It's highly probable that Melvins will play in Alaska in September as the first stop of the 51-gig Melvathon spanning all 50 states and WDC, too.
Does anyone have any first-hand experience of Anchorage (I'm assuming that's where the gig will be) as I might try and show up there with a ticket and a change of socks.
Knowledge of the whereabouts of the second gig of the tour would be useful to know, too.
Anyone been to Alaska? Anyone lived there? Tips?
Oh, and is anyone else going?
I haven't been to Anchorage in over 20 years, but what I do remember is it's cold! Obviously. Pack warm.
As for the second show, the closest state is Washington, so that'd make sense.
I don't think I can make it to Alaska, though I'd love to. If you're going that far, ya may as well stay for Washington and Oregon!
the alaska show would be nice... I bet a plane ticket would be not too expensive from canada.
Alaska's pretty awesome. Went there for the first time last year for 10 days of fishing. Spent a couple of days in Anchorage. Quite a few good bars and of course a visit wouldn't be complete without spending a night at the Great Alaskan Bush Company. Anchorage's finest gentlemens club.
I would think the next date would be in WA or CA. If they're renting gear, they might fly back to CA to pick up their normal gear and start the tour from there. Seattle is the closest in the lower 48 to Alaska, so they might start there as well. If you come to Seattle, you can crash at my place (must like children). We have a spare bedroom.
Alaskan Brewery is very good, try all their stuff.
I had a friend who stayed in Alaska over the summer roughly 8 years ago. He loved it. I forgot why he went. It was kind of random.
Has Anchorage been confirmed? I'd imagine they'd choose Juneau just because it's closer to fly into.
melvins bbs meet in alaska?
i lived in alaska for 5 years and the most part in anchorage. i am guessing that they would play at Chilkoot Charlies. its the largest bar in town and has the most shows. there are a few other spots that could house the MELVINS. i know anchorage like the back of my hand. feel free to ask away.
Quote from: MrLuck87 on May 12, 2012, 11:57:18 AM
I had a friend who stayed in Alaska over the summer roughly 8 years ago. He loved it. I forgot why he went. It was kind of random.
Has Anchorage been confirmed? I'd imagine they'd choose Juneau just because it's closer to fly into.
Juneau would be close but you can only get there by air or sea. so i think it might be harder to get a large crowd. fun fact: by total square miles Juneau is the second largest city in the USA.
Awesome avatar.
it costs over 500 bucks to fly into alaska :x
girlfriend and I are strongly considering going to see the melvins there.
i'm really trying to talk the wife in to going as well
Quote from: Uncle Fester on May 14, 2012, 07:14:27 PM
girlfriend and I are strongly considering going to see the melvins there.
Quote from: (the) flutter nuts on May 14, 2012, 07:20:01 PM
i'm really trying to talk the wife in to going as well
The possibility of making it there has just got more likely :D
if flights aren't a shittonne, i may pop in as well.
there's no date yet is there?
Quote from: bruce on May 14, 2012, 07:25:55 PM
if flights aren't a shittonne, i may pop in as well.
there's no date yet is there?
Haha! No! Shall we just turn up there and wait for them to arrive?
^yeah why not, if i go i'll probably go for a few weeks.
is alaska expensive to get by, get around?
Quote from: bruce on May 14, 2012, 07:29:03 PM
^yeah why not, if i go i'll probably go for a few weeks.
is alaska expensive to get by, get around?
Cleveland Rewind's the person to ask.
We have to assume the gig will be in August or September. We won't know the date until it's posted on the Melvins Facebook page. Have to start saving.....................
so after talking it over with the girl we have decided to just drive up to alaska and make it a BC/ YUKON/ ALASKA tour du madness.
I hope some more of you gents can make it out to this. I also hope they give us a few months to save up some money :wink:
Quote from: Uncle Fester on May 13, 2012, 07:44:49 PM
melvins bbs meet in alaska?
Me, maybe.
Uncle Fester?
Flutternuts?
Bruce?
I'm going to try. It's pretty doubtful, but I'm going to try. Plane tickets are a bit steep right now. I can't imagine what it costs from Europe.....
Quote from: Idlehanz on June 05, 2012, 06:06:10 PM
I'm going to try. It's pretty doubtful, but I'm going to try. Plane tickets are a bit steep right now. I can't imagine what it costs from Europe.....
