Wiltern 01.06.07!

[ms. yvon]

http://www.insidesocal.com/music/2007/01/my_morning_jacket_wiltern_thea.html

"And the band begins to kick into head-bobbing, left-foot forward guitar charging right away."   ;D

[LaurieBlue]

http://www.laweekly.com/music/nightranger/trout-faced-piano-man-sings-of-sex-dogs/15396/


Saturday, 10:15 p.m.:The Wiltern is crammed to its Art Deco rafters with human beings, shifting their weight and peering over heads for signs that My Morning Jacket will begin what's expected to be a marathon set. A taut scrim painted with a forest scene stands as a barrier between stage and audience. As the lights suddenly dim, a cloud of reefer plumes over the darkened crowd, and the Louisville-based rock-reggae fivesome burst onstage behind the screen, backlit by pulsing lights and crushing through "One Big Holiday" as the audience erupts. Bearded and bushy-haired, the silhouette of lead singer Jim James is seen to deliver hauntingly bright, clear vocals, stomping around in what appear to be moon boots. As they wrap up the opener with one of many epic crescendos, the translucent curtain finally drops like lingerie, revealing the band fully to the roar of the crowd. I'd seen My Morning Jacket at Coachella, in daylight and with an adjacent show by Kanye West bleeding through. But witnessing them perform full-throttle in a darkened theater, amid a seizure-inducing light display, I now understand their allure, and the weed clouds. Perhaps Mr. Jim James does as well, as he pauses after radio hit "Off the Record" to gaze at the ceiling of the Wiltern for a pontification: "If there's one thing we could learn from a building like this, it's that we could all use more hobbies. Look, instead of sitting on MySpace, they would build big, huge fucked-up buildings like this!" ... Totally, dude.

[CC]

wiltern up in the gallery.

[LaurieBlue]

http://yousetthescene.blogspot.com/2007/01/my-morning-jacket-live-review.html

[ms. yvon]

this is why we get to the wiltern early when we can.   ;)

[Reverend ToneZone]

I already posted this on a separate thread, but . . .
Here are some pictures I took at The Wiltern on 1/06/07 in Los Angeles.  Hope you like them . . .    
http://flickr.com/photos/34665893@N00/