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bethje and I went up to Manhattan to see a show at Joe's Pub. Before going to the venue, we went to a few stores. First was the Sanrio store in Times Square, then the new Nintendo World in Rockefeller Center. Nintendo World had games to try out, which was a pretty good idea, but we didn't actually try any of them. In terms of merchandise, it was somewhat disappointing. The only game series for which they sold much stuff was Pokémon. I don't have a problem with Pokémon, but Nintendo has so many other properties that are really underrepresented in the merchandise department, at least in this country. Besides, is Pokémon even that popular anymore? There were a few Mario things (including a T-shirt that I'd gotten at Target), some Samus Aran action figures, stuffed Nintendogs, and one Zelda shirt (which Beth ended up buying). The store is still pretty new, though, so I'm hoping they'll increase the amount of non-Pokémon merchandise in the future. Beth and I did both get pins from the checkout counter. She got Luigi, and I got Bowser.
The last store we visited (after having some trouble with the stupid Metro Cards at the subway gate) was Books of Wonder, where, for the first time, I actually didn't buy anything. I'll usually get an Oz book or two from there, but they didn't have anything that I was interested in and didn't already have. Actually, I kind of wanted the hardcover edition of Eloise Jarvis McGraw's The Rundelstone of Oz, but not enough to get it right then and there. It's been some time since Books of Wonder's Emerald City Press has put out any new books. They used to put out quite a few. I wonder if they were losing money on the venture.
When we got to Joe's Pub, they let us in pretty much right away. They always give preference to people who have made dinner reservations, but since so few people had, we were able to sit pretty much anywhere. A waitress came around to take our drink order, so Beth had an $8 beer, and I had a $5 glass of Sprite. Some other people in the audience were actually buying $13 cocktails. I have to have a certain amount of envy for people who can pay that much for a drink without a qualm. I don't think I would pay that much even if I were a millionaire, but it would be nice if I were rich enough that I COULD do that without rationalizing it.
The first band to play was The Last Car, which is made up of Robin Goldwasser (wife of John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants), Chris Anderson (formerly of Muckafurgason), and Amy Miles (whom I knew nothing about and, really, still don't). All three of them came out wearing jackets (which they eventually took off) and ties (which they kept on). I also noticed that Amy was wearing sparkly red shoes. They did a very theatrical show, with a lot of banter and instrument-switching. I believe all three of them took a turn on the drums (there was a mention of how Amy was taking drumming lessons, and she drummed in a show the night after her first lesson), and Amy and Chris both played guitar and piano. Chris also played trumpet on one song, and Robin played ukelele and what I think was an autoharp. They had some really good songs, and I'm hoping they stay together long enough to put out an album.
The other band in the show was Piñataland, which we both already knew and liked. They're a five-piece band, who play a lot of songs about somewhat obscure historical events. One of the songs they did was about the wreck of the General Slocum, which was something I think I came across when looking up information on steamboats for work last week. As it turned out, they didn't play any songs that I knew, which was a little odd, since I think I know more Piñataland songs than the average person. Maybe they WOULD have played something familiar if they hadn't been cut off so early, though. At one point, they said they were going to play "a couple more" songs, but after only one more, someone from the venue made them stop. There was going to be another show that night by someone named Ruben Flores. When we first got there, we had seen some old people who said they had come from Connecticut to see Ruben, and Beth says she overheard a staff member complaining about Ruben being difficult or something. Anyway, one of the guys from Piñataland said they'd be selling CD's after the show, but even after waiting around for a while, we saw no indication of a merchandise table. While Joe's Pub is a nice place, and definitely one of the most comfortable venues I've been to, I get the idea that they're not at all used to hosting rock shows.
Beth had wanted to get dinner at a nearby Japanese restaurant where we had eaten a few years earlier withnot_glimmer, but neither of us remembered where it was located or what it was called, so we went to a different Japanese place called Go, on St. Mark's Place. For part of the way there, we walked behind Robin and her parents, which we didn't even realize we were doing at first. That was pretty weird. Anyway, at Go, Beth got sushi and tempura, and I got chicken teriyaki and tempura. The tempura included shrimp, broccoli, and what we thought might have been orange slices. It was all pretty good, but I liked the teriyaki more than the tempura.
After dinner, we stopped by a Dunkin' Donuts in Jersey City, where I tried a Tropicana Coolatta, which wasn't as good as I might have expected, considering that I usually like orange juice and slushy frozen drinks quite a bit. Then we returned to Beth's house, which I left in the morning to go to work.
