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Live and Sweaty, 2011

Kong76 Jan 01 2011 01:05 PM

Gregg Allman and Friends tonight in Tarrytown. Up close and personal, 850 seat 120 year old theater ... I might dose, lol.

themetfairy Jan 01 2011 01:16 PM Re: Live and in Person, 2011

Kong76 wrote: Gregg Allman and Friends tonight in Tarrytown. Up close and personal, 850 seat 120 year old theater ... I might dose, lol. Just be careful!

HahnSolo Jan 01 2011 02:31 PM Re: Live and in Person, 2011

Kong76 wrote: Gregg Allman and Friends tonight in Tarrytown. Up close and personal, 850 seat 120 year old theater ... I might dose, lol. Slightly OT, but when you see a show there, where do you park? Pretty much all street parking there, right?

HahnSolo Jan 01 2011 02:32 PM Re: Live and in Person, 2011

I plan to make another trip to see a show at Bethel Woods this year (the schedule has not yet been released). Traffic getting out is bad, but it's a really cool place to see a show.

Kong76 Jan 01 2011 03:04 PM Re: Live and in Person, 2011

HahnSolo wrote: Gregg Allman and Friends tonight in Tarrytown. Up close and personal, 850 seat 120 year old theater ... I might dose, lol. Slightly OT, but when you see a show there, where do you park? Pretty much all street parking there, right? Gregg Allman and Friends tonight in Tarrytown. Up close and personal, 850 seat 120 year old theater ... I might dose, lol. Just be careful! @ Hahn - yeah, the parking is a nightmare, but we're leaving shortly and hope to get lucky. Sometimes on Sat nights in T'town they just take your car for you and park it with a service ... will report tomorrow. I keep forgetting you and I work two football fields away from each other ... we're due for another lunch! @ tmf - I know, right! No tequila tonight :-)

Edgy DC Jan 01 2011 03:27 PM Re: Live and in Person, 2011

You know, there's something about "...and Friends" tours that always makes me sad. What really kills me, though, is when a guy like Dickie Betts fucks up in his later years, gets bumped out of the band that made him famous, goes on an "... and Friends," tour. You go to see him in a venue that's... well, it's beneath him, is what it is. But this is an "...and Friends" tour, so there are you are. He's playing an extended solo, and you look over to the side of the stage, where all the crates that his equipment travels in is piled on rollers, and still stenciled there on those crates is the logo of the band he was kicked out of after thirty years. That makes me sad. And if that's not enough, the introductions come at the end of the night, and the band turns out to include his son named after one of his former bandmates.

Willets Point Jan 01 2011 11:33 PM Re: Live and in Person, 2011

Going to see Neko Case on Feb. 3rd.

Edgy DC Jan 04 2011 06:54 PM Re: Live and in Person, 2011

How was Allman in Tarrytown?

Kong76 Jan 04 2011 07:39 PM Re: Live and in Person, 2011

Show was great, and when you have friends like Warren Haynes poppin' in it's all good. As for parking, we got there early and parked in a bank parking lot. The parking is bad, esp for a sold out show, but I think a lot of people take Metro North from up and down the line but early in is the best way to go. I did not take the tequila advice, thankfully no broken bones.

The Second Spitter Jan 07 2011 06:57 AM Live and Sweaty 2011

Saw N.E.R.D. (mostly against my free will) They S.U.C.K.E.D. OE: Oops didn't see the new thread. Please merge.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 07 2011 09:31 AM Re: Live and in Person, 2011

I like the title Live and Sweaty.

TheOldMole Jan 07 2011 10:17 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Gregg in Kingston this Saturday, but I think I'm too broke to manage it.

TransMonk Jan 07 2011 02:38 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Just got word that my band gets to open for Mike Watt when he comes to town in April to support his new album. We've played with him a few times before, but this will be the first time in about 10 years. Yikes!

A Boy Named Seo Jan 07 2011 03:24 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Congrats, man. Out of it, but is this still HM, or do you have another thing going now?

themetfairy Jan 07 2011 03:35 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

TransMonk wrote: Just got word that my band gets to open for Mike Watt when he comes to town in April to support his new album. We've played with him a few times before, but this will be the first time in about 10 years. Yikes! WTG TM - Very cool!

TheOldMole Jan 07 2011 03:35 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Monk -- very cool.

TransMonk Jan 07 2011 03:37 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Thanks all - this would be HM coming out of semi-retirement.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 07 2011 08:00 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

(Throwing devil horns-- doubles!-- at the screen.)

A Boy Named Seo Jan 13 2011 12:32 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Got Old 97's + Langhorne Slim next week and following that up with Iron & Wine + Laura Marling. Can't wait to hear the new I&W stuff live. Got my Coachella 2k11 tickets, too. Rumor Mill is churning hard. Neil Young supposed to headline one night. The Strokes, Arcade Fire, Black Keys, Bright Eyes, Beastie Boys(!?!), Duran Duran (!!??), Best Coast, Daft Punk, Queens of the Stone Age, Animal Collective, and 1 billion other cool bands + lots of cute, young chixxx everywhere. Can't. Wait.

TransMonk Jan 13 2011 12:34 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

I have to get out to Coachella one of these years. The 2011 lineup looks like a lot of it is right up my alley.

A Boy Named Seo Jan 13 2011 12:51 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

It's a helluva fun time. We rented a house with a pool, and are going to cram about a dozen people or so in there. Have no desire to see Kings of Leon and a couple others, but there's so many stages and so much going on that a crappy act (the Killers a couple years, Muse, whatever) can make some really tough choices a little easier. Actual lineups announced in another week or so.

A Boy Named Seo Jan 18 2011 11:11 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Coachella lineup out.

Edgy DC Jan 19 2011 06:01 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Somebody actually calls themselves Boyz Noize. I guess that's meant ironically, but... still a terrible name. Is Best Coast going on at the same time as Kanye? Because that looks like an easy call. (Or is he pulling another 4:30AM slot?)

A Boy Named Seo Jan 19 2011 09:27 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Kanye is the Sunday co-headliner. Sounds like he & the Strokes will both be on ~10:30 or so. I won't be seeing Mr. West. Besty will be a daytime/late afternoon set, I'm sure. Bigger the font, later the time slot.

Edgy DC Jan 19 2011 09:49 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

That I could conclude, but I thought some of the lesser acts would get opposite the big shots.

A Boy Named Seo Jan 19 2011 11:24 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

It does happen. There are 5 stages, so acts of varying 'bigness' do bump up against one another from time-to-time. Poor the Lemonheads had to play for, like, 8 people the year Rage Against the Machine reunited there.

Edgy DC Jan 19 2011 11:55 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

I take poor the Lemonheads every time.

A Boy Named Seo Jan 22 2011 09:43 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Old 97's were... subpar. How were the Jayhawks?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 22 2011 03:33 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

I thought they was pretty good. Played the entire TTGG album in order to start, then a mix of some old and new for the 2nd hour. Not to speak for Edgy, but he thought they shoulda done the album last. Me, I thought any concert that begins with "Blue" is pretty good show already, and they more or less lived up to the standard. No doubt it was better than seeing an Olson-less Jayhawks back in 03. Plus the chick piano player who looks like Cooby was back. They all looked in good spirits and simpatico which was nice. Sound was good; you could even make out lyrics of the ones you didn't know. Lowlight was when they let the drummer sing "Tampa to Tulsa" his dreary song from Rainy Day Music. We figured they had to do that to get him to agree to do the show, after all he'd stepped in to sing Olson's parts while Olson was away and was now asked to fade into the background again. Afterward we went to a whacky joint that served chocolate with chocolate and chocolate. Yeah, we par-tayed.

metsguyinmichigan Jan 22 2011 03:54 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Went to see Anberlin at the Orbit Room in Grand Rapids Friday night. That's a band I've known about for years, but never really had a chance to listen to until last month when I picked up the new CD, "Dark is the path, Light is the Way," from the library. Enjoyed it so much that I checked out the rest of their catalog -- and was thrilled to see that they were playing here this month. Anberlin was great, playing most of the new CD. Orbit room has an open floor and a balcony, which was good because my 13-year-old daughter would have trouble seeing if we were on the floor. I'm a geek. I write down the set lists -- or better yet, get them from a roadie after the show -- and make playlists on the iPod of the songs played. 1) "We Owe it to Ourselves" 2) "Paperthin Hymn" 3) "Disappear" 4) "Closer" 5) "The Resistance" 6) "Dismantle. Repair" 7) "The Art of War" 8) "Take Me (As You Found Me) 9) "A Day Late" (acoustic) 10) "Godspeed" 11) "Pray Tell" 12) "Impossible" 13) "Feel Good Drag" encores: 14) "A Whisper & A Clamor" 15) "Readyfuels" The first opening band, Foxxy Shazam, worked hard. I'll give them that. But I didn't care for them. The second band, Circa Survivor, had a light show that nearly sent us into seizures. Didn't like the tunes or the antics. That's rare, because I usually like the openers and talk to them at the merch tables after the show.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 22 2011 04:10 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Foxxy Shazam gave me a lap dance once I think.

Edgy DC Jan 22 2011 07:11 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Plus the chick piano player who looks like Cooby was back. Karen "Cooby" Grotberg. She's the key to giving certain songs the 1976 Fleetwood Mac flava. John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Afterward we went to a whacky joint that served chocolate with chocolate and chocolate. Yeah, we par-tayed. Gotta tip me wife being a sport.

SteveJRogers Feb 09 2011 04:40 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Thursday night at B.B. King's in Times Square to see the Springsteen tribute band Tramps Like Us pull off the nearly 5 hour concert Bruce did on 12/31/80 at the Nassau Coliseum. The set list as he was on The River Tour: 1. Night 2. Prove It All Night 3. Spirit In The Night 4. Darkness On The Edge Of Town 5. Independence Day 6. Who'll Stop The Rain? 7. This Land Is Your Land 8. The Promised Land 9. Out In The Street 10. Racing In The Street 11. The River 12. Badlands 13. Thunder Road 14. Cadillac Ranch 15. Sherry Darling 16. Hungry Heart 17. Merry Christmas Baby 18. Fire 19. Candy's Room 20. Because The Night 21. 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) 22. Rendezvous 23. Fade Away 24. The Price You Pay 25. Wreck On The Highway 26. Two Hearts 27. Ramrod 28. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) 29. Held Up Without A Gun 30. In The Midnight Hour 31. Auld Lang Syne 32. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) 33. Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town 34. Jungleland 35. Born To Run 36. Detroit Medley 37. Twist And Shout 38. Raise Your Hand Gonna be a long one! BTW, was this the show where the single "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" comes from?

Gwreck Feb 09 2011 05:24 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

SteveJRogers wrote: BTW, was this the show where the single "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" comes from? No, that was recorded at C.W. Post in 1975.

