# I saw the Mothership in person

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-mothership-in-person/591219>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 2, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-mothership-in-person/591219 "2011-08-02T20:55:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-mothership-in-person/591219/21 "2011-08-04T21:46:56Z")

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> [@gaffa](#):
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> You get as baked as George, you could lose a 1200 lb spaceship too.

“Dude, Where’s My Mothership?”

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**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:** [August 5, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-mothership-in-person/591219/22 "2011-08-05T21:13:46Z")

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I saw them in 1995 on a double bill with Sonic Youth. That was one hell of a show.

I’ve been a member for 5 years? How the hell did that happen?

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