OT: 14th Annual "Pinfield Era" Melody Bar Reunion (2/29/20) at the Elks in NB
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Yeah, saw that posted to the Melody page earlier. For anyone who liked great pop dressed up in UK punk, the Buzzcocks were amazing. Missed seeing them back in the day, but caught them a few year ago in NYC and they could still rock and roll. RIP.
I am waiting for the year when there’s a massive snowstorm forecasted for melody reunion night. It would cause chaos on the weather threads!
Numbers in that case, what way would you root?
I think some of your haters on the weather threads may actually root for massive snow in that instance.
I think some of your haters on the weather threads may actually root for massive snow in that instance.
About 4 years ago we had 4-5" of snow during the afternoon and evening of the Reunion (which changed to sleet/freezing rain/rain by midnight), which I loved, but it kept attendance well down - but because of that, they decided to do a "makeup" event in April, so I got to go to two reunions that year, so tough call, lol. Honestly, though, with friends often coming in from far away for us and others, it's the one time I probably would root for sunny and 50F in the winter.
Have fun tonight! We have a group of about 20 meeting at Stuff Yer Face this afternoon, in the bar area. If anyone is in from out of town, come on by.
You know what I’m going to ask...
I need a bathroom update. Please tell me they finally did something there.
Have fun - tell Spanky I said hi. Melody day is Ed Wong on WRSU from 10-2 (best show on radio, IMO - most of the time it's only 20% Melody style music, but today is all Melody era music), then helping him load in and set up from about 4-7, then the Reunion, then helping break down and load out, then usually the diner, then 3-4 hours sleep, then 2 hours of soccer at 8 am on Sunday. I'll be near death this time tomorrow, lol.
Just got back. Our group of 15-20 RU football fans at the bar, wound up mixing in with about 15 ex RU Lacrosse players meeting up and 'lubricating' before the big game. Nice mix of a crowd. Downstairs men's room had 2 Urinals and no toilets, so not sure what one does if a 'deuce' needs to be 'dropped'. The tiny restroom itself looked to be recently retiled, with regular size Urinal, and kids level urinal, w a newish sink. But again, no toilet whatsoever, so if that 'issue' need to be addressed, I'm not sure if one just turns around and uses a urinal, or go out and look for 'plan B'.
After exiting the men's room, I commented to the cute, young hostess, that the men's room had 2 urinals, but no toilet, so what does one 'do' if that need comes up, she burst out laughing and said 'wow, I have no idea, I've never been inside the men's room'. I laughed with her, and ordered another beer.
The Kane IPA for $6.50/pint was very good. Free stick pretzels on the bar.
More new construction 1 block west on Easton Ave.
By “downstairs” do you mean the one on the main floor and close to the front?
That was the one in question.
Interested to hear how he interacts with the crowd tonight.
I heard things.
Good.
Was one of the worst public bathrooms I was ever in...and it was like that for way too long.
I had no idea he was at the State Theater, would have loved to have seen him. Back in 1987ish saw him at MSG and it was one of the best shows I have ever seen
Tickets went on sale a while back. @Phi_1055 alerted me to a pre-sale opportunity. Great to see a show like that in NB. I believe he is playing the Beacon Theater tonight. John sounded great and the audience was defitely pumped. Great show.
I saw him at Brenden Byrne probably the same tour in '87. Agree about how good that was.
I've literally been there at least 500 times and have never even give the bathroom a second thought, let alone a first one. The 4 summers I Iived in NB, I must have eaten there at least 3 times a week. Still go there regularly - just love their bolis.
Another one in the books. Headcount was 310 and raised over $5000 for charity. So friggin' sore from lugging heavy equipment in and then out at the end, dancing for hours, and 2 hours of soccer this morning. But it's a good sore, lol. Was great hanging out for awhile with @LeapinLou and his wife - I'm sure there were some other board folks there, but not anyone I recognized.
Musically, lots of deeper cuts the first two hours, although there were several floor fillers, like and "Strangelove" (Depeche Mode), "Anarchy in the UK" (Sex Pistols), and "Shoot You Down" by APB. Lots more big Melody hits after that, though. My favorite set was "In Between Days" (the Cure), "Seven Seas" (Echo), "Temptation" (New Order), "Orgasm Addict" (Buzzcocks), and "Save It for Later" (English Beat) - that set nearly killed me. No Matt Pinfield this year, but that was expected, given the horrible accident he was recently in (being struck by a car while walking) and is still recovering from after several surgeries.
Ed Wong usually posts it a day or two after the event...will post it here...
Not last night. Was one other obscure Cure song early on and the title escapes me...
I used to dig that album, especially that song "Disintegration"
"Prayers for Rain" and "A Forest" were under-rated tunes
This Pixies song was solid too
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Not sure what you mean. Are you complaining about the acoustics at the State (sound was excellent from my seat in row Q) or that the show was acoustic Melllancamp (he had his band though he did an acoustic song or 2 - band was drims, bass, 2 guitars plus JM, keyboards and violin).
And since I veered this thread off topic, I should add - excellent job by numbers and his Melody crew - $5,000 for charity makes it a very worthwhile effort. Sorry to hear about Pinfield's accident.
Debaser and Automatic (cover of Jesus and Mary Chain) have to be in their top 5.
