Free show at The Parish?

[ms. yvon]

i will be there!  think i might rock the "ba-ba-bananas-nanas" t-shirt.  keep an eye out!   :D

[ms. yvon]

i'm going to try to get a ticket for this show, but i have no idea where i'll be staying that night.

as is always the plan:  worry about getting the ticket first, figure the rest out later.   :D

Did I ever tell you, that you're my hero, Ms. Yvon?

Or heroin, I guess I should say.

Make sure you study the Evil Urges track list so you can give us setlists.  Ha!  Just kidding, that's going to be a tough nut to crack.  If they played Dondante before Z came out, there would certainly be no way of knowing it was Dondante, right?   Hopefully someone can snag a setlist from the stage so we can start putting the pieces of the puzzle togehter!

bh, i'll do my best to hook it up tonight!  (beer first, set list posting second.  [smiley=beer.gif])

for the record:  am wearing a dark blue sondre lerche t tonight.  any forum peeps who make the show, give a shout out!

ps.  whooooooo!

[fitzcarraldo]

i'm going to try to get a ticket for this show, but i have no idea where i'll be staying that night.

as is always the plan:  worry about getting the ticket first, figure the rest out later.   :D

Did I ever tell you, that you're my hero, Ms. Yvon?

Or heroin, I guess I should say.

Make sure you study the Evil Urges track list so you can give us setlists.  Ha!  Just kidding, that's going to be a tough nut to crack.  If they played Dondante before Z came out, there would certainly be no way of knowing it was Dondante, right?   Hopefully someone can snag a setlist from the stage so we can start putting the pieces of the puzzle togehter!

bh, i'll do my best to hook it up tonight!  (beer first, set list posting second.  [smiley=beer.gif])

for the record:  am wearing a dark blue sondre lerche t tonight.  any forum peeps who make the show, give a shout out!

ps.  whooooooo!

That's awesome! Have a blast Ms. Y and you too Roro, DM & Cameron.
Doors are opening, Damn!


edit - Oh yeah I think EC is down there too. You too!  :)

[BH]

The peeps are well representin'!   Sean, you going to be listening on Thursday?

Don't make me break out the Sandy Eggo posts.

[Dorothy_Mantooth]

hey we're all talking about the free show for the Jonas Brothers, right?

[whothrewthecake]

this show was so tight. basically i can't hear. i danced my ass off. can i get a witness from yvon on this. the new songs are amazing, in fact i would love to hear an entire album of touch i'm going to scream pt 2 because i almost pissed myself. this solidifies jim's baller status.

also they played for a long ass time, 4 song encore including steam engine. huge ballers.

[ms. yvon]

HOLY HELL THIS KICKED MY ASS!!

at a certain point during the show i just kept putting my hands up to my face in an astounded gesture.

this band makes me holler.  often.  and with vigor!

and who threw the cake was right:  booty shakin at an all time high for this show!

and that was just the jonas bros' set.

no.

really.

as it is 4:15a.  i'm gonna give you the straight transcript of my geeky note taking.

(annotated  :D) setlist:

--evil urges--YEAH!!
--wordless!--jim did a knee slide at the big howl and slid into a monitor on the edge of the stage.  a security guy body blocked it and kept it on the stage.--this is where i noticed that the wooden floor was bouncing!  
--gideon!!!--AHHH--tiny stage!--b/c the stage was so narrow the guys were kind of stacked.  during this song i could watch carl, tt-t AND pat without having to look around.  FUCKING AWESOME!
--highly suspicious--AHHH!
(all of these "ahhh!" are songs that just caused me to yell  ;D  you get to a certain point where you're dancing as much as possible, singing as much as possible...hollering is the only way to way to go from there.)
--wonderful man--OFF THE CHARTS--CARL RIPS INTO IT--JIM JUMP (don't know if this was a jump from when he was standing on the monitor, or just jumping up and down a lot.  either way, fab!)
--i'm amazed--Again with the carl!  DAMN!--love the melodic guitar interplay on this.

