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PJ Sumroc

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Posted 12 years ago #

Yooo just curious..

So far ive seen The P @

1.The Metro -Friday Nov 8th 2002 in Chicago w/ Del The Funky Homosapien
2.The Double Door - sometime in 2003 (The Chicago show on the Stepfather dvd is the one i was at, Bad News Jones opened for em)
3. Sub- T in Chicago (sometime in 2006 ?)
4. Sub -T in Chicago ( sometime in 2008?)
5. Sub -T in Chicago (2009 or 2010 )
6. 360 vinyl Instore October 29th in Portland, OR 2011 ( this was amazing..like 20 heads there in a little record shop ..they did requests)
7. Doug Fir -Monday May 19th 2014 Portland, OR ...best damn hip hop show i ever seen

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Posted 12 years ago #

Haven't seen them yet. I became a fan while living in Dallas, then I moved to North Carolina and The P never played in either spot. I'm back in the Bay Area now (but didn't get here until after the Oakland/Santa Cruz shows), and I'm making it a point to see them this summer.

Hopefully the 7/20 show in SF is still on, though I haven't seen anything official yet. And if the SF show doesn't work out I'll just have to drive over to Sacramento and catch a funky live show there instead.
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Posted 12 years ago #

Also never seen them.
My part of the world (the middle of the UK, like, right bang in the middle) is a wasteland where hip hop is concerned.

Having said that, j5 and ud are coming in 3 weeks time!
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Posted 12 years ago #

De La Tribe & A La Carte... gotta make it happen!!

I went to a PUTS DJ set (with J Boogie) the first time I actually saw them (Fun DMC-era), and it was cool, but the crowd was a little strange. I seem to remember some really skankin' girls, one of which dropped glass on the dance floor that shattered. Still, it was fresh to watch the tables spinnin'. Didn't really talk to the homies much that night.

Then, after Carried Away came out, I went to the one (and so far only) show in Sacramento (although they are playing here again next month). That was definitely more fun; there were technical difficulties, the stage was ultra-small and low, and Thes was out in the crowd dancing for a while. It was only a step or two above a house party, and I think the cats said something about the low-tech surroundings taking them back to their early days. I got a PUTS record bag, and we hung out with Double backstage after the show.

In the time after the show, PUTS found out I was putting together the lyrics website, and their road guy at the time, Brendan (who isn't working with them now... he basically bailed on them in the middle of the tour for a better job and seriously left them in the lurch), helped me get backstage at the Fillmore to interview them (check it out on the lyrics site if you want!), and I'm super-happy to say that the cats liked me and have let me hang out with them since. Since then, it's been one L.A. show, one other show in SF, and two shows in Oakland (all of which I've gotten to help the cats out with in one way or another).

So that's like... 6 and a half shows, and I hope I can bust both the SF and Sac shows next month!! (We'll see...)
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Posted 12 years ago #

PJ Sumroc said:

6. 360 vinyl Instore October 29th in Portland, OR 2011 ( this was amazing..like 20 heads there in a little record shop ..they did requests)

Yoooo me and three other homies were there, that was one of the illest in-stores! I think 20 people is overstating it, even, maybe 15.. We showed up an hour early cause we thought it would fill up (tiny shop) but hardly anyone showed up til right at the announced time so we were just chillin there with Aaron and Zach til Mike n Chris showed up, did a little digging and then set up to perform. For whatever reason, I can't quite remember, they could only plug in one mic or the drum machine, so Thes did a little beat on the machine solo and then switched it out for the mic. And then with only one mic they had to switch off between verses (Thes: "all you need is one mic" *passes mic* Double: "all you need is one mic" *passes back*), or between lines like in the Time To Rock Our sh!t intro, which I filmed on my old phone and should have somewhere...

Other than that I've only seen 'em at the Hawthorne Theatre twice (2010 and the Highlighter tour), a grimy, sh!tty-sound, all-ages, we'll-take-anyone type venue. Only upside is its small size can make for a great up-close-and-personal vibe when the right people take the stage (see: PUTS). Missed 'em on the 12SP tour, unfortunately, 'cause they chose the nicer venue over the all-ages one in Portland, and I couldn't make it down to Eugene. Next time!
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Posted 12 years ago #

I think I've been to pretty much every Chicago show since 2003. Well, should say the ones that are indoors since I recently missed the Do Division festival due to not being able to find parking after 20-30 minutes circling around so we left.
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Posted 12 years ago #

Been to 3 shows in Boston.
@ Middle East in 2006 - Stepfather tour, Time Machine and Gym Class Heroes opened, seems like it was forever ago
@ Paradise in early 2011 - about 5 months before Highlighter came out, Count Bass D was an opening act (a favorite of mine who rarely comes to Boston,) I appear for a split second in the front row in the first promo video for Highlighter, the one that Fishbucket Soundcheck played over. It was a great show, but there was a lot of pushers in the crowd while they were up and my brother who was with me just had wrist surgery, so I was a little miffed/preoccupied during a fair portion of it.
@ Middle East in late 2012 - Highlighter tour, the one where The Sinclair cancelled their show at the last second (for some reason, I think it had something to do with their liquor license but my memory is fuzzy) and they wound up as an extended opener/co-headliner with The Coup, which turned out awesome.

