Jesus and Mary Chain Mania!

I thought about buying seated upstairs tickets. But then I snapped out of it!

The best thing is, this is like 10 minutes from my house! Hurrah!

We went to see the Ramones, at Brixton Academy, back in.

Upstairs seated was all that was left. Better than nothing, obv, for that one. Their last UK gig ever.

But no. Apart from bands who are going to split up and/or die, never do that.

I had seated tickets for the Stooges, that was weird. But they were complimentary so I can't complain. Seated behind Kevin Sheilds, even weirder.

think the last twice i've seen them were both brixton academy gigs - rollercoaster tour and acoustic(!) support for cocteau twins.

"All Things Must Pass" is classic JAMC. This is one of those bands who'll crank out passable-to-good-to-great shit as long as they feel like it.

who else is going to see them at Brixton Academy this Friday? do shows there usually end before the closing of the tube?

they probably will, yes (kicking out time = 11ish, tube = 12 ish)

am still in two minds. ticket prices high. nobody to go with.

I'm going! I am meeting Dream Machine people beforehand in a pub.

i was wrong about tube, forgot the victoria line closes early these days:

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/5508.aspx

From Brixton
22:11 northbound all stations to Walthamstow Central
22:21 northbound all stations to Seven Sisters

plenty of slow buses though. take one to stockwell and get northern line from there is quickest. overground trains available to victoria too, every 20 minutes.

(i also thought it was saturday. oh um)

the prices are high, but i figured i'm in london for the weekend, might as well catch some shows (and they were pretty good at the summercase festival, fwiw). anything good going on saturday night?

if you see a lonesome vietnamese dude, come say hi!

x-post: thanks koogs!

May I just add that Richard Hawley's version of "Some Candy Talking" is very lovely indeed?

The Victoria line will be closing early Mondays to Thursdays from 23 July to 22 November to allow line upgrade works.

It should* be running until late on Friday night.

*Who knows what state the network will be in when the strike finishes.

I was thinking of going to this, although I did see them at Meltdown a couple of months ago. But I'm going to be in Birmingham (at a Python Conference, no less) so I can't.

THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN on tour:
10/20 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
10/22 – Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
10/23 – Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theatre #
10/26 – San Francisco, CA @ the Fillmore #
10/27 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore #

*All dates with Evan Dando (solo acoustic)
# Soulsavers (featuring Mark Lanegan)

::bounce bounce bounce::

tommorrow for the Reidy goodness! Oh my!

Will this be the first time?

Give us a proper UK tour ya lazy bams!

From The Times review of the RFH gig in June:

Jim screwed up the beginning of Snakedriver, and they had to start Just Like Honey three times before he located the correct key and entry point for the vocal at the same time.

It's like they've never been away :)

It's like they never been to rehearsal, more like!

Free tickets (*$7/each service charge) through goldstarevents.com for tomorrow at the Wiltern in LA.

Can I just say how much better JAMC sound with Loz on drums... He's reined in his natural freneticism into the fills and breaks, but man those few seconds where he cuts loose...

Set list tonight:
Never Understand
Head On
Far Gone And Out
Catchfire
Sidewalking
Snakedriver
Dead End Kids
Happy When It Rains
Some Candy Talking
Between Planets
Blues From A Gun
Cracking Up
All Things Must Pass
Teenage Lust
Sometimes Always
Just Like Honey
Vegetable Man
You Trip Me Up
Darklands
Nine Million Rainy Days
Reverence

Mystery lady tonight was Miranda Lee Richards

ah but is it "Vegetable Fucking Maaaaaaan" or just the more restrained version thesedays?

http://i14.tinypic.com/4uag2rm.gif

Total "Vegetable Man"!

and I totally called Miranda Lee Richards to my friends even though I was up in the rafters. I totally chatted her up in Amoeba once but was too chicken to ask for digits.

I got to take 4 friends for free* because of your link, thanks Spencer! What an awesome show it was! After surprising me with "Vegetable Man", I was hoping they'd do "Surfin USA"!

The box set again (turns out to be quite pricey):

The Jesus & Mary Chain - 'The Power of Negative...

New Price - £39.99 - (old 'pre-orders' will be charged at the new, lower price) 'The Power Of Negative Thinking' (B-Sides & Rarities) is the new name for the J and MC's rarities collections. Things have changed a bit since the last report - it's now set to be a 4 CD box set and now due on March 17th. for £39.99

This is from Spin CDs.

Wow, hadn't heard about that at all! Tracklist? I hope it includes "Don't You Want Somebody to Love".

I think Amazon had it for less than that.

When I saw this thread had been bumped I was hoping the tracklist had leaked :(

Asda online has it as £33.97 free delivery.

US release date?

http://www.myspace.com/jesusandmarychainband got 3 new tracks

Nice, I'll want that set...

I like the 3 new tracks!

Still nothing on rhino.com about that box set... is it stil on?

Still on apparently, but only three weeks from the release date it's astonishing that no track listing can be found.

17 March is about one month from now. Still nothing on the Rhino site, still no tracklists anywhere. Not happening or delayed?

Oh, and Spin CDs upped their expected price to £49.99

Customers who bought The Power Of Negative Thinking: B-Sides and Rarities (4CD) also bought

Various - Can You Jack? Chicago Acid And Experimental House 1985-95 (2CD)
John Cooper Clarke - Ou Est La Maison Du Fromage?
S'Express - Ultimate
John Cooper Clarke - Zip Style Method (Expanded Edition)

HMV Japan (I know..) has it :

Availability: Out Soon - current release date is 29 Sep 2008

I don't get the Amazon.com entry at all - did they have it in stock last year but not anymore?

no.

Oddly enough, I have bought three of four of those CDs, and from Amazon no less, but hadn't heard of this. EERIE.

just wait until there's a solid confirmation before you place an Amazon preorder, dummies.

*sigh*

didn't the two roundhouse dates get squashed into one last month? ticket sales?

Tonight. Palace. Melbourne.

fuck yeah.

SOMEONE POST THE TRACKLISTING FOR THE BOX SET HERE!

roundhouse: yep, but on the plus side the one date was pretty well attended. and they were a lot better than on previous sightings (rollercoaster and munki tours)