This year's Spontaneous Curation Series has seen some of the best Jacket shows in the last 6 years. Between Forecastle, Red Rocks, The Wiltern, Port Chester, and NYE, it is impossible to deny that the group scratched almost every itch for us diehard fans. If you had to pick, which were your three favorite shows of 2012.
1. Red Rocks 8/3
2. Port Chester 12/27
3. Boston 12/31
I would have to assume one of the Red Rocks shows was the best, depending on your taste. The second one was 3 1/2 hours. Since they are usually mind blowing each night, quantity takes it for me. (Honorable mention to forecastle for the bananas and the surrealistic OBH)
Red Rocks 8/3 - I choose deeper over longevity every time.
Port Chester 12/27 - Loved the other two nights as well, but this one had Octoplasm, Evelyn, the jam after Outta My System, Sooner, Nashville to KY, Twilight, Butch Cassidy, Cobra...
Forecastle - Soundcheck Party/Under the Overpass - Probably the only time I'm going to see the band under an interstate overpass.
I would say the 3 shows I think were the best were
RR Night 1 (I was at this show)
RR Night 2 (I was at this show)
PC Night 1 (I wasn't at this show)
But I haven't heard every show recorded this year. I tried to listen to as many as possible but just haven't had the time.
let us not forget MPP, which was the meat inside the delicious east coast trifecta
selfishly voting for PC3 and the Trifecta, as I was lucky enought to be at all 6!
Shows I attended:
1. Red Rocks 2
2. Red Rocks 1
3. Port Chester 1
Shows I didn't attend:
1. 6/19 Tivoli - Utrecht, The Netherlands
2. 7/14 Forecastle
3. 8/18 Columbia, MD
#1: PC3 (Was there)
#2: RR2 (Wasn't There)
#3: MPP (Was there)
Caught Forecastle (+ soundcheck) & Marymoore this year. I absolutey LOVED their Marymoor show - they just seemed more at ease, completely in their element...t'was a lovely vibe. The venue itself is pretty fantastic too (in a forest).
I've been fortunate to see them play at some pretty stunning venues: the gorge, red rocks, their hometown, beautiful Marymoor. Looking forward to many more moons of this :)
Of the shows I attended, I'd have to put Red Rocks 2 (8/4/12) as number 1.
Consider the following:
3.5 hours
Steam Engine, Dondante, Run Thru, and Phone Went West
Honest Man, Oh Sweet Nuthin', The Bear
M-F'in John Oates
Case closed.
I'd then put Red Rocks 1 (8/3/12) as number 2. I remember at the time not even being able to conceive of how they could top this show for night 2, but they did.
For #3, I would probably put PC#3, but Forecastle and Merriweather are serious contenders for that slot as well.
Of the ones I went to:
1. Port Chester night 3
2. Williamsburg Park
3. Port Chester Night 1
I went to 5 shows and would rank them
1. Forecastle
2. PC 1
3. NYE
4. Newport
5. Chicago
Merriweather
PC2
The MANN
Quote from: midwesterner on Jan 07, 2013, 04:07 PM
I would say the 3 shows I think were the best were
RR Night 1 (I was at this show)
RR Night 2 (I was at this show)
PC Night 1 (I wasn't at this show)
But I haven't heard every show recorded this year. I tried to listen to as many as possible but just haven't had the time.
I went to Red Rocks & Brooklyn (AP as well but that doesn't count in this discussion) and would agree with this assessment having now heard all three PC shows. I thought night 1 from RR had a better flow then night 2 but I'll give the nod to night 2 because of that monster encore. I haven't heard any of the Wiltern shows.
Quote from: mahg33ta on Jan 08, 2013, 09:47 AM
I went to 5 shows and would rank them
1. Forecastle
2. PC 1
3. NYE
4. Newport
5. Chicago
Chicago was indeed not a good show. Fortunately, the company was great. :thumbsup:
So I see lot's of mentioning of PC. None of Wiltern. Is that because PC was 10 days ago, and just more present, or was is significantly different than Wiltern, which was 3 Amazingly different shows with different vibes each night.
If I can expand to include Keene, then of those I attended...