That would be awesome!
From England it's around
just checked plane tix , from Toronto it's gonna cost $2,900 for my son wife and myself to go, not including a place to stay and everything else
It would be awesome. It could also be a potential relationship ender :)
Quote from: Idlehanz on June 05, 2012, 06:27:56 PM
It would be awesome. It could also be a potential relationship ender :)
Relationships come and go , the Melvins in Alaska , that will happen once maybe twice in a lifetime
(sorry total mallrats reference there)
Quote from: (the) flutter nuts on June 05, 2012, 07:22:05 PM
Quote from: Idlehanz on June 05, 2012, 06:27:56 PM
It would be awesome. It could also be a potential relationship ender :)
Relationships come and go , the Melvins in Alaska , that will happen once maybe twice in a lifetime
(sorry total mallrats reference there)
They do come and go, that's for sure. But I'm in one that I don't want to see go :) If I can make it happen, I'll be there. This has everything to do with saving money for future endeavors.
tour du madness is impossible for me to accomplish due to work constraints...
I'm thinking of flying in from b.c.... POSSIBLY Washington if the flights much cheaper. I just got a huge bonus this month so that really helps...
plane tickets no problem really.. it's finding a place to stay.
As it stands right now, count me in.
anybody know of hostels in alaska?
Yeah i was just kidding , a good relationship really is a great thing!!! that was just a perfect opportunity to use that reference, which has a special meaning with me and my wife , Brodie and Rene in mall rats was almost like me and my wife when we first started dating (minus the whole getting fucked in a very uncomfortable place by some guy from fashionable male)
[Brodie picks up a controller and continues a paused video game]
Rene: What are you doing? You promised me breakfast.
Brodie: Breakfast, shmreakfast. Look at the score, for Christ's sake. It's only the second period and I'm up 12 to 2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, "the Whale," they only beat Vancouver once, maybe twice in a lifetime.
ok back to Alaska
the show is at the bears tooth theater. its a great spot. it is a dollar theater deal. with older and independent movies. a higher end restaurant and a smaller pizza shop as well. its a part of Mooses Tooth which is a micro brewery in anchorage. some really good bear. i believe it will be a first tap which is the first wednesday of the month and the tap a new beer. i wish i could go so bad now.
Tickets will go on sale Friday 8th June at 11am Alaska time from:
http://beartooththeatre.net/ (http://beartooththeatre.net/)
Quote from: jules on June 06, 2012, 10:02:30 AM
Tickets will go on sale Friday 8th June at 11am Alaska time from:
http://beartooththeatre.net/ (http://beartooththeatre.net/)
you are seriously considering going?
i think i would also, but we are travelling norway from Aug 27 until Sep 20 and one can not have everything.
i believe they will bring this lineup to europe sometime next year.
Quote from: )))((( on June 06, 2012, 10:29:11 AM
Can't you just invite some strangers into your place of abode, lower the thermostat, listen to the album really loud with your eyes closed and save the money? :)
:lol:
NO!!!
That's it, positive encouragement......... ](*,)
Quote from: )))((( on June 06, 2012, 11:05:49 AM
Quote from: jules on June 06, 2012, 11:03:20 AM
That's it, positive encouragement......... ](*,)
Well i tried to help those who couldn't make it i guess. Emphasis on "tried". :-#
:lol:
Look, it's all go in Anchorage that week:
Great Alaska Quilt ShowSeptember 08, 2012 - September 09, 2012The Great Alaska Quilt Show displays a large variety of quilts made by members of the local quilt guild. Large bed-sized quilts, playful quilts, small art quilts, traditional quilts, modern quilts, applique, machine and hand stitched quilts, wearable quilt garments...all are on display. Award winning local quilt artist and mentor Linda Postlewait will be featured with a display of her exquisite quilts. A small quilt silent auction ends Sunday at 2 p.m., followed by a raffle drawing at 3 p.m. for a large quilt.
Quoteits a part of Mooses Tooth which is a micro brewery in anchorage
I ate there last year. Meh food, but good beer.
