[for Khoo or Gabe]PAX Band Line Up 07

djdoomike

Hey Khoo or Gabe or umm Robocop,

Can we get a change up in the band roster for PAX 07, just to get some more variety. I went to PAX 05 and PAX 06, and in 06 the concerts felt a bit dull, kinda like going to the same concert twice(add/subtract songs and bands).

Here are couple of my own suggestions for bands:

Jonathan Coulton
Futuristic Sex Robotz
mc chris(again plz)
Black Mages(pipe dream)
the entire Video Games Live Orchestra
They Might Be Giants
Brian Posehn(nerd stand up)
Patton Oswalt(more nerd stand up)
Mike Relm(no flaking this time)

Robert Khoo

i can assure you at least one of the people on that list has already been confirmed.

ctishman

Yes! The Black Mages! Finally!

b0wser

After seeing Blind Guardian play live, I'd have to say that the Black Mages pretty much top my "to see" list.

Relativiox

ctishman wrote:

Yes! The Black Mages! Finally!

No way, it's definately the Video Games Live Orchestra. Woot!

Krys

Black mages, Oh dear god - Minibosses AND Black mages? I want to kill myself after seeing those live - so I can die happy.

JoahW

I bet its Futuristic Sex Robotz, seeing that they don't have anything else to do and would probably do PAX for free.

xxhennersxx

JoahW wrote:

I bet its Futuristic Sex Robotz, seeing that they don't have anything else to do and would probably do PAX for free.

throw in the fact that they're local.

john_zoidberg

Patton Oswalt. Absolutely. Funniest nerd on the planet.

Mo1son

Weird-Al, Black Mages, Freezepop.. thanks.

ctishman

I'm just gonna throw RATATAT out there as the most virulent and arousing wet dream that I have ever dreamed.

They seem small enough just yet that PAX would attract them.

http://www.ratatatmusic.com/contact.html <--Booking Info

doublehawk00

i have an inkling that khoo is referring to coulton

JoahW

When I read the title of this thread I though it was going to be about the line waiting to get in to see the concert, not the bands that are coming. :P

djdoomike

JoahW wrote:

When I read the title of this thread I though it was going to be about the line waiting to get in to see the concert, not the bands that are coming. :P

I was originaly going to call it PAX Band Roster 07, but I thought the word roster sounded dumb. Don't know why it sounded dumb.

altmann

Another vote for RATATAT.

They Fkin rock!

-A

JoahW

djdoomike wrote:

JoahW wrote:

When I read the title of this thread I though it was going to be about the line waiting to get in to see the concert, not the bands that are coming. :P

I was originaly going to call it PAX Band Roster 07, but I thought the word roster sounded dumb. Don't know why it sounded dumb.

Oh sup Tony I didn't even see it was you.

Legacy

doublehawk00 wrote:

i have an inkling that khoo is referring to coulton

More like MC Chris.

djdoomike

JoahW wrote:

djdoomike wrote:

JoahW wrote:

When I read the title of this thread I though it was going to be about the line waiting to get in to see the concert, not the bands that are coming. :P

I was originaly going to call it PAX Band Roster 07, but I thought the word roster sounded dumb. Don't know why it sounded dumb.

Oh sup Tony I didn't even see it was you.

Sup Joah, you coming to the party friday?

Legacy wrote:

doublehawk00 wrote:

i have an inkling that khoo is referring to coulton

More like MC Chris.

More like mc chris(no caps).

Bionic Monkey

Robert Khoo wrote:

i can assure you at least one of the people on that list has already been confirmed.

Khoo, can you tell us if there's been any progress getting Freezepop (or if you're even pursuing them for the show)? I know Tycho said he'd like to see them there, but that's a far cry from an official announcement.

Nekomimi

So when chris was in town this fall, I told him we missed him at PAX and asked if he'd be back for 2007. He told me he'd love to play but since they don't pay the artists to play at PAX, he pretty much wasn't going to. He said to me "You know, they don't pay the artists that play there..." (I was holding a ticket to his concert in one hand and his new album in the other).

I appreciate wanting to earn money off your performances, it's what artists do, but... Hmmm. I guess form your own opinion on this one. I'm not gonna smack talk chris here...

