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Post by Kathy on Jun 17, 2007 12:18:47 GMT -5
Anyone up to writing a full review/recap of the event? Wake up Minneapolitans!
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Post by nowwesayitoutloud on Jun 17, 2007 12:37:49 GMT -5
Kinda partial, not up to anything full (missed the first half due to missing cat). PW and assembled musicians opened second half (we're supposed to kill time, PW said). PW decked out in white threads: pants, tennies, non-working man white T showing beneath untucked, unbuttoned white dress shirt. Mother's Little Helper and one or two more. .... [fill in middle later or someone else will soon I hope] ... No encores (well, I left). Prince's great B-side "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore" was the exit music, presumably chosen by Mary Lucia's Current colleague Bill DeVille, who DJ'd from a sumptious spectator box, stage right. LL was signing books from the stage after, and a lot of the musicians were in the lobby.
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Post by Kathy on Jun 17, 2007 13:05:41 GMT -5
Sorry about the missing kitty, is he/she back home? Anybody else want to fill us in? Bueller, anybody? Here's a great picture of Paul from last night: alexaistotallyobsessed.blogspot.com/2007/06/minneapolis-fcking-rocksthen-and.html Unsure what the thingy on the chin is, it look like it could be an off-center soul patch but am hoping it's a weird mike shadow!
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Post by BronxTeacher on Jun 17, 2007 15:13:05 GMT -5
The thingy on the chin is in fact a shadow; you can see it if you click on the photo to see a larger version.
What I am wondering is...did Paul get his teeth fixed?!? You can only see his upper teeth in the pic, but they look straight and undecayed.
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Post by kgp on Jun 17, 2007 15:41:59 GMT -5
What I am wondering is...did Paul get his teeth fixed?!? You can only see his upper teeth in the pic, but they look straight and undecayed. I was thinking the same thing.
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Post by mrblasty on Jun 17, 2007 16:17:49 GMT -5
If I remember correctly, it was announced that the show was being taped and will be broadcast on the Current on Sunday, which I took to mean June 24th.
There were also several video cameras set up throughout the room.
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Post by Kathy on Jun 17, 2007 16:22:03 GMT -5
If I remember correctly, it was announced that the show was being taped and will be broadcast on the Current on Sunday, which I took to mean June 24th. Well that's good to hear since no one who was there is sharing much info on the show.
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Post by Paul Reiners on Jun 17, 2007 17:37:46 GMT -5
I'm certainly not up to writing a full review, but:
"I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face", as performed by Paul was great. Also, so was some song with the lyrics, "she's a goddamn angel" and something about her "husband in hell". Also, Paul and a bunch of others played an awesome version of the Stones' "Loving Cup". Other than P.W. and Zuzu's Petals, the main highlight was an amazing vocal performance by Lori Barbero (of Babes in Toyland) on some song that I don't know the name of.
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Post by nowwesayitoutloud on Jun 17, 2007 17:38:33 GMT -5
If I remember correctly, it was announced that the show was being taped and will be broadcast on the Current on Sunday, which I took to mean June 24th. Well that's good to hear since no one who was there is sharing much info on the show. OK, I'll try a little harder. I arrived at intermission. The Fitzgerald is an old Vaudeville Theater renovated by Minnesota Public Radio in the early 1980s, the home of A Prairie Home Companion, the radio show and where the movie by the same name was shot. It's more intimate than the Pantages but same general idea. The person sitting next to me said Paul had played drums in the first half but that was it for him. The stage was set up with two overstuffed armchairs at stage right, but those remained empty at first as PW and assembled musicians opened the second half with two or three songs ("We're supposed to kill time," PW said). PW was decked out in white threads: pants, tennies, non-working man white T showing beneath untucked, unbuttoned white dress shirt. He was chewing gum the whole time, which lent him a casual air. The first song was Mother's Little Helper: PW did most of the singing and only took a pass on a few of the lyrics. There were one or two more by this ensemble, although PW took less of a lead role in those songs and I can't remember what they were. Then the band exited and Mary Lucia and Laurie Lindeen sat down in the chairs, kind of fenced in by big radio mikes. Mary Lucia wore a jeans jacket and LL had on a glittery silver dress and cowboy boots. Their conversation was fun to watch, starting with Zuzu's Petals' first tour of England on the strength of one single and no money, continuing through the first album and more touring and record companies and so forth. Then Mary Lucia brought up Paul as a topic, without naming him, something like, "And then you fell in love with a boy." She later referred to him as "PW" much as we do here. At one point Mary Lucia asked a question and sort of fed LL an answer at the same time, something about whether people (bad people) assumed that anything LL or Zuzu's Petals achieved was somehow due to PW greasing the wheels for them. LL played along, but I wondered whether the question and answer applied as much to Paul's sister as his wife. Then it was time for an appearance by PW himself. Someone (I think Mary Lucia) wondered aloud whether they were in store for another PW costume change (maybe he wore something different in the first half), but he came out in the same white outfit. No band, but curiously a helper sitting in a chair next to him (was it Steve Wynn?) was there to feed him lines to "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face," Cyrano De Bergerac-style. But it came off as very dashing anyway. Laurie indeed