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Ra Ra Riot & Walter Meego - 2008 Tour Dates

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Tickets are on sale for an October 17th Ra Ra Riot / Walter Meego show at Music Hall of Williamsburg. All tour dates below...

September 2008:
3 Lambi (Montreal, QC)#
4 Horseshoe Tavern (Toronto, ON)#
5 Mojo's (Jamestown, NY)#
6 Bug Jar (Rochester, NY)#
7 Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)
9 The Basement (Columbus, OH)#
10 Case Western (Cleveland, OH)
11 Subterranean (Chicago, IL)#%
12 7th Street Entry (Minneapolis, MN)#%
14 Jackpot Saloon (Lawrence, KS)#%
16 Hi Dive (Denver, CO)#%
17 Kilby Court (Salt Lake City, UT)#
18 Neurolux (Boise, ID)#
20 King Cobra (Seattle, WA)#
21 Media Club (Vancouver, BC)#
22 Doug Fir Lounge (Portland, OR)#
24 Rickshaw Stop (San Francisco, CA)#
25 The Echo (Los Angeles, CA)#
28 The Casbah (San Diego, CA)#*
29 Modified (Phoenix, AZ)#*
30 Plush (Tucson, AZ)#*

October 2008:
2 The Loft (Dallas, TX)#*
3 Stubb's (Austin, TX)#*
4 Rudyards (Houston, TX)#*
7 The Social (Orlando, FL)#*
8 Club Downunder (Tallahassee, FL)#*
10 Drunken Unicorn (Atlanta, GA)#*
11 Local 506 (Chapel Hill, NC)#*
12 Black Cat Backstage (Washington, DC)#*
14 Ottobar (Baltimore, MD)#*
15 Johnny Brenda's (Philadelphia, PA)#*
17 Music Hall Of Williamsburg (Brooklyn, NY) #*
18 Middle East Downstairs (Cambridge, MA)#*

# w/ Walter Meego
%w/ Pepi Ginsberg
* w/ the morning benders


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Posted on July 25, 2008 2:04 PM

Comments (107)

I'll be the first to say it, and I'm sure not hte last...that cellist is slammin'.

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 2:16 PM

Ba Ba Boobies

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 2:18 PM

agreed

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 2:23 PM

yummy

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 2:26 PM

BOING!!!!!!

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 2:26 PM

i'd bone it,
pipe it,
hit it,
stripe it,

clip it,
whack it,
flip it,
smack it,

club it,
poke it,
rub it,
smoke it,

flail it,
lick it,
nail it,
stick it

most importantly, i'd tenderly caress it and whisper joni mitchell songs into it and feed it peach sorbet.

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 2:29 PM

dear 2:29pm,

but most certainly what you would not have the balls to do is actually say anything along those lines to her face because you're a pussy who undoubtedly spends his days and nights in your room jacking off to porn on the web and dreaming of conversation skills so that you can actually be around a real live person. but keep up with the great posts here because not only are they nothing to do with music, they sexist and sad. and really, we always need more of that!

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 2:38 PM

yes, we get it, allie's hot, but don't lose the focus that this is such a fantastic band. their album is going to be epic.

Posted by Anon | July 25, 2008 2:42 PM

the new album is on what and waffles. it's pretty fucking awesome.

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 2:51 PM

2:38 -- wish i could respond proper but i have got no conversation skills, not like u do, in fact i never left my basement b4, I dreem to be able to talk smart to wimmen for 1st time! i feel so ashamed, yr post showed me the lite!! Thank U so much!

Can u plz teach us all how to talk to Females and properly post about music for the bv world!?? Plz?

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 2:55 PM

"yes, we get it, allie's hot, but don't lose the focus that this is such a fantastic band. their album is going to be epic."

yes she is..no they aren't

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 2:58 PM

2:55 - you really might want to think about adhering to the phrase "think before you speak". not only did you come across sexist and illiterate in your initial post, you've now displayed your lack of humor.

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 3:00 PM

AGAIN! nothing about the music here. 2:29, your a sexist ass for making such a post and 2:38 called you out on it. if you can't make a decent comment here on the music, and, isn't that why we're all here, go play on one of the millions of other blogs out there set up to oogle at men and women. try any of the gawker family of sites.

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 3:02 PM

Actually, women, I thought 2:29 was hilarious. clearly a joke, let's not get uptight. We all have sisters.

