Hollywood Pantages Theatre show

[the_wizzard]

That would be fantastic Bicyclejoe...he told JohnnYYac that he wasn't so I have not had my hopes up.

[bicyclejoe]

Shoot. I may have been misinformed then. Someone at Edgefield told me it was him. I hope so. I know it's not Emek. Wish it was.

[waitin on the boat here]

Great show and beautiful venue!!  The Bear was epic and Lay Low was particularly powerful.

Only one bummer, posters sold out way early :-\ :'(.  If anybody wants to sell me an extra I will pad your pocket a lil extra plus shipping.   hope hope hope???

[johnnYYac]

That would be fantastic Bicyclejoe...he told JohnnYYac that he wasn't so I have not had my hopes up.

I'm afraid its true.  Can't find the email, but after he helped me complete my collection of his MMJ in Portland posters, I asked if I might need room for one more and he said he wasn't doing this year's Portland/Edgefield poster.  Sorry.

[rincon]

way to make a great showing tonight, los angeles & environs!  i met some cool people at blue palms before the show (walterfredo, i fear i showed up too late to see you.  hope you dug it!).  and even though we'd all bought tix separately, chief okonokos, mm tube top, her pals and i were all in consecutive rows on the same aisle.  dance party USA!

this was a FANTASTIC show!

tonight's annotated setlist:

--victory dance: HUGE
--circuital:  gorgeous! gold!
--day is coming: just drew some hearts next to this one  ;D
--wordless chorus: beautiful presentation!
--off the record

--touch me pt 2
--first light: funk 'splosion
--you wanna freak out: another heart drawn here...
during this song there was a guy dancing up the aisle from the front all the way past my row.  great fun to watch

--the bear!!
-jim banter re: the architecture of the pantages. 
--wonderful
--outta my system: bells intro, green spot light on jim, carl head banging at the pedal steel, gorgeous lights!
-at this point i noticed that the zipper on my shorts was down.  ::) don't know if it had been like that for awhile, or just a dancing situation...
--lay low!!: carl swinging, straight into...
--i'm amazed :)
--slow slow tune: gorgeous blue wash and spot lights: "you decide the pace, you set the tone..."
--moving away: another heart drawing "oh, new life to create...won't forget the ones i left behind...
(love these two songs back to back.)
--carried away!!

**gonna stop trying to decipher my notes right now and just get the list up**
--gideon
--holding on to black metal: featuring the black metal chorus, los angeles chapter!
--anytime
--one big holiday
_______
-band comes back out.  jim compliments the crowd for being so supportive. -->
--steam engine
--smokin from shootin
--end of run thru
--mahgeetah

ok.  one last note:  steam engine. i wrote: BEAUTIFUL EPIC.  this was one for the books. don't know what might have been different, but hearing this song, at this show tonight was...well, i also wrote this: LIFE ALTERING  ;D

i hadn't really kept a set list since before T5.  it was really fun.  there are a bunch of scrawled notes re: stellar moves being thrown down by the band, but i don't want to decipher them all tonight.

for kicks, here is a pic of my set list.  for anyone out there who might wonder what these look like:

I was at the Blue Palms but could not get a seat in time to eat so just had a beer. I saw a pretty woman in a blue summer dress, and for some reason I thought it might be you. You were in the background of one of my Carl show pics, but barely visible.

[Apeskies]

I can't get over how incredibly GORGEOUS the venue is. It was quite warm, but I always leave a great show all sweaty! lol

The Bear, Lay Low, Carried Away, Day is Coming, Wonderful and Run Through teaser were my highlights. This was my first time seeing them in seats and it kind of sucked! The couple next to me kept leaving and coming back...it was fucking annoying. I kept looking down in the pit area and was incredibly jealous. Everyone down there was having a BLAST. Santa Barbara show will make up for it!  ;D

I ALMOST didn't buy a poster...but I'm so very glad I did. They let me take it out to my car since the band hadn't started. Awesome.

[My Morning Tube top]

Great notes, ms y, and what a show!! The Bear!!! It seems the boys have been busting out at least one Super Gem for each show lately, and I think Carried Away might come close to that. I wish I could go to every show, but I especially wish I had been able to make this Dance Party, and rock it with you and the Chief and MM Tube Top again!

