Favorite moment from our show in Brooklyn the other day: during the second encore, when I played a solo version of "I Believe in You" and looked into the crowd and saw several couples making out while they were swaying and singing along. It was like when the band plays "Freebird" at a high school dance. I'm a sentimental fool, I know that. But it was pretty great.
Posted by Dr. Frank at February 26, 2004 01:58 PM | TrackBackwhat? nobody makes out with "fucked up on life" as their backdrop? what the hell is wrong with people?!
Posted by: resident jason at February 26, 2004 02:18 PMI can't believe I missed the Brooklyn show. I had so much going on here this week, I completely forgot about it. Damn.
Come back!
Posted by: michele at February 26, 2004 02:37 PMthe brooklyn show was great. review is here:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/3rdrate/
nick
Posted by: nick at February 26, 2004 03:36 PMI second Michele's comment! I am very poor at assembling groups of people to go to shows, not to mention piss-scared of going into the city and then taking the subway to Brooklyn by myself like a nerd.
Glad to hear it went well, though! Did Jawbreaker happen to show up and take the stage together for a few numbers, anything like that?
Posted by: geoff at February 26, 2004 03:58 PMyou're wormin' it outta me.. and this worm you cannot cha- ya ya ya ya- ange.
Posted by: Slim hathaway jr. at February 26, 2004 05:24 PMhey, the brooklyn show totally made my lifetime guys. frank you're absolutely the best.. thanks for signing my arm (now i just have to get a song lyric tattooed in there and it's complete... i'll send you a pic when its done) and thanks for playing my request. you guys are all totally great and it was "exciting" haha to meet all of you. fun times. woo hoo :)
til next time...
Aye, we need more sentimental fools in this world. Or so I say.
Posted by: suzanne at February 26, 2004 08:28 PMMaking out an an MTX show is the greatest joy I'll ever know. Sentimental foolery is an admirable trait.
Posted by: stegma at February 26, 2004 09:32 PM hey i love you guys but you're standing
on my foot.
we're having the weirdest weather in
california bay area...first it drenchingly
downpours...then its a summers day...
over and over again
beth
Thanks, Beth. And now, over to Frank for the sports report. How about those Giants, Frank?
Posted by: Slim at February 26, 2004 10:50 PMI wish people living in places like California, the Southwest and The Southeast would refrain from EVER mentioning the weather during the wintertime. Am I just bitter? Yeah, I am bitter. Bitter and fuckin' cold.
Posted by: Walter Soebcheck at February 26, 2004 11:55 PM hey i ain't from here,i did my time,in freakin
alaska freezing to death while waiting for the
stupid bus with its stupid heat while some of us
are likely getting frostbite and our fingers just
might fall off. do what i did and leave.
i'm just saying its weird,everytime i open the door the sky is diferent.
beth
Posted by: just me at February 27, 2004 12:31 AMI think we can probably all agree that the only places the weather doesn't suck in the goold ole' USA is in SoCal, S. FL, S. TX and Hawaii, maybe AZ or NM if you like it HOT. Where I'm at, if it's not cold and/or snowing then it's raining. I think we can string together maybe 2 days in a row without rain only in July and August, otherwise it's raining in the warm months and cold and snowy in the winter months.
Posted by: Channon at February 27, 2004 01:35 AMwhat happens when a fog lifts in california?
UCLA!
Posted by: SENIOR RETARDADO at February 27, 2004 02:46 AMWow, i've been listening to mtx for a long time, and making out even longer. and it never occurred to me to combine those two...what am i, an idiot?
hey dr. frank you guys should write a slowjam and call it "the makeout song". just an idea.
oh yeah, how's the sore throat? i was sick when i saw you guys in chicago so i hope i didn't infect you or something. there were a lot of germs in there, though. a *lot*. hahaa
Posted by: r a e d y at February 27, 2004 02:59 AMMe and a friend from work caught the show in Hamden CT on Monday. Just wanted to say you guys were awesome. The whole card was awesome. That was pretty funny when you called me out for not "Wooing" loud enough for "How'd the date end?" (In reality I realized after voting that "You today" or "Even Hitler Had A Girlfriend" Were in fact better songs to choose from. Oh well a spade is a spade I suppose ) Though you've seen so many fans over the tour you might not even remember. But anyway It was the best show I've ever been to. Hands down.
Hope you're feeling better.
Best of luck to you guys on the rest of the tour.
Thanks again for an entertaining show.
-R
I had the time of my life at the Chicago show! I have the luxury, through my mother's job, of being able to fly non-revenue space available.
I have an obligatory drunken prosecutor party to go to Friday night. (My employment very much depends upon it.) Then, in a scheme quite uncharacteristic of me (read: I am not an obsessed fan/stalker/groupie type in the least), I am trying to catch a 6:55 am flight to get to Orlando by the mid-afternoon.
My free flying ends in November, and if I don’t take any arbitrary trips now, the opportunity will pass me by. If I actually make it - I would absolutely love to buy MTX a round of drinks.
Hopefully see you Saturday!
I need to find someone who'll make out with me at MTX shows.
The Brooklyn show rocked my socks! My favorite moment was everyone singing along to "Ba ba ba ba ba". I got goosebumps.
Posted by: Duncan at February 27, 2004 04:05 PMDuncan- i bet karen would, you know those drunken lawyer types. always willing to play tonsil hockey..
Posted by: mike at February 27, 2004 04:43 PMOh, I should have been more specific. I'm a 'mo, so I'd prefer a guy. :)
Still, making out is making out.
Posted by: Duncan at February 27, 2004 05:37 PMThats just mating season in Brooklyn, it happens every year...
I wish i could have gone though, but it's been a rough week. Between missing MTX and the Ted Leo show in Hoboken selling out on me, theres just no hope for me in this damned year of the monkey.
Hey Mikey! You can always catch "the Misfits" er....I mean Jerry Only in one of his 666 million shows or appearances. No seriously, check out a band called the Kowalskis, they're local to you and pretty cool too!
Posted by: Channon at February 27, 2004 08:05 PM"Hey I've run out of things to say during the breaks... I've got a joke for you that goes: I bet our governor can beat up your governor" *booo* *hisss*
Posted by: chach at February 28, 2004 06:37 AMi gotta stop being a poor lazy bastard..plus that damn snow(and i'm from pa) .i missed the Cats Cradle show...maybe i'll catch you in another 5 years
Posted by: philly at March 1, 2004 02:05 AMO my thats maddness!! My favouritest MTX song, PLAYED ACUSTIC and it wasn't @ my show. Simply madness...
O well i got the Screeching Weasel I guess its a trade off ^.^
Posted by: "the Allyson" at March 2, 2004 02:31 AM