A Boy Named Seo Feb 09 2011 05:51 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

I just bought tickets to this shit. http://sasquatchfestival.com/#/schedule/

Edgy DC Feb 09 2011 06:52 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

"Dude man, Sasquatch Music Festival --- you in?" "I'm not sure. What's the lineup? "I don't know. Don't think they've announced one." "Then why are you so keyed to go?" "Because it's the SASQUATCH FUCKING MUSIC FESTIVAL!"

A Boy Named Seo Feb 09 2011 07:02 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

That's exactly how Glastonbury goes. 150,000 tickets sell out in a few hours with no lineup. It's insane. One of these days.

Gwreck Feb 11 2011 12:12 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

I went to the "Tribute to the Music of Neil Young" show at Carnegie Hall last night. This was the 7th (?) one of these shows, in which they have 20 different artists each cover one song by the honoree (this year, it was Neil; past years were Dylan, The Who, Bruce, REM, etc.). Sometimes the honoree shows up and plays; sometimes (like this year) they don't, but that's never really the focus of the show. Proceeds benefit local youth music charities. I thought this year's was a little inconsistent with a few performances that weren't great but the highlights were fantastic, including The Roots doing "Down By the River;" the Cowboy Junkies on "Don't Let It Bring You Down," Pete Yorn doing an acoustic "Rockin in the Free World," Evan Dando and Juliana Hatfield on "Cinnamon Girl," and Patti Smith doing "It's a Dream" from Neil's recent Prairie Wind album.

TransMonk Feb 18 2011 09:09 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Picked up tix for a Queens of the Stone Age show in Chicago on April 1st to promote the re-release of their debut album. Super excited!

Gwreck Feb 20 2011 06:40 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

A couple of shows this weekend: On Friday night, I saw the Mellencamp show at Radio City. I think there had been discussion here (among other places) about how highly-regarded his most recent album was, and the rather interesting approach he took to his show: an 80-minute documentary film starts the show at 7:00, followed by a short intermission, and then what are essentially three sets: Mellencamp and a "stripped-down" band; a mostly solo-acoustic set (with some accompaniment) and then a full electric set. What I like about Mellencamp is that he's found a way to remain a vital and interesting artist even with no further interest in either making, or really playing his hit songs. He's got angry political songs and quasi-blues and folk numbers, with some "regular" rock touches mixed in and it makes for a compelling presentation. It's clear he took some cues from Dylan, who he toured with (that tour, and the recording of the album, are the subjects of the documentary film that play ahead of the concert). The show was really excellent, with an interesting set, incorporating much of the new record, and with useful mixture of his relevant older songs mixed in. Yes, "Pink Houses" and "Rock in the USA" were played in their standard arrangements as the final two numbers of the show, but that was it for the familiar material. Anything else from the "hits" pile was significantly rearranged (solo acoustic "Small Town," acapella "Cherry Bomb," a new melody for "Jack and Diane") and well-placed in the set to ensure the crowd stayed engaged. A dynamic show. --- On Saturday night, I took in a show at City Winery, seeing Jesse Malin perform his "Fine Art of Self Destruction" album in its entirety. He's a post-punk, former glam-rocker who started his solo career with this album, what I would call an "electric acoustic" record, produced by his friend Ryan Adams. He's changed his band since and has what I guess would be described as a slightly heavier sound now, but he remains a very talented songwriter and has an engaging stage presence, particularly when telling stories. City Winery is a really terrible place for rock and roll -- assigned seats at communal tables, with wine and appetizers being served during the show. It's run by local impresario Michael Dorf who, by all accounts, otherwise "gets" rock and roll, plus he books interesting artists, but sadly, almost no artist is worth seeing at this place. Nonetheless, it was quite the evening. In addition to the performance of the entirety of Malin's first album, the show featured an opening set by Tommy Stinson (!) and encores with Billy Joe Armstrong joining Malin on stage for several energetic covers including "Instant Karma" and the Stones' "Winter." Stinson joined them as well for Johnny Thunders' "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory." Surreal.

seawolf17 Mar 04 2011 08:33 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Got free tix to see the "Open Wings, Broken Strings" tour last night at the Boulton Center in Bay Shore. This iteration included Ed Kowalczyk from Live, Emerson Hart from Tonic, and Leigh Nash from Sixpence None The Richer. Nash came out first; she has a wonderful voice. She played "Kiss Me" and her cover of "There She Goes," a few other originals, and deferred to Emerson Hart, who was brilliant. He started with "When She Loves You," off his solo record, played a few Tonic tunes (including a few requests, like "Soldier's Daughter") and a few more solo songs (the beautiful "Green Hills Race for California" and a song called "Hallway" he wrote for his daughter). Ed Kowalczyk 's mix was awful on the opener "I Alone" and followup "The Beauty of Grey" (how do you screw up a one mic, one guitar mix?), but it got fixed during the next song and he took control of the room from there. Both the Live stuff ("All Over You," "Selling The Drama," "Turn My Head," "Dolphin's Cry") and the solo stuff ("Grace," "Drink") got great responses, including lots of dreadful off-key drunken singing from the douchebag behind me who kept shouting out requests in between songs. "Lightning Crashes" devolved into a very cool singalong as a closer before Nash and Hart came back for the encore cover of "The Weight." All in all, a solid night; two and a half hours total with only two short ten-minute intermissions between sets, which was nice. I love that seventeen years ago I was singing Live songs with my band ("All Over You," "Waitress," "Shit Towne," and "Lightning Crashes" were all in our standard set), and now today, I'm still singing Live songs, but I'm doing them for different reasons (playing songs like "Heaven," "They Stood Up For Love," and "Loveshines" at Sunday services).

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 04 2011 08:42 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Do the placenta song!!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 04 2011 09:19 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

That's more of a Christmas number, innit?

TransMonk Mar 04 2011 09:27 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

When "Live and Sweaty" really means Live and Sweaty.

seawolf17 Mar 04 2011 09:31 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

TransMonk wrote: When "Live and Sweaty" really means Live and Sweaty. Yes, he had a stack of towels on a stool next to his water bottles. And no, the placenta song is not a Christmas song, as far as I can tell.

Edgy DC Mar 04 2011 09:42 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

I guess getting a mix that makes a grunge singer work in an acoustic setting isnt' as easy as we might hope.

The Second Spitter Mar 10 2011 10:08 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Tonight I'm gonna be shocked like an electric eel when I go to see MGMT.

Edgy DC Mar 11 2011 05:16 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Mets Guy in Montana?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 12 2011 05:46 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

I'm gonna get sweaty tonite with Grand Atlantic.

A Boy Named Seo Mar 13 2011 01:00 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

The Second Spitter wrote: Tonight I'm gonna be shocked like an electric eel when I go to see MGMT. how were they? more importantly, how was Ke$ha??

The Second Spitter Mar 13 2011 03:30 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 13 2011 08:46 AM

Tonight I'm gonna be shocked like an electric eel when I go to see MGMT. how were they? They were ok. I saw them in Athens in '09 -- probably a better concert then. The problem with MGMT is that their non-mainstream stuff is how should I say, an acquired taste? Of course, every concert I go to for the rest of my life will be judged against this one. (I swear to god I can recognize the audience member's voice @ 1:20-1:22 after he says "Pennsylvania") more importantly, how was Ke$ha?? How did YOU know she was touring? HUH?

The Second Spitter Mar 13 2011 08:45 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

DP

A Boy Named Seo Mar 13 2011 12:08 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

I think that show just went through Melbourne & a friend of mine went, so I was sort of aware of it. Don't think Ke$hy played there, though, but Aoki & a bunch of those other dudes did. Yeah, after 'Kids' a lot of peeps don't give 2 shits about MGMT. I think I might be one of those.

A Boy Named Seo Mar 13 2011 09:05 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Tonight I'm gonna be shocked like an electric eel when I go to see MGMT. how were they? They were ok. I saw them in Athens in '09 -- probably a better concert then. The problem with MGMT is that their non-mainstream stuff is how should I say, an acquired taste? Of course, every concert I go to for the rest of my life will be judged against this one. (I swear to god I can recognize the audience member's voice @ 1:20-1:22 after he says "Pennsylvania") more importantly, how was Ke$ha?? How did YOU know she was touring? HUH? Dude, totally missed that Langhorne/Philly/Wojscez©® thing first time thru. Think u just might be right, too. I kinda recognize that yelp/scream/howl myself.

The Second Spitter Mar 14 2011 12:29 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Dude, totally missed that Langhorne/Philly/Wojscez©® thing first time thru. Think u just might be right, too. I kinda recognize that yelp/scream/howl myself. Well, if anybody is acquainted with that howl......... It was an awesome, awesome night -- fantastic band, great Margaritas, Blue-bow Girl, discourse on neck-beards, felonies relating to Jamie Moyer memorabilia and, um......the orgasmic breakfast, Stone Brewery and the drive home.

A Boy Named Seo Mar 29 2011 09:21 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

I think most people here could give 2 shits about him, but I got tix to see Eddie Vedder solo here in Long Beach in July. Friend of mine who is also a fan club dork got tix 2 nights later in LA, so we're gonna double up. I had tickets to see him this month in Australia but *ahem* didn't get to use em, so I'm beyond happy to see him here + in my backyard.

seawolf17 Mar 30 2011 08:27 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

I'm a fan. His soundtrack album from that movie was really good. He's releasing a ukulele album soon, which is the kind of thing you can do when you're Eddie Vedder.

TransMonk Apr 02 2011 05:52 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

TransMonk wrote: Picked up tix for a Queens of the Stone Age show in Chicago on April 1st to promote the re-release of their debut album. ROCKED!

The Second Spitter Apr 03 2011 08:05 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

La bohème next Saturday night in Melbourne.

A Boy Named Seo Apr 03 2011 11:26 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

The Second Spitter wrote: La bohème next Saturday night in Melbourne. Actually saw that one w/ the opera singer a bunch of years ago. Enjoyed it way more than I thought I might've.

The Second Spitter Apr 04 2011 12:44 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Actually saw that one w/ the opera singer a bunch of years ago. Enjoyed it way more than I thought I might've. Yeah, I've seen it before too. So how goes the love of my life?

A Boy Named Seo Apr 04 2011 11:03 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

She got a job with the Padres. Moved to SD this weekend. Gets free tix for every game & already offered up the Mets tix to moi. Will be cross-referencing Mets sked w/ Casbah sked in August. She sends her love.

The Second Spitter Apr 04 2011 11:25 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

A Boy Named Seo wrote: She got a job with the Padres. Moved to SD this weekend. Gets free tix for every game & already offered up the Mets tix to moi. Will be cross-referencing Mets sked w/ Casbah sked in August. She sends her love. You forgot this! Mate, I'll be there with bells on. Give Opera Singer a big kiss for me, will ya (or a very firm handshake). Btw, is she in a Paul DePodesta type role at the Pads?

Centerfield Apr 04 2011 12:11 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

The Strokes at MSG last Friday.

Edgy DC Apr 04 2011 12:27 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Tersest review ever.

Gwreck Apr 04 2011 01:07 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Centerfield wrote: The Strokes at MSG last Friday. I'm sorry.

