OK, so I got 4th Row Center tickets. Keep in mind, at the Pageant, it's all GA on the floor and my tickets are on the balcony. They are really good tickets for a visual experience but I don't know if I should sit there or go up front. The problem with up front is I don't think you can drink down there and it's impossible to get to the bathroom. (Does this make me an alcoholic?) The problem with the seats is sometimes you get assholes that won't let you stand up and rock. If I can't fist pump, head band and generally make a total fool of myself, I won't be happy. I don't know what to do. Anyway, at least I have the option to chose.
Not sure why I am boring everyone with this topic, but I wanted to start an STL post anyway to see if anyone else is going to this show. The Pageant is a great venue. It is a theatre style setup that is perfect for these size shows. It also has two big bars and keeps the liquids flowing with lots of bartenders. (There I go again.)
Good question - the way I see it, you can't beat the experience of being in front if you have the chance, even if it requires some sacrifice. Most of the shows I've been to recently were floor-only, but one was at a theater that is set up the way you describe, with GA floor and seating in the balcony. That was the MMJ-Wilco show in Montreal last year, I forget the venue name. Anyway, I was solo, but made plenty of friends around me who were willing to take turns retrieving booze. At it was hotter than Hades in there, so it all sweated out and no bathroom trips were even required!
My Tickets are GA, I hadn't really thought about not having drinks down close. But thats where I'll be anyway.
;D Can't Wait!!
I'll buy you one before the show! I have a feeling I will be down in the GA myself.
I would go for the floor! Oh BH, on a side note, we just ordered our ticks. yesterday for MIZZOU's homecoming. We are gettin' psyched! :D
QuoteI'll buy you one before the show! I have a feeling I will be down in the GA myself.
Sounds good, hopefully I'll be sporting one of Angry EwOk's OKONOKOS shirts.
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Sounds good, hopefully I'll be sporting one of Angry EwOk's OKONOKOS shirts.
Cool, I will look for that!
QuoteI would go for the floor! Oh BH, on a side note, we just ordered our ticks. yesterday for MIZZOU's homecoming. We are gettin' psyched! :D
NICE! I was thinking of going to that game myself. I need to get down there for a game soon. Hopefully we will be 7-0 by that time! If a crisp fall football day in Columbia doesn't convince your son, nothing will!
Too bad the Pageant show doesn't coincide closer with the game you could kill two birds with one stone....
Oh, and if you like good beers, I would suggest going to Flat Branch for lunch or dinner after the game. One of my favorite old haunts. They make an IPA that helped me ease the pain of Thermodynamics.
QuoteOh, and if you like good beers, I would suggest going to Flat Branch for lunch or dinner after the game. One of my favorite old haunts. They make an IPA that helped me ease the pain of Thermodynamics.
I not only like good beer, I LOVE good beer. :)
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I not only like good beer, I LOVE good beer. :)
:)
http://www.flatbranch.com/home.asp
GO TIGERS!
Yeah!! Just noticed St. Louis on the 'updated' OKONOKOS dvd screening city's.
Just trying to get my show back up above all of the rest of the "lesser" shows on the board. ;)
O Bermuda! Don't you mean, "Careful with that axe, Eugene" ? Ummagumma is one of my PF favs! Along with, oh..l guess, every single other PF album!
Anyway! I hope you all have fun in St. Louie! Let us "Lesser" show-attendees know what the scoop is! I suppose I could have made that, what? 5 or 6 hour drive from Chi-town, but oh, well, I'm too tired.....and laZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZy! :-*
That's my nod to my former favorite band. Ha! MMJ has taken over! Actually I was always a big Floyd fan, but about 5 or 6 years ago I started buying the "older" albums and it went to a new level. Meddle, More, Obscured By Clouds, UMMAGUMMA live disc and Animals or sooo sooo good. My goal in life is to get casual PF fans to buy these albums.
When I first found the MMJ Mother cover from the Darla rarity it was like the coming together of the two best things in the world. Magical.
Remember when George on Seinfeld snuck that hoagie sandwich in to bed so he could eat it right after sex, thereby combining his two favorite things together? It was kind of like that.
"When I was a kid, we had a quicksand box in the backyard. I was an only child . . . eventually. "
And now I must ask, because I'm too lazzzzzzy to search lyrics, but where does this one come from, Bermudie!
