# Bang a gong... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 23, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bang-a-gong/412846 "2007-07-23T16:05:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bang-a-gong/412846/1 "2007-07-23T16:05:17Z")
… a drum – hell, any kind of percussion instrument. Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju & Giovanni Hidalgo are going to tour in honor of the 15th anniversary of “Planet Drum.” I just bought a couple of excellent (6th row) tickets in a small venue. I’m not sure any of my friends would enjoy it – but my work sidekick says he’d be interested, if no one else wants to go. Woo hoo! ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bang-a-gong/412846/2 "2007-07-23T18:36:15Z")
Dammit, I thought this thread was going to be about T. Rex. Enjoy the concert, **Twickster**. ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bang-a-gong/412846/3 "2007-07-23T19:41:02Z")
T. Rex is my favorite band of all time. ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2007, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bang-a-gong/412846/4 "2007-07-23T21:23:11Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] … a drum – hell, any kind of percussion instrument. Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju & Giovanni Hidalgo are going to tour in honor of the 15th anniversary of “Planet Drum.” I just bought a couple of excellent (6th row) tickets in a small venue. I’m not sure any of my friends would enjoy it – but my work sidekick says he’d be interested, if no one else wants to go. Woo hoo! [/QUOTE] Where did you find info about the tour? They aren’t up on the Planet Drum’s [webpage](http://planetdrummusic.com/tour.html). ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2007, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bang-a-gong/412846/5 "2007-07-23T23:55:40Z")
[QUOTE=Moe] Where did you find info about the tour? They aren’t up on the Planet Drum’s [webpage](http://planetdrummusic.com/tour.html). [/QUOTE] I get email updates from [The Keswick](http://www.keswicktheatre.com/), a local venue. Though I note it’s not on their posted schedule yet … ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bang-a-gong/412846/6 "2007-07-24T00:14:03Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] I get email updates from [The Keswick](http://www.keswicktheatre.com/), a local venue. Though I note it’s not on their posted schedule yet … [/QUOTE] Hey, you’re in my town! Did you see the all-percussion show at the Painted Bride a few years back? I think Zakir Hussein was part of that as well. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bang-a-gong/412846/7 "2007-07-24T00:47:34Z")
No, I didn’t – bet it was good, though. (Heh – if you know the Keswick, you share my :dubious: at their claim that it’s “the most comfortable place in town” – sure, if you’re under 5’4" … god the lack of legroom is painful there.) ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bang-a-gong/412846/8 "2007-07-24T21:34:46Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] No, I didn’t – bet it was good, though. (Heh – if you know the Keswick, you share my :dubious: at their claim that it’s “the most comfortable place in town” – sure, if you’re under 5’4" … god the lack of legroom is painful there.) [/QUOTE] Never been. But in the last 4 months, I’ve seen Toumani Diabate, Konono-1, and Tortoise all at the World Cafe; Peter Brotzmann at the Cultural Learning Center, and a really good Tuvan group at the Rotunda. Philadelphia in town is banging right now for music. And Negativland is coming in August! ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bang-a-gong/412846/9 "2007-07-25T00:24:58Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] No, I didn’t – bet it was good, though. (Heh – if you know the Keswick, you share my :dubious: at their claim that it’s “the most comfortable place in town” – sure, if you’re under 5’4" … god the lack of legroom is painful there.) [/QUOTE] Back when that was my neighborhood as well, I watched MOOOVIES at the Keswick. 😃 Of course, I was a wee bairn and legroom was not an issue. Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bang-a-gong/412846/10 "2007-07-25T00:30:31Z")
[QUOTE=11811] Philadelphia in town is banging right now for music. [/QUOTE] I got an email this morning from the person I’d been planning to ask – he’d bought tickets as well. This will make it three shows he and I will both see at the Keswick within the space of a month (though apparently this one not together) – the other two being John McLaughlin and Rites of Strings (Jean-Luc Ponty, Al DiMeola, and Stanley Clarke). No legroom, but great freaking music.