A Boy Named Seo Apr 04 2011 01:21 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Gwreck wrote: Centerfield wrote: The Strokes at MSG last Friday. I'm sorry. I'm pretty excited to see those guys @ Coachelly. How were they?

seawolf17 Apr 04 2011 01:21 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Gwreck wrote: Centerfield wrote: The Strokes at MSG last Friday. I'm sorry. I'm pretty excited to see those guys @ Coachelly. How were they? What do you want? They were there. He told you enough. Move on.

A Boy Named Seo Apr 18 2011 05:24 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 19 2011 11:33 AM

Coachella was phenomenal. Top sets for me: Just-missed the cut: PJ Harvey 10) Best Coast 9) Broken Social Scene 8) The National (don't even really like em, but they were awesome) 7) Warpaint 6) The Strokes 5) Tame Impala 4) Animal Collective 3) Cut Copy 2) Sleigh Bells 1) Arcade Fire Second time in my life I've said about an Arcade Fire show, "That was the best show I've ever seen in my life". I guess I love them. On deck: J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. solo. EDIT: PS - Kayne sucked.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 18 2011 06:30 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Lotsa live and sweaty chixx? Or was it a pirate ship?

A Boy Named Seo Apr 18 2011 06:39 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

It's like these 2 coachella alt-skanks, but x50,000. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/ne ... otogallery

metirish Apr 18 2011 06:45 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Seo

TransMonk Apr 18 2011 07:35 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Just got word that my band gets to open for Mike Watt when he comes to town in April to support his new album. We've played with him a few times before, but this will be the first time in about 10 years. Yikes! Watt with his SG and me with mine. Had a very good time at the Watt show. More pics here. Seo: Sounds like Coachellea was a blast again. I HAVE to make it out there one of these years.

metirish Apr 18 2011 07:48 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

awesome pictures Monk

themetfairy Apr 18 2011 07:53 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Nice!

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 18 2011 08:41 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Don't all come at me at once, but I'm still looking to move an xtra ticket to the Cars show next Wednesday. Nuclear boots and shit! New heavy metal Cars song: [youtube:1qw4pkny]j1EtzIQEdSc[/youtube:1qw4pkny]

The Second Spitter May 21 2011 08:24 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Eskimo Joe unplugged next Sat nite. Should be tops.

sharpie May 21 2011 02:05 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Elvis Costello & the Imposters doing his "Spinning Songbook" Monday night (a giant wheel with a bunch of his songs on it. Whatever comes up they play).

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 26 2011 07:44 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

The Cars at Roseland Ballroom last night. Ric was as wooden as ever, delivering just as indifferently as you might expect. The only showman in the group is Greg Hawkes, the dorky keyboardist, who was doing his best to entertain while trapped behind his keyboard for much of the night. There was no bass player (or there sort of was, a guy purposefully behind the drum kit) except on a few songs where Hawkes played bass and the keys were piped in. The crowd was 98% fat bald guys aged 44 and up. The songs, though, were great, just about all of them. Good Times Roll Blue Tip* Since You're Gone Up and Down (Surprised to hear this obscure song off Panorama) My Best Friend's Girl Touch and Go (see below) I'm in Touch With Your World (loved hearing this) Keep On Knocking You Might Think Drag On Forever* Free* I'm Not the One (eh) Sad Song* Heartbeat City (eh) Let's Go** Encore: Moving In Stereo** Just What I Needed** You're All I've Got Tonight *-new song **-Missed Ben Orr's vocals Best crowd pop may have been for Elliot's awesome solo on "Touch and Go" which begins around 2:35 in the below video. Gibson SG, no? [youtube]LCE_ws_-o4g[/youtube]

Edgy DC May 26 2011 08:05 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Three songs traditionally sung by Orr in the last four, but none to that point. Amazin'. Ocasek had hinted that he'd be singing "Drive" but that would have been a tough sell. I may have mentioned this before* but they might have done well to actually bring in a bassist/singer ringer to actually be part of the band and move into Ben's chair and taking his vocals. Maybe somebody contemporary. What's that Mr. Mister guy up to? I just love the dynamic of multiple-vocalist bands and the early Cars had that down. They were like two different flavors of ice cream that made you like the other one more as they switched back-'n'-forth. Anyhow, sounds like a great set, leaning heavily on the pre-video era before the band became a formulaic cartoon. One of the best things about YouTube is how much footage there is of the '78-'81 pre-sucky Cars. *Banal subjects I can talk about forever, not caring if I endlessly repeat myself: The Cars, John Denver, Tony Scott, The Mets, The Partridge Family, etc.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 26 2011 08:19 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Nothing banal about the Cars, except a lead singer who performs with his hands in his pockets. I think they made some kind of public pronouncement that they wouldn't be the Cars without Ben, that's why they haven't tried to "replace" him. The "New Cars" had Todd Rundgren singing Ric's parts and Kasim Sultan playing the role of Ben (Greg and Elliott played themselves).

TransMonk May 26 2011 08:22 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Was this Cars tour touted as "all surviving original members" and junk as opposed to the "New Cars" tour a couple of years back with Todd Rundgren? Ocasek wrote all the songs...but Ben Orr made the ones he sang on great. But, probably tough to sell a new guy when Ocasek's right there. That said, I would have done it for free. I would have even gained 30 pounds, donned a wig and sunglasses and sang "Drive". Doh, JCL answers my question before I posted it.

sharpie May 26 2011 09:32 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

The Elvis Costello show was very satisfying. The set featured the giant wheel of songs and a go-go cage with go-go dancer) They came out and did a four-song uptempo opener: Hope You're Happy Now Heart of the City (cover of a Nick Lowe song) Mystery Dance Radio Radio Then he donned a top hat and announced that he was becoming Napoleon Dynamite (the movie took its name from his pseudonym [a pseudonym for a pseudonym]). He approached the giant wheel which contained about 40 songs and invited an audience member to spin. She got Watching the Detectives Which they then played. The next spinner got Time (there were several "theme" picks which resulted in mini-sets). They played Clown Time Is Over Strict Time Out of Time (cover of a Rolling Stones song) The next spinner was a kid about 10 years and he picked Oliver's Army The next spinners were a couple who got Country Darkness. Elvis didn't want to play that and said "if I can't cheat, who can?" and spun the wheel til it reached something called Napoleon Solo. He then played an acoustic version of A Slow Drag With Josephine (from his latest album) Then he brought his brother, Rowan McManus, and his trad-Irish band band, Bible Code Sundays, to play these two songs: America Without Tears Little Palaces Without spinning the wheel he then did two songs from the Mighty Like a Rose album: All Grown Up So Like Candy Bringing up another spinner, they did: Alison He then introduced the drummer, Pete Thomas', daughter, Tennessee. She doubled the drum parts for the final two songs of the regular set: Turpentine Uncomplicated Encore 1: Lipstick Vogue (with Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys who contributed nothing) I Don't Want to Go to Chelsea I Want You (a real highlight) Encore 2 part one: Tracks of My Tears/Tears of a Clown/Suspicious Minds Purple Rain Encore 2 part two (with Tennessee Turner again): Pump It Up (with a verse of Subterreanean Homesick Blues) (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and Understanding (with T-Bone Burnett dancing on stage) The wheel thing was fun but logistics sometimes slowed the pace. All in all, well worth seeing.

TransMonk May 26 2011 09:34 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

That sounds like a pretty awesome show by EC.

Edgy DC May 26 2011 09:36 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Those encores sound great.

sharpie May 26 2011 10:17 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Remembering now that one of those encores also featured Angels Want to Wear My Red Shoes.

Edgy DC May 26 2011 10:22 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Well, forget it. That ruins everything!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 26 2011 11:43 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

A friend of mine offered me tickets to Monday's show a few months ago. Half-listening and sleep-deprived, I said "nah" (for no good reason, either). LESSON: Sleep and listening are important.

Edgy DC May 26 2011 11:55 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Don't all come at me at once, but I'm still looking to move an xtra ticket to the Cars show next Wednesday. Nuclear boots and shit! New heavy metal Cars song: [youtube]j1EtzIQEdSc[/youtube] Since when does Ocasek sing for AC/DC?

The Second Spitter May 31 2011 05:50 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Eskimo Joe are a nice band and all, but an acoustic band, they are not. [youtube:3p1ygtkg]DjIv4httAy0[/youtube:3p1ygtkg]

Edgy DC May 31 2011 08:05 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Live. Not very sweaty.

Frayed Knot May 31 2011 11:01 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

I read a quickie interview with Ocasek recently (forget where) and he even sounds disinterested in what he's doing.

seawolf17 Jun 03 2011 05:56 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

http://hearrockcity.blogspot.com/2011/0 ... again.html

TransMonk Jun 04 2011 11:03 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

This morning I scored tickets for the Pearl Jam 20th Anniversary Festival over Labor Day weekend. Pearl Jam Queens of the Stone Age The Strokes Mudhoney John Doe Glen Hansard David Garza ...and many more! The festival is both Saturday and Sunday at Alpine Valley outside of Milwaukee, but I just got single day tix for Sunday. Apparently, most of the bands are playing both days. A Boy Named Seo messaged me a few weeks ago about the show before it was even officially announced. He was thinking about coming out for it, but it just wasn't feasible. A big shout out to him for making me aware of the show. Pearl Jam was one of my favorite bands 20 years ago and Queens of the Stone Age is one of my favorite bands now. To see them both in one day makes me very excited.

A Boy Named Seo Jun 06 2011 10:07 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

That's gonna be a good one. I bet less a concert and more a big, giant (very long) party with lots of their bros making cameos. Already can't wait for the bootlegs.

The Second Spitter Jun 06 2011 11:50 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

TransMonk wrote: This morning I scored tickets for the Pearl Jam 20th Anniversary Festival over Labor Day weekend. Pearl Jam Queens of the Stone Age The Strokes Mudhoney John Doe Glen Hansard David Garza ...and many more! The festival is both Saturday and Sunday at Alpine Valley outside of Milwaukee, but I just got single day tix for Sunday. Apparently, most of the bands are playing both days. A Boy Named Seo messaged me a few weeks ago about the show before it was even officially announced. He was thinking about coming out for it, but it just wasn't feasible. A big shout out to him for making me aware of the show. Pearl Jam was one of my favorite bands 20 years ago and Queens of the Stone Age is one of my favorite bands now. To see them both in one day makes me very excited. If you hear a chick yell "go Phils" during the show, find her, slapper her and say it's from me.

Gwreck Jun 08 2011 04:14 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

If you missed seeing Paul McCartney at Citi Field a couple of years ago, not to worry -- he's playing the House of Evil in July.

Edgy DC Jun 09 2011 06:25 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Went to an awards banquet last night and watched The Bobs bomb before a not-drunk-enough crowd.

