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Swervedriver.

Raise

Mezcal Head

Ejection Seat Reservation

99th Dream

all great records, and they show a natural progression that was thwarted by record business bullshit. they shoulda been huge.

of the other Creation Records bands, I'd toss Slowdive out there too...not seriously as the greatest band of the decade, but they were a significant one nonetheless.

Hitchcock's '90s material was ok but certainly not up to his '80s work.

Another fantastic band that totally deserves consideration is Thinking Fellers Union Local 282...they are not a band w/ a lot of overlap for typical Wilco fans but holy damn what a band. one of the last originals, i'd reckon. they took some parts from Beefheart and the Residents but for the most part chartered new waters.

ok, commence fisticuffs.

sublime is awful. really, really bad.

it's certainly not MBV..._loveless_ came out in '90 i believe, and while it's a great record you've got to have more than one to be considered the best band.

some others I would consider:

Melvins

Guided By Voices

Sonic Youth (though i do love their SST recordings)

Yo La Tengo

Hood

Nick Cave

The Jesus Lizard

Tar

Sebadoh

Grifters

Sun City Girls

You are awfully selective when it comes to posting, I'll give you that.

For me the most annoying thing in regards to camera phones are that people feel the need to take 10 or more pictures of themselves at the freaking concert. This is what the drunk girl in the front of our section was doing. Between her and her date they had to have gotten 20-25 pictures of themselves: holding up a beer, standing with arms up in the air, hugging a friend, smiling with stage in background, dancing individually, dancing as a couple...Honestly, nobody, gives a shit that you attended the Wilco concert and did theses things.

Welcome to the Flickr/Twitter/Facebook times.

this show is coming to Boston in 10 days' time...i guess i should check it out!

i saw Califone once, when they opened for Wilco. i think i've got a Red Red Meat 7" somewhere.

back before i started shooting shows seriously, i almost never took a camera to a gig...i can only recall bringing my wife's cheap film camera to a couple (Zeni Geva, Gas Huffer, maybe one or two other ones).

the first time i saw Wilco we scalped front row seats @ Boston's Orpheum Theatre, and i was gonna bring my little film canon elph. security found it in my pocket during a frisk, and wouldn't let me in with it. this was 2002. i had to tell the guy i was gonna hide the battery outside, since i took public transit and had no place to stash the camera in a safe place.

he let me in.

of course, i had the battery w/ me, but didn't put it in and take any photos, even though i was close enough to untie Jeff's shoelaces.

I love photography. I love Wilco. Why can't I combine the two?

it's a good thing you aren't a Dylan or Tool fan.

I'm sure I'll get a lot of flak for saying this, but after the number of shows that Wilco has played over the years and the number of both good and bad things that it has experienced, I'm still amazed that Jeff Tweedy still lets the small, petty things like people holding up their cell phones bother him so much to the point where he arguably crosses the line.

maybe he'll adopt Hope Sandoval's policy:

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2009/10/hope_sandoval_t_1.html

Kurt Vile put out two great records in '09, first _God Is Saying This To You_ and then the just-released _Childish Prodigy_.

I really like what this guy is doing.

other '09 records i really like include Polvo's _In Prism_ and Dinosaur Jr's _Farm_.

well it's too late to do a mail order rental, and i don't live anywhere near there so i can't help you out.

however, in the future i'd highly recommend www.lensprotogo.com as they have a great inventory and really good pricing as well. i've rented a bunch of times from them and have always been more than happy.

two excellent KISS covers.

Unrest - Strutter

Melvins - Going Blind

At the moment, Electric Wizard is my favorite metal band.

they are not too original, but take Sabbath's vision to its logical end. devastating.

i think that sounds about right, the ~90 min.

here are the set lists from both nights, courtesy of Freakscene.net

1. Thumb

2. Been There All The Time

3. I Want You To Know

4. Imagination Blind

5. In A Jar

6. Get Me

7. Pieces

8. Plans

9. Feel The Pain

10. Over It

11. Forget The Swan

12. The Wagon

13. Freak Scene

14. I Don't Wanna Go There

 

Encore:

15. Kracked

16. Just Like Heaven

Night Two - Middle East Club 10-3-09

 

1) Bulbs of Passion

2) The Lung

3) Imagination Blind

4) Get Me

5) Pieces

6) Plans

7) Thumb

8) Feel the Pain

9) Freak Scene

10) I Don't Wanna Go There

 

11) Over It

12) Budge

13) Little Fury Things

i actually thought that this show's volume wasn't too bad. the '06 show @ the Paradise was deafening.

even w/ the massive volume, they typically *sound* great, though. their sound person definitely earns their dollars.

edit - J uses a ton of amps...check out his sound cave.

1st of two sold-out shows...seven days ago J Mascis, Murph and Lou Barlow tried to blast my ears off my head, again. great show. if you like the band and don't have Farm, pick up a copy soon. definitely a highlight from 2009.

review+photo gallery:

http://www.prefixmag.com/photos/dinosaur-jr-w-lou-barlow-and-missing-men-middle-ea/

more shots:

more:

http://narlus.zenfolio.com/p833972802

I'll be in England at that time. Do I go? It's hella expensive though.

i would.

i've been to the two ATP festivals held in New York, and both were among the greatest weekends ever.

i'm curious to see who Pavement chooses...

i wonder if Malkmus will convince current jicks drummer Janet Weiss to get Sleater-Kinney back for a show.

Those shots are great...

 

I love the little girl who looks like she is doing the Frankenstein dance on her daddy's shoulders.

thanks! it was a pretty great event...free, great bands, great weather. hard to beat. well done to MIT, Newbury Comics, and the bands.

i saw the band play the new record in a free show two days ago...sounded good. i took some shots.

http://www.onafriday.com/archives/2009/10/photos-mission-of-burma-day-mit-set-2.html

i was in the back getting a beer during 'hungry heart,' having ditched my camera gear at the production office, and i missed this whole thing. funny.

btw, some of my shots are up at Backstreets:

http://backstreets.com/news.html

he pulled a young girl onto the stage for 'out in the street'

True, but 2008 brought us Dr. Dog - Fate...... But that's about it.

 

Honorable mention:

 

Fleet of Foxes

Vampire Weekend (meh..)

_Furr_ from Blitzen Trapper is a great record.

Also, _4_ from Dungen. _The Hawk Is Howling_ from Mogwai. James Blackshaw's _Echoes of Litany_.

Melvins' _Nude With Boots_. Baby Charles put out a fantastic soul/R&B record.

the stretch from _Cream Corn_ to _Hairway to Steven_ is unassailable. great stuff.

Hey! I was at this show! That makes two shows in a row we were both at! We gotta meet someday. You don't happen to be going to Dinosaur Jr tonight do you?

Great pics. Check out the Surfers thread I started upstairs. Could use your lovin'. http://forums.viachicago.org/topic/41703-butthole-surfers/

i was at the Dino Jr show on Friday...drove down to NJ to shoot the Springsteen show last night. later today caught the free Mission of Burma show...damn i'm tired and too many photos to sift through!

you gonna be @ any of these shows:

Om/6 organs

Mastodon/Dethklok/High on Fire

Har Mar Superstar

Psych Furs

Echo/Bunnymen

1976 was the worst...

about the only great records i can think of are _Ramones_, _Jailbreak_ and _Agents of Fortune_, and the Modern Lovers' record was recorded and should have been released in '72.