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Posted in music | pictures on December 4, 2010

Badly Drawn Boy played LPR w/ Justin Jones (pics, video, setlist), and does again tonight

photos by Chris La Putt

Badly Drawn Boy

"...I ventured to Bleecker Street to the sit down and listen venue once known as [The Village Gate on Friday night]. Badly Drawn Boy and/or his advisors made an awesome choice in booking him there. While it is never fun to sit with six other strangers while popping tater tots, the semi quite audience allowed an intimate exchange between artist and audience.

One table mate commented at the start of the show "I hope this picks up". Agreeably the show got off to a slow start with his admission that he missed his 10 year old daughter and was tiered of gigging. He fiddled with his guitars and monitor and engaged with the audience. At one point early into the show, a local man named Lawrence approached the stage and was told jokingly to F off.

The show did in fact pick up and in fact went on for an hour and a half. Were it not for the confines of G-d knows what that steers the end point of these shows, the Badly Drawn Boy show would have kept going. What a perfect closure awaited. With a little reflection to when he was 14 and a song changed his life, we all knew what was about to come. What we may not have seen coming was the overwhelming sense of oneness with the artist. One did not need to be a jersey shore teenager in angst to have been effected in the past or last night by "Thunder Road". I left with a little a tear in my eye and holding back a flood..." [Music Matters Man]

Badly Drawn Boy returns to the West Village venue tonight (12/4).

A picture of what 'Music Matters Man' says was last night's setlist, HERE. More pictures and a couple of videos from last night's show, below...

Tags: Badly Drawn Boy, Justin Jones
posted at 12:52 PM on December 4, 2010 in music | pictures | Comments (37)

Comments (37)

the village east?
on bleecker st. in the west village?
unlikely...
it was called the village gate, no?

Posted by me | December 4, 2010 1:02 PM

good point. it was the village gate. It's a quote but i corrected it.

Posted by brooklynvegan | December 4, 2010 1:03 PM

Setlist?

Posted by Anonymous | December 4, 2010 1:32 PM

justin jones is seth hurwitz's lover boy.

Posted by Anonymous | December 4, 2010 1:41 PM

"Setlist?"

It's a picture uploaded by someone else. I linked to it in the text.

Posted by brooklynvegan | December 4, 2010 1:47 PM

That's Justin Jones? I thought it was Kyle Dean Reinford.

Posted by Anonymous | December 4, 2010 1:47 PM

Badly Woven Hat

Posted by Anonymous | December 4, 2010 1:49 PM

what were the set times?

Posted by Anonymous | December 4, 2010 1:57 PM

...yeah. I think Brooklyn vegan is better then this.

Posted by Anonymous | December 4, 2010 2:04 PM

When did BDB go on?

Posted by Anonymous | December 4, 2010 2:21 PM

Right after the opener.

Posted by Anonymous | December 4, 2010 3:40 PM

Washed up.

Posted by Anonymous | December 4, 2010 3:57 PM

get a new hat dude.

Posted by beanie man | December 4, 2010 4:36 PM

BV's standards for journalism are pathetically low. Wow!

Posted by Anonymous | December 4, 2010 5:34 PM

Really? Right after the opener? Not 15 minutes later, or half an hour later...but right after? That was a pretty clever response...for a 2nd grader. Keep up the good work, midwestern transplants.

Posted by Anonymous | December 4, 2010 5:44 PM

touche BV, hummus indeed.

I award you a single post reprieve from my devastating snark.

Posted by Anonymous | December 4, 2010 6:07 PM

Anon 5:34

Are you a journalism teacher?

Posted by poet | December 4, 2010 6:45 PM

5:34:

It's a quoted review, if BV doesn't have someone there to review it exclusively for the site, he links to an outside review.

If you feel as though you can do better, and you actually have the time, energy and chops, I'm sure you can get on that. Good luck.

Posted by Anonymous | December 4, 2010 7:14 PM

Yeah 5:34. If you were there, by all means, submit a review. BV might use it!

Otherwise, shut the fuck up you Syracuse University grad piece of shit

Posted by Anonymous | December 4, 2010 7:49 PM

justin jones is the shit.

Posted by Anonymous | December 5, 2010 12:27 AM

Just got back from tonight's show. It was shite. One of the worst shows I've been to in a while. And I say that as a huge Badly Drawn Boy fan, and as someone who has seen them/him live several times before. I feel like I got ripped off.

Posted by Anonymous | December 5, 2010 12:48 AM

@5:44 Yes. Right after.

Posted by Anonymous | December 5, 2010 12:59 AM

Wow, only one hummus comment, in a post in which there is actually a hummus photo.
I guess that picture shut them the fuck up.

Posted by Anonymous | December 5, 2010 1:24 AM

That setlist pictured is pretty irrelevant. He went way off set.

Posted by Anonymous | December 5, 2010 2:11 AM

Please elaborate 1:41

Posted by Anonymous | December 5, 2010 6:27 AM

Who?

Posted by Anonymous | December 5, 2010 7:35 AM

i like those video....it's awesome

Posted by Momotaj Haque | December 5, 2010 8:14 AM

Apparently Jeff Mangum performed last night! Where the hell is some info on that?

Posted by Anonymous | December 5, 2010 10:08 AM

Genuinely confused by the quoted review. The misspellings, the tater tots, Lawrence getting told to fuck off??? What??????

Posted by Anonymous | December 5, 2010 10:13 AM

What's happening in that photo? Were there 2 shows? LPR AND VILLAGE WHATEVER?

Posted by Anonymous | December 5, 2010 10:24 AM

killer cover of "I Wanna Be Adored" with Andy Rourke at last night's show.

Posted by Anonymous | December 5, 2010 12:43 PM

Citizens Arrest. What y'all missed:

http://trashmansreader.blogspot.com/2010/12/where-were-you-when-citzens-arrest.html

Now to look forward too.

Posted by Anonymous | December 5, 2010 1:51 PM

I have studied photography for many many years, and I feel I have witnessed at this moment such an amazing photograph that words cannot express my amazement and wonder. The composition of the final photograph is so awe inspiring and the way the tree creates shadows on yellow awning truly is transporting to a simpler time.

Posted by Anonymous | December 5, 2010 3:13 PM

I saw Badly Drawn Boy at North Six and he had their music playing between bands. I don't think I will ever get past that.

Posted by Anonymous | December 5, 2010 3:44 PM

Black kid in the mohawk is everywhere, huh?

Posted by Anonymous | December 5, 2010 4:20 PM

last nights show was shit. BDB was pissed off cause he is old and not making money. and some points he was really funny to the crowd and at others he was a complete dick. he actually took his electric guitar and threw it across the stage. i did stand next to andy rourke - best part of the show for me

Posted by Anonymous | December 5, 2010 4:40 PM

Not making money??? Tickets were $30 each!!! Dickhead

Posted by Anonymous | December 5, 2010 4:45 PM

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