So what's your concert schedule looking like?

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revbob wrote:
15 Mar 2023, 2:56pm
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https://www.project313rocks.com/

It's called Richrath Project 3:13, btw.
I didn't know Gary Richrath was legendary. Also whats the 3:13 some bible nonsense?
I guess anyone can be considered legendary.

It looks like REO is mostly intact from their "golden" days... with the 2 newest members having joined in 1989.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
15 Mar 2023, 3:05pm
WestwayKid wrote:
15 Mar 2023, 2:54pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
15 Mar 2023, 12:06pm
WestwayKid wrote:
15 Mar 2023, 11:42am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
15 Mar 2023, 11:31am


An audience that either has type 2 diabetes or will acquire it later in life.
We have 2 large festivals every summer. The 4th of July and then something called "Village Days" in August. They set up stages in the town center and it's 3 days of cover bands (that I can hear from my front yard). Nobody should have to hear 3 different bands cover "Lady" by Styx over the course of a weekend.
I'm okay with making that part of the punishment for war criminals. Don't do the genocide if you can't handle "Too Much Time On My Hands" by Forever DeYoung: A Styx Odyssey.
There is nothing redeeming about Styx. They have several crimes against humanity to atone for. I truly hate Angry Young Man, with it's obnoxious synth sounds and DeYoung's whiny voice.
Just a terrible, terrible band. Can’t even be semi-enjoyed ironically.
The story that they booted DeYoung because they wanted to tour, but he was sick and asked for a couple months to get well, says a lot about these clowns. Was the demand for live Styx so intense in the late 90's that they just had to get out on the road? Definitely not.
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WestwayKid wrote:
15 Mar 2023, 3:19pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
15 Mar 2023, 3:05pm
WestwayKid wrote:
15 Mar 2023, 2:54pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
15 Mar 2023, 12:06pm
WestwayKid wrote:
15 Mar 2023, 11:42am


We have 2 large festivals every summer. The 4th of July and then something called "Village Days" in August. They set up stages in the town center and it's 3 days of cover bands (that I can hear from my front yard). Nobody should have to hear 3 different bands cover "Lady" by Styx over the course of a weekend.
I'm okay with making that part of the punishment for war criminals. Don't do the genocide if you can't handle "Too Much Time On My Hands" by Forever DeYoung: A Styx Odyssey.
There is nothing redeeming about Styx. They have several crimes against humanity to atone for. I truly hate Angry Young Man, with it's obnoxious synth sounds and DeYoung's whiny voice.
Just a terrible, terrible band. Can’t even be semi-enjoyed ironically.
The story that they booted DeYoung because they wanted to tour, but he was sick and asked for a couple months to get well, says a lot about these clowns. Was the demand for live Styx so intense in the late 90's that they just had to get out on the road? Definitely not.
More likely, their collective alimony/mortgage payments obliged them to play at every state fair and casino that would have them. I think they replaced DeYoung with a Canadian assclown named Larry Gowan, who had a couple hits here in the mid-80s. I had wondered what happened to Gowan several years back and snorted at the revelation.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
15 Mar 2023, 3:30pm
WestwayKid wrote:
15 Mar 2023, 3:19pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
15 Mar 2023, 3:05pm
WestwayKid wrote:
15 Mar 2023, 2:54pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
15 Mar 2023, 12:06pm


I'm okay with making that part of the punishment for war criminals. Don't do the genocide if you can't handle "Too Much Time On My Hands" by Forever DeYoung: A Styx Odyssey.
There is nothing redeeming about Styx. They have several crimes against humanity to atone for. I truly hate Angry Young Man, with it's obnoxious synth sounds and DeYoung's whiny voice.
Just a terrible, terrible band. Can’t even be semi-enjoyed ironically.
The story that they booted DeYoung because they wanted to tour, but he was sick and asked for a couple months to get well, says a lot about these clowns. Was the demand for live Styx so intense in the late 90's that they just had to get out on the road? Definitely not.
More likely, their collective alimony/mortgage payments obliged them to play at every state fair and casino that would have them. I think they replaced DeYoung with a Canadian assclown named Larry Gowan, who had a couple hits here in the mid-80s. I had wondered what happened to Gowan several years back and snorted at the revelation.
Illinois really had a lock on arena rock bands with Styx, REO, and Cheap Trick. The only decent one of the lot is Cheap Trick.
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WestwayKid wrote:
15 Mar 2023, 3:44pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
15 Mar 2023, 3:30pm
WestwayKid wrote:
15 Mar 2023, 3:19pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
15 Mar 2023, 3:05pm
WestwayKid wrote:
15 Mar 2023, 2:54pm


