NYC Night 4 - Fischerspooner 'live' at The Canal Room
Another night, another gig. Last night's show was at the Canal Room, with Morningwood in support. Despite being the smallest venue thus far (350 capacity), bags above a certain size had to be "checked", which I now realise means "checked in" as in "deposited" and not "checked" as in "searched" (while we're at it, I've learned that "check in" to Americans isn't just the thing you do at a hotel, it's also what people in other countries might call "checking on", or finding out how things are--go figure).
As with Tuesday's Kasabian gig, the will-call was a cinch, and there I was worrying for weeks I wouldn't be getting my ticket because it was bought under my brother's name.
Anyways. I'd never heard of Morningwood prior to tonight, though after hearing them I don't think I've missed much. They play blistering, campy and racuous rock, with the plump female lead hamming up Gwen Stefani-style coy affectations now and then. Nice, but not really my thing. The highlight was when they played a song called "Take Off Your Clothes", to which a good dancer in the crowd was pulled up on stage. He did a semi-striptease, then simulated sex and cunnilingus with the female lead. Never in Singapore, I say.
Oh they also had a song called "New York Girls", placing them in the massive roster of acts who have some song about the city in their respective back catalogues.
Thankfully, the crowd wasn't too hot on Morningwood either, and that allowed me to squeeze up to the front, close enough to grab a picture of the setlist (and grab the setlist itself at the show's end). As you'll notice, Fischerspooner played a very short set, heavily plugging their current Odyssey album with only three songs (the 15th, Sweetness, Emerge) from their debut.
Fischerspooner took a very very long time to come on, partly because of a technical difficulty with one the electronic snare drums. Those in front with me got so bored and tired that after some time we about-faced and sat our asses on the stage. Warren Fischer was nice enough to come onstage to apologise for this and arrange for FS' latest video to be screened during the rest of the wait.
As with Tuesday's Kasabian gig, the will-call was a cinch, and there I was worrying for weeks I wouldn't be getting my ticket because it was bought under my brother's name.
Anyways. I'd never heard of Morningwood prior to tonight, though after hearing them I don't think I've missed much. They play blistering, campy and racuous rock, with the plump female lead hamming up Gwen Stefani-style coy affectations now and then. Nice, but not really my thing. The highlight was when they played a song called "Take Off Your Clothes", to which a good dancer in the crowd was pulled up on stage. He did a semi-striptease, then simulated sex and cunnilingus with the female lead. Never in Singapore, I say.
Oh they also had a song called "New York Girls", placing them in the massive roster of acts who have some song about the city in their respective back catalogues.
Thankfully, the crowd wasn't too hot on Morningwood either, and that allowed me to squeeze up to the front, close enough to grab a picture of the setlist (and grab the setlist itself at the show's end). As you'll notice, Fischerspooner played a very short set, heavily plugging their current Odyssey album with only three songs (the 15th, Sweetness, Emerge) from their debut.
Fischerspooner took a very very long time to come on, partly because of a technical difficulty with one the electronic snare drums. Those in front with me got so bored and tired that after some time we about-faced and sat our asses on the stage. Warren Fischer was nice enough to come onstage to apologise for this and arrange for FS' latest video to be screened during the rest of the wait.
posted by The Empty Signifier @ 5/21/2005 05:43:00 am
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2 Comments:
wow, how'd you get the shot of his face (2nd from the bottom)?
Casey's a real showman, and true to his nature he bent forward and did the snarl-in-the-camera routine when he noticed I was pointing mine up his nose (I was right up against the stage). I think it's great how it turned out, lighting and all.
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