One of the millions of gems from the comic genius, Stephen Wright. It's about time for a new one now that you mention it. I guess I should put his name on those for credit shouldn't I?
Wow, I don't know Stephen Wright. Where can I check out some of his stuff? Does he have cd's or dvd's? I'm a HUGE fan of Sam Kinison and Bill Hicks - they are my two all time favorite comedians. I have yet to experience Lenny Bruce but that's on my list of 100 most important things to experience, along with going to Australia & New Zealand, reading Edith Wharton, owning a classic car and blah, blah, blah! These are "things" you tackle one step at a time and you're damn determined if you do it!
You are in for a treat! (On the other hand, some people just don't think these are as funny as I do. My wife is one of them) The only problem is, it's not the same without seeing and hearing him. His monotone, unemoitional delivery is half the comedy.
All those who believe in psychokinesis raise my hand.
The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
OK, so what's the speed of dark?
How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink?
If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
Support bacteria - they're the only culture some people have.
When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.
Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.
Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film.
Shin: a device for finding furniture in the dark.
Many people quit looking for work when they find a job.
I intend to live forever - so far, so good.
Join the Army, meet interesting people, kill them.
If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?
Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.
When I'm not in my right mind, my left mind gets pretty crowded.
Boycott shampoo! Demand the REAL poo!
Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk?
What happens if you get scared half to death twice?
I used to have an open mind but my brains kept falling out.
I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.
Why do psychics have to ask you for your name?
If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.
If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.
Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.
The colder the X-ray table, the more of your body is required to be on it.
The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the bread.
The severity of the itch is proportional to the reach.
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.
You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive.
The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard.
Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7th of your life.
The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up. (this is
one of my long time favorites)
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you've never tried before.
Change is inevitable....except from vending machines.
A fool and his money are soon partying.
Plan to be spontaneous tomorrow.
If you think nobody cares about you, try missing a couple of payments.
Drugs may lead to nowhere, but at least it's the scenic route.
I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.
Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks.
Borrow money from pessimists-they don't expect it back.
Half the people you know are below average.
99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name.
42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.
A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.
A few more....
On the other hand, you have different fingers. -- Steven Wright
I was sad because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet.
So I said, "Got any shoes you're not using?" -- Steven Wright
My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted. -- Steven Wright
Someone sent me a postcard picture of the earth.
On the back it said, "Wish you were here."
-- Steven Wright
Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country.
-- Steven Wright
I spilled spot remover on my dog. Now he's gone. -- Steven Wright
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
-- Steven Wright
"Did you sleep well?" "No, I made a couple of mistakes." -- Steven Wright
My dental hygienist is cute. Every time I visit, I eat a whole package of Oreo
cookies while waiting in the lobby. Sometimes she has to cancel the rest of
the afternoon's appointments. -- Steven Wright
My socks DO match. They're the same thickness. -- Steven Wright
Officer, I know I was going faster than 55MPH, but I wasn't going to be on the
road an hour. -- Steven Wright
I have two very rare photographs.
One is a picture of Houdini locking his keys in his car.
The other is a rare photograph of Norman Rockwell beating up a child.
-- Steven Wright
I stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards.
I got a full house and four people died.
-- Steven Wright
I used to work in a fire hydrant factory.
You couldn't park anywhere near the place.
-- Steven Wright
I went to the hardware store and bought some used paint. It was in the shape
of a house. I also bought some batteries, but they weren't included.
-- Steven Wright
I went to the museum where they had all the heads and arms from the statues
that are in all the other museums. -- Steven Wright
It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to have to paint it.
-- Steven Wright
Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time.
-- Steven Wright
What's another word for Thesaurus? -- Steven Wright
When I get real bored, I like to drive downtown and get a great parking spot,
then sit in my car and count how many people ask me if I'm leaving.
-- Steven Wright
When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked if I had any firearms
with me. I said, "Well, what do you need?" -- Steven Wright
You can't have everything. Where would you put it? -- Steven Wright
A pre show review
ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
11-16-06
MY MORNING JACKET W/ Wax Fang
8 pm at the Pageant
6161 Delmar Boulevard
$25. 314-726-6161
As My Morning Jacket wound it's way through the past half decade or so, fans began to make the argument that (with apologies to Wilco and a few select others) the Kentucky quintet led by singer-songwriter Jim James might just be the best band in America. That point of view was bolstered by the 2005 album "Z," a melting pot of pop, country and psychedelia that made many critics' Top 10 lists. The brand new "Okonokos" is a live set that proves the band is as good - and indeed maybe better - onstage as it is in the studio. Miss this show only if you want to miss the best band in America.