1. Jim and Carl in Keene, NH
2. MMJ @ Newport Folk Festival
3. MMJ @ MPP, Columbia, MD
honorable mention
MMJ @ The Mann, Philly
MMJ @ Forecastle (esp. Under the Overpass)
MMJ on NYE
other 2012 show
MMJ @ Brooklyn
Quote from: Northern Neighbour on Jan 08, 2013, 11:30 AM
Quote from: mahg33ta on Jan 08, 2013, 09:47 AM
I went to 5 shows and would rank them
1. Forecastle
2. PC 1
3. NYE
4. Newport
5. Chicago
Chicago was indeed not a good show. Fortunately, the company was great. :thumbsup:
that's why it got so downgraded on my list :grin: :thumbsup: just kidding of course... actually it was the beer lines! (that and NYE were two of the worst concession set-ups I've ever seen)
Quote from: mahg33ta on Jan 08, 2013, 12:43 PM
Quote from: Northern Neighbour on Jan 08, 2013, 11:30 AM
Quote from: mahg33ta on Jan 08, 2013, 09:47 AM
I went to 5 shows and would rank them
1. Forecastle
2. PC 1
3. NYE
4. Newport
5. Chicago
Chicago was indeed not a good show. Fortunately, the company was great. :thumbsup:
that's why it got so downgraded on my list :grin: :thumbsup: just kidding of course... actually it was the beer lines! (that and NYE were two of the worst concession set-ups I've ever seen)
The beer lines at NYE made me extremely grateful for my no-drinks-after-the-opening-act policy.
If you guys hate beer lines/beer policies, never go to the United Palace Theatre in NYC. I saw Fleet Foxes there in 2011 and you aren't allowed to bring beer into the concert hall. They serve beer at the concession stands but you are not allowed to bring it to your seats. Then, you turn around an notice that 15 people are chugging their beers.
Wiltern had about 5 or 6 bars, two of them in the audience area. $26 for 2 beers, but no lines and no missed music. If only they had urinals in the audience! :beer:
Quote from: rincon2 on Jan 08, 2013, 01:09 PM
Wiltern had about 5 or 6 bars, two of them in the audience area. $26 for 2 beers, but no lines and no missed music. If only they had urinals in the audience! :beer:
Game-winning idea! Lined up along the rail, yes! :grin:
Quote from: rincon2 on Jan 08, 2013, 01:09 PM
Wiltern had about 5 or 6 bars, two of them in the audience area. $26 for 2 beers, but no lines and no missed music. If only they had urinals in the audience! :beer:
Which reminds me of standing in the pit at bonnaroo waiting to see Jay Z realizing the guy next to me was peeing where he stood. Got on my sandal covered feet. Ewwww. Needless to say, he did not become my rail buddy.
Quote from: johnnYYac on Jan 08, 2013, 01:17 PM
Quote from: rincon2 on Jan 08, 2013, 01:09 PM
Wiltern had about 5 or 6 bars, two of them in the audience area. $26 for 2 beers, but no lines and no missed music. If only they had urinals in the audience! :beer:
Game-winning idea! Lined up along the rail, yes! :grin:
Maybe add vomit troughs as well, as I heard some needed up at the rail for the Jazz Fest set. :grin:
Quote from: MrWhippy on Jan 08, 2013, 04:40 PM
Quote from: johnnYYac on Jan 08, 2013, 01:17 PM
Quote from: rincon2 on Jan 08, 2013, 01:09 PM
Wiltern had about 5 or 6 bars, two of them in the audience area. $26 for 2 beers, but no lines and no missed music. If only they had urinals in the audience! :beer:
Game-winning idea! Lined up along the rail, yes! :grin:
Maybe add vomit troughs as well, as I heard some needed up at the rail for the Jazz Fest set. :grin:
You're asking for it now, Whippet.
Since I only saw three shows this year, this is my easy list:
Red Rocks night 2 (that encore just killed me)
Red Rocks night 1
The Greek
Nice call on that Utrecht Tivoli show logan5ive. I think that setlist and especially the Gronningen Oosterport showed just how real this year was going to be.
:shocked: - 6/20/12-Oosterport
At Dawn
The Dark
Holdin On To Black Metal
You Wanna Freak Out
Wonderful (The Way I Feel)
The Bear
Circuital
X-Mas Curtain
Lay Low
War Begun
I Will Sing You Songs
Anytime
Dancefloors
Steam Engine
Encore:
Strangulation!
It Beats 4 U
Victory Dance
One Big Holiday
As for me, I attended six shows and five were pretty interchangeable, those being the three Port Chesters, Forecastle, and Merriweather. The Philly Mann was a notch below for me.
