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03 May 2006

Hip-Hop hooray! I just got tickets to see Public Enemy at BB King's this Sunday! [More:]I'm very excited, old-skool style.
And who knew that guy Flavor-Flav from that VH1 show was in them?! Bonus!
I saw PE and Primus back in the day. It was quite a spectacle. Have fun.
posted by rainbaby 03 May | 10:20
The only live hip-hop I ever saw was Brand Nubian and 3rd Bass at a street fair downtown. It was fun.
posted by jonmc 03 May | 10:21
$25 seems like a bargain, maybe you'll have extra $$ to update Flav's wardrobe.
posted by danostuporstar 03 May | 10:22
I wonder if they still have S1Ws in their stage show.
posted by rainbaby 03 May | 10:30
That would be a laugh, I can't imagine the S1Ws would still be around. I don't even know if Terminator X is still spinning for them.
Tickets are still available, BTW. Jon - PE is awesome live. And it's in a pretty small club.
posted by Hellbient 03 May | 10:38
king's is a fun place, but the last time I was there (I refuse to say for whom. too embarassing.) it was everyone sitting at dinner tables, eating during the show, which sort of feels non-hip-hop to me.
posted by shmegegge 03 May | 10:42
Yeah, I noticed that in the link, shmegegge. My experience was all metal detectors and pat downs and sweat and jumping around. He, gettin' old, gettin' old.
posted by rainbaby 03 May | 10:46
Well, the hardcore rappers and punks of our generation are getting older now, and so are they're audience. They have day jobs and brunch dates and lower back pain now. They're starting to turn into the classic rock fossils they once mocked.
posted by jonmc 03 May | 10:52
The best show I've ever seen was PE at the old 9:30, a very small venue, in DC right after Nation of Millions came out. Swiz opened up for them, one of my favorite harD.C.ore bands, and one of the several from DC with a black lead singer. Falv's 3 year old daughter came on stage and danced, and Chuck D slapped hands with me and drenched me with sweat more than once. It was, literally, awesome.
posted by omiewise 03 May | 10:54
Yeah, i remember that show omie, I missed it. I almost mentioned it earlier. PE was so cool in that they consciously were trying to bring outsiders into their music, and shows like that are an example. Also brings to mind the Fugazi/Troublefunk shows at the 9:30. God I loved that space. RIP.

The one BB King's show I went to was like any other - a bunch of people watching a band.
posted by Hellbient 03 May | 11:16
Where the heck was the PE/Primus show I saw in DC? The place seemed to large for 9:30 and the stage was on the wrong side of the venue. It certainly wasn't Trax, of course. . .gah. . .brain cells. . .
posted by rainbaby 03 May | 11:55
maybe it was the relocated/new/larger 9:30?

while I'm chatting with a Richmonder - Rainbaby, do you know of SliangLaos (YouTube link)? Not sure how long you've been in Richmond. They were around from about '89-'96. Just curious, I was a big fan.
posted by Hellbient 03 May | 12:00
Nope. I came here in 93/94, and was on the road for two years.
posted by rainbaby 03 May | 12:25
ah, okay. Well, they were kind of a big deal for awhile. In certain circles, of course.
posted by Hellbient 03 May | 12:48
See, we're already all about the bunnyhugs and whuffles. || Shameless vanity post or inherently worthwhile link? You decide.

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