I'll be there. Been getting quite psyched as the day gets closer. I never got to see Pulp.

a lot of luck!!!:D

photogirl wrote:

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Hey, I'm from Toronto but heading down to the Monday night show in NYC. I'm wondering what the best way to meet Jarvis is? Anyone got any good suggestions from past experience?

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 Being attractive helps.

Anyone going to the Sunday show?

Man WTF is up with that MisShapes website? Who are all those people and what are they thinking?

Hahaha nice one Yeah they look...umm..."edgy"

Question - why the hell does Jarvis show up at their parties? He's in some photos from one of the parties from back in 2005 I think....wonder if he'll go again...not that I'll be in NY by then - arriving sunday

Fuss Free wrote:

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I debated going to this for a while. Eventually, I decided against it. I've already seen Pulp in NYC once and I went to the Auto Festival in 2002. I rather like that my last time seeing them live was also Pulp's final show. I don't want to ruin it by seeing a lackluster performance of his solo album.

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Yeah but practically every gig he's done so far has been met with great acclaim. Still, if it makes you feel better, keep hoping that it is "lacklustre" (insert 'winking' emotion thingy here).

Yeah, I'm sure he'll be in fine form. I think it's really just the whole "New York" thing. It's a big venue and there's likely to be an audience full of scenesters and industry types. The last time I saw a band I love at an event like that, it really ruined the whole experience for me. Given the expense and time it takes to travel to NYC, I decided I'd really rather stay home.

Now... that 900 capacity Vancouver show... that sounds fantastic. If only..

Doors are at 8, so the opening band will be coming on around 9. Jarvis will probably hit the stage around 10:30/11:00, I'd guess.

photogirl wrote:

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Hahaha nice one Yeah they look...umm..."edgy"

Question - why the hell does Jarvis show up at their parties? He's in some photos from one of the parties from back in 2005 I think....wonder if he'll go again...not that I'll be in NY by then - arriving sunday

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(for the curious, those event photos of Jarvis & Steve Mackey DJing can be found here - http://www.ambrel.net/2005/0205-pulp/index.html . Jarvis' wife Camille also shows up in a few)

anyhow, it's good to hear so many positive things about his solo gigs - I'm on the opposite coast and going to the Fillmore one in San Francisco. I probably should put up a separate post about that...
but have fun, all of you :)

 

ok, well the opening band was the Dirty Projectors.  i missed 100% of their set drinking in the bar.  and i didn't hear anyone say a word about them.

jarvis came on around 10pm.  the opener, Fat Children, sounded exactly like the album.  jarvis was in a good mood, talking over the extended opening chords of the song, 'does anyone want me to tell a story?  well...do you?'  there was a lot of dancing, the band was into it, steve was moving a lot more than i can recall during his Pulp days.  DLHWYT came in next and this is where things got impressive.  the separation this band acheived with their instruments on this song, a particularly easy song to get lost in its richness live in a venue like Webster Hall, was excellent.  jarvis acted out all the lyrics, good fun.  the between song banter was the perfect mix of prepared comments, guaranteed to hit the mark, and genuine on-the-spot observations.  One Man Show had a great intro about following a pathetic single man into a grocery store and watching him purchase a six of beer, a box of wine, some olives, and crisps and picturing him in three hours on his couch in front of a static-covered tv screen (although you hope that he's going to a party and bringing olives out of his concept of generosity.)  I Will Kill Again was preambled with a some references to the Virginia Tech Massacres.  he insisted that his more to do with computers and wanking it.  which was actually a pretty dark line at the time, which is funny.  Big Stuff was huge, actually.  lots going on.  it seems like a more sophisticated live song and definately something he thinks people should be paying attention to.  Surprisingly, i'd say the Big Julie was the song of the night.  the chorus has been punched up considerably and his vocals were dead on huge.  very good.  the main set concluded with Cunts and his "corny" band introduction (steve got very big cheers.) 

the encore was two covers; Heaven by Talking Heads and Paranoid by Sabbath.  the friends that  had brought to the show (not jarvis fans by any stretch) thought that the encore was electrifying.  jarvis teased the crowd by annoucing that some old material was coming up, saying that the band who wrote the song was from here, then added, 'ah, that shut you up.' 

my only complaints would be the elimination of Black Magic from sunday's set and that the whole event seemed a bit short.  overall, 9 out of 10.  yep.  it was a lot of fun.  a lot of fun. 

According to pulpwiki "Black Magic wasn't played due to a technical problem with the samplers."