There is nothing redeeming about Styx. They have several crimes against humanity to atone for. I truly hate Angry Young Man, with it's obnoxious synth sounds and DeYoung's whiny voice.
Just a terrible, terrible band. Can’t even be semi-enjoyed ironically.
The story that they booted DeYoung because they wanted to tour, but he was sick and asked for a couple months to get well, says a lot about these clowns. Was the demand for live Styx so intense in the late 90's that they just had to get out on the road? Definitely not.
More likely, their collective alimony/mortgage payments obliged them to play at every state fair and casino that would have them. I think they replaced DeYoung with a Canadian assclown named Larry Gowan, who had a couple hits here in the mid-80s. I had wondered what happened to Gowan several years back and snorted at the revelation.
Illinois really had a lock on arena rock bands with Styx, REO, and Cheap Trick. The only decent one of the lot is Cheap Trick.
Cheap Trick were the exception that proved the rule that arena rock sucked donkey dick.
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WestwayKid wrote:
15 Mar 2023, 11:42am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
15 Mar 2023, 11:31am
WestwayKid wrote:
15 Mar 2023, 11:25am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
15 Mar 2023, 11:21am
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Not quite Styx related, but there is a guy who lives in my hometown (it's not a big town at all, in fact, I walked my dog past the dude's house last night) who was the singer for ex-REO Speedwagon guitarist Gary Richrath's post REO band. He now fronts a Gary Richrath tribute band and plays Milwaukee area festivals.
Is there a word that simultaneously means hilarity and pity? Hilarpity?
I've heard them at our local summer festival and it's everything you would imagine it to be, but they definitely have an audience.
An audience that either has type 2 diabetes or will acquire it later in life.
We have 2 large festivals every summer. The 4th of July and then something called "Village Days" in August. They set up stages in the town center and it's 3 days of cover bands (that I can hear from my front yard). Nobody should have to hear 3 different bands cover "Lady" by Styx over the course of a weekend.
Now you have this.

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revbob wrote:
15 Mar 2023, 7:13pm
WestwayKid wrote:
15 Mar 2023, 11:42am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
15 Mar 2023, 11:31am
WestwayKid wrote:
15 Mar 2023, 11:25am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
15 Mar 2023, 11:21am


Is there a word that simultaneously means hilarity and pity? Hilarpity?
I've heard them at our local summer festival and it's everything you would imagine it to be, but they definitely have an audience.
An audience that either has type 2 diabetes or will acquire it later in life.
We have 2 large festivals every summer. The 4th of July and then something called "Village Days" in August. They set up stages in the town center and it's 3 days of cover bands (that I can hear from my front yard). Nobody should have to hear 3 different bands cover "Lady" by Styx over the course of a weekend.
Now you have this.

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Can’t be a metal band without a logo.
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Now you have this.

https://www.suicidaltendencies.eu/images/1080x1080.jpg
Shit, that's not a bad lineup.
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Had plans to see Titus Andronicus for the 10th time this Wednesday, but wife just came down with COVID, so that's less likely now. She's doing okay, pretty rough, but trying to quarantine her as much as possible.
Sorted out a way to make it to the show tonight. I was going to be exhausted tomorrow, but I’d be there in time for the headliner. Tested this morning, no trace of positive. Wife asks me to test before I leave which I do just to show her I’m still negative and sure enough, I’m positive. Fuck.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.

