i saw three jicks shows in january 2007 (w/ entrance) – which i believe to be the first tour w/ the wonderfully brutal miss janet weiss. first: el rey theatre, los angeles, ca. 