MMJ - CBGB Music and Film Festival - 10/12/13

CC · Oct 13, 2013, 07:25 AM

adam_pliskow · Oct 13, 2013, 10:14 AM

Great weather, an amazing backdrop and a thin crowd in front of the stage. What else does one need to provide the foundation of a great MMJ festival set. Seriously, I couldn't believe how thin the crowd was for TS. They put a nice cozy stage next to this huge building on 46 street which redirected the sound on to the floor. It was loud and they played a set list for the crowd - ending with an energetic OBH. The Brittney song was good, but I wasn't that in to it. Don't Do It with Dylan's son was a bit sloppy at times, but they did a killer finishing guitar jam at the end.
It was only 60 minutes, but what a great October surprise. Overall, I would put this in the category of you 'should have been there if you lived in the tri-state area' type show. Easily missed, but surreal. I suppose having a festival in times square can provide both types of experiences. 4/5 imo

MrWhippy · Oct 13, 2013, 11:32 AM

Quote from: CC Baxter on Oct 13, 2013, 07:25 AM
http://youtu.be/q5hR9z8h_Kk

Thank you!!! Sick!

jeremygordon · Oct 13, 2013, 12:02 PM

A couple of shots from yesterday

and a few more here
http://www.jambase.com/Articles/119672/My-Morning-Jacket-And-Guests-Headline-CBGB-Fest-In-Times-Square

APR · Oct 13, 2013, 12:21 PM

Sounds like a great afternoon.

I spotted headhunter in the photo Tom tweeted.

WH7Gator · Oct 13, 2013, 02:35 PM

Quote from: CC Baxter on Oct 13, 2013, 07:25 AM
http://youtu.be/q5hR9z8h_Kk

2 things. How awkward and just not into it does Jakob Dylan seem? Is that just his style? So strange to me when Jim goes up to him during the breakdown/jam and he just stands there. And secondly, did both him and Jim play the same note the whole song?

Either way, looked fun. Nice treat for you City folks. : )

johnnYYac · Oct 13, 2013, 03:27 PM

headhunter · Oct 13, 2013, 07:22 PM

TerRific photos Jeremy (as per usual).

A truly fun night and it was SO much better than I expected. Good small crowd of some forum faithful on the Jim-side rail thanks to Adam Shanker.

Very nice to see the travelling and always happy Joey Rogo post show and anytime I am surrounded by Trish, Brooke, Val and Danz, it's a good time.
Also great to see yet amother show with Mr Budsock, Rich and Dylan. Just another mini-family reunion a block away from my office.

Not the greates MMJ show but certainly the Greatest free and mostly spntaneous MMJ show ever so no complaints from me.

Me and Mrs. HH had a fabulous night.

brn2plybal · Oct 13, 2013, 09:59 PM

I thought the show was great. Cool for what it was. Sound was very good near the risers.

I was disappointed when I saw they ended at 645 but curfew was 7.

Thought the band would be like "o, 15 minutes left? Magheta, Gideon"

Who knows, maybe they wrote out the setlist and only rehearsed those songs.

Please Play 3 nights at the beacon now.

CHIMMJFAN · Oct 14, 2013, 03:29 AM

Thought it was funny that Jim just decided to play next to Carl after Dylan seemed so apathetic. Nice song, I'm missing MMJ live shows!

CHIMMJFAN

FiddleCastro · Oct 14, 2013, 10:11 AM

Quote from: brn2plybal on Oct 13, 2013, 09:59 PM
I thought the show was great. Cool for what it was. Sound was very good near the risers.

I was disappointed when I saw they ended at 645 but curfew was 7.

Thought the band would be like "o, 15 minutes left? Magheta, Gideon"

Who knows, maybe they wrote out the setlist and only rehearsed those songs.

Please Play 3 nights at the beacon now.