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matedog wrote:
16 Mar 2023, 12:38am
matedog wrote:
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Had plans to see Titus Andronicus for the 10th time this Wednesday, but wife just came down with COVID, so that's less likely now. She's doing okay, pretty rough, but trying to quarantine her as much as possible.
Sorted out a way to make it to the show tonight. I was going to be exhausted tomorrow, but I’d be there in time for the headliner. Tested this morning, no trace of positive. Wife asks me to test before I leave which I do just to show her I’m still negative and sure enough, I’m positive. Fuck.
That sucks, hope you're thru it quick. Put on some Speedwagon.

I missed the Sunny War show because my son was sick. We'd all been to a funeral a few days earlier stayed in a small hotel room and drove back for 6 hours in the same car so it seemed prudent to not go and make it a potential spreader event. He didn't have covid and the wife and I never got sick.

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revbob wrote:
16 Mar 2023, 7:42am
matedog wrote:
16 Mar 2023, 12:38am
matedog wrote:
13 Mar 2023, 2:30pm
Had plans to see Titus Andronicus for the 10th time this Wednesday, but wife just came down with COVID, so that's less likely now. She's doing okay, pretty rough, but trying to quarantine her as much as possible.
Sorted out a way to make it to the show tonight. I was going to be exhausted tomorrow, but I’d be there in time for the headliner. Tested this morning, no trace of positive. Wife asks me to test before I leave which I do just to show her I’m still negative and sure enough, I’m positive. Fuck.
That sucks, hope you're thru it quick. Put on some Speedwagon.

I missed the Sunny War show because my son was sick. We'd all been to a funeral a few days earlier stayed in a small hotel room and drove back for 6 hours in the same car so it seemed prudent to not go and make it a potential spreader event. He didn't have covid and the wife and I never got sick.
Damn, I know you were looking forward to that one too. I have to keep an eye out to see when she’s coming my way.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.

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matedog wrote:
16 Mar 2023, 12:38am
matedog wrote:
13 Mar 2023, 2:30pm
Had plans to see Titus Andronicus for the 10th time this Wednesday, but wife just came down with COVID, so that's less likely now. She's doing okay, pretty rough, but trying to quarantine her as much as possible.
Sorted out a way to make it to the show tonight. I was going to be exhausted tomorrow, but I’d be there in time for the headliner. Tested this morning, no trace of positive. Wife asks me to test before I leave which I do just to show her I’m still negative and sure enough, I’m positive. Fuck.
Hope it's a mild case and you're over it soon, get well.
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Sparky wrote:
16 Mar 2023, 8:55am
matedog wrote:
16 Mar 2023, 12:38am
matedog wrote:
13 Mar 2023, 2:30pm
Had plans to see Titus Andronicus for the 10th time this Wednesday, but wife just came down with COVID, so that's less likely now. She's doing okay, pretty rough, but trying to quarantine her as much as possible.
Sorted out a way to make it to the show tonight. I was going to be exhausted tomorrow, but I’d be there in time for the headliner. Tested this morning, no trace of positive. Wife asks me to test before I leave which I do just to show her I’m still negative and sure enough, I’m positive. Fuck.
Hope it's a mild case and you're over it soon, get well.
Thus far I haven't got it as bad as my wife. I'm pretty tired and my throat is pretty rough/phlegmy, but not as bad as last time either. Kids are still testing negative which is kind of a mixed bag. Daycare thinks the baby is sick, so made us keep her home, so now we have all day with her while I feel like hell and have to have our masks on all day long which is fun when my nose is running like a faucet. It could always be worse of course, but this has been a long ass run of this stuff.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.

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Have you tried to get paxlovid or anything? Might be an option.
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Robert Smith got me a refund.

I bought $25 tickets for their show in Chicago, which felt like a bargain. Each ticket, however, came with $15 in fees, so 60%.

This happened to a lot of people and Smith complained loud enough that Ticketmaster agreed to refund a portion of the fees. I'm apparently getting $5 back per ticket. Ha!
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