***Official Please Play The South Petition***

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  • JTR
    JTR Posts: 347
    It means a new album and child-rearing for a tour next year.

    The two small shows will occur at the end of July in the NORTHERN Midwest and in October in the NORTH.

    Feel so damn Absolom Absolom!
  • Fahka
    Fahka Posts: 3,187
    JTR wrote:
    I just had a really awful conversation with a band member who informed me that unless lightning strikes (in my child's eye), the only shows beyond Europe will be Lollapalooza and two small events that are mainly fundraisers or secret shows.

    So there you have it. Did the best I could. If I hear different I will inform.

    From the horse's mouth.





    *tear*
  • JTR
    JTR Posts: 347
    I meant Absolom Absolom!

    And I was assured the South will be on the next tour.
  • acidfuel
    acidfuel Posts: 153
    ..................i dont know what to say

    ............shit!
  • acidfuel
    acidfuel Posts: 153
    JTR wrote:
    It means a new album and child-rearing for a tour next year.

    The two small shows will occur at the end of July in the NORTHERN Midwest and in October in the NORTH.

    Feel so damn Absolom Absolom!


    North = Canada?
  • SPALMA
    SPALMA Posts: 2,279
    the South abides,

    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    "I don't want to hear any splatty tongues!"
    J.M., Jr. High Band Teacher

    I raise my Freak Flag High!!
  • JTR
    JTR Posts: 347
    Chicago just prior to Lolla and New York City in October. Remember who you heard it from.
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    JTR wrote:
    I just had a really awful conversation with a band member who informed me that unless lightning strikes (in my child's eye), the only shows beyond Europe will be Lollapalooza and two small events that are mainly fundraisers or secret shows.

    So there you have it. Did the best I could. If I hear different I will inform.

    From the horse's mouth.

    Thanks JTR, that isn't the news I've been waiting to hear, but we've all just been asking for an answer, be it yes or no.

    With all sincerity, I wish the guys and their families and future families nothing but happiness and I hope they do remember us the next time around.

    And thanks JTR for coming back to tell us what you know.
  • SPALMA
    SPALMA Posts: 2,279
    Dollpartz wrote:
    Thanks JTR, that isn't the news I've been waiting to hear, but we've all just been asking for an answer, be it yes or no.

    With all sincerity, I wish the guys and their families and future families nothing but happiness and I hope they do remember us the next time around.

    And thanks JTR for coming back to tell us what you know.

    yes.

    the South abides,

    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    "I don't want to hear any splatty tongues!"
    J.M., Jr. High Band Teacher

    I raise my Freak Flag High!!
  • acidfuel
    acidfuel Posts: 153
    JTR wrote:
    Chicago just prior to Lolla and New York City in October. Remember who you heard it from.

    i bet that the shows are only for the 10c members who live in those cities
  • JTR
    JTR Posts: 347
    Dollypartz,

    Today is the first time I have had a chance to talk with him personally in a while.

    They need a break. To push ahead with a tour now is a "mistake that most extinct bands have made".
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    JTR wrote:
    Dollypartz,

    Today is the first time I have had a chance to talk with him personally in a while.

    They need a break. To push ahead with a tour now is a "mistake that most extinct bands have made".

    and i totally understand that, respect it and appreciate the honesty. i wish them well, hope they get nice and rested, and then come back and blow us away with something just fucking amazing when they are ready.
  • SPALMA
    SPALMA Posts: 2,279
    I pretty much figured we were in this for the long haul (and wouldn't see them until 2008) but what upsets me is the lingering thoughts that they "avoided" the South for a specific reason. And that we will see fewer performances down here in the future...

    And what ever happened to those bat wings?

    until.. whenever....

    the South abides,

    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    "I don't want to hear any splatty tongues!"
    J.M., Jr. High Band Teacher

    I raise my Freak Flag High!!
  • mdigenakis
    mdigenakis Posts: 1,337
    are they even going to play the U.S. this year or is it a Euro tour only?
    "Don't let the darkness eat you up..."

    -Greg Dulli

  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    SPALMA wrote:
    I pretty much figured we were in this for the long haul (and wouldn't see them until 2008) but what upsets me is the lingering thoughts that they "avoided" the South for a specific reason. And that we will see fewer performances down here in the future...

    And what ever happened to those bat wings?

    until.. whenever....

    the South abides,

    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    Yes, JTR....any answers to why they avoided us this time?

    Bat Wings?

    time to cue up a great little song by Drive-by Truckers called" Hell No, I aint Happy."
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • SPALMA
    SPALMA Posts: 2,279
    Actually all of the anguish and some of the lyrics of "Black" came to my mind...

    the South abides,

    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    "I don't want to hear any splatty tongues!"
    J.M., Jr. High Band Teacher

    I raise my Freak Flag High!!
  • PissBottleMan
    PissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    tybird wrote:
    time to cue up a great little song by Drive-by Truckers called" Hell No, I aint Happy."

    I've had that one on for a while. ;)

    PBM
    "We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"

    Wishlist Foundation: http://wishlistfoundation.org
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    SPALMA wrote:
    Actually all of the anguish and some of the lyrics of "Black" came to my mind...

    the South abides,

    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    It would be nice if they answered the simple question regarding why they by-passed this time.....but I suspect that they will act just like the Bush White House and seal their lips as tight as drums.

    If it political thing, then they need to take a class on the political history of the South and a review of the current state and local governments. I also suspect that someone needs to tell them that George Wallace and "Bull" Connor were both Democrats, just like the majority of the Alabama state legislature that just gave themselves a 62% pay raise over the veto of the Republican governor.

    I do not begrudge them their rest, but one would think ANOTHER European leg would also be a little tiring.

    Hell No, I aint Happy
    Hell No, I aint Happy
    Hell No, I aint Happy
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    PissBottleMan wrote:
    I've had that one on for a while. ;)

    PBM
    No Southern leg for Pearl Jam and very limited DBT dates.......what a terrible year for live tunes.
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • SPALMA
    SPALMA Posts: 2,279
    tybird wrote:
    It would be nice if they answered the simple question regarding why they by-passed this time.....but I suspect that they will act just like the Bush White House and seal their lips as tight as drums.

    If it political thing, then they need to take a class on the political history of the South and a review of the current state and local governments. I also suspect that someone needs to tell them that George Wallace and "Bull" Connor were both Democrats, just like the majority of the Alabama state legislature that just gave themselves a 62% pay raise over the veto of the Republican governor.

    I do not begrudge them their rest, but one would think ANOTHER European leg would also be a little tiring.

    Hell No, I aint Happy
    Hell No, I aint Happy
    Hell No, I aint Happy

    You are right... if they made a political decision it was uninformed and biased.

    I really believe that it was a money thing and we just did not make the cut. We will see for sure, the next time they tour - if they skip us, then we will know they have sold out.

    The killer is the non-communication... unforgiveable whether you are liberal/conservative, tall/short, old/young... it is wrong. Or do they call that "marketing".


    the South abides,

    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    "I don't want to hear any splatty tongues!"
    J.M., Jr. High Band Teacher

    I raise my Freak Flag High!!

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