Oct. 10

[GBV]

So are we all going or what?

[rocky]

aarrgghh, i was in Toronto in July, Danko was in Europe, bad timing...best I can hope for is something a little more eastern and within driving distance, possibly Montreal which is 12 hours .
That's an excellent idea GBV, hopefully some day we can all meet at the same concert, we'd have our own little cheering section. Food for thought...

[Tidyman]

Hell muthafuckin yeah. As long as it ain't sold out. I'm going to buy my ticket Tuesday at the same place I buy the CD.

[rocky]

Tidyman said:

Hell muthaf**kin yeah. As long as it ain't sold out. I'm going to buy my ticket Tuesday at the same place I buy the CD.

Color me greenwith envy. Enjoy doodes.

[rocky]

Friday October 10: TORONTO Universal Garage Soul Rock N Roll
‘DANKO JONES’ @12:00, ‘Illuminati’ @11:10, ‘Four Square’ @10:00. $13.00 @tm-Hs-Rt-Ss-Cdr.

[GBV]

When sobriety arrives, review will be supplied.
Upon remembrance.

[rocky]

Damn, why do i live so far from Ontario. Enjoy the show GBV, we'll be looking forward to your remarks,er even if you do get 'twisted' ;D

[Tidyman]

I'll be driving AND I have to work the Saturday after the show at 8 in the friggin a.m! What I'm saying is I will most definitely be sober. So I'll chip in with whatever thoughts enter my pea-brain as well.

I didn't make the Detroit gig because stupid as it sounds, I couldn't confirm the gig was actually a go until it was too late. From what I understand the band had to have their shit packed up and off the stage by 9 pm so the techno DJ could set up for the "three floors of fun" night which WJLB hosts every Friday at the St. Andrews complex. When I found this out at 6 pm last Friday I was PISSED!

Oh well, I have no doubt this Fridays show will wash the bad taste out of my mouth.

[rocky]

Tidyman said:

I didn't make the Detroit gig because stupid as it sounds, I couldn't confirm the gig was actually a go until it was too late. From what I understand the band had to have their shit packed up and off the stage by 9 pm so the techno DJ could set up for the "three floors of fun" night which WJLB hosts every Friday at the St. Andrews complex. When I found this out at 6 pm last Friday I was PISSED!

LOL, u can bet that Danko will never return to that club, playing basically at supper time would not attract a worthwhile crowd. Hey that techno DJ must be hot, maybe you should have checked it out T-man ;D

[GBV]

T-minus 16 hours til Danko hits the stage.
T-minus 10 hours til this 15-strong Danko faction cracks open their first beers in prep.

[GBV]

OK, I lied. There are 20 of us going.
For real.
Party starts 6 p.m. in Etobicoke.
Too damn hot for the Danko Hoodies though.
We sweat blood.

[GBV]

21!

I hereby recommend the pay per view be dubbed

"Brown Panther: Black Jack"

[rocky]

GBV said:

21!

I hereby recommend the pay per view be dubbed

"Brown Panther: Black Jack"

jeez G, wish i could be #22, sounds like u folks are gonna rawk. Yaaaaaaaaa. Show em that they have lots of great support at home.

[Tidyman]

message to GBV -- you were rolling 21 deep?!?? Holy shit! I don't know 5 Danko fans!

observations about last nights gig

- we showed up late once again: The Illuminati were in the middle of the second last song in their set. I laughed when the one dude said "We're opening up for Alice Cooper at the Hershey Center. Tickets are only eighty dollars."

- it was a great show, but not the hottest Danko gig I've seen. It started strong and ended very strong, but it didn't seem like they were as "on fire" during some of the songs in the middle of the set.

- The new songs sounded great live. I Love Living In The City might have been even better live than on the CD - and I know that's saying a lot.