seemed moved by the song. Then the chair-helper left as Paul ripped into the opening chords of what seems to be a new song perhaps penned just for the occasion, "Goddamned Angel." Lyrically it's a lot like "C'mon C'mon C'mon," with vows that if an unnamed "he" mistreats her, he'll be "going home lame." Then the "he" is kind of named, as "your future ex-husband" who is going to wait for her in Hell. (Seems like it's going to be a long wait, since she's an angel.) I guess it's at this point that PW exits, kissing LL and Mary Lucia on the way off stage. The rest of the show was highlighted by a Zuzu's reunion (on "Love Bullet" and one other song?) as well as Lori Barbero's full-throated number (Why do you have to do that to me?). Someone on the sidewalk afterward said Lori B. sounded better than she ever had back in the day. There was another Mary Lucia-LL gabfest, ending with ML prompting LL about her favorite childhood song "Daydream Believer." Then there was a 80s-90s MPLS scene We Are the World finale as all the assembled musicians returned to the stage for a cover of "Daydream Believer." Ed Ackerson was hogging the only tambourine or maracas, so the girls didn't have much to do outside of singing the chorus. No encores (well, I left). Prince's great B-side "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore" was the exit music, presumably chosen by Mary Lucia's Current colleague Bill DeVille, who DJ'd from a sumptious spectator box, stage right. LL was signing books from the stage after, and a lot of the musicians were in the lobby.
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Post by Paul Reiners on Jun 17, 2007 17:59:21 GMT -5
I wrote a longer review of the show on my blog (for what it's worth). I'll just post a link to the blog entry (rather than copy and paste the contents), since I might expand the review later: www.leipzig48.com/blog2/?p=94
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Post by Kathy on Jun 17, 2007 18:17:05 GMT -5
Well that's good to hear since no one who was there is sharing much info on the show. OK, I'll try a little harder. I arrived at intermission. The Fitzgerald is an old Vaudeville Theater renovated by Minnesota Public Radio in the early 1980s, the home of A Prairie Home Companion, the radio show and where the movie by the same name was shot. It's more intimate than the Pantages but same general idea. The person sitting next to me said Paul had played drums in the first half but that was it for him. The stage was set up with two overstuffed armchairs at stage right, but those remained empty at first as PW and assembled musicians opened the second half with two or three songs ("We're supposed to kill time," PW said). PW was decked out in white threads: pants, tennies, non-working man white T showing beneath untucked, unbuttoned white dress shirt. He was chewing gum the whole time, which lent him a casual air. The first song was Mother's Little Helper: PW did most of the singing and only took a pass on a few of the lyrics. There were one or two more by this ensemble, although PW took less of a lead role in those songs and I can't remember what they were. Then the band exited and Mary Lucia and Laurie Lindeen sat down in the chairs, kind of fenced in by big radio mikes. Mary Lucia wore a jeans jacket and LL had on a glittery silver dress and cowboy boots. Their conversation was fun to watch, starting with Zuzu's Petals' first tour of England on the strength of one single and no money, continuing through the first album and more touring and record companies and so forth. Then Mary Lucia brought up Paul as a topic, without naming him, something like, "And then you fell in love with a boy." She later referred to him as "PW" much as we do here. At one point Mary Lucia asked a question and sort of fed LL an answer at the same time, something about whether people (bad people) assumed that anything LL or Zuzu's Petals achieved was somehow due to PW greasing the wheels for them. LL played along, but I wondered whether the question and answer applied as much to Paul's sister as his wife. Then it was time for an appearance by PW himself. Someone (I think Mary Lucia) wondered aloud whether they were in store for another PW costume change (maybe he wore something different in the first half), but he came out in the same white outfit. No band, but curiously a helper sitting in a chair next to him (was it Steve Wynn?) was there to feed him lines to "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face," Cyrano De Bergerac-style. But it came off as very dashing anyway. Laurie indeed seemed moved by the song. Then the chair-helper left as Paul ripped into the opening chords of what seems to be a new song perhaps penned just for the occasion, "Goddamned Angel." Lyrically it's a lot like "C'mon C'mon C'mon," with vows that if an unnamed "he" mistreats her, he'll be "going home lame." Then the "he" is kind of named, as "your future ex-husband" who is going to wait for her in Hell. (Seems like it's going to be a long wait, since she's an angel.) I guess it's at this point that PW exits, kissing LL and Mary Lucia on the way off stage. The rest of the show was highlighted by a Zuzu's reunion (on "Love Bullet" and one other song?) as well as Lori Barbero's full-throated number (Why do you have to do that to me?). Someone on the sidewalk afterward said Lori B. sounded better than she ever had back in the day. There was another Mary Lucia-LL gabfest, ending with ML prompting LL about her favorite childhood song "Daydream Believer." Then there was a 80s-90s MPLS scene We Are the World finale as all the assembled musicians returned to the stage for a cover of "Daydream Believer." Ed Ackerson was hogging the only tambourine or maracas, so the girls didn't have much to do outside of singing the chorus. No encores (well, I left). Prince's great B-side "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore" was the exit music, presumably chosen by Mary Lucia's Current colleague Bill DeVille, who DJ'd from a sumptious spectator box, stage right. LL was signing books from the stage after, and a lot of the musicians were in the lobby. Thanks, much appreciated by those of us (at least me) not fortunate enough to attend.
