MMJ GO UNDER THE SEA FOR A 2 NIGHT PROM IN ATHENS!

[kyleuga]

so, my day just got even better. i just ate lunch at clocked(right by the 40 watt, check it out out-of-towners) and walked around the corner where the bus was parked to go to my car and then.......jim walked out and my buddy and I met him!!!! talked to him for just a min.  he seemed pretty busy, but he was really nice and seemed really excited!!! I CANT WAIT!!!! ;D

get ready for tonight!! ill be the idiot up front with a red sweatband on...see ya there

[ms. yvon]

just swung by the venue to get the lay o'the land and witnessed some of the decorating team hanging colorful tulle up in the entryway.

hooray!

[jsw513]

I must reciprocate Don Dante's sentiments.  It's been a loooooong time since I've been this psyched for a show.  I'm still lookin for folks to kick it with tomorrow during the day.  I got no where to stay, and no one to hang out w/.  Hit me up if you wanna get out and do something, or come say hi tonight at the show.  I'll be rocking my brown bathrobe.

jeff

404-552-5437

[vespachick]

FUCK I can't believe I'm sitting here while you guys are rockin hard...  :'(

[primushead]

PUT SETLIST HERE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SHOW!!!! PLEASSSSSSE!

[BH]

Listen to the man!

(I'm watching Live at Pompeii to keep my mind off the fact that I am missing this!!)

[primushead]

Ohhhh, that's a good distraction.  I hear Ryan Adams is gonna play pompeii.  No, or is it stonehenge?

[BH]

Ohhhh, that's a good distraction.  I hear Ryan Adams is gonna play pompeii.  No, or is it stonehenge?

Don't know.  But either way, that sounds fantastic.  Every time I watch pompeii now I think of that show MMJ did in Italy that has the same feel.   I would love to see a show in a setting like that.



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[vespachick]

I'm still  waiting. .  . :-/

[BH]

I guess everyone is still doing doughnuts in the parking lot and trying to decide who's turn it is to use their fake id for more beer.  

[vespachick]

Ms.  Yvon?

[steelyB]

alright, off to bed with me - looks like no setist tonight. :'(

can't wait for the show tonight!

[beanporn]

from ufck.org

the whole band was wearing tuxes and then this fake plastic head piece that looked like an elvis costume.

setlist was very comparable to the sets last year with a few "oldies" songs thrown in. not their own "oldies" but shit you'd hear on the "oldies" radio station.

dondante, one big holiday, run thru, they ran to close the main set was mega.

jim james had a pink tux



I know nothing else

[ms. yvon]

hello!
sorry got distracted when i found out "the jerk" is on cable...have now realized that late night comedy central also means lots of ads for 1-900 numbers.  oy.  full disclosure:  the show ended at about 1:30 am and i'm pretty tuckered, so this will be brief.
before the show actually got to meet some of the forum peeps!  rccola, kory, dennis and ...oh...man, i've forgotten his name!  i only spent the whole night standing next to him.  lame.

in the interest of getting this out there:  
the opening band was Follow the Train.  props to these 6 guys for taking the stage decked out in sea creature costumes!  my favorite had to be the enormous starfish, followed closely by the lobster head on the drummer.

after Follow...the lights went down and the band came on...each of them sporting a tux of a different color and enormous silver plastic pompadours.   8-)
carl--orange
tt-tom--lt. blue
pat--red
bo--orange w/a top hat, no helmet hair.  :)
jim--pink


the SET LIST!
-Oh What a Night!  w/carl sax solo
-wordless chorus
-gideon
-way he sings
-wonderful man
-banter: "we're gonna play the first all-skate of the evening.  everybody skate."
-golden--some feedback at the top of the song, which had tt-t and carl making some funny "booop" faces at each other
-it beats 4 u
-off the record--out. of.  control.  also jim had a 2 ft. inflated pink dolphin attached to the end of his guitar thru a good portion of this song.
-laylow
-banter: "another all skate"
-cobra--YOW.  cannot get enough of this tune!  during the instrumental break of the vocal section, carl was swaying back and forth and jim was shaking his head.  at some point in the song jim got ahold of a rubber lobster and was petting it during the song.
-dondante--gorgeous!  it still kills me the amount of chatter and noise during this song at every show.  sigh.  then they just RIPPED into:
-one big holiday
-banter:  jim greeted the Class of 2007, thanked us all for celebrating prom with the band and crew.  he described the 40 Watt as the "most magical cube in the universe."
-run thru--bad.  ass.
-they ran--love this song.  period.  

break
--band crowns the prom king and queen, and plays the song for their dance:
-wonderful tonight (with amended lyrics to follow...  ;) )**  at this point, monitor dave was sporting one of the pompadour helmets.
-dancing in the moonlight (!)--"you can't dance and stay uptight!"
-steam engine--TAKE YOUR MONEY AND YOUR DRUUUUUUUGS!
-mahgeeta
-anytime--blow out.  hot damn!


mmj's lyrics to "wonderful tonight" go something like this...

i put on your makeup
and your beautiful bra
slip on your panties
start on your tights
and you say
i look wonderful tonight...

at one point i noticed carl singing along the line "beautiful bra."  outstanding   ;D

GREAT SHOW!  i was standing in front of carl and his monitor was a little loud BUT it meant that i got to hear all of the amazing stuff he was doing.  in dondante he is playing these subltle, short notes...fucking gorgeous.

[TEO]

Thanks for the review! It sounds like it was really an awesome show.  COBRA!   :)

[Anu]

What do we do when Ms. Yvon is not at the shows?

So will tonight be different?

Grrrrreetings to all the kids who could not come out for Spring Break as Prom 2007.

(Like, dude, what school lets out in March for the year? Rock and roll high school!!!)

[Jernigan]

Niiiice......I really enjoyed reading that.

Thank you.

[steelyB]

Damn it! I KNEW I would miss the infamous Cobra by not being able to make it last night - augh! Why oh why couldn't you have saved it for tonight Jim???  :'(

oh well, I'm sure there's plenty in store for tonight!

[Mr. T.]

thanks for the review!! It's been a pleasure reading it! Can't wait for pics.

[kyleuga]

last night was amazing!! I have a TON of pictures should i put them here or is there a way i can get them in the gallery section/?  let me know and ill have them up asap!! Thanks!!