8/23 PHILLY - GIDDY UP!

[YouAre_GivenToFly]

Grrrrreat review, TubeTop! Makes me wish even more that I could have made it to this one.

Yeah, snufus, I bashed The Kid some, sorry. Like J said, you should have seen how this guy acted at T5. It's good that he apologized, but it still would have been weird. "Security!"

;D
I might have BRUISES!!!

which kid was this?? the one right next to j_rud?  i didn't know any of this back story :) classic.

Yep... he was wearing an eddie vedder tshirt on Tuesday.

Me and Jay had the first 2 seats in the row, with our T5 friend and his buddy in the next 2... but about halfway through the show our T5 friend decided to abandon his pal, moved into the aisle, and jumped around next to me for the remainder of the show.  :-\

[tdb810]

Grrrrreat review, TubeTop! Makes me wish even more that I could have made it to this one.

Yeah, snufus, I bashed The Kid some, sorry. Like J said, you should have seen how this guy acted at T5. It's good that he apologized, but it still would have been weird. "Security!"

;D
I might have BRUISES!!!

which kid was this?? the one right next to j_rud?  i didn't know any of this back story :) classic.

Yep... he was wearing an eddie vedder tshirt on Tuesday.

Me and Jay had the first 2 seats in the row, with our T5 friend and his buddy in the next 2... but about halfway through the show our T5 friend decided to abandon his pal, moved into the aisle, and jumped around next to me for the remainder of the show.  :-\

ok, i know who you are talking about. 

[YouAre_GivenToFly]

Inquirer review...

http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20110825_My_Morning_Jacket__Three_torrid_hours_at_the_Mann.html

[noripcord]

I'm a noob on this board but I met a whole bunch of you crazy folks before the mann show and I'm a better person for it, so here I be. 
Staggerlee, peafunk (and their better halves) welcomed me into their world with open arms.  Like someone said in a previous post it seems like the jacket just brings together some of the coolest people around.  My only regret is not joining this board earlier in the tour. 
Hopefully we can all get together again for the NYC show (which better happen) and we can throw down together like the rockstars you all are.
Keep on keepin' on!
 

[peafunk31]

I'm a noob on this board but I met a whole bunch of you crazy folks before the mann show and I'm a better person for it, so here I be. 
Staggerlee, bumble (and their better halves) welcomed me into their world with open arms.  Like someone said in a previous post it seems like the jacket just brings together some of the coolest people around.  My only regret is not joining this board earlier in the tour. 
Hopefully we can all get together again for the NYE show (which better happen) and we can throw down together like the rockstars you all are.
Keep on keepin' on!

Hi there! We're you the couple from MD who were tailgating w/ us? Stagger is my close friend. We were one of the 1st few cars in the lot. I was the beardy guy playing Baggo w/ Stagger when we 1st got there.

[noripcord]

We're you the couple from MD who were tailgating w/ us?

Damn straight that was us!  A pleasure to meet you, peafunk.

I'm finally unspun from Tuesday night....took a couple of days :).  Rockin out with Yim and the boys will tend to do that to you, as I know everyone here can relate.

The next time the boys play Merriweather you can bet I'll be hosting a pre-show rager at my place.  We can walk over to the show from there.  Come one, come all!

[tdb810]

I'm a noob on this board but I met a whole bunch of you crazy folks before the mann show and I'm a better person for it, so here I be. 
Staggerlee, peafunk (and their better halves) welcomed me into their world with open arms.  Like someone said in a previous post it seems like the jacket just brings together some of the coolest people around.  My only regret is not joining this board earlier in the tour. 
Hopefully we can all get together again for the NYE show (which better happen) and we can throw down together like the rockstars you all are.
Keep on keepin' on!

hey there!!  im trish, and i met you guys briefly before the show -- we were discussing MPP and the environs....
Welcome to the fray, this is a great place!!!

[peafunk31]

We're you the couple from MD who were tailgating w/ us?

Damn straight that was us!  A pleasure to meet you, peafunk.

I'm finally unspun from Tuesday night....took a couple of days :).  Rockin out with Yim and the boys will tend to do that to you, as I know everyone here can relate.

The next time the boys play Merriweather you can bet I'll be hosting a pre-show rager at my place.  We can walk over to the show from there.  Come one, come all!

Nice! Glad you decided to join this board! You guys were mad fun to party with Here's to hoping we catch up at a show in the future. I would love to pre-game with you guys again. You know how to do it right!

[StaggerLee]

I'm a noob on this board but I met a whole bunch of you crazy folks before the mann show and I'm a better person for it, so here I be. 
Staggerlee, peafunk (and their better halves) welcomed me into their world with open arms.  Like someone said in a previous post it seems like the jacket just brings together some of the coolest people around.  My only regret is not joining this board earlier in the tour. 
Hopefully we can all get together again for the NYE show (which better happen) and we can throw down together like the rockstars you all are.
Keep on keepin' on!

