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I just spoke with my friend in NY. She said that the Shins’ crowd was such an annoying distraction. She said that she was drowning in 16 year old girls who had absolutely zero interest in the weird gray-haired legend on stage and talked and text-messaged each other throughout his set. My friend didnt mind the text-messaging, but she had no tolerance for all of their inane conversations.
She can’t wait to see the Dino show next week.
The Minibosses!!???!!!???! I love the Minibosses!
That’s cool that you mentioned them on here.
I live in Arizona, so I go see them every chance I get (although I of course skipped out on them to go see Dino in LA, earlier this year)."angel tone cake " wrote:No way missy, human beat box.
Hahaha!
I liked those carradine pictures up there. Seems like a great view.
One thing that I forgot to mention was that it was cool to hear them work up some mini improvs between songs. It seemed like getting a glimpse into one of their jam sessions.
When they came back out for the encore, Lou wasnt getting any sound, so while Kevin was troubleshooting, Mascis played what I assumed was an unplanned guitar-only rendition of The Twelve Days Of Christmas (but I never saw the setlist, so perhaps that is their signature set-closer). hahah.
Thank you, Swan
Someone was asking me, whynone of the few people I thanked were poets. I guess it’s easier for me to be inspired by people from other crafts (like Mascis) because itforces me to explore a new path. I mean when I listen to Where You Been or watch Stevie Ray Vaughan Live at The El Mocambo, I think "why would I ever pick up a guitar? How the hell could I compete with that??"
Fortunately, most people dont think like me. I’m glad that Mascis didnt wuss out when he was a kid and think something that dumb, when he first heard a Stooges record! haha.
like cats in a bowl,
Shawnte
http://www.shawnteorion.4t.comHey, I was at that show, too. I just wrote about it to a friend. I’ll paste it here, too:
the opening band was a two-piece. Kind of folky. No drums. The singer was pretty funny, though. At one point, he began talking about opening for Mascis and Watt: he said that it just wasn’t fair…that it’s like going up against the Harlem Globetrotters every night…like the Washington whatever their name is. No one will ever even remember their name, because they just get their asses kicked every night (of course, the audience had to prove him wrong and shout out that they were the Washington Generals).
For the last song, Mike Watt came out to play bass for them and one of them switched over to drums. It was a pretty cool little jam and Watt’s presence got the audience’s attention.
Then came Mascis and the Fog. It cracked us up, when the dude came out to tape down their setlists. Watt’s and George’s were common setlist in normal columns. Then he brought out J’s and it was that big ass third grade presentation project poster board with huge lettering! I guess J plays better than he sees. Heheh. Their soundman played clips of Buddy Rich berating his band, before their set and in between songs. It was pretty hilarious.
Anyway, Wow. We got to stand directly in front of Mascis with no one in between (mainly because they put a barrier fence to divide the room for a drinking and non drinking section, to accommodate the all ages crowd. We took advantage of the under 21 side, which wasn’t too packed). First song gets half way through, before Mascis’ guitar goes dead! Technical problems halted the show a couple of times. Which was pretty amusing at one point, when they were standing around waiting for the techs to fix the problem, while Buddy Rich is hollering, "You call yourselves, professionals!" etc.
Too bad those equipment problems interrupted some of the highlights of All The Girls and Out There, but the versions of What Else Is New, Back Before You Go, and Ammaring (which has become my all-time favorite Mascis song) were absolutely incredible! Sound waves have physical effects on the body…like those experiments that I read about where they tried to discover the frequency where something (even a human body) would break down. Like how certain singers can shatter glass, if they hit the right pitch. Anyway, I could definitely feel Mascis rearranging my molecules, with his guitar. It was amazing. Unfortunately, there were difficulties with Watt’s microphone, so I couldn’t hear him singing any of the Stooges classics. Although, he did mime a mean Iggy! Heheh.
It was so nice to see them again. I hadnt seen Mascis since 95 and he’s always just so much more incredible in concert. When I left the venue to go to my car, Mascis walked right in front of us, in the middle of the parking lot. I wanted to thank him for playing my state and for persevering through the equipment difficulties, but I couldn’t get any words to fall outta my mouth.
I got some great pictures. I’ll post them, once they’re scanned.
shawnte