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 3:02 PM

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

WOMEN GO BOO HOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 3:05 PM

>http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3171/2680220682_f6a3603833_o.jpg

she's gorgeous AND she knows how to handle an organ. WOWZA

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 3:13 PM

remember when this was a music site. not a "I'd hit that" comment section
oh back in the day

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 3:22 PM

Well not for nothing but if it wasn't for this girl I would care less about this band. Because of her I actually checked out their music and kinda like it.

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 3:23 PM

hey, 3:23, you'll be both happy and sad then to find out attractive men/women make wonderful cool sounding music and they also make music which sucks. and equally, unattractive men/women make kick ass music and music you never want to hear again. confusing huh? no, not really. if you don't judge a book by its cover, you should be just fine. didn't you mommy ever teach you that one?

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 3:27 PM

I remember one time seeing Warrent, Winger and Cinderella all on one bill. Oh, wait, sorry folks. That was a random memory which crept up there about a live music event from days long ago. I figured nobody would mind since there's apparently no discussion of music going on here.

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 3:30 PM

Yeah I already knew that you dipshit hipster.

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 3:30 PM

Puppies
&
Gumdrops

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 3:31 PM

Beth Ditto > RRR cellist

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 3:32 PM

But bad bands with hot members can still have fans, while bad bands with ugly members have no shot.
Hell, even good bands with ugly members have a lesser shot.

Bring back the seventies!

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 3:33 PM

wendy? darling? light, of my life. i'm not gonna hurt ya. you didn't let me finish my sentence. i said, i'm not gonna hurt ya. i'm just going to bash your brains in.

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 3:34 PM

My 3:23 post was the best one on this thread. Hands down. You can call me 'the truth' from now on.

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 3:35 PM

people find other people attractive and are sometimes really stupid about it. posting anonymously on a messageboard isn't going to change that.

but yeah, ra ra riot was one of the highlights of siren '08 for me, so this should be the shit.

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 3:36 PM

i have yet to hear their music, but the fact they've borrowed from Sun Ra for their name is enough to have me curious to hear what's going on. must check 'em out.

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 3:38 PM

Really liked Ra Ra Riot when I saw them at Siren. It's just a bonus that they have such a smoking hot cellist.

Posted by Hubert V | July 25, 2008 3:39 PM

Hey man it is what it is. I'd rather watch a band that has a hot chick in than a band with a bunch of unkept sweaty dudes with bad greasy hair. I guess I'm a sexist pig for admitting that I'm attracted to good looking women.

Posted by the truth | July 25, 2008 3:43 PM

"hey, 3:23, you'll be both happy and sad then to find out attractive men/women make wonderful cool sounding music and they also make music which sucks. and equally, unattractive men/women make kick ass music and music you never want to hear again. confusing huh? no, not really. if you don't judge a book by its cover, you should be just fine. didn't you mommy ever teach you that one?"

Everyone judges a book by its cover. That's how books sell. People are the same way. Don't kid yourself. Your silly equivocation in the name of equality says absolutely nothing to anyone about anything.

Posted by Crosseyed Sniper | July 25, 2008 3:43 PM

Annon 2:38: You gave that azzhole a real internet beat down. Nicely done.

Posted by Jaguar Gorgonne | July 25, 2008 3:44 PM

i bet the dude in that pic gives a good hummer

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 3:47 PM

Let's hear it for total lack of quality control! WOO HOO.

Posted by J | July 25, 2008 3:52 PM

^ hahaha. and more posts about hot women in bands 'cause that's what matters! not.

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 3:56 PM

clearly there are a number of bitter, unattractive people posting here

Posted by Joe Merrick | July 25, 2008 4:02 PM

i slept with the guy on the right, not bad

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 4:13 PM

I heard he gives a mean handjob...

wait for it...

the next comment: "why cant we talk about music on here i suck"

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 4:17 PM

Comments on this site used to be funny. Now they're just sad.

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 4:23 PM

why is talking about wanting to have sexual relations with a hot female sexist????
am i missing something?
please explain.

usually the woman who decry sexism in these situations are themselves fuckin' ugly and get no attention from guys. therefore, they take their hate out on men who express what is only natural, and that is too fuck hot women. wanting to fuck hot women is a natural and normal desire. why is it sexist to talk about it?

if a female mentions how hot a guys is and how she wouldn't mind shackin' up with him, how many men out there will think she's being sexist?

fuck these ugly butch-dyke feminazi bizatches!

