JAK2112 Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Saw Glenn do a solo show as a part of a showcase by this radio show/podcast called Radiolab. Never seeing Glenn solo before, it was really cool to see him play his pieces, as well as describe his whole kit and all the strange percussion pieces he uses in it. I believe it was recorded for the podcast and will be available for download at some point. The other cool part was that the secret special guest turned out to be Reggie Watts, who is absolutely hilarious. If you ever get the chance, you have to see one of his shows. He also happens to be a very talented musician. At the end of the show, he came out with Glenn and the first band (Buke and Gass, who were also good) to do a completely improvised song together. The results were certainly interesting, and luckily i managed to capture the whole song on video. Glenn has a few very good moments during the song. Very unique show that i'm glad i attended. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Preferred B Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Thanks for the report! I wish they'd collaborated on "Fuck Shit Stack," too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bböp Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 The other cool part was that the secret special guest turned out to be Reggie Watts, who is absolutely hilarious. If you ever get the chance, you have to see one of his shows. He also happens to be a very talented musician. At the end of the show, he came out with Glenn and the first band (Buke and Gass, who were also good) to do a completely improvised song together. The results were certainly interesting, and luckily i managed to capture the whole song on video. Glenn has a few very good moments during the song. Very unique show that i'm glad i attended. Reggie is awesome. I've seen him maybe five or six times and no show is ever the same. He's one of the few people, maybe the only person, who marries improv and standup comedy. Certainly one of the few to marry those two with music. Very cool that he and Glenn (and Buke and Gass) all collaborated on something! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
u2roolz Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Is he touring with the same crickets that he had in 04? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Three dollars and 63 cents Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 This sounds like it was a really cool show. Thanks for posting about it. I saw Reggie Watts perform with LCD Soundsystem in April and have been meaning to check out some of his work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JAK2112 Posted June 20, 2011 Author Share Posted June 20, 2011 Is he touring with the same crickets that he had in 04? Ya, he broke the cricket boxes out for Monkey Chant. Are those real live crickets he uses? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JAK2112 Posted June 20, 2011 Author Share Posted June 20, 2011 This sounds like it was a really cool show. Thanks for posting about it. I saw Reggie Watts perform with LCD Soundsystem in April and have been meaning to check out some of his work. Which show were you at? I was at the first of the last T5 shows, i believe it was a monday night, and he came out to a song. It was either a cover, or part of 45:33, can't remember. But ya, you really have to check out his other work/see his live performances. I've seen him twice and have literally found myself weeping both times. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Three dollars and 63 cents Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 It was the very last show at Madison Square Garden. He came out for part of 45:33. We had pretty good seats, but I still felt like we were a million miles away. I wish I could've made it down for one of the smaller shows, but my teaching schedule was too tough to work around last semester. I'm hoping that show gets a DVD/live album release. It sounds like it's in the works. It's the only time I got to see them, and while other shows have sounded better or meant more to me emotionally, it's hard to think of another one I've been to up to this point that can top the spectacle that night was. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Are those real live crickets he uses?No. If he employed live ones he would need a cricket wrangler. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JAK2112 Posted June 24, 2011 Author Share Posted June 24, 2011 Good point, never thought of that really Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AdamCU81 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 I had the same question about the cricket boxes so I asked Glenn and he told me he bought them in China Town and there's nothing living about them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JAK2112 Posted June 28, 2011 Author Share Posted June 28, 2011 This whole show can now be downloaded for free BTW, just search for Radiolab on the itunes store, its the most recent episode Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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