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Nels Cline, Thurston Moore, J Mascis Knitting Factory NYC Fender 50th Anniversary Show


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You forgot to mention Tom Verlaine who influence all three of those guys, but I wish I could go because that show should be pretty sweet.

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I'm going too!!! Can't wait, I've been looking forward to this for a while now. It's an incredible line up! Bring your ear plugs there's guaranteed to be some ear splitting feedback.

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Excellent performance by Nels. Great stuff by Thurston and Lee. I had to leave during J Mascis set so I don't know if they came out again at the end of the show. But I have to say I was completely satisfied with what I witnessed. What these guys are doing with the electric guitar is really incredible. Especially Nels, his use of effects and technique is amazing. I am really happy that I was there to witness it.

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My pictures are here.

 

That review on Brooklyn Vegan doesn't shock me. I think a lot of people went to this thinking it was going to be a rock show, and if they stuck around long enough for J. Mascis's set, that's what they got. People who weren't open-minded enough to appreciate experimentation were probably disappointed, and there seemed to be some confusion in the crowd at times.

 

I only caught the last five or ten minutes of Tom Verlaine and Jimmy Ripp's set, but I liked what I heard. I was disappointed that Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo only played for about 15 minutes. I couldn't see Thurston very much from where I was, but I had a good view of Lee. What stood out to me about their set and about Tom Verlaine's was that they were showing some restraint--that they were trying to let the sounds of the guitars take center stage rather than their playing of them, and I think that makes sense considering what kind of event it was.

 

I managed to get pretty close before Nels and Norton came on, and ran into Paul (it was good to see you :wave ). It felt like they were on much longer than half an hour, which I mean as a good thing. For as many times as I've seen Nels play this year, he keeps finding new ways to amaze me. His playing and Norton's painting meshed so beautifully, and it was fascinating to watch Norton erase his canvas and start again. I think he really captured visually what it's like to hear Nels play--that sense of you never quite know what you're going to get, but it always turns out to be beautiful, especially when it moves and develops and changes in ways you'd never expect.

 

Nels is in town until later this week and has a few more shows planned. Then he's off to Chicago soon to head into the studio!

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i especially love J Mascis standing right in front of those two Marshall stacks, jeezis he must have split everybody's eardrums

 

As a tinnitus suffering old curmudgeon, I would have turned my ass around and gotten the hell out of there as soon as they loaded those amps onto the stage.

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It was so insanely loud, louder than any other live music I've ever heard. I could only handle about half the set, and my ears were sore the next morning. None of the other sets were half that loud, thankfully. I was talking to some people in a room off the balcony during J. Mascis's set, and the whole room was moving, and every time somebody opened the door, this huge tidal wave of sound poured in.

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It was so insanely loud, louder than any other live music I've ever heard. I could only handle about half the set, and my ears were sore the next morning. None of the other sets were half that loud, thankfully. I was talking to some people in a room off the balcony during J. Mascis's set, and the whole room was moving, and every time somebody opened the door, this huge tidal wave of sound poured in.

 

tidal wave of sound.... that pretty much describes J

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Funny, I had kind of anticipated the loudness of this show and actually brought and used earplugs that I had picked up many years ago at Sam Ash. It was the first time I have ever used them but I am certain my hearing has been damaged from years and years of concert going and I am getting to the age where I am concerned about such things. I have to say that I don't feel like I missed too much with them in though I wasn't crazy about it. Though I am glad I wore them because my ears felt good the next day and I know they would not have otherwise. Wow, I'm like an old man now.

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