Stereolab 3/28/2006

[€uroMeinke]

Stereolab is playing at the Henry Fonda Theater on March 28th. I've been listening to this band for some time but never have seen them live. I may have to change that.

Tickets are $23 plus all the usual service charges (God I hate Ticket Master).

[Ghoulish Delight]

Tickets are $23 plus all the usual service charges (God I hate Ticket Master).You could drive to the theater and buy tickets from the box office.

[€uroMeinke]

I'll have to check the Metro connections - of course some venue just use Ticket Master in their box offices (bastards)

[Gn2Dlnd]

Get off the Red Line at Hollywood and Vine & walk East one block.

[€uroMeinke]

Get off the Red Line at Hollywood and Vine & walk East one block.

Toot!

[€uroMeinke]

Just thought I'd bump this up - I got tickets yesterday - sadly through the usual ticket master extortion. But they are still available should anyone care to join us

[mousepod]

For the record, I have never been to a bad Stereolab concert. They kick serious ass live.

[blueerica]

Hmmm...

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Bah, it's a Tuesday.

[Not Afraid]

What, does life come to a halt on Tuesdays?

[innerSpaceman]

Pfft, yes ... for people who must get up the next morning for the job that allows them to pay for TicketMaster's usurous surcharges.

[Not Afraid]

But, but but, Chris takes the train at 6:00 am and HE'S going!


Old man. ;)

[innerSpaceman]

Yeah, well he's in the grips of mid-life crisis, and I'm over mine.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

What, does life come to a halt on Tuesdays?I live an hour away from the venue, I have a job that I have to wake up for, and calling in "sick" because I stayed up late the night before is the adult version of faking a tummy ache so you don't have to go to school.

Call me a spoilsport...

[Not Afraid]

Yeah, well he's in the grips of mid-life crisis, and I'm over mine.

Touche!

:)

[€uroMeinke]

For the record, I have never been to a bad Stereolab concert. They kick serious ass live.

Cool - They are one of those bands you wonder about how they compare live to their very produced CDs

[€uroMeinke]

I live an hour away from the venue, I have a job that I have to wake up for, and calling in "sick" because I stayed up late the night before is the adult version of faking a tummy ache so you don't have to go to school.

Call me a spoilsport...

Spoilsport :p

[FEJ]

if I dont work that night, or too early the next day, I am there..I love my new hours/job :)

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Spoilsport :pThat's what I wanted to hear :)

[Not Afraid]

Ahhhh.....connected at the Theater!

9.10 and no band yet, which is good since it only took 1.5 hours to go 24-miles. I love LA in the rain.

[€uroMeinke]

Here are my thpughts on the evening cross-posted from my Live Journal:

Stereolab
The year continues to be a music-intensive one, last night we say Stereolab in Hollywood. Yes it was a Tuesday night, work the next morning and all that. And Yes it was a rainy night – which for us meant our normal 30 minutes to get to Hollywood turned into an Hour and 30 – It’s amazing how crippling rain can be the freeways here. None-the-less, we went and had a great time.

I was a bit nervous about seeing them live. Their albums are so produced I had to wonder just how much you actually see them do. Usually bands are much better live, but I’ve had a few experiences where the live band just bored me – and there’s nothing worse than being bored at a concert.

Stereolab is great live. In this day and age where everything is sampled, it’s a delight to a group of musicians assemble this sound from scratch. I commented to Lisa during the show – I don’t think I’ve ever seen French horn being used in a pop concert before. But that was only the beginning. Lætitia Sadier, the lead singer, had a box of various purcusion instruments that she’s grad things from, but as the concert progresssed we watched her, sing, play keyboards, and then seeminly out of nowhere pull out this trombone. I will forever have this image in my mind of her belting out a song, left hand on a keyboard, right hand clutching her trombone. It was amazing, and their raw live sound was spectacular. Now I will have to search for any live records that exist out there

[Not Afraid]

Well, I went to see Sterolab with Chris and wasn't really looking forward to it. I'm not a huge fan of their recorded music but I find that I often like live music a lot more than the recorded versions and. I'm nothing if not adventurous.

Well, they were FANTASTIC live! Many band members playing lots of different instruments and producing an eclectic mix of sounds - a cacophony that was strangely balanced and very melodic. The lead singers' voice was not so much in the forefront, which I appreciated, since it is not one of my favorite voices in contemporary music. The mix was exciting and enthralling and I hope we can find some live recording in the future because their studio albums just don't have the same appeal. So, I'm glad I went, kept an open mind and enjoyed a great band play a fantastic set.

[€uroMeinke]

You rock MousePod!