Two words, sweet jesus.

I'll second that!!!!
great show!! 2 fucking hours! that was probably the best boro show ever!
thank you for paid to think!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i had the whole audience backing me up on this one......but it seemed everytime i yelled a song the rest of everyone started in aswell......very crazy! nice kareoke version of thursday.....the audience was louder than matt!!
like the new shirts!

they played 'bumble bee' because i requested it. rollum looked right at me when i said it and went 'yeah! let's play bumble bee'. made my fucking night. had an awesome spot right in front of matt. too bad i was next to some guy who kept on knocking into me. best features show ever. EVER!!! I mean, come on, they played 'jet' for christ sakes!

JET never sounded so good!!!!! as much as i love wings...they put it to shame! best show ever!

Best show ever. The cameras at the beginning made it weird (although I also had a video camera.. but you know what I mean), but everything after that made up for it. That video better turn out awesome. Beautiful. This is the last show I can go to till August cause I'm going home to Virginia for the summer. Great way to end it!

5-2-2002
The Boro
________
Buffalo Head
Blow It Out
Walk You Home
The Damage is Done*
Leave It All Behind
Darkroom
Someway, Somehow*
Kari-Ann
Burma
The Idea of Growing Old
Exorcising Demons
See You Thru
Temporary Blues
The Beginning
The Design
Moonlight
God Save Rock'n'Roll
2 x 2
Jet
Action
33 1/3
Paid to Think

ENCORE:
Bumblebee*
Stagecoach
Armani Suede
Circus
Thursday**

*first time played
**very, very fast ending

Ah, the Boro.  Home of monster Features sets.  I mean, can you argue with this setlist?  The Boro was only about half full (Thursday night + lots of other shows in middletn).  I had what I call the 'Parrish mix' (side stage, by the back door).  The show started out pretty tame, but when they played two new songs, I had a suspicion, and when they played Burma that early in the night, I knew for sure that we were in for a special night.  The new songs were both OUTSTANDING.  The first one was vintage Features - very catchy, interesting beat, angular bassline, great chorus.  The second one was a little more outside the box.  As I said above, to me it really sounded like Suicide on the verses, with that beat and that organ riff, then it had a heavy prechorus and a really great melody on the chorus.
At the end of the set, I thought I was going to witness a paranormal event, because Thursday was not played.  I heard a rumor that it was going to be retired, but alas, they played it, but only after Bumblebee(!), Stagecoach, and some others.  I don't know if I'd call it the best Features show ever, but it was damn close.

(Edited by jamiecarroll at 9:22 pm on Sep. 6, 2002)

this show was one of those shows, when features geeks are talking on the net about great features shows years from now, most people in the discusion from middle TN will lie and say they were there.

i was a pearl jam fanatic and i used to get jealous when people would talk about the night they played blah blah blah for the first time back in '91 in front of like 60 people or so and so did this and it was the best show ever...

well i was lucky enough to be there this night

shut your face, they played bumblebee? pardon me while I go slit my wrists.

that was an AMAZING show.. i almost didn't know if anything could top the exit/in show but it was so beautiful tonight! they were all rockin' and the funniest part was rollum watching the guy with the big video camera and saying, 'let's make him feel weird now'. it was totally awesome. bumblebee, everything about it. i liked it not being so crowded. hey, heyitsbriggs, you live in VA? me too. where? (and do you think i could get a video? i'll pay you) hope everyone knows that the features are gonna make it big soon, how could they not?

So I saw two people videotaping. Which one was HeyItsBriggs and which one was BrianW? Who had on the khaki shorts/vest? Also, it was nice to meet Featuresgirl.

I can't believe I missed Temporary Blues...now all that remains unplayed (of my favorites) in 2002 is Don't Lie...

There were two of us officially shooting for The Features. I was not the guy with the big camera. I had a smaller one and stayed by Parrish for the first few songs then made my way around to occupy a booth right next to Matt. If you noticed a camera pointed at you quite a bit that was most likely me.

how was the my tyger?

All you people can go to hell.

