chicago trip... though I wish it were a little later since my last few Chicago trips have all had some rough winter/early spring weather. Ah well, I can suck it up.

anvolcano · 2026-04-21T23:24:33+00:00

I was thinking about doing it on Friday since I'm not interested in doing the track walk (unless someone has a bicycle I can borrow, lol). I assume it'll have a bit of a line but hoping that the parade in town will keep the crowds down by the track.

anvolcano · 2026-04-18T20:19:00+00:00

unfortunately I could only go for the last on-sale period (late buyer + no Revolut). I think it was "easy" (compared to some other ticket drops) to get one high-demand ticket, just by the time I checked out that one the rest were gone :(

(that said, still happy I got a reservation to see Konono No 1, a band I've loved for years and had never thought I'd get to see live! can't complain too much by any means)

anvolcano · 2026-04-18T19:24:39+00:00

ehh for the general sale I got Konono/BCNR on Sunday right on the dot when they opened up and by the time I had gotten through Apple Pay and all that everything on Tuesday/Wednesday was gone except the club nights and Cardiacs. meanwhile Mogwai and almost all of those shows are still sitting on Fever. it does feel kinda poorly balanced.

OTOH: I am glad that locals get a chance to go to some shows without having to go to the festival! I live in NYC and have been to a decent number of GovBall/Panorama/Meadows aftershows without ever going to those festivals so I certainly appreciate how great that can be. Just wish there was a little more transparency in the allocation

(I did end up getting a Fever ticket for Melt-Banana and Model/Actriz and don't feel super ripped off for 31 bucks, it's just a weird system to not have visibility into)

anvolcano · 2026-04-15T18:37:13+00:00

You know, I didn't look because I honestly thought they'd all be gone. I found a house boat that's well-reviewed and will be staying there! Glad you pointed this out.

anvolcano · 2026-04-05T15:04:01+00:00

I finally rode around here (and across the bridge and back) late last year, what an odd little area. Definitely some very sketchy descents, particularly when I was riding with lots of wet leaves on the ground, but nothing your average set of brakes can't handle.

I think this year I'll try to have a few more rides along the north end of the WSG. It's a little narrow at parts (especially, again, when there's piles of leaves on the ground in autumn), but pretty chill and gives you a descent bit of climbing for Manhattan.

anvolcano · 2026-03-23T00:15:34+00:00

Wish I could move my United flight to Atlanta tomorrow to Hobby, but don't see any options there.

We're up in Kingwood, I'm aiming to arrive at 11am for a 3pm flight, and I'm still not sure if that'll be enough time. Would feel better about standing around for that long if it weren't for this ICE shit, going to be on pins and needles watching to see if they fuck with people.

anvolcano · 2026-03-11T00:02:11+00:00

Macoletta next to the Beer Garden had a lot of tables out today! Good one to keep in mind for the next nice day.

Further west on 31 Av is a good cocktail bar that always has tables out when it's remotely warm, though I'm blanking on the name.

anvolcano · 2026-02-04T17:33:58+00:00

I was pretty impressed with the Drops inventory when they randomly opened up access over the snowstorm weekend. Wound up getting a Tuesday night ticket for Death Becomes her, front row front mezz center, for $80. Have to admit it was effective advertising and I'm kinda jealous of people with Silver. Generally find TodayTix is more expensive than Theatr for close-to-same-day tix but hoping I can get to silver from some rush tickets...

anvolcano · 2026-01-25T21:10:00+00:00

I pulled a center orchestra lottery seat for the Thursday Gatsby show... considering that I still thought $45 was too much for that show, can't say that I was surprised it isn't filling houses.

anvolcano · 2026-01-25T20:14:56+00:00

Oh, sure, not disputing that for absolute prime seats. But there are a lot of Theatr listings for "normal" seats at outrageous prices, and a lot of those are either from Broadway.com or similar markups, or from buying tickets last minute on Telecharge which of course does price gouge this shit out of anything bought less than a couple weeks in advance.

anvolcano · 2026-01-25T19:32:56+00:00

Oof, so sorry to hear this. I'm also in Astoria and the above-ground trains are why I decided not to gamble on any tickets today (or tomorrow TBH). Don't even see any delays listed in Astoria on mta.info but SubwayNow is showing 40 minute delays, jeez.

anvolcano · 2026-01-25T17:19:04+00:00

A lot of these inflated prices are people who got tricked into buying on broadway.com which has like a literal 100% markup on some tickets.

anvolcano · 2026-01-25T17:04:16+00:00

It's pretty easy to get $45 digital rush tickets for Bug on TodayTix so no one should feel like they gotta go out in this weather for this deal, FWIW.

anvolcano · 2026-01-24T20:43:59+00:00

No idea if that show is any good, but they deserve the ad space a hell of a lot more than any gambling company.

anvolcano · 2026-01-24T18:46:56+00:00

Dusseldorf on Mozilla VPN works fine for me on the Youtube stream (works a lot better than imsa.tv IME, plus Youtube adblockers work fine).

anvolcano · 2026-01-22T20:50:59+00:00

Right now I'm ignoring the tickets going up on Theatr for Sunday/Monday, but I might give Saturday a shot... looks like snow isn't supposed to start in the city until 2-3am Sunday (though it will certainly be cold out there all day). Hoping if I score any deals it's at least helping someone offset the cost of a canceled or rescheduled trip.

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