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  • civ_eng_girl
    civ_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    Zanne wrote:
    *sigh*

    I can't find my way home. Maybe I should make my way up to Toronto instead. =P

    Come up on the 19th!!!!!!!!!!!! We can go to the Hamilton show.... I already have tickets...

    :D:D:D
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    hey again! i got the album last night, and i see what you mean about the lyrics.... as i was opening the case, i thought to myself "well, the insert looks big enough - how could there be no lyrics??"... but alas, you are right....

    i do, however, ADORE the piece of art on the poster..... i stared at it for several minutes, trying to figure out which way was up - and then decided that it didn't have an "Up".... are they mountains? ocean waves? a bird? I think i see a little village too.... in every direction there is a new image... genius. i love it. apparently, Melissa Kearney is the name of the artist....

    You're right, the artwork is beautiful. I just wish they'd include the lyrics once in a while. I suppose I can just "google" them if need be.
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • rambo
    rambo Posts: 170
    got to see them open for pearl jam 2 nights in a row in st.john's and I have been lovin them ever since, great live
    st. john's newfoundland, sept 24/2005
    st. john's newfoundland, sept. 25/2005
  • civ_eng_girl
    civ_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    rambo wrote:
    got to see them open for pearl jam 2 nights in a row in st.john's and I have been lovin them ever since, great live

    that must have been awesome! :)

    I got into them after seeing them open for The Hip.... I think they're the only opening band that has ever stuck with me.... usually i don't pay much attention to opening bands.... :o:p
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
  • warehouse
    warehouse Posts: 124
    The new Wintersleep album is amazing!!
    Lying sideways atop crumpled sheets and no covers he decides to dream. Dream up a new self. For himself.

    Montreal 2000
    Toronto 2003
    Montreal 2003
    Halifax 2005
    Hartford 2006
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    warehouse wrote:
    The new Wintersleep album is amazing!!

    You are correct! I can't stop listening to it.
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • audiodave
    audiodave Posts: 1,623
    I'm getting towards the end of my first listen of Welcome To The Night Sky, and I am LOVING it!

    Here's hoping they come to Europe soon. :D
    ~AKA Dave-of-the-dead~

    I don't wanna think, I wanna feel

    Dublin 23/08/06 Lisbon I 04/09/06 Lisbon II 05/09/06 Paris 11/09/06 Verona 16/09/06

    London 18/06/07 Dusseldorf 21/06/07 Copenhagen 26/06/07 Nijmegen 28/06/07
  • I love the new cd but haven't fully absorbed it yet. I'd like to find the lyrics online somewhere but have had no luck so far :(

    I did find this link...which appears to be the other 2 cds

    http://www.lyricsdir.com/wintersleep-lyrics.html

    Free show at the Horseshoe Tavern Tues Oct 16th, in Toronto! I think the paper said a 10:10pm start time.
  • rambo wrote:
    got to see them open for pearl jam 2 nights in a row in st.john's and I have been lovin them ever since, great live


    I thought it was damn cool PJ decided to find a local band to open those 2 shows.

    A great time was had on the rock :)
  • civ_eng_girl
    civ_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    augustwest wrote:
    Free show at the Horseshoe Tavern Tues Oct 16th, in Toronto! I think the paper said a 10:10pm start time.

    are you in Toronto? are you going? I'll be there for sure with a couple of girlfriends... i'm so excited!! :D


    i'm loving the new album too... especially Drunk on Aluminum, Dead Letter, and Miasmal Smoke & The Yellow Bellied Freaks.... i really like that last tune - a stronger finish than their other two albums i think (ok, People Talk is nice... but i can do without Motion)
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Damn, I just found out that the venue they're playing in Calgary, The Warehouse, is a strictly members-only club. So in order to get into the Wintersleep show I'm gonna have to pay an extra $10 (on top of the tix I already paid for) for a freakin' membership to a club that I'm only gonna visit once. From what I've been told, they're very strict about this policy and they'll turn you away at the door if you don't buy one before you walk in...even if you have tickets to the show. Of course there was no mention of this on the Wintersleep website, and no mention of it when I purchased the tix at Ticketbastard last week. That pisses me off.

    *end of rant*
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • civ_eng_girl
    civ_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    only one more SLEEP 'til WINTERSLEEP!! ;):D

    can't wait til tomorrow.....
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
  • audiodave
    audiodave Posts: 1,623
    only one more SLEEP 'til WINTERSLEEP!! ;):D

    can't wait til tomorrow.....

    I'm very jealous, I know you'll have an awesome time. :)

    I've been walking round singing Search Party for days. I just can't get this new album out of my head!
    ~AKA Dave-of-the-dead~

    I don't wanna think, I wanna feel

    Dublin 23/08/06 Lisbon I 04/09/06 Lisbon II 05/09/06 Paris 11/09/06 Verona 16/09/06

    London 18/06/07 Dusseldorf 21/06/07 Copenhagen 26/06/07 Nijmegen 28/06/07
  • civ_eng_girl
    civ_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    audiodave wrote:
    I'm very jealous, I know you'll have an awesome time. :)

    I've been walking round singing Search Party for days. I just can't get this new album out of my head!

    i'm sure it will be awesome too! such a tiny club - they're going to blow the roof off the place! :D

    I've been singing Laser Beams to myslef all morning.... it's not my favorite song on the album, but it seems to stick in my head....


    ...time, and space, and time, and space, and nothing really matters anymore....

    :p
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
  • audiodave
    audiodave Posts: 1,623
    i'm sure it will be awesome too! such a tiny club - they're going to blow the roof off the place! :D

    I've been singing Laser Beams to myslef all morning.... it's not my favorite song on the album, but it seems to stick in my head....


    ...time, and space, and time, and space, and nothing really matters anymore....

    :p
    Excellent. I also keep singing "go back to sleep, you yellow-bellied freaks" at random intervals.

    :D
    ~AKA Dave-of-the-dead~

    I don't wanna think, I wanna feel

    Dublin 23/08/06 Lisbon I 04/09/06 Lisbon II 05/09/06 Paris 11/09/06 Verona 16/09/06

    London 18/06/07 Dusseldorf 21/06/07 Copenhagen 26/06/07 Nijmegen 28/06/07
  • Astird
    Astird Posts: 168
    Going to the show in Ottawa on Sat. Can't wait.
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    This album keeps getting better the more I listen to it. It's safe to say that it will most likely end up at the top of my list for albums of the year. It's just an amazing piece of work by one of the best rock bands in the world. Only 21 more sleeps until the Calgary show!
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • civ_eng_girl
    civ_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    was at the free show at the Horseshoe last night... and it was great fun, as expected!

    the new songs sound great live.... :D
    they played:

    Drunk on Aluminum
    Archeologist
    Dead Letter
    Oblivion
    Weighty Ghost
    Muderer
    Laser Beams
    Jaws of Life
    Yellow Bellied Freaks

    I can't wait until Friday to see them play a full set, and to have a better place to stand... I couldn't see Loel at all from where I was!!
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
  • They need to add Faithful Guide to their setlist
  • civ_eng_girl
    civ_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    augustwest wrote:
    They need to add Faithful Guide to their setlist

    did you end up going?

    Faithfull Guide would be nice.... my fave live is Nerves Normal... someone was requesting it last night - i wish they had played it.... :)

    I'd also love to hear Caliber live... that song is badass... :p
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~