VNV Nation Pastperfect screening - A pre-emptive rant

[Jhani Vandolay]

I went to a cinema pre-release thing for an upcoming VNV Nation dvd last night. While standing in line, goths to the left, rivetheads to the right, I notice just ahead, a suspicious grey baseball cap. I nudged Kelthana, pointing giddily. We walked up and introduced ourselves, (I didn't catch his name though with all the backround noise), and went back to our place in line. Two minutes later, his friend takes off his jacket to reveal an Allakazam's t-shirt underneath. Freakin' cool, I think. We are everywhere.

At the end of the Q&A, they did a drawing based on ticket numbers for a bunch of people could go out to dinner with Ronan Harris. The other EQers won one of the draws.

So my question is, where is the post about the dinner, Mr Safehouse Regular? Nosey Inquiring minds want to know! (If you're crashed out with the band right now I guess it's ok.. but you better make with some details when you wake up. :P)

P.S. Sx, we saw you in one of the clips! Not to claim the status of a "real professional" in any one endeavor has been a small price to pay for the many benefits and pleasures of trespassing. ~Leo Lionni

[Greldek]

soon as the safehouse store comes back up I think i will get a hat and a shirt.. hmm not that that really has anything to do with this topic since I don't even know what it was you were talking about really.

~

[EZ_Mdar kelf]

god. i hate you so much!

when VNV nation was in chicago i wanted to see them so badly! but alas, i'm the only one in this hick town that seems to know about this glorious group.

/em educates the masses

maybe i should buy a safehouse hat sometime soon.... Mdar Kelf Wizard Rtal Rogue [i]Test your sig Here
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[EZ_Andurian]

/jealousy

[EZ_Failkan]

for the record, I don't read much other than the Root Cellar, unless I'm directed otherwise. there is, unfortunately, too much crap in the open forums nowadays for me to waste time on. Failkan Stonefoot-Kickshaw
Redeemed Assassin of Rivervale
Once a Blade, always a Blade.
Cry havoc! and let slip the dogs of war!

May your Backstabs be high, your agro low, and may the mobs always face away!

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[EZ_Prenn]

The live recordings from the futureperfect tour were kind of weak, is the performance better actually live? Sensei Pren{Dragon Army}[Tribunal Server]
So I take shelter in tomorrow
Tomorrow will bring a brand new day
Think I can make it right tomorrow,
Think I need more sleep today...

[EZ_Failkan]

was the performance better, the rogue asks. ha. the whole show KICKED $%@ - the entire room was riveted. however, some of the audio was not actually from the shows - some jerkoff stole the audio tapes from some of them. Edited by: Failkan at: 10/19/03 10:13 pm

[freonsmurf]

Hmmm, maybe I should get some SH gear.

All I get from my offline gear is..

What does that mean?

What does that mean?

What does that mean?

Can I see your shirt?

What does that mean?

Huh?

It's only wrong if you get caught.If consequences dictate my course of action I should play GOD

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[EZ_Prenn]

Rogue?
(Sig left in for a reason.) Sensei Pren{Dragon Army}[Tribunal Server]
So I take shelter in tomorrow
Tomorrow will bring a brand new day
Think I can make it right tomorrow,
Think I need more sleep today...

[EZ_Failkan]

fine then, monk. so wtf are you doing on a rogue board?

[Glip the Gnome]

Just call him Plebs, he likes that :P

[ShadowCross]

Pfft
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[EZ_Blusco]

I'm about 98% sure that the rogue was Failkan, and his Allakhazam-wearing friend was Danariel. Failkan posted a big piece about the event in his Weblog, if you're still curious. Blusco Kickshaw-Stonefoot
Enraged and Redeemed Hobbit Assassin, Bristlebane
()pener of Locks, Retriever of Corpses
Getting into places I'm not wanted for 65 levels

Slapstik, Gnome Enchanter of Bristlebane
IDoNotTalkFastYouListenSlow!
Jalen
Aracoix Scout of Deception

Kraggar, Dwarf Priest of Deception
TAO - The Ancient Order Edited by: Blusco at: 10/21/03 12:36 pm

[Llabak Tharr]

You know what saddens me? The fact that chances are 10 years ago, I'd probably have been enough into the alternative music scene that I'd have some @#%$ clue who Jhani was talking about, and I could say "oh man, I wish I could have gone" or something like that.

What makes me anguished is the fact that Jhani is the same age as me, and so I can't even blame it on being old!

I do know the lyrics to every song Raffi has ever sung, however. And I can do most of the Wiggles dances by heart.

[Jhani Vandolay]

Thanks Blusco. He already posted a bit about it in the RC. It was cool that both sets of people made posts about it.

[Meddik]

This is a Rogue Board?

[Elerion]

/echo

[EZ_Prenn]

Alternative? You are an old man, that's really an insult. I overplayed VNV nation during an appropriate period of my life, so many of the good songs don't have the force they used to have (Saviour , Solitary, Standing, Dark Angel...), but it's good stuff.

Alternative is now the term for stuff like Pdiddy and blink182.

ps: You all need to learn yourselves some Apoptygma Berzerk if you like techno/electronica. See my sig. I'd include it again in this post for the purpose of the link, but I think Glip would be upset.


edit: seriously, I have no idea how my sig snuck in there. Edited by: Prenn at: 10/22/03 10:23 am

[Llabak Tharr]

fuxor!!!

[Nocte]

Ah Llabak, but can you point your fingers and do the twist? Those are mad skills that supersede any DDR scenester.

[EZ_Failkan]

I enjoy Apoptygma, but they don't seem to have the same... depth of feeling and meaning that VNV does. maybe it's just a personal thing; some of Apop feels really commercial, as if it's been written to sell. I don't get that vibe from VNV. if anything, meeting Ronan and talking to him deepened the meaning I derive from his music. all the VNV tracks you listed are good, Prenn, some of my favorites. can't forget Kingdom, Honour, and a whole buncha stuff off Futureperfect, though - Genesis, Beloved, Airships, Fearless, Holding On, Structure. heck, each song individually, and the album as a whole, are good. Edited by: Failkan at: 10/22/03 9:30 pm

[EZ_Prenn]

One thing about APB is the surprising variety between the songs, very few sound remotely alike. Their (His? I read the biography, but I can't really tell if it's still two guys or just one) remix of Fade to Black is simply beautiful. Eclipse, spiritual reality, until the end of the world, paranoia (admittedly I prefer a remix to the original), and the rest for the most part is energizing, uplifting music. There's a few that are slow and depressing like Burning Heretics and another that I can't recall offhand, with my music collection unavailable to me :/.

VNV nation is definitely a heavier, darker tone. I don't know how I didn't list Serial Killer, probably the most dramatic song I've heard by them. Strangely, one of their older ones too. I won't claim to have heard all of either band's songs, though I think I've heard more VNV nation (through futureperfect, the newer stuff I havn't gotten) than APB. There's sort of limboy area in the chronological middle of their music, with stuff like Voice, and Cold, and a couple of other that sound nothing like the earlier serial killer or the later futureperfect and the songs you and i listed in this thread. The music instills sorrow, or anger, or loss, or remembrance of scenarios similar to the lyrics. Things that you still can't let yourself forget, even if you want to. I definitely can associate VNV nation with a time in my life, which I can't really do with APB. Overplaying music really angers me, it'd be nice if our brains forgave us and we could get that 'fresh feel' back again.

Perhaps it's the difference between loving life and praising the fallen. You need both. Likeminded emotions probably draw on oneanother, when you're happy, you don't want to be sad, and when you're sad, you want remembrance that you're not alone.



We're not mino, cause we're on topic. Sorta.