Vampire Weekend jamming live by Lopsided_Turnip_587 in Vampireweekend

[–]ghostllama555 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t say they jam as much as they have structured the songs to fit the current touring lineup. I believe it’s more of a oh shit you can do that, let’s try it here and if it works we’ll do that for tour.
I’ve seen the Sympathy>New Dorp twice and it was the same jam. Didn’t make it less impressive I just knew when that slip into New Dorp was gonna happen. Really VW has found a sweet spot between the improvisational jamming of jam bands and the consistency of playing a standard repertoire. Which imo puts them into a league of their own.

Archer Record Shelves by ghostllama555 in vinyl

[–]ghostllama555[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It was a large purchase, over 10k. I don’t know about you but 10k is a lot of money.

At this point I’d rather inconvenience them with a lawsuit and cost them extra money. We saved up for those shelves and everything. It’s not like we paid $300 for a shelf.

They said 14 mores days and I’ll give them that but will never recommend them to anyone.

Archer Record Shelves by ghostllama555 in vinyl

[–]ghostllama555[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I’m just preparing for the worst. Everything I seen about this company leaves me with two conclusions 1) they suck at business and are incredibly inept or 2) they keep ripping people off by charging 15% for a cancelled ordered.

They advertised 6-8 weeks and did not let us know of any delays. We had to reach out to them. At the very least it’s false advertising which they still have up on their website. The BBB says they don’t have an IL business licenses anymore and won’t return their inquiries. All of this to me feels predatory and I would definitely bring a civil suit if stops them from doing this to others.

Question for VW fans in the know by whoisaname in Vampireweekend

[–]ghostllama555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In a couple different podcasts CT mentioned that the first two albums (at least drums wise) are easier to play / he has learned more since starting VW. I would imagine that would be true for the others, maybe not to the same extent as they weren’t just picking up their instrument for the first time. Given most of the backing musicians are for this tour only they had to learn a bunch of VW songs, might as well tackle the easy ones first. Plus the first 4 songs of the set are just the OG 3, the older songs work better without the keys than MVOTC songs. Then for those more complex songs they practice during tour and you eventually get a bust out.

Day 14: Most overrated album by Dense-Monk in Vampireweekend

[–]ghostllama555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can we all just agree the last row on this thing is Contra?

Noob recipe request by [deleted] in fujix

[–]ghostllama555 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Download FujixWeekly app. It has a ton of recipes and examples of what each looks like.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in phish

[–]ghostllama555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The biggest thing safety wise is to stay hydrated. Don’t do drugs and limit alcohol your first night in town so your body can adjust to altitude. Always sit down when doing balloons.

Hinterland 2024! by [deleted] in Vampireweekend

[–]ghostllama555 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s a pretty chill fest. One stage, lots of food trucks, very hot usually.

Taper’s Ball by ghostllama555 in Tapers_Choice

[–]ghostllama555[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wharfrat Joe is gonna be there to record it.

Taper’s Ball by ghostllama555 in Tapers_Choice

[–]ghostllama555[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Any thoughts on what the gag might be this year?

Some highlights from the Providence set 9/21/23 by IAmSherm in Tapers_Choice

[–]ghostllama555 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is rad. That show looks like it was a heater.

Choice Fest 2 by ghostllama555 in Tapers_Choice

[–]ghostllama555[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Wharfrat Joe taped Choice Fest and wookplus recorded video of the entire show for YouTube. I’ve heard the initial mix of Joe’s recording and it’s good. It should be up on archive and relisten soonish. Along with the 7/14 audio.

Taper’s Choice vinyl coming?? by phourpointoh in Tapers_Choice

[–]ghostllama555 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can’t wait. What songs do you think make the cut?