Awesome!  Glad you joined the boards.  We had a blast with you and your better half.  It was a great tailgate scene!  Had a blast hanging out with you guys.  Next time you are in town hit us up on the boards.  And lets all hope we get the whole crew together for the NYC show that is still just a figment of our imagination!

[kydiddle]

guys it seems like he tried to apologize and your still bashing him? c'mon. missing neko case? they're are so many different reason why someone could miss the opening band. the seats weren't even full until 10 min before mmj started.

I didnt bash him, I said he freaks me out. I was civil, and thats more than a lot of people would be. If you witnessed the scene I think you'd have a different opinion.

No one was bashing the dude and if anything, it's just plain hilarious that of all the seats in that venue, he sits right next to j_rud. I almost collapsed.

Everything comes full circle in the Jacket community...believe it...

[Sweet Nothing]

I have to say my personal favorite moments were turning to see all the smiles on the great forum/rollcall/T5 familiar faces. I may have exchanged only brief hellos to some, but consistently such great people. MMJ fans seem to be a reflection of the band; generous, quick witted, light hearted, soulful peeps, who time and time again go out of there way for each other. Many were missed last night too, but there in spirit. I am truly touched, Part II of course.

Props and thanks to CC and gang for the rollcall this summer. Last night summarized what I hope continues from the rollcall. Similar fans, old and new who are incredibly grateful to be there, up front bouncing back the love the band is throwing at us. We all hope and expect so much in the best ways. The sacrifices from each band and crew member from their personal lives to give us great shows should be rewarded by our smiles, high fives, intimate hand holds and rockin air guitaring.


New Years, where or where are you? NYC always calls, the weather in California is not too frightful then either, just sayin... Come west young men...

I can't echo this enough as i personally feel MMJ has the most genuine fans on the planet!!!  The generosity within the community of fans for this band is unreal and i have not experienced  this within other bands I have followed, but that's not to say that it doesn't exist with other bands and their fans.

I love each of the fans of this band(not in a creppy way) and just wanted to tell you all!!! :dankk2:

Also looking and hoping the band does a New Years Eve show in NYC but hear some of the fans who are coming in from out of town about the costs of hotels etc. for that time of year.  Hope it    does happen though if not in New York somewhere close!

[NoVa_NoLa]

Had to post, mostly because of this line..."three-hour hoedown of Southern-fried beard-rock, soul power, and even a little reggae carpetbaggery."

I haven't been to the Mann in years,,,I think the last band that I saw there may have been the 10000 Maniacs.  ;)

http://articles.philly.com/2011-08-25/news/29927324_1_rock-show-empty-seats-morning-jacket

My Morning Jacket: Three torrid hours at the Mann
August 25, 2011|By Jonathan Valania, For The Inquirer

Opening for a band that draws seven or eight times as many people as you do seems like a no-brainer. After all, if you win over just a quarter of the crowd, you've more than doubled your draw in this particular market.

The downside is that nobody shows up for the opening act at a rock show. Never has, never will. Tuesday night at the Mann Center was no exception. Neko Case opened for My Morning Jacket and delivered a game but faintly glum set to mostly empty seats - too bad, because she is worthy of a capacity crowd.

Those seats were completely filled with stubbly, red-eyed young men, and the women who go to concerts with them, by the time My Morning Jacket took the stage and kick-started a sweaty, ebullient, three-hour hoedown of Southern-fried beard-rock, soul power, and even a little reggae carpetbaggery.

Ten years on, the band's star continues to rise. The last time through it played Penn's Landing, and before that the TLA, and the days when it played the Khyber are many beards ago, back before the truce between indie rock and Jam Band Nation was declared at the Bonnaroo Line. The reason is simple: Live, My Morning Jacket is an unstoppable force of nature.

Fronted by the irrepressible Jim James - fuzzy-faced, Buddha-bellied, rocking a cape and a Cousin Itt haircut, whirling about the stage dervishly with a towel over his head - MMJ made it abundantly clear that they were playing for keeps, slathering bruising he-man riffage and bombastic beats with ethereal harmonies, sounding as if Lynyrd Skynyrd had swallowed Big Star whole.

"Smokin' From Shootin' " was epic, something-to-write-home-about stuff. "Phone Went West" was positively apostolic. "Highly Suspicious" was all crazy-sexy Princely funk on the verses and skull-splitting, Flying V-fired axemanship on the choruses. "Golden" was just that, a reminder that it remains their greatest song.

Reverb has always been My Morning Jacket's best friend. Wednesday night it was practically a sixth band member, multiplying exponentially the cavernous overtones of the Mann's domed ceiling. When James opened his mouth to let loose one of those long, ghostly falsetto whoops that seem to stretch from here to eternity, you really began to get a sense of what infinity sounds like.

Still, there were a few wet firecrackers. "Holding On to Black Metal" never quite reached the satanic majesty its title promises, and a duet between Case and James on Tom Petty's "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" was not nearly as awesome as it sounds on paper. But by the time they got to the fist-pumping, show-closing "One Big Holiday," after nearly three hours of stomping on the terra, all that was soon forgotten.

[Ruckus]