Wo was the show any good? What material did Ryan focous on? Did he play any new songs, from Jacksonville Nights?

imho, ryan adams' performance was boring. Ted Leo definitely stole the show. Jesse Malin had a HUGE contingent behind him, seemed that at least half the people were there to see him; entertaining but not really my thing

Can Anybody Identify these guys in these photos I took Downtown on Sunday?
http://ablogsoup.blogspot.com/2005/09/people-music-nyc.html

That's Maximo Park, Malatron. They played the Bowery Ballroom that night. I went and I thought the show was great. I haven't written a review yet, but it'll be up on my blog shortly.

Jesse Malin falls under the "not really my thing" category too. I was also turned off by his fratboy like rants about 'indie rock' between each song. After the show I checked Pitchfork to see if they'd recently given him a bad review or something. Completely out of context, he kept saying things like, "this is not indie rock. put your hands in the air. this is not CMJ. We're not snorting lines of wheatgrass. this one goes out to the critics..." and on and on. It was even worse because Butch Walker already used the 'indie rock' joke earlier in the show. Props to Jesse for actually organizing the show though.

Butch Walker is also not my thing, but his performance was respectable for what he does.

At the risk of Jesse Malin stereotyping me, I also agree that Ted Leo ruled the show.

Joseph Arthur was great too. I'm happy I got the chance to see him live because I can never justify paying to see him headline Bowery Ballroom. That could change.

I wish I had more to say about Ryan Adams, but the truth is I don't know much of his material. That said, his performance didn't motivate me to immediately seek it out either.

I loved what Butch Walker did with that cellphone gag, BV. For those who weren't there, he motioned for a fan who was holding up a cell to pass it up, and then shouted part of the chorus into the phone and threw it back to the fan. Very clever, cracked me up.

Ryan adams actually has an excellent back-catalog repertoire to draw from, and Cold Roses is a great album. All the more surprising that the performance was so insipid.

birdboy-I thought the cell gag was sweet...reminded me of the HBO comedy special with Paula Poundstone (did really just admit to watching that?); someone's phone rang in the first row. PP took the phone and answered it. lol...

"Cold Roses" is a great album.

I was at the show as well. Ted Leo was great and Joseph Arthur was great, too. I give props to all these artists for helping out when it was needed but Jesse Malin has a pretty weak voice and tired stage antics. Butch Walker, I don't even know what to say about that except that I appreciate that he was trying to help. Debbie Harry was short and sweet. It seemed like Ryan Adams was really committed to his material, which I had never heard before. It seemed a little Grateful Dead-y.

I was right by that woman whose cell phone was taken up by Butch. it made her night, she was so happy, and it was cool to see him do such a thing. Yeah i was super excited to see ryan adams, and he is beautiful. ive heard many negative things about him, but his music is keeping me alive right now. i was slightly disappointed by his lack of audience interaction and enthusiasm, but thats just ryan from what i hear.

gosh, doesnt ryan look thin