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 4:34 PM

amen brother.

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 4:36 PM

"fuck these ugly butch-dyke feminazi bizatches!"

Case closed.
You lose.

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 4:37 PM

i was hanging out with a lesbian the other night. she was telling me how hot she thought this other girl was and how she'd "hit it."

does that make her sexist?

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 4:43 PM

hey person who said this: dear 2:29pm,

but most certainly what you would not have the balls to do is actually say anything along those lines to her face because you're a pussy who undoubtedly spends his days and nights in your room jacking off to porn on the web and dreaming of conversation skills so that you can actually be around a real live person. but keep up with the great posts here because not only are they nothing to do with music, they sexist and sad. and really, we always need more of that!

Go read a fucking bible. (that bitch has nice tits)

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 4:44 PM

Admiring a heaving bosom and distinguishing between good and bad music are not mutually exclusive activities.

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 4:49 PM

I just sort of think it's creepy when people gawk at my friend's pictures on the internets.

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 5:24 PM

um, i still think the guy on the right could probably chow some good box

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 5:27 PM

I am gonna buy a ticket to this show in the hopes that i could get booth of those fine indy pop kids to freak me

Posted by BIG_DONG_DYKE | July 25, 2008 5:29 PM

isn't it obvious that 229 was joking and poking fun at people who would make comments like that? at least that's what i got from it..

hey ladies....don't forget the beirut show thread where you all went nuts b/c zach had an engagement ring or something.

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 5:51 PM

first the Nas thread and now this? come on, I can't take any more. I still want to pretend there are good people out there!

and yeah, when a post with a picture of a band (that happens to have an attractive female member) garners variations on "I WANT TO FUCK HER" as the first several comments, yeah, that's gross (and no, it's not irony if you actually mean it)

nothing wrong with finding people attractive, but it's a matter of how you express yrself about it. maybe you're all very nice and respectful people that have no unhealthy attitudes towards women, but.... that'd surprise me based on your output

also. there's a unique social/power dynamic between men and women such that a man saying something to a woman has a very different meaning than if said from a woman to a man, or a woman to another woman. sorry to bust out the p-word, but patriarchy still exists and informs our power relations. check yr privilege

Posted by kate | July 25, 2008 5:56 PM

BOO HOOOOO!

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!


WOMEN WEEPING!

NO JOKEY ALLOWED!

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 5:58 PM

ive hit it

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 6:08 PM

big dong dyke say yum yum

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 6:15 PM

no woman can understand what it's like to be a man, with the testosterone levels and sex drive that we're, in general, born with.

just as men can't understand how it is to be PMSing or going through menopause, these angry anti-male women will never understand what a man in this day and age goes through, having to resist sexual temptation every day of his life.

although not socially acceptable, men's bodies evolved to make babies, to fuck many women, to keep the population going. women evolved to bear children. i'm not saying this was meant to be by some higher power. this is just Darwinistic evolution. it just evolved this way. it's called natural selection.

and no, i'm not saying that in our society, the purpose of men is fuck many woman and the purpose of women is to bear many children. as humans, we're more civil than that. but our fucking BODIES ARE STILL PROGRAMMED TO DO SO!!
SO TO THE ANGRY WOMEN OUT THERE, BE A LITTLE MORE UNDERSTANDING WHEN A MAN EXPRESSES THAT HE FINDS A WOMAN ATTRACTIVE, ESPECIALLY WHEN HALF THE WOMEN IN NEW YORK ARE HOT AND DRESS LIKE PROSTITUTES, IN THIS HOT STEAMY CLIMATE!!!!


Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 6:15 PM

relying on simplistic definitions of men and silly evolutionary psychology is weak. I know plenty of men who are not some kind of raging hormone monster that has no control over his mind or body... and hey, women have sex drives as well, btw.

no one's saying it's not okay to be attracted to people and have a sex drive. it's just a matter of how you use your sex drive to inform how you treat and think about women. You can be attracted to people without reducing them to their bodies (ala http://youtube.com/watch?v=qyEHvlNhX-c ) and turning the comment section into a sloppy cat call fest

but then, it's 2008, and it's not cool to be sympathetic to feminism, so, why even try..

Posted by kate | July 25, 2008 6:27 PM

What is big dong dyke programmed to do?

