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What do you get when two of the hardest rocking acts team up to tour? One helluva good show. Having seen Nine Inch Nails in Vegas last December I didn’t want to miss this show, and Jane’s Addiction was the delicious icing on this rockin’ cake.
Street Sweeper Social Club, the new project for Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine fame, opened the show. Even with our early start heading to the venue we only heard a portion of their show while we waited in line at the bar for drinks. They weren’t wasn’t half bad, had a similar feel to Rage Against the Machine, but to be honest I really wasn’t paying attention.
With cocktails in hand we headed down to our 10th row seats. We were situated off to the left side, but had a great vantage point. Shoreline is one of my least favorite venues, but having good seats made up for its shortcomings.
It was still light out when NIN came on a little after their scheduled 7:45 start time. This was a bit weird considering the dark nature of the music. Visually, the show was much more stripped down than last tour – rows of white par cans and strobes and no color whatsoever. Compared to last tour some might be disappointed to not have all the elaborate screens backdrops and moving head lights. However, this tour seems more about channeling energy through the music rather than relying on elaborate production values. I’d say they succeeded.
During set break Whit, Nicole, Amy and I headed up to the lawn to relax and check the vantage point from up there. It made me appreciate the great seats we had and reinforced how much I despise the lawn at shoreline. Steep, far, and sound too quiet.
When Jane’s took the stage at about 9:30 we promptly stood up and walked swiftly to our seats. The intro was a clip from the movie where the son laments wishing seeing Jane’s before they broke up. The band played the intro to Three Days during the clip and launched into the song as the screen lifted to reveal the band. Jane’s was on point and I love hearing the full sound. Dave Navarro killed it on the guitar and regularly came to our side of the stage to ham it up for the audience.
Of the two, I enjoyed Nine Inch Nails the most. While Trent will play some of his older material, it’s obvious he’s continuing to work on his music and willing to experiment and take chances with his shows. Jane’s on the other hand played almost all their material from Ritual and Nothing’s Shockin, and very little from Strays. So while the music is great, they aren’t pushing themselves with much new material.
NIN “Home” – 5/22/09 Shoreline, Mountian View, CA
JA “Jane Says” – 5/22/09 Shoreline, Mountian View, CA
Post show weirdness. There was a helicopter flying around with a spotlight obviously searching the area for someone. Apparently someone stole a police car. Buncha savages!
More video clips after the link…
Resurrected from the depths of my live archive, here’s my mix from our Priceless campout last year. Priceless this year is looking to be another hot one on the river once again, so get a ticket while you still can.
graphic by Marc Scheff
Q: What country parties the hardest?
0 Comments Published by Jay May 15th, 2009 in day to day, music, musings, obi-j.A: Spain
Air pollution has long been a fact of life in Spanish cities, but scientists now say it is not just smog that chokes people as they walk to work or stroll through the park. A new study has found the air in Madrid and Barcelona is also laced with at least five drugs — most prominently cocaine…in addition to cocaine, they found trace amounts of amphetamines, opiates, cannabinoids and lysergic acid _a relative of LSD…
Not only do they know they’re using a lot of drugs and all kinds, but they know WHEN they’re getting lit the most:
The group said the study showed higher concentrations of the components on weekends, suggesting that drug consumption was up in these periods.
And they know that Spain gets down far more than other European countries.
Mar Viana, another researcher who worked on the project, said the levels were far higher than those found in similar studies in Europe. A similar study in Italy found traces of cocaine and cannabis in the air in Rome and Taranto in the south.
via SFGate