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Post by jodi, queen of the underground on Jun 17, 2007 21:39:24 GMT -5
Areg took a bunch of pics with my camera, since I was in the 2nd shittiest spot at the Fitz (well, at least when it came to picture taking). You can see the rest here.
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Post by Kathy on Jun 17, 2007 21:48:05 GMT -5
Is that Jim Bouquist singing with the ladies? It kinda looks like him but he wasn't mentioned as one of the folks playing so maybe my eyes are playing tricks on me.
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Post by scoOter on Jun 17, 2007 21:55:40 GMT -5
paul's "helper" on the lyrics to "i've grown accustomed to..." was jim boquist. he sat on a chair with his back to the audience as he fed the lyrics to paul. all in all, that song was incredibly touching in a VERY paul way. incomplete, kinda funny, off the cuff, not sentimental in the least. yet, effective & incredibly warm & "real".
paul's "goddamn angel" was goddamned brilliant. i hope it sees the light of day. he played like he meant it hardcore, and it was another intensely beautiful moment that was TOTALLY devoid of sentimentality & predictability, but OVERFLOWING with the kind of warmth that precious few musicians are capable of.
jim boquist also played a little guitar over the course of the evening, too.
marc perlman from the jayhawks was the "house" band bass player, and it was weird hearing marc olsen (formerly of the jayhawks) sing without perlman playing bass with him. i was hoping for a gary louris appearance, and maybe a jayhawks reunion, too, but ah well.
lori barbero absolutely blew me away. the wrong person sang for babes in toyland. let's just leave it at that.
i was REALLY excited to hear zuzu's petals (i had seen them 4 or 5 times "back in the day"). they sounded tentative, but they hadn't played together in 12 years, so that can be forgiven. i was hoping for more than 2 songs, and i would have DEFINITELY preferred to hear another song besides "love bullet" (i was hoping for "do not"), but "god cries" was good. very good.
ll seemed a little uncomfortable talking about the book in front of a crowd. then again, judging by the boughts of crippling stagefright she experienced with zuzu's i suppose that isn't all that surprising. it was a really, really cool environment, though. good theater, and a casual conversation between ll & her sister in law with musicians popping in at the right moments to punctuate the stories. i liked it a lot. mary tosses off funny comments pretty easily, too.
steve wynn sounded GREAT, too. linda pitmon played drums throughout the show, and she sounded great, too. rock solid. paul did, indeed, play drums during a song in the first half.
that's all i can remember at the moment.
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Post by mrblasty on Jun 17, 2007 22:01:46 GMT -5
"So, you and PW went on your first date, and, of course, you drove, because he doesn't have a driver's license".
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Post by nowwesayitoutloud on Jun 17, 2007 22:13:55 GMT -5
"So, you and PW went on your first date, and, of course, you drove, because he doesn't have a driver's license". this comment after LL said they went to ChiChi's.