Daniel Durchholz
I love that last sentence.
I'm a Louisville transplant in St. Louis. I've been a fan of MMJ for awhile but have never been to a dang concert. So, I'm obviously stoked for Monday...there's a lot of nostalgia brewing in me because I'm very proud of these guys I don't even know that are from the same great state as myself. But there's a connection that surpasses state boundaries and the annals of geography - and that's the great sound produced by this band. Thank you MMJ for coming to St. Louis to rock our world.
I heard that last time Jacket came to StL they played at Mississippi Nights...anyone go to that?
I hear MMJ played their first "official" concert on Bardstown Rd. in Louisville, KY at the Toy Tiger. Does anyone know if this is true?? If so, how did I miss that?!?
Hey jerm! Another ST. LOUIS fanatic! I was at the MIssissippi Nights show last year and of course it was fantastic. That's not a bad venue but this show is going to blow that one away. Hopefully I will see you there. I guess I should be in the Halo bar before the show so I can get in line to get in early and find a good spot to set up shop. I guess I will wear my brown "Z" house shirt. If you see me, let me know and I'll buy you a beer! Hopefully, I will still be able to form words at that point.
How about you tenn, are you going to the Halo bar pre show?
probly, planning on being ther early. I may have an extra ticket if one of my friends doesn't pull through.
let me know, there are 3 of us going and one of my friends wife is still trying to decide and she doesn't have a ticket yet.
I should know by tomorrow. I think were going to Blueberry Hill first, good food if you haven't been.
I have! I see shows in the duck room in the basement alot. I've seen Chuck Berry, Mojo Nixon, Split Lip Rayfield (x 3), and many more in the basement. I havn't eaten there in long time but I remember it being good.
Less than 30 hours to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
giggling like a giddy schoolgirl
tee heee heee.
Looking forward to the show tonight. Saw them last year at Miss. Nights. Too bad that place is closing- good memories there. anyway- can't wait to see them at the Pageant. Good times will be had by all!!! :)
Wow. I am speechless. Here is the setlist as best as I can remember. I am pretty sure it is complete but I forgot where a couple songs fit in. Please help me!
1. At Dawn
2. Lowdown
3. Gideon
4. What A Wonderful Man
5. Off The Record
6. It Beats 4 U
7. Wordless Chorus
8. Phone Went West
9. Lay Low
10. Dondante
11. X-Mas Curtain
12. One Big Holiday
13. Run Thru
ENCORE
14. They Ran
15. By My Car :)
16. Golden
17. Dancefloors
18. Mahgeetah
19. Anytime
They also played Butch Cassidy and I think Tonight I Want to Celebrate which gives us 21 total songs. I can't remember where these two fit. If somebody that got a setlist can please help.
Anyway, what a blast. It was going to take a lot to live up to my expectations and they delivered. The sound was fantastic. I had a spot on the floor right in front of Carl, which put a bit further away from Jim than I wanted to be but I could easily run back and forth to where my heifiweisen was waiting for me. I also had a nice view of Patrick. Bo had the coolest light show going on behind him most of the night that gave him a great effect of just looking like a blacked out shadow all the time. But the night belonged to two tone. Seeing him slap that bass up close gave me a new appriciation of him. They don't show enough of him in OKONOKOS so this was a real treat.
The music was unbelievable. From those first notes of At Dawn to the last jam on Anytime I was mesmerized. Off The Record just rules live. The middle part of the outro on this song along with the stepped up light show is so friggin' Floydian I could hardly take it. My first Phone Went West. The jam at the end wasn't as long as maybe Austin for example but it was sick none the less.
Dondante was pretty typical but Jim did add some louder guitar parts during Carl's sax at the end. It blended great together but I think I like it better with just the sax and the little soft repetitive guitar strokes that Jim usually does.
OBH and Run Thru to rock our socks off at the end of the set!
