First, bands people name after themselves annoy me, The Dave Clark Five, The Steve Miller Band, The Allan Parsons Project, The J. Geils Band (And no one in the band is J-fuckin-Geils, who the fuck is that?, and who was Jethro Tull for that matter?) etc.. Although, I never complained about Van Halen, to me, they were the exception so I will excuse them. And while I'm desceding into a rant here, bands named after places, Boston, Europe, Asia, Chicago, Florida Georgia Line, Kansas, Black Oak Arkansas, America, Berlin, Linkin Park [Lincoln Park section of Chicago] Cypress Hill etc.etc.. Nothing against many of those bands but come up with a name. Don't just look around at where you are. Get the creative juices flowing and come up with a clever name, you're a fuckin artist, act like one. The Beatles weren't called Liverpool. Judas Priest isn't called Birmingham UK, Led Zeppelin wasn't called London, The Ramones weren't called New York. Think how many bands would be named Los Angeles if everyone did that?, they'd break the trademark office.
Addendum:
I can't figure it out either, just keep playin. God I'm so fuckin rich off these stupid boring songs.
Is crossdressing being a transvestite?
Anyway, despite a lack of hits and recording sales The Dave Matthews Band had the highest cumulative concert gross from 2000 through 2009. And 50,000 to 80,000 is considered a slow night at a DMB show, even today. So they were the highest concert draw in terms of attendance and sales for nearly ten years. And I want to know why, damn it!, why! Give me one good reason.
BRA-VO Mr. Landers, mystery solved.
The Dave Matthew's Band. Although they haven't had a hit, nor sold a significant number of recordings since the late 90s. They sell out football stadiums. And their fans will seemingly deny their children food, clothing, shelter and affection to pay ridiculous sums of money for tickets. They've really, in terms of being a massive live draw without any [recent] hits, become the modern equivalent of The Greatful Dead. Although there are absolutely no similarities in the music. Take it easy Dead-Heads. And the fuckin guy mumbles when he sings, I hate that.
Hi everybody! I have been looking at posts on narcs and narc abuse on here and if has really helped me out a lot. I am currently struggling with my situation and need some advice/support.
I met a narc last year, everything seemed to good to be true. Love bombing, always texting calling and taking me on dates. Everything changed when someone warned me about him out in public in front of him and who he is. This caused a conflict with us and the love bombing seized.
he would tell me that everything is okay and i can come and talk. He would set a time limit on me and kick me out after that.
he would then text me like everything was fine and we hung out again and after that he completely ghosted me for one week. He came back and texted me a week later laughing about the ghosting and acting like nothing had happened.
he continued to text me ( not like in the beginning) make plans with me, then on the day of the plans he would just ghost me. One day he would act interested the next silence.
i contacted him a month later and he acted like nothing happened. He was on a vacation and sent me a picture of another woman ( someone he allegedly met on the trip) to strike a reaction but i never gave him one. After the trip he came to my place and was extremely rude, accusing me of going on dates with a bunch of men. The next day he accused me of being an alcoholic and that he wanted nothing to do with me but said well maybe we can be "friends" then ghosted me
i assumed at this point it was over and i would never hear from him again. He contacted me on the holiday a month later acting like everything was great. We ended up hanging out a month or so later and when we hung out it went well, i thought things were going in the right direction.
after we hung out.. silence. I would try to text him and if he replied it would be very short then he just stopped replying. He ghosted me for almost three months. I thought he was done this time and of course he popped up again like nothing happened. At this point i was getting sick of if so i questioned him as to why he dissapeared and always does this. Of course he had some sob story about a injury and family member dying of cancer. I felt pity for him and he gave me an apology.. so i took him back stupidly.
things seemed to be going smooth for a couple months, of course until his family member died and his injury got better he never contacted me and was distant. Menawhile, i was there for him during the difficult time for him. He lied to me about the funeral and never wanted to chat. I was chasing him and he would always claim nothing was wrong but when i said i thought he used me when he was down he could not handle it and would always tell me he didnt care and to go away. I would get so upset i would try texting him to work it out he would barelt respond and if he did he would not be nice about it.
we did hang out a couple times after that, he would ignore me after. One day i was like hey i think you are seeing someone else, and i was like well ixam seeing someone so no problem if you are he said " buy bye good luck with your new guy stop contacting me" i was devastated and tried to get into contact with him for weeks then i just gave up and accepted it was over. He ended up contacting me a month later acting like everything was fine. He wanted to go out and have drinks i told him i would. He and i both seemed to have a great time. He ends up ignoring me again. I kept texting him trying to figure out what was wrong. He kept saying everything was fine and i said ok can we hang out again? He said maybe i was like why? He just kept saying maybe …
our last conversation we had… i said what is wrong ? He said nothing is wrong everything is fine. I asked him why he keeps saying maybe. He said " maybe but i dont want to see you right now" i said why? He saix " im just not feeling it, if i wanted to date i would" i said why did you contact me less then a week ago wanting to go out? He said i didnt.. even though he did. So i said should i just move on or what? He said whatever you want to do. So i said that he was really confusing me and asked him if he had anything more to say before i move on? My messages were turning green so i panicked he blocked me and reacted irrationally. I said " omg did you block me? My messages are not going through. Even texted him on my work phone asking what was up. And called him twice ( please dont judge me i know it is pathetic i never was this type of girl before him) so he replied and said " Ok I'll block you now" then immedietly blocked me. He has never blocked me before since I have met him he will just ghost. Is this ths final discard aka " grand finale? Did i just push him too far?
this has upset me so much its hard to even function.
Much respect to commentier Mr. Stan Landers who figured it out. The DMB was the first jam-band for women. Just like Paramore is Hard Rock for women, well it is. Now I hate stereotypes, and music is for everyone. But think about it, Phish is for stoner guys, The Greatful Dead is a way of life to some. But Dave Matthews takes a more sensitive approach to his songs. I wouldn't be surprised if one day there's a Hallmark Channel Rom-Com where the couple meets at a Dave Matthews show. Apparently a DMB show is something husbands and boyfriends get dragged to and have to pretend they like. Kinda like a trip to Bath And Body Works (the place where everyone pops a lid, smells something, and goes -“Ooh, nice, here babe smell this”), and both can often last over three hours.
