Monday, August 11, 2008
The Spin The Spin: Festival, Cortney Tidwell, Kelli Shay Hix & Sharon Van Etten at The Basement
Posted by The Spin on Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 9:20 AM
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Nuthin quite like a slew of overweight and sweaty hippie girls performin on a Sunday night.
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first off, again, with these ridiculous comments?
overweight sweaty girls? is this post about the roller derby?
anyway, this show was really wonderful. so many good friends from all over. beautiful voices. moving performances.
anyone there will tell you, it was as close to church as most of us get on a sunday.
Red Kross, if you're going to talk shit like that then at least have the balls to use your real name. I have no respect for you.
Does anybody else think Steve Cross is actually two people? There's is no other way to explain how he makes it to 50 shows a month.
"Not sure whether pic #3 is a man or a woman, but I want to fuck it."
haha! sharon is a girl but yeah, she's pretty beautiful... or, i guess, like what's-his-nuts said, overweight, sweaty, and hippie.
so little time for hate. Haters should be quiet. It looks like a wonderful night of music. Cortney makes amazing music.
1. Steve Cross is a machine. The man photographs 50 shows a month and still has time to drum for Tigers Con Queso and hit some shows just for leisure.
2. If you live in this town and Gold has no respect for you, you're fucked.
Gold's favorite music is "the Glib" anyway,ha ha,like he pulls any weight in this town listenin to that shit?
All I see is tiny beautiful women making beautiful music. Where are these supposed beads of sweat you rude man?
red cross is my third favorite fahey record, who knew it was such a sensitive and tender entity
Can someone explain to me how Rebecca's comment is any less snarky than the comment she's criticizing?
@Steve H., Nah he should be called Steve Ma-cross, in honor of his Robotech like abilities.
Can someone explain to me why anyone would shit talk these ladies? Actually this show was the best I've seen in awhile. Cortney was incredible.
"Can someone explain to me how Rebecca's comment is any less snarky than the comment she's criticizing?"
Apparently she can ridicule things she doesn't like but when someone does the same to things she likes it's the ultimate sin.Don't you know the rules?I'm a "rollergirl" myself and I'd buy a ticket to see her talk shit to my face!
In Rebecca's defense: roller-girls get pretty sweaty, while quiet and acoustic-types.. not so much. Also, anyone can ridicule things they don't like, she just seems to be one of the few who doesn't need anonymity on her side before she does it.
When you're on roller skates, you kind of lose the battle of integrity when compared to a working musician. Especially on a music blog.
I had no idea Sharon was performing. I remember her from her bald-headed Red Rose days. She made one sexy turkey sandwich.
i don't understand either. redd kross are you just jealous? is there something you know that we don't? or are you just trying to start some shit? did anyone go to the instore yesterday at grimey's?
on another note. red cross is a fine record by fahey.
Malina we'll be back in Nashville October tenth.You and Rebecca Gilispie should come out and see how fat and sweaty we are!
I know this had been said many, many times before, but Tobin, you really need to get out of the house more often.
i am not a man. it's cool some people only look at pictures and don't read the articles. it's awesome people still base opinions on music (specifically female) on their looks, rather than their skills. i guess they're too busy writing comments on this thing. Festival, kelli, and cortney are amazing. and whoever wasn't there to see the show missed out. In other words, you blew it!
peace out, hippy haters.
sve
So is it o.k. for Rebecca Gillespie to talk about the rollergirls being overweight and sweaty because they aren't musicians just like the Red Cross dumbass did about the female musicians?Don't really get what your saying Sharon?
re: Sharon Van Etten, this might the first instance where the phrase 'handsome woman' actually makes sense. but, seriously, SVE is quite attractive...if her music is a good as this photo makes her look, then she must ROCK!!!!!
alright everyone. just breathe.
if you notice, i didn't specifically trash roller girls. nashville, or otherwise.
i was just using an analogy that overweight and/or sweaty is a more accurate description of a roller derby. which can be men, you know.
let's not gender-bias here.
and for all you know, i really like overweight sweaty people!! in fact, i can think of a whole bunch right now that i totally dig. not because they are overwight and smelly, but because they are awesome in many different respects.
and i never said i wasn't snarky/smart-assed/witty/clever. . .oh wait. sorry.
you just said snarky.
you know, it can be quite charming once you learn how to read it. just give it a minute to grow on you. . .
getting better yet??
anyway ladies and gentlemen, all i meant by my statement, since i guess it needs to be cleared up, was that making a pointless comment about physical appearances on a music review, while posting anonymously, is lame.
and malina, you may really like the roller derby.
maybe they'll give us some free tickets.
"overweight sweaty girls? is this post about the roller derby?"
Yeah so I guess that statement isn't "gender-bias"?You must of meant men when you said "overweight sweaty girls".If your gonna tout that you post with your real name every two seconds then at least own up to what you say.I guess all the sweaty fat rollergirls like us are too stupid to figure out your complex posts.
You rollergirl sweathoggs are just pissed because rebecca had the guts to call you what you are.
Oh yeah and oh yeah, since I can't resist a fracas . . . Rebecca's comments were out of line and out of character (not to mention wrong . . . rollergirls are dope!) but I can guaran-fuckin'-tee that she didn't mean it.
As a fun exercise, let's pretend that we're having this conversation at a bar with beers in our hands. Hell, as a fun exercise, let's all go get a beer.
Now, on to something we can all agree on: SVE is totally crushable.
rollergirls are great and music girls are great and sweaty girls are especially great (is that a bad thing? ever?) and big girls are great and skinny girls are great and bartender girls are great and everything is just...great.
hey let's see if enemas are on sale at walgreens. . .
oh wait, i forgot that jokes/humor/smart-assed remarks can't be fully appreciated in this kind of forum. you can't see facial expressions, or hear tone of voice.
and honestly, i was just bored as hell yesterday or i'd never bother replying to this in the first place. and yeah, i'm bored again today, but i'm about to fix that by doing real things in real life, right after this cup of coffee.
my official non-official opinion of the nashville roller girls is this:
some of them are awesome.
some of them are not.
(you know, like all other groups of human beings)
the sport is a sport.
the attitude associtated with said sport is best served when left in the ring. not carried on shoulders like a heavy, heavy chip.
by the way, did anyone hear what's for lunch in the cafeteria today? i was late for home room and missed the principal's anouncements. and does anyone else have detention on thursday?
Wow what a halfassed apology,wait it wasn't an apology at all.Shame on us for participating in something different and trying to represent Nashville in the best way that we can.The chip on my shoulder must be too large to see through because I defend myself and others when we are stereotyped in such a way.I suppose it's a bad thing to put a lot of heart and time into something and defend it when an uniformed person mocks it.If you're so above this blog and have better things to do then why do you even read this Rebecca?
You should try sticking the enema in your mouth next time to clean all the crap out before you speak Rebecca.Your invited to try out for the rollergirls anytime you feel the urge.I don't want to scare you,there may be some overweight people in attendance.
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