I was expecting some soft numbers to lead off the encore and they didn't dissapoint. I most wanted to hear By My Car and Steam Engine. I didn't get Steam but By My Car was chilling. I teared up a bit. There was a girl next to me for Ran/Car/Golden and we kept looking at each other with this wow look on our faces, and high fiving. We were both feelin' it and it was a special moment between fans. I wish I could remember her name.
Golden had a bit of cool little change at the end and Mahgeetah was just unbeleivable. I take this song for granted to often. The crowd was fantastic, from belting out wordless to jumping up and down for Mahgeetah.
I got to meet Tenn and one of her good friends that travelled an hour and a half from the fine state of Illinois. Rock on girls! Nice to meet you guys. Tenn and I bought our merch together. Moon shirt for me, OKONOKOS hoodie for her! Cheers Tenn!
Wax Fang was everthing I expected and more. I will be looking out for more of these guys. I highly suggest getting to the show on time to see these guys.
Sorry for the long post but I needed to get this down on paper to document my wonderful evening.
My throat is dry, my head hearts, I'm tired and queezy but I have never felt better in my life! ;)
Long Live The Jacket!
Jimisms:
Jim said he wanted to go to the city museum but it was closed on Sundays. He said he heard that it was like "somebody got a truck full of concrete and 50 hits of acid and went crazy" ;D
Instead he said they went up in the arch. He said he loved the arch. He called it a "steel rainbow form hell!" He loved the idea that it would still be there after us humans had all killed each other and the dinasours were back!
QuoteWow. I am speechless. Here is the setlist as best as I can remember. I am pretty sure it is complete but I forgot where a couple songs fit in. Please help me!
1. At Dawn
2. Lowdown
3. Gideon
4. What A Wonderful Man
5. Off The Record
6. It Beats 4 U
7. Wordless Chorus
8. Phone Went West
9. Lay Low
10. Dondante
11. X-Mas Curtain
12. One Big Holiday
13. Run Thru
ENCORE
14. They Ran
15. By My Car :)
16. Golden
17. Dancefloors
18. Mahgeetah
19. Anytime
They also played Butch Cassidy and I think Tonight I Want to Celebrate which gives us 21 total songs. I can't remember where these two fit. If somebody that got a setlist can please help.
Anyway, what a blast. It was going to take a lot to live up to my expectations and they delivered. The sound was fantastic. I had a spot on the floor right in front of Carl, which put a bit further away from Jim than I wanted to be but I could easily run back and forth to where my heifiweisen was waiting for me. I also had a nice view of Patrick. Bo had the coolest light show going on behind him most of the night that gave him a great effect of just looking like a blacked out shadow all the time. But the night belonged to two tone. Seeing him slap that bass up close gave me a new appriciation of him. They don't show enough of him in OKONOKOS so this was a real treat.
The music was unbelievable. From those first notes of At Dawn to the last jam on Anytime I was mesmerized. Off The Record just rules live. The middle part of the outro on this song along with the stepped up light show is so friggin' Floydian I could hardly take it. My first Phone Went West. The jam at the end wasn't as long as maybe Austin for example but it was sick none the less.
Dondante was pretty typical but Jim did add some louder guitar parts during Carl's sax at the end. It blended great together but I think I like it better with just the sax and the little soft repetitive guitar strokes that Jim usually does.
OBH and Run Thru to rock our socks off at the end of the set!
I was expecting some soft numbers to lead off the encore and they didn't dissapoint. I most wanted to hear By My Car and Steam Engine. I didn't get Steam but By My Car was chilling. I teared up a bit. There was a girl next to me for Ran/Car/Golden and we kept looking at each other with this wow look on our faces, and high fiving. We were both feelin' it and it was a special moment between fans. I wish I could remember her name.
Golden had a bit of cool little change at the end and Mahgeetah was just unbeleivable. I take this song for granted to often. The crowd was fantastic, from belting out wordless to jumping up and down for Mahgeetah.
I got to meet Tenn and one of her good friends that travelled an hour and a half from the fine state of Illinois. Rock on girls! Nice to meet you guys. Tenn and I bought our merch together. Moon shirt for me, OKONOKOS hoodie for her! Cheers Tenn!
Wax Fang was everthing I expected and more. I will be looking out for more of these guys. I highly suggest getting to the show on time to see these guys.
Sorry for the long post but I needed to get this down on paper to document my wonderful evening.