But I know that there are other artists out there who would love to perform at PAX for the fun of it, be an honored guest, party with fans and peers and so forth and not worry about the money aspect.

Cerrius

Nekomimi wrote:

So when chris was in town this fall, I told him we missed him at PAX and asked if he'd be back for 2007. He told me he'd love to play but since they don't pay the artists to play at PAX, he pretty much wasn't going to. He said to me "You know, they don't pay the artists that play there..." (I was holding a ticket to his concert in one hand and his new album in the other).

I appreciate wanting to earn money off your performances, it's what artists do, but... Hmmm. I guess form your own opinion on this one. I'm not gonna smack talk chris here...

But I know that there are other artists out there who would love to perform at PAX for the fun of it, be an honored guest, party with fans and peers and so forth and not worry about the money aspect.

When I talked to DJ Jon, he said that it costs $1000 for them to come to PAX, I dunno if that was individually or together, but thats alot of swag you gotta sell to recover your losses. Especially if you could do a show where you do get paid and can sell swag.

Nekomimi

It cost us $1000 to go to PAX too, and that was just as fans. Plane tickets from MN, hotel room, PAX admission, food. So make of that what you will.

If chris doesn't want to come, chris doesn't want to come. He has every right to not perform (there are some lyrics from a Bobby Brown song in here somewhere, I can feel it). We've got several other possible acts to be excited about and look forward to. I jut felt rather "meh" about the whole thing after he informed me of why he didn't want to come back.

Coulton would be awesome. Now that they've been playing Code Monkey on NPR, the attorneys around the office have been singing it. It's really surreal.

Legacy

Bionic Monkey wrote:

Robert Khoo wrote:

i can assure you at least one of the people on that list has already been confirmed.

Khoo, can you tell us if there's been any progress getting Freezepop (or if you're even pursuing them for the show)? I know Tycho said he'd like to see them there, but that's a far cry from an official announcement.

I doubt they're going to announce that until at least a month or two before PAX...

Captain Cthulhu

I think it would be totally sweet if there was a place for bands of us PAers to play. Perhaps a smaller stage, or a less popular time.
Maybe I'm just saying that because I'm in a band, but I don't think I'm the only one.

b0wser

I'm working on a metal VGM project oriented around Square stuff.

As for money and artists-- when I asked the Minibosses what it takes to get them somewhere in North America, they said "paid flight, gear, and a bit of accomodation", and the NESkimos said the same. I'm not going to talk smack about mc, because I heard enough of it last year-- but maybe he just needs to ask that those costs be covered? I have no idea, but it's his own choice to make.

john_zoidberg

I'm just throwing this out there again: Patton Oswalt needs to perform at PAX 2007. He is the voice of the nerd comic in all of us (well, me, at least [I'm not too funny]).
Cheers!

The Geek

I am still voicing my opinion that Weird Al should be approached to play at PAX.

I'm sure he'll be in the middle of his new tour by August of next year.

doublehawk00

coulton has to bring john hodgman with him

because coulton has to be coming you guys

djdoomike

doublehawk00 wrote:

coulton has to bring john hodgman with him

Agreed, Hodgeman is one of my favorite writers

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Fo0dNippl4

Dear god, please let it be FSR!

Captain K

I just saw Mike Relm's name in the OP--has he ever performed at PAX? Or was he slated to?


I saw him do a set this fall, he was opening for Del tha Funkee Homosapien, and he blew my fucking mind. I'd love to see him again, and since I've decided I'm for sure attending PAX '07, it would be fantastic to hear he's even a remote possibility.

Legacy

Captain K wrote:

I just saw Mike Relm's name in the OP--has he ever performed at PAX? Or was he slated to?


I saw him do a set this fall, he was opening for Del tha Funkee Homosapien, and he blew my fucking mind. I'd love to see him again, and since I've decided I'm for sure attending PAX '07, it would be fantastic to hear he's even a remote possibility.

He was slated to perform last year.

But since he canceled about a week or two before PAX with only an email stating "Mike Relm will not be able to perform at PAX" and nothing else, I don't think he's being invited again...