TransMonk Jun 09 2011 09:04 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

To round out my "baseball week", I'll be going down the street to see our local minor league Madison Mallards play on Friday. The opening band will be The Baseball Project. I'm really excited to see them play. My band did a cover of The Days of Wine and Roses by Steve Wynn's band The Dream Syndicate. I got to meet Steve in Chicago once and he told us it was the best cover of that song that he had heard. I don't know if that's true, but it's nice that he said it. Should be a great show. The stadium has been newly renovated, so I'm looking forward to that as well. http://host.madison.com/entertainment/m ... 8f389.html “The sport really covers a lot of the subjects we’ve always liked writing about in our regular bands: exhilaration, doubt, vindication,” he said. “There are so many moments in baseball where it’s right down to you and only you, and you can either be Reggie Jackson in game 6 of the ’77 World Series or you can be Bill Buckner in ’86 (who committed an oft-relived error that surfaces on the regret-laden “Buckner’s Bolero”).”

Gwreck Jun 09 2011 12:19 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

I saw the Baseball Project about a month ago and they far exceeded my expectations. While I liked the idea of the band, I had doubts about how well it would translate live -- that were proven to be misplaced. It helps that Scott McCaughey and Steve Wynn are very talented musicians. Buck seems miscast on bass but I guess since Stipe (and Mills?) didn't want to tour, he does this so he gets to go out and play live.

sharpie Jun 09 2011 12:49 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Yeah, I saw them last summer and they were a lot of fun. I liked how they added newer names to that Harvey Haddix perfect game song (and added an "asshole" after invoking Jim Bunning). They do some non-baseball songs too but that was ok. That being said, their first album was a lot better than their second.

seawolf17 Jun 09 2011 06:10 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

sharpie wrote: That being said, their first album was a lot better than their second. By a LOT. It's like they ran out of ideas.

TransMonk Jun 10 2011 08:00 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Baseball Project was completely awesome! This is how close we were for the whole show. Mike Mills was there instead of Peter Buck...but oh my lord, what a great show they put on. Evidently, they are playing mostly club shows on this tour, but it was great to see them in a minor league park and I hope they can book more shows like this. Every one of the band members talked to fans after the show and during the game and even Freedy Johnston was hanging out...as a fan. I got some vinyl, a CD and a city-specific t-shirt. I'm really glad I went.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 13 2011 10:05 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Nice!

sharpie Jun 17 2011 09:21 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

3 Celebrate Brooklyn shows in the last week: Andrew Bird opened the season. Often will loop himself and play violin, guitar, glockenspiel, sing and whistle in the same song. Quite the whistler, that guy. Closest old school parallels I could come up for him would be Paul Simon or David Byrne but he isn't as good a songwriter as either but is more of a virtuoso than both. Saw the Decemberists in a paid show on Tuesday. Loved that show. For my money one of the two or three best American bands at the present time. Played stuff from throughout their catalog. Very impassioned audience. Last night was Songs of the Freedom Riders, a Hal Wilner project which featured, among many others, Lou Reed, Todd Rundgren and Roseanne Cash along with a crack band and chorus. Lou sang "A Change Is Gonna Come", changing the lyrics slightly and reading the lyrics off of a music stand. Very tentative performance. His next song, which sounded like a Lou original, was also read from the music stand but was a better performance. The real standout was Toshi Reagon whose mother founded Sweet Honey in the Rock, whose father was involved in SNCC and whose godfather is Pete Seeger (Pete's grandson Tao was also a performer). Filled with righteous indignation she got the normally staid Park Slope crowd going. A flawed evening but at times a great one.

A Boy Named Seo Jun 19 2011 10:45 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Any recommendations on Andrew Bird/Decemberists albums? The Decemberists played before Wilco IIRC at Sasquatch and had a massive & rabid crowd. I dug some of the stuff from 'Crane (Pool) Wife' but didn't really vibe the stuff after. Fav albums? Currently listening to Bird's 'Noble Beast' (2009, 4 stars on AMG). It's nice (& that bro can whistle!) http://allmusic.com/album/noble-beast-r1468944 Have tix to see Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) & Kurt Vile & the Violators (great name!) at the Troubadour in W. Hollywood. I think Thurston is actually opening for Vile. Both their albums in 2011 are favorites of mine, and Moore's was produced by Beck and shares the same mood as Beck's brilliant 'Sea Change'. Highlyhighlyhighly recommend both albums. Kurt Vile 'Smoke Ring for my Halo': http://allmusic.com/album/smoke-ring-fo ... o-r2121561 Thurston Moore 'Demolished Thoughts': http://allmusic.com/album/demolished-thoughts-r2160915

sharpie Jun 19 2011 04:05 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Decemberists albums: I would vote Crane Wife or Picaresque to start. The new one, The King Is Dead, is nice but not representative of their work. They call it "our Music From Big Pink." Andrew Bird is too prolific to really get a handle on his albums for me.

MFS62 Jun 22 2011 08:58 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

The Decemberists had started to stray from what made them unique. But their last effort got them back on track. I just got my tickets to see Earth, Wind and Fire July 2 at the Ives Center (Danbury) on July 2. Later

A Boy Named Seo Jun 23 2011 01:28 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

My Morning Jacket tonight in Hollywood. Holy crap, they were good.

Gwreck Jun 23 2011 07:50 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Nice. I saw that exact same bill (MMJ with opening band Everest) here last fall and had pretty much the same reaction.

A Boy Named Seo Jun 23 2011 08:40 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Everest (I don't think) even played. Tickets said 8PM, we got there around 8:25 with no music playing and the house lights up. MMJ went on at 9 sharp and played til almost 11:30. It was a work night, so I was OK w/ no opener (or missing the opener altogether). Damn, they were good, though. Second best show I've seen this year.

A Boy Named Seo Jun 24 2011 12:33 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Just bought tix to Fleet Foxes (2 shows because I panicked and will now try to ditch one of those sets) and Bon Iver. In related news, I will never own a house.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 01 2011 08:35 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Sloan at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn last nite. This band was sort of a rumor to me before I found the streaming yellow magic of the Internet -- people I knew liked 'em, and realized that people who liked what I liked also liked them, so when they came to the hood in support of their new rekkid, I checked 'em out. They are a quartet, but had a guest keyboardist/tamborinist/background vocalist. Natty guitarist with a fedora and slim-fitting shirt buttoned to the neck; geeky bass player with gigantic eyeglasses and chuck taylors; sickly, girl-like rhythm guitarist in patched denim and a big athletic drummer in a t-shirt resembling Stewart Copeland. The interesting thing is that all 4 of them did lead vocals on at least 3 songs, including Stew Copeland who sang his leads while playing rhythm guitar, while the geeky bass player took over the drum kit, and the girly rhythm guitarist played bass. So they were versatile and talented. Sound was a little loud for the vocals to shine however, particularly when the lead guitar guy sang: His songs were mostly big guitar rave-ups, I was right in front of amps as a result I'm partially deaf in my left ear this morning. Really, kinda stupid. A duo called Hot Kid opened, shrieking chick with a fuzzed-out guitar and hair in her face accompanied only by a ridiculous drummer with a porno mustache who was more like an athlete than a anything: Stupid fast, head bobbing like crazy, raising his arms then crashing down in a huge flurry. At one point the leg to one of his toms collapsed and he was literally keeping the drum from falling over by pounding on it while supporting it with his knee. It was quite a performance, even though I wasn't much for their tunes. Here's a short vid of Hot Kid I shot (adjust the volume, very fuzzy) [url]https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/YI5NifsvfAG-uu_V2dX5numeWsdTE3lmSsPwiZw8F10?feat=directlink

Edgy DC Jul 01 2011 08:52 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

We need a No Kid Superlatives Thread.

A Boy Named Seo Jul 01 2011 10:06 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

So did you like em? I'm normally not a huge fan of switching lead vocals & switching up instruments. Muddies up a band's identity & greatly increases the chances of them having songs you will not like. PS - like that you are running around Brooklyn watching buzzbands on a school night, you effing hipster.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 01 2011 10:34 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

I know what you mean, and will say that I preferred the set when Stewart Copeland Guy was drumming, not singing, it kinda got a little stuck at that part. For one thing the Head Geek is the best frontman of them, and he looked like he was just goofing around back there on the drums. Otherwise I think the multivocalist thing is OK, especially if they harmonize, which they did on many songs. Good energy and stuff, they were definitely trying to entertain me. Stood with 4 fat girls from Toronto visiting the big city for the first time, definitely coulda scored if I were younger, not married and in a very, very deep slump.

Edgy DC Jul 01 2011 11:03 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

I like changing vocalists --- Beatles, Bangles, Cars, Fleshtones, and, um... Supertramp. I understand maintaining identities, but it's cool to find yourself in the dynamic of all the voices the players have. I guess it's easier when you're young and have time to develop a relationship with the band. When you're older, you have to make a thumbs-up/thumbs-down call on a band in an evening and you've got little precious time for sitting through (say) Stewart Copeland singing "Any Other Day."

TheOldMole Jul 05 2011 05:14 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Hudson Valley Philharmonic 4th of July outdoor concert -- you haven't lived till you've heard Peter Gunn played by a full symphony orchestra.

soupcan Jul 21 2011 09:18 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

U2 last night at the Meadowlands. Boooooo! Sure it was hot but it was the set list that I didn’t dig. Played most of the stuff you all know and love with a emphasis on 'Achtung Baby' since it's the 20th anniversary of that album's release. Smattering of stuff off the last three albums also which a lot of peeps didn't seem to recognize. They started into ‘Space Oddity’ and I got really excited and then they only wound up playing one line. No ‘New Year’s Day’, no ‘Bad’ which they ALWAYS play live. LAME encore consisting of a lame song called ‘Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me’. Sound wasn’t spectacular either but my seats sucked and that could have been the reason. And really...what the fuck is this...? My sucky seats:

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 21 2011 09:50 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

soupcan wrote: LAME encore consisting of a lame song called ‘Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me’. From one of the Joel Schumacker Batman-with-nipples movies. Ugh.

Gwreck Jul 21 2011 06:56 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

I went to the U2 show last night as well. I too would have liked "Bad" in the show (they just aren't playing it this tour) but otherwise had a really great time. I thought it was an outstanding show, but I'm sure that is partially because I love the Achtung Baby album. The opening part of the show where they did 4 AB songs and then I Will Follow was the big highlight for me. I will also admit that one's perspective on the show can be affected by location.

soupcan Jul 21 2011 07:58 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Nice seats!

HahnSolo Jul 22 2011 08:02 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

I saw U2 in Montreal back on the 8th (birthday gift for Mrs. Solo's 4-0). I thought they were very good. Bad and New Year's Day are no longer staples, and this leg of the tour they haven't been playing too much stuff from the new album (which, from 2009 really isn't all that new). Highlights for me included The Fly, an acoustic Stay, a haunting Miss Sarajevo, and a really energetic Beautiful Day. The place exploded when they did Where the Streets Have No Name, as usual. I actually thought the Hold Me, Thrill Me performance was good, and I don't even like that song. Re: the venue. They constructed a temporary stadium on the site of the old BlueBonnets race track. No parking at the site. yes I said no parking. Everyone had to take the Metro. At the end of the show, a biblical downpour had the entire crowd running for the Metro station. After a 10-minute walk/run, a traffic cop told us to head to the next station up the line. Thank god. That extra 6-block walk/run probably saved us a 90 minute wait at the other station.

soupcan Jul 22 2011 08:31 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

My thing about U2 is that I've seen them about 10 times dating back to 1987. I've seen them in both arenas and stadiums and in good seats and bad. Each time I've seen them they've been very good to great and played pretty much everything I wanted to hear at that time. So when I see them I judge them based on all the other times I've seen them. Maybe this was a good show in and of itself but based on past performances I've seen, this was subpar.