I noticed they didn't really have all of their gear. Might have influenced that decision.

tdb810 · Oct 14, 2013, 11:56 AM

Wow! What a total delight this day was! First of all, the weather was absolutely spectacular -- could not have been better. We made it into the city in record time, parked in Port Authority, and made our way over to the stage by about 3 or so. As we had three children with us, we had to do some strategic planning. Here's how it went: I stayed in the pit while Bob traipsed around Times Square with the kids. This worked out really well (for me...chuckle chuckle).

Around 3:45 some of my favorite people showed up, we got into position, and were ready to go. We enjoyed James Murphy, which got us moving a bit, and also helped to drown out some of the obscenities that had been being hurled at the road crew by the 4 frat boys, and mysterious lady in a suit who showed up and began joining in. Note: If you are the dude who was yelling "Jaime" all afternoon, next time, leave the booze behind. Seriously, though...even his friends were getting pissed.

Moving on.....James Murphy finished his set, and the anticipation began to mount! I almost couldn't believe that we had accomplished this seemingly insane feat of bringing 3 children into Times Square to see MMJ. It worked out really well, and Bob was able to hang out on the side of the stage with the kids (who were also in the pit for a few songs). Chrissy got at least 1, possibly 3 waves from Jim, so this was a treat.

What can I say about the set? It was short indeed, but such an utter joy to behold. Our boys in the middle of the truly "sensory overload" that is Times Square, surrounded by some wonderful friends. I can't say enough how much I enjoyed the Fela tune, which I now know to be titled "Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am" or something like that. Merrill Garbus is a powerhouse for such a tiny little thing! Of course, Brittney Howard was brilliant as always, and Antibalas really rounded out the set. I cannot get that song out of my head! I also thought Victory Dance was a ton of fun! And of course, Don't Do it....

There seemed to be a lot of sound issues going on, and it's always fun to watch Carl animatedly direct the engineers/techs on how to get it more perfect. I saw Bo doing a bit of that as well, and even Tommy. For me, the only time I noticed a real sound problem was during Don't Do It, but I didn't care!!!!! I had an absolute ball, and it was just such a completely unexpected surprise!

Not sure when we will be seeing the band next, so I'm truly grateful that we got this little snippet to hold us over for what may be a long, cold winter.....

johnnYYac · Oct 14, 2013, 01:23 PM

Thanks for that, Trish. So glad you and yours joined other asshole royalty for this. The guys must love seeing your familiar faces, everywhere they go...

johnnYYac · Oct 14, 2013, 01:27 PM

http://www.examiner.com/article/my-morning-jacket-rips-times-square-a-new-one-to-close-cbgb-festival

tdb810 · Oct 14, 2013, 01:34 PM

Quote from: johnnYYac on Oct 14, 2013, 01:23 PM
Thanks for that, Trish. So glad you and yours joined other asshole royalty for this. The guys must love seeing your familiar faces, everywhere they go...

Or they're scared.....haha!

johnnYYac · Oct 14, 2013, 03:23 PM

Great first post! And a Jets fan? Be mine.

tdb810 · Oct 14, 2013, 03:54 PM

Quote from: hendo9591 on Oct 14, 2013, 02:55 PM
Quote from: tdb810 on Oct 14, 2013, 11:56 AM
Wow! What a total delight this day was! First of all, the weather was absolutely spectacular -- could not have been better. We made it into the city in record time, parked in Port Authority, and made our way over to the stage by about 3 or so. As we had three children with us, we had to do some strategic planning. Here's how it went: I stayed in the pit while Bob traipsed around Times Square with the kids. This worked out really well (for me...chuckle chuckle).

Around 3:45 some of my favorite people showed up, we got into position, and were ready to go. We enjoyed James Murphy, which got us moving a bit, and also helped to drown out some of the obscenities that had been being hurled at the road crew by the 4 frat boys, and mysterious lady in a suit who showed up and began joining in. Note: If you are the dude who was yelling "Jaime" all afternoon, next time, leave the booze behind. Seriously, though...even his friends were getting pissed.