Nah, I'm not rich enough to be Batman.
bethje and I went up to Manhattan to see a show at Joe's Pub. Before going to the venue, we went to a few stores. First was the Sanrio store in Times Square, then the new Nintendo World in Rockefeller Center. Nintendo World had games to try out, which was a pretty good idea, but we didn't actually try any of them. In terms of merchandise, it was somewhat disappointing. The only game series for which they sold much stuff was Pokémon. I don't have a problem with Pokémon, but Nintendo has so many other properties that are really underrepresented in the merchandise department, at least in this country. Besides, is Pokémon even that popular anymore? There were a few Mario things (including a T-shirt that I'd gotten at Target), some Samus Aran action figures, stuffed Nintendogs, and one Zelda shirt (which Beth ended up buying). The store is still pretty new, though, so I'm hoping they'll increase the amount of non-Pokémon merchandise in the future. Beth and I did both get pins from the checkout counter. She got Luigi, and I got Bowser.The last store we visited (after having some trouble with the stupid Metro Cards at the subway gate) was Books of Wonder, where, for the first time, I actually didn't buy anything. I'll usually get an Oz book or two from there, but they didn't have anything that I was interested in and didn't already have. Actually, I kind of wanted the hardcover edition of Eloise Jarvis McGraw's The Rundelstone of Oz, but not enough to get it right then and there. It's been some time since Books of Wonder's Emerald City Press has put out any new books. They used to put out quite a few. I wonder if they were losing money on the venture.
When we got to Joe's Pub, they let us in pretty much right away. They always give preference to people who have made dinner reservations, but since so few people had, we were able to sit pretty much anywhere. A waitress came around to take our drink order, so Beth had an $8 beer, and I had a $5 glass of Sprite. Some other people in the audience were actually buying $13 cocktails. I have to have a certain amount of envy for people who can pay that much for a drink without a qualm. I don't think I would pay that much even if I were a millionaire, but it would be nice if I were rich enough that I COULD do that without rationalizing it.
The first band to play was The Last Car, which is made up of Robin Goldwasser (wife of John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants), Chris Anderson (formerly of Muckafurgason), and Amy Miles (whom I knew nothing about and, really, still don't). All three of them came out wearing jackets (which they eventually took off) and ties (which they kept on). I also noticed that Amy was wearing sparkly red shoes. They did a very theatrical show, with a lot of banter and instrument-switching. I believe all three of them took a turn on the drums (there was a mention of how Amy was taking drumming lessons, and she drummed in a show the night after her first lesson), and Amy and Chris both played guitar and piano. Chris also played trumpet on one song, and Robin played ukelele and what I think was an autoharp. They had some really good songs, and I'm hoping they stay together long enough to put out an album.
The other band in the show was Piñataland, which we both already knew and liked. They're a five-piece band, who play a lot of songs about somewhat obscure historical events. One of the songs they did was about the wreck of the General Slocum, which was something I think I came across when looking up information on steamboats for work last week. As it turned out, they didn't play any songs that I knew, which was a little odd, since I think I know more Piñataland songs than the average person. Maybe they WOULD have played something familiar if they hadn't been cut off so early, though. At one point, they said they were going to play "a couple more" songs, but after only one more, someone from the venue made them stop. There was going to be another show that night by someone named Ruben Flores. When we first got there, we had seen some old people who said they had come from Connecticut to see Ruben, and Beth says she overheard a staff member complaining about Ruben being difficult or something. Anyway, one of the guys from Piñataland said they'd be selling CD's after the show, but even after waiting around for a while, we saw no indication of a merchandise table. While Joe's Pub is a nice place, and definitely one of the most comfortable venues I've been to, I get the idea that they're not at all used to hosting rock shows.
Beth had wanted to get dinner at a nearby Japanese restaurant where we had eaten a few years earlier with
not_glimmer, but neither of us remembered where it was located or what it was called, so we went to a different Japanese place called Go, on St. Mark's Place. For part of the way there, we walked behind Robin and her parents, which we didn't even realize we were doing at first. That was pretty weird. Anyway, at Go, Beth got sushi and tempura, and I got chicken teriyaki and tempura. The tempura included shrimp, broccoli, and what we thought might have been orange slices. It was all pretty good, but I liked the teriyaki more than the tempura.After dinner, we stopped by a Dunkin' Donuts in Jersey City, where I tried a Tropicana Coolatta, which wasn't as good as I might have expected, considering that I usually like orange juice and slushy frozen drinks quite a bit. Then we returned to Beth's house, which I left in the morning to go to work.
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Date: 2005-11-06 10:03 pm (UTC)she's also in the premiere of the show, as one of the concerned people while the guys are performing surgery.
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Date: 2005-11-07 03:01 am (UTC)The Tin Angel (http://www.tinangel.com/) in Philadelphia is a pretty nice dinner-and-concert place, but I've never gotten dinner there, so I don't know how they handle it. I'm pretty sure it's cheaper there, though, so I'd probably be more likely to get dinner there than at Joe's Pub. I haven't been there in a while, though; Neko Case used to play there fairly often, but she hasn't in some time.
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Date: 2005-11-07 02:14 am (UTC)I like Joe's Pub. I like the intimate nature of the venue. Although, the food should be served before the show because it's distracting to eat and watch a performance at the same time.
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