HahnSolo Jul 22 2011 09:08 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

soupcan wrote: My thing about U2 is that I've seen them about 10 times dating back to 1987. I've seen them in both arenas and stadiums and in good seats and bad. Place a checkmark next to our similarity scores, though my first show was in '85.

TransMonk Jul 22 2011 09:15 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Have tix to see Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) & Kurt Vile & the Violators (great name!) at the Troubadour in W. Hollywood. I think Thurston is actually opening for Vile. Both their albums in 2011 are favorites of mine, and Moore's was produced by Beck and shares the same mood as Beck's brilliant 'Sea Change'. Highlyhighlyhighly recommend both albums. Seo, did you see this show already? Thurston was playing in my hood last Saturday. I had planned on going, but it was a late show and I ran 10 miles that morning, so I bailed on it at the last minute claiming exhaustion. I was shamed in the morning by all of my friends declaring it was an awesome show.

Gwreck Jul 22 2011 09:20 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

I had forgotten that you were going to Montreal for that show, Hahn. My iPod touch died due to complications of injures sustained in that rainstorm. I actually was fine with the "no parking" system as the city does have reasonable public transportation but once the rain started it was terrible and crowd control was really lacking. (It was a good show, though).

HahnSolo Jul 22 2011 09:40 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Gwreck wrote: I had forgotten that you were going to Montreal for that show, Hahn. My iPod touch died due to complications of injures sustained in that rainstorm. I actually was fine with the "no parking" system as the city does have reasonable public transportation but once the rain started it was terrible and crowd control was really lacking. (It was a good show, though). I've never been more wet from rain. We were so focused on getting to the Metro and getting back downtown we didn't think to stop. Luckily our cameras and phones survived. The weather the rest of the weekend was great...we had an awesome overall experience.

sharpie Jul 22 2011 11:46 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

The Feelies tomorrow night at Celebrate Brooklyn. Maybe Wanda Jackson next Wednesday in Central Park.

A Boy Named Seo Jul 22 2011 01:57 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

TransMonk wrote: A Boy Named Seo wrote: Have tix to see Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) & Kurt Vile & the Violators (great name!) at the Troubadour in W. Hollywood. I think Thurston is actually opening for Vile. Both their albums in 2011 are favorites of mine, and Moore's was produced by Beck and shares the same mood as Beck's brilliant 'Sea Change'. Highlyhighlyhighly recommend both albums. Seo, did you see this show already? Thurston was playing in my hood last Saturday. I had planned on going, but it was a late show and I ran 10 miles that morning, so I bailed on it at the last minute claiming exhaustion. I was shamed in the morning by all of my friends declaring it was an awesome show. No, it's a week from tonight. Very looking forward to it. Will let ya know how it was after.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 22 2011 08:34 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

sharpie wrote: The Feelies tomorrow night at Celebrate Brooklyn. Maybe Wanda Jackson next Wednesday in Central Park. We're trying to figger child-'ranging for either or both of those. (May bring the kid to CP Wednesday-- the opener, Imelda May, is pretty impressive herself.)

sharpie Jul 22 2011 09:06 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Saw Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 at Celebrate Brooklyn tonight. Did has dad, Fela, proud with his dad's old band. LeiterWagner, PM me if you're going tomorrow. I'll buy yez a beer.

sharpie Jul 23 2011 09:10 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Feelies were fab. Best free show I've seen in a while. Did all original songs for their set. First encore was Dylan's "Seven Days", Stones' "Rocks Off" and Stooges' "I Wanna Be Your Dog." They look like a band of dentists and schoolteachers but I guess that's what happens with age.

Ashie62 Jul 23 2011 10:07 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

sharpie wrote: Feelies were fab. Best free show I've seen in a while. Did all original songs for their set. First encore was Dylan's "Seven Days", Stones' "Rocks Off" and Stooges' "I Wanna Be Your Dog." They look like a band of dentists and schoolteachers but I guess that's what happens with age. Hoboken's finest.

themetfairy Jul 29 2011 10:17 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Tug McGraw's kid puts on a damn good concert!

soupcan Jul 30 2011 11:24 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Did you take that pic, MF? Very nice.

themetfairy Jul 30 2011 12:00 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

soupcan wrote: Did you take that pic, MF? Very nice. Indeed I did, thanks. With my Nikon P90 point-and-shoot, because the venue only permits non-SLR cameras. I was lucky - Tim started the show way up in the nosebleed section, not too far from where D-Dad and I were sitting. So I had a good vantage point for the first couple of songs.

A Boy Named Seo Aug 22 2011 10:18 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

A Boy Named Seo wrote: A Boy Named Seo wrote: Have tix to see Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) & Kurt Vile & the Violators (great name!) at the Troubadour in W. Hollywood. I think Thurston is actually opening for Vile. Both their albums in 2011 are favorites of mine, and Moore's was produced by Beck and shares the same mood as Beck's brilliant 'Sea Change'. Highlyhighlyhighly recommend both albums. Seo, did you see this show already? Thurston was playing in my hood last Saturday. I had planned on going, but it was a late show and I ran 10 miles that morning, so I bailed on it at the last minute claiming exhaustion. I was shamed in the morning by all of my friends declaring it was an awesome show. No, it's a week from tonight. Very looking forward to it. Will let ya know how it was after. Was more amped for KV's set, but he seemed all stoned and was real droney and warbly. Thurston Moore was great, though. Had a harp player and violinist to keep true to the arrangements from the new record and they were MVPs, especially the girlie on the harp. He broke between songs for bits of original poetry (!) and was funny and engaging as hell. Your friends were right. Onward now.... Just bought tix to see Ryan Adams. Really can't wait for that.

Willets Point Aug 31 2011 11:49 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Going to see The (English) Beat next week. Apparently there are two versions of the band that tour these days. This one is basically Dave Wakeling and his band. Should be fun nevertheless.

Ashie62 Sep 01 2011 12:07 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

I've got a show billed "NYC's Favorite Sons" David Johansen & Garland Jeffreys 10/22 At the Tabernacle in Mt. Tabor NJ coming up. Both doing solo. Saw Jeffreys a long time ago using the Rumour as his backing band. [url]http://www.atthetabernacle.com/

A Boy Named Seo Sep 03 2011 11:25 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

TransMonk wrote: This morning I scored tickets for the Pearl Jam 20th Anniversary Festival over Labor Day weekend. Pearl Jam Queens of the Stone Age The Strokes Mudhoney John Doe Glen Hansard David Garza ...and many more! The festival is both Saturday and Sunday at Alpine Valley outside of Milwaukee, but I just got single day tix for Sunday. Apparently, most of the bands are playing both days. A Boy Named Seo messaged me a few weeks ago about the show before it was even officially announced. He was thinking about coming out for it, but it just wasn't feasible. A big shout out to him for making me aware of the show. Pearl Jam was one of my favorite bands 20 years ago and Queens of the Stone Age is one of my favorite bands now. To see them both in one day makes me very excited. Have fun, man. Wish I was at this shit today. Will be at FYF instead.

TransMonk Sep 04 2011 10:29 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

I'll be thinking of you, Seo. To say I'm a abundantly ecstatic this morning would be an understatement.

A Boy Named Seo Sep 04 2011 10:43 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Thought you were at yesterday for some reason. Enjoy, man. The set list looked pretty cool, some rare & old nuggets & lots of collabs with their buddies. Sounded like a fun atmosphere. SET LIST 01. Release 02. Arms Aloft-(Bullen, Shields, Slatterly, Stafford, Strummer) 03. Do The Evolution 04. Got Some 05. In My Tree 06. Faithful 07. Who You Are w/ Joseph Arthur, Liam Finn, Glen Hansard (bg vocs). Glen Peterson (percussion) 08. Push Me, Pull Me 09. Setting Forth 10. Not For You w/ Julian Casablancas 11. In The Moonlight w/ Josh Homme 12. Deep 13. Help Help 14. Breath 15. Education w/ Liam Finn 16. Once 17. State Of Love And Trust w/ Dhani Harrison 18. Betterman/Save It For Later-(Charley, Cox, Morton, Steele, Wakeling) 19. Wasted Reprise 20. Life Wasted ENCORE BREAK 1 21. Rearviewmirror (For Mother Love Bone & Temple Of The Dog songs Chris Cornell sings lead. Eddie Vedder & Glen Hansard sing background vocals. Liam Finn joins Ed & Glen on "Reach Down") 22. Stardog Champion w/ Chris Cornell-(Ament, Fairweather, Gilmore, Gossard, Wood){Mother Love Bone} 23. Say Hello 2 Heaven-(Cornell) 24. Reach Down-(Cornell) 25. Hunger Strike {Eddie Vedder duet vocal}-(Cornell) 26. Love, Reign O'er Me-(Townshend) 27. Porch ENCORE BREAK 2 28. Kick Out The Jams w/Mudhoney-(Davis, Kramer, Smith, Thompson, Tyner)

TransMonk Sep 05 2011 10:52 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Went on Sunday. It was cold and windy and the place was only about 75% full until PJ started. This was definitely a Pearl Jam show and not as much of a "festival" type atmosphere as I had anticipated. Mudhoney was still just trying to get people to listen to them after all of these years. They put on a decent show to an apathetic response. QOTSA was excellent as usual. They played for 45 minutes exactly and essentially pulled of a good mix between their "hits" and some obscure stuff. Vedder joined in on cowbell and vocals for "Little Sister" (he didn't quite know the words). The Strokes were as boring as everyone has told me they are live. They have some great guitar work, but Julian Casablancas is a pretty dull front man. I was underwhelmed by Pearl Jam. I was a big fan of them when I was 19 and would have bought anything they put out. I saw them live 3 times between 1991-1995, including at Alpine Valley 19 years and 1 week ago. I lost touch with them after their fifth album "Yield". I guess I was hoping for a little trip back down memory lane that would be nostalgic and fun, but when I found my self surrounded by thousands of peeps my age who were still really into PJ, I just found the whole thing kind of funny. They still put on an awesome show. Vedder's vocals were tight and Mike McCready is an underrated all-time guitar player. There were moments that I noticed that they were not on tour and they flubbed some parts of some of the songs I'm sure that they hadn't rehearsed, but maybe that's just the musician in me. After fighting the cold and wind for as long as we could, my wife and the others that I was with told me it was time to go during the first encore and I didn't put up a fight. We missed out on the Temple of the Dog reunion, but with the exception of "Smile", they didn't play anything that I didn't see them play back when I was in high school, including the TotD stuff, and that younger version will always be the lasting and pure memory. SUNDAY'S SET: Wash The Fixer Severed Hand All Night Given To Fly Pilate Love Boat Captain Habit (with Liam Finn) Even Flow -my favorite of the night, several minutes of McCready soloing in the middle Daughter (It's OK Tag) Leatherman Red Mosquito (with Julian Casablancas) Satan's Bed Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town (with Dhani Harrison) Unthought Known New World (X cover) (with John Doe) Black Jeremy Encore: New Song Just Breathe Nothingman No Way Public Image (Public Image Ltd. cover) -TransMonk exodus Smile (with Glen Hansard) Spin The Black Circle Encore 2: Hunger Strike (Temple of the Dog cover) (with Chris Cornell) Call Me A Dog (Temple of the Dog cover) (with Chris Cornell) All Night Thing (Temple of the Dog cover) (with Chris Cornell) Reach Down (Temple of the Dog cover) (with Chris Cornell) Sonic Reducer (Dead Boys cover) (with Mark Arm) Encore 3: Alive Rockin' in the Free World (Neil Young cover) Yellow Ledbetter (Star-Spangled Banner outro)

