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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Relaxer on February 03, 2010, 11:04:30 am
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Who's going to the 6th and I shows? I'm trying to decide whether to drop $30+ on a show that might be a snooze but might also be a trascendent experience (a la the Antony show a year ago)
Also, her new one is going to be a triple-CD, and the tracks on Drag City are interesting. Ys also an interesting album and I've played it a few times recently.
CD1
1. Easy (06:04)
2. Have One On Me (11:02)
3. '81 (03:51)
4. Good Intentions Paving Company (07:02)
5. No Provenance (06:25)
6. Baby Birch (09:30)
Total: 43:54
CD2
1. On A Good Day (01:48 )
2. You And Me, Bess (07:12)
3. In California (08:41)
4. Jackrabbits (04:23)
5. Go Long (08:02)
6. Occident (05:31)
Total: 35:37
CD3
1. Soft As Chalk (06:29)
2. Esme (07:56)
3. Autumn (08:01)
4. Ribbon Bows (06:10)
5. Kingfisher (09:11)
6. Does Not Suffice (06:44)
Total: 42:31
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I'll be there...about 95% certain. Gotta admit though, hearing that this is a three-disc album has me less than psyched. Ys is great and all, but doesn't compare to her first album, IMO.
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How into her would you guys be if she looked like Susan Boyle?
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First show is sold out, second still has tix available.
What to do, what to do. Reviews of her recent shows have been extremely positive, and it just might be awesome at 6th and I.
nkotb, are you going Mon or Tues?
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(http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/5967986/Joanna+Newsom+bathroom.jpg)
she is pretty smokin, to be sure, but she and susan boyle are coming at this in two different ways
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show will be with a six piece string section.........i've only seen her solo 3 or 4 times....looking forward to it.
do it relaxer!
going to first show, contemplating about the second show also :)
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Unitarian Church for me.
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I'm going Monday. Rhett, I can't answer your question. I think the first time I heard her, it was live. I think she's grown into her look a bit...browsing through old photos of her from the first album, she didn't look that great.
First show is sold out, second still has tix available.
What to do, what to do. Reviews of her recent shows have been extremely positive, and it just might be awesome at 6th and I.
nkotb, are you going Mon or Tues?
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Oh, it's gonna be good! I fly in from SXSW that day (Monday), and I'm doing a Joanna Newsom/Spoon double-play! Will. Be. Amazing.
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Oh very well
Bought two tickets
If nothing else, I'll scalp the SHIT out of them. "Come see the best ass to ever play a harp! It sings too!"
(http://www.collider.com/uploads/imageGallery/Andy_Samberg/andy_samberg_image.jpg)
Can you believe that this is the man who gets to touch that amazing booty?
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Not as amazing as your rendition of "Emily" which I expect you to have completely memorized by tomorrow!
Oh, it's gonna be good! I fly in from SXSW that day (Monday), and I'm doing a Joanna Newsom/Spoon double-play! Will. Be. Amazing.
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the question is: are we gonna meet her backstage .... you up for it? ;D
Oh, it's gonna be good! I fly in from SXSW that day (Monday), and I'm doing a Joanna Newsom/Spoon double-play! Will. Be. Amazing.
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I'd like to taste her tampon.
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I'd like to taste her tampon.
Wow, just took things to a whole new (disgusting) level.
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i couldn't even come up with a zingy reply. that was gross - not clever, not funny, not insightful, nothing... just plain gross.
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Has anyone who ordered 6th and I tix received them yet? I ordered maybe three weeks ago and haven't seen them yet, but I'm also afraid I threw them out.
New album leaked by the way. Its pretty good but is an awful lot to take in. I see it growing on me though.
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I bought them right when they went on sale, and I just got them in the mail a few days ago...
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mine's at will call....paid $2 service charge by calling sixth and i...not sure if that's what you did, relaxer, or if you ordered on ticketma$$$ter.
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Anyone downloaded the leak? Obviously as a triple album, there's some filler, no doubt, but definitely some gorgeous songs.
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Ha, 9.2 on Pitchfork!
Downloaded it this morning, took about three songs in to hear a melody... :-\
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I usually need something catchy or crunchy in my most favored music, and the new one doesn't have a lot of either, but it is pretty fascinating. I figure its exactly one month until the 6th and I shows so that's about how long it will take to hear all of it.
