I'm in for New Orleans.

Detroit on election night will sure beat watching CNN

Jack Flash wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 04, 2024 2:15 pm

Detroit on election night will sure beat watching CNN

No doubt it'll be a gas, gas, gas.*

*I'm giving myself permission for this one because i don't believe i've ever used it before over all the years.

How are ya? How's Emily? The kid?

FWIW, livenation is pimping VIP tix for Chicago pretty hard.

Jack Flash wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 04, 2024 2:15 pm

Detroit on election night will sure beat watching CNN

There's no WAY people will be distracted, at all.

One of my other favorite bands is an English band called Marillion. The first "smallish" band that I loved with all my heart, and felt was "mine".

In June 2012 I saw them at Irving Plaza (where I will be seeing DBT in October). They don't get to come to the States very often ($$$$), and the response from the audience was overwhelming. After the first song of the night, there was something like a five or six-minute ovation, and they could not start the next song. It was as intense an audience/band connection as I've ever been part of.

In early 2016, tickets for another of their rare U.S. visits went on sale, at a venue 2 blocks from my apartment, at what was then "PlayStation Theater" (now Palladium Times Square). I saw that the show was Tuesday, November 8, and thought "ah, good! Not the first Tuesday in November!" I did not know, and shame on me for not, that Election Day is apparently "The first Tuesday AFTER the first Wednesday".

The Redhead planned a gathering at our place (I chuckle to think that I needed to be replaced by about 10 people!), mostly women friends of ours for what was expected to be a celebration, (They were planning when the eventual time came, to walk over to the Javits Center where the Clinton campaign and supporters were gathering as the evening progressed).

A former employee of mine was a manager at the venue and she got my friends and me into the VIP area above the main floor. (I listened to most of the show hanging out with the guitarist's wife along with my friends). And for the whole night, I watched the crowd below as at least half of them surreptitiously snuck peeks at their phones to follow the returns. The crowd--many of whom surely were at the transcendent Irving shows; there are not THAT many pods of Marillion fans in New York--was incredibly checked out, so much so that the singer at one point plaintively said "is there anyone out there?" Astonishing.

I was also terribly distracted, and indeed was refreshing the NY Times election results page over and over. And by the time we left, emptying out into a nearly dead silent Times' Square (except for hearing one asshole yelling "Trump! Trump!") we knew what had happened. I walked home in a daze, and entered into a morgue. Most of our guests had quietly, almost without saying goodbye, grabbed their coats and just walked out. The rest were in tears.

No one knows what Election Day 2024 will hold. I love the Truckers more than any artist in any field I've ever loved, but I will imagine unless something extraordinary happens before then, that the experience in that room might--with hopefully a better ending!--be deeply weird.

The weirdness has already crossed my mind for the Milwaukee/Madison shows in late October. This is gonna be a weird ~7 months, even weirder than normal.

brettac1 wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 05, 2024 11:39 am

The weirdness has already crossed my mind for the Milwaukee/Madison shows in late October. This is gonna be a weird ~7 months, even weirder than normal.

This (substituting other cities if we're being literal).

In 2016, I was at a Rock Show the second & third nights after the Presidential Election.

In 2024, I will be at a Rock Show the second & third nights after the Presidential Election.

I guess if things go tits-up, we can't blame Clams this time.

Flea wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 06, 2024 5:58 pm

In 2016, I was at a Rock Show the second & third nights after the Presidential Election.

In 2024, I will be at a Rock Show the second & third nights after the Presidential Election.

I guess if things go tits-up, we can't blame Clams this time.

good to see you are preparing for your Passover sedar: "why is this night different from any other night..."

Finally added on to my Cooleybird last week. Ready for the Rock Show in LA. Going to add some more Wes Freed things around these to fill in the space.

lajakesdad wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:38 pm

Finally added on to my Cooleybird last week. Ready for the Rock Show in LA. Going to add some more Wes Freed things around these to fill in the space.