--otr--in this tiny place.  sweet jesus.  this might have been the forehead slapping portion of the night.  i hope some pix turn up from this soon.  it was like watching these guys playing in a corridor...one behind the other...smoke, lights, HUGE SOUND.
(patrick wasn't on a riser tonight and was so far back that sometimes all i could see were the tips of his drumsticks flashing around in all that smoke.)
--some jim banter re:  unspoiled austin.  he said austin was a home to him and loved being back here.

--thank you too--BEAUTIFUL--gorgeous harmonies sung by bo, carl AND jim
--golden--i don't think jim's voice cracked at all tonight!  last night in houston he was still warming up a bit, but tonight was all smooth
--bear!--great suprise!  didn't play this in houston
--way he sings--tt-t, carl MAYHEM!!!
--aluminum park--badass!--jim & carl sing a lot of choruses (chorusii?) together in the new songs they've played so far.  LOVE IT

--OBH!!--HOLY HELL--jim on monitor playing to crowd, leap...HUGE... (i cannot read my notes here.   ;D )
--run thru--back to back obh w/run thru!!! ROCK LIKE A MOTHERFUCKER!
mother! (the equivalent to my saying "uncle."  usually i'm a "bring it on" kind of show go-er.  at this point i didn't know how much more badassery i could handle)
--smokin from shootin--PERFECT!   :)
--touch me pt 2--the intro to this has a lot of sounds being generated by carl and tt-t working fx--not a musician, so i'm not sure what is going on, really.  but it's a great lead in for the omnichord.  fun note:  as jim is playing the omnichord, he's got the flying v on, and hanging at his side.  great visual!
as jim was starting the omni-c, his guitar was making some noise.  carl walked over, put his hands on the strings to stop it.  it came back after awhile.  carl moved to try to stop it so tommy just turned the amp down.  before jim started to play the guitar, one of the guys had to turn the amp back up.  nice team work!

during the long outro of this song, carl, tommy and pat left the stage as they finished playing their parts.  the crowd started to cheer, but jim put his finger to his mouth in  a "shhh" gesture so that we could all hear the music.  bo was watching, waiting for a cue.  at one point he asked jim, "now?" but the omni-c kept going.   ;D  such a cool thing to see them developing the new songs live.  

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--steam engine!--intoxicating.  this is one of those songs you get inside.  whew.--also, they're playing a new arrangement at the end but it still has bo's gorgeous keys
--laylow!--carl! maybe it's b/c the stage was too narrow to allow the guys to play around the drum kit, but carl was playing at the front of the stage A LOT tonight!  EN FUEGO! -pat HUGE drum break--whenever there was a big percussive bass hit you could feel it!
--mahgeeta
--anytime--i don't have any notes for these last two b/c i was dancing and hollering again.   ;D


i can't believe they played this show.  in this tiny venue.  FOR FREE!  astounding!  every time i get to see something special that they cook up i say the same thing, "these guys know how to throw a party!"

most of the night i didn't get to see much of bo or tommy.  sightlines and all.  but everytime i saw bo he was either smiling, dancing or both.   :D  holy smokes.  they were ALL just crazy on fire tonight.  and the new songs FANTASTIC!!

2 word review:  rampant badassery.

[LaurieBlue]

Billboard Blurb - http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003723570

[alexzbik]

awesome fucking review ms_yvon, you have me so fired up.  Roo and Radio City can not come fast enough!  announce more dates already!!!!

[BH]

Thanks Cake and Yvon.   Sounds fantastic.   Did you see any cameras or anything from IFC?  I thought for sure there would be something going on with this show.  How were the free drinks? ;)

[BH]

Another 20 songs!  Looks like Sec Walkin and Dondante from Houston were replaced by The Bear and Steam Engine.   It's a good thing.  One brain can't handle Dondante and Steam Engine on the same night.

[EC]

edit - Oh yeah I think EC is down there too. You too!  :)

my body is in cold cold canada, picking up text messages at 3am.
my soul is currently in texas having a great time.

KEEP DANCING

[ms. yvon]

One brain can't handle Dondante and Steam Engine on the same night.

;D  true!

as i was brushing my teeth this morning i thought, "2 shows into the tour and the show was that fantastic."   :o  this tour is going to be devastating!

kills me to miss the rest of their sets this weekend!

