Regency Ballroom San Francisco 16 October 2009

[GrimReaper]

I'm starting to get psyched for the show tomorrow night. This will be my first time seeing the Butthole Surfers.

Who has tickets? I'm always up for a few drinks if you see me.

[IrvingtonFoster]

yea i'm psyched too, got my ticket, and my first time seeing the Butthole Surfers.

[the ether bunny]

it better not be sold out. ill be at the box office as soon as it opens. being a poor boy, i hate paying ten bucks for a ticketmaster "convenience" fee. i saw the buttholes at the filmore for the first time back in december. what an awesome week that was. butthole surfers, melvins, and fantomas all in the span of four days! and now, by god, we get melvins and butthole surfers in one fuggin' night. the butthole surfers show was decent, but it lacked something. im hoping for a better experience this time. i am glad to see that they are bringing a projection screen with them on this tour. ive always heard that the videos that they play are legendary.

[GrimReaper]

Any one know if there will be a poster for this show?

[the ether bunny]

what a very strange night.

SO, i met with a good friend of mine on a bus to get to a train out to san franicisco. he seemed very down and out of because he took too much methadone the night before while recording music. we get to the city, eat at tommys joint, drink some beers, and everything seems ok. we then made it to the line and came across a fellow "white boy" from our home town who decided to hang with us. i told him about how  i wanted to go see u4x danny at a local bar, and white boy swore that he had a plot to rape my ass regarding the fact that i know him via the internet. i chuckled it off, and after we bought our ticket, we made it down to said bar with a slightly drunken haze.

i spent a good 30 minutes with danny and his lovely friends. aquaintences we were well met. laughs were had by all.. my friend and the local boy seemed to disappear immediately without saying anything... so  we drank, laughed, and made our way to the venue.

we missed the psychic ills set entirely, but made the melvins set ,within 5 minutes beofre it started. the set list is pretty much the same as theyve been playing for the past 6 months, although without the bit or night goat i rocked out hard and drunk, and there were two mexicans directly in front of me who looked completely out of place with their blue bandanas. i knocked into them twice throughout the set, and they they looked at me, pointed to their elbow, then my face, and generally told me to stop rocking out, so i did. so is the world.

the set ended and i went out to have a smoke. my friend of whom i came with called me and told me that he was almost back to the train station to go home. worried regarding his intoxication, i told him to wait and followed his path. there were no ins and outs, and gave up the butthole surfers set for him. i meet up with him, and he tells me something regarding the fact that people wanted to beat him up, so he left. he had puked all over the area of the mosh pit while the melvins were playing.

no sleep + methadone the prior night = BAD IDEA.

he told me that the bar that i met danny in had rainbow flags flying and decided to give me shit for it. i didnt see said rainbow flags, and they might have been there, but it really doesnt matter.... but then again, i guess it goes with local white boys idea that danny wanted to rape my ass.  anyway, he yelled at me the whole walk back to the train, i lost my nerve, and pushed him against the wall. i told him that if he didnt stop yelling at me belligerently, id run my ingers down his throat and make him puke again.it pissed him off enough to leave me alone. i need to get the hell out of here, and this town, and start the hell over.

weird night
. melvins owned.
danny = righteous fellow.
missed the buttholes for no reason.
i  guess this is life.
DISCUSS!

[glen]

that sounds....    interesting.   

PS:   I will confidently say danny did not want to rape your ass.

[the ether bunny]

that sounds....    interesting.   

PS:   I will confidently say danny did not want to rape your ass.

glad for the vote of confidence glen. i had my doubts to. i mean, after everything, he didnt make a pass at me.

[queenbzzoofcourse]

you're up early.  can't believe you missed the bhs.  strange night indeed.  never been out west.  i've heard san fransisco called san fransicko  also can't believe it wasn't a sold out show

[bUTTHOLEmAN]

you're up early.  can't believe you missed the bhs.  strange night indeed.  never been out west.  i've heard san fransisco called san fransicko  also can't believe it wasn't a sold out show

All the natives call it 'Frisco' 

[queenbzzoofcourse]

has a nicer ring to it

[Idlehanz]

Coady wrote this morning that Dale played on the last five songs with the Butthole Surfers.....Damn I wish I could have made it.

[Uncle Danny]

you're up early.  can't believe you missed the bhs.  strange night indeed.  never been out west.  i've heard san fransisco called san fransicko  also can't believe it wasn't a sold out show

All the natives call it 'Frisco'  

Don't call it Frisco!!!

Need to keep it short and sweet -- will write more later.  Meeting Ether was a pleasure, the bar we were in was called Kimos, kind of a shady place.  Upstairs they often host bands, but downstairs (where we were) is more of a geriatric gay dive bar.  Most of the patrons are well past 60.  Oh well, it was like a block from the venue, and had $4 tall boys. I don't recall any rainbow flags, but it honestly wouldn't surprise me.  Unfortunately, my anal rape overtures were not reciprocated by Bunny.

The venue was nowhere near capacity, but there was still a good sized crowd, if a strange one.  More on that later...

Like Ether said, the Melvins were, well, the Melvins...and played pretty much the same set as reported for other shows.

I also missed the Buttholes  More on that later, though...

[IrvingtonFoster]

fuck i'm the only one that caught the Buttholes???  i had a fucking amazing night, went with a couple of good friends that had never seen either band before but are big fans of both. My 7th time seeing the Melvins.  Took bart, drank Newcastle and Jack Daniels on the walk to the venue, had the perfect buzz and got in right before the Melvins started.  Even though it was a standard set, i really enjoyed it, no complaints, great fucking set.  especially watching my friends' faces while they experienced them for the first time.  And i know the Buttholes are more predictable and not as crazy as back in the day, i dunno if it was because it was my first time seeing them or because i was faded, but i thought they were amazing.  Didn't catch the end of their set though cause we had to make it to the last bart train, but this is one i'm gonna always remember.  Perfect night.

[Buick GN]

you're up early.  can't believe you missed the bhs.  strange night indeed.  never been out west.  i've heard san fransisco called san fransicko  also can't believe it wasn't a sold out show

All the natives call it 'Frisco' 

THE city.

[Buick GN]

fuck i'm the only one that caught the Buttholes???  i had a fucking amazing night, went with a couple of good friends that had never seen either band before but are big fans of both. My 7th time seeing the Melvins.  Took bart, drank Newcastle and Jack Daniels on the walk to the venue, had the perfect buzz and got in right before the Melvins started.  Even though it was a standard set, i really enjoyed it, no complaints, great fucking set.  especially watching my friends' faces while they experienced them for the first time.  And i know the Buttholes are more predictable and not as crazy as back in the day, i dunno if it was because it was my first time seeing them or because i was faded, but i thought they were amazing.  Didn't catch the end of their set though cause we had to make it to the last bart train, but this is one i'm gonna always remember.  Perfect night.

Soo ummm, where and when are EHG playing?