Quote from: jules on June 06, 2012, 11:08:23 AM
Quote from: )))((( on June 06, 2012, 11:05:49 AM
Quote from: jules on June 06, 2012, 11:03:20 AM
That's it, positive encouragement......... ](*,)
Well i tried to help those who couldn't make it i guess. Emphasis on "tried". :-#
:lol:
Look, it's all go in Anchorage that week:
Great Alaska Quilt Show
September 08, 2012 - September 09, 2012
The Great Alaska Quilt Show displays a large variety of quilts made by members of the local quilt guild. Large bed-sized quilts, playful quilts, small art quilts, traditional quilts, modern quilts, applique, machine and hand stitched quilts, wearable quilt garments...all are on display. Award winning local quilt artist and mentor Linda Postlewait will be featured with a display of her exquisite quilts. A small quilt silent auction ends Sunday at 2 p.m., followed by a raffle drawing at 3 p.m. for a large quilt.
To quote Aliester Crowley "Do what thou quilt"
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d9/Aleister_Crowley_in_Hat.jpg/200px-Aleister_Crowley_in_Hat.jpg)
Quote from: )))((( on June 06, 2012, 03:38:53 PM
Quote from: Illusionator on June 06, 2012, 03:36:01 PM
Quote from: jules on June 06, 2012, 11:08:23 AM
Quote from: )))((( on June 06, 2012, 11:05:49 AM
Quote from: jules on June 06, 2012, 11:03:20 AM
That's it, positive encouragement......... ](*,)
Well i tried to help those who couldn't make it i guess. Emphasis on "tried". :-#
:lol:
Look, it's all go in Anchorage that week:
Great Alaska Quilt Show
September 08, 2012 - September 09, 2012
The Great Alaska Quilt Show displays a large variety of quilts made by members of the local quilt guild. Large bed-sized quilts, playful quilts, small art quilts, traditional quilts, modern quilts, applique, machine and hand stitched quilts, wearable quilt garments...all are on display. Award winning local quilt artist and mentor Linda Postlewait will be featured with a display of her exquisite quilts. A small quilt silent auction ends Sunday at 2 p.m., followed by a raffle drawing at 3 p.m. for a large quilt.
To quote Aliester Crowley "Do what thou quilt"
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d9/Aleister_Crowley_in_Hat.jpg/200px-Aleister_Crowley_in_Hat.jpg)
Quilt you lot please stop this tomfoolery?
That's duvet to do it
(http://wonkette.com/images/thumbs/61e57d89129e69280405ad61eccd87a2.jpg)
Quote from: jules on June 06, 2012, 11:03:20 AM
That's it, positive encouragement......... ](*,)
You can't back out now. Can you imagine the disappointment it will cause King Buzzo to find you've stood him up at their very first Alaskan show?
will be headed down from Fairbanks, +1.
yes, there is a hostel, it's part of the "chain" of them on the west coast (think downtown Seattle, SF, Santa Cruz, that group).
tourist hotel rates may be in effect, but there's PLENTY of hotels there.
does anyone know their recording policy?
Quote from: ballsdeep on June 29, 2012, 05:08:17 PM
will be headed down from Fairbanks, +1.
yes, there is a hostel, it's part of the "chain" of them on the west coast (think downtown Seattle, SF, Santa Cruz, that group).
tourist hotel rates may be in effect, but there's PLENTY of hotels there.
does anyone know their recording policy?
Melvins are ok with it. Sometimes the venue might forbid it, but..I really doubt the venue in Alaska will care.
Quote from: ballsdeep on June 29, 2012, 05:08:17 PM
will be headed down from Fairbanks, +1.
yes, there is a hostel, it's part of the "chain" of them on the west coast (think downtown Seattle, SF, Santa Cruz, that group).
tourist hotel rates may be in effect, but there's PLENTY of hotels there.
does anyone know their recording policy?
September 5th seems to be the start of the cheap season as far as hotels go. There are a lot of them and seem pretty competitive.
Quote from: jules on June 29, 2012, 06:45:39 PM
September 5th seems to be the start of the cheap season as far as hotels go. There are a lot of them and seem pretty competitive.
most likely right after Labor Day, so makes sense...Denali seems to shut down Sept 15, with a 2 week discount period before that.
why do I have a feeling this thread will be busier come the first part of Sept?
is there anyone here who can author a dvd (Sony cam, MTS files) and synch up external audio?
have networked with other tapers and have 7-8 of the gigs covered so far.
gonna be a fun "weekend".
if not mistaken, the venue holds roughly 1200 for GA capacity.
hopefully they fill it up good, I talked 2 buddies into going as well.
evil
cocktail
jazz........................
