JRAD in Boston

flipped version ? lol

cool man. glad they delivered for yas. 

 

The Brooklyn hipster/psychedelic vibe is a great thing.

Nice pic.

https://www.jambase.com/article/joe-russos-almost-dead-plays-first-two-h... -- videos and recap

Tommy played Wolf the whole show

Flipped version

I might have finally seen/heard/read it all but I doubt it

Oh my.......Lol

 

 

Got a comp. Guess I'll check it out tonite. What the hell.

Passing up a program of Javenese gamelan music for this, really hoping I don't regret my decision.

Good luck

Hope you have a great time

>>>Passing up a program of Javenese gamelan music for this, really hoping I don't regret my decision.

thats a tough call, i might have even gone with the Javenese gamelan music. with JRAD you can just listen at home by yourself, but Javenese gamelan music isnt really the type of music you listen to alone, since nobody can see you listening to it.

>> thats a tough call, i might have even gone with the Javenese gamelan music. with JRAD you can just listen at home by yourself, but Javenese gamelan music isnt really the type of music you listen to alone, since nobody can see you listening to it.

Hahaha zing! I would however point you to the recordings of ethnomusicologist David Lewiston:

Lewiston's first trip to Bali only lasted ten days, and when he returned to New York, he tried to figure out what to do with the tapes he'd recorded. Looking through records at Sam Goody's, he noticed a few albums of music from Bulgaria, Japan and Tahiti on the Nonesuch label, and he wrote down their address with a borrowed pen and got in touch with them. And when they heard his tapes, they flipped.

Those recordings were edited down into a single album, given the lovely title Music from the Morning of the World, and released in 1967 as one of the first albums on the newly-launched Nonesuch Explorer Series.

That album Music from the Morning of the World  was one of the first widely acclaimed and commercially successful releases of actual field recordings (as opposed to, say Oluntuji! or the Capitol of the World series of records, which were usually marketed as western approximations of exotic 'world' music sold to culturally hungry (and expendible income-rich) Americans in the prosperous post-WWII era). Although it's Balinese, rather than Javanese gamelan music, the effect is largely the same – gorgeous, meditative and intricate court music played on some of the most beautiful instruments in the world which – although they translate wonderfully on record – really have to be heard in person for the full depth of field experience. 

Even so, that LP is one of the best selling of the Nonesuch Explorer Series and in my experience you don't accumulate records to tell people about the records you've accumulated.

In retrospect I am glad I saw JRAD, so that now I know what they're about, but no question about it, I would definitely have had a more musically satisfying experience hearing that program of gamelan music.

That's a post I can get behind. Nice writing, ateix. Are you studying Musicology? 

SILVIO!!!

Looks like some fun shows...

>> Jam @@ -> 

Also a very sloppy Radiohead tease here, "Everything in its Right Place",
Dreiwitz doing "Little Drummer Boy" and other Christmas teases with a chorus/modulator pedal during his bass solo "Dancing,"
and "Let It Grow" had Marco and Joe riffing on "Shh/Peaceful" from In A Silent Way.

The playing was impressive, just not really cohesive and I would have a tough time telling you which Dead songs they actually began, played, and finished. "Standing on the Moon" and "Truckin'," yes. Beyond that... "One More Saturday Night," I guess? All of the open ended jamming usually resulted in unfinished song after unfinished song.

Not my style.

>>>Thanks to the House of Blues Boston staff & crew for improving tonight's entry process for our fans. Our deepest gratitude to everyone that came out & supported the band in 2017. We'll see you all in 2018.

 

It will take extraordinary extraordinary extraordinary measures to get me into the House of Blues Boston ever again.

6-8 "security" doing the line for the private Foundation Room.

2 "security" doing the line 2000+ people still in line at 8:20 for 300 yards around the corner to the bridge........

Plus, show was waaaaaaaaaay over sold.

 

Place is a dump on so many levels.

Just needs to be taken down, "if I had it my way........"

 

 

The sightlines in the Foundation Room are pretty weak, too. We were treated to about a dozen HDMI screens showing what was going on onstage, and the overhangs of the balcony resulted in godawful sound.

