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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: kosmo vinyl on September 27, 2005, 12:48:00 pm
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So, any good stabs as to when my homies should get to Merriweather tonight to see the White Stripes take the stage? Merriweather's website estimates a show to start 90 minutes after 5:30, when gates open. There's an opening act, so, what do you elitist pricks think? 8:00 for the White Stripes? 9:00?
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The White Stripes are so 2002.
Hipsters will be at Sufjan.
The true indie vanguard will be at Wolf Eyes.
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
There's an opening act, so, what do you elitist pricks think?
I think the only "prick" that will be going on tonite will be myself in your mother's panties.
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Will you be at Wolf Eyes? I'm thinking of going.
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
The true indie vanguard will be at Wolf Eyes.
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Originally posted by econo:
Will you be at Wolf Eyes? I'm thinking of going.
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
The true indie vanguard will be at Wolf Eyes.
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I'll be at the Shins/White Stripes show.
I'm not really as cool as I pretend to be.
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
I'll be at the Shins/White Stripes show.
I'm not really as cool as I pretend to be.
ROFL
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Isn't Rolling Stone pushing Wolf Eyes?
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I'll be at Wolf Eyes after I see Sufjan. What does that make me?
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Originally posted by callat703:
I'll be at Wolf Eyes after I see Sufjan. What does that make me?
über
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What if stay in Richmond and see Criteria, Minus The Bear, and These Arms Are Snakes?
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Originally posted by Xavier Bush, Power Forward:
Isn't Rolling Stone pushing Wolf Eyes?
No. That's Wolf Parade.
Kurosawa directed me to another lupine outfit - Wolfmother. Good stuff from what I've listened to. 70s-ish power trio.
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I once dated a woman who claimed a special kinship with wolves. She wasn't a keeper.
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That Criteria record isn't bad.
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Originally posted by Xavier Bush, Power Forward:
I once dated a woman who claimed a special kinship with wolves. She wasn't a keeper.
so you married her sister??
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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4834385 (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4834385)
this should give you the times you need...approximately of course.
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What about Wold Colonel. Please don't leave them out.
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Originally posted by MTB-Markie:
What about Wold Colonel. Please don't leave them out.
Peanut Butter Wolf
Peter Wolf
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Originally posted by Xavier Bush, Power Forward:
I once dated a woman who claimed a special kinship with wolves. She wasn't a keeper.
Oh yeah, I saw her on the X-Files.
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My faith in the White Stripes has been fully restored... After the lackluster show at GWU and Elephant being real hit or miss and not so good things said about the yet unheard new one, all it took was a blistering 90 minute set to win me back. Dunno what was different, possibly Jack wasn't trying as hard this time around and Meg is rockin' hard then ever. It's great watching Jack seeming decided the setlist on the fly. While the duo setup still works for most of the songs, it would be nice to have a couple extra players on the songs where Jack switches to keyboards to fill out the sound. Plus it would be great to hear the material in a new light with a extra guitar player, etc live. Especially, the songs from "White Blood Cells" which got the warmest crowd response.
Fashion report, Meg look extra hot in her Pink Leather suit and Jack was wearing a beige loincloth...
The Shins were good but just seemed a bit out of place, I think the pacing was little off to a broken guitar string early in the set.
The Merriweather pit is the second best place in DC to watch a rock show from...
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agreed about the stripes set....it was rocking, hell, they managed to bring live to a tegan and sara song
shins were fun.....
m.ward was interesting....two old people in front of me were debating on its merits, one said it was the worst crap he ever heard, the other was calling it the second coming of the Paul Butterfield Blues band.....eh, I thought it was good, but not earthshaking or anything
all in all though, great show, and just what I need this week, lol
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I agree that the show was head and shoulders above the GWU show. Plenty of old stuff and even the new stuff (which I'm not crazy about) sounded great. That Jack White fellow sure can play the guitar.
Missed the first part of the Shins because [understatement]sometimes traffic really sucks in this area.[/understatement] What I saw was very good.
But yeah, the White Stripes rocked. I even thought I spied nkotbaba banging his head and throwing up the devil horns.
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Setlist
01) Intro (Who's A Big Baby)
02) Blue Orchid
03) Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground
04) I Think I Smell A Rat
05) Jolene
06) My Doorbell
07) Cannon (riff) > Lafayette Blues
08) Black Math
09) Passive Manipulation
10) Wasting My Time
11) Death Letter
12) Hotel Yorba
13) Rated X
14) Apple Blossom
15) The Denial Twist
16) I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart
17) Red Rain
18) Sister Do You Know My Name
19) We're Going To Be Friends
20) Now Mary
21) In The Cold Cold Night
22) Walking With A Ghost
23) Cannon
24) I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
25) Ball and Biscuit
26) The Nurse
Encore
27) The Hardest Button To Button
28) St. James Infirmary Blues (guitar --> piano) > Dyin' Crapshooters Blues
29) Seven Nation Army
30) Boll Weevil
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it would appear that after scanning some of the setlists from this tour, jack tends to do things off the cuff... does this mean i'll have to follow them around too :eek:
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Did anyone see M. Ward? I wondered if that was a very good fit, since he's much more on the mellow, intimate end of things. But End of Amnesia and Transistor Radio are great records.
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Yeah, terrific show. Loved being in the pit. I was able to forget where I was. Jack's energy on stage always gets me. And their sound becomes so primal when he screeches, the guitar squawks, and Meg pounds that heartbeat of a thump. I had forgotten how the two of them exchange visual cues throughout every song. It's really an evolving experience as Jack alters the songs. I loved the piano and other instruments. The songs on the Steinway surprisingly rocked.
As for The Shins, I thought it was one of the best performances I've seen from them. They all seemed to be having a good time, and James' voice was in very good form. They played all of my favorites and then some. And that keyboard player (what's his name?) cracks me up! He made some hilarious comments about James' broken string.
M. Ward - I wasn't in front for most of his set. But I liked it. I like his voice a lot. The first opening band just has a hard time projecting because the seats are half empty and the intimacy isn't there.
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Anyone get the Shins setlist?
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The GWU show for the Elephant tour alright/good this show was exceptional. I too agree that the General Admission at Merriweather are great. I really like the Shins, but their performance seemed more fit for a small club. Jack handled Merriweather stage like an arena rocker meanwhile balancing his presence with Meg which allowed her to shine. Awesome show! Does anyone know what Jack White did when he got down in front of the stage after the show? Has anyone found the show on the NPR website?
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Originally posted by jardison:
Has anyone found the show on the NPR website?
it is pretty hard to find, you have to go to npr.org, and move your eyeballs slightly right
;)
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anyone know what band they were playing before the white stripes hit the stage? pretty swaggertastic stuff if i recall..
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Best concert peformance of the year! Seriously, I was riveted from the minute Jack and Meg took the stage until they left after the encore.
I really wish I had been in the pit....
The NPR streams can be found here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4834385 (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4834385)
If anyone converts those streams to MP3 format for listening on iPods or whatever, please send me a PM.
I really like the Shins, but they sounded just like their albums except a little faster and louder. I'd still like to hear them in a more intimate venue. (Yeah, I missed them when they played the Black Cat. I'm lame.)
Kosmo, thank you for posting the set list!
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Originally posted by p011@rd:
Originally posted by jardison:
Has anyone found the show on the NPR website?
it is pretty hard to find, you have to go to npr.org, and move your eyeballs slightly right
;) [/b]
That's the only thing I've ever heard associated with NPR that looks to the right.
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there is a bitorrent of the NPR feed up thats in FLAC format... there is some info on how to listen to flac files on the whitestripes.net forum under the trading forum... i'm guessin' registration is required for dimeadozen, but can't check as i'm sure it's blocked on the firewall i use.
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=61730 (http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=61730)
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I thought the White Stripes were brilliant. It was such a great show from start to finish.
Meg has gotten much better on the drums and Jack's guitar solos are starting to just be straight up abstract. The view from the pit is priceless compared to other parts of the venue.
The Shins....i dont see what makes them so special, just another boring indie pop band.
not worth paying to see, but nice to know he can hit those high notes live too :)
only problem with the night, or Merriweather in general, is the BATHROOMS!!!
every time i have ever been there, there are enormous lines for the bathrooms. even while the bands are on, its just a little ridiculous. its not like there isnt enough space to make bigger ones. waiting in line for 10 minutes (and girls twice that long) during the band is a little much!!!!!
otherwise, no complaints. :)
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Originally posted by sonickteam, forum nice guy:
only problem with the night, or Merriweather in general, is the BATHROOMS!!!
unless the show is super crowded, there are almost never any lines at the bathrooms behind the lawn. it's usually faster to walk there and back than it is to wait in line.
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
there is a bitorrent of the NPR feed up thats in FLAC format... there is some info on how to listen to flac files on the whitestripes.net forum under the trading forum... i'm guessin' registration is required for dimeadozen, but can't check as i'm sure it's blocked on the firewall i use.
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=61730 (http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=61730)
nevermind on this torrent, apparently it doesn't meet dimeadozen's criteria...
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Originally posted by thatguy:
Originally posted by sonickteam, forum nice guy:
only problem with the night, or Merriweather in general, is the BATHROOMS!!!
unless the show is super crowded, there are almost never any lines at the bathrooms behind the lawn. it's usually faster to walk there and back than it is to wait in line. [/b]
yeah, i did find that out, but when you're in the pit, its quite a walk.
either way, not enough to come close to ruining a great night :)
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
it would appear that after scanning some of the setlists from this tour, jack tends to do things off the cuff... does this mean i'll have to follow them around too :eek:
yes, quite possibly.
that's a great excuse for following them around, too, because last i checked they weren't even using setlists.
i was really glad to read all of your wonderful reviews of this show, because the stripes are one of my top...three? favorite bands, and i had school today and couldn't go and almost threw myself in a paper shredder as a result because they STILL put on the best show ever.
i got tickets to see them in LA in august for my birthday, which was awesome, as i hadn't seen them since the GWU show as well (which i thought was great) and knew i wouldn't be coming to this one. they played A LOT off the self titled, which was incredible...so much fun, and everybody there were huge fans and there is no better feeling than seeing a whole crowd with you in black, red, and white who know all the words to Sugar Never Tasted So Good, and cheer loud as hell alongside as they play Jolene. stripes fans are just so great.
what i've come to realize about this band, though, is that--and i don't recall EXACTLY who brought this up, but one of you did?--their live shows are quite "restoring." the best i have been able to describe them as is a kind of musical orgasm. in a way, they are totally having sex up there...feeding ideas off of each other and playing what is right and bouncing around and just going crazy and having so much fucking fun with it. they are speeding up and slowing down and going back and fourth and even roleplaying (ex. I CAN'T BELIEVE I MISSED JACK WHITE IN A LOINCLOTH)! that's the best way i can describe it. but i mean, if you have listened to their songs as much as i do sometimes; they can wear out very fast. so the live shows are a great wake up. and once you see this band live, let me tell you, you will be listening to them on your ipod for like...well, a really long time.
i'd say they are one of, if not the, best live band out there right now.
i don't know a lot of white stripes fans, as many people have virtually heard Seven Nation Army overplayed on the radio, and said, "this band sucks!" and written it off like that. if i was Paris Hilton, i would send every one of these naysayers to one of the stripes' shows and they would come out changed men...
but thanks again for all the kind words and the setlist. it sounds like it was an amazing show, and i'm glad at least all you guys could go.
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
there is a bitorrent of the NPR feed up thats in FLAC format... there is some info on how to listen to flac files on the whitestripes.net forum under the trading forum... i'm guessin' registration is required for dimeadozen, but can't check as i'm sure it's blocked on the firewall i use.
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=61730 (http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=61730)
nevermind on this torrent, apparently it doesn't meet dimeadozen's criteria... [/b]
Crap! I'm too slow. I actually have a dimeadozen.org account, too. Did anyone download this before it was yanked or know of any other torrent sites hosting it (or similar torrent)? Thanks.
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White Stripes' Sonic Boom Has Merriweather Rocking
Thursday, September 29, 2005; C05
As the White Stripes blazed open their Merriweather Post Pavilion show Tuesday with the single "Blue Orchid," the thought was inescapable: How can two people make so much noise?
But for a nearly nonstop 95 minutes, the Detroit duo owned the audience with their primal, scorching, irresistible brand of blues-edged rock.
The Stripes' candy-cane color scheme was in place, with a red-and-white backdrop of palm trees and a sun-encircled apple making the stage look like a bizarro tropical paradise.
Just as theatrical were the stars: Jack White, a practical one-man band outfitted in a black top hat and red T-shirt and pants, and Meg White, Jack's "big sister"/ex-wife, whose alternately robotic and sultry drumming is simplistic but serves the music well.
The pair sped through 30-odd songs, some bleeding into others as Jack skipped the chitchat to focus on his multiple instrumentation -- guitars electric, acoustic and slide dominated, with visits to a grand and an electric piano, synthesizer, and later a marimba for set-closer "The Nurse."
Meg wasn't exactly overshadowed, projecting a magnetic presence while perched high at her red drum kit and even once taking center stage to sing "In the Cold, Cold Night." But it was Jack who nearly single-handedly -- and often -footedly -- drowned Merriweather with blistering rock.
-- Tricia Olszewski
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/28/AR2005092802290.html (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/28/AR2005092802290.html)
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this torrent might work...
http://www.bootcity.org/showthread.php?t=3790 (http://www.bootcity.org/showthread.php?t=3790)
or you can download the unedited wma file from npr or here if it's still up.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JL9MWFBL (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JL9MWFBL)
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is this the whole show, or what?
*excitement*
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if anybody is on oink's its up there now, and lossless as well
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Originally posted by stu47:
if anybody is on oink's its up there now, and lossless as well
YES! Thank you very much!
And thanks for the additional links, Kosmo.
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
anyone know what band they were playing before the white stripes hit the stage? pretty swaggertastic stuff if i recall..
answering my own question...
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also The White Stripes will be the first band to ever appear on the Daily Show on December 1st...
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
also The White Stripes will be the first band to ever appear on the Daily Show on December 1st...
In other musical guests on talk shows news, U2 will be given an entire episode of Conan O'Brien. I assume it'll be part interview, part preformance.