Moving on.....James Murphy finished his set, and the anticipation began to mount! I almost couldn't believe that we had accomplished this seemingly insane feat of bringing 3 children into Times Square to see MMJ. It worked out really well, and Bob was able to hang out on the side of the stage with the kids (who were also in the pit for a few songs). Chrissy got at least 1, possibly 3 waves from Jim, so this was a treat.

What can I say about the set? It was short indeed, but such an utter joy to behold. Our boys in the middle of the truly "sensory overload" that is Times Square, surrounded by some wonderful friends. I can't say enough how much I enjoyed the Fela tune, which I now know to be titled "Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am" or something like that. Merrill Garbus is a powerhouse for such a tiny little thing! Of course, Brittney Howard was brilliant as always, and Antibalas really rounded out the set. I cannot get that song out of my head! I also thought Victory Dance was a ton of fun! And of course, Don't Do it....

There seemed to be a lot of sound issues going on, and it's always fun to watch Carl animatedly direct the engineers/techs on how to get it more perfect. I saw Bo doing a bit of that as well, and even Tommy. For me, the only time I noticed a real sound problem was during Don't Do It, but I didn't care!!!!! I had an absolute ball, and it was just such a completely unexpected surprise!

Not sure when we will be seeing the band next, so I'm truly grateful that we got this little snippet to hold us over for what may be a long, cold winter.....
calling us frat boys just because we were wearing jet and giants hats? thats a load of shit we are far from frat boys why dont you get to know us first before labeling us. none of my friends were cursing at the road crew it was that nut job lady, yea my drunk friend kept shouting jaime cause he was excited to see jim and the rest of mmj yea it was a little excessive cause he was drunk but he was like a kid on christmas getting up that close to mmj in times square. we are die hard fans and wouldnt of gotten there that early and that close if we werent besides my drunk friend shouting jaime we did absolutley nothing wrong and the frat label is just absurd

I could think of other labels......and I'm not really sure of the relationship between professional football and frat boys, but I digress. Anyway, name calling is never nice, so for that I apologize (I didn't think you guys actually read this stuff).

My sincerest apologies to those of you in the group who were cool, and I agree the lady took the obscenities to a whole new level. I also noticed one of you guys trying to chill Jaime out, and appreciated that. Listen, we've all been drunk at shows, I totally get that....it was just a bit over the top in between sets.

I, too, felt like a kid at Christmas being right there up front in Times Square.....however, I didn't use that excuse to blow smoke, literally, into people's faces and yell obscenities to no one in particular. It just took a little bit away from the otherwise very chill scene, just for those of us who were in the proximity.

crazylove · Oct 14, 2013, 04:09 PM

Lots of people who've been on the forum for sometime, are pretty chill. We've made new friends, enjoyed reuniting with old friends and would do just about anything for each other. Occasionally someone will exhibit bad behavior, and we can forgive that. But when the offender starts replying with such vehement defense of such said behavior, we take notice. Or rather, I should say I do, not fair to speak for the rest of my MMJ family. And I for one, know that the band, especially Jim, doesn't tolerate bad behavior that affects others. I have seen him STOP the show to make sure that ALL the fans are safe and "chill". Another reason why we love this band!

hendo9591 · Oct 14, 2013, 04:51 PM

i get the whole chill thing but my group of friends were being chill. we only had a few beers before we had more of a natural high from being that close. your also front row at an outdoor concert you have to expect these kinds of things you cant have everything your way people are gonna be rowdy and want to have a smoke i know none of my friends would blow smoke in someones face on purpose though thats not right. im not trying to be rude or anything im just telling it how it is

headhunter · Oct 14, 2013, 04:57 PM

Welcome Hendo but please don't go slamming TDB for comments about fratboys.

She happens to be one of the kindest and sweetest members of this wonderful community. Everyone is entitled to their opinions even if you disagree with hers.

Might be best to earn some respect first before accusing others on this board of lacking some.

Glad you and your friends had such a good time. I agree that seeing the boys in TS was pretty special. All MMJ shows are special but this one was certainly unique.