Oh, and my tix arrived yesterday. Result!
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Ha, 9.2 on Pitchfork!
Downloaded it this morning, took about three songs in to hear a melody... :-\
Ha, a 4 on Popmatters!
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i see pitchfork gave joanna newsom a 9.2.
but what did the album get?
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I downloaded the leak friday but have yet to get around to it. Started it soon after downloading it and got side-tracked. After hearing four songs, I was missing the 50's Disney cartoon voice. She sounds...too normal?
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i see pitchfork gave joanna newsom a 9.2.
but what did the album get?
This meme is starting to get old. We get it, Joanna Newsom is pretty, therefore everyone who listens to her must be doing it purely for that reason.
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i thought bookerT's witticism was hilarious. well done!
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i thought bookerT's witticism was hilarious. well done!
well thank you!
man, tough crowd...
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I'm pushing through the album now (I'm guess I'm on disc one now), and it's pretty and all, but I just don't find it nearly as interesting as her first album. Granted, it's just the first listen, but I could listen to Milk-Eyed Mender daily...this and Ys just don't have as much staying power, I don't think.
Still looking forward to the show, though. Gotta imagine we're not getting much from her first disc, but I'm thinking with the orchestration and venue, should still be pretty good.
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I've been surprised how much I like the new one, and I never got much into Ys or Milk, though I didn't try that hard either. But I play disc one of the One on Me quite a bit and dig it.
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Did y'all see the recent New York Times article on Joanna Newsom?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/magazine/07Newsom-t.html?hpw
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I didn't know Joanna Newsom was fly.
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hell yeah she's fly. to whit:
(http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/5775387/Joanna+Newsom+Joannabathroom.jpg)
(http://stereogum.com/img/joanna_newsom-bam27.jpg)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2212/2234511756_311ac9c090_o.jpg)
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unfortunately there's also the samberg factor:
(http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d6/unsecured/media/429149625/429149625_1788940390_andy-samberg-large.jpg)
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I was sampling a bit of her new album on my pc, and my wife remarked that she was surprised that I would be listening to Tori Amos.
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I was sampling a bit of her new album on my pc, and my wife remarked that she was surprised that I would be listening to Tori Amos.
Ah, another classic Rhett post consisting of "for reasons I'll never explain, I/Celeste was listening to music we don't like and here's our snarky comment we came up with hours later but are going to act like we came up with off the top of our heads."
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I was sampling a bit of her new album on my pc, and my wife remarked that she was surprised that I would be listening to Tori Amos.
lol @ur wife
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Any comments on last night's show? I'm especially interested in general times of doors, opening band, Jo-Nu, etc.
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Maybe he was seeking inspiration for his next political character or just hoping to hobnob with Rahm Emanuel, but either way, "Saturday Night Live" cast member Andy Samberg was spotted roaming the White House halls Monday morning.
The White House didn't responded to Yeas & Nays on Samberg's agenda, or whether he was able to meet with his muse Emanuel, but we do know that he's staying at W hotel. Our spies spotted him in the lobby Monday morning.
Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/blogs/yeas-and-nays/Sightings_-Samberg-spotted-at-the-White-House-88858882.html#ixzz0j0O8OgO0
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Others can comment and will probably say it was transcendent, but I don't. It was fine. It was the right venue for her, but it certainly was not worth $30 plus fees for me. Even though the opening "band" (which consisted of two guys with one guitar who want to be a more melodic Flight of the Conchords) was done around 8:30, Newsom didn't go on until almost 20 after 9, even though all of her band's gear was already set up and the harp was tuned before 9. I have no idea why I had to sit there for 45 minutes waiting for her.
She was fine, but not all that interesting live, and the way she contorts her face whilst singing is very distracting if you're close enough to see it. Better to just listen to her on CD, in my opinion.
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Hahahahhahahahahaha that's such a Joe comment.
and the way she contorts her face whilst singing is very distracting if you're close enough to see it.
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her ex-bf does the same thing (Bill Callahan/smog)...like he's chewing little kids....
saw him years ago (she opened) and i laughed the entire time...