I'm in Alaska!!!!!!!?! It's raining and cold. I got a lot of really weird looks when I got off the plane in shorts and a t-shirt. It's been a really long day and I need a beer (many). Tomorrow is gonna be awesome!!!
Alaska Woman and Alaska Man Survive the Winter (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxfongPOSFU#)
Quote from: )))((( on September 05, 2012, 06:42:40 AM
Quote from: (the) flutter nuts on September 04, 2012, 08:51:03 PM
I'm in Alaska!!!!!!!?! It's raining and cold. I got a lot of really weird looks when I got off the plane in shorts and a t-shirt. It's been a really long day and I need a beer (many). Tomorrow is gonna be awesome!!!
:lol:
Well tonights the night! The mammoth 51 date tour begins!!! :o
Go Melvins!!!!!
Quote from: Illusionator on September 05, 2012, 02:33:32 PM
Quote from: )))((( on September 05, 2012, 06:42:40 AM
Quote from: (the) flutter nuts on September 04, 2012, 08:51:03 PM
I'm in Alaska!!!!!!!?! It's raining and cold. I got a lot of really weird looks when I got off the plane in shorts and a t-shirt. It's been a really long day and I need a beer (many). Tomorrow is gonna be awesome!!!
:lol:
Well tonights the night! The mammoth 51 date tour begins!!! :o
Go Melvins!!!!!
That's right. Best of Luck Fellas!
Spoiler alert..........
Just read an article in a local Alaska paper that Trevor will be playing a regular bass in Alaska Ana hawaii. I guess it's to hard to fly with the stand up. So it'll be a bit of a different show then the rest of the tour.
damn my mom was sending me that news paper hahaha spoiler alert hahaha have fun dudes
Just landed in ANC. Found Jules and looking for Flutter Nuts.
Just landed in Anchorage. Found Grim and looking for Flutternuts.
P.S. No double bass tonight. Electric bass. Trevor's original too big for Alaska Airlines or something, So, something unique about to happen..........
In room #15 , waiting for Jules and grim. Drinking a beer where I'm not supposed to. I'm so fucking excited!!!!
You guys should be at the Qupqugiaq by now?
Quote from: GrimReaper on September 05, 2012, 06:01:56 PM
Just landed in ANC. Found Jules and looking for Flutter Nuts.
Why am I not surprised?! :) Grim is like a hound dog! Sniff him out Grim!
Let us know of the merch situation. I'm still curious about the double cd I've heard mentioned. You are aware that Walsby will not be there tonight, right? I wonder who will run merch?
Sitting in room 15 listening to Gluey Porch Treatments.
Holy fuck!!! We're gonna see the Melvins in Alaska in a few hours!!! I'm fucking freaking out!!!
Where are you guys??? I'm sitting in the common room. The lady said you were here ate then left. I'm walking to the bear tooth now.
Godspeed Gentleman!!!
Electric bass!?!? Holy fuck you guys are probably gonna get a totally different set, Id Imagine they wouldn't do as many freak puke songs since most of that shit you really need a bow for....That really sucks for Trevor if that's the case but he'll handle it like a total pro, talented ass little fucker that he is! Regardless I'm sure the show will be badass and unlike any other one on the tour.
three totally cool dudes in Alaska representing MELVINS... 8)
Cannot wait for the report. :)
I hope the power outages in Anchorage did not affect the show. We don't need a repeat of New Zealand and Japan.
Bad storms in Anchorage knocked out power. Hope the show went down and this is not a harbinger.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-alaska-windbre8841jp-20120905,0,3407829.story (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-alaska-windbre8841jp-20120905,0,3407829.story)
Hopefully the venue has backup power, if in fact it was affected.
Bad news about the storm. Ugh.
Quote from: Dan_Halen on September 05, 2012, 09:14:04 PM
Regardless I'm sure the show will be badass and unlike any other one on the tour.
If the power goes out, maybe you guys can light some candles and go acoustic :shock:
The show must go on!!!!
It appears the show is going on as scheduled.
