Oct 23, Orlando, FL show report

[OriginalPosterLost]

I haven’t seen J play in 5 years so I was really willing to make the 3 hour drive up to Orlando to see him and the fog. They played at the supper club which is in the downtown area. The crowd there was good..not too small and not overly packed. I got there a little late and 6 gig had finished when I came in. Next was a local band called Precious which was alright. After that the road guys came out to start setting up the gear. George Berz came out to help setup his drum kit then went off stage again. They brought out Mike Watt’s bass which was his Gibson eb-3 bass. Then they all came out a few minutes after the mic checks. J Mascis was his usual self with a few hello and thank yous for the crowd. Also saying that they had the new album there for purchase (which I didn’t buy since I needed gas money for the way home). J brought 4 jazzmaster guitars with him to play through. Watt sang on a few songs but on same day his mic wasn’t up so we couldn’t hear him that well. He played amazing along with J even with the pick [img]http://www.freakscene.net/ubb/smilies/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]. Mike didn’t say too much to the crowd but smiled at the occasional "Mike rules!" yelled out by various people. George played very well too….very good drummer. I love the new album and as you see from the previous post they play a lot of songs from it. I have to note a few things about the set list. There were two songs at the end that mike watt sang on. I’m not sure if they were his songs or covers. After that they left the stage and came back to play tv eye then freak scene. TV eye was j mascis playing a keyboard strapped around his neck ,that was feedbacking from the guitar, while making interesting eletronic noise. Mike and George played a steady bass line/ drum beat during the song. It was a great show and they played excellent.

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[OriginalPosterLost]

lets see… i went to the show in orlando last night.. it was fun.. sloppy and loose but fun..
the set list that was posted isn’t exactly correct… the encore was more light and freak scene… tv eye was the last song before the encore break and mike sang it.. mike also sang another song before it.. it obviously wasn’t thumb and i’m not sure what it was but i don’t think it was on the set list becuase it seemed mike and the drummer had to sort of coax J to play it… also more light was the song that J played with the keyboard around his neck, not tv eye… it was noisy as all hell[img]http://www.freakscene.net/ubb/smilies/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]… also blowin’ it segued into i live for that look.. so blowin’ it>i live for that look.. it was definitely the highlight of the show for me.. i think on acoustic album(and tour?) he would just play blowin’ it..
my review: overall i think it was a loose show.. the band wasn’t that tight and sometimes it sounded kind of sloppy but i assume this is due to lack of playing together..
word of advice: for me it was cool to be seeing J in such a small venue.. i had only seen him twice before and at large festivals.. so i thought hell yeah i’ll stand right next to the stage.. bad idea.. yes i was close to J but i was positioned so that Mike’s marshall stack was pointed right in my ear in front of the drum kit.. and J’s stack pointed slightly away from my ear.. so i wasn’t getting much PA and J’s guitar was often drowned out by Mike’s bass which for the first two songs sounded like it was just sort of fartin’ along… then it got better although it would still overpower everything else at times… so don’t stand next to the stage.. go stand next to the sound board.. you’ll be happier…

questions??:: what’s up with a whole groupd of frat guys knowing all the words and singing along to every song they played of Green Mind??? Why do people want to sing along to the songs, all the while pointing at the singer(J in this case)?? why is Out There so well loved??? i always think of it as the Wayne’s World2 song.. i realize its on where you been and its a pretty good song but… and last but not least when did dancing become uncool?? hell i could have done with a good old school mosh pit last night would have been fun…

sorry bout the rambling… -slickznit

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[OriginalPosterLost]

>>also more light was the song that J played with the keyboard around his neck, not tv eye… it was noisy as all hell>>
I know. I could bearly hear his singing above all the static noise from the keyboard. My ears are still ringing [img]http://www.freakscene.net/ubb/smilies/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img].

>>overall i think it was a loose show.. the band wasn’t that tight and sometimes it sounded kind of sloppy but i assume this is due to lack of playing together..>>
It was their first show together so I’m sure after a few more things will flow better.

Yeah I remember those guys in the front pointing to J when he was playing. One of them I think was messing with his pedals and the stage guy had to go over to tell him to stop. I think out there is one of j’s favorite songs to play live. Almost every live performance I’ve heard he plays it.
By the way I found a windows media player version of one of his solo acoustic shows in london. He had played there last month and it is the entire show…really good. I’ll try to get the link and post it.

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[OriginalPosterLost]

>>the set list that was posted isn’t exactly correct

That was what was written on the setlist. I’m glad to see they are adding to it too. A good sign they are having fun when they are up there [img]http://www.freakscene.net/ubb/smilies/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

>>By the way I found a windows media player version of one of his solo acoustic shows in london. He had played there last month and it is the entire show…really good. I’ll try to get the link and post it.

[img]http://www.freakscene.net/ubb/smilies/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] – Here it is http://www.freakscene.net/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000013.html

Thanks for the great reviews!

jeremiah [img]http://www.freakscene.net/ubb/smilies/stitch.gif[/img]

[OriginalPosterLost]

Thanks for posting the reviews and lists, man o man I can hardly wait until the 4th.
Jeremiah I am definitely looking forward to you review of the show tonite!!!
Allison

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