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ufff, i don't know if i'm up for going to this and monkeypants comments aren't encouraging.
can you tell me what time her set ended last night?
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Scalp it on CL and scope out an extra outside of Spoon. You'd probably be more entertained by them.
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Just imagine the endless possibilities of weird faces she and Callahan made while they were having sex. And the squeaks she made.
her ex-bf does the same thing (Bill Callahan/smog)...like he's chewing little kids....
saw him years ago (she opened) and i laughed the entire time...
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welp, i have a potential buyer. hope i'm making the right decision.
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Scalp it on CL and scope out an extra outside of Spoon. You'd probably be more entertained by them.
Joanna Newsom will rock 19x more than Spoon will.
A deaf-mute-dumb paraplegic will rock 4x more than Spoon will.
The dead body of Gerald Ford will rock 2x more than Spoon will.
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I went and thought it was awesome. I agree about the long wait time between the opener and Joanna. There was no reason for that. I've always assumed venues do that to sell more beer, but there's no beer to sell at 6th and I, so who knows...
First time at the venue, and it was a beautiful place for a show. I wasn't close enough to see her facial contortions in any great detail, so none of that bothered me, but her voice is better live, and watching her play the harp is kind of mesmerzing. You get a much better sense of how varied and intricate her playing really is. I think things lulled a little when she went to go play the piano for a few songs. I couldn't actually see her at all at this point, as the giant harp was in her way. Her backing band was okay, although I couldn't quite understand the point of the guy to her right. He would switch instruments every 20 seconds, play for like 2 seconds, and then switch again. I got the impression he was just making shit up on the fly, especially during the closing song, when he seemed to be on his own little world for a while, providing accompaniment that just didn't fit at all. He also seemed like kind of an arrogant douche. Rest of the band was appropriately low key. I also thought Emily (the song) sounded unbelievably awesome, maybe one of the top 5 or so concert song experiences for me.
Anyway, I'd go again tonight, if I had a ticket...it's definitely worth it.
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Hahahahhahahahahaha that's such a Joe comment.
and the way she contorts her face whilst singing is very distracting if you're close enough to see it.
(http://blog.washingtonpost.com/clicktrack/st-newsomweb3.jpg)
"Oooh, Andy, it's so big."
(cue NKOTB response here)
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I disliked almost everything about this show. Arriving at 7:00 and then waiting out in the rain for half an hour for them to open the doors. The unbelievably, mind-staggeringly bad opening act (I'd say they were the most painful act I've seen in 10+ years -- only the Dude of Life in 1995 hurt me more). The 45-minute wait between the end of the openers and Joanna starting up. Her drummer and the constant nerdy robotic flourish he added to every beat. The way the instrumentation usually drowned out the sound of the harp. The way the whole show just reeked art.
All that, and probably more, and yet it was great. The sound was incredible, she is a musical master on that thing, the sounds sounded great and the whole thing was just lovely.
I was however distracted by the drummer and his whole "DRUMMING IS SERIOUS BUSINESS" routine, plus the fact that he was wearing a heavy sports jacket, a sweater, a shirt and presumably an undershirt. I mean, dude aren't you even a little warm in that get-up?
Anyway, a hard-won thumbs up.
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You saw the dude of life. Oh man.
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Went to night 1 of Joanna with my mom, and we both LOVED it from the balcony. Her facial contortions didn't bother me. The songs were the real highlight, and they came across gorgeous and really powerful live. More than a couple of people were crying in my row. You can't really deny her talent, guys.
Spoon was amazing last night though...get with it.
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You went last night too?
Wish I would've known.
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Tuesday's show is up on npr.org
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did this girl just pop up out the blue, or has she been establishing herself for years and it is just now that people are noticing, like me? i've seen so many articles and visual entertainment with her name attached to it here lately as if she is the thing to listen to "for those in the (k)now." i guess i'll have to listen to her somehow or other and make a judgement.
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did this girl just pop up out the blue, or has she been establishing herself for years and it is just now that people are noticing, like me?
Wow, man, yeah, she's pretty established. Her first two records sold over a quarter of million a piece (pretty high for modern indie harp music) and were lauded by the pitchfork's and tinymixtapes' of the world. She had been dissected and debated ad nauseum long before the release of Have One On Me.