August 23, 2005
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White Stripes and Dinosaur Jr.
This past week has been insanely fun. A couple of shows, a Vegas trip, and now Mixygirl is away for two weeks with Greedymonger in Russia. Let's start with last Tuesday, when I caught the White Stripes at the Greek Theatre.
So, I like the White Stripes and think the White Blood Cells, and Elephant albums were amazing. However, I am not what I would describe as a superfan. The Greek Theatre show made me a believer though. We arrived just in time, as they went on stage the minute we reached our seats. The set was amazing. The backdrop had a back lit apple on it in the center. You can see what I mean by checking out their website. The glowing apple was set in the middle of a black and red mural of mountains and palm trees. I realized halfway into the set that The backdrop represented the Garden of Eden. And if so, that meant that Jack and Meg were playing Adam and Eve. Very appropriate, given that they are man/woman, sister/brother, ex-wife/ex-husband all at once. I felt the show was just intensely powerful, and a rare statement of rock performance as art. The music that they have appropriated and invented as their own is at the same time highly derivative of the blues, and punk rock, yet totally and utterly original. The power of Jack White's singing and guitar playing, was just that... powerful. And while Meg's drumming sounds at times woefully unskilled, that night it fit perfectly in this creation that they have made together. I had personally been skeptical of the future and worth of this band due to Jack White's tabloid exploits with starlets and marriages to supermodels, but this show blew me away.
After another day of work last Wednesday, Mixygirl and I joined Bagel and Damon for Dinosaur Jr. at the Avalon. Was it as good as the Spaceland Reunion show a couple of months ago? No, but what did you expect. The show still kicked ass though, and we saw Chloe Sevigny in the audience again. Highlights included "Just Like Heaven", "Little Fury Things", "The Lung", and slam dancing to "Freak Scene" which is a dream come true for any boy who grew up listening to post punk in the late80's, early 90's.
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