If I had to rank them I'd say
1. PC I
2. PC II
3. Merriweather
Quote from: MrWhippy on Jan 08, 2013, 04:40 PM
Quote from: johnnYYac on Jan 08, 2013, 01:17 PM
Quote from: rincon2 on Jan 08, 2013, 01:09 PM
Wiltern had about 5 or 6 bars, two of them in the audience area. $26 for 2 beers, but no lines and no missed music. If only they had urinals in the audience! :beer:
Game-winning idea! Lined up along the rail, yes! :grin:
Maybe add vomit troughs as well, as I heard some needed up at the rail for the Jazz Fest set. :grin:
i will never eat thai in NOLA again...
1. PC1
2. PC3
3. PC2
The only other show I saw was in Williamburg. Cool outdoor show but the PC Capital Theatre is an amazing venue. If I had been at Red Rocks I'm sure those be up there!
Anyone going to the Carnegie Hall show that JJ is performing at? I got tix the other day! :smiley:
For me it would be hard to not say
PC 3
PC 1
PC 2
As the three night experience was better than any rock and roll experience I have ever had, but just to be more realistic, we'll limit this to just 1 PC show.....
1. Port Chester Night 3 (was there)
2. MPP (was there)
3. Red Rocks Night 2 (wasn't there but have streamed about 10 times)
Great year for the band though, once the Spontaneous Curation series got rolling things really heated up!.
I wasn't at Port Chester :cry:, wasn't at Red Rocks :cry:, wasn't at the Wiltern :cry:.
But I WAS at MPP :cool:, and just listened to this show. I brought my uncle to this, his first MMJ show. "Me and my uncle" used to do Dead shows together in the 80's (Saratoga, Buffalo, Portland, Worcester, Foxboro). He was stunned by it all. :shocked:
Cobra>Run Thru>Cobra! :drum:
O>TWTHS>Hell! :drum:
War Begun>IWSYS! :drum:
And a great soundcheck, too! :thumbsup:
(I Will Be There When You Die, Knot Comes Loose, Lowdown)
Definitely a top 3 show for me!
I'd rank my 2012 shows like so:
1. Atlanta
2. Lincoln, Nebraska
3. Wiltern 2
4. Wiltern 1
5. Wiltern 3
6. Kansas City
7. St. Louis
8. Memphis
The atmosphere in Atlanta was nuts, by far the best of my 8 shows. It was weird to go from Atlanta to the absolutely horrible crowds at The Wiltern. Also, I know nobody was at the show in Lincoln (only 3 Roll Callers in the early entry line), but that show in the woods of Nebraska was off the charts.
Quote from: Ruckus on Jan 08, 2013, 08:12 PM
Nice call on that Utrecht Tivoli show logan5ive. I think that setlist and especially the Gronningen Oosterport showed just how real this year was going to be.
:shocked: - 6/20/12-Oosterport
At Dawn
The Dark
Holdin On To Black Metal
You Wanna Freak Out
Wonderful (The Way I Feel)
The Bear
Circuital
X-Mas Curtain
Lay Low
War Begun
I Will Sing You Songs
Anytime
Dancefloors
Steam Engine
Encore:
Strangulation!
It Beats 4 U
Victory Dance
One Big Holiday
That was a wonderful night, good times! :thumbsup: The setlist originally looked like this:
At Dawn
The Dark
Holdin On To Black Metal
You Wanna Freak Out
Wonderful (The Way I Feel)
The Bear
Circuital
X-Mas Curtain
Lay Low
War Begun
I Will Sing You Songs
Anytime
Dancefloors
Steam Engine
Off the Record*
One Big Holiday
Encore:
Moving Away*
Strangulation!
It Beats 4 U
Highly Suspicious*
Phone Went West*
Victory Dance
But there was some trouble during Steam Engine, so they had to fix it and some songs had to be cut (I guess).
It's so hard to pick, but I think my top three would go:
1. Groningen
2. PC 1-2-3 (cheating a little here)
3. Utrecht/Copenhagen/Boston (and a little here)
PC1
PC3
MPP
Top 2012 Jacket Related Shows I Saw
1.) Port Chester 1
2.) Philly Mann Center w/ soundcheck
3.) Newport Folk MMJ Set
Honorable Mentions:
4.) Carl at Newport Folk on the Museum Stage
5.) Brooklyn
6.) New Year's Eve in Boston
7.) On the Beach in Asbury Park (2013, I know)
8.) New Multitudes- Newport Folk
9.) New Multitudes- Webster Hall
What an amazing year!