Pretty cool. I'm old & don't have tattoos but these are worthy. I have enough pain in my life so I don't want to volunteer for more.

Got tickets for the Bearsville/Woodstock show. Mostly so I can go to Bear Cantina where Jonicont and I had one of the most extraordinary meals I've ever had. (Half-joking).

So it's Irving Plaza and Bearsville for 2024, post-HHC. I assume Cooley will come north with late fall solo shows (that's been his every-other year pattern), but that looks like it till HHC 2025.

beantownbubba wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 23, 2024 2:44 pm

glennrwordman wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:10 am

Also do NOT like the "ticket request" bingo.

Speaking of which, ticketmaster willing, my itinerary is set:

SF
NYC
Boston
Chicago

Really wish I could do all of the ones on my first cut list, but reality had to intrude at some point, and did.

Late addition! Charlotte on 6/14 Didn't even know the band was going to be in town when I made my plans to be in Charlotte then. A very nice surprise

brettac1 wrote: ↑

Tue May 07, 2024 1:49 pm

https://newwestrecords.com/collections/ ... tion-vinyl

Looks like classic Patterson: Well thought out, well executed (to the extent one can tell w/out actually listening) and full of little and big tweaks & extras that justify the purchase beyond true believers and audiophiles. The live cuts from truly back in the day should be a treat. Are they w/ Jason? Is "Mystery Song" the name of the song or a reference to a "song to be revealed later"?

beantownbubba wrote: ↑

Tue May 07, 2024 2:11 pm

brettac1 wrote: ↑

Tue May 07, 2024 1:49 pm

https://newwestrecords.com/collections/ ... tion-vinyl

Looks like classic Patterson: Well thought out, well executed (to the extent one can tell w/out actually listening) and full of little and big tweaks & extras that justify the purchase beyond true believers and audiophiles. The live cuts from truly back in the day should be a treat. Are they w/ Jason? Is "Mystery Song" the name of the song or a reference to a "song to be revealed later"?

Jason is on the live songs.

Sounds like they are just calling this long-lost song "Mystery Song" as of now.

brettac1 wrote: ↑

Tue May 07, 2024 1:49 pm

https://newwestrecords.com/collections/ ... tion-vinyl

I am slightly upsettinated that there is no download. As a New York City apartment-dweller, I do not have a turntable currently.

Bought the damn vinyl, tho'!

glennrwordman wrote: ↑

Tue May 07, 2024 4:07 pm

I do not have a turntable currently.

Bought the damn vinyl, tho'!

Same. It's the thought that counts.

beantownbubba wrote: ↑

Tue May 07, 2024 5:08 pm

glennrwordman wrote: ↑

Tue May 07, 2024 4:07 pm

I do not have a turntable currently.

Bought the damn vinyl, tho'!

Same. It's the thought that counts.

If they DON'T want my money, they can come VISIT and give it BACK to me!

glennrwordman wrote: ↑

Tue May 07, 2024 4:07 pm

I am slightly upsettinated that there is no download. As a New York City apartment-dweller, I do not have a turntable currently.

Rumor has it there will be CD and digital options sometime soon

So stoked. I've had three copies of the vinyl and they've ranged from the not bad early version to the very meh clear vinyl version that came out a few years ago, so am beyond thrilled to get a shiny new remaster (Greg Calbi!)
Plus all the goodies. Plus the upcoming tour.
Very stoked.

Clams wrote: ↑

Tue May 07, 2024 6:29 pm

glennrwordman wrote: ↑

Tue May 07, 2024 4:07 pm

I am slightly upsettinated that there is no download. As a New York City apartment-dweller, I do not have a turntable currently.