Edgy DC Sep 05 2011 10:58 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

TransMonk wrote: I was underwhelmed by Pearl Jam. I was a big fan of them when I was 19 and would have bought anything they put out. I saw them live 3 times between 1991-1995, including at Alpine Valley 19 years and 1 week ago. I lost touch with them after their fifth album "Yield". I guess I was hoping for a little trip back down memory lane that would be nostalgic and fun, but when I found my self surrounded by thousands of peeps my age who were still really into PJ, I just found the whole thing kind of funny. I'm afraid this is what it would be like for me if I dropped a few c-notes and went and saw U2 now. Or maybe Springsteen. Surrounded by folks my age who got on the bandwagon well after me, but are still hanging on with their teeth. Feeling awkward.

Gwreck Sep 05 2011 02:16 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

I don't get it. Why would someone else's reaction to the music affect your (potential) enjoyment?

TransMonk Sep 05 2011 03:45 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

For me, it was just the realization that I wasn't as into Pearl Jam as I thought I was...and it was illustrated by the actual PJ fans I was surrounded by. I had a time in my life when I was one of those fans, but I'm not at that time anymore...NTTAWWT. In fact, it's very much OK with me. I still had a very good time.

A Boy Named Seo Sep 05 2011 04:33 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Went on Sunday. It was cold and windy and the place was only about 75% full until PJ started. This was definitely a Pearl Jam show and not as much of a "festival" type atmosphere as I had anticipated. Mudhoney was still just trying to get people to listen to them after all of these years. They put on a decent show to an apathetic response. QOTSA was excellent as usual. They played for 45 minutes exactly and essentially pulled of a good mix between their "hits" and some obscure stuff. Vedder joined in on cowbell and vocals for "Little Sister" (he didn't quite know the words). The Strokes were as boring as everyone has told me they are live. They have some great guitar work, but Julian Casablancas is a pretty dull front man. I was underwhelmed by Pearl Jam. I was a big fan of them when I was 19 and would have bought anything they put out. I saw them live 3 times between 1991-1995, including at Alpine Valley 19 years and 1 week ago. I lost touch with them after their fifth album "Yield". I guess I was hoping for a little trip back down memory lane that would be nostalgic and fun, but when I found my self surrounded by thousands of peeps my age who were still really into PJ, I just found the whole thing kind of funny. They still put on an awesome show. Vedder's vocals were tight and Mike McCready is an underrated all-time guitar player. There were moments that I noticed that they were not on tour and they flubbed some parts of some of the songs I'm sure that they hadn't rehearsed, but maybe that's just the musician in me. After fighting the cold and wind for as long as we could, my wife and the others that I was with told me it was time to go during the first encore and I didn't put up a fight. We missed out on the Temple of the Dog reunion, but with the exception of "Smile", they didn't play anything that I didn't see them play back when I was in high school, including the TotD stuff, and that younger version will always be the lasting and pure memory. SUNDAY'S SET: Wash The Fixer Severed Hand All Night Given To Fly Pilate Love Boat Captain Habit (with Liam Finn) Even Flow -my favorite of the night, several minutes of McCready soloing in the middle Daughter (It's OK Tag) Leatherman Red Mosquito (with Julian Casablancas) Satan's Bed Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town (with Dhani Harrison) Unthought Known New World (X cover) (with John Doe) Black Jeremy Encore: New Song Just Breathe Nothingman No Way Public Image (Public Image Ltd. cover) -TransMonk exodus Smile (with Glen Hansard) Spin The Black Circle Encore 2: Hunger Strike (Temple of the Dog cover) (with Chris Cornell) Call Me A Dog (Temple of the Dog cover) (with Chris Cornell) All Night Thing (Temple of the Dog cover) (with Chris Cornell) Reach Down (Temple of the Dog cover) (with Chris Cornell) Sonic Reducer (Dead Boys cover) (with Mark Arm) Encore 3: Alive Rockin' in the Free World (Neil Young cover) Yellow Ledbetter (Star-Spangled Banner outro) Sorry you didn't love. That is one helluva set list though. Looks like they loaded up night 2 a lot more than night 1.

Edgy DC Sep 05 2011 07:11 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Gwreck wrote: I don't get it. Why would someone else's reaction to the music affect your (potential) enjoyment? Self-awareness dawning on me is pretty much a constant state.

Gwreck Sep 08 2011 11:14 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

I went to the Horrible Crowes' first ever show tonight at the Bowery Ballroom. For those unaware, this is the side project of Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem; the record Elsie is fantastic. Gaslight was originally known for what I guess could be termed "melodic punk" although they've veered more towards straight-forward rock and roll, particularly in their most recent work. The side project is a bit darker -- Fallon cited Greg Dulli as a major influence -- and the album is incredibly solid. The live show was a real treat, with the band performing the entire album (which was released on Tuesday) and half the crowd already singing the words back at them. They also did two covers: "Never Tear Us Apart," and -- get this -- "Teenage Dream," done straight (ie. not as a joke) and rearranged. (A very good pop song is still a good song, and the cover was great fun). Fallon is a tremendous live presence and this is the sort of show that gives me hope that rock and roll isn't fading away so quickly.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 09 2011 05:30 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

I steamed some of Elsie yesterday. 'Behold the Hurricane' sounded so much like Springsteen I wondered why Patti Scialfa wasn't joining with background vocals at the end.

Edgy DC Sep 18 2011 11:30 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

On a Friday night whim, I went to see Marshall Crenshaw --- master of what my friend used to call Edmusic, teenage love songs for people who aren't teenagers and are perhaps not even in love. In truth, little is closer to my heart, and I delight in seeing him, but the overwhelming theme of the music second half of his career has been regret. A typical song of his later oeuvre being "Television Light," a song about the detachment of wandering the streets and wondering about the lives inside the houses. Harsh. And even when he revives his early material, it's with twisted rhythms and altered tempos, the searching feel of a guy who has lost something. I get the impression that he loved being young and growing paunchy and bald took him by surprise. But, you know, this is billed as a 30th anniversary tour (of his first indy single "Something's Gonna Happen,") so maybe he was going to try and recapture that old spirit. So when he takes the stage, he opens with a slowed-down, undanceable-rhythmed "There She Goes Again" --- the lead guitar stabbing at off-beat places. The thing is, this is a great song, but not a deep one, and turning it around to re-explore it doesn't yield much or reveal much, except that maybe Crenshaw's later, saddder persona was going to hold the floor for the evening. It was all a bait and switch. The rootsy opening band Bottle Rockets --- who I only slowly realized from my terrible seating angle had returned as his backing band --- started pounding out "Mary Ann" and he started tearing the place apart like a teenage drag strip. They were missing their lead guitarist, so Crenshaw (very unusually) took half the solos. POW! --- "Cynical Girl." BAM! --- "Rockin' Around in NYC!" CRACK! --- "Better Back Off." Easily the most entertaining I've ever seen him. When it came time to pull out the covers, he bypassed latter-day fixtures like Grant Hart's (admittedly sublime) "2541" and gave us a few more body blows like Buddy Holly & the Crickets' "Rave On” and “Crying, Waiting, Hoping” and Richard Thompson's “Valerie.” Thunder! Lightning! Romance! Laughter! Good fucking times! Being without the lead guitarist only made the show that much more rocking by forcing Crenshaw and the remaining guitarist to get back to basics with their improvised solos. Even "Television Light," a rare set selection from his post-1990 catalog rocked, as certainly his one or two new recordings did. One sounded like Aerosmith, of all things. He said next year he'll be celebrating the anniversary of his first album. Maybe he'll reunite his original band from that album, but really, he can't do much better than Friday night.

Edgy DC Sep 18 2011 12:02 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

[youtube:31tjxny4]VSD058Xa6yI[/youtube:31tjxny4]

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 18 2011 01:30 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Nice. My favorite shows of his are with a full band too.

Edgy DC Sep 18 2011 02:28 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Ms. Edgy and I both admitted by the third song that we worried after the first that it was gonna be a rough night.

Edgy DC Sep 19 2011 07:27 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Crenshaw Cwiz: "Television Light" was originally released in 1998 as an original soundtrack contribution. What film was that soundtrack from?

A Boy Named Seo Sep 20 2011 01:46 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Saw 2 of the heavy hitters in the neo-folk, hippie/hipster-wave genre this week, Fleet Foxes a couple nights ago and Bon Iver last night. Both were phenomenal. Fleet Foxes were at the Greek, a 5700-capacity, outdoor amphitheater. We landed the GA orchestra pit standing tickets, which put us 5 feet from the band. The guitars and mandolins and 3 and 4-part harmonies were sugary sweet. I could hear a few 'turn it up!' yells behind us, but it was just a bunch of beautiful, quiet, ornate folky dolky tunes and you had to wait for the sounds to float up to you, I guess. Amazing singers, all of them, and wonderful musicians. Just a great show. Bon Iver was at the 6300-capacity Shrine Auditorium on the USC Campus (you're familiar with it because that's where the last BET awards were held). The sound was awesomely loud and the bass was thumping and heavy, and he had a 9-piece band bringing full color to the more heavily-arranged stuff from the self-titled released this year. It also pumped new life into the beautiful, sparse, sad-bastard stuff from 'Emma'. Incredibly intense and moving show. Highly recommend both live. Edgy's cwiz cwestion stands.

