#pappy and harriets

[internet-girl-friend]

Do You Believe In Masochism?

12:45pm

In November 2023 I flew down to Los Angeles to meet an internet friend irl for the first time. The plan was that he'd pick me up from the airport and we'd drive directly to Pioneertown together.

"Hey so can I borrow your phone to let my family know I arrived?" "You got into a stranger's car and drove out to the desert with no service?"

I did. But my trust wasn't misplaced, and anyway, how else was I going to see the elusive, cult pop sensation Sky Ferreira?

She played Pappy and Harriet's and came on an hour late in a cloud of weed smoke, and the show was perfect... despite that and the fact that a veggie burger I'd had at the venue before made me throw up during her set.

While nothing could ever really compare to seeing her with my long-distance friend in a small desert dive, tonight I will see her again and I won't have to listen to I Blame Myself from my knees in a bathroom stall (at least not because I'm sick).

1:44am

I just got home and my ratio of Food I've Eaten to Beers I've Had is not in favour of me waking up feeling ready to move on Saturday (the Uhaul is booked).

We all met at Fringe Café right across from the venue -- me, Braydon, Grace, Brandon, and Allison. I had a hot dog served in a Bahn Mi bun and it gave me fear that I might meet the same fate as I did during I Blame Myself (it didn't).

People were lined up at 6:00pm, all of them no older than 19. I laughed to Allison "she's going to be late, they don't need to be waiting." Doors were at 7.

We arrived in the venue around 8 hoping to catch the opening act; once again, too early. The opener simply did not exist and we waited until 9:45 for her to get on stage, paying $8 for a goddamn PBR.

Before she came on, I heard two girls in the bathroom say "my 12 year old self is quaking," and another girl one-upped by saying that her 11 year old self was quaking. I was quaking as I was and I felt as though I might not be changing as much as I should be, and if I have been, I might be changing so much I was comin' back around.

I don't want all of these posts to seem as though I am complaining about being old when in reality I am quite young, but it just seems like being 20 is in trend right now or something. I don't think that I am caring for my inner child by liking music for over a decade; I think it is just good music.

Last time I saw Sky she played an encore -- Red Lips. This time she did not no matter how badly we begged. Both times she seemed decidedly shy. She wore huge sun glasses and a reflective jacket probably meant to keep people like me from getting the shots they wanted -- fair. Her vocals get better and better; she hit every note and has adapted the melodies so beautifully since she released Night Time My Time in 2013. I imagine that for me, seeing Sky is what Swifties feel like. She is such a significant part of my music and identity development and NTMT is an album I simply have not and will not outgrow.

I danced the entire time -- too enthusiastically to really see what the crowd was all about but I could sense from the space that I had to dance that the show wasn't close to sold out. They actually downsized the venue. It was supposed to be at Vogue which has about a 1200 person cap to Hollywood which has about a 700 person cap. To me, this is insane. Seeing her live is like seeing an ethereal cryptid.

I always want her to play the Ghost EP but it's wishful thinking in the same way that truly believing Masochism will ever actually come out is. Brandon and I joked that if we spent the $80 she was asking on her long sleeve that one day it will sell for $2000, which won't matter because we didn't buy it anyway, and if we did, we'd never part with it. Masochism was slated to come out this year. She's got three months and I am waited with bated breath. I fear I might suffocate.

COST OF THE NIGHT:

We got guest list for the show so it was free.

Food & beer: $15.00

Beer x 2 @ venue: $17.00

Beer @ tertiary venue which I didn't even write about: $9.00

Money sent to me by a Mystery Man <3: +$10.00

Total spent: $31.00

I will tell you right now, I cannot afford to be doing any of this, but I sure am having fun.

Must pack. Until next time (Saturday when I have another show).

[michaelchallpics]

And in more uplifting news: this lady (Tasha Cooney is her name) filmed a lot of the princesses concerts (and more?) when they were on tour last year and hopefully soon a video will be published with some of her footage.

A strong woman…and a friend to the band.

[hatecomeseasy]

Seeing Electric Chair, Trash Talk and Suicidal Tendencies live back to back last night at the Thrasher event was bad ass. It just sucked that they cut out suicidals sound mid song. Didn’t even get to play institutionalized smh

[aurinkomoukari]

I have a feeling this tour is going to be the friggin’ death of all of us 😁💀

[sophaeros]

arctic monkeys @ pappy & harriet's palace, pioneertown, ca, usa / 18/04/2010 (x)

[lsdunesarchive]

tuckerrule: Throwing it back to playing drums on everything but drums 🥁. Thank to @nickdemarais and @patdemarais @cheersdude__ for the sick snaps 🦂🧡🔺🌵 #cheersdude #warmup #drums #nodrums #LSDunes #desertDunes #joshuatree #pioneertown #pappyandharriets

[mikeywayarchive]

Instagram story by mikeyway

[Apr 11, 2023]

[jeffcbliss]

Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders - Pappy + Harriet's; Pioneertown, CA (10-4-23). @ChrissieHynde @ThePretendersHQ

Photo: Jeff Bliss

[rockinshots]

Gilby Clarke & The Keef Richard's packed Pappy & Harriet's last night. Gilby and his all-star band consisting of Sean McNabb on bass (Dokken/Great White), Jimmy D'Anda on drums (Bullet Boys/ Lynch Mob), and Teddy Andreadis on Keyboards (Guns N' Roses/Alice Cooper).

