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Post by w2zero on Mar 11, 2004 19:58:20 GMT -5
My favorite car shows happen where a bunch of people meet to form up for a cruise. This is art on the move, a rolling sculpture that requires far more than static display to enjoy or even understand. Two cars pulled off in a parking lot comparing notes makes more sense than another Good Guys show.
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Post by Jill62 on Mar 12, 2004 10:29:08 GMT -5
Good Guys is so huge it's ridiculous. I attended my first one last July and will never be back. And what do you get for the outrageous entry fee??? Nothing but a plastic bag with ONE Good Guys catalog to buy more of THEIR merchandise. For such a big buck show they had the worst band I've ever seen, and had them play 6 times in two days! Also on Saturday night, once it hit 5pm the show cleared out and died. What's up with that? I've been to some great shows where we're cruising and mingling til 1am.
In my opinion it's one big opportunity to kiss Boyd Coddington's butt for three days. No thank you.
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Post by Jill62 on Mar 12, 2004 10:37:56 GMT -5
I agree with you on the cruise-in's. Although I will admit there are some "mega-huge" shows that I annually attend, and have for many years. But nothing beats your local 50's diner havin' a cruise on a warm summer night, local friends & folks, with some greasey food and maybe a great dj. And if we're talking about my fav hang-out, Wink's, we have a band every Fri. and Sat. night.
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Post by 62mercfan on Mar 12, 2004 10:48:06 GMT -5
hey....this is chris from the other "guest posts" i've just been to lazy till now to remember my rediculous password... but i agree on the cruisins too...its not really a big competition and people will actually try to understand what a Meteor is at these hehe... and for music... if anyone plans on doing a car show anytime soon, I have a band that plays anywhere we can. We're called Concept and are all instrumental rock/metal and i'll have to say we dont suck  i hope to see you guys at some shows if my car will make it before the engine swap happens |
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Post by Jill62 on Mar 12, 2004 16:04:28 GMT -5
Hey Chris,
Are you familiar with the band the Belairs outta Fort Wayne? No one seems to know what happened to the bass player. I miss the one I nicknamed "Smiley". Ya know, too many teeth for his mouth. Anyways, the new one is killing that band.
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Post by 62mercfan on Mar 12, 2004 16:30:20 GMT -5
hmm no i'm not. what kind of music is it? we're kinda isolated down here in North Vernon...yes....i said Down here in North vernon....ah well anyways... i havent heard of them......if i lived closer maybe i could help them out with the bass problem since i can play bass also. ;D
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Post by Jill62 on Mar 13, 2004 11:46:21 GMT -5
They're rockabilly, four guys. And this would happen to be a stand up bass. Something very appealing about that big ole instrument. Holy smokes.
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Post by Stella62 on Mar 15, 2004 18:49:53 GMT -5
Dang and stuff. Is the new bassist stand-up too? You gotta be good to pull that off. I tried stand-up and besides the fact that it's durn heavy, it's.........hard to play! I'll stick with my Warwick Corvette standard 5.
Speaking of favorite car shows (oh yeah, the topic), mine is coming up in April, Fabulous Fords Forever in Anaheim, CA. Tons of fords. I go put my Bronco in it's spot and avoid the Bronco mob and head straight for the Mercs. Of course the Mercs are all together 100 yards away from the Fairlanes on the other side. Personally, I'd like to see one family, so those cool Fords and Mercs can hang together. Specially since our Meteors and the Fairlanes share so many pieces and good charm of course.
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Post by Jill62 on Mar 16, 2004 11:51:24 GMT -5
We've got an all Ford up this way too, in April, Columbus Ohio. I'm just hoping the weather is decent and I don't get parked by the dumpster.  |
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Post by 62mercfan on Mar 16, 2004 14:05:59 GMT -5
i'd have to agree with you on the warwick corvette....stand up is hard definately....i like frets myself...and for now i'm stuck with a Peavey Fury II. oh well anyways about that all ford show in columbus, do ya have any info on that? thats one i could probably make...even though i'm not near being done it'll be awesome to get an early start ;D
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Post by Stella62 on Mar 16, 2004 19:48:21 GMT -5
Yeah, frets are good.
Lets hear about that FOrd show, I like Fords too. ....oh darn...I'm like 2000 miles away and my engine is out. Lookin like I'll miss it this time!
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Post by wcc on Mar 16, 2004 23:18:14 GMT -5
i went to good guys too and its was to d**n big.any way some of my fav shows are the ones the just kinda happen in auto parts stores and country kichen parking lots, you get to see alot of local cars that way and i know that my meteor is going to be in the next one i see, its not in that good of shape but not many people have seen a meteor before so somone is bound to look at it.
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