In a perfect world...... The Eliminators performing in front of a full house at Molly Blooms in San Clemente Ca. winter 2006. Photo By Rich Kirkpatrick.
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Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 1778 Star, Idaho. Formerly lived in Surf City USA. 
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Posted on Dec 18 2007 12:38 PM
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Joined: Feb 11, 2007 Posts: 591 Encinitas, Ca |
Posted on Dec 18 2007 12:55 PM
Wow...that does look like a fun gig. Great band...Lots of happy people in the crowd...and most of 'em girls. |
Joined: May 14, 2007 Posts: 1753
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Posted on Dec 18 2007 01:02 PM
Indeed! It makes me wish I was there. |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Dec 18 2007 01:05 PM
I disagree. While the gig looks like fun it wouldn't be my ideal show. My two favorite surf shows are Satan's Pilgrims and The Surf Coasters. Both in packed clubs. My problem with gig you posted was it is too light, small stage, and it seems more like people showed up not for the band but for the venue. In a perfect world people show up for the band. It is great having people enjoy the music but having everyone in the audience be just as much into the band as you are is amazing. Something like a Pearl Jam or Grateful Dead concert. Obviously it looked like a great gig for the Elminators but it isn't perfect in my opinion. And it isn't how I think surf shows should be if surf is to ever get anywhere near the mainstream again. |
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Joined: Feb 11, 2007 Posts: 591 Encinitas, Ca |
Posted on Dec 18 2007 01:15 PM
You're right Jake...not a lot of stage ambiance. But, matching guitars, helium balloons, and dancing girls. Now, that's a party!!! |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Dec 18 2007 01:27 PM
Careful Ben, those balloons might have hydrogen in them and could be a disaster in waiting. Some guy goes to light a cigarette for one of the ladies and next thing you know you have a bald lady. That's a travesty, not a party. |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25532 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Dec 18 2007 01:33 PM
Jake you are so wrong on all your assumptions. The people were there for the band, it was a party thrown by a surf board company, also the Chantays and Duotones were there too. The place was way darker than in that pic. the only down side was all the ladys were 40 plus and married. Jeff(bigtikidude) —Jeff(bigtikidude) |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 1058 Berlin, Germany
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Posted on Dec 18 2007 01:35 PM
In my experience thereâs much potential in playing to a crowd of people who are surf virgins or donât know your band. Being there means theyâre open minded, something you canât say about every jaded surf fan. They are out to party - not to take notes or compare acts. Maybe yourâs is the only surf band they will ever see - you will stand out in their memory, they will tell their great-grand-children about that night! Some might be converted, a percentage might even buy some surf music in the future!!! KK —The Exotic Guitar of Kahuna Kawentzmann You can get the boy out of the Keynes era, but you can’t get the Keynes era out of the boy. |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Dec 18 2007 01:36 PM
I assumed it was a restaurant/bar gig or something like that. Wrong as usual. |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25532 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Dec 18 2007 01:37 PM
well it was a bar that serves a limited menu, but thats on a other side, this was the music hall side. Jeff(bigtikidude) —Jeff(bigtikidude) |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Dec 18 2007 01:41 PM
I meant the restaurant/bar hired the band to play as opposed to it being a bill of music. |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25532 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Dec 18 2007 01:44 PM
The surf board company hired the bands and had the party at the place, the place dint hire the bands. Jeff(bigtikidude) Jeff(bigtikidude) |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Dec 18 2007 01:47 PM
Ha, that 5 people standing with their hands in their pockets is why I thought it wasn't a standard, for up in Seattle anyways, gig. |
Joined: Sep 07, 2006 Posts: 1482 Redlands, CA
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Posted on Dec 18 2007 01:57 PM
Well I see, So I see a perfect surf show. The size of the show doesn't even count when most of 1-5 of the above is in effect. so there! Joel |
Joined: Nov 08, 2006 Posts: 646 Leesburg, VA
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Posted on Dec 18 2007 02:00 PM
Looks like a fun show to me. Of course any concert would benefit from some cages on the sides with dancing girls inside, but hey, that Eliminators show looked like a blast. —Sean |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Dec 18 2007 02:03 PM
I'm just saying not perfect. I never meant bad, but who wouldn't want a Rendezvous Ballroom show, Nightriders at the Whiskey, Any Bambi Molesters shows, or anything like that? |
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Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 1778 Star, Idaho. Formerly lived in Surf City USA.
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Posted on Dec 18 2007 02:22 PM
Contrary to some of the uninformed comments by those who were not there, best gig I been to in some time. Great vibe, nothing but good attitudes, no negative waves. Thanks for setting then record straight Jeff. Last edited: Dec 18, 2007 14:30:49 |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25532 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Dec 18 2007 02:23 PM
the only thing that would have made that show any better would be Jeff(bigtikidue) —Jeff(bigtikidude) |
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Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 1778 Star, Idaho. Formerly lived in Surf City USA.
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Posted on Dec 18 2007 02:26 PM
I can think of a few more things but I'd get banned & rightfully so. |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Dec 18 2007 02:40 PM
So no arguments against there being the slightest possibility of better surf shows? Let us raise the bar and bring surf back to the mainstream. |
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