- Danko said Lee's Palace was the home of the first ever Danko Jones gig. "We played to a crowd of people who showed up to see Jawbox. I can't remember most of the songs we played but I'm positive we played this one" he said before launching into Samuel Sin.

- Damon sang back up on I Want You, Love Travel, and We Sweat Blood.

- I laughed again when Danko said it was the guy from Four Squares birthday. "and I'm going to break a promise" he added "ladies, he's a virgin." Heh. What a bastard.

- Lee's Palace is still a great place to see a rock show.

- It was a fairly reserved crowd compared to some I've seen. Except for that one chick -- more on that in a sec.

Funny moment #3 - "At Toronto shows there's always a lot of people that I know trying to get my attention" said Danko at one point, "It's working because you're making me f**k up the songs." (he blew the guitar solo in Sound Of Love when he pointed at somebody).

- Cadillac really got the crowd going. Toward the end of the song one girl down front and left of the stage stood on a chair, lifted up her top and held it there until Danko saw her. "You people in the back probably didn't see what just happened. We don't have a jumbo-tron like Kiss" lamented Danko, "I don't know what to say..."

- Mountain was red-hot. You could tell he was feeling it.

[Tidyman]

Here are the songs they played last night. The songs that are numbered were played in order, the songs that aren't numbered were played somewhere in the middle, I'm just not sure of the exact order. I didn't write anything down, so I'm going from memory.

1. Wait A Minute
2. Dance
3. Way To My Heart
4. I Love Living In The City
5. Samuel Sin
6. Sex Change Shake

I Want You
Heartbreak's A Blessing
Bounce
Never Again
Play The Blues
Sound Of Love
Lovercall
Forget My Name

15. Love Travel
16. We Sweat Blood

encore

17. The Cross
18. Cadillac
19. Mountain

[GBV]

Rockin' show.
(Un)Fortunately we were all sillily drunk and my memory is hazy. Thanks for the set list.
Twas I yelling out lyrics of love travel when Danko stopped and said "Waidaminute . . . What did ya say?" before breaking into it.
Where were you standing, T-man?

[rocky]

T-man i believe that there is a high salaried, perk-loaded job awaiting you at Rolling Stone mag, awesome report, thanks. I was actually checking out air line prices in the morning (Friday) close, close, i was so close to going. I left it too late, plus I didn't quite mention it to my better half. " hey hon, guess what"

[Tidyman]

You're far too kind, Rocky! Save that plane ride to t-dot idea for another time, we'll have to meet at a show one day.

GBV I was further back - at the front of the first elevated level. I distinctly remember Danko saying "What did you say? Love Travel? Okay." I didn't hear you shouting but that's cool that it was you he was talking to.

I was damn close on the set list. One guy on the dankojones.net message board walked away with one and I got him to post it. Here it is:

1. Wait A Minute
2. Dance
3. Way To My Heart
4. I Love Living In The City
5. Samuel Sin
6. Sex Change Shake
7. Play the Blues
8. I Want You
9. Heartbreaks A Blessing
10. Bounce
11. Never Again
12. Sound Of Love
13. Forget My Name
14. Lovercall
15. Love Travel
16. We Sweat Blood

encore
17. The Cross
18. Cadillac
19. Mountain

[GBV]

I was hoping there would be new merch, but no.
Bought a nice Born A Lion-era T-shirt but there was no WSB stuff. Already have a BAL hoodie too, so . . .

[Me GBV and 19]

The band was HOT for this show in Toronto; I loved every second of it but like GBV, the memory was a bit hazy after a steady booze flow pre-show.

Other random thoughts:
-Damon can sing...who knew?
-JC rocks harder every time I see him (now around 30 times)
-the new songs are even better with the record now out (and if you don't have it yet...shame on you!).
-kinda sad that the days of seeing Danko 3/4/5 times in a month are gone but that is just being selfish...they deserve even more adulation than they get
-I Love Living In The City kicks ASS live
-they really should bust out Love Is Unkind more...still my live fav.