Melvins closing for Ghost Hands...not too shabby.
The show was fucking awesome. I'm ficking tired hoong to bed now , ill report back tomorrow
Quote from: jules on September 05, 2012, 06:07:40 PM
P.S. No double bass tonight. Electric bass. Trevor's original too big for Alaska Airlines or something, So, something unique about to happen..........
yes!
where were you dudes during the show?
I was up front on the left hand side of the stage staring at the curly haired brunette photographers ass for most of the set.
Reports... O Brothers and Sisters?
Quote from: )))((( on September 06, 2012, 04:44:56 AM
Do you think Flutter is still in the hotel room now?! :lol:
Yes, with a slight hangover. What day is it? Did I miss the show? :lol:
found a pic of the hotel where flut spent the night :P
(http://www.alaska-in-pictures.com/data/media/9/inupiat-eskimo-igloo_438.jpg)
Quote from: )))((( on September 06, 2012, 10:13:17 AM
Quote from: (the) flutter nuts on September 06, 2012, 10:11:19 AM
Quote from: )))((( on September 06, 2012, 04:44:56 AM
Do you think Flutter is still in the hotel room now?! :lol:
Yes, with a slight hangover
Ha, sorry to hear that. Aren't you guys flying over to Seattle today tho?
Yeah, I just woke up, plane leaves at around 11:00ish it's now 7:14. Gotta get up and find Jules get some food and get going.
Quote from: black stallion on September 06, 2012, 10:15:47 AM
found a pic of the hotel where flut spent the night :P
(http://www.alaska-in-pictures.com/data/media/9/inupiat-eskimo-igloo_438.jpg)
Close, the power was out the first night and it was fucking cold!
:D
Quote from: Idlehanz on September 05, 2012, 11:17:53 PM
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-alaska-windbre8841jp-20120905,0,3407829.story (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-alaska-windbre8841jp-20120905,0,3407829.story)
Hopefully the venue has backup power, if in fact it was affected.
Melvins always bring powerful weather patterns with them when traveling...
What was the show like?... Did they play any special songs with the electric bass?
The setlist was the same as the Canadian tour but they played hooch instead of freak puke. It was cool to see/hear trevor play freak puke songs with the electric , just a bit more heavy. Fucking fantastic!!!
Quote from: jonE5 on September 06, 2012, 11:05:10 AM
Quote from: Idlehanz on September 05, 2012, 11:17:53 PM
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-alaska-windbre8841jp-20120905,0,3407829.story (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-alaska-windbre8841jp-20120905,0,3407829.story)
Hopefully the venue has backup power, if in fact it was affected.
Melvins always bring powerful weather patterns with them when traveling...
There were 70mph gusts when Melvins arrived the previous day. Dave Curran almost shat himself, he said :lol: They thought they were going to crash! The wind had died down a bit by the time we arrived, but it was still really bumpy, ha!
There was no power failure last night at the venue as Melvins were generating their own. :ohsnap: :ohsnap:
My head aches. Grim makes you drink another beer while you're waiting for your beer to arrive :D
Flutternuts is next to me logged in as Grim Reaper! We'll be good, although the temptation for mischief-making is massive.
Quote from: jules on September 06, 2012, 12:16:47 PM
My head aches. Grim makes you drink another beer while you're waiting for your beer to arrive :D
Yea, he's good at that!
setlist in hand (soundmans copy): check
2 posters: check
tripod video: check
ONE audio source (as the other took a crap): check
80-100 photos shot on the fly thru the cam: check
more later, just got back home, the drive home was HELL!
as it should have been.
Quote from: ballsdeep on September 06, 2012, 10:47:17 PM
setlist in hand (soundmans copy): check
2 posters: check
tripod video: check
ONE audio source (as the other took a crap): check
80-100 photos shot on the fly thru the cam: check
Word Up Ballsdeep ! 1 down 50 to go...
about to go edit pix (girlfriends laptop is WAY slower at browsing pix than the one at the club around the corner)...gimme an hour or so
ok, a "missing USB cable" cable and edit job later.
turns out that there were 190 pix, and exactly 111 pictures made the "cut", uploading now, will post 14 favorites and the album/slideshow link, if you want ALL of 'em, snag 'em, as I'll probably delete half of them in a week or so (the repetitive/near-duplicate ones)
sheeet.