P.S. I'm pretty sure I saw them play Bumble Bee once around the time the EP came out (for those saying it was the first time).

the new songs were amazing, i love to hear new features songs for the first time-- the keyboard part on the 2nd new one was really rad (excuse my 80s adjective).  this really was a spectacular show, full of energy, and all the guys seemed pretty relaxed (such is the case with most boro shows).  and i also enjoyed the less-packed boro. i could actually walk to the restroom without bumping into 74 people.  and it was awesome to hear temporary blues, burma, the design,  jet, bumblebee...those songs should become set regulars.
very fun show!

ps thursday at punk rock speed! who knew that rollum could play that fast & with that much energy after already playing a 2 hour set? he is to be congratulated.

that's what I thought Keith I could have sworn I've heard it before but it seems like it was just Matt playing a little piece and not the whole band - I really like the way they played it last night -

my over all thoughts of last night

very solid boro show it's always great when they play for almost 2 hours and I was glad to capture some of the rarer stuff on tape and I was just glad to see yet another great rock show by one of the greatest bands - one of the highlights for me would have to be 'jet' and I hope this song stays somewhere in the rotaion for future shows - these are the kind of shows that you expect to hear at the boro just put the boys on stage and let it rip - a guy who was seeing the features for the first time last night said 'these guys just never take a break do they' - no they don't from the time they step on stage it is a non stop rock show and for the few in attendance last night it sure was a treat and again I will be offering this show as a b&p in the next few weeks so just keep your eyes open for that it may involve a contest of some type just to make it interesting

I was just a dude in the crowd with a camera. I was standing in front of Rollum. My tape is hardly 'official.' I ran out of tape during Exorcising Demons. However, I did get the two new songs, including all the false starts.

Hey Briggs, didn't mean to say anything by 'official'. I didn't know of anyone else shooting other than Chad and I which was my point. I didn't recall seeing anyone else with a camera. Let me know if your footage turns out well. We could probably use it.

No.  Matt did play 'Stark White Stork Approaching' a handful of times at shows last summer, but as we all know, 'Bumblebee' is a different song. 'SWSA' is 'Bumblebee's chipper little baby sister (Sorry 4 the pun).

(Edited by jamiecarroll at 4:24 pm on May 3, 2002)

yes yes how could I ever question jc stark white was the song I was thinking of sorry for doubting you jc

jamiecarroll, are you sure i met you? i don't think so, unless you're the guy from my tyger... ? who knows. i might have. anyway, i just didn't know it was you.

Oh, sorry. I guess I didn't meet you.

no, are you the guy from my tyger? that's who i met.... ben? i don't know.....

i was the guy in the very front who never stoped moving , i think i bumped over everyone around me it was so great , but then there were a few of the people who were not so happy about getting bumped in to every now and then .... maby you forgot you were in the front row of a rock show ? Matt didnt seem to mind , in fact he cam up to me and shook my hand after it insted of me going to him ! wow , to me they are like superstars so i was so happy , at then end when they were playing thursday he looked ant pointed at me and told me to come up and sing ...... i just blushed and froze .. how could i possibly follow up the features ! lol , he just laughed and played on , but later he just gave me and my friends the mic and we all sang , it was so great , i am so happy they come , Matt should start saying your welcome after songs insted of thank you

OK..I just got home from Nashville...I came a day early for the show at the Boro, and I stayed for River Stages.  There is only one thing that I can say about the show on Thursday night. It's this: my friend asked me what the best show I saw while I was there was tonight on my way home.  I told him that The Features show was more enjoyable to me than No Doubt's or Incubus's, and I have been a big fan of both of those bands for some time. SO, that's all that needs to be said.  I am SO glad I made it. My roommate, who I took with me, is hooked now, too.

why would anyone go to riverstages? it's like death in the district x10 - there has only been a few good acts to come through riverstages and most people didn't even notice because they don't go for the music just the beer and underage women

There were underage women there? Damn!

This was my first River Stages, since I live in Johnson City and all.  And, underage women? I guess I qualify into that category, although I saw MANY others who did not. Overall opinion about my weekend: The Features rocked, and the rest is just details. You know?

jc I listened to the tapes and the first new song has lyrics of 'boy you've really done it this time' and I don't think the 2nd new song has lyrics I could not make out a single word

StephanieW do you know the wrangler? did he turn you on to the features?

