First timer--Hello!

The This Thing in Portland absolutely fucking RIPPED!!!

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Youā€™re in good company! Iā€™m an English teacher and weā€™ve got another one who works on KGLW.net, too.

You can post your experience as show reviews. Weā€™re also always looking for blog content, so if youā€™d ever like to write something more substantial for us, just say!

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Itā€™s like, my expectations for my first shows were so high, I sorta expected to be disappointed, but then it actually went the other way. As a live band experience, they actually exceeded expectations.

Rock out with that show, bro. Iā€™ll be streaming it!

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This was my experience last year. Got into the band in 2017 during the massive album dump. It took until 2023 to make a show between family job and Covid. I did the 3 Rimlicker shows in WA. I had massive expectations and they were so far surpassed, and Iā€™m a vet of 30+ years seeing shows, so it takes a lot to blow me away. This band is doing things on a level that Iā€™ve only seen a few acts reach. Itā€™s special. Cherish it and letā€™s hope it can last a looong time.

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Boston was my 20th show. Tour may get exhausting sometimes but the shows never get old. I always meet so many amazing people. My friends ask me how I can see the same band so many times and honestly, I keep coming back for the vibes and positive energy (and for the pipe dream of hearing Vegemite live). Itā€™s really indescribable until you get out there and experience it.

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Dude, I have composed long-form writing (over 10,000 words) that I would like to contribute to the Blog. I should probably give it an additional, final once-over tomorrow, but please let me know how to go about sharing it here. Thanks.

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Also, Iā€™m not sure of the best way to do it, technically, but I could include some pics and short vid that I snapped at the showsā€“including what I described above of Stu crowd surfing right towards me with an inflatable dinosaur bouncing behind him. Itā€™s pretty fantastic.

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This sounds like something weā€™d like to publish. Please send it to us at team@kglw.net. Include photos if you can.

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Looking forward to reading this ! Thanks to all who do what they do for this site !

I composed it in GoogleDocs and Iā€™m now trying to embed photos / video from my phone (Iā€™m not the most tech-savvy dude). Will email as an anyone-can-view google doc link later today. Let me know if I should share it in a different fashion / medium.

I literally wrote it with readers of this website, as well as my friends, as the intended audience. Itā€™s highly self-indulgent personal narrative about my music fandom and my KGLW journey. It is rated R for language (kinda like the boysā€™ language in concert) but otherwise I donā€™t think there is anything objectionable within it. I am eager to share it later todayā€¦ just in time for the school year to start (when I canā€™t spend time on personal projects like this!). Cheers.

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Sent. Photos were successfully added but not the videoā€“I canā€™t seem to get my iPhone to share video into a GoogleDoc. Attached the vid to the email. Am happy to work with you (or anybody) to make that successful.

Thanks, Wheels! Iā€™ll get this shared with our editorial team ASAP. Weā€™ll get back to you as soon as we can, though Iā€™m headed to the show tomorrow night so there might be a bit of a delay.

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word. Iā€™m tempted to share the link with all my friends right nowā€¦ but want to wait to force them to have to give this page the clicks! :>).

All good. I know the writing / editing process takes time.

Just from reading this enthusiastic post, I knew you were my show neighbor from Portland. This is my first time using this forum, hopefully this posts.

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Jan!! Sure is, brother. You and Eve are in the narrative.

I hope you will enjoy my writing. Hell, I just hope anyone finishes it. It isā€¦ long.

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