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Posted by mr. mister on 2006-04-26 13:14:27 +0000

The Strokes

are wicked sick. The show was at the Agganis Arena in BU. The riffs were really solid. The vocals were pretty scruffy but altogether didn't make the poppy guitar rock sound too lame. let's go pop!

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2006-04-26 19:10:46 +0000
I still remember the first time I heard "Last Night". It was on the first floor of 26 Warwick St. in 'oo(?) I asked, "Who is this?" and Paul Lang said, "The band that's going to save Rock n Roll." I have no complaints with the album "Is This It", and I'm glad I own it, but I don't have any urges to go out and but the new stuff. Live, I'm sure they put on a fun show, and then drink with the crowd into oblivion afterwards...

Posted by Miriam on 2006-04-27 01:05:43 +0000
Wow. 26 Warwick in '00 was really a heyday.

Posted by tgl on 2006-04-27 01:49:01 +0000
hey-ay!

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2006-04-27 01:52:51 +0000
10D, Stamski and I moved into Frongillo Solari Sq. on Oct 1st 1998. (tgl and I moved into Inman on Oct 1st '99.) Remember the 90's, the Golden Era? Weren't they great?

Posted by tgl on 2006-04-27 02:02:03 +0000
Three cheers for slightly left of center government!

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2006-04-27 02:07:46 +0000
... balanced budgets and lower tax burdens!

Posted by tgl on 2006-04-27 02:10:14 +0000
I was asleep on the futon at 26 Warwick St. Saturday, Oct. 3rd, 1998. My first meal at 376 Prospect St was a slice or two from Aram's II, Sept. 30, 1999.

Posted by The Edge on 2006-04-27 08:34:20 +0000
Brilliant band. A classic pop rock act with clean guitars that have wonderful seperation. I get a kick out of the teenage poetry in Casablancas' lyrics, but the vocals themselves are disappointing especially on the second full-length Room on Fire. I saw them play along side the Rolling Stones, and I agree with "mr. mister" that even live the singing style did not move me. Let's hope their best efforts are in the future.

Posted by mr. mister on 2006-04-27 11:03:25 +0000
I definetely liked "Is this it" I have not thought about the band in years. They really just rocked the house. Defintely a trancelike experience for a lot of the people in the crowd. It could have been those drinks at t's pub, but I was into it.

Posted by cdubrocker on 2006-04-27 11:18:16 +0000
OMG, those were the daze.

Posted by cdubrocker on 2006-04-27 11:20:18 +0000
Oh, Aram's II...wonderful place. Aram's I was right down the street, but I never darkened its door. Aram's II 4eva!

Posted by G lib on 2006-04-27 11:21:15 +0000
All of the later Warwick st. kids were at the Rumble finals to see Scamper, but got there too late to get tickets. Lots of worlds and scenes collided at Warwick street-- too many to explain! cosmic.

Posted by cdubrocker on 2006-04-27 11:24:43 +0000
I remember hearing it for the first time and thinking, "Hmmm...popular music getting interesting again...weird..." It's the only album by them I've heard. In passing I've heard snippets of the followups, but they don't really have the same impact for me. They brought some punkiness back to the mainstream, and I thank them tons for that.

Posted by tendiamonds on 2006-04-27 11:46:44 +0000
The FS Sq sign has not made the move to my new house. I will have to sneak it it...

Posted by Miriam on 2006-04-27 12:33:55 +0000
One of the graduate fellows at my KSG job lived upstairs at 26 Warwick during one or two of the party years. I always felt weird about seeing her after finding out about that. She was a quiet type.

Posted by Null Protocol on 2006-04-27 13:15:13 +0000
I still dont know how 'Last Night' goes... I am so uncool.

Posted by tgl on 2006-04-27 14:16:50 +0000
Aram's I is no longer affliated with Aram's II.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2006-04-27 14:18:10 +0000
You and me both, NP. You and me both.

Posted by Null Protocol on 2006-04-27 14:22:39 +0000
If being uncool puts me in the same group as Pamsterdam, I have no incentive to ever try to gain another scene point :)

Posted by pamsterdam on 2006-04-27 14:55:11 +0000
Here, there, and everywhere, it's hip (hip) so hip to be square. ;)

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