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Philly Soul

Thu May 29, 2008, 12:35 PM
I just returned from Philadelphia and the East Coast Oi Fest. Man, what an adventure!

The first night was very anti-climactic. Right before the 4skins played, a bunch of boneheads started heiling and throwing glass bottles at everyone. Nobody could really get at them to toss them to the door and/or beat them to the floor, although a lot of kids sure did try! The security was cowering the whole time - wimps! Eventually the police came into the building and took them away. Nobody I knew was scooped up in the action, and I can only hope only the boneheads were taken off in the paddy wagon. I thought that the 4skins would play after that, but they didn't! They rescheduled til Sunday. So, I drove back to Philly where I was staying.

I did get a chance to visit the scooter shop out in Philly. It was very tiny! I saw a lot of Stella, but no vintage Vespas and no mopeds! I wished I would have brought at least one of my bikes, because the city seems so fun to ride around in!

My favorite bands from the show were the Hub City Stompers and Flatfoot 56. I only saw half the Traditionals set and totally missed out on the Tradesmen. The 4skins played in the middle of the day on Sunday, and I guess I just wasn't into it that much at the time.

The best bar ever is Tattoed Mom's.

I almost ran out of gas on the 9 hour drive home and now I've totally overdrafted my account. I am pissed.

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~Sortoftalented:iconSortoftalented: May 29, 2008, 3:21:56 PM
I got a buddy here in Indianapolis who went to Oi Fest. Said it was fun. :) He said it is awkward being a Queer Skin and having a bunch boneheads start stuff.

i love The Traditionals, Flatfoot 56, and 4Skins. Also was the band Stormwatch there? Their a good oi band. Also, The Bloody Irish Boys are pretty cool. I used to live south of Allentown in Coastville and Downington. :) I hope you enjoyed yourself with the exception on the wickedly evil boneheads >_>. I hate them. >:( I probably would have got in a fight. I short tempered. :)

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I'm drunk and I just came back from AA, I can't judge anybody.
~WaywardDistrict:iconWaywardDistrict: May 29, 2008, 3:27:30 PM
They were cowards... a real fight is man to man, fist to fist. Plus - who spends $30 to NOT see the 4skins and to start a fight? Obviously, people who have no working class pride.

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~Sortoftalented:iconSortoftalented: May 29, 2008, 3:33:33 PM
Agreed. :) I'd spend thirty bucks, see the 4skins, see a whole bunch of other awesome bands and join the crowd in kicking the shit out of a bunch of racist boneheads who don't know what it truly means to be working class and to be a man! :D

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I'm drunk and I just came back from AA, I can't judge anybody.
~WaywardDistrict:iconWaywardDistrict: May 29, 2008, 3:40:02 PM
I have no beef with people based on politics, but when you come to ruin my party, i'm a gonna have to bust your ass. I was in the balcony when the bottle throwing went down, so I wasn't scared. I was hoping it would turn into a brawl and then I would go help out. The glass was so dangerous, though. My boyfriend went downstairs to help out the Chi-Town crew and see what was up and he stood in the line of fire for about a minute- that scared me! I was worried he'd get nailed by a broken bottle, but he was quickly moved to the side by some buddies. whew!

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~Sortoftalented:iconSortoftalented: May 30, 2008, 4:20:40 AM
lol. Bottles are nasty. :)

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I'm drunk and I just came back from AA, I can't judge anybody.
~KillerCliche:iconKillerCliche: Jun 2, 2008, 1:40:16 PM
I wish I could have been there :) Bottles suck though

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When they kick out your front door, how you gonna come?
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~Montygog:iconMontygog: Jun 3, 2008, 4:34:23 AM
Tattooed Mom's is one of the best bars in Philly, they have another bar on the other side of town called Sugar Mom's, equally as cool.

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~whillikers:iconwhillikers: Jun 4, 2008, 6:42:24 AM
hah, we just missed each other. i was at a show in jersey but went to west philly right afterwards and hung out with some kids who had just went to that.
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