major problems on the upload, but they are ALL done, hope you enjoy:
album: http://s1119.photobucket.com/albums/k636/teslaalaska/TheMELVINSBearTooth/# (http://s1119.photobucket.com/albums/k636/teslaalaska/TheMELVINSBearTooth/#)!cpZZ2QQtppZZ24
slideshow: http://s1119.photobucket.com/albums/k636/teslaalaska/TheMELVINSBearTooth/?albumview=slideshow (http://s1119.photobucket.com/albums/k636/teslaalaska/TheMELVINSBearTooth/?albumview=slideshow)
favorites:
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oh yeh, forgot the most important one:
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Hooch!!
looks like dale is playing a super small drum kit :shock:
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who is the guy in the second pic? and the guy wearing the boss hog shirt?
Quote from: black stallion on September 10, 2012, 11:10:19 AM
who is the guy in the second pic? and the guy wearing the boss hog shirt?
No idea. :)
All Purpose Sand :D :facepalm:
Quote from: (the) flutter nuts on September 10, 2012, 11:21:10 AM
All Purpose Sand :D :facepalm:
Ha! That would have been even better if it was the name of the support band.
Thank you for the photos!
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album: http://s1119.photobucket.com/albums/k636/teslaalaska/TheMELVINSBearTooth/# (http://s1119.photobucket.com/albums/k636/teslaalaska/TheMELVINSBearTooth/#)!cpZZ2QQtppZZ24
slideshow: http://s1119.photobucket.com/albums/k636/teslaalaska/TheMELVINSBearTooth/?albumview=slideshow (http://s1119.photobucket.com/albums/k636/teslaalaska/TheMELVINSBearTooth/?albumview=slideshow)
:cheers:
So...I've been meaning to ask. I'm curious to what the turn-out was like in Anchorage. How many folks do you think showed up???? Really cool you guys got to represent.
Quote from: jules on September 10, 2012, 11:06:59 AM
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GRim and Flutter are on the same beer pace.
Who hammered the empty? . 8)
I'd guess between 650 to 800 out of 1200 capacity.
cluttered but not packed floor, and 30 up in the balcony (out of just over 100 seats up top)
probably one of the bigger venues for this tour.
Quote from: ballsdeep on September 10, 2012, 05:21:25 PM
I'd guess between 650 to 800 out of 1200 capacity.
cluttered but not packed floor, and 30 up in the balcony (out of just over 100 seats up top)
probably one of the bigger venues for this tour.
Wow, that's more than I would have guessed. Nice work, Alaska!
we don't get lots of those strange alterno rocker types;
but when we do, we go see the melvins in the Anchor'!
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Melvins interview in Anchorage Press:
http://www.anchoragepress.com/arts_and_entertainment/getting-grungy/article_67f1555a-f2cb-11e1-ac57-0019bb2963f4.html (http://www.anchoragepress.com/arts_and_entertainment/getting-grungy/article_67f1555a-f2cb-11e1-ac57-0019bb2963f4.html)
Quote from: JUDY on September 10, 2012, 09:38:28 PM
Quote from: ballsdeep on September 10, 2012, 05:21:25 PM
I'd guess between 650 to 800 out of 1200 capacity.
cluttered but not packed floor, and 30 up in the balcony (out of just over 100 seats up top)
probably one of the bigger venues for this tour.
Wow, that's more than I would have guessed. Nice work, Alaska!
Bear's Tooth does a really good job of bringing up bands and promoting them...the Melvins missed "First Tap" by one day, the 1st Thu of every month they debut a new beer "flavor" and have a show to celebrate.
the bands are eclectic yet well-known enough to pull the peeps.
been grooving to the audio, and especially latching onto the moments that sound like Clutch (the band) i.e. the grinding riffage with the shout-vox on top.
Quote from: MPD III on September 06, 2012, 04:25:17 AM
I was up front on the left hand side of the stage staring at the curly haired brunette photographers ass for most of the set.
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You mean this ass?
Quote from: MPD III on September 06, 2012, 04:25:17 AM
I was up front on the left hand side of the stage
Which one is you MDC?
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If you took any photos of MY ass, I'll want to know about it.