I thought to myself at the Chicago show that I wish I had been taking ms y-style notes for all of the moments that I had -- but I was able to remember most and put them down as I listened to the recording.

Keep an eye on that barn door -- I think ralph had it right!  ;D

Awe Crispy and all the T5ers, you were missed! It really was great how we all randomly had the isle row seats together with so much room to get down.

Scosby2 too cute, those handwritten notes were written by Ms. Y herself but I love the idea of Jim pulling out a pencil between songs lol. She dilegently took notes between some hardcore rocking out and zipper exposure. Something I haven't seen since my Dead days

Great Venue, absolutely beautiful and props to Jim for telling us they defend LA all the time for being a great crowd, he did the same last year at the Greek
LA has a lot of love believe it or not...to quote Randy Newman (as everyone should) "We Love it!"

Definitely seeing a Victory Dance/ Circuital & Slow Slow Tune/Movin Away grouping happening and they flow so nicely as the album was layed out. Day is coming, bang bang! Outta my System such a great build. I have to say all the new tunes are like long lost friends, a great feeling and tribute to the strength of the album! 

Touch me Pt. 2 so early, I knew it was going to explode, great segue into First light (60s transporter to me) nice combo

Freak out guy made my night as well, impressive gliding up the ilse dancers all night ;D

The Bear.... I can't bike to the Santa Monica pier without humming that in my head wondering if it was a bad idea to have biked there by myself, pleasently suprised to hear this

Laylow really brought me to a new place, a going full tilt kind of place

Gideon/ WOTBM showing how the old and new flow so nicely, Great to have the LA Chapter which I fear to post for Penny... I believe it was The Watson twins and Nicole Atkins (they sounded awesome, rocked it hard) I love this idea of Live Female chorus on this rather than a sample (Eric M), in the vain of Roger waters local kids chorus every venue for "Another Brick in the Wall" during his Wall Tour. I was hoping this would happen and would love to see it continue! Right on!

OBH... always great to hear but very special in CALIFORNIA, I get all giggly hearing it here because at any show when the band has a shout out lyric to where you are, you can feel the personal pride, it cracks me up

Steamengineeeeeeee oh it's never physical just spiritually beautiful, Ms.Y is right, last night's Steamengine was life altering

Smokin from Shooting, you could feel everyone going inward then exploding out into end of Run Thru ohhhhh How you almost need it then

Circuital moment for me on Mahgeetah, the first show for me where I really got hooked they opened with it. This was the beginning of getting pulled into my Jacket madness, so to finish with it last night was a personal moment not lost on me.

I feel like I am in the middle of a West coast T5. KCRW was priceless, last night blew me away and I have three more Cali shows to go. Karl's Carried Away which was so sweet kind of felt like a minnie Joe's Pub. I'm just sayin... you all were missed.

Lighting was per usual unbelievably beautiful. Green eye beckend and back screens splashed perfectly, always complementing and enhancing the tunes. I don't know if it's Marc Janowitz's work again, but whoever it is once again I was blown away. So talented.
Oaktown here I come ;D Bakesale Betty's I'm going to tear you apart! So Grateful :dankk2:

[gardenparty]

Told myself i wouldn't buy a poster unless it was a Burwell ( :D)  it's nice

Set was great.  I was singing the Bear in my head all day for some reason.   Wrapped it up perfectly.

No epic middle number like i was hoping (Dondnate, PWW) and no Highly Suspicious :'(

I don't think he donned the big white boots either.   

Great energy overall though.  fun show for sure!

[ms. yvon]

for kicks, here is a pic of my set list.  for anyone out there who might wonder what these look like:

does it say smoking or dancefloors..it looks like it says smokin or dance to me. dancefloors into magheetah to end a show is always an epic choice...not to complain as i love smokin as well
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next to smokin i wrote, "watch or dance?" b/c i was torn between watching the great view i had of the whole stage, and leaping around, dancing.  ;D  a few times during the show the people in the row in front of me left or sat down so i could see the whole band at once.  really something cool to take in: all 5 of them going at it up there, spread across the stage.

ralph & crispy: you may have nailed the zipper issue, my friends.  preventative steps may need to be taken.

[Crispy]

Wonderful review, Tube Top! So great to hear about enjoying a show that way, the next best thing to sharing it with you guys.

Steam Engine just seems to get better and better, eventually it's just going to transport us into that next dimension, as Jim suggested in Chicago.