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 6:34 PM

I am SO GLAD i don't live in the williamsburg, greenpoint, bushwick area. you guys are all immature fucking retards.
it's embarrassing. i am embarrassed for you

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 6:36 PM

hey nylon just did a cool interview with them on their site
http://www.nylonmag.com/?section=article&parid=1766

Posted by whateva | July 25, 2008 6:41 PM

no woman can understand how it feels to have a raging woodrow wilson after seeing a chick with big thingys.

Posted by Anonymous | July 25, 2008 7:57 PM

this comment thread fawning over the cellist in ra ra riot is absolutely ridiculous.

their violin player is just as cute.

Posted by butternuts | July 25, 2008 8:10 PM

I love them but oh sweet jesus, is the album terrible. It's overproduced, and the vocals sound like fucking death. Download the daytrotter! It sounds 8.4 billion times better, I promise.

Posted by chitty | July 25, 2008 9:35 PM

Is Walter Meego the guy who did the discofied single of the Star Wars theme back in the day?

Posted by P.S. I'd hit it. | July 25, 2008 11:24 PM

dave sitek wanted to hit it but she refused and he cried and then he hit her and did it anyway. she pressed charges. Trial is tomorrow

Posted by Anonymous | July 26, 2008 1:18 AM

thats so fucked up. he bribed my friend to stop her from pressing charges. he love those booobies

Posted by Anonymous | July 26, 2008 1:20 AM

Very interesting... Where I can buy music of this people?

Posted by Sauron | July 26, 2008 1:46 AM

Am I sexist if I express admiration for other physical attributes that bring me delight to see, such as his and her respective face, arms, and/or hands? Both of the musicians look good to me. Sure, it's superficial, but I'm just sitting alone, looking at a computer. I'm not actually interacting with anyone in reality, but I'm still having a good time. Thanks for being Brooklyn Vegan.

Posted by Hessian scum | July 26, 2008 1:51 AM

BONER!

Posted by Anonymous | July 26, 2008 2:46 AM

are you serious? this album is 1.5 million times better then the daytrotter session which is awesome.

Posted by Robbie | July 26, 2008 4:23 AM

limoncello >>>>>>> cello

Posted by Danny DeVito | July 26, 2008 5:53 AM

Part of the point, Hessian Scum and others, is that you can keep it to yourself. The first bunch of posts on here aren't really appropriate in a public forum - you wanna joke around with your friends, where everybody understands where you're coming from and the irony that you're putting out, fine - but you really can't expect everyone in an anonymous public forum to be o.k. with, for example, that other poster's laundry list of ways he'd (she'd?) "hit it," not to mention the fact that that commenter comes off sounding like a sexually frustrated teenager who's probably NEVER "hit it." Hey - I laughed at "BA-BA-BOOBIES" - it's funny and its transgressive nature kind of adds to how funny it is, but no - it's not actually all that cool to post on a pubic forum, and a lot of the other stuff is straight up lame and borderline creepy.
It's 2008 - come on, guys.

Posted by Anonymous | July 26, 2008 7:36 AM

BA BA BOOBIES!!

Posted by Anonymous | July 26, 2008 10:53 AM

i hate you all

Posted by Anonymous | July 26, 2008 10:55 AM

7:36 -- iron my underwear, cook me beans and rice and be quiet.

Posted by A Sensitive, Cultured Human | July 26, 2008 10:58 AM

7:36 - what one person finds borderline creepy, many others find funny and entertaining.

horrible things happen everyday all over the world. as we speak, people are getting murdered and are dying of cancer.
so who cares if we God forbid enjoy a stupid laugh about hot chicks.
chill the fuck out.

Posted by Anonymous | July 26, 2008 11:55 AM


@2:38
Are you serious? Take another look at the picture...
...She's made herself into a sex object and then you complain that a commenter is treating her like a sex object!

Posted by Adam Curry | July 26, 2008 12:00 PM

I don't know if these comments make me more ashamed to be male or a reader and commenter on this blog. At least there is one thing I can do about the latter. Nice knowing you brooklynvegan.com. I'll try not to let the door hit my ass on the way out.

Posted by Anonymous | July 26, 2008 12:58 PM

12:58
yeah, we don't need ya. you uptight twat

Posted by Anonymous | July 26, 2008 1:02 PM

As I read comments on this site, I often find myself gleefully envisioning concentration camps and gas chambers brimming with all the vapid, sexist, racist, illiterate, materialistic, shallow, moronic assholes who post here. Is this wrong? No, it's not.

