Comments on: Radiohead at Tower Theatre, Philadelphia

By: The Great Whatsit » Year in review: The best of TGW 2006

The Great Whatsit » Year in review: The best of TGW 2006 — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:08:23 +0000

[...] Dave B, “Not afraid (but the ass-beating shall remain strictly metaphorical, thank you very much)” Dave B, “One way of looking at a Judd” Trixie Honeycups, “Radiohead at Tower Theater, Philadelphia” Bryan Waterman, “Summer Soundtracks” (Parts 1, 2, and 3) [...]

By: The Great Whatsit » Farrell’s turning off the Fawcett

The Great Whatsit » Farrell’s turning off the Fawcett — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 12:02:07 +0000

[...] But I have great news to report: Next week Trixie Honeycups will make her long-awaited return after a difficult hiatus. How exciting! [...]

By: The Great Whatsit » Canadian weekend

The Great Whatsit » Canadian weekend — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 13:40:02 +0000

[...] One humorous aside: I was reminded of Trixie’s account of Radiohead’s recent Philly show by a rather voluptuous young woman — maybe she was German? — who rushed to the front of the room when the Final Fantasy set started. Up against the stage, she swayed, raised her hands, clapped, snapped her fingers, sang along: all as if she were at a Van Halen show rather than a tiny club on the LES listening to a violin-playing indie melodramatist. She wasn’t fooling – the girl loved the music – but her antics almost had Pallett laughing. When two kids next to her played concert-police and told her to scram she ended up right in front of me and Dave, swaying, rocking, dancing, knocking us in the ribs with her elbows, after which she’d apologize profusely but explain that she just couldn’t help herself. “You’re a genius,” she’d yell between songs. “We love you! We support your music!” (All of this in a German accent.) After a particularly rousing violin flourish at the end of one song, she delivered the best line I’ve ever heard someone shout at a show: “Vienna! Mozart! We love you!” [...]

By: Trixie Honeycups

Trixie Honeycups — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 13:14:00 +0000

stella, you nailed it. oh, the indignancy of sharing those gems with the common folk.
in many ways the joke has turned out to be on us what with volkswagon and sony and even southern comfort and dodge sharing our hipster jukebox with all the people out there watching fox news.
at least i rest assured knowing how many steps it requires to track down the artist for a song heard on tv.

By: Stella

Stella — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 02:59:04 +0000

Trixie, I’m totally there with you on the whole indie music pleasure = elite and special and please don’t let everyone else in on the fun kick. Teenage survival was predicated on me and my friends looking down on schoolmates who loved Wham! etc. Imagine our devastation when New Order hit the Top 40.