Edgy DC Sep 20 2011 01:57 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Crenshaw Cwiz: "Television Light" was originally released in 1998 as an original soundtrack contribution. What film was that soundtrack from? Answer: This song was a contribution to the blockbuster hit of zero continents, Pants on Fire.

seawolf17 Sep 20 2011 01:58 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Mike Doughty, October 20 at some place in Milford. I like when concerts are on weeknights during travel season.

dgwphotography Sep 20 2011 02:21 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

seawolf17 wrote: Mike Doughty, October 20 at some place in Milford. I like when concerts are on weeknights during travel season. He's performing at Daniel Street - a club that is downtown, just off the green...

seawolf17 Sep 20 2011 02:24 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

dgwphotography wrote: seawolf17 wrote: Mike Doughty, October 20 at some place in Milford. I like when concerts are on weeknights during travel season. He's performing at Daniel Street - a club that is downtown, just off the green... Drove past it today en route from Foran to Law, which is what reminded me to post.

dgwphotography Sep 20 2011 05:42 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

seawolf17 wrote: seawolf17 wrote: Mike Doughty, October 20 at some place in Milford. I like when concerts are on weeknights during travel season. He's performing at Daniel Street - a club that is downtown, just off the green... Drove past it today en route from Foran to Law, which is what reminded me to post. Which means you probably drove right by my house...

sharpie Sep 20 2011 07:01 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Wilco and Nick Lowe this Friday in Central Park.

Willets Point Sep 20 2011 09:29 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

I tend to conflate Nick Lowe, Nick Drake & Nick Cave (and maybe a few other Nicks with one syllable surnames ending with e).

Edgy DC Sep 21 2011 05:37 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Nick Lowe can't stand another heartache. Nick Drake and Nick Cave wouldn't know what to do without them.

Frayed Knot Sep 21 2011 07:13 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Willets Point wrote: I tend to conflate Nick Lowe, Nick Drake & Nick Cave (and maybe a few other Nicks with one syllable surnames ending with e). Nick (at) Nite

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 21 2011 08:04 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

I conflate Nick Drake and Nick Cave for sure, but Nick Lowe is distinct. The third guy in that conflation for me is Lloyd Cole.

A Boy Named Seo Sep 21 2011 09:03 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

I go Drake > Lowe > Cave > Jonas. That Wilco show oughta be stellar.

TransMonk Sep 21 2011 09:28 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

A Boy Named Seo wrote: I go Drake > Lowe > Cave > Jonas. Agreed.

A Boy Named Seo Sep 21 2011 05:57 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

sharpie wrote: Wilco and Nick Lowe this Friday in Central Park. Sneak preview of that show in ... 3 minutes. http://www.cbs.com/late_night/liveonlet ... lco/video/ Wilco live from the Ed Sullivan Theatre. Apparently a full show streaming live. All over that shit.

A Boy Named Seo Sep 22 2011 12:55 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

TransMonk wrote: A Boy Named Seo wrote: I go Drake > Lowe > Cave > Jonas. Agreed. Nikki Sixx isn't a real Nick. Nick Lachey was forgotten when he turned 20-something and his boy-band brand got stale & died. Sorry, bro. "Remember me? I'm super cute." Show me your Nicks!

TransMonk Sep 22 2011 12:59 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Edgy DC Sep 22 2011 01:12 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Nick Oliveri of Queens of the Stone Age. Up to no good of late. Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes:

Edgy DC Sep 22 2011 01:15 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Nick Cannon, whoever he is.

A Boy Named Seo Sep 22 2011 01:17 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

He's Mr. Mariah Carey.

Edgy DC Sep 22 2011 01:20 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

That's what he thinks. I'm Mr. Mariah Carey.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 22 2011 01:23 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

seawolf17 Sep 23 2011 09:03 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

/drool

sharpie Sep 24 2011 09:39 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Fun but wet night with Wilco. Nick Lowe opened up. Solo. Often sounded like Buddy Holly without the Crickets. Crooned a lot. Closed with a very nice very sad version of (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding. Wilco opened with a bunch of new songs. Weakest song was the opener, a 12-minute slow and unfamiliar song. Might've been fine elsewhere in the show but not at first. The setlist (songs from their new album asterisked): One Sunday Morning* Art Of Almost* I Might* Poor Places Bull Black Nova I Am Trying to Break Your Heart Pot Kettle Black Impossible Germany Black Moon* California Stars Born Alone* Handshake Drugs Heavy Metal Drummer Whole Love* Standing O Passenger Side Dawned On Me* A Shot in the Arm Encore: Misunderstood Jesus, Etc. Walken I'm the Man Who Loves You Red-Eyed and Blue I Got You (At the End of the Century) Got bleacher seats at the back of the venue and saw fine despite the umbrellas. Height of rudeness I say to use an umbrella at a rainy outdoor event. You're guaranteed to block someone's view. Wear a poncho.

A Boy Named Seo Sep 25 2011 10:54 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Nick Lowe wrote that song, right? Great set list. Love that first song they played (it's the last track on the new album). Not an ass-kicking concert opener or anything, but Wilco doesn't care what we think on such matters and I love them for that. The new album is out on the 27th and NPR is streaming the whole thing for the moment: http://www.npr.org/2011/09/19/140476897 ... whole-love It's sort of all over the fucking place, but really liking it after the first few listens. Yes, and keep your umbrellas at home.

sharpie Sep 25 2011 12:40 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Yes, Nick Lowe wrote it. Try to find it online somewhere, great version. Also agree about new Wilco album. Better than the last one methinks though maybe not as good as "Sky Blue Sky."

A Boy Named Seo Oct 11 2011 04:38 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Ryan Adams tonight. Same day as the release of his new album "Ashes & Fire". Mandy Moore made him all reflective and shit. I can't wait for this show.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 11 2011 05:17 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Spun that one once today, very gentle, kinda pretty.

A Boy Named Seo Oct 12 2011 01:55 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Yeah, a real slow burner. Takes me back to 'Heartbreaker' a little. Great show. He was very corny and talkative and played a real long set. Skipped the encore (he said, 'this is the part where I'd leave, and you'd clap, and I'd walk back out, and you'd clap more, let's just pretend that all just happened'.) It was so good. One of my top 3 fav shows this year. No photo policy, but I pretended I didn't know & snapped off a couple. From a glowing review in the OC Weekly: "No photos allowed, so I drew him instead" -blogger "Breakin' the law" -me

A Boy Named Seo Oct 19 2011 06:03 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

I traded my extra Fleet Foxes ticket couple months ago for my friend's extra Portishead ticket, which is going down tonight. Kinda excited cause I probably wouldn't have plunked down for this show otherwise. Anyone seen em?

seawolf17 Oct 21 2011 09:29 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Had to blow off Mike Doughty in Milford last night, as my wife flew in last night instead of Wednesday night as was the original plan... but headed to Butch Walker either Monday (Manhattan) or Tuesday (Brooklyn). And saw this on the twitters: http://twitter.com/#!/KBurkhardtSNY/sta ... 0494146560 Fired up to rock out to @butchwalker tonight at the Pony. Word. Stunned; KB amazes me with awesomeness.

Edgy DC Oct 21 2011 09:42 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

What I like is his 1980s hip-hoppery speak. Let him know what his nickname is.

seawolf17 Oct 21 2011 10:22 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

His nickname?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 21 2011 10:25 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Guys?

TransMonk Oct 21 2011 10:33 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

From reading comments sections on several websites, I'd be surprised if KB didn't already know his nickname. I think it's cool that he still says it so often without shame.

seawolf17 Oct 21 2011 10:41 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Oh, that. It's part of his schtick, no?

seawolf17 Oct 21 2011 10:42 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Part of me wants my wife to say on Tuesday "I don't feel like driving all the way to Brooklyn" just so I can tweet KB to see if he wants to hang.

A Boy Named Seo Oct 21 2011 10:44 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Yeah, what's his nick?

A Boy Named Seo Oct 22 2011 12:57 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Anyway, Wolfie, hope you get to bro-down with KB. Invite him to the pool to talk about buzzbands in the 'Live & Sweaty' thread. I'm seeing the Lemonheads on Thursday perform "It's a Shame About Ray". Seems to be the new thing w/ bands, no? Earlier this year Weezer did both the blue and Pinkerton albums live in their entirety. I saw the Flaming Lips do 'Soft Bulletin' (awesome). Heard Dino Jr. was doing 'Bug'. Probably some others. Dando's a wildcard, so you never know what you're going to get w/ the Lemonheads, but they're always great, even when they're a train wreck (which definitely happens).

Edgy DC Oct 22 2011 01:01 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Definitely veteran bands are realizing a good way to get veteran fans out and paying good money is to guarantee a chunk of the playlist up front.

A Boy Named Seo Oct 22 2011 01:05 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

I'd like to get the Replacements back together and have em do 'Let it Be'. Or 'Tim', whatever. Just have a lil reunion, guys. Neutral Milk Hotel doing 'Aeroplane Over the Sea' is another I'd spend too much $$ to see. Willie Nelson & 'Red Headed Stranger'. I feel like I'm going broke just thinking about this.

Edgy DC Oct 22 2011 01:24 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

What I'd pay to see Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers: $47.50. What I'd pay to see Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers play Damn the Torpedos in its entirety: $127.95. Echo & the Bunnymen: $19.00. Echo & the Bunnymen playing Ocean Rain: $88.00. Sucker. Someday, Genesis is going to reunite with Hackett and Gabriel and do a limited-engagement tour playing The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway and people will pay thousands. Did I say thousands? Millions! You bill it right and it creates an artificial scarcity. People will forget that they wouldn't know Steve Hackett if he bagged their groceries. They won't realize that they scarcely know 2/3 of Lamb Lies Down. Gabriel going home will sell it.

Gwreck Oct 22 2011 03:12 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

I think the Replacements reunion (Paul + Tommy, at least) will happen someday. Maybe when their kids are a little older and college is looming. The Genesis one seems a lot less likely. I recall reading a recent Gabriel interview in which he revealed that a reunion was planned for 05 or 06 but he decided against it. Edgy has it exactly right that a guarantee of a certain part of the setlist is a big draw. I am not a huge fan of album shows but I will concede that Springsteen doing "The River" in its entirety was probably one of the best shows I've seen him do.

TransMonk Oct 25 2011 09:41 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

A Boy Named Seo wrote: I'm seeing the Lemonheads on Thursday perform "It's a Shame About Ray". I thought about driving up to Minneapolis this past weekend to see this, as it's been a long time favorite album of mine. But, the long drive and an event on Saturday morning had me bowing out. You should definitely post about how it was. I saw Queens of the Stone Age do their first album live this past April. I think it's fun for bands to go back and revisit albums...especially when they don't play a lot of those songs otherwise. When I saw QOTSA at Pearl Jam 20, they didn't play any songs off their first album. I'd be in for any Replacements reunion.

