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Have fun guys.....one show in a row on a weeknight is all I can handle with a day job....

 

LouieB

 

yeah, i'm starting to drag really bad here at work. I think a total of 10 hours of sleep over the weekend+running around New York+last night's show = me almost dead.

 

as much as I hate to, I think I'm bowing out of this.

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Wow, that was something.

 

I was talking with my friend and out of the corner of my eye i see this skinny man in black walking to the stage with a soft guitar case. The house music was still on but as soon as people saw him they stopped chatting. I have never been in the Empty Bottle in such silence. People started clapping as he took his guitar out of the case. He was accompanied by John McEntire on drums and a guy on bass that I didn't recognize. At first McEntire's drumming was annoying me, I thought it took away from Jandek's playing, but over the course of the nearly 90 minute set I was greatful for the rhythm section. I really love his drumming, so it was all could do to not be distracted buy him and watch Jandek. Jandek's playing is interesting, but it would have gotten old on its own. Then he "sang". Some lyrics included "I see you there in you red skirt. I don't know where you put your shirt." "We talked about money We talked about drugs Then you were caught". He wore a widebrimmed black hat, and with his black guitar he blended right into the walls, except for the nearly transluscent splotch of his face. With the red spotlight behind him I swear I could see right through him. At one point in the silence between songs someone yelled "Where have you been?" and he kind of chuckled, but otherwise there was no banter, no thank yous. When the set ended he looked at the band and nodded, and that was it. It was odd to have the recreation of listening to a Jandek record in a club, because even though the club was packed, the lack of interaction between songs made you feel like you were listening alone in your bedroom, which is really the only way to listen to his records. Jandek is not really a social activity.

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Wow, that was something.

 

I was talking with my friend and out of the corner of my eye i see this skinny man in black walking to the stage with a soft guitar case. The house music was still on but as soon as people saw him they stopped chatting. I have never been in the Empty Bottle in such silence. People started clapping as he took his guitar out of the case. He was accompanied by John McEntire on drums and a guy on bass that I didn't recognize. At first McEntire's drumming was annoying me, I thought it took away from Jandek's playing, but over the course of the nearly 90 minute set I was greatful for the rhythm section. I really love his drumming, so it was all could do to not be distracted buy him and watch Jandek. Jandek's playing is interesting, but it would have gotten old on its own. Then he "sang". Some lyrics included "I see you there in you red skirt. I don't know where you put your shirt." "We talked about money We talked about drugs Then you were caught". He wore a widebrimmed black hat, and with his black guitar he blended right into the walls, except for the nearly transluscent splotch of his face. With the red spotlight behind him I swear I could see right through him. At one point in the silence between songs someone yelled "Where have you been?" and he kind of chuckled, but otherwise there was no banter, no thank yous. When the set ended he looked at the band and nodded, and that was it. It was odd to have the recreation of listening to a Jandek record in a club, because even though the club was packed, the lack of interaction between songs made you feel like you were listening alone in your bedroom, which is really the only way to listen to his records. Jandek is not really a social activity.

 

sounds like, fun?

 

I was asleep by 9:30 :(

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