http://ny.eater.com/archives/2013/06/sietsemas_fond_farewell_to_nightlife_legend_maxwells.php
― dmr, Friday, 7 June 2013 17:48 (ten years ago) link
Seem to remember going out there once for a secret or last minute Replacements show- maybe somebody else on drums other than Chris? - but ultimately being denied at the door because the place was already full.
― Roddenberry Beret (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 7 June 2013 18:05 (ten years ago) link
Would have been about 1990, I think.
Would consider going to Os Mutantes show, although I am not sure who is actually in Os Mutantes these days and what songs they would play.
― Roddenberry Beret (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 7 June 2013 18:17 (ten years ago) link
would be pretty remarkable to see em in a place that small but I have heard bad things about the nu-Mutantes shows in general. no Rita Lee, for one thing.
― dmr, Friday, 7 June 2013 18:56 (ten years ago) link
huh, sietsema was in a band with elliott sharp
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Friday, 7 June 2013 19:01 (ten years ago) link
Yeah I saw em then, and when they reunited for that YLT Hanukkah show 2 years ago.
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Friday, 7 June 2013 19:03 (ten years ago) link
I don't think Elliott Sharp was always in Mofungo. I think he came in and out of the lineup over the years.
― dan selzer, Friday, 7 June 2013 19:12 (ten years ago) link
I saw the nuMutantes at Austin Psych Fest a couple weeks ago. Not terrible, but I wouldn't go out of my way to see them either.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 7 June 2013 20:08 (ten years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/07/nyregion/at-maxwells-a-proving-ground-for-indie-music-acts-awe-at-a-35-year-run.html?_r=0
Beanbag Amerika was mentioned! That was a serious double take when I saw the name on the will-call list.
― Evan, Monday, 10 June 2013 01:53 (ten years ago) link
http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2013/06/yo_la_tengo_bids_a_tender_-_th.html
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 16 June 2013 06:48 (ten years ago) link
That sounds like a great if bittersweet show
― curmudgeon, Monday, 17 June 2013 15:01 (ten years ago) link
Wish I had been able to make it to that one...
― Evan, Monday, 17 June 2013 15:58 (ten years ago) link
Todd on his booking life
http://hudsonreporter.com/bookmark/22866285--font-size-1-SOUNDING-OFF-I-07030-font-i-br-br-My-Life-as-a-Booker-br-font-size-2-i-A-Maxwell%E2%80%99s-legend-looks-back-on-his-career-font-i-br-
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Friday, 28 June 2013 19:35 (ten years ago) link
the booker with the heart of gold
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Friday, 28 June 2013 19:36 (ten years ago) link
i still have a hard ticket for the july 6th feelies show, if anyone wants to buy it. $25 through paypal and it's yours.
― paula deezen (get bent), Friday, 28 June 2013 20:57 (ten years ago) link
Oh, Wild Nothing got added for a July 26th show if anyone who likes them a lot wants to go to Maxwells one last time.
There are plenty of physical tickets left at Tunes (in Hoboken) if nowhere else.
― Evan, Saturday, 29 June 2013 12:15 (ten years ago) link
The final song each of the last three nights at Maxwell's.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lXYK_p9mTQ
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 7 July 2013 20:54 (ten years ago) link
The Feelies last three nights, not Maxwell's.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 7 July 2013 20:55 (ten years ago) link
Just to clarify, you are saying they played the Velvet Underground's "Afterhours" as the last number three nights in a row.
― Pastel City Slang (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 7 July 2013 22:56 (ten years ago) link
> Todd on his booking life
Thanks for that link.
I made it out to Maxwell's last month for the last Yo La Tengo show there, which was great. But one thing that kinda stood out about Todd was that he was working hard in the restaurant. He was bringing out food, clearing tables, clearing the way for waitstaff carrying plates.
Also, the bouncer was incredibly, incredibly nice.
Seemed like it'd be a good place to work.
― john. a resident of chicago., Monday, 8 July 2013 01:38 (ten years ago) link
Todd is very involved. And yeah pretty much everyone that works there are great people. I've worked a handful of random nights at the door and now I can at least say I worked at this great legendary club.
― Evan, Monday, 8 July 2013 03:21 (ten years ago) link
I was at the July 4th show- you were there EZ?
― Evan, Monday, 8 July 2013 03:22 (ten years ago) link
I wish I was there, but no, a friend posted that on tumblr.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 8 July 2013 03:27 (ten years ago) link
Todd-o-phonic Todd, pow, pow, pow!
