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[Jarne]

The Fiery Furnaces play at the Museum of Fine Arts tonight in MA. I'm pretty excited, seeing as how this is the first big concert I actually want to go to (Green Day concert was fun, but I don't care for their music and Paul McCartney was fun, but again, I'm not a fan).
Anyone else going? I'll be the verticaly space efficient kid in the Irony shirt and blue jeans.
Also, any advice no the do's and don'ts of an indie concert?

[Valrus]

Don't, and I'm sure my fellow forumgoers will back me up on this, just stand there. Other people will, as they did when I went to a FF concert (p.s. it was totally fucking awesome), and if you so much as bob up and down you might just feel like a moron. But let me tell you, I really don't like dancing, and I was moving more than most of the people on the floor in front of the stage, and probably a much bigger fan than most of them too. Seriously though, think about what it must feel like to be up on a stage rocking your ass off and have like 30 people right there, so close they could touch you, standing stock still or nodding their heads slightly and peering up at you through their fucking black square-rimmed glasses. I defended these people in another thread, because I can understand the feeling of not enjoying dancing or whatever, but having everyone just standing around? Not cool. In fact I would go so far as to say: Lame!

So yeah, that ended up being longer than I originally intended. I'm not going to be there, but shake your ass. You know the fucking Furnaces are going to earn it.

[Jarne]

Shake yer ass at the Museum of Fine Arts. Gotcha. Maybe they'll play Chris Michaels in two minutes if I dance good enough!

[Valrus]

Shake yer ass at the Museum of Fine Arts. Gotcha.

Because how many other chances will you get? Without curators and shit throwing you out, I mean.

Maybe they'll play Chris Michaels in two minutes if I dance good enough!

Ooh, don't think so. I doubt it's physically possible to do it in less than four.

They might play it, though.

Also, I hope you're looking forward to hearing some stuff off the new album.

Also, if you stick around after, you can probably chat with Matt and Eleanor. I got my copy of EP signed!

[Jarne]

There where seats, so not much standing or anything. Though I did "get jiggy with it" during Don't Dance Her Down (last song, only two other people where standing!). And Elaine had a cold, so her voice was raspy. Not that I'm complaining, it was fun.

[Stifled Dreams]

I SERIOUSLY SAW YOU.

No joke; I saw you waiting in line and I was about to comment on your t-shirt but we kept walking. I was also planning to post something to see if the kid in the Irony t-shirt was in the forums. I was the girl with long straight brown hair, an arcade fire shirt under a blue shirt and jeans - I doubt you saw me, though. I was with a bunch of other highschool kids (9 of 'em).

Anyways, I was sitting in the front row. One of my brother's friends went up and gave Matt a recording of his band. Also, my brother got a set-list and got it signed by both of them. Matt seemed pretty pissed off though, which was understandable since the sound was pretty messed up. I feel really bad for Eleanor, her voice didn't sound too great, but it obviously wasn't her fault. It was still a great concert, though.

I was so happy that they did play Chris Michaels, but I wished that they had played all of Chief Inspector Blancheflower, since that is my favorite song ever.

Anyways, if you want to continue this discussion, maybe we should take it to PMs because I doubt anyone else wants to read this, and the closure of the Don't Be Stupid forums made me more conscious of being rude/unnecessary.

EDIT: Matt, dammit.

[sjbrot]

Hey, does anyone know what's happening with the new Fiery Furnaces album? In the next-to-last issue of Magnet, there was this big article talking about how it should be coming out soon and that it was this big, ambitious double album, featuring their organ playing grandma featured prominently on one disk.

[Jarne]

Last I heard, they're coming out with two albums. One this month featuring they're grandmother and the other sometime in Spring of '06.

[Valrus]

That's the case; the grandma album is called Rehearsing My Choir and it's not a double album. The next is to be called Bitter Tea and at the end of the concert I went to, Eleanor said she hoped it'd be out by next March.

[Garcin]

Holy everloving crap, all of Rehearsing My Choir and available for streaming on Amazon here.

(Who do you love?  Come on.  Admit it.)

I'm only at The-Wayward-Granddaughter (Track 2) -- and my socks!  They are rocked!

The Friedburger grandmum, Olga Sarantos, has a huge part, and her spoken word contributions are quite awesome.

I'm seeing the show tonight at Town Hall.  Be wearing my Bearmonster T -- shout at to any other FF QC forumites.  Matt's going to do the Grandmum parts apparently, and I imagine that Eleanor still has her cold, but expectations are set for awesome.  Will post how it goes if anyone is interested.

[Valrus]

Holy everloving crap, all of Rehearsing My Choir and available for streaming on Amazon here.

I'm not listening! I want to savor the anticipation and not listen to this album in its entirety until I hold its jewel case in my hand. Ohhh yes. Sweet, sweet liner notes.

[Garcin]

Well, jeez, I better not talk about how I just came back from the concert, and how Eleanor and Matt shared the grandmother role.  Because that might totally ruin the experience for you.

So I'll just talk about how they played Blueberry Boat and Inspector Blanchflower at the end, but Matt kept joking around with the keyboard to hilarious effect; and how Eleanor is totally over her cold now; and how their punk rock version of Chris Michaels was possibly the best thing in the history of the world.

Hooolly Shiiiiit  FF is completely insane live.  Eleanor is a punk princess.

[Valrus]

Well, jeez, I better not talk about how I just came back from the concert, and how Eleanor and Matt shared the grandmother role.  Because that might totally ruin the experience for you.

I saw them live too, and they played the new album in its entirety, but somehow I suspect the recorded version just won't sound quite the same. You know what I mean?

So I'll just talk about how they played Blueberry Boat and Inspector Blanchflower at the end, but Matt kept joking around with the keyboard to hilarious effect...

That sounds wicked sweet. Goddamn I love this band.

[Jarne]

They did Blueberry Boat for YOU, Moiche, but not for me? Harumph!
Joking around with his keyboard? Where the two keys still broken?
And yes, Chris Michaels live is the best thing ever. I was praying they would do it in two minutes or under, but I think it lasted about four and a half or so.

[Garcin]

Not sure if keys were still broken, but he did some wierd shit with the mixer on top; so wierd and unrehearsed during Blueberry Boat that Eleanor cracked up once or twice.  Like in between lyrics playing one note, or some bizarre techno assault sample from hell.  

I knew their sound was way more punk live, but it was still wierd to experience it.  It's sort of a kick in the ass to the people who thought that Blueberry Boat wasn't melodic enough.  Also -- I cannot believe they booked Town Hall for that kind of sound -- it would have been even better if people had been standing and jumping up and down.

[mediocrity_wire]

Fiery Furnaces are so much better live its bizzare.

[Valrus]

The Fiery Furnaces are so much better different live it's bizzare bizarre.

Fixed.