Comments on: Midnight at the Liberty http://madphilosopher.ca/2006/01/midnight-at-the-liberty/ Because being mad is all the rage. A personal weblog of Darren Paul Griffith. Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:44:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: webley_webster http://madphilosopher.ca/2006/01/midnight-at-the-liberty/#comment-403 webley_webster Tue, 14 Mar 2006 01:24:45 +0000 http://madphilosopher.ca/?p=249#comment-403 Hello mad philosopher! I was surfing around seeing if anyone remembered my old band and I stumbled onto your blog. Thanks for your kind words about Midnight at the Liberty! For your own edification: the Liberty was a movie theater in suburban Baltimore, where I grew up. They showed midnight movies to keep us kids out of trouble, but they did an awful job of it. The movies were always too quiet and sometimes they weren't even entirely on the screen! They'd hire tons of security just in case we got "out of hand"--laughable, since we were just a bunch of harmless middle-class suburban kids--which created a really weird, tense vibe. It was the 70s, so of course we were all high. Does that about cover it? Oh yeah, Jimi Plays Berkeley is a Jimi Hendrix concert flick. No one in 5 Chinese Brothers was Chinese. We took our name from our favorite children's book, and it was a mistake. People either expected a band of Chinese musicians or an REM cover band (they have a song called "Seven Chinese Brothers") and we were neither. Some people were offended, which was the worst, and of course no offense was meant so we were mortified. Anyway, thanks again for your review. Keep supporting music you love. Musicians really appreciate it! Best, Tom Meltzer Hello mad philosopher!

I was surfing around seeing if anyone remembered my old band and I stumbled onto your blog. Thanks for your kind words about Midnight at the Liberty!

For your own edification: the Liberty was a movie theater in suburban Baltimore, where I grew up. They showed midnight movies to keep us kids out of trouble, but they did an awful job of it. The movies were always too quiet and sometimes they weren’t even entirely on the screen! They’d hire tons of security just in case we got “out of hand”–laughable, since we were just a bunch of harmless middle-class suburban kids–which created a really weird, tense vibe. It was the 70s, so of course we were all high. Does that about cover it? Oh yeah, Jimi Plays Berkeley is a Jimi Hendrix concert flick.

No one in 5 Chinese Brothers was Chinese. We took our name from our favorite children’s book, and it was a mistake. People either expected a band of Chinese musicians or an REM cover band (they have a song called “Seven Chinese Brothers”) and we were neither. Some people were offended, which was the worst, and of course no offense was meant so we were mortified.

Anyway, thanks again for your review. Keep supporting music you love. Musicians really appreciate it!

Best,
Tom Meltzer

]]> By: Ben http://madphilosopher.ca/2006/01/midnight-at-the-liberty/#comment-289 Ben Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:12:10 +0000 http://madphilosopher.ca/?p=249#comment-289 I like it. I used to listen to this kinda 'alternative country' all the time in college (physics, represent). I'm not really up on who's hot these days, but Wilco is one band that evolved from the flock. Back then (circa '96) the Jayhawks, Sonvolt, The Old '97s and Whiskeytown were pretty popular. Btw, I've been inspired by your running log (not to mention your Canadianess, 30ness and being-in-China-ness). Think I'm gonna post one of my own. (Remember me? You commented on my Star Wars rant a few months back.) I like it. I used to listen to this kinda ‘alternative country’ all the time in college (physics, represent). I’m not really up on who’s hot these days, but Wilco is one band that evolved from the flock. Back then (circa ’96) the Jayhawks, Sonvolt, The Old ’97s and Whiskeytown were pretty popular. Btw, I’ve been inspired by your running log (not to mention your Canadianess, 30ness and being-in-China-ness). Think I’m gonna post one of my own. (Remember me? You commented on my Star Wars rant a few months back.)

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