My throat is dry, my head hearts, I'm tired and queezy but I have never felt better in my life! ;)
Long Live The Jacket!
Jimisms:
Jim said he wanted to go to the city museum but it was closed on Sundays. He said he heard that it was like "somebody got a truck full of concrete and 50 hits of acid and went crazy" ;D
Instead he said they went up in the arch. He said he loved the arch. He called it a "steel rainbow form hell!" He loved the idea that it would still be there after us humans had all killed each other and the dinasours were back!
I can feel your enthousiasm! Glad you had a great time. And you got a wonderful setlist too.
That was an Awesome show!!! :o
Quote But the night belonged to two tone. Seeing him slap that bass up close gave me a new appriciation of him. They don't show enough of him in OKONOKOS so this was a real treat.
I was thinking the same thing. Tommy was rockin that new wedding band as well, maybe theres somethin in that thing.
Glad you had a great time BH! :D
Come on people. As much as I begged a pleaded I couldn't get one of the six! setlists that were handed out afterwards. I really want to get this setlist right. I may never get an audio from this show but at least I want an accurate list. Please help!!!!
QuoteI may never get an audio from this show but at least I want an accurate list.
actually i think you will...
but it'd be nice to have a full accurate setlist first, i hate it when i download torrents with incomplete setlists.
can anyone place those two songs?
ben
BIG HUGE THANKSGIVING HUG from me to you my friend! You made my night!!!!!!
I think "Tonight" was actually after Run Thru before the encore but I am starting to get confused.
Can you confirm that there were 21 songs?
Let me know if I can help in any way. I'll B and P you real quick and figure it out if you want. I tried my best to remember but I just couldn't put it all together. My friend says they ended the encore with a "slow" song but I am not so sure.
i'll get you a very compressed mp3 of the show and you can confirm the setlist... check your PMs in a few minutes.
ben
uhhh words cannot describe the high I have been on for the last 4 days. That was utterly epic. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
I didn't think the Pag allowed recording so I was not hopeful to hear it again. What is the link for where you have it posted?
OK here it is officially. They didn't even play Tonight I Want To Celebrate. I don't know what I was thinking. Anyway, here it is...
At Dawn
Lowdown
Gideon
What A Wonderful Man
Off The Record
It Beats 4 U
Wordless Chorus
Phone Went West
Lay Low
Dondante
X-mas Curtain
One Big Holiday
Run Thru
They Ran
Encore:
Butch Cassidy
By My Car
Golden
Dancefloors
Mahgeetah
Anytime
thanks to maskedmesothorium for recording!!!!!!!
QuoteI didn't think the Pag allowed recording so I was not hopeful to hear it again. What is the link for where you have it posted?
not very many venues the size of the pageant allow recording. they adopt that policy since some artists don't want themselves recorded, and the venue doesn't want any liability if recordings show up.
i'm seeding the show at dime. you'll need an account.
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=122836
ben
Ohhhhhh NOOOOOOOOO! Dime. I have been trying for a long time to get on dime and can't get on! Any chance for a B&P or someone putting it on archive for me? I have to get this!
Holy crap I just tried again to get on dime and I'm in! Nevermind!
QuoteHoly crap I just tried again to get on dime and I'm in! Nevermind!
welcome to the club. you'll love it.
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welcome to the club. you'll love it.
I'm in the club Dylan! I'm in the club. :D
Now I can snear at people who arn't worthy! ;)
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not very many venues the size of the pageant allow recording. they adopt that policy since some artists don't want themselves recorded, and the venue doesn't want any liability if recordings show up.
i'm seeding the show at dime. you'll need an account.
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=122836
ben
Thanks for taping, I was really hoping this show would pop up somewhere...
Thank You maskedmesothorium.
sI will have this, oh ye, I will have it......
ahhhh shitskys....I am one of the unworthy until someone drops off. That's a bummer
Quoteahhhh shitskys....I am one of the unworthy until someone drops off. That's a bummer
It'll get it's way out to the archive, if no one beats me to it.
Thank yee.....patience has never been one of my redeeming qualities
QuoteThank yee.....patience has never been one of my redeeming qualities
Patience is a hard skill to master, I can't say I'm too good at it myself... I'm uploading it to the archive now, it may be a few hours...
I'll post a new thread.