melvinscam Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 anyone here going? find me and lets have a beer. i'll buy the first round. then i'll tackle johnny c from the slow death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbanargyle Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 I wish. This is the first year of the last 4 that I won't be going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melvinscam Posted June 22, 2010 Author Share Posted June 22, 2010 I wish. This is the first year of the last 4 that I won't be going. can you recommend a good place to get tacos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrc Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 im pissed that im not going. last year was soooo much fun!!!! stupid job laying me off ruined all my fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imaxcowboyx Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 I wish. This is the first year of the last 4 that I won't be going. can you recommend a good place to get tacos? Burritos En Fuego is pretty good in Fells Point Sucks I can't go, but at least I'll see The Menzingers in DC on friday with mischief brew and Anti Flag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyregret Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 I am going for Saturday. Are the Methadones really just playing their covers album as their set? That'd be really lame seeing as it's the second to last show... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaggle Von Swift Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 was going to go on saturday to see Less Than Jake until I saw they were playing 12:10a-1:25a. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanukichu Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Going. I will be the drunk girl with the awesome posse of amazing friends. I can't fucking wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanukichu Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Also Kepi Ghoulie will most likely be my absolute favorite set of the whole shebang. Or maybe the Menzingers...though it will take a lot to top their release show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrc Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 last year Kepi's set was pretty great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melvinscam Posted June 23, 2010 Author Share Posted June 23, 2010 here is what my tenitive plans are: friday: Iron Chic The Hamiltons Kepi Copyrights American Steel Queers saturday: houseboat jetty boys chinese telephones dopamines owth slow death Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyregret Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 I plan on seeing Chinese Telephones Menzingers Jettyboys OWTH Methadones Teenage Bottlerocket Smoking Popes Less Than Jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbanargyle Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 I love the Groovie Ghoulies, but Kepi has bored the shit out of me the last couple of times I saw him. Make sure you guys check out Dead Mechanical, they are so good! And also any band that any former Erg has been in (Black Wine, Night Birds, House Boat, etc.)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melvinscam Posted June 24, 2010 Author Share Posted June 24, 2010 i'm staying at the raddison. getting in on thursday at noon. lets have drinks. i'll be wearing an owth or pretty boy thorson shirt. find me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlejonnyhormone Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 I was gonna go, and then all of a sudden I was down to 33 dollars in my bank account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyregret Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Had a pretty decent time at Insub Fest. Menzingers, Smoking Popes, and Less Than Jake were my highlights. I wasnt sure how LTJ would go over with the crowd, but playing their album Losing Streak seemed to win everyone over. I'll be very happy if the rumors of it coming to Philly next year prove to be true as I'll only have to drive 5 minutes to go! I think every band I watched had something negative to say about the people running Sonar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbanargyle Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Well, from everything I'm reading over on the PPMB, I'm glad I decided not to go this year. Hope you all made the best of it though, and hope Baltimore treated you well overall (besides the Sonar creeps)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanukichu Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Fuck Sonar man. 5 dollars for a PBR. No fucking thanks. The first day when they were allowing re-entry, we just went to my friend's hotel room around the corner, pounded Boh's and headed back. Save for the Sonar bullshit, I had the best time ever. I'm not sure if it was also because of all the awesome people I was with. I got felt up by canadians. I became a canada magnet the day I wore my Flyers shirt. I was basically perma-drunk/stoned the past few days too. Oh yeah and Steinways played a reunion set. Ended up seeing: Night Birds, Dear Landlord, Kepi Ghoulie (both sets, easily one of my favorites), The copyrights, The Hextalls, American Steel, The Queers (another one of my favorite sets), House Boat, chinese Telephones, Dopamines, The Leftovers, Steinways, Max Levine Ensemble, The Menzingers (and the other absolute favorite set of the weekend), The Methadones, Teenage Bottlerocket, and Smoking Popes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanukichu Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Also another bad thing about Sonar, apparently bands weren't getting paid....someone from a reputable band who was hanging out with us at the hotel kind of brushed on the subject. We didn't want to press him about it. A lot of bands were tellling people to steal as much shit as they could from the venue. Lulz. I really do hope they move it to Philly next year. I jsut don't know where they'd have it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamitekid Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 What exactly happened with this? I hear a lot of people bitching about the venue but I couldn't find much else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanukichu Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Straight from the Insub Fest myspace: Hey, I'm sure you guys are already aware, but Sonar was completely embarrassing and disgusting in what they did with the festival this year. Charging $5 for a 12oz. Natty Boh and 1 Pint PBR was a absurd enough, but come Saturday they implemented a no re-etry rule (even for people 21+). That might be OK in theory on a 1 night show with a high !turnout band; but for a 12 hour festival (of music centered on a scene in which the music promotes the integrity of the music and message over monetery profit), it is absolutely unfounded and embarassing. People flew in and drove in from as far as North Carolina, Buffalo NY, and Sacramento, California for this festival. For this to be their first impression of Baltimore and the east coast music scene is a travesty. These bands need to sell merch to fund their tours and livlihood, and patrons of this festival are buying less merch due to the absurd beer prices and the lack of ability to drop off bought merch at a hotel room. This festival lasts 12 hours on Saturday, it is inhuman to expect people to force themselves to be couped up in the same small building for half a day. We know it isn't the employees and bartenders fault, so I still make sure to tip a dollar per drink, but whoever the out of touch; inhuman, soulless asshole is who owns and makes the business decisions for Sonar needs to come back down to earth. It is embarrasing. I have the advantage of having a public medium and knowing enough people and connections to have my voiced opinion taken to heart, and I and those close to me will never attend another show at Sonar regardless of who or when. This is really depressing you guys. But fuck Sonar for their business actions this past weekend. Hopefully Insubordination Fest finds a new venue for next year, but I fear this was the last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbanargyle Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Also another bad thing about Sonar, apparently bands weren't getting paid....someone from a reputable band who was hanging out with us at the hotel kind of brushed on the subject. We didn't want to press him about it. If this is true, it's got nothing to do with Sonar. That would all be on the people that run the thing. I don't know what a band like Less Than Jake asks for, but in the past smaller bands have been screwed because Ben Weasel (for example) had a ridiculously high guarantee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melvinscam Posted June 29, 2010 Author Share Posted June 29, 2010 shit was great. dopamines were rad telling everyone to steal and break shit. then giving 150 bucks to the bar so people could get some free beers. owth set was pretty good, other then only play for like what 15 minutes? weak. seeing mikey erg on stage with pretty much every fucking band there was quite hilarious. oh, and the hamiltons, fucking genius. steinways reunion was great as was houseboat. i was pretty much wasted through the weekend, and if i met you on thursday i apoligize, as i was pretty much out of control. (i was the dude who jumped on grath's car.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaggle Von Swift Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 I wasnt sure how LTJ would go over with the crowd, but playing their album Losing Streak seemed to win everyone over. they played it in it's entirety? that's awesome, what else did they add in? (if anything), also did they play the track 'Losing Streak' ? I would love to see them play that once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themullet89 Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 Sonar always fucking sucks. I hate that place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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