I only skipped one show, the Fun DMC-era tour where they opened for Flobots (as an aside, I don't feel too bad about those guys falling off)

And I'll be seeing them a week from tomorrow at Church, can't wait.
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A La Carte said:
Also never seen them.
My part of the world (the middle of the UK, like, right bang in the middle) is a wasteland where hip hop is concerned.

Having said that, j5 and ud are coming in 3 weeks time!

You said it...Thes don't like Nottingham and I doth think he's ever coming back.

I couldn't get down to the smoke last time they were over in the UK (that's what having kids does for you)...but if they hit these shores again I'm there...no matter what the wife and kids say!
A La Carte

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Posted 12 years ago #

Why does Thes not like notts?

He should try Leicester. We a hard crowd. Lol.

London posse came, f***ed off, did a track dissing us cuz they got boo'd.

Its not our fault they were sh!t.
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Posted 12 years ago #

I have seen PUTS two or three times in Bristol UK (2 or 3 as my memory is not clear, I thought two but my mates I go with are sure it's three). They smashed it and the Bristol crowed always seem up for it (plus a couple of nice vinyl shops there which always add to a trip)

A La Carte / callmemistertibbs. Went to see Cypress Hill, House of pain & funkdoobiest at Rock city in Nottingham. was excited but strangest concert ever. Atmosphere was really strange. Some of the crowd loudly dissing Cypress hill between songs, booing when House of pains 'who's the man' vinyl skipped and just a generally crappy agro' atmos. Not sure if a one off but have not been back since (apart from Footie matches).
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Posted 12 years ago #

I'm lucky as hell, been to I believe 7 PUTS shows, Tuesday night in DC will make it 8, I'm literally counting down the hours.

disiskurt, I remember that lineup. Buddy and I went out to that show, saw PUTS, only made it to 3 songs from the Flobots, not only was the band wack as f***, but so were their wannabe militant teenage fans.

Remember Thes kind of openly dissed them during that show, which was ballsy and great. Said something to the affect of, we've been on tour with a few bands who take things a little too seriously, lol!

Also seen PUTS live in Baltimore, for some reason they always have more live crowds than in DC.

One thing you really have to appreciate, and Thes, if you're reading this, I want you to know it, is that while underground shows are most often sausage-fests, some fine-ass woman come out to PUTS shows. If you haven't seen Thes & Double dancing on stage with some fine shorties while Hang Loose plays, you haven't gotten the optimal PUTS experience.

Did I mention I can't wait for Tuesday night? Less than 24-hours to go!
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Posted 12 years ago #

A La Carte / callmemistertibbs. Went to see Cypress Hill, House of pain & funkdoobiest at Rock city in Nottingham. was excited but strangest concert ever. Atmosphere was really strange. Some of the crowd loudly dissing Cypress hill between songs, booing when House of pains 'who's the man' vinyl skipped and just a generally crappy agro' atmos. Not sure if a one off but have not been back since (apart from Footie

I was at that gig.notts gigs arre/were generally friendlier than leics gigs. Dunno why. If you can rock a Leicester crowd then you GOOD!
A La Carte

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Posted 12 years ago #

sausage-fests

I went to America, didn't get to a hip hop gig. Kinda glad i didn't if they're all
sausage-fests
SactownConnection

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Posted 12 years ago #

Funny you mention the ladies. At every show, I've seen lots of CRAZY good looking ladies... makin' me wanna hide my wedding ring, y'all. ( Don't tell the missus.) I've also seen some... well... not-so-good-looking... ladies, but you know what? Even those ladies are confident as h*ll and still ACT like they're all the sh*t.

Side note: I've gotta wonder what the heck the ladies see in us guys at the shows, 'cause we all ugly and crazy. hahaha.

Which reminds me:

At that last Oakland show, these two younger, overly-done-up chubby girls were talking to me and trying to be all interested in me because they'd seen me coming in and out of the green room & chatting with PUTS a lot. After like 5-10 minutes, they asked me if I was a part of the opening funk act or if I was from L.A., and when I told them I was just a friend of the group from Sacramento, they blew up laughing.

After a good bout of whispering, I heard one say "I have horrible luck. How come I can't find the good ones?" (or something like that). I could've been upset (in my sensitive youth, maybe...), but I just kinda shrugged my shoulders, said "eh.", then turned my back on 'em so I could help Double give two free tees to some real hotties (like hot...). Talked to those ladies for a while too, and thankfully, they were way more decent and real than the two gold-diggers I'd just been talking with.

Later on, I saw that same pair of chubby girls hangin' out by the green room door, and they tried to talk to me about getting in to see PUTS as I walked into the door... I didn't even acknowledge them. Probably made me seem like a d*ck, but... you burn a bridge, the f*ck you expect?
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Posted 12 years ago #

A La Carte said:
Why does Thes not like notts?

The story goes that somebody stole his sunglasses, and I think there must have been some twats there. Not sure if this is 100% true but it cropped up on a thread some time ago and that's what somebody wrote...so I think it's genuine.

Sac/anybody - can you confirm?

Notts is generally a decent crowd...but I agree Rock City can be a bit funny sometimes. Saw Public Enemy there who were great, and also Shadow, Blackalicious, & then a Rahzel & Jeru double.

The best venue for me is the Social. It is small, but it can generate a great atmosphere and I've seen UD rock the party a couple of times there. Also seen Jeru there.

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