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Nah, I think he will get stuck with an afternoon tent slot, and then get booked at Forecastle as a Pre HL.
You don't think he'd get a stage at Bonnaroo? Jim James practically owns Bonnaroo
Which stage (before headliner on What) but curating all day in a tent. Similar to the David Byrne deal......or did the Byrne acts play the stage as well? I forget
Nah, I think he will get stuck with an afternoon tent slot, and then get booked at Forecastle as a Pre HL.
Also what the hell does this mean. I would take a tent over a stage any day. If he tours with a band and the rest of the album is a weird as the single I could see a really fucking awesome latenight tent.
Post by bonnaroodavid on Nov 13, 2012 12:54:37 GMT -5
I think ITM is right on. No way Jim James plays a tent. He would be a great curator and I'm sure it would be the weirdest tent lineup ever. He should get Which pre-headliner. He would also probably bring a ton of guests. A Jim and Friends set.
Post by mahgeetah34 on Nov 14, 2012 3:08:46 GMT -5
Jim James/MMJ in any form is always welcome in my eyes. Although sadly, MMJ likely wont happen until 2014/15. I could see Jim in a tent due to Jim James as a solo artist not being well-known to the common person. Flogging Molly is unfortunately more known and they were in a tent and the Civil Wars as well.
I saw Conor Oberst last week....when he referred to Monsters of Folk and Jim James he called him "James Winchester James" and I laughed.
How'd you like Conor? I thought he was good, but am looking forward to seeing him with a band again. When I saw him a couple of weeks ago, he referred to Jim as sexy.
Post by itrainmonkeys on Nov 29, 2012 11:00:19 GMT -5
I liked it a lot. It was a calm, simple show with a few moments of higher energy. Basic set that I expected from him. Nothing to amazing but solid works. I love the sounds that can be created by just two guys (he had a multi-instrumentalist backing him up for most of it.
Post by itrainmonkeys on Nov 30, 2012 12:48:18 GMT -5
Stole this info from the MMJ boards:
When Jim was on WXPN in Philly on Tuesday night he was asked about recording a new Jacket album. His response was that they'd probably be recording "after summer" after he finished touring his solo album.
Summer tour = perfect for Bonnaroo and/or Newport Folk
On a side note I just found out my Music Theory professor knows Jim and has played with him before. Apparently when Months of Sunday or w/e broke up and Jim was looking for a new band my prof played bass with them but said he wasn't really feeling the music so turned down the offer (he said when MMJ first started they were really really bad) MMJ played some of their very first shows at my school too.
Jim handed out cassettes he had taped their first demo over at the shows. My teacher has an Aladdin soundtrack tape that has an early MMJ demo taped over it. Apparently he and Jim still talk occasionally, and met up at Forecastle this year.
This all has 0 to do with anything, but I just thought it was really awesome.
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Post by funkybuttlovin on Nov 30, 2012 14:59:40 GMT -5
Get your teacher to ask him about Bonnaroo, duh. That is a cool story though about them sucking and just look at them now. They really developed their sound and made it into their own genre.
Get your teacher to ask him about Bonnaroo, duh. That is a cool story though about them sucking and just look at them now. They really developed their sound and made it into their own genre.
Yeah I am gonna slide that into conversation sometime, also gonna ask if he'll set me and Jim up on a bro date. And I'm definitely going to try and get my hands on that Demo tape, at least to see if I can get a copy of it or something.
But yeah, I asked if he regretted turning down Jim and he said sometimes it stings a bit, but that whole lifestyle isn't his thing.