Do I know Joe (thewrangler)? Yeah. He was in my Psych class that I just got finished with. I didn't even start really talking to him until I saw him at a Features show, actually. He has burnt me some Features stuff that I didn't have, so that has been a HUGE help. But, yeah..we're friends. He, another guy, and I are on a campaign to save Rock and Roll here in JC. I helped give out flyers and that kinda thing for his last two shows here before Elaine left for NYC.  He told me he knew a lot of you all, too...

I was there for the Elaine show at the otter with the bitter pills, were you? The bitter pills sent everyone running and blew a PA speaker, awesome. Wrangler, his bandmates and myself were the only ones clapping.

ah, the bitter pills were freakin awesome. just because i value my hearing doesn't mean i think they sucked. i didn't run-i endured and decided covering my ears really distorted the quality of their sound so it was better to view from the hall way glad to see you made it home ok. were my directions alright?

yup, directions were fine.

I didn't get to watch them, unfortunately. I will be at their next show. I would have definitely been one of the other ones clapping...Johnson City needs a savior when it comes to music. Everyone likes local rap-metal and general crap here. Lord...that is a whole other topic in itself. But, no, I didn't get to go. I will be there for future shows for sure. Will you?

More than likely, especially if they happen while I still live in Knoxville.

the bitter pills make me want to choke down a fistfull of bennies, steal some of william tyler's clothes and listen to the nuggets boxset all night. i love to be rocked.

So when are they playing again? Do you know Joe?

they are playing here in knoxville on may 18th. back from the trip wrangler? hope all went well. speaking of willy t, i just grabbed a flyer frim last weekend's superdrag show and he's in the picture!

at the pilot light?

yes, at the pilot light.

I'm actually off on the 18th, so where are they playing at?

between the 'a' and the 't'

ok what I got for the name of the first new song is 'you've really done it this time' and as for the second one my best guess is 'don't wait for (me)' you can hear the 'don't wait for' part and I'm assuming it's 'don't wait for me'

A......at the Pilot Light, Knoxville, TN......T

OK I got it now. I overlooked that other message about the venue. Anyway, I talked to Joe last night, and I should be there.

I just got the CD of the Boro show. It is just as amazing on record as it was live. Well no, being there was better, but it's still really really really awesome.

Right on.

So, I am listening to a bootleg of this show, and I was thinking...
The Features should have another May 2nd show this year. It falls on a Friday, and it would be a great way to celebrate getting out of school. Last year, I left right after a final with my roommate, checked into our hotel, and rushed to The Boro to see them. I would love to be able to visit them on May 2nd this year, too.
For those of you that remember, this show kicked ASS. You know what? If you were there, you MUST remember.
OK. There is my suggestion.

Yes, they should.

The Features should also have a show on June 27th, the night before YDDD's and my wedding. We have decided that going to a Features show would far surpass any sort of batchelor/batchelorette party we could have (though we wouldn't have, since we think they're both dumb).

So there you have it, Features. You must play on both May 2nd (though probably not likely at the Boro) and June 27th (preferrably in Nashville).

Maybe I should also put in a birthday request? August 7th.

Hey, if we are making birthday requests I might as well throw in May 12th. Stephanie, maybe we can compromise and get the show to be inbetween May 2nd and May 12th. Then we are all happy!

That would actually be perfect, b/c my birthday is the 6th! But, that's a Tuesday night, which usually isn't too happenin'. Maybe the 8th? Alas, I'm just dreaming.

For the past 3 years I've had a show on or within in a day of my birthday. Yay Jan. 10th

My B-day is gonna fall on get this, Father's Day June 15th I have to share my day with all the dad's in the world. I keep on checkign pollstar for like bands and I haven't seen anyone listed that I would like see, I wish the features could play a show in Nashville Like sometime that week! Hey, I'll be 21 and then I'll be able to get into the Slow Bar and all of those other places so I have my fingers crossed.

i hadn't read this thread in a while. oh my god. what i would give to have another show like this for may 2, 2003.......i would pay upwards of $20 for admission (and match that at the merchandise table). i would give up talking for a week (i've been meaning to learn sign language). i would allow them to brand me with a features logo at the door (free advertisment). i would give up a kidney (you don't really need two, right?). i would give up my second born child (you don't really need two, right?). and so on and so on.

that's enough with my pathetic begging...

no wait.....please please please please

ok, that's definitely enough.