Quote from: GrimReaper on September 12, 2012, 06:25:05 AM
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did jules grow his hair pretty fast?
Quote from: black stallion on September 12, 2012, 07:46:53 AM
did jules grow his hair pretty fast?
Flutternuts forces you to dress as a famous Canadian; I was Geddy Lee for the night.
Quote from: jules on September 12, 2012, 08:22:41 AM
Quote from: black stallion on September 12, 2012, 07:46:53 AM
did jules grow his hair pretty fast?
Flutternuts forces you to dress as a famous Canadian; I was Geddy Lee for the night.
:D
Quote from: jules on September 12, 2012, 06:45:34 AM
If you took any photos of MY ass, I'll want to know about it.
I'm reasonably certain, but it's not unequivocal, that this is the only picture I have of your backside.
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a gay moment between melvins fans: classic! :D
:lol: @ Grim and Stallion
Jules, God bless ya you deviant Englishman, convinced me to enter an off limits area in Anchorage.
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The meaning of this photo. Melvins finished the show, packed up, got on an Alaska Airlines flight. This is Sunrise on the way to Seattle, perhaps over the Inside Passage, use Wikipedia. Poor Trevor ain't used to this shit.
Quote from: GrimReaper on September 12, 2012, 12:02:41 PM
Jules, God bless ya you deviant Englishman, convinced me to enter an area off limits area in Anchorage.
(http://www.spin.com/sites/all/files/styles/style620_775_article_or_blog/public/120910-melvins-5.jpg)
The meaning of this photo. Melvins finished the show, packed up, got on an Alaska Airlines flight. This is Sunrise on the way to Seattle, perhaps the Inside Passage, use Wikipedia. Poor Trevor ain't used to this shit.
If someone says you can't go in there, I'll always beg to differ.
Grim,jules..do you know something about the melvins crew for this tour? soundguy,roadie,merch guy? thanks
Quote from: black stallion on September 12, 2012, 12:13:32 PM
Grim,jules..do you know something about the melvins crew for this tour? soundguy,roadie,merch guy? thanks
Dave Curran/Sound; Brian Walsby/Merch; don't know about roadie. I didn't see Tony Totimoshi around at all.
Quote from: jules on September 12, 2012, 12:17:31 PM
Quote from: black stallion on September 12, 2012, 12:13:32 PM
Grim,jules..do you know something about the melvins crew for this tour? soundguy,roadie,merch guy? thanks
Dave Curran/Sound; Brian Walsby/Merch; don't know about roadie. I didn't see Tony Totimoshi around at all.
didn't know Walsby was there,for the whole tour?
Quote from: black stallion on September 12, 2012, 12:20:04 PM
Quote from: jules on September 12, 2012, 12:17:31 PM
Quote from: black stallion on September 12, 2012, 12:13:32 PM
Grim,jules..do you know something about the melvins crew for this tour? soundguy,roadie,merch guy? thanks
Dave Curran/Sound; Brian Walsby/Merch; don't know about roadie. I didn't see Tony Totimoshi around at all.
didn't know Walsby was there,for the whole tour?
For the 49 gigs on the mainland.
Quote from: GrimReaper on September 12, 2012, 06:04:30 AM
Quote from: MPD III on September 06, 2012, 04:25:17 AM
I was up front on the left hand side of the stage staring at the curly haired brunette photographers ass for most of the set.
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You mean this ass?
\:D/
you fuckers call yourselves "fans" yet no one has posted this? (or have they?)
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CCQQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alaskadispatch.com%2Farticle%2Ffreak-alaska-windstorm-leaves-buzz-osborne-melvins-soiled-underwear&ei=S55TUKO0FpDhiwK5oIGQBg&usg=AFQjCNFbJ59hnOEmPmweS0ikLegT1OKPsA&sig2=XaXMU276MAmcAwUdJ_6GLA (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CCQQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alaskadispatch.com%2Farticle%2Ffreak-alaska-windstorm-leaves-buzz-osborne-melvins-soiled-underwear&ei=S55TUKO0FpDhiwK5oIGQBg&usg=AFQjCNFbJ59hnOEmPmweS0ikLegT1OKPsA&sig2=XaXMU276MAmcAwUdJ_6GLA)
Freak Alaska windstorm leaves Buzz Osborne of The Melvins with soiled underwear
Alaska Dispatch | Sep 12, 2012
World-famous "sludge-metal" band The Melvins played Sept. 5 at the Bear Tooth Theatre in Anchorage arriving in the teeth of a massive windstorm that cut power to thousands and caused damage across Southcentral Alaska.
