CONFIRMED INVADERS:

Muse2NOPharaoh
Anxiety
madartista!!
tackam


LOCALS CONFIRMED

endorphin74
LABound
CarrieMpls
violett
RipHer2Shreds
TMPletz
lovemachine
Raspberrywoman
EskomoKisses (+1 )
handclapsfingasnapz
paisleypark4
HobbesLeCute
jillybean
HiinEnkelte
TangeyPeaches

Alright, since there's only a small amount of out of towners we're keeping it kinda light and to the basics. We've got some general ideas, but we'll post an official itinerary close to the date.
Here's what we're thinkin:

MinneVasion (10/21-10/22) 2005

Friday night - The best way to see First Ave is at a live show. endorphin74 will be giving you the details on this fabulous evening.

Saturday - 2pm - Meet & Greet Uptown in a cute restaurant in Calhoun Square called the Independent. Yummy food and cocktails. Plenty of room to, well, meet and greet each other. If the weather's nice, folks can tool around Uptown after, walk down to the lake, flip through the vinyl at Cheapo, whatever.

8-9pm - Meet somewhere in northeast (locals call it nordeast) Minneapolis. We're still picking a bar for the first of the evening, but then we're taking ya'll to a few more fun places after that. A bit of a pub/club crawl mixing gay and straight, trancey-techno to pop and finishing w/a DJ who'll play our Prince requests.

And that's all folks. Short and sweet, but a darn good time.
[Edited 10/3/05 8:12am]

Endo presents: The Friday Nite Plan!

We will be enjoying some LIVE MUSIC at FIRST AVE!!!!

Friday, October 21
Main Room 6:00 PM Doors 7:00 PM Show/ All Ages
89.3 THE CURRENT PRESENTS THE DECEMBERISTS
with special guests CASS MCCOMBS
$16.00 advance
$17.00 door



Thanks to Anxiety, I've fallen in complete LOVE with this band this summer.

This is a bit pricey if you aren't familiar with the band, so people may decide to wait till the Saturday events, but anyone is welcome! Remember this is an ALL AGE show and First Ave is non-smoking now!

curious?

here's a bio from the First Ave site:
by Linda Seida

Colin Meloy leads the Decemberists, a five-piece outfit whose pop sound has listeners comparing the band with the likes of Neutral Milk Hotel and Belle & Sebastian. Meloy, who hails from Missoula, MT, is the main songwriter for the group. Rounding out the lineup are Ezra Holbrook on drums, Nate Query on upright bass, Jenny Conlee on accordion, and Chris Funk on theremin and pedal steel guitar. Frontman Meloy previously devoted some time to an alternative country group before breaking off to pursue his craft as a singer/songwriter in the city of Portland, a period that eventually led to the Decemberists' formation. He also holds a degree in creative writing. In addition to her duties on the accordion, Conlee also plays piano. Funk is the band's newest member. Before Hush Records released the Decemberists' first album in 2002, the group put out an EP of five tracks. Their full-length debut, Castaways and Cutouts was re-released that same year on the Kill Rock Stars label, and the band began to accumulate a serious fan base. 2003 saw the release of Her Majesty, another fine collection of theatrical indie pop with british folk sensibilities that further cemented their growing reputation as a band to watch. The following year they released the five-part epic EP The Tain, based on the 8th century Irish poem of the same name, followed by their third full-length Picaresque in 2005.

THE DECEMBERISTS web site:
http://www.decemberists.com/

Somebody kick Hobbe's ass for me. I can't be there.

This may be the saddest sticky in the history of the org.

endorphin74 said:

Fuck.
Someone sponsor my trip!

LoL
Can I sleep over, Carrie?

I was just in Mpls last week.

SATURDAY!!! IM THERE

(lord how I love uptown it's rediculous...well because Of Cheapo)

CarrieMpls said:

Can I wear my badge from last year's invasion?

I'm 99% positive I'm in for both Friday and Saturday

Ya know, you guys have organized this date for the DAY AFTER I get back to France! I will be visiting my parents in Omaha for a few weeks...


Shuckaroonies! First the Prince night, then this! I miss everything.

EskomoKisses said:

Make it 100% !

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

Done!

EskomoKisses said:

Thats better!

saturday's a definite yes...friday, i dunno.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Saturday is the day for me. I'll be working Friday night.

SATURDAY IS GONNA ROCK!!!!

HamsterHuey said:

Shall we start a collection?

GangstaFam said:

I've got $30 Who else is in?

EskomoKisses said:

I can probably come up with some Best Buy gift certificates.

There's a free download of the Decemberist's song "Engine Driver" on Amazon.com

Just search for them under popular music and click on any of their albums and scroll down a bit

I've been listening to the samples and I likes

EskomoKisses said:

good tip!

HamsterHuey said:

of course you can! You're welcome any time!

endorphin74 said:

bloody hell!!!talk about short notice!if i'd known well in advance i might have made the effort to come.

endorphin74 said:

EskomoKisses said:

LoL

I love you lot.



I will dream of you tonight!



Esp Gretch!
Luv ya, grllll

cammille said:

http://www.prince.org/msg/100/157580 Posted 08/19/05 Oh dear...I'm a smartass this morning

A'right, my bestest friend (and maid-of-dishonor) Fer wants to come with me to Mpls...BUT she says she'll only come with if we're having t-shirts again this year (she got one of my leftover ones from last year...).


Anyone interested?

If not I'll just let her pout

EskomoKisses said:

only if they're pink

CarrieMpls said:

I could do pink bright or pastel?