Edgy DC Oct 25 2011 09:54 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Thanks to Shoe, we know that the Replacements will reunite in the future, Sometime between now and then, an avithropic virus will have turned us all into werebirds. If you date the band's demise as occurring after the Mars-less tour of 1991, we can expect this reunion sometime in 2036. The good news is knowing that Tommy, Chris, and Paul will survive the birdpocolypse. Apparently newspapers will make a comeback in the interim also, presumably to collect all the bird poop. Anyhow, I'm getting my tickets NOW!!!!

seawolf17 Oct 26 2011 03:41 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Had our faces rocked off by Butch Walker & the Black Widows last night at the Williamsburg Music Hall, thereby popping my "Brooklyn hipster" cherry. Got there right at eight (no traffic!) expecting to see the opener; sadly for our weary middle-aged selves, doors didn't open until nine and the Black Widows -- a sampler platter of other bands featuring guys from Butch's backing band -- didn't hit the stage until 9:30, which is getting dangerously close to bedtime. Three songs by each of three bands led into the duo of Cary Ann Hearst & Michael Trent, who call themselves "Shovels & Rope." Downloaded one song from them the other day to check it out, but didn't like it; they were pretty on their game live, though, with a much bigger sound than you'd expect from two people. Butch came out around 10:30 and did "Cigarette Lighter Love Song," starting a cappella: [youtube:wwlojcrv]loGsTvdR1GY[/youtube:wwlojcrv] He moved to the piano and played three more songs, then strapped on a guitar and did two old Marvelous 3 tunes ("Every Monday" and "Grant Park"), which he played and we sang; that's always fun. He started to play "Here Comes The...", and after the second verse, the side stage door opened and Pink sauntered on stage to duet (she sang on the studio track): [youtube:wwlojcrv]o3jsoD2WKY8[/youtube:wwlojcrv] I'm amazed that there's only one version of this on YouTube, because it seemed like every single person between us and the stage had a camera/phone pointed at the stage. Butch then reintroduced the Black Widows and blasted into "Summer of '89," the first single off the new record: [youtube:wwlojcrv]Dh9AvXRBNZc[/youtube:wwlojcrv] The BWs are incredibly talented; they switched instruments on every song, each of them bouncing among guitars, basses, drums, keys, and other percussion. (I don't think I've ever seen stage crew work that hard.) [youtube:wwlojcrv]hsKJHcafdt8[/youtube:wwlojcrv] Unfortunately, as Tuesday turned into Wednesday, we had to bail; we had promised the babysitter we wouldn't leave her hanging all night. My only real regret -- despite leaving early, which I hate to do but we were both zonked and had an hour-plus drive and a 4:45 alarm waiting for me -- was that I missed the book signing; Butch released an autobiography yesterday, and he was doing a signing at 7:00 at the restaurant/bar next door. When we got there, since I was expecting the doors to open any minute, I didn't even think to swing over to the restaurant and see if he was still there; but after we were on line for twenty minutes, he swung through, said hello to everyone standing in line, and went into the venue.

Rockin' Doc Oct 26 2011 08:18 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Looks and sounds like a great show. It's a shame the show started so late. That's awfully tough during the work week.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 26 2011 10:01 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Sounds like a nice show and congrats on becoming a hipster douche. Now you go see shows from bands that aren't even together yet. I do hate that 'oh, I gotta get outta here' feeling.

seawolf17 Nov 19 2011 04:57 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Dan Zanes Christmas show, December 17 at 2 pm at City Winery in SoHo. All NYCers with kids... This is going to be required. See you there.

TransMonk Nov 19 2011 08:00 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

TransMonk wrote: A Boy Named Seo wrote: I'm seeing the Lemonheads on Thursday perform "It's a Shame About Ray". I thought about driving up to Minneapolis this past weekend to see this, as it's been a long time favorite album of mine. But, the long drive and an event on Saturday morning had me bowing out. You should definitely post about how it was The Lemonheads are circling back and will be in my town on 01/22/12, so I'm planning on seeing this show then.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 19 2011 08:32 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

tonite seeing Robyn Hitchcock, then Minus 5 & John Wesley Harding.

Gwreck Nov 19 2011 01:17 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Have fun. Peter Buck is playing with the Minus 5 at that show.

sharpie Nov 19 2011 01:30 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Robyn doing "The Eye." Generally not a fan of album concerts but my guess is he'll pull it off. Enjoy it. He puts on a good show. I like John Wesley Harding too. Should be a good night. Right down the street from me, I should stay up on what goes on at the Bell House.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 19 2011 04:32 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Mote not male it #drawbridge

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 20 2011 07:51 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Mote not male it #drawbridge I wrote that in my car while waiting at the gowanus drawbridge for 15 minutes. Meant to say might not make it. I eventually did. Good show. I didn't realize till gwreck said as much that Buck would be there, it was still kind of surprising. Hitchcock came out first and did almost all of the Eye album solo (a few songs accompanied by a harmony vocalist). Eye is almost all acoustic anyway, and doesn't vary much in style which I guess is one of the problems with these 'album' shows, but he warmed the crowd to it by talking about the period in which he wrote the songs, etc. Before he finished Scott McCaughey, Buck and a drummer came out and they played a few Venus 3 tunes including Ole Tarantula. Fun way to end. During the break I repositioned myself at the side of the stage right next to Buck's guitar stand and pedals. I was close enough to have given him a handie for the rest of the night. The 'Minus 5' (Buck, McCaughey, and the slide/lead guitarist, bass player, piano player and drummer from the Decemberists, hmmm that's 6) variously played their stuff and were John Wesley Harding's backing band. Buck stayed in the background playing his 12-string, providing the jangle but not a lot of fireworks. He did bust out the mandolin for a few. He referred to handwritten cheat sheets on the floor with the charts of all the JWH songs. McCaughey, and JWH were very lively and fun. Harding played almost all of his new album, which I've been listening to alot and was recorded with most of the same players. His stuff is clever, erudite poprock for aging urban douchebags like me (and him, he talked about his 5 year old at home and I totally related). Pulled off the solo singersongwriter stuff and the lead rock vocalist stuff with aplomb. McCaughey just likes to play you can tell. Their drummer was great, and also sang harmonies. Eventually Hitchcock came back out, along with his boy vocalist, then Eugene Mirman (I'm vaguely ware of who he is, some kind of retard comic?) and then another guy got a pop who turned out to be Ted Leo. I'm not up on that guy yet. By the end there was about 11 or 12 people on stage (singing McCaughey's 'Aw Shit Man') I'd been standing for 5 hours so I was happy it finally came to end but fun night for the old people and good rock for my $$.

Edgy DC Nov 20 2011 10:58 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

That's a lot of deliverables for one ticket.

Gwreck Nov 20 2011 07:56 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Nice show. Didja see Michael Stipe there? He was spotted there by a friend but alas, no on-stage appearance.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 20 2011 08:02 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Gwreck wrote: Nice show. Didja see Michael Stipe there? He was spotted there by a friend but alas, no on-stage appearance. Uh, no. I woulda mentioned that. On the other hand you had me think that maybe I shoulda made conversation with the guy standing next to me. Coulda been him for all I knew. A woman standing near me from what I overheard was an old-school REM follower and had brought along something she'd knitted for Buck, giving it to him as he left the stage. If she knew Stipe was in the house she didn't mention it or have anything knitted for him.

Edgy DC Nov 20 2011 08:25 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Holy Barry Manilow. I'm totally getting to work on a muffler for Mike Mills.

TransMonk Nov 26 2011 06:53 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

I had a dream last night that I bumped into Seo (somehow spanning thousands of miles in dreamland to randomly find someone I've never met in real life). In my dream, I asked him how the Lemonheads show was. Seo?

A Boy Named Seo Nov 26 2011 05:53 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

you dreaming about me again, bb? I've seen Lemonheads 4 or so times prior, and the other times, Dando seemed fucked off his ass on some drink or drug, but this time he seemed sober and they sounded awesome. No train wreck to look at, but the tunes were great. They absolutely tore through 'Ray'. It was very Ramonsian, no talking, "1-2-3-4", rip the song, then do it again. After that, they played stuff ranging their entire catalog. Did a killer Gram Parsons cover, too. Great set. Only (sorta) negative was I found I really missed Juliana Hatfield's harmonies on the 'Ray' stuff. Matthew Sweet is doing 'Girlfriend' in LA on Dec 30. Think I'm in for that, too. Yall seen him lately? http://www.avclub.com/articles/matthew- ... ait,65517/

TransMonk Nov 27 2011 07:31 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

I saw him in the summer of 2009. He and his band put on a great show...he was promoting one of the covers albums he did with Suzanna Hoffs, so he played a lot of those songs even though she wasn't there. I hadn't seen a picture of him in a while, so I was kind of shocked at the weight he had put on and the grey in his hair, but it didn't stop him from rocking. I would love to see him do the Girlfriend set. It's still one of my faves.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 27 2011 07:40 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

I've seen Sweet a few times, solo and as part of a group. He was awful once, clearly unhappy with the venue (a barge docked on the Christina river) and indifferent. Also fat fat fat.

Edgy DC Nov 29 2011 12:52 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Matthew Sweet talkin' bout "I've Been Waiting" and coming across as sort of a fantasy creature.

seawolf17 Dec 05 2011 05:34 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Bought our tix for Dan Zanes at City Winery, 2 pm on 12/17. All NYCers with kids are hereby [crossout:t54u4kbe]ordered[/crossout:t54u4kbe] strongly encouraged to join us. $20/ticket, 5 and under free.

A Boy Named Seo Dec 15 2011 12:11 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Don't know where to stick this, so this'll do. Hilarious Jeff Tweedy from Wilco does the 7-day forecast on WGN. http://www.wgntv.com/videogallery/66789 ... he-weather

seawolf17 Dec 15 2011 12:34 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

seawolf17 wrote: Bought our tix for Dan Zanes at City Winery, 2 pm on 12/17. All NYCers with kids are hereby [crossout]ordered[/crossout] strongly encouraged to join us. $20/ticket, 5 and under free. I repeat. JCL? CF? LSFW?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 15 2011 12:37 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Sounds fun but we're booked for the weekend. next time!

TransMonk Dec 30 2011 07:38 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Caught a very intimate show by Freedy Johnston last night. He was opening up a free show for Jay Moran (O'bros) at a small bar in downtown Madison. It wasn't in the papers and I think most of the 40-ish people in attendance found out about it via a Facebook post, like I did. He only played new stuff that he is trying out for a new album. It was just him and a Fender Jaguar on stage for about 8 songs. He closed with a rendition of The Bee Gee's "How Deep Is Your Love?" after being joined by Moran on stage. It was very good. I hadn't seen Johnston live in over ten years. I had forgotten what a great voice he has and that his songwriting is pretty awesome. I'm really glad I went.

Edgy DC Dec 30 2011 07:40 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

He's in DC next week and I'm all over it. It's strange. It is a great voice, yet pretty regularly off-key. Don't know how he makes it work, but it sure feeds into a persona that I can buy into.

TransMonk Dec 30 2011 07:53 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Yes, I agree. I consider it great because it is very distinctive. He always manages to scoop up or down to the right key by the end of the vowel or phrase that he is singing. That's what makes him him...there are many artists that can't pull it off. Auto-tune be damned!

A Boy Named Seo Dec 30 2011 10:49 AM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Tonight: Matthew "I ? to eat" Sweets doing "Girlfriend" on it's 20th anniversary. Apparently it's gonna be pretty much "Girlfriend" and "Modern Art". I think I gave the latter 1 spin this year and forgot it. Gonna cram today. Lookin forward to this one.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 31 2011 08:25 PM Re: Live and Sweaty, 2011

Hated Modern Art after 1st spin, grew on me some tho.