Arguably the worst venue in the city.

so no dice eh atiex???? oh well. in the words of the great Avon Barksdale; "I ain't no suit wearing businessmen like you. I'm just a wook I suppose. And I want my drugbands."

I'm actually convinced that Metzger is the superior guitarist in the group, Daylight. Something very odd about the arrangements of this unit... Metzger is often setting up the pitch and Hamilton usually takes a solid swing, but if there was more of a dual-attack to it, maybe it would be a more effective method. 

I've been chewing on it for the last couple days and haven't placed it just yet. Metzger certainly has a great ear. They're all fantastic musicians. Ultimately I came away from it with a firmer belief in the necessity of song structure with the Dead playbook – there were just too many unfinished numbers in there. And teasing Coltrane and Rollins isn't an enticement, at least not for me... it's just literally a tease, and doesn't leave me feeling like they would be able to seriously tackle a song "A Love Supreme" or "St. Thomas."

Also, being right in front of the soundboard confirmed something I had suspected -- the setlists are pre-written, and their soundman (who did a great job with the mix) is jotting notes for each tease that a band member introduces.

It also confirmed for the obvious fact that the most crucial element of this band is Benevento/Russo. Dreiwitz was great, too. And the guitarists. Just less than the sum of their parts, in my estimation.

metzger is my fave as well. hammilton busts out more outrageous and traditionally crowd pleasing solos, but metzger has a more interesting tone, and approach altogether, and his responses to the rest of the band are much more inventive than hammilton.

my hopes for this band are that they will keep slowly dialing back the GD music in each show and bring in more stuff from all of their side projects. there is such a huge songbook to draw on; the duo, ween, wolf!, etc etc etc, each band member has a hefty handful of original projects at any one time. would love to see them dial it back to 3 or 4 dead songs in a show and take up the rest of the time with stuff like ween or duo songs, interesting covers or even some original material. i would be even more into this band if they were not another "dead thing", but i understand it...before this these guys were just playing little rooms on the east coast with a few exceptions, and because they are now playing the same kind of music, but stuck in between verses of dead songs, they are selling out some of the country's best venues and probably making some pretty good money

Metzger can play circles around Hamilton. Bunch of dudes that weren't into the GD until their bank accounts ran dry. I get it. In a pinch I'd form Barney Dinosaur Jr.

Looks like we were typing at the same time Daylight.. I took the more direct approach.

Do they play Ween songs sometimes or do they just use the mashup logo for merch? 

i don't think dreiwitz would ever drop a ween cover......they all know better.

metzger is from lambertville nj. always wanted to him and sless combo in plf-would be great imo.

This band is a mess

Yes I know......best band going in 2017.....blah, blah, blah......

Can somebody nominate a favorite Tease of the Year for the 2017 Zonies? Poor favor 

And favorite “flipped version”

Thomas O' Bagenhammers (Thom2) on Saturday, December 9, 2017 – 10:45 am

The Brooklyn hipster/psychedelic vibe is a great thing.

lol. sure buddy, whatever makes you feel vital.

>> i don't think dreiwitz would ever drop a ween cover......they all know better.

They did So Long Jerry, might have done another but I can't remember

"and doesn't leave me feeling like they would be able to seriously tackle a song "A Love Supreme" or "St. Thomas.""

It's not supposed to, you're missing the point.  It's just having fun.

"It also confirmed for the obvious fact that the most crucial element of this band is Benevento/Russo. Dreiwitz was great, too."

Agree about the Duo, but IMO Dreiwitz is the weak link in this unit.  I think the guitarists are fantastic and they work together very well (as everyone in the band does.  Their familiarity with each other is their great strength).  Their styles are complimentary and I appreciate the fact that they don't do duel leads a la The Q.

 

In which Thom other people how to enjoy music. Sweatervest, please.

>> Agree about the Duo, but IMO Dreiwitz is the weak link in this unit. 

He has gotten a lot better since they started though. The mix is often muddy but when you can hear him he's pretty strong