Posted by Anonymous | July 26, 2008 1:03 PM

"if a female mentions how hot a guys is and how she wouldn't mind shackin' up with him, how many men out there will think she's being sexist?"

kind of a good point...

regardless... love this band. listened to them before I saw they had TWO beautiful girls in the band. great live show, great songs, can't wait for the record

Posted by anon | July 26, 2008 1:05 PM

I LIKE RAPING BITCHES IN THEIR EYE SOCKETS! CAN I GET AN AMEN?!!?

Posted by Anonymous | July 26, 2008 1:07 PM

walter meego did a good job opening for the presets

Posted by kure | July 26, 2008 1:11 PM

I WOULD TEAR THAT CUNT BITCHES ASS APART AND CUM UP HER NOSE THEN KILL HER AND STICK HER IN A TOOL SHED IN MCARREN PARK! WHOS WITH ME?!?!

Posted by Anonymous | July 26, 2008 1:12 PM

50% of the comments on BV are the internet equivalent of drawing penises on the faces of subway advertisements. And by that I mean both acts are not only high art, but also important cultural criticism that should not be stymied by the prudish insistence of the majority who feel public discourse should not devolve into chimpanzees throwing fecal matter. Viva hate.

Posted by Anonymous | July 26, 2008 1:32 PM

anyone get Trey tickets?

Posted by Anonymous | July 26, 2008 1:34 PM

I guess at this point it's futile to point out how awesome their album turned out to be?

These kids are going to be big within a couple of months. Not Vampire Weekend big, but Tokyo Police Club big. And good for them; they're all really nice and down to earth.

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Posted by Team MusicJuice | July 26, 2008 2:51 PM

List to Dying is fine in youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGuP6ZN8Qxo....ra ra riot...enjoy

Posted by Paula | July 26, 2008 3:51 PM

kanye sucks

Posted by Anonymous | July 26, 2008 4:10 PM

humanity, you never had it from the beginning...

Posted by Anonymous | July 26, 2008 5:21 PM

don't feel too bad, kate; there are more who agree with you than it probably seems.

Posted by Anonymous | July 26, 2008 5:38 PM

we need a new post, ASAP. this is brutal.

Posted by Anonymous | July 26, 2008 6:09 PM

Lame attempts to mask threatening language with sarcasm are apparent to anyone with half a brain. Get with it: jokes about violence or hate are not funny.

kate, thanks for trying to confront the stupidity in this thread. it may not be worth yr valuable time.

Posted by Anonymous | July 26, 2008 6:09 PM

these white kids went to syracuse ($$)

Posted by Anonymous | July 26, 2008 10:36 PM

OMG HAWT

Posted by sixtypercentgrey | July 26, 2008 11:41 PM

so many successful trolls

Posted by Anonymous | July 27, 2008 1:50 AM

it's still surprising when the BV psychos come out to play. such creeps. if i didn't know williamsburg was pretty benign i'd think it was a town of sex offenders.

Posted by Anonymous | July 27, 2008 10:57 AM

blah blah blah, TITS!, blah blah, blah DAFT PUNK,
blah blah, MY AIRBOOK, blah blah*

*typical quality of BV comment

Posted by Anonymous | July 27, 2008 12:26 PM

i went to Syracuse. I am white, i have been paying for school for 11 years, only 14 more to go.
guess i'm $$
ha!

Posted by Anonymous | July 27, 2008 12:28 PM

Cello...? Is it me you're looking for?

Posted by Lionel Richie | July 27, 2008 12:40 PM

why so serious?

Posted by Anonymous | July 27, 2008 2:01 PM

103rd BITCHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Anonymous | July 27, 2008 2:13 PM

i just broke everyone's mac book air so nobody else can type one more thing on this damn post. enough.

Posted by Anonymous | July 27, 2008 4:19 PM

Thanks for sharing...

Posted by hot tub | July 28, 2008 9:04 AM

"no woman can understand how it feels to have a raging woodrow wilson after seeing a chick with big thingys."

wins

Posted by Anonymous | July 28, 2008 11:22 AM

Fuck you, spadepot.com. I want to see what the bistrocatering.com spambots have to say about this.

Posted by Anonymous | July 28, 2008 9:35 PM

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