Wait, didn't we in a previous post decide that they probably won't play the Boro again after a whole bunch of drama?

i would just be happy if the features played another show in the Murfreesboro/Nashville area this month......just one more......just one more....

it would be really nice if they played another show........please play another show......preferrably an all ages or 18+ show......please......

Uh-huh. So this year's 5-02-02 show would have to be somewhere else. If outside, The Red Rose would be nice - or in another tent somehwere! If inside, Exit In or 12th and P.

Yes, pleeeeeease!! I really dont care if its all ages or not, my addiction is so strong right now that no matter where its at I will find a way in. 12th and Porter would be good. Anytime from late April to early May where my brother could get me in would be super.

no kidding. it's getting to be a dry spell. openers don't count, in my opinion. so it's been far too long. that "April Shows" forum needs some *cricket chirps*. i've been checking the shows page religiously the past few days. i'm going to snap if it says the next one is 21+.

yup, if I had known about this drought before hand, i would have made the trip to ky and forced my friends to stay at the knoxville show. I forgot who said it, but I'd pay $20 to see the features right about now...

me too

Take note, Rory. Take note.

Uh-oh. Looks like Briggs was dead-on with the "saving lunch money to get 20 bucks" comment. That's alright though, if they do raise the price my little "Features Fast" will only last a few days.

How much is school lunch these days? If I remember correctly, a Prime Time Pizza, fries, and a chocolate milk used to be only like $2.00.

Depends on what you get. You can go through the hot food line where you get a meat, veggies, and milk for 1.60 or something. I usually go through the snack line where a slice of pizza or burrito is 1.60, fries are .85, cookies/muffins are .50 and they also have lemonade and iced tea and lots of other junk, as well as tons of vending machines throughout the school. My momma gives me 2 bucks everyday for lunch and I mix and match what I get.

I usually blow .75 on a twix 3rd period, then get a muffin and a drink for lunch and bum and apple or something off other people.

(Edited by rachel1808 at 8:35 pm on Apr. 8, 2003)

I go through the lunch line and get a slice of rectangle pizza and (usually) pretty nasty french fries for 1.75. Then I go and get a Vanilla Coke for a dollar. My mom gives me 3 dollars for lunch each day.

Man, that beats the hell out of the 6-10 dollar lunches of working life, accept for the crappy food part.

(Edited by mike_D at 7:40 pm on Apr. 8, 2003)

Yeah, now that I think about it, the Prime Time pizza (the round thicker-crust one) was more. It was the thin rectangle slice that was so cheap.

I thought they were taking the vending machines out of the public schools. I used to get a Twix or a pack of Dunkin' Stix out of the machine sometimes.

except*

Yeah, and it's not even crappy. When I say pizza, I mean they have Papa John's cater and the burritos are made by Taco Bell (not fresh of course).

Uh, yeah, so like Mike said...

Hey, it's better then the crap we had in elementary school.

My elementry school got in the paper for having their food not cooked enough.... And a lot of roaches all over the place. Man, I'm glad I don't remember much from them.

Right, I'll start proofreading for you damn grammar and spelling nazis. I know the difference between accept and except, I was typing quickly. I'm happy to say that even though the detail notes are spelled wrong, the buildings still stand up. My ignant ass only be an arkeyetekt, gud ting comprooters so dang smar. (The preceding was meant only as a joke, I could care less, I mean lesser)

Ok, topic at hand: I had a friend in H.S. who wouldn't eat the cheese on the rectangle pizzas so I always got double. I don't know if that made it taste better, or just more filling.

(Edited by mike_D at 8:58 pm on Apr. 8, 2003)

Ha, sorry! Actually, I don't think I have ever done that before. I'm pretty awful at grammar too, and it usually annoys me when people take thier time out to correct other people. Afterward I was like, "Why the hell did I do that?"

Do you accept my apology? Hehe..

