as i mentioned
earlier, last night i had the chance to see one of the finest acts in indie rock, Modest Mouse, (for the 2nd and a half time). so i asked whitney "when you have 5 minutes could you please write a review of last night's show,"like alexi had me do for vampire weekend. ms. roux wrote:
As an avid fan of music in general, and of course a larger fan of Modest Mouse, I was stoaked to hear they were dragging their asses out to Miami to play at the awesome Fillmore. Due to the hype that my mind presented over the show I think it left me somewhat disappointed. Not in their set list, the songs they played were both known and more obscure, pleasing both the long time fans and the newbies. However the sound just wasnt enough for me, I wanted to feel the vibrations of Isaac's guitar, and jam hard to some banjo. It could have been my positioning in the theater, or the acoustics in general. Despite my hard of hearing complaints, the show was quite good, I would happily burn a mix of that set list off my itunes, but I would hope to see them in a better setting at another point in time, hopefully at Isaac's and Jenny's wedding." 
THANKS WHIT! for the record i'm not a crazy person who has envisioned a fake relationship with Isaac Brock, the lead singer of Modest Mouse, in my head. 4 years ago when they played the Polish American Club i had the chance to meet isaac in the parking lot after the show and chat. i told him pink was my favorite color (he was wearing a pink button down,) and we talked about his court appointed rehab (at least i think he mentioned that, otherwise it was
Joe Russo.) all the while he was signing autographs and being really cool, even though the fire marshall had just shut the show down. finally at some point in this 15 minute conversation/awkward flirtation, he asked "hey do you want to get married,"to which i responded "yeah sure just call me and let me know when." there was some more banter and more autograph signing (no i did not and was not asking for one when i approached him,) and then we parted ways leaving our betrothel forever up in the air. i'll always remember that night- not only did the
Helio Sequence open for MM & rock out, but i had been only listening to MM for all of 2 weeks and was legitimately blown away by how fantastic they were, but by Isaac's intensity, talent and a whole new type of Rock N' Roll charisma he oozed that i have yet to identify.
so i can't find any videos with high enough quality from any of the live shows that fully capture how great MM is so i chose for the more contained, but less shaky camera antics from their performances on kimmel, letterman and the late late show.
"we've got everything" on kimmel
"dashboard" on letterman
"float on" the late late show with craig kilborne
"satin in a coffin" on letterman
"tiny cities made of ashes"(*one of these photos was provided by antonio dell'aglio. i only mention it because he made a comment about it and i'll give credit when credit is due...if i'm in a good mood.)
