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For the definitive answer… turn to the man himself. After the first song of his concert in London (http://nme.com/webcasts”>http://nme.com/webcasts), he talks about his new album coming out – "J Mascis and the Fog", and he pronounces his last name as "Mass-kiss".
Jasper
"In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and
been widely regarded as a bad move."– Douglas Adams
thanks, all sorted, i was clikin on real media link (I use a mac mostly)
Nice quality recording. I can see my head in thw wide shots1!
Nick
You probably have to have javascript enabled.
Here is the page http://www.virtuetv.com/music/concerts/jaymascis/jaymascis2.html
Jeremiah
"Oh, yeah, what are you gonna do?
Release the dogs?
Or the bees?
Or the dogs with bees in their mouth and when they bark, they shoot bees at you?"
– Homer Simpsonthe catch was that since I was at work and the Firewall will not let me use this (DOH!)
[img]http://www.freakscene.net/ubb/frown.gif[/img]Hey, check your private messages…. [img]http://www.freakscene.net/ubb/smile.gif[/img]
Jeremiah
"Oh, yeah, what are you gonna do?
Release the dogs?
Or the bees?
Or the dogs with bees in their mouth and when they bark, they shoot bees at you?"
– Homer SimpsonAh, you beat me to it. I came to the site to tell everyone about ASFRecorder. I’ve also successfully used ASFRecorder to download the 300kbps version of the gig. It’s over 100MB in size.
I’m now trying to find some way of creating a VideoCD format disc to play on my DVD player.
Simon.
Thanks to <A>Dan Fryer</A> for the following info [img]http://www.freakscene.net/ubb/smile.gif[/img]
>In response to your request, I’ve found a way to record that J Mascis gig
>(which I attended!!! – fucking cool)
>>Goto http://www.softseek.com and download a program called ASF recorder. http://softseek.zdnet.com/Utilities/Sound_and_Multimedia_Players_and_Utilities/D_48053_index.html
>
>Then goto the nme/virtuetv site and right click on 300k/dsl link, then click
>on properties.
>
>Copy the URL
>
>Open ASF recorder, goto file and new url
>
>Enter the URL from the streaming link and a ‘save as’ window appears. Save
>and in about 4-5 hours (56k modem) you will have the full concert in ASF
Jeremiah
"Oh, yeah, what are you gonna do?
Release the dogs?
Or the bees?
Or the dogs with bees in their mouth and when they bark, they shoot bees at you?"
– Homer SimpsonNo need to wait! Just go to: http://nme.com/webcasts
and start watching!
"In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and
been widely regarded as a bad move."– Douglas Adams
<font>[This message has been edited by jasper (edited 09-08-2000).]</font>
The only ones I’ve played around with are Same Day and Too Hard. I didn’t get as far as writing anything down. For Same Day, put a capo on the 7th fret, then play the regular open chord shapes for C G Am F. The chorus starts with Dm Am Em.
Too hard is basically three chords, Em, G and Cadd9.
Simon.
As promised Crowdsurfer.com posted a review of the show:
http://www.crowdsurfer.com/index.php3?id=20000905145624J Mascis 5th Sep 2000
Underworld, London, 4th September
RATING: 8 out of 10
VERDICT: Mascis rules. Words cannot express how good it is to have him back.When is an acoustic guitar not an acoustic guitar? Perhaps it’s when J Mascis takes a leaf out of the Grant Lee Phillips guitar handbook and plays it through the loudest distortion pedal in Christendom, as he does many times during tonight’s solo "acoustic" set. It’s a welcome development since the last time the former Dinosaur Jr frontman played this tiny venue on the tour that spawned the live "Martin and Me" album. As good as that album turned out to be, it did lack the one thing that made Dinosaur Jr so special – pure bloody noise. No worries tonight, then.
The great man casually strolls on to the stage unannounced, sits down, says a few polite hellos to the more-than-appreciative audience and gets right on with it. The setlist is pretty much built around "Martin and Me" with a few new songs from the forthcoming J Mascis and the Fog album "More Light" and a couple of old Dinosaur favourites thrown in for good measure.
While new songs such as "Same Day" and "Waistin" sit comfortably alongside earlier mellow workouts such as "Blowin’ It" and "So What Else Is New", Mascis’ distorted soloing on the newer songs suggests that "More Light" could be a throwback to the glory days of "Bug". We can but hope.
The second half of the set sees a quick back-to-back run through of "Get Me", "Not You Again" and "Repulsion" reminding the audience what a great songwriter J Mascis is. For anybody still harbouring any doubts about this fact he later chucks in killer renditions of "The Wagon" and "Drawerings".
Sadly, but expectedly, requests for "Freakscene" are good naturedly laughed off by Mascis who, tonight, appears to be a man who has found a new lease of life back doing what he does best. If J Mascis can perform a show this good on his own with just an acoustic guitar, the full-on-plugged-in-with-drums-and-everything tour with the Fog later in the year promises to be unmissable.
Jeremiah
"Oh, yeah, what are you gonna do?
Release the dogs?
Or the bees?
Or the dogs with bees in their mouth and when they bark, they shoot bees at you?"
– Homer Simpson*THUD!*
(Mattman will not be posting a reply to this topic at this time due to a temporary loss of blood to the brain…) [img]http://www.freakscene.net/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img]
Mattman’s post has been… uh… posted.<font>[This message has been edited by Mattman (edited September 04, 2000).]</font>
I agree the only place for J in a live show is up front with a guitar. I prefer J’s drumming on any recording he has done, tons of style and really pounds the drums!!! What more could you ask for
AJ is a great drummer technically but he is too cagey. A drummer has to be all out. otherwise you might as well have a drumm machine.
<P>You ever hear about how Ringo Starr always says he is the greatest Rock and Roll drummer. It’s because he has style. Pat has style. He is not holding back. His personality comes across, even if J is proscribing every beat he plays.
<P>J has great stage presence. That’s why at Dinosaur concert everybody would crowd right up in front of the stage. So why woud you want to stick him behind a drum kit?
Man is that great news!!! Thanks for passing this on! I have not checked the Hootpage in over a week and look what I miss….. [img]http://www.freakscene.net/ubb/smile.gif[/img]
Jeremiah
"Opinions were like kittens, I was giving them away" – Modest Mouse
