On Saturday night, local boy done good Beck Hansen came home for his first-ever gig at the Hollywood Bowl. Towards the middle of Beck’s set, he was joined by the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra conducted by David Campbell - the troubadour’s father. Our buddy SG attended this memorable gig and came back with quite the souvenir: an outstanding recording of the show.
He’s shared the recording with us, and of course we’re sharing it with you!
Beck
9-20-2008
Hollywood Bowl
Hollywood, CA
Source: DPA 4022s>Sound Devices 722 (24/48)>Peak (resample/dither)>CDWave Editor>FLAC
Recorded by: sg
1. Loser 2. Girl 3. Nausea 4. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat 5. Minus
6. Qué Onda Guero 7. Nicotine & Gravy
8. Mixed Bizness / I Want to Take You Higher Medley
9. Devils Haircut 10. Timebomb 11. Soul Of A Man
12. Gamma Ray 13. Hell Yes 14. Black Tambourine
15. Modern Guilt* 16. Paper Tiger* 17. Think I’m In Love*
18. Missing* 19. Lonesome Tears* 20. Replica*
21. Round the Bend* 22. Chemtrails*
23. Where It’s At / High 5 (Rock the Catskills) Medley 24. E-Pro
* With the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra conducted by Beck’s father, David Campbell.
As you may remember from our three-part B List series, we’re disturbingly enamored with stage setlists. Just today, our new friends at Rolling Stone posted a kickass photo of Beck preparing the official setlist for his tour opener in Reno.
[Photo by Chris Tuite for Rolling Stone]
Be sure to check out the entire article for more on Beck’s tour, including his scrapped lighting ideas and his collaborations with opener Devendra Banhart.
When the first leg of Beck’s tour was announced we were disappointed to see that he wasn’t making it east of Chicago. Luckily, the folk/dance/punk/pop/rock troubadour has finally added his first public NYC date since way back in October of 2006. Both Ace and I caught the bug at those shows, so I can’t wait for Beck and his new band to take the stage at the United Palace Theater on October 9.
Brooklyn Vegan shares full details about the presale, including the news that electronic-rock favorites MGMT will open in NYC:
Beck & MGMT are playing United Palace in NYC on Thursday October 9th. A presale (PASSWORD = modern) starts Friday August 1st at 10:30am. Tickets are $49
Beck’s touring in support of his mighty fine new album, Modern Guilt, which he co-produced with Danger Mouse. For a taste of the new album check out the videos for Orphans and Gamma Ray. We’ll see you on the 9th!
Over forty years into their career Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend are still as capable as they were in their heyday of rockin’ mass audiences. Anyone who has seen The Who since they returned to the road in the late ’90s can attest to that. The band, who were recently honored by Vh1, is set to hit the road again this fall for a mini-run of predominantly East Coast-centric shows. There has also been persistent grumblings about the band working on another new album (and rumors of a rift), so maybe they’ll be road testing some new material.
If you’re not into Pete Townshend windmills and Roger Daltrey twirling the mic like a madman, then maybe one of these recently announced tours will be for you…
Finally, the ever adorable Jenny Lewis will release her second solo album Acid Tongue this September. The album will feature a slew of guests including Elvis Costello, Chris Robinson, M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel. In anticipation of the release the former child star has revealed a handful of dates including several shows with former labelmate Conor Oberst - culminating with a show at New York’s historic Apollo Theater on October 4 which may include some of those guests.
We know that many of our readers love to take pictures at shows, so perhaps a few of you might be interested in the latest contest from our friends at Jamtopia. Get your best shots together by September 30 and enter the 2008 Jamtopia Concert Photo Contest for a chance to win a Canon PowerShot SD750 Camera. Head over to Jamtopia to find out how to enter, read the official rules, meet the judges and to get some great concert photography tips & advice.
Let’s take a gander at what else is happenin’:
Finally, we’ve been blahging for about 21 months and we’ve never mentioned Usher once. But we couldn’t resist posting this video of the Showbiz Pizza band dropping Love In The Club. Now if we can just get someone to program the animatronics to play along with Zappa’s Dinah-Moe Humm we’ll be in business.
On Wednesday we told you about all of the places you can listen to and/or watch all of the action from Bonnaroo, but today let’s take a look at who’s reporting live from the scene. HT Contributor Randy Ray has already started filing quick-and-to-the-point dispatches at Jambands, while the Knoxville News’ Bonnaroo Blog offers an offbeat look at the festival every couple of hours.
And don’t forget to check out Umphrey’s McGee’s brand new blog, The Floor, for the artist’s perspective on life at the ‘Roo. They’ve already put up a shitload of posts about their misadventures in Manchester in the first 24 hours.
Let’s end the week the way we started it with a buncha links:
I’ll be hitting two Steely Dan shows this weekend with The Coach, and Jeff will join me for a little Vampire Weekend action tomorrow afternoon. What’s your story? Let us know what you’re up to by leaving a message below…
For those of us who aren’t going to be attending Bonnaroo in person, we’ve still got some options to check out the action live from Manchester. As usual, the AT&T Blue Room will offer a webcast, while the folks at XM will be broadcasting performances all weekend on XMX (Channel 2).
Let’s not forget Fuse, who will be airing an hour special live from the festival on Saturday and three hours worth of footage on Sunday night.
Okay, that’s enough about Bonnaroo for an hour or so. Here’s a buncha links to help you get over that dreaded Wednesday hump…
Finally, NYCTaper was on hand last night at the McCarren Pool in Brooklyn where Death Cab For Cutie’s set ended abruptly when a major storm quickly enveloped the venue during The Sound of Settling. Apparently it was quite a scene when the organizers of the event jumped on stage to rush the performers to safety, and told the audience to essentially get the fuck out of there. Can’t wait to hear the tapes!
I know we missed our usually Monday morning link dump, so don’t hold it against us that Hors D’Oeuvres are a day late - but everyone loves leftovers though right? So let’s kick the week off and even we’ll throw in few extra stories…
Finally, around this time last year we were wondering about the whereabouts of one Michael Gordon. Well after ol’ Gordo’s name started to pop up on several festie lineups we started to wonder about just what Catcus has up his sleeve when he hits the stage this summer. Turns out the former Phish bass player has a new album that will hit stores on August 5th called The Green Sparrow. Former bandmates Trey Anastasio and Page McConnell make guest spots.
Phil Lesh and Friends started their sure-to-be-epic five show run at the Warfield with a bang last night when they played all of the Grateful Dead’s self-titled debut album in the first set. As if that wasn’t enough they played all of the Dead’s second album, Anthem of the Sun, during the second set.
Never one to miss out on a good time, Bob Weir joined his former bandmate for a few tunes in each set. Phil and Friends still have four shows left at the Warfield, so we can’t wait to see what they have up their sleeves.
Finally, we got the sad news yesterday that founding Rush drummer John Rutsey, aka the Canadian Pete Best, passed away this weekend. Most people don’t even know that Rush had a drummer before Neil Peart, but Rutsey actually left the band on his own due to complications from diabetes.
Word on the street is that everyone’s favorite Scientologist, Beck Hansen, is set to follow in the footsteps of Radiohead, NIN and The Raconteurs by putting out his next album in mere weeks. According to a report by MTV News the new album was produced by Danger Mouse and will feature a number of collaborations - including one with Cat Power. MTV’s inside source says an official announcement is expected “veeerrry soon.” We can’t wait!