You're coming to Red Rocks, right, TT?

Ms. y -- preventative measures? Perish the thought!  ;D

[more34]

The Bear was the definite highlight for me, love that tune

bummed the sold out of the posters so fast

[kydiddle]

Tonights poster by Guy Burwell - super sweet !
here's a pic :

Oh this is so beautiful. Just...so beautiful.

Excellent reviews!! Sounds like you all had a great show. Just listened to "The Bear" because you all put me in the mood for it.

Miss seeing you rock out, ms y....hope to see you at a show sooner rather than later. 

[ChiefOKONO]

Oh what a show last night!!!  The Pantages was beautiful theater with a lot of gold painted decor and Jim even commented on it.  He even complimented the crowd saying that LA gets a bad rap, which was true in this case because we were clapping in sync early on!  i had such a blast, and haven't seen a show like that in a long time!  oh and the stage, i love it! the screens in the back rule!!
oh and the lighting was KILLER!!!!

Everest opened and they were great, but i wanted to see more of them.  I guess they've been recording because they played a few new tunes.  The Watson twins (one of them is married to the singer)  came up for one song and did a whistling part.  Later they would become the "Black Metal Girls LA Chapter"

They did the entire new album plus some other great nuggets!  Lay Low with a rockin' jam!!  Smokin' from Shootin' > Run Thru !!! !! !!!!!! !
The Bear!  Steam Engine was spectacularly sublime, with the starry background on the screens.   Slow Slow Tune and Movin Away were awesome!! so emotional!!   Oh Black Metal you're so misunderstood!! :)
Jim had a few new dance moves too hahah.  he was hitting his guitar with his body (while it was dangling off the strap) at one point after hitting a chord and it made some crazy sounds.  oh and they did carried away too, soooo sweet!
oh and another awesome thing was that we all got tickets separately but my morning tube top was right behind us, ms yvon was a couple rows in front and another friend was right near as well. Dance Party fo sho!!!!!!

next up, santa barbara bowl!!  woo hooooo!!!

[Crispy]

Nice, Chief! I didn't realize the Watson twins were in the Black Metal Chorus LA Chapter! Was it just those two or were there others?

Oh, I like that Flying V pic, mnj.

[hodgeswm]

Has The Bear been played since the T5 show? Posting my Youtube videos and set list on Live Music Blog and wanted to include that stat as a notation if true.

[scosby2]

Has The Bear been played since the T5 show? Posting my Youtube videos and set list on Live Music Blog and wanted to include that stat as a notation if true.

nope...and you will probably only see it pop up on a setlist one or two more times on this tour, if that much...just one of those epic songs that can only be touched a time or two in a tour...just too emotional

[hodgeswm]

One of my Top 3-4 songs, so great to see that pop out unexpectedly last night along with that destroyer Steam Engine. Also, One Big Holiday had a nice extension too!

[hodgeswm]

Also, has Carried Away been played on this tour? Haven't been keeping up as much as usual. If anyone knows last time that was played please let me know here.

Thanks!

Also, review of this show will appear in Relix!

[walterfredo]

Amazing show indeed.  I was in Row B Orhcestra Right center, basically right in front of Jim, and pretty much pressed against the speaker stack on the right side of the stage.  Needless to say, my ears are still ringing.  I actually had to move over because TTT's bass notes were making my chest vibrate.  Missed out on a poster as well, pretty bummed about that. 

Ms Y, thanks for the Blue Palms tip, loved it.  We were there from about 5 to 6:30ish, then went back after the show as well.  Shouldn't have gone back after though, paying the price today!

The Pantages was an amazing place, and the band was on fire as usual.  Such a great night.  Cannot wait for Oakland.

I did find it ironic that Jim was defending the bad rap that LA concert goers get...yet several times I looked back and noticed well over half of the place was sitting (granted, it was during slower songs), and the entire balcony was sitting, or at least appeared to be.  The only 2 times I've ever seen people sit for a MMJ show was last night, and at the LA Greek in 2008.

[My Morning Tube top]

Nice, Chief! I didn't realize the Watson twins were in the Black Metal Chorus LA Chapter! Was it just those two or were there others?

Oh, I like that Flying V pic, mnj.

Nicole Atkins too. OH Red Rocks.... ummmmm ::)