As we (and the entire music blogging community) reported yesterday, Al Gore’s invented an epic global warming awareness summertime concert. The lineup so far looks pretty blah, but now three
We’ve got Neddy’s Arcade Fire review and a slew of Leftovers today, but that all pales in comparison to Max Weinberg’s thoughts on Britney Spears’ ham wallet. [youtube]aCa9Y5AHiYo[/youtube] I sure
Our friend Neddy headed down to Judson Memorial Church last night for a taste of New York’s most hyped week-long event in years. Here’s his report…
I never dreamed that I would climb
Over the moon in ecstasy
But nevertheless, it’s there that I’m
Shortly about to be
‘Cause I’ve got a golden ticket
Willy Wonka was a PR genius, no doubt. I mean, that golden ticket thing made grown men go ape-shit for candy bars. It was the hype machine at its finest and yet, the fact of the matter is, the chocolate was actually pretty damn good. These are the thoughts I had as what seems like the entire city of New York (as well as any portion of the music blogosphere worth a damn) has gone somewhat ape-shit themselves over The Arcade Fire and their super-special week of shows at the certainly-too-small Judson Memorial Church in Greenwich Village.
The hype was to the point where it was literally impossible for the band to live up to it, but when C-Dawg asked me to be the Grandpa Joe to his lucky Charlie Bucket for Thursday night’s performance, I had no choice but to drag my asleep-at-the-wheel ass out of bed, grab my cane and head into the Large Apple.
Read on for the rest of Neddy’s Arcade Fire @ Judson review, which contains more Willy Wonka imagery and a handful of YouTubes and great photos. Oh, and if you read on ’til the end, we’ve got the 2/13/07 AF download for you.
The end of this week couldn’t come soon enough for me. The NYC weather has been brutally chilly, and I look forward to a three-day weekend. President’s Day weekend also signals
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