What a Fantastic show!! 💥🤘🔥

[10paper20heart]

[chickrawker]

Stars SYOF 20th Anniversary at P&H Pioneertown 10/20/24

I was very excited when Stars announced this tour and there was a Pappy and Harriet's date since P&H has been on my show bucket list for a long time. This was my 15th Stars show, they come in second on my list (NIN being first as you may already know.) They played Set Yourself on Fire in its entirety and then we got bonus songs and an encore.

Stars

Set Yourself On Fire 20th Anniversary Tour

Pappy and Harriet's

Pioneertown CA

10/20/24

Your Ex-Lover is Dead

Set Yourself on Fire

Ageless Beauty

Reunion

The Big Fight

What I'm Trying to Say

One More Night

Sleep Tonight

The First Five Times

He Lied About Death

Celebration Guns

Soft Revolution

Calendar Girl

Hold On When You Get Love and Let Go When You Give It

Trap Door

Look Up

Take Me to the Riot

Pretenders

Dead Hearts

Elevator Love Letter

Encore:

My Favourite Book

Snowy Owl

This show was on the outside stage (max capacity 800 but it felt like the crowd was more around the 500 size). Mostly a good crowd, lots of singing and enthusiasm. Since P&H is pretty much in the middle of nowhere, everyone traveled to see them so quite a mixed crowd. I support their Patreon so they did a meet and greet before the show where I gave Amy a bracelet (I've been making these for shows) which she wore for their set. I was a little horrified that it would break and send beads everywhere but it did not and am very happy that she wore it.

This band can send me off the emotional deep end of sadness AND joy and am happy to report there was more joy last night. I knew HOWYGLALGWYGI would be hard for me and it was and I cried but it felt good. Also My Favourite Book brought tears which was also unsurprising.

Lots of video on insta if you want to check it.

[sinceileftyoublog]

Walter Etc. Live Show Review: 9/21, Subterranean, Chicago

Walter Etc.

BY KEITH MILLER

Last Saturday, on the downstairs stage of Chicago’s Subterranean, stood a California folk-punk band with a variety of names. As Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra, they were a traditionally acoustic outfit that, when playing live, tended to plug in. Nowadays, they haven’t broken up but fully embraced their electric side as Walter Etc. They’ve signed to SideOneDummy, toured Europe with Jeff Rosenstock, and opened for Slaughter Beach, Dog at legendary Joshua Tree honky tonk Pappy and Harriet's. Lead singer Dustin Hayes has made some seriously good connections. And now, with Pavement playing four miles south of Subterranean at Riot Fest in Douglass Park, Walter Etc. had nonetheless sold out a tight venue space in order to play 2014's Walter Mitty album Well Soon from cover to cover.

The space got tighter and more intimate as local opening bands What’s Vital and Sunday Cruise delivered their sets, thrilled to play a sold out show during Riot Fest weekend. (The latter especially took the stage with energy, humor, and stellar vocals. They were even kind enough to offer up their setlist, which reads like a poetic heartbroken letter to a meter maid.) But the audience was howling as Walter Etc. got on stage. Well Soon’s opening song, “Compersion,” didn’t exactly bring the house down, but it led into the fast-paced, existentialist “Post Graduation Oblivion,” a song that I--yes--played on repeat immediately after graduating college. Throughout the entire set, Hayes told jokes, laughed with the other band members, talked about the album's significance, and even dissed the slowest song on the album, “Chamomile”, all while keeping the show moving. After the last song came to an end, a track titled “Auntie Earth”, the band kept right on, playing tunes from Walter Mitty albums Overwhelmed and Underdressed and Cliche Definitions of Success. Though Walter Etc. played nothing from the albums released under their current name, the energy and attitude of a punk show was alive and vibrant.

I got a chance to meet Dustin Hayes briefly after the show. He and I have exchanged messages from time to time over Instagram, as we’re both fans of the author Larry McMurtry. I usually send him a message telling him about some new book I’ve read. As I wrote this review, I realized that I forgot to tell him to check out Terms of Endearment. Maybe he’s already read it. Who knows? Anyways, if you have a chance to see Walter Etc. on tour, definitely pop in and say hello. Either way, keep them on your radar. There’s talent and dedication in their sound, and they're a band you don’t want to sleep on.

Sunday Cruise setlist

[ohvolewheredidyougo]

can’t believe glass animals are playing music from their new album only 7 hours away from me right now.

[uhbasicallyjustmilex]

Arctic Monkeys - Potion Approaching 💚

Pappy and Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace 18/05/10

[aurinkomoukari]

😳 bro is going HARD jesus christ 🔥

[sophaeros]

under control - the strokes live on conan (2003) // arctic monkeys live at pappy & harriet's palace, california, usa (2010)