District Lies

A showblog/journal/diary, mainly taking place in Washington, DC

Rock quotes

“I just didn’t expect an acoustic version of ‘Rock ’n’ Roll All Nite.’”
— Ace Frehley

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Archive for December, 2009

Russian Circles @ DC9, 12/3/09

Friday, December 11th, 2009

I’ve seen lots of instrumental rock bands, of varying styles, and probably wouldn’t have thought of going to see Russian Circles last week, but a friend was really excited to see them, so I was amenable. I knew them a little bit — I mentally lump them in with bands like Red Sparowes as epic, [...]

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Pixies @ DAR Constitution Hall, 12/1/09

Friday, December 11th, 2009

I wasn’t totally sure about going to see the Pixies — it was a show that violated a lot of my self-imposed guidelines, like “no more reunion shows” and “no more shows that cost more than 25 bucks or so” and “no more shows ever at Constitution Hall, the worst venue in the area to [...]

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