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    Martin Rivas, The Bitter End

    in After The Show

    Posted

    To top it all off, I got to meet Mr. Rivas at the end of the night. Got up the courage to go say hi. Bought a couple of his CDs and signed up for his mailing list. The guy is one cool cat.

     

    Cool! Great that you made it to see Mart, and that you decided to go talk to him too. He's about the nicest guy you could meet and his all-original shows are fantastic. Did you stay for the "headlining" set by ex-Spin Doctors frontman Chris Barron, by any chance? :pirate

     

    Matt, next you've got to make it to one of the Campfire shows at Slane (Tuesdays), Prohibition (Wednesdays) or the Red Lion (Sundays)!

    Wilco, 5/16/08, The Pageant in St. Louis

    in After The Show

    Posted

    You got all the songs, but I broke the encores up for you... :thumbup

     

    1. Via Chicago

    2. I Am Trying To Break Your Heart

    3. You Are My Face

    4. Muzzle Of Bees

    5. Handshake Drugs

    6. A Shot In The Arm

    7. Kamera

    8. War On War

    9. Jesus, Etc.

    10. Impossible Germany

    11. It's Just That Simple

    12. Misunderstood

    13. Forget The Flowers

    14. California Stars

    15. Can't Stand It

    16. Theologians

    17. I'm The Man Who Loves You

    --------------------------------------------

    18. Poor Places>

    19. Reservations>

    20. Spiders (Kidsmoke)

    --------------------------------------------

    21. I'm Always In Love

    22. Hate It Here

    23. Walken

    24. Casino Queen>

    25. Hoodoo Voodoo

    --------------------------------------------

    26. The Late Greats

    Wilco -- 5/14/08, Lawrence, KS

    in After The Show

    Posted

    Wanted to at least post a setlist:

     

    Walken

    Hummingbird

    A Shot in the Arm

    At Least That's What You Said

    You Are My Face

    Pot Kettle Black

    Impossible Germany

    She's A Jar

    Say You Miss Me :thumbup

    Handshake Drugs

    War on War

    Via Chicago

    Jesus, etc.

    Too Far Apart

    Theologians

    I'm The Man Who Loves You

    Kingpin

    I'm A Wheel

    ----------------------------

    Misunderstood

    Passenger Side

    California Stars

    Hate It Here

    Heavy Metal Drummer

    The Late Greats

    Red-Eyed and Blue>

    I Got You (At The End of the Century)>

    Hoodoo Voodoo

    Springsteen at Count Basie Theater

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    >holy crap!

     

    Funny,. the couple a people I've emailed the review to have had the exact same reaction.

     

    Yeah, I mean looking over the setlist, I realize that I've seen most of those songs played live. But kind of in the same spirit as the Wilco Residency, to have them tackle those two albums as complete albums, played live in their intended sequence, would really have been something.

     

    Now if they ever do The River in complete form, fuhgeddaboutit. That would be tremendous.

     

    Seems like Danny Federici's death has really spurred something in Bruce these last couple of weeks. I mean, I don't know that they weren't already planning on doing Darkness and BtR for this benefit before Danny passed, but I've definitely heard some phenomenal reviews of Bruce's shows in recent weeks.

     

    Wonder if anyone from VC was actually there last night...Please chime in! :thumbup

    Springsteen at Count Basie Theater

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    This would have been some show to be at, it sounds like...Damn. :blink Those who were lucky enough to see Wilco at the Count Basie in Red Bank last summer know that place isn't that big.

     

    I know there's some Bruce fans here... :cheers

     

    From the recap on Backstreets:

     

    May 7 / The Count Basie Theatre / Red Bank, NJ

    Notes: Ah, the stuff that dreams are made of... or at least the stuff that fan rap sessions are made of: "They should do the Darkness album start to finish!" Well, they just did. And it wasn't just a Darkness 30th anniversary celebration -- they tackled the full Born to Run album in order, too, for what Bruce described at the outset as "something we've never done before and you're not gonna see anywhere else." An E Street Band theater show -- finding them packed tighter than ever on a small stage like this, with Nils, Patti, and Soozie all added to the line-up since the theater days -- would have been exceptional enough, but the four Perfect Album Sides of the setlist put this one over the top.

     

    Setlist:

    Badlands

    Adam Raised a Cain

    Something in the Night

    Candy's Room

    Racing in the Street

    The Promised Land

    Factory

    Streets of Fire

    Prove It All Night

    Darkness on the Edge of Town

    * * *

    Thunder Road

    Tenth Avenue Freeze-out (w/ horns)

    Night

    Backstreets

    Born to Run

    She's the One

    Meeting Across the River (w/ Mark Pender)

    Jungleland

    * * *

    So Young and in Love (w/ horns)

    Kitty's Back (w/ horns)

    Rosalita (w/ horns)

    Raise Your Hand (w/ horns)

    5/5/08 -- Missoula, MT

    in After The Show

    Posted

    A much bigger venue than last night in Bozeman, but I thought it didn't detract from the show as much as other big (basketball arena-esque) venues I've been to. Given the size of the place, I was impressed that they did Reservations. Nice variety in songs for people who got to see both of the Montana shows. :thumbup

     

    Minutiae for nerds:

    -Jeff (no hat tonight) dedicated Jesus to a "67-year-old woman" who blew past him as he was walking up the 'M' trail earlier in the day. He said she didn't appear to even break a sweat.