I'll tell you what really annoys me...

not when someone corrects you honestly, but when a very close friend, who knows that you know your english skills, lies in wait for you to slip up while typing something on the internet. The internet for christ's sake. And they don't do it just to you either, but everyone who ever makes any mistake. And they're assholes about it. And they laugh about it nonstop as if they're god's gift to grammar. And then they turn around and make the same goddamn mistakes.

I think Damon *might* know who I'm talking about.

Hmmm...

I had a friend who, for as long as I knew him (2nd through 12th grade), would cover the entire surface area of his rectangle pizza with ketchup. This always made me shudder. Those pizzas kick ass, by the way, when not covered with ketchup

than*

Rectangle pizza was the best. Period. My roommate used to take the cheese off of the top and eat it separately. Then, she would roll up the crust and eat it like a burrito. When I was in Gatlinburg this weekend, a few places smelled like that cheap pizza, and I was wanting some big time. The place we went to eat after mini golfing sold mostly sandwiches and hotdogs, so I was pleased with that, too.

Did you play "Hillbilly Golf"? I believe that's in either Gatlinburg or Pigeon Forge. I absolutely loved that place. It may very well suck, but I remember enjoying it thoroughly. That place...and a place in Panama City Beach ("Pirates's Cove" I think is the name) are my favorite miniature golf courses.

A little off topic but hey, the last few posts have been about grammar and school lunches. I want them to play David Lipscomb again. I had fun. Plus, it's extremley close to me and all ages.

I want the Features to play at my house. They could play an acoustic set so they won't disturb the neighbors. I'd like to see Roger with an upright bass. Maybe I could get U2 to open for them.

Hmm.. Do you think if I start saving up now I could hire The Features for my sweet sixteen? (Minus the U2)

I try to only correct the spelling/grammar of the people who come on here just to piss people off and diss The Features. It seems to annoy them more than arguing. I don't like it when people type "a lot" as one word, though.

When did Mike get so saucy?

That also upsets me.

I prefer sassy. I really don't know why I did that last night, sometimes I can be a dick. I must have been upset by the phone call I received from a girl I didn't care to talk to earlier in the evening. Sorry for being rude.

(Edited by mike_D at 11:01 pm on Apr. 9, 2003)

Did somebody say sassy?

Sassy is probably my favorite word of all time.

I think mine is norepinephinergic (see St. Paul topic). Either that, or burgle (see top 5 lists topic).

that's the 2 for 1 deal

I never was a fan of the school pizza. I knew several people who ate their pizza like that, and it disgusted me to no end.

In seventh and eighth grade, though, we had "mexican pizza", which I think was hexagonal in shape, and I loved it. That was the only time I bought my lunch at school (Fridays I think). I think it had beef and chedder cheese on it. It sounds disgusting now.

I too only bought my lunch on Fridays for the pizza. I, however, hated the Mexican hexgonal pizza. Long live the rectangles.

Another good school lunch item (this topic is about school lunches, right?) was the sausage biscuits. I think they had a clever name, but I can't remember it. Anyway, I wouldn't touch sausage now, but it was the shit then. Along with slim jims, which I also would never eat now.

When I was in high school, I always said the only thing I would miss would be the sausage biscuits. They were so good. I've been a non-meat-eater for a while now though...so now I miss absolutely nothing about that hell-hole. I also used to love slim jims and beef jerky when I was really little.

I always liked school hamburgers, while most people disliked them. I never did find out for sure if they were soy or just partially soy, but that's probably why I liked them, because they didn't taste like real meat.

since i was a vegitarian throughout high school, i didn't experience the joys of cafeteria food, thank God! i was the dorky kid who packed their lunch everyday, but it was better than eating fried okra and "veggie sticks" (whatever the hell those are because they aren't real vegetables). i'd have to say that there is one thing I miss about high school.....the giant chocolate chip cookies....mmmmmm. everything else about high school sucked. i never want to go back to that redneck breeding ground.

(Edited by Charlotte at 11:45 am on Apr. 11, 2003)

the cookies are amazing. bout half of my friends bring and half buy so its not really "dorky" to bring lunch at my school.

I always buy my lunch because I'm too lazy to pack it. And because my mom pays for it.

I just never have good lunch-packin foods at my house. Sometimes I'll pack my lunch the day after we go grocery shopping.