Elephant 6 tour underway, in NY last night, tonight, tomorrow

what time did the show start?

the elephant 6 set or the jeff-mangum-watching show?

Any Nana Grizol songs last night?

they were onstage at 930 and finished a little before 1

Doesn't seem like Theo made the trip

what's the deal with everyone being obsessed with set times?

i definitely expected jeff mangum to hop onstage, at least for "i have been floated" as he has in the past. i just hope that his presence in the back of the room didn't distract or detract from what was going on onstage. it was a lot of fun.

Damn, love all of elephant 6, but was really looking forward to Theo fronting some songs.

My guess is so people don't have to sit through (proabably) shitty opening bands and arrive just before the band they want to see comes on. At least I do. But none of these bands here.

No openers tonight?

930 start?

Jeff magnum will play tonight.

Thank you.

Jeff Mangum is not playing at all. Sorry but he already said that he would not be playing at the shows. Doubt he will even be there tonight if he went last night.

Wait, they played LPR last night right? And Knitting Factory is tonight?

Hipsters can't even read? Brooklyn tonight and LPR tomorrow night silly 12:15pm

The Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise Tour hit Brooklyn last night (3/21) at Knitting Factory where they play again tonight before continuing to Manhattan for a Wednesday night show at Le Poisson Rouge.

Source 12:10? I call bullshit

Ben Goldberg posted on the E6 forums a while back saying he wasn't playing and will just be attending some shows.

http://www.e6townhall.com/showthread.php?18025-Message-From-Jeff

12:20, give the "hipster" bashing a rest, seriously. it just makes you come off as a lazy, out-of-touch and uptight brat who is bitter because some people have actually overcome their anxiety disorder and are having fun on a friday night.

we get it, you feel alone and you aren't attracted to the life partner you've cowered down with. thanks for sharing.

just because Ben posted to the E6 boards saying "nobody should go to the shows expecting him to play" doesn't mean Jeff can't hop on stage and play if he feels like it. Ben just wants to make sure nobody goes EXPECTING it.

Hipster is really an overused word now. The term really should be 'trendy'.

"and so I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up going along for the ride for a few days"

So the show was 3+ hours? Wow, thats impressive.

"Hipster is really an overused word now."

Can we also throw the word SXSW in their now? Okay, a bunch of bands where playing in Austin, TX last week...WE GET IT! MOVE ON BLOGOSPHERE!

Way to hold out hope 12:40. Do you still believe in the easter bunny and santa?
Ben is basically Jeff's mouthpiece and manager these days.

Trying to parse his words is pretty funny but get it through that thick skull of yours. Jeff is not playing at any of the shows.

Gosh, get over the fucking Jeff Magnum worship. The guy made some good records and decided to take time off. He isn't Syd Barrett. The constant overshadowing of anything that even exists in the same orbit as him is absurd, fawning, idolatry. Why people can't let the man live his life and more importantly let the people who may know him live theirs without it all being about this one guy? All the OMG! Greatest thing ever! etc etc just seems like hyping up shit so as to to make it important to yourself. Nothing against J.M., as said he made some good records, but the fucking culture that exists around his absence.

who the fuck cares either way.

Jeff was also at The Ex show at Rock Shop a few weeks ago
He did not play with them either.

Only gripe was the knucklehead E6 people selling all the exclusive tour 7inches before getting to NYC.

"Can we also throw the word SXSW in their now? Okay, a bunch of bands where playing in Austin, TX last week...WE GET IT! MOVE ON BLOGOSPHERE!"

Well, "SXSW" is really more like those Pavement/Yo La Tengo weekly fads that kept popping up every now and then. It'll go away for the most part. I will agree, I'm tiring of the SXSW shenenigans though.

12:39pm what are you talking about?

people like you are the reason we can make fun of dumb hipsters like yourself

SXSW is a big deal for bands...DEAL WITH IT IDIOTS!

sxsw > cmj

p.s. jeff will be playing with them tonight and lpr shows

1:09....in this sea of morons, I am specifically calling you out as a f--king poser with ZERO clue about actual music.

I'm in the same boat as 1:23.

@1:21, p.s. you are a troll baiting idiot.

anyone who uses the term, "troll" = idiot

^^ Good comeback 1:21

These are the best comments on the Internet right here.

Charlie Sheen posts on BV?

12:39, back up that empty statement. you aren't even a capable internet troll.

you are name-calling "hipster" at anonymous posters on the internet. for all you know, i could be an overweight 45 year old mail carrier from Lansing, MI, who visits this site to find more bands that sound like the arcade fire.

but you envision everyone on here as svelte, trust-funded, trucker-hat and skinny jean wearing, tattooed bros, because your life is so unsatisfying you just KNOW everyone out there is having more fun than you. and you're probably right, actually.

when you look at yourself, and you think about why exactly you are so disgusted by the "hipster," ask yourself what it is inside you that is so unfulfilled. i think you have a lot left to figure out.

Are these bands Bruise Cruise approved?

bravo 143pm at least some people get it....

not only if dumb hipsters like 127 and 134 can go back to their parent's house and actually work for a living, the world would be a better place.

^^^^ Oh @1:21/1:51 you are so fucking transparent it is hilarious. You are the hipster troll moron with no life. Thinking it would be funny to bait people on here with the "Mangum is playing" comment. Fucking loser, nice try.

203pm.

Please go find a job.

Please don't be posting on BV for shows you're not going to.

Thank you

^^ another excellent comeback. The jobless trolls are doing very well today

I think since Jeff has some of his own shows coming up he has less of a need to pop up.. There are some immensely talented individuals in the E6 family and while Jeff has given that scene a lot of notoriety his presence on the shows just overshadows them too much and he understands that (and so do his friends)

1:23/1:26: Yeah, I'm a moron. Yep. Without a doubt. Just because some anonymous poster said so.

And you're not touchy at all. No sir. Can handle a negative opinion about things they like real well too.

You guys ever see the movie Troll 2?

"surrealist stories, neo-hippy-fest"

this reviewer does not deserve to see, and review, shows like this

was he/she even in first grade when the elephant bands were making music?

Taglines for Troll 2 (1990):

One was not enough!

The original boogeyman is back

you know,your vedio made me hot!

Jeff was there last night in the back. Who cares. Someone actually hit the moon so Spring is coming! Great show!!

Clearly the kids at the Knitting factory screwed up the snowball throw what with all the hail that happened last night. Thankfully a real pro hit the moon at last nights show, so spring should be right around the corner.