― Pastel City Slang (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 8 July 2013 04:24 (ten years ago) link
:)
― balls, Monday, 8 July 2013 04:33 (ten years ago) link
I've been loading up on Maxwell's merch due to sentimental feelings. Got a shirt with the regular logo and a Feelies at Maxwell's 2013 shirt. Also I'm not necessarily interested in any of it for myself- but I have wondered what will happen to all of the notable decor there. I'm thinking it may be awkward to ask.
― Evan, Monday, 8 July 2013 13:59 (ten years ago) link
now I really needed to find out about tonight's show earlier...
Jon Langford's Threesome feat. Tony Maimone and Steve Goulding performing Mekons, Waco Bros. and Jon Langford songs from throughout the centuries $10
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 9 July 2013 20:36 (ten years ago) link
(saw the Mekons here at least 8-10 times, incl their 2nd-ever-I-think US gig, '86)
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 9 July 2013 20:38 (ten years ago) link
No Gary Lucas on that gig?
― Pastel City Slang (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 9 July 2013 20:59 (ten years ago) link
thank God, no.
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 9 July 2013 21:12 (ten years ago) link
I saw a little supergroup of sorts there once featuring Langford, Lucas and Maimone which may have been called something like The Attack of The Flying Brains after some B-movie.
― Orpheus in Hull (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 10 July 2013 02:01 (ten years ago) link
I guess the group was The Killer Shrews but they had a song about a Brain.
― Orpheus in Hull (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 10 July 2013 02:02 (ten years ago) link
The Brain From Planet Eros.
― mick signals, Wednesday, 10 July 2013 16:39 (ten years ago) link
Exactly.
― Orpheus in Hull (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 10 July 2013 17:26 (ten years ago) link
New band name, The Brian From Planet Enos.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 10 July 2013 18:24 (ten years ago) link
A GBV EP title maybe
― Evan, Wednesday, 10 July 2013 20:01 (ten years ago) link
Is that a Dukes of Hazzard reference?
― Orpheus in Hull (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 10 July 2013 20:31 (ten years ago) link
MoB on the 28th
http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2013/07/bostons_mission_of_burma_and_w.html
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 July 2013 20:17 (ten years ago) link
Burma 2 shows. Sunday 28th6pm9pm
― senomar, Saturday, 20 July 2013 20:21 (ten years ago) link
9pm for me. Anyone else going?
― Evan, Sunday, 21 July 2013 01:25 (ten years ago) link
"There was one Replacements show when it got so hot chairs actually melted. It was discovered afterward that the attendance clicker had broken, and they’d let in something like 380 people. Capacity was 200."
Also, David Cross got peed on.
http://www.vulture.com/2013/07/hoboken-sound-an-oral-history-of-maxwells.html
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 July 2013 13:51 (ten years ago) link
The Korn and Leif Garrett details!
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 July 2013 14:23 (ten years ago) link
p sure I was at that Mekons show where Langford fell asleep onstage. (Not really in top 5 of unusual things that happened at their shows.)
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 July 2013 14:25 (ten years ago) link
http://24.media.tumblr.com/9b743413820fa6111a77a44052a439a4/tumblr_mqrtoj65hi1qzy30io1_500.jpgjust posted this compilation if anyone's interested! http://ow.ly/nvtRp
― tylerw, Wednesday, 31 July 2013 18:13 (ten years ago) link
what the hell?
Bob Mould, Hüsker Dü: Maxwell’s is sort of my CBGB. For R.E.M., the Feelies, the Replacements, Hüsker Dü, all the bands of that era—that was our room. Bear in mind, I never played CBGB. In early ’85, I called up and tried to get a gig there. They were like, “Never heard of you.” Really? You didn’t hear Zen Arcade or New Day Rising? Maybe you should go read The Village Voice or something.
― hello :) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 31 July 2013 18:19 (ten years ago) link
and this might be up there in my all time favorite quotes:
Fallon: After Nirvana became big, the major booking agencies wanted you to take their shitty post-grunge bands in order to get their good bands. One very vivid memory is—what’s the name of that fucking band? Starts with a K. Korn. When Korn played Maxwell’s, I said to myself, “What the fuck am I doing here?” The crowd was ugly. The bass player punched their bus driver in the face. It was the exact opposite of why I opened Maxwell’s.
Abramson: Yeah, Korn. It’s never a good sign when a band loads in and starts lifting weights.p
― hello :) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 31 July 2013 18:25 (ten years ago) link
I was there for Lee Ranaldo last night. Great show.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 31 July 2013 20:55 (ten years ago) link
Anyone going to the block party now until tonight?
― Evan, Wednesday, 31 July 2013 22:18 (ten years ago) link
I can't believe I'm lucky enough to see the last show here, ever.
Have fun for the rest of us Evan, hope it's a special night all around.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 31 July 2013 22:26 (ten years ago) link