No La Tengo

Yo La Tengo with Todd Barry subbing for a sick Georgia Hubley on drums
February 26, 2008
Invite Them Up
Riffifi Cinema Classics
NYC

Yo La Tengo were the surprise musical guest at the penultimate Invite Them Up, the culty alternative comedy show hosted by Bobby Tisdale and Eugene Mirman. They played a custom set including covers of Come On Up by The Rascals (with modified lyrics to quote the show's name) and Bobby's Girl by Lesley Gore (in which they added a chorus about wanting to be "Eugene's Girl.") The short set also consisted of Mr. Tough and Big Day Coming. Comedian Todd Barry, a frequent performer on Invite Them Up and regular opener for YLT, played drums.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Pierre Boulez, Conductor
Mitsuko Uchida, Piano
February 25, 2008
Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall
NYC
Program:
MATTHIAS PINTSCHER Osiris (New York Premiere)
BÉLA BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 3
CLAUDE DEBUSSY Images

Scenesters

The Scene Is Now


Dump



Antietem with an assist from James McNew.



The Vanity Set

Jazz Juggernaut

Cecil Taylor
January 31, 2008
Blue Note
NYC

Japanese Awesomeness

Cornelius: The Sensuous Synchronized Tour
January 26, 2008
Webster Hall
NYC


Back-of-the-house computing to keep things sensuous and synchronized.

The Russo & Benevento Duo opened.

Death by Cuteness

Kimya Dawson
January 15, 2008
Sound Fix Records
NYC

Feeling Horny

Budos Band
January 12, 2008
Highline Ballroom
NYC

Disco Hell

Disco Biscuits
December 28, 2007
Hammerstein Ballroom
NYC

Lake Trout

A sparsely-attended but still rockin' Lake Trout show
December 22, 2007
Highline Ballroom
NYC

Do you like B00Bs a lot?

Bound To Lose
Screening of the Holy Modal Rounders documentary
December 13, 2007
Anthology Film Archives
NYC

Peter Stampfel with another happy guy

Love Power

Night 8 of Hannukah
Yo La Tengo
Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ
December 11, 2007
Setlist

Dreidel Party Tonight!

Night 7 of Hannukah
Yo La Tengo
Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ
December 10, 2007

Roy Loney, of the Flamin' Groovies, was onhand to join Yo La Tengo for their encore, during which he delivered a master class on how to rock.

Setlist

We're gonna rock-a-rock-a-rock-a-rock-a-rock tonight

Night 5 of Hannukah
Yo La Tengo
Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ
December 8, 2007
Setlist

Merry Chilton & A Happy Hannukah

Night 4 of Hannukah
Yo La Tengo
Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ
December 7, 2007
Setlist


Alex Chilton in the house.

Tribeca Rock Club: The Final Days

Tribeca Rock Club closed it's doors in early December.

One of the highlights of going to a show here was being greeted by the angel in a fur-hooded parka, Eddie Eyeball, a true legend in his own time.

The View from the Coat Check Room
The coat check girl looks bored!

A music-goer collects his belongings.

"Give me my coat."

"Hello, lady."

Show's ever. Time to head back into the cold!

And from Tribeca's final night...

The band joins the crowd for a rousing celebration of rock n' roll!

Projectile Sweater

Yo La Tengo
December 27, 2005
Maxwell's
Hoboken, NJ

My third night in a row of Yo La Tengo. Each one just gets better and better! Jesse has the setlist here.

It seems noteworthy to document that in order to get to Hoboken you need to take the PATH, a unique experience in its own right.

Tonight, the awesome band Tortoise opened. Seeing this brute force-soaked performance of tattoo-covered percussive energy in such a small room and from right up front was...galvanizing to say the least.

Tortoise manipulated their instruments in an almost combative fashion, and yet in the service of making music that was as intricate and meticulous as any other rock n roll ever made.


Members of Tortoise also sat in during much of Yo La Tengo's set adding a new level of intensity previously not thought possible.

Hannukah: Night 1

Yo La Tengo
December 25, 2005
Maxwell's
Hoboken, NJ

Yo La Tengo is my favorite band. They played all 8 nights of Hannukah at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ. Jesse has the setlist for night 1. The show was quite beautiful.

James, the bass player, dressed up as a Hasid.
Georgia, the drummer, was Robin. And Ira (unpictured)was Santa in Chuck Taylors.

James' payess look nice and curly in this shot.

Lake Trout

November 9, 2005
Mercury Lounge
NYC

Lake Trout is this band I and a bunch of people I know really like. We go see them whenever they play in New York City. Tom C. was there at this show, taping the show as he is wont to do. What a great guy!

Here's Lake Trout playing live on stage at the Mercury Lounge on Houston St.!

They sounded great!

Then the smoke machine set a fire alarm off and everyone had to evacuate the club. Here's everyone standing on Houston street as fire trucks arrived on the scene.

In no time at all the club was deemed fire-free and the show continued. The crowd had a great time.