Rumor has it there will be CD and digital options sometime soon

Yep: Saw DBT's customer service specialist II, Patterson Hood, reference this. If all American companies gave as good customer service, the world would be a happier place.

glennrwordman wrote: ↑

Wed May 08, 2024 7:47 am

Clams wrote: ↑

Tue May 07, 2024 6:29 pm

glennrwordman wrote: ↑

Tue May 07, 2024 4:07 pm

I am slightly upsettinated that there is no download. As a New York City apartment-dweller, I do not have a turntable currently.

Rumor has it there will be CD and digital options sometime soon

Yep: Saw DBT's customer service specialist II, Patterson Hood, reference this. If all American companies gave as good customer service, the world would be a happier place.

I've said any number of times that Patterson is a really good businessman. I'm sure it's not how he thinks of himself but he's got all the right instincts and a full toolkit of skills.

brettac1 wrote: ↑

Tue May 07, 2024 3:56 pm

Sounds like they are just calling this long-lost song "Mystery Song" as of now.

I've now heard a little of the background about this song and it seems that not only does nobody remember recording it, nobody even remembers writing it! Given Patterson's memory for all things musical and DBT that in itself is virtually earthshaking. In any case, "Mystery Song" seems like an appropriate name lol.

beantownbubba wrote: ↑

Wed May 08, 2024 10:42 am

brettac1 wrote: ↑

Tue May 07, 2024 3:56 pm

Sounds like they are just calling this long-lost song "Mystery Song" as of now.

I've now heard a little of the background about this song and it seems that not only does nobody remember recording it, nobody even remembers writing it! Given Patterson's memory for all things musical and DBT that in itself is virtually earthshaking. In any case, "Mystery Song" seems like an appropriate name lol.

That aspect of it made me think perhaps it's a Cooley song because I can't imagine Patterson not having every single song he's ever written saved.

brettac1 wrote: ↑

Wed May 08, 2024 12:56 pm

beantownbubba wrote: ↑

Wed May 08, 2024 10:42 am

brettac1 wrote: ↑

Tue May 07, 2024 3:56 pm

Sounds like they are just calling this long-lost song "Mystery Song" as of now.

I've now heard a little of the background about this song and it seems that not only does nobody remember recording it, nobody even remembers writing it! Given Patterson's memory for all things musical and DBT that in itself is virtually earthshaking. In any case, "Mystery Song" seems like an appropriate name lol.

That aspect of it made me think perhaps it's a Cooley song because I can't imagine Patterson not having every single song he's ever written saved.

Or the younger Patterson was so prolific he couldn't keep up with himself?

Either way, I love the origin story for this track. Those sessions were clearly intense and a bit blurry.

The news of this reissue made my day; very excited to get the box.
I have a question going back to that era:
--the first time I saw DBT was in San Diego (at Winstons) in Jan 2002. I'd just moved to SD at that time. "old times"... I bought the SRO 2cd. My car didn't have a cd player. I taped it and slowly it caught on.
-- in my mind, that show was "pre Jason"...I associate his time in the band with Decoration Day/a little later.
-- but, i read that Jason came into the band in late 2001
* So, is it "for sure" that Jason was on the stage for the west coast run in early 2002? I've taken a small amount of pride in being a fan that saw the band before/during/after. But maybe that's sadly untrue.
* other; for the SRO run, due to work, I can't go to San Diego/Escondido show but I've arranged to go in Phoenix; can't wait for that.

gkow4three wrote: ↑

Sat May 11, 2024 1:12 am

I've taken a small amount of pride in being a fan that saw the band before/during/after. But maybe that's sadly untrue.

I think your bona fides as an early adopter, keen judge of music, heAthen before there were heAthens and all around cult elder are fully established whether or not Jason was on stage that night. Extra props for the west coast location at a time when I don't think the band had much of a profile outside of the southeast.

Thanks, that makes my day.
What a ride from that to the WestCoast Homecoming. Good stuff.

I'm having the hardest time motivating myself to one of these shows. This tour is not coming too close, and I don't know that I still have my place to stay in San Francisco. I'd like to make that trip, though, and have the frequent flyer miles to do it. Someone convince me before it's too late.