The saga continues:
As you may know there are competing These United States and Jukebox the Ghost shows this Saturday (at the RNR Hotel and The Cat respectively). They’ve played Fort Reno before together and just as we were starting to wonder how they would, so to speak, split up the coffee shop, a letter arrived courtesy of TUSA, which, all its (heated) comments you can read here:
Last night, Jukebox the ghost responded:
Dear These United States,
Your letter is greatly appreciated. It will be filed appropriately in this month’s catalog of fan mail, though we must say that we found the experience of reading your overly worded missive to be similar to breathing in the rot of our countries faltering economic state. Which economic state? That of These United States. In layman’s terms, we are blaming you for Tuesday’s 700 point drop in the stock market.
Your “music” sounds as old as you are.
Speaking of your “music”: You call yourselves “alt. country?” You are neither “alternative” nor “country”. What kind of a “country” band lacks an Appalachian dulcimer? Are you serious? Do you even HAVE a jaw harp? A musical jug? Get a clue! Learn to play the spoons.
If you recall, we asked you to join us at the Black Cat and perform together, but you claimed that your fan base was too old for the Black Cat and needed ‘chairs’ if they were to stand for more than half an hour. FOOLS! There are chairs in the back!
Also. Jesse. . are you truly such an abhorrent creature that you cannot keep the same band members from tour to tour and show to show? You spent a month on tour and used a different backing band every night. . . you’ve played with more men than Andy Dick - and you aren’t even a D-List celebrity.
Further, i see that you have just played the “Cake Shop” in New York City; have you really been reduced to playing bakeries?
We were hurt by your words, aggrieved by your attacks, tortured by your text, lesioned by your letter,
We are finished,
Yours with utmost sincerity,
JUKEBOX THE GHOST
dadada…
October 2, 2008 at 11:03 amI think both these bands have silly names.
October 2, 2008 at 11:31 am“Further, i see that you have just played the “Cake Shop” in New York City; have you really been reduced to playing bakeries?”
hahahahahahahahaha
October 2, 2008 at 11:44 amMichael, I think you’re on to something.
October 2, 2008 at 11:48 amthanks for the photo credit, jerks.
October 2, 2008 at 11:53 ami stand corrected: photos in BOTH posts by the uno and unly: Shervin Lainez
October 2, 2008 at 11:56 amPretty funny. If only their music was this entertaining…
Viva la TUS!!!!
nu uh
these photos were not taken by Shervin Lainez.
THEY WERE TAKEN BY SETH KALLEN MWAHAHHA
October 2, 2008 at 12:21 pmTHIS IS HILARIOUS.
October 2, 2008 at 12:57 pmApparently the delicate timbres and sonorous tonal juxtapositions of early Billy Joel was instrumental in the development of their “sound”.
October 2, 2008 at 1:20 pmsuch perfect flippancy has never before been achieved
October 2, 2008 at 1:38 pmDon’t insult me like that, punk.
October 2, 2008 at 1:45 pmbrilliant, absolutely, brilliant
October 2, 2008 at 2:04 pmExtremely punchable.
October 2, 2008 at 3:49 pmoih mann of geez! thiis iz so muhc fun fr evryione and evrybutty! i liek themb bothg but jesze kristebn has my faviret spatula for flipning griloed cheese sangdwiches in rainbowz fun in smiles to// plz go se juekzoex the ghjost play n tel tehm too alwayszs
October 2, 2008 at 3:50 pmpukebox the joke!!!
ps. what the f is wrong with billy joel. hes awesome.
anyone who is talking shit on these bands should eat a dick. they are all incredibly talented musicians and are even better live.
October 2, 2008 at 4:20 pm
ooooh this is starting to get ugly. haha
October 2, 2008 at 10:45 am