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Post by nowwesayitoutloud on Jun 17, 2007 22:22:02 GMT -5
Here's how Chris Riemenschneider of the MPLS Star Tribune saw it: Local rockers help push Lindeen's 'Petal' An all-star cast of Twin Cities musicians turned out for Saturday night's "Fakebook" showcase for rocker-turned-author Laurie Lindeen at the Fitzgerald Theater. It was a family affair from start to finish. By Chris Riemenschneider, Star Tribune Last update: June 17, 2007 – 9:50 PM An all-star cast of Twin Cities musicians turned out for Saturday night's "Fakebook" showcase for rocker-turned-author Laurie Lindeen at the Fitzgerald Theater. It was a family affair from start to finish. Lindeen's sister-in-law, Current/89.3 FM personality Mary Lucia, sat down with the former Zuzu's Petals singer/guitarist at the interview table. Lindeen's husband (and Lucia's brother), local rock legend Paul Westerberg, sang a few songs and even pulled off a wardrobe change. And the rest of Lindeen's family looked on as she talked about her memoir, "Petal Pusher," starting with how she grew up on Broadway musicals instead of rock 'n' roll. "When people get sad in my family, they put on 'Oklahoma,' " Lindeen explained, to which Lucia retorted, "Well, my family drinks." The familial vibe also poured over into the steady stream of musical guests who flooded the stage, including former Jayhawks frontman Mark Olson, ex-Dream Syndicate singer Steve Wynn, Babes in Toyland's Lori Barbero (whose band Lindeen credited for paving the way for all-women groups), plus other local MVPs Marc Perlman, Ed Ackerson, John Eller and Jim Boquist, all of whom ended with "Daydream Believer." Lindeen brushed off tears as her hubby serenaded her with the "My Fair Lady" ballad "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face," which he sang while Boquist read him the lyrics. The sentimental climax, though, came as Lindeen reunited with her bandmates Coleen Elwood and Linda Pitmon. Lindeen warned, "We haven't done this in 12 years," then appropriately added, "but ... whatever." Lindeen's episode on "Fakebook," a Minnesota Public Radio book-and-music series, will air on 89.3 FM at 6 p.m. Sunday. Chris Riemenschneider • 612-673-4658 • chrisr@startribune.com
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Post by Kathy on Jun 17, 2007 23:10:12 GMT -5
paul's "helper" on the lyrics to "i've grown accustomed to..." was jim boquist. he sat on a chair with his back to the audience as he fed the lyrics to paul. all in all, that song was incredibly touching in a VERY paul way. incomplete, kinda funny, off the cuff, not sentimental in the least. yet, effective & incredibly warm & "real". paul's "goddamn angel" was goddamned brilliant. i hope it sees the light of day. he played like he meant it hardcore, and it was another intensely beautiful moment that was TOTALLY devoid of sentimentality & predictability, but OVERFLOWING with the kind of warmth that precious few musicians are capable of. jim boquist also played a little guitar over the course of the evening, too. marc perlman from the jayhawks was the "house" band bass player, and it was weird hearing marc olsen (formerly of the jayhawks) sing without perlman playing bass with him. i was hoping for a gary louris appearance, and maybe a jayhawks reunion, too, but ah well. lori barbero absolutely blew me away. the wrong person sang for babes in toyland. let's just leave it at that. i was REALLY excited to hear zuzu's petals (i had seen them 4 or 5 times "back in the day"). they sounded tentative, but they hadn't played together in 12 years, so that can be forgiven. i was hoping for more than 2 songs, and i would have DEFINITELY preferred to hear another song besides "love bullet" (i was hoping for "do not"), but "god cries" was good. very good. ll seemed a little uncomfortable talking about the book in front of a crowd. then again, judging by the boughts of crippling stagefright she experienced with zuzu's i suppose that isn't all that surprising. it was a really, really cool environment, though. good theater, and a casual conversation between ll & her sister in law with musicians popping in at the right moments to punctuate the stories. i liked it a lot. mary tosses off funny comments pretty easily, too. steve wynn sounded GREAT, too. linda pitmon played drums throughout the show, and she sounded great, too. rock solid. paul did, indeed, play drums during a song in the first half. that's all i can remember at the moment. So it sounds like you're glad you made the trip?
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Post by Wolfdog on Jun 18, 2007 0:15:22 GMT -5
I don't have much to add to what's been said... but my two cents.. The Fakebook setup is pretty cool. It kind of felt like barging in on a family function. Was great to hear Steve Wynn, Mark Olson, and Lori Barbero. I would have loved an extra song from all of them. It was just one of those great nights of Twin Cities music and people you don't get very often. Sort of like Rock For Karl and the 1st Ave 35th Anniversary. I was really impressed with PW's playing (outside of the questionable jazz drumming ). He sounded great playing leads on Loving Cup and Daydream Believer, and even the jazz chords on 'I've Grown Accustomed To Your Face'. The 'God Damed Angel' song was brillant. I was sitting right in front of Laurie and could tell she was really moved by it. (Mary on the other hand was more like 'yeah, yeah, yeah...get the ham off the stage'.) Can't wait for tomorrow (monday) night to see most of these guys at the Hexagon in Mpls. Steve Wynn with Ed Ackerson, Jim Boquist, John Munson, Marc Perlman, and Linda Pitmon. Could be an interesting night......
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Post by mrblasty on Jun 18, 2007 6:52:36 GMT -5
I'll just add that it seemed that PW knew his place at this show: that he was there as part of the cast to support his wife's big night, and really did nothing flashy to stand out.
Although, things got a little anxious (at least for me) when he walked up to the mike to play "I've grown accustomed..." and asked "Is my guitar buzzing?", knowing what has happened to buzzing guitars in the past....
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