US dates

I'll be wearing black face for Sean

I will yell TRI REPETAEEE in BK.

I will pull an orubasarot and drive around with a mini camcorder and yell and scream and bare my teeth at people in line

I will do yoyos too close to Sean's face.

I will blend in with the crowd and enjoy the show.

Also Vancouver show ticket arrived. Yuss.

I will stay in the back and sexually harass other spectators.

I'll be wearing this at the show if you want to say hi.

I'll be the one parked in the alley with a black windowless panel van with a sign on the door that says "PLS ENTER HERE FOR TASTY, FUN, REAL, SAFE FREE AE TIX. PLEASE ENTER!"

Just look for the plate!

  On 6/16/2015 at 5:47 AM, drillkicker said:

I will stay in the back and sexually harass other spectators.

  On 6/16/2015 at 10:48 PM, jsmcpn said:

I'll be the one parked in the alley with a black windowless panel van with a sign on the door that says "PLS ENTER HERE FOR TASTY, FUN, REAL, SAFE FREE AE TIX. PLEASE ENTER!"

You guys just might just give the venues reason to increase their security.

  On 6/14/2015 at 6:09 AM, autopilot said:

 

  On 6/13/2015 at 7:31 PM, drillkicker said:

I haven't been to an ae show before, and I haven't been to U Street before. What should I expect there? Would you recommend bringing my earplugs to this show? Ever since that Swans concert, my hearing has been pretty awful so I want to be careful from now on.

 

 

You should bring earplugs just in case, but in my opinion you won't need them at U-Street. The venues/parties with legit sound systems properly calibrated by soundguys who know what they're doing (like U-Street) should actually not give you tinnitus at all.

 

I'd definitely bring them, any decently loud sound for more than a few hours will cause permanent hearing damage. Shows always sound clearer listening with earplugs anyway

Good call on the earplugs. I'll make sure to bring some too.

I plan on yelling "ITS LIKE A MOVING VISUAL...AN AURAL PAINTING"

please no one yell anything

  On 6/16/2015 at 11:02 PM, Danny O Flannagin said:

Shows always sound clearer listening with earplugs anyway

Yeah, that's sort of why I want to bring them. Whenever a show gets too loud my hearing ends up distorting about an hour into the set and at that point I can no longer discern the individual sounds and it all just sounds like a big distorted mess to me. Not all shows do that, but louder ones like a lot of metal shows always do.

  On 6/17/2015 at 12:27 AM, YELLOW said:

I plan on yelling "ITS LIKE A MOVING VISUAL...AN AURAL PAINTING"

SSSSTOP IT

i plan on yelling this

lol

Definitely do use earplugs on the show no matter what others may say. Their music is incredibly loud and full-spectrum. (tinnitus owner here)

What earplugs do you guys recommend?

  On 6/23/2015 at 9:57 AM, secularlove said:

What earplugs do you guys recommend?

Etymotic ER20 (or Hearo Hi-Fidelity plugs, which are the same thing), but it's a bit of a pain in the ass figuring out which size to get the first time (basically buy both the large and the "standard" (small) and try them and eat the cost). And I usually bring a pair or two of cheap foamies that will cut 32 dB, just in case it's absolutely brutal; though the foamies muddy the highs too much. The ER20s will only cut around 12-20 dB with less of an impact on clarity, though there is still an impact.

Also make sure you twist them when you pull them out, I fucked my eardrum on Saturday at a concert with an absent-minded pull-out, and I totally knew better. So no ringing or muddied sound post concert, but two days of ear popping and painful yawns). Oops.

  On 6/23/2015 at 10:48 AM, baph said:

 

  On 6/23/2015 at 9:57 AM, secularlove said:

What earplugs do you guys recommend?

 

Etymotic ER20 (or Hearo Hi-Fidelity plugs, which are the same thing), but it's a bit of a pain in the ass figuring out which size to get the first time (basically buy both the large and the "standard" (small) and try them and eat the cost). And I usually bring a pair or two of cheap foamies that will cut 32 dB, just in case it's absolutely brutal; though the foamies muddy the highs too much. The ER20s will only cut around 12-20 dB with less of an impact on clarity, though there is still an impact.

 

Also make sure you twist them when you pull them out, I fucked my eardrum on Saturday at a concert with an absent-minded pull-out, and I totally knew better. So no ringing or muddied sound post concert, but two days of ear popping and painful yawns). Oops.

 

couldn't have said it better myself.

  On 6/23/2015 at 10:48 AM, baph said:

 

  On 6/23/2015 at 9:57 AM, secularlove said:

What earplugs do you guys recommend?

 

Etymotic ER20 (or Hearo Hi-Fidelity plugs, which are the same thing), but it's a bit of a pain in the ass figuring out which size to get the first time (basically buy both the large and the "standard" (small) and try them and eat the cost). And I usually bring a pair or two of cheap foamies that will cut 32 dB, just in case it's absolutely brutal; though the foamies muddy the highs too much. The ER20s will only cut around 12-20 dB with less of an impact on clarity, though there is still an impact.

 

Also make sure you twist them when you pull them out, I fucked my eardrum on Saturday at a concert with an absent-minded pull-out, and I totally knew better. So no ringing or muddied sound post concert, but two days of ear popping and painful yawns). Oops.

 

See, I wasn't sure if I should go the ER20s or the ETY Plugs. The Etymotic website has an ETY Plug combo w/ both sizes for the same price as the ER20s which is quite tempting.

I don't go to concerts much, but my right ear hasn't been picking up bass all that great lately and higher frequencies are beginning to hurt. Thanks for convicing me to go with Etymotic though!

  On 6/16/2015 at 10:57 PM, ambermonk said:

 

  On 6/16/2015 at 5:47 AM, drillkicker said:

I will stay in the back and sexually harass other spectators.

 

  On 6/16/2015 at 10:48 PM, jsmcpn said:

I'll be the one parked in the alley with a black windowless panel van with a sign on the door that says "PLS ENTER HERE FOR TASTY, FUN, REAL, SAFE FREE AE TIX. PLEASE ENTER!"

You guys just might just give the venues reason to increase their security.

 

this place already has a little bit more of a fascistic mid 90s SF club vibe to it, the bouncers act tougher and there are more of them than necessary for the space. definitely not as casual or relaxed as places like Public Works or F8

  On 5/28/2015 at 10:19 PM, Rpeg said:

 

  On 5/27/2015 at 9:08 PM, mildos said:

 

  On 5/27/2015 at 8:49 PM, impotentwhitecapitalist said:

will be at the Orlando show in a stretcher w/ an IV drip if need be

I can't believe it's at the Social. I can't wait!

 

Cool, didn't know there were Orlando WATMMers. The Social is probably my venue of choice for this, I am so fucking pumped.

 

 

Some questions -

 

1. Does Ae usually sell swag?

2. How "live"/distinct are their shows? Thinking of catching the Miami show the next day because holy shit Ae is in the united states.

 

I logged back into watmm out of sheer excitement for this tour. Still in disbelief they're playing in the downtown of my city...and in a venue small enough to smell their sweat wouldn't mind running into others from here though. Already taking two buddies, one of which is yet unfamiliar with ae