[nightafternight]

GODDAMIT AUSTIN GOT THE BEAR! 7 shows and i've yet to hear the song. i have officially given up on hearing this song in the flesh. the 1 song i randomly picked up years ago that made me a lifetime Jacket fan!

[Dorothy_Mantooth]

Did you see any cameras or anything from IFC?

Yes, in fact i think there's still an IFC camera lodged in my ribcage. There were at least 3 hand helds up front, plus a photographer. Lot's of documentation happening. The only issue is that I wouldn't realize the cameras were right behind me and i would start shouting lines from There Will Be Blood (i.e. "I DRINK IT UP" and "MY BOY, I'VE ABANDONED MY CHILD") so hopefully they can work around that.

Everyone rushed the stage to touch Jim at one point and we were so packed in, i don't think my feet were touching the floor. amazing intense music + jim james 4 inches from the crowd + open bar = INTENSE MOMENTS OF MAYHEM AND DELIGHT.

Touch Me Pt. 2 is the best song they've ever made IMHOOOOOOOOO but seriously. The omnichord intro made me think i was playing Mega Man II and then the song really worked it out. in a big, danceable way. i'm going to play that song in someone's face if they ever need to LOOSEN UP.

favorite drunk quote of the night, the assclown behind me who's apparently fresh of his Obvious Genius 2008 award win, shouted (in reference to Jim),  "Heeee's wearing a VEST!!!!@!!!!" But don't you guys worry about ObvGenius2k8, he had a girlfriend so he is loved and appreciated by someone. that story has a happy ending.

hey you know what's cool is that this is the worst review of show that could ever be written.

and to one of the drunk guys who rushed the stage at the end: no, it's not okay for you to put your hand there so that you can lean over me for a setlist. but seriously, what are you doing later

[Dorothy_Mantooth]

also p.s., the floor in that place was buckling under dance pressure. literalllllly.

[BH]

Did you see any cameras or anything from IFC?

Yes, in fact i think there's still an IFC camera lodged in my ribcage. There were at least 3 hand helds up front, plus a photographer. Lot's of documentation happening. The only issue is that I wouldn't realize the cameras were right behind me and i would start shouting lines from There Will Be Blood (i.e. "I DRINK IT UP" and "MY BOY, I'VE ABANDONED MY CHILD") so hopefully they can work around that.

Everyone rushed the stage to touch Jim at one point and we were so packed in, i don't think my feet were touching the floor. amazing intense music + jim james 4 inches from the crowd + open bar = INTENSE MOMENTS OF MAYHEM AND DELIGHT.

Touch Me Pt. 2 is the best song they've ever made IMHOOOOOOOOO but seriously. The omnichord intro made me think i was playing Mega Man II and then the song really worked it out. in a big, danceable way. i'm going to play that song in someone's face if they ever need to LOOSEN UP.

favorite drunk quote of the night, the assclown behind me who's apparently fresh of his Obvious Genius 2008 award win, shouted (in reference to Jim),  "Heeee's wearing a VEST!!!!@!!!!" But don't you guys worry about ObvGenius2k8, he had a girlfriend so he is loved and appreciated by someone. that story has a happy ending.

hey you know what's cool is that this is the worst review of show that could ever be written.

and to one of the drunk guys who rushed the stage at the end: no, it's not okay for you to put your hand there so that you can lean over me for a setlist. but seriously, what are you doing later

Hands down, post of the week. ;D

[ms. yvon]

quote:  
favorite drunk quote of the night, the assclown behind me who's apparently fresh of his Obvious Genius 2008 award win, shouted (in reference to Jim),  "Heeee's wearing a VEST!!!!@!!!!" But don't you guys worry about ObvGenius2k8, he had a girlfriend so he is loved and appreciated by someone. that story has a happy ending.

;D ;D ;D

[Dorothy_Mantooth]

also, if the rumors are true that an angel gets its wings every time carl is a total badass, then after last night, THERE'S A BUNCH OF ANGELS FLYING FANCY FREE AND EATING 1/3 LESS FAT CREAM CHEESE

[Chico]

What a great show!  Dare I say the best I've seen?  Dare I say better than June 3rd 2003 at Mercury?  Steam Engine almost killed me.

btw, the photographer was shooting for this blog:

http://www.sonicitchmusic.com/

He should have pictures up today I believe.