On Sept. 10, the band's frontman, Buzz Osborne, gave a play-by-play of the group's trip via Spin Magazine's "tour diary" blog. Here's a little of what Osborne had to say about being a guest in the Last Frontier. He begins:
We landed at Anchorage after 3 1/2 hours into a 75 mph windstorm. Really rough landing. I hate flying anyway and this did not help in that department one bit. Shitting your pants is no way to start any tour....
You'd think it would take more than a little headwind to scare the feces out of a sludge-metal front man, but hey, we all have our boogieman. Osborne continues:
After I changed my pants in a semi clean airport bathroom we made our way to the hotel. They picked us up in a bus-sized party wagon complete with a bar, flashing lights and a stripper pole. The only thing missing was the booze and the strippers.... We are probably the only band in the world to get picked up in a stripper booze wagon with no strippers and no booze.
Note to future touring bands: this was an unusual choice by bookers, but you know what they say ... "In Alaska, the odds are good, but the goods are odd!"(*)
Once at the hotel, "the boys" settle in before making a trip to the liquor store for Pabst Blue Ribbon (no comment). From there the epic hotel party is on! Osborne writes:
The winds continued to howl all night with the power flickering off and on every few minutes. I sat in the room and fell asleep watching The Shining which seemed like the right movie under the circumstances...
The next day, The Melvins awoke well rested and ready to play a gig only to discover the power had gone out, and with it the promise of a warm shower. So Osborne went downstairs to harass the concierge, who said she "could work all of that out, no problem" and handed Osborne a flashlight and a key to a room with a working shower. Classic.
To read more of Osborne's Anchorage tour diary, click here.
(*Usually that idiom pertains to hunting and trapping a boyfriend up north, but it more or less applies to everything else here; take it or leave it.)
oh, and for the record:
-yes, my girlfriend and I were on the road when this said windstorm hit, right near mile 80 was when the rain stopped (it started before Denali Park, or about 150 miles earlier) and the wind started...in the pitch black darkness, about 11:45-12:30...trees across the side-roads (not the Parks Highway proper, it's wide-shouldered and very well maintained), signs knocked over, etc. we heard 95 mph winds/gusts across Turnagain Arm (sp?)
-yes, the weather made her cry while driving, as the LAST time we hit weather in May in St. Louis (ok, April 28, about 4pm), we were pelted with baseball-sized hail that totaled the rental car out (totally driveable other than 80 dents and a spiderwebbed windshield)
at some point I'll try and collect my thoughts on the trip there here, including my 2pm 5 minute impromptu convo with Buzz in the Bear Tooth lobby.
it's just Septembers, by nature, are "busy" months in Alaska, between hunting/fishing/berry picking, throw in a half-dozen decent concerts already this month, and 3 Flogging Molly shows at the end of the month, and where do I find the time?
the offer still stands for anyone to make a movie of the Anchorage show, I have all the requisite pieces (HD video, multiple external audios, pictures, setlists, posters, etc...)....I just need to throw a flash drive together.
lemme know...
Send it to me and I'll get my son to give it a go. He's at AI Seattle just about to finish up.
** Don't send me the only copy!!!***
I don't want to be the next Vinny!
'the next Vinny'
+1 =D>
so the poster for this show (marlboro box/kid) has disappeared from Expresso Beans (poster collector site) and I can not find any info on it.
what happened to it?
Secret Serpents still has it in stock, but that's about it.
Was it ever on EB? I've never heard of a poster being removed from there.
Quote from: spunkmonkey on October 18, 2012, 10:29:19 PM
Was it ever on EB? I've never heard of a poster being removed from there.
I saw it on there a day or two after the show, but never on gigposters, now it's on neither.
Quote from: GrimReaper on September 14, 2012, 09:41:45 PM
Send it to me and I'll get my son to give it a go. He's at AI Seattle just about to finish up.
** Don't send me the only copy!!!***
I don't want to be the next Vinny!
is there a copy of this show? i'd love to get a copy