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i forgot to mention in my above reply, that my username "shade" was the name of the lead character in Allison Ander’s film "Gas Food Lodging." That’s why I used it as my username. I’m not sure if anyone caught that. [img]images/smiles/converted/rolleyes.gif[/img]

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Well. That’s so great that J did a cameo in another one of her films. I am actually working on a screenplay which I wrote in a cameo especially for J. Maybe someday if I get the ball rolling and actually make the movie, then J will agree to make an appearance! How fun. Does he have an agent or someone who represents him for these sorts of projects? It’s a theoretical question at this point but something good to know. [img]images/smiles/converted/rolleyes.gif[/img]

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Hey Allison. Sorry if I don’t share your opinion, because that’s what they are after all…opinions. And my opinion is that after Ammaring, the show was crap. I have been to dozens upon dozens of punk rock shows so I am not ignorant in stating my opinion. I was there to witness all of the disappointed faces in the crowd so my thoughts about the show are not cruel or harsh, they’re just true feelings.

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I was at the El Rey Show to and J did "Get Me," "The Wagon" and "Repulsion." Then "Ammaring" literally blew me away because it sounded soooo beautiful. However, I left the show feeling extrememly disappointed in that The Stooges took over. I mean I still got to see J play guitar and he seemed to be having fun with it, but I was bored to tears, being that every single Stooges song sounded the same. I knew I wasn’t the only confused person, as I looked around the theater to a bunch of quiet, big-eyed J/Dinosaur Jr. fans just staring with eyes glazed over.

I know I’m a fanatic and its always great to see J (That was the 6th time) but I was thinking about the fans who haven’t had a chance to see him live before this show, and I think they were ripped off and disappointed. I love J to death, but that show was CRAP after Ammaring. [img]images/smiles/icon_sad.gif[/img]

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OK, Well here’s my story. I’m 28, I’m a girl and I live in LA. I work full time in animation production and I am writing my first screenplay. I’m from Pensylvania and moved to LA 4 years ago after graduating from Temple University. Anyhow, during high school and my first year of college, I worked in a record store where my coworkers and I were major music snobs. We went and saw shows all the time and bought cd after cd with every weekly paycheck. This was about 1992. My favorite bands at the time were The Jesus and Mary Chain, Buffalo Tom, Fugazi the Cure and a few others. My coworker Gregg, brought in "Green Mind" and played it a few times. He would imitate J saying "get me a bucket" which always made me laugh and I instantly fell in love with that album. Plus I was a huge Cure fan and J had covered "Just Like Heaven."

Then in college, when I used to partake in drug use from time to time (nothing gnarly mind you, just normal young adult experimentation). I was ‘shroomin with my roommates one night and we were listening to "Where you Been." Anyway, I was getting all faded and getting all sensitive from the song "Not the Same" and I started saying out loud, "Wow, this guy really misses her…he’s so heartbroken…awwh, he wants to hear that story again!" Needless to say I loved that album too and when I saw Dinosaur Jr. for the first time in 1994 at the Trocadero in Philly, I was blown away.

Now, years later, I am a part of the working society and hoping that if writing goes well, that I can buy my way out of the 9 to 5 crowd…actually in Hollywood it’s more like 9 to 7. I go hiking alot and out with my friends dancing and to bars once in a while. With it being 10 years later from the day I discovered J, I still love his music! Now that I’m older and not as much a music snob as I used to be, I buy into popular stuff too. Especially hip hop, which is embarressing to admit. But some of my favorite bands to date, (aside from J and the popular shit) are Modest Mouse, The Sundays, Buffalo Tom, The Roots and some Sebadoh. Sorry J! But Lou’s got some good songs. I’m in fact, almost too fanatical about J though. I talk about him all the time. It’s pretty funny. I guess it’s because his guitar solos and lyrics make me all emotional. I’ve seen him twice electric and twice acoustic and tomorrow night I’m going to see him again at the El Rey. Yipeeee! I cannot wait.

That’s all for now. I hope you have a nice day and thanks for letting me write my story since I’m at work and would rather do anything than actually do my work! [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]

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"I wanna tell you that I miss you
But I’m pissed you blew me off"

I know I’ve felt that way a lot with a recent lover. Anyhow, I must say that J is a true poet and almost all of his lyrics mean a lot to me. [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]

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"I wanna tell you that I miss you
But I’m pissed you blew me off"

I know I’ve felt that way a lot with a recent lover. Anyhow, I must say that J is a true poet and almost all of his lyrics mean a lot to me. [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]

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My Favorite Sad Songs are:

Not the Same, Get Me, What Else is New
Ammaring, J. Mascis
More than a Friend- Sebadoh
Creep-Radiohead
Fast Car- Tracy Chapman
Frozen Lake- Buffalo Tom
She’s My Ex-All
Thinking About you-The Sundays

I’m sure I’m missing a lot, but I’m at work which basically drains my creative though process.

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My favorite J solos from a dino or J album:

Ammaring
Get Me
So What Else is New
On the Brink [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img]

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My favorite J solos from a dino or J album:

Ammaring
Get Me
So What Else is New
On the Brink [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img]

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"There’s some scenery I’m missing. There’s a piece I can’t undo. I remember when I really blew it. I wish I would have thought of you."

or

"If you’re shaking it won’t show. Hold out for me cause bailing at this point is really low."

J is such a lyrical genious. A true poet. There are so many lyrics that I like, but those are two that pop into my mind at the moment. [img]images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]

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"There’s some scenery I’m missing. There’s a piece I can’t undo. I remember when I really blew it. I wish I would have thought of you."

or

"If you’re shaking it won’t show. Hold out for me cause bailing at this point is really low."

J is such a lyrical genious. A true poet. There are so many lyrics that I like, but those are two that pop into my mind at the moment. [img]images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]

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