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[Virgil_Cain]

That was a damn fine show last night.  I've seen them the last two times they've been to the Roxy and at the 40 Watt in Athens two summers ago and they have come a long way in terms of their equip, lights, etc.  I thought they blew the doors off the place last night.  Every one in the group I was with last night - probably 12 people total - thought that's one of the best shows they've seen in a long time.

As for the sound, any small place where a band plays as loud as they do, it's gonna get muddy at times.  I could hear Carl pretty well.   I could hear all of them pretty well for that matter.   I was about 6 rows up in the left center of the first balcony.  There was a taper front center of the first balcony so I'm sure a recording will be out soon.  Jim's guitar(solo's) is super loud - i.e. Dondante and Off the Record.  By the way, I like the way the finish Off the Record now - at least the way they played it last night - basically the spacey jam with Jim ripping over it..  Anyway, sure the sound can be better but when they're all playing as loud as they do, there's only so much you can do to get the sound to blend right.  I thought the sound was worse the last show at the Roxy to be honest with you.   There was a point at the beggining of the show where I had to turn away because Carl was so loud it was actually hurting my ears.  I think it's time to start wearing ear plugs to shows with the ringing I've got in my head today.  

I could have sworn I read in an interview a while back - I think around the time Z came out that they were gonna stop playing certain songs - Phone Went West in partcular.  I'm glad they ixnayed that idea.  Great to hear By My Car too.  I love that song.

[Virgil_Cain]

Oh yeah, can anyone confirm that Patrick is the biggest drummer in the history of rock n roll?  He makes the drumsticks look like toothpicks in his hands.  

[jack_ass]

you've lost all  credibility with that statement... ;)

damn, i'm losing credibility because we differ on favorite songs?? i said the song melted my brain, WTF... maybe last night will lead me to a saner path and i will gain some cred... and yes ellis EZ Rebel was one of many many highlights, after the bashing i took from PWW, Lay Low, and Dondante, i think i was spongeing up some gray matter off the floor to dump back into my skull

[ellisintransit]

after the bashing i took from PWW, Lay Low, and Dondante, i think i was spongeing up some gray matter off the floor to dump back into my skull

If you lost credibility for your last statement...you certainly must have gained it back with this one.  Hehe.  Well put.

[aMD]

Oh yeah, can anyone confirm that Patrick is the biggest drummer in the history of rock n roll?  He makes the drumsticks look like toothpicks in his hands.  

he plays big but he's not actually that big.  maybe 5'9".

I'm loving the songs they're bringing back.  Easy Morning Rebel, They Ran, Rollin Back, Honest Man, The Bear.  That's fucking sweet!

[dragonboy]

Easy Morning Rebel? Wow...
I'd love to hear that live. The version from this show (Headliners Sept 26 '03) is excellent:
http://www.archive.org/details/mmj2003-09-26.shnf

[mmj37]

Does anyone have pictures they could share from the show?

[cmccubbin25]

this was my 6th Jacket show (i drove 5.5 hrs from Louisville to see it) and i would consider it my second best next Bonnaroo '06!  the set list was great, the boyz energy is as high as ever and man the Tabernacle crowd was going ape shit!  they brought the house down.  

if you walked away from that show and didn't feel like you just saw and heard the BEST live band in the world, then "i'll kick, i'll kick [your] head in..."

highlights for us hardcore Jacket fans:
 - opened with At Dawn (which is a good change from WC)
 - busted out Easy Morning Rebel and Phone Went West!!!
 - played They Ran AND By My Car
 - and when they played Steam Engine i pretty much went ape shit and acted like a 12 yr old girl at a Britney Spears concert

i noticed someone else mentioned on here about a lot of newbie fans.  i didn't come on the Jacket bandwagon until 2003 with ISM, but by God i have educated myself on the Jacket and have pretty much every piece of material i can get my hands on.  i felt like me and about 50 other people were the only ones able to sing to the songs from At Dawn and TN Fire...which was the HIGHLIGHT of the show for me is hearing old stuff...it was such a good show.

about the sound.  i didn't think it was as awful as other people have said, but i'm also not a sound guru.  it definitely wasn't the best sounding Jacket show, but who cares?  i think one reason we all love this band so much is b/c they aren't perfect and don't try to be.  dirrrty sound at a Jacket show seems somehow comforting.  i wouldn't want their live sound to be as clean as Z.  

Jim was definitely feeding off the crowd.  he commented several times how good the crowd was.  and it was true.  that was a really good crowd.  almost everyone at the venue was rocking pretty hard whether they knew the songs or not.  Jim was saying some pretty funny things too, though it was hard to hear him.  he talked about renting a car in Knoxville and staying an extra day because he loved the Sun Sphere so much (isn't that what that the thing is called they built for the World's Fair??).  he also was talking about this building in ATL that is kind of open at the top and he hoped somebody had connection with the city council so they could get him a tour of the building.  good stuff.

as an added bonus driving down to ATL from Kentucky i passed the Tennessee Fireworks store where they took the picture for the inside cover of the Tennessee Fire!!!

[jack_ass]

we were trying to figure out on the way out last night, exactly which building jim was talking about, 'matchsticks'? i'm thinking maybe jim had some dirty south chronic on his ride down. all good though. there were 2 dudes: one with a doo rag and a flannel shirt, one blonde dude with a blue shirt, they were close to center stage about 4 back with a lovely redhead, hitting a bowl, i just want to thank them for rocking the fuck out with me all night long and wish them many more nights as great as last night

[Virgil_Cain]

He was talking abou this building - the Bank of America Building

http://www.cousinsproperties.com/office/pics/boap.jpg

The top is lit up at night.

http://images.dpchallenge.com/images_portfolio/208/print_preview/122809.jpg

At the end of They Ran Jim thanked the audience for being so great from "My cold, black heart."

[jack_ass]

thanx virgil, my own wonderful redhead pointed that one out and said she bet that was the one

[cmccubbin@work]

what did you all think of Wax Fang?

anybody have the scoop on the band?  are they all from Louisville?  any idea what high schools they went to?

[CC]

tabernacle in the gallery.
hot stuff.

[mmj37]

I didn't get a chance to check out the merch, but was there a poster for the show?

[STEELY]

There was the 'Z' poster, but that was it in the way of posters - no specific show poster, unfortunately.

[mmj37]

There was the 'Z' poster, but that was it in the way of posters - no specific show poster, unfortunately.

Damn. Oh well.

[CC]

remember the tabernacle show?
fresh pics in the gallery.

[STEELY]

I remember it well and am hoping a source for the show will surface soon ...

[mmj37]

remember the tabernacle show?
fresh pics in the gallery.

The pics are amazing.

[Angry Ewok]

Alan's photography is better than some of the pro-photographers' work... and he doesn't even have a press-pass or fancy lenses or anything like that.