the get up kids in iowa city

i finally got my tickets to see the get up kids in iowa city. i’m so excited. when i heard that they had broken up i was devastated because i had never seen them. myself and a bunch of die-hard get up kids fans/friends of mine are super psyched.

hopefully you can get to see them on this tour because who knows how long this reunion will last. hopefully it will last a long time.

tour dates

Sep 15 2009      8:00P
Marquis Theater     Denver, Colorado
Sep 16 2009     8:00P
Club Sound     Salt Lake City, Utah
Sep 18 2009     8:00P
Neumo’s     Seattle, Washington
Sep 19 2009     8:00P
Music Fest NW     Portland, Oregon
Sep 21 2009     8:00P
The Fillmore     San Francisco, California
Sep 22 2009     8:00P
Downtown Brew     San Luis Obispo, California
Sep 23 2009     8:00P
The Glasshouse     Pomona, California
Sep 24 2009     8:00P
Avalon     Hollywood, California
Sep 25 2009     8:00P
House Of Blues     San Diego, California
Sep 26 2009     8:00P
House Of Blues     Las Vegas, Nevada
Sep 27 2009     8:00P
Clubhouse     Tempe, Arizona
Sep 29 2009     8:00P
White Rabbit     San Antonio, Texas
Sep 30 2009     8:00P
Granada     Dallas, Texas
Oct 1 2009     8:00P
Diamond Ballroom     Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Oct 2 2009     8:00P
Slowdown     Omaha, Nebraska
Oct 3 2009     8:00P
Picador     Iowa City, Iowa
Oct 20 2009     8:00P
Varsity     Minneapolis, Minnesota
Oct 21 2009     8:00P
The Metro     Chicago, Illinois
Oct 22 2009     8:00P
The Metro     Chicago, Illinois
Oct 23 2009     8:00P
House Of Blues     Cleveland, Ohio
Oct 24 2009     8:00P
Majestic Theater     Detroit, Michigan
Oct 25 2009     8:00P
Phoenix Theater     Toronto, Ontario
Oct 27 2009     8:00P
Town Ballroom     Buffalo, New York
Oct 28 2009     8:00P
The Palladium     Worcester, Massachusetts
Oct 29 2009     8:00P
Toad’s Place     New Haven, Connecticut
Oct 30 2009     8:00P
The Gramercy Theater     New York, New York
Oct 31 2009     8:00P
Irving Plaza     New York, New York
Nov 1 2009     8:00P
Music Hall Of Williamsburg – SOLD OUT!!!!!     Brooklyn, New York
Nov 3 2009     8:00P
9:30 Club     Washington DC, Washington DC
Nov 4 2009     8:00P
Norva     Norfolk, Virginia
Nov 5 2009     8:00P
Trocadero     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nov 6 2009     8:00P
TLA     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nov 7 2009     8:00P
Mr. Smalls Theater     Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Nov 8 2009     8:00P
Newport Music Hall     Columbus, Ohio
Nov 10 2009     8:00P
Cat’s Cradle     Carrboro, North Carolina
Nov 11 2009     8:00P
Masquerade     Atlanta, Georgia
Nov 12 2009     8:00P
Revolution     Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Nov 13 2009     8:00P
House Of Blues     Orlando, Florida
Nov 14 2009     8:00P
St. Petersburg     State Theater, Florida
Nov 16 2009     8:00P
Spanish Moon     Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Nov 17 2009     8:00P
House Of Blues     Houston, Texas
Nov 18 2009     8:00P
Emo’s     Austin, Texas

the get up kids tour dates

this is just too much good news for one day, i think i’m going to have a stroke. after finding out that futurama has signed for two more seasons, i found out the one of my greatest loves, the get up kids, (who recently got back together) are going to be playing a show very close to me.

the get up kids are playing the picador in iowa city on saturday october 3rd, and i guarantee you that i will be there.

stay tuned for more tour dates and other get up kids news.

the rest of their tour dates:

Aug 16 2009      8:00P
The Peel     Kingston Upon Thames
Aug 17 2009     8:00P
Academy 2     Birmingham
Aug 18 2009     8:00P
Academy 2     Manchester
Aug 19 2009     8:00P
Electric Ballroom     London
Aug 20 2009     8:00P
Batschkapp     Frankfurt
Aug 21 2009     5:00P
Pukkelpop Festival     Kiewit
Aug 22 2009     5:00P
Area 4 Festival     Lüdinghausen
Aug 23 2009     8:00P
Uebel & Gefaehrlich     Hamburg
Aug 25 2009     8:00P
Postbahnhof     Berlin
Aug 26 2009     8:00P
E-Werk     Erlangen
Aug 27 2009     8:00P
Backstage     Munich
Aug 28 2009     8:00P
Abart     Zurich
Aug 29 2009     8:00P
Eastpak Etnika     Ceccano
Aug 30 2009     8:00P
Estragon     Bologna
Sep 11 2009     8:00P
Harrah’s     Kansas City, Missouri
Sep 15 2009     8:00P
Marquis Theater     Denver, Colorado
Sep 16 2009     8:00P
In the Venue     Salt Lake City, Utah
Sep 18 2009     8:00P
Neumo’s     Seattle, Washington
Sep 19 2009     8:00P
Music Fest NW     Portland, Oregon
Sep 21 2009     8:00P
The Fillmore     San Francisco, California
Sep 23 2009     8:00P
The Glasshouse     Pomona, California
Sep 24 2009     8:00P
Avalon     Hollywood, California
Sep 25 2009     8:00P
House Of Blues     San Diego, California
Sep 26 2009     8:00P
House Of Blues     Las Vegas, Nevada
Sep 27 2009     8:00P
Clubhouse     Tempe, Arizona
Sep 29 2009     8:00P
White Rabbit     San Antonio, Texas
Sep 30 2009     8:00P
Granada     Houston, Texas
Oct 1 2009     8:00P
Diamond Ballroom     Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Oct 2 2009     8:00P
Slowdown     Omaha, Nebraska
Oct 3 2009     8:00P
Picador     Iowa City, Iowa

another get up kids show announced!

it’s in damn kansas though. no offense to kansas, it’s just that i don’t live there. i am just going to keep biding my time and hope that they come within a reasonable distance, because i am going hell or high water.

the show will be on march 13th at liberty hall in lawrence, kansas.

you can order your tickets here.

stay tuned for updates.

the get up kids’ myspace

the get up kids are back!

the get up kids announced their untimely end on tuesday, march 8, 2005, and in turn broke the hearts of thousands, perhaps millions of indie rock/emo kids worldwide. last night the get up kids played a “secret” reunion show at the record bar in kansas city, mo! the get up kids will be touring more, but not til 2009. i will post the dates and any other updates as they develop.

the get up kids’ comment on their blog about their reunion:

Hello Everyone,
We would like to thank everyone who came out to our “secret” reunion show last night. We’d especially like to thank the Record Bar for allowing us to do the show and being so gracious to us. We had a great time and hope that you did as well. Check out the new live clips. You won’t be hearing from us again until next year but Vagrant will be releasing the deluxe 10 year anniversary edition of “Something To Write Home About” CD/DVD/Book and we will be playing some more shows in 2009. Hope to see you then.
Thanks,
The Get Up Kids

the get up kids are one of my favorite, and most sentimental bands. my friend tony got his birthday wish early this year with their reunion. everybody wish tony a happy birthday, and we’ll see everyone at the get up kids’ upcoming shows. thanks to tony for the heads up.

live from the reunion show last night

you can watch more videos of the the get up kids’ reunion show on their myspace.

a previous post that i wrote about the get up kids’ album “on a wire.” the get up kids’ portion is the last of the five.

this is a happy happy day!

five for friday shuffle finally! i know, right?!

first and foremost, in previous f³. s. posts i said that i was looking for a music player. well i went back and forth about all of that.

i found a way to make a link directly to the song on itunes but wordpress doesn’t allow that. (because it’s a money making venture)

also, i found a way to put my copy of the song online and make it accessible to you via a little music player, but i decided against that because that would be providing a song for free to the masses without the artists consent. (and yes i realize that youtube videos rarely have the artists consent, but i am able to get past that on some disconnected level.)

so since my main purpose of this blog is to share the music i love with complete strangers i decided to just leave it to you to take my word and seek out the songs on your own. if my review of an artist/album/song inspires you to buy said artist/album/song then i have accomplished what i set out to.

i will always do my best to direct you to the artist/album/song by any means i can. e.g. myspace, itunes, amazon, etc.

thank you for your continued support and understanding.