    -On the "I'll check the phone again" part in Hate It Here, Pat pulled out a toy phone and put the handset to his ear. Haha. :lol

    -At the end of Hate It Here, Nels broke a string; it must have really snapped, too, because it came flying off his guitar.

    -Jeff used a white Gibson SG on Spiders that I hadn't seen before (or at least in a long time)

     

    Here's your setlist:

     

    Via Chicago

    When The Roses Bloom Again

    You Are My Face

    Hummingbird

    IATTBYH

    A Shot in the Arm

    Side With The Seeds

    Handshake Drugs

    Pot Kettle Black

    On and On and On

    Impossible Germany

    It's Just That Simple

    War on War

    Jesus, etc.

    Shouldn't Be Ashamed

    Theologians

    I'm The Man Who Loves You

    --------------------------------

    Poor Places>

    Reservations>

    Spiders (Kidsmoke)

    --------------------------------

    The Late Greats

    Hate It Here

    Heavy Metal Drummer

    Walken>

    Monday>

    Outtasite (Outta Mind)

    5/4/08 -- Bozeman, MT

    in After The Show

    Posted

    A fun one. Nice to see some good VC representation at the show. I can see why it sold out so quickly. It was not a big place. I think someone said it used to be the auditorium for the elementary school that used to occupy the building. Wacky!

     

    One of the looser Hoodoo Voodoos I've ever seen. A good crowd overall. I thought we might get a third encore for a second there; the house lights didn't come up for a long while. Someone who saw a printed setlist told me that Dreamer on My Dreams was listed as that theoretical third encore, which would have been awesome, but it was not to be. Still, there were a number of highlights worth mentioning...

     

    The setlist:

     

    Sunken Treasure

    Remember The Mountain Bed

    Muzzle of Bees

    You Are My Face

    IATTBYH

    Pot Kettle Black

    A Shot in the Arm

    Radio Cure

    Handshake Drugs

    War on War

    Impossible Germany

    My Darling

    Pick Up The Change

    Jesus, etc.

    Walken

    I'm The Man Who Loves You

    ---------------------------------

    Misunderstood

    California Stars

    Heavy Metal Drummer

    Kingpin ("livin' in...Bozeman")

    I'm A Wheel

    ---------------------------------

    Hate It Here

    Red-Eyed and Blue>

    I Got You (At The End of the Century)>

    Hoodoo Voodoo (started and restarted)

    Cryptogramophone Nights @ Jazz Standard, NYC

    in After The Show

    Posted

    whats the deal witht he nels solo shows? I am a noob to his work outside of wilco.

    I will be in Montreal the weekend he is playing and was thinking of going to check him out.

    Where can I find some of the music that he might be playing up there??

     

    Any help is greatly appreciated.

     

    If I'm not mistaken, he'll be doing a set with his band, the Nels Cline Singers up there, as well as a set with Carla Bozulich under their Scarnella moniker. In terms of the Singers, track down a copy of their latest record, Draw Breath, for sure. And if you get ambitious, then also pick up the one before that, The Giant Pin. You should be able to find those fairly easily online through the usual sources.

     

    In terms of Scarnella, they have a record as well, although whether they'll do anything off that at the show is anyone's guess. That could just end up being some improv pieces with Nels and Carla. I don't know; I've never seen them live (you should go, though, because it's a rare thing indeed for the two of them to play a set together given their busy schedules.) Either way, I'm sure it will be a night to remember. :thumbup

    My Brother Was Buried Today

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    Oh, God...Dunja. So so sorry to hear about Boris. What a terrible loss. I'll of course be thinking about you and your family during this awful time. All I can think to say is try to remember all of the good times that you guys had and don't dwell on the tragedy of his untimely passing.

    Cryptogramophone Nights @ Jazz Standard, NYC

    in After The Show

    Posted

    Three days later I'm still amazed by how great they were. I was worried I was going in with expectations that were too high, but they really impressed me. I'm coming out for a few of the Midwest shows then heading up to Montreal (my first time in Canada!) to catch their show with Scarnella. Nels and Carla play together so rarely anymore that I don't want to miss them.

     

    Thanks a lot for the review, Three dollars and 63 cents! Sounds like it was a great night. I like the Jazz Standard as a venue and the food is pretty stellar as well. I'm looking forward to a couple of the Singers gigs in June, although I *really* wish that I could make it up to Montreal for Scarnella. Some other time, for sure.

     

    By the way, I got an e-mail from Jenny Scheinman (she is awesome) a couple of days ago and noticed this line at the bottom, among her upcoming gigs:

    -October 28 through Nov 2 at The Village Vanguard with Jason Moran (piano), Rudy Royston (drums) and Nels Cline (guitar)

     

    Now that will be an absolutely killer band! :dancing

     

    P.S. WaronWar, I know Nels was highly bummed about the Martyr's gig being 21+, but I guess it was out of his control this time because of the people that booked the tour.

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