MMJ @ MSG

^^^ Surprises rule!!!

And my best friend Natty and her husband just took my extra two tix! I've spent a bunch of fun New Year's with her, and a bunch with my buddy Maniac, but never at the same time... this shiz's gonna be so EPIC

And, FYI y'all... today's issue of TimeOutNY lists the show as the #1 top concert pick for the rest of the year ;D

Was that their State The Obvious issue? ;D

good stuff! i dont have many names for the contact list - again, if you want to be on it, just let me know and provide your details...

looking for name, number, and seat info. plus, if your going to the inforoo pahty.

woooooooooooooooooooo

franklin!

^^This^^

Yaaaaaay!

Looking forward to meeting you guys! And THANKS Jerzee for putting it all together!

EIGHT DAYS!!!

I'm slightly happy for this. It's somewhat exciting. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Understatement of the year.

In one week and 2 hours, I'll be getting my drink on with all of y'all...can't wait!

jerzee - mad props to you. im a little bummed i wont be making an appearance at the party, but i hope to meet you all at or after the show!

ill finalize the list tomorrow and post it on sendspace.

today, im going on the lookout for some swanky duds. the horribly costume tux i talked about earlier didnt have pockets, so that wouldnt work.

woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Are we expecting 2 sets? 3 sets?

I'm thinking 2 sets. What do you think?

I copied this from the MMJ forum (review of Saturday's Chicago show). Wow. Wow. Wow.

again with the specialness.

now sitting in my friend's apt, green holiday lights illuminating the dining room. freshly showered with a cup of genmaicha tea (from metropolis coffee. oh, how i love them), watching the wind blow the powerlines around outside the window.

the chicago theatre is gorgeous. gilded and baroque and luminous.
there were two new e.u. owl banners hanging behind the stage. i got to my seat a bit early: watched the crew going through their set up, listened to the crowd filing in. when the bears came out, i noticed that pooch was on the left side and the girl bear was on the right. thought, "huh. new places for the bears." about 10 min before the show started, a couple of the techs came out and did a quick bear-position swap.

putting the previous poster's set list in vertical form...
band came out at 8:05, according to wendy.

--evil urges
--touch me pt 1
--otr
--aluminum park
--i'm amazed

--thank you too
--sec walkin
--way he sings--why does my mind blow to bits, indeed.
(at this point some people in the row in front of us left for a few minutes and the very friendly guys in front of us grabbed my hand and pulled me into the front row. he said, "someone should be here while they're gone." thanks for sharing!)

--jim greets the crowd, thanks chicago for all that chicago has given the world.
--mahgeeta--ARE YOU READY TO GOOOOOOO? jim's guitar looked chrome. crazy shiny. bo was sporting the biggest smile this entire song.

--jim tells crowd he was serious about all that chicago has given the world...
--golden--this was the first time i took a moment to take in the big picture: the band, stage, lights, the crowd.

--where to begin--first suprise of the night: BEAUTIFUL!
--librarian--again, the delicacy of this song in performance is stunning.
--evelyn!!--as the band got ready to play this carl, tom and jim gathered around the drum riser. jim counted out the 1! 2! 1, 2, 3, 4! on his fingers and they launched in. right before the last words of the song the band froze in position...the longer they held their poses, the more the crowd hollered! sometimes at these shows i just laugh from all the momentum and the crowd fervor. fantastic!

--war begun--SWEET JESUS. wendy asked me if the name of the song was, "oh, fuck!" b/c it was all i could manage to say when they started playing it. --DAMN. wonderful to hear this live!!
(worth mentioning the tennessee fire songs in order moment here...still holding a torch for an appearance of "it's about twilight now" in a show )

--lay low--cape and strobes! quotes of the evening from my friends re: lay low: allison, "i don't know what happened. i couldn't stop dancing."
--phone went west--my note says, "jim, where are you going?"--they opened the song up in the middle. i think the new arrangement disarmed me a bit b/c when they brought the song back around for "THERE'LL BE A KNOCK ON YOUR BACK DOOOOOOR" it broadsided me emotionally. whoof.

--gideon!
--dondante--where didn't this song go?! there is a physical phenomenon with this song: while the music and vocals are blowing your body back, that bass keeps your feet rooted to the spot. kind of fucking fantastic. damn.

--smokin from shootin--build!
--touch me pt. 2--DANCE PARTY

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--as the band came out for a few more songs, jim talked about having to cancel the chicago shows last oct. b/c of his accident. said that he wasn't 100% but was feeling pretty good. also said he was disappointed to have not performed the benefit for barack obama at schuba's. more excited words about the election, chicago and obama, then, "Let's do this shit!"

--wordless chorus!--nothing but love coming from the crowd at this point.
--highly suspicious--DANCE PARTY, PT. DEUX!
--anytime!--jesus, these men were throwing down tonight!
(here i got a cramp in my side. and i ate light, dammit! )
--one big holiday.--as patrick started this song the crowd roared.

SO GOOD TO SEE THESE MEN AND THEIR CREW, making music, kicking our boo-tays and filling our hearts.

OH, THIS FEELING IT IS WONDERFUL!

and...it is late and my computer battery is toast for tonight.

hope to see more of you tomorrow!

hey, great to meet you alady!

--on the facial hair front: jim is indeed clean shaven, and carl is sporting a well established moustache.
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