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mercy- kiss + swallow- IAMX

IAMX is led by ex-front man of the sneaker pimps, chris corner. IAMX is an electronic, synthpop, glam, hedonistic adventure. it makes you feel dirty, in the most indulgent way. chris’ performance in IAMX is like if ziggy stardust and jared leto had a love child who loved synthpop.

“mercy” is my favorite song on “kiss + swallow.” it’s a slow hypnotic groove. chris’ vocals in the chorus give you chills. it’s just hauntingly beautiful.

both “kiss + swallow” and “the alternative,” are great albums, if you like this type of music. no filler songs, just good music.

IAMX’s myspace
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scarborough fair/canticle- parsley, sage rosemary, and thyme- simon and garfunkel

if you haven’t heard scarborough fair, ask your parents to dust off their old phonographs and play it for you. if they don’t have any simon and garfunkel, then either they have grown up to be what they told themselves they would never become, or they were the ones beating up all of the hippies.

this is one of simon and garfunkel’s most popular songs, but it’s still one of my favorites. simon and garfunkel are a great selection if you just want to relax or reminisce. they’re the epitome of peace, harmony and love. it easy to forget about all the evil and war in the world while listening to them, and sometimes that’s necessary.

simon and garfunkel= mom and dad’s elliott smith. (previous post on elliott smith.)

a fan myspace where you can hear the song if you or your parents don’t have it.
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twisted nerve- bernard herrmann the essential film music collection- the city of prague philharmonic orchestra

this is just a bizarre and eerily beautiful song. for all of the quentin tarantino fans, it’s the song in kill bill vol. 1 that elle/daryl hannah is whisting as she’s going to kill “the bride”/beatrix kiddo/uma thurman.

it was one of those songs that got stuck in my head after every time i watched to movie so i had to buy it.

if you’ve seen kill bill, you know this song. if you haven’t seen kill bill, i forgive you. it’s friday, go to the movie store, or if you’re a tarantino fan just go buy it. you won’t be disappointed.

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the line begins to blur- with teeth- nine inch nails

now, let’s barge our way into this calm, hippie love fest of a f³. s. with some nine inch nails. this song comes from “with teeth,” an album that was not immediately embraced by all, but most have come around.

this song starts off with a hard, heavy beat, with what sounds like trent screaming away from the microphone for a background effect. the chorus brings it all in with a classic melody, and ambiance before it’s torn apart again with that beat backed by,

“…is there somebody on top of me?
i don’t know, i don’t know
isn’t anybody stopping me?
i don’t know, i don’t know…”

for me and my significant other (who is the biggest nine inch nails fan i know) there is nothing that trent reznor can do that won’t please us. including (for those of you who don’t know) his newest 36 track instrumental album ghosts I-IV.

nine inch nails’ myspace
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overdue- on a wire- the get up kids

“on a wire” is one of my “desert island” albums. no matter how many times i listen to it i could never get sick of it. from every conceivable angle it is simply perfect.

“overdue” is the opening track to “on a wire,” and a damn good one at that. slowly, instrument by instrument, sound by sound it eases you into the album. by the time the chorus arrives you’re set on cruise and you just enjoy the ride for the rest of the album.

tomorrow marks the three year anniversary. the get up kids announced their untimely end on tuesday, march 8, 2005, and in turn broke the hearts of thousands of indie rock/emo kids worldwide. in memory of the late get up kids, join me and rock out to your favorite get up kids song or album tomorrow.

the best always go first… oh despair.

“say goodnight, mean goodbye”

the get up kids’ myspace

buy “on a wire” and listen to “overdue” here