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Also I found it interesting that in the article is said Dan was big into soccer in high school. Like a jock type..never saw it

If USA wasn't in the same group as us (ENG) then I reckon you lads would do well in this years World Cup.

I don't know if you guys are interested in football (soccer) but I can see USA being one of the top teams in about 15 years time. USA spends a lot of money on sports and more and more is being pumped into football.

In the UK schools are given less money for sport in favour of Head Teacher pay rises. I can't see the future being so bright for English football.

It's cool that Dan played a bit of nogger. Real mans sport.

Here are some direct quotes from the article that I found interesting, parentheses are mine adding context:

Pat talking about the scene at Wanee (hippies): ""This is my worst nightmare come to fruition""

Pat's brother talking about the influence of Pat's break-up on Dan's songwriting off of Brothers: ""I think Dan wrote the songs from his own experience. But I think he wrote them for Pat""

On Pat Moving to NYC: ""He bought desgner boots, a $5000 dollar watch, and started hanging out with people like Kings of Leon and Mark Ronson. Auerbach calls him "NYC Pat.""

"Carney estimates they clear almost $2 million dollars a year"

On becoming big: ""They have no use for what Auerbach calls "indie-world" bullshit and make no secret of their desire to play bigger rooms, for more people and more money. Says Carney,"We want to be as big as we can without having to do anything that makes us completely uncomfortable""

On Dan's solo album and Pat's reaction : ""There was only one problem: He didn't tell Carney (that he was putting out a solo album). "I was fucking pissed" said Carney. "Everyone knew but me. I was mad at Dan. I was mad at our manager. I was mad at everybody."

On the Next Girl vid and Warner's involvement (Dan hated it immediately, and Pat grew to hate it, part I'm quoting is Pat's intial reaction: "It's called promotion" Carney says. "It's the first time Warner has ever spent money on us. You shouldn't be complaining." (after more review, this was Pat's response): " Shit is gay."

Wow interesting quotes. I may a free sub from TM ticket orders let's see if I get the issue.

I like how they are being very honest. If he didn't like Wanee then he def won't like crowd at moe.down. But hippies are teLly great crowds and a good loyal fan base if you ask me sure there are some bad seeds but it is like that with all types of people.

Good for them wanting to get more money and play bigger rooms good for them as for the 2 new "promo" vids no harm no foul since they aren't the real ones. I thunk they are fun and will help w promotion.

kepnerb, you're right. I don't think he was really talking about the hippies in particular more so jam bands and maybe the 'scene' in general

The complete quote is this: ""As some improvisatory guitar noodling comes wafting over the fence, Carney takes in the scene: "This is my worst nightmare come to fruition.""

Also a funny quote about their set at Wanee: ""When they finish, a sweet little hippie girl in a sundress and flip-flops turns to her friend, rubbing her ears:"That was loud""

Yeah I remember an interview of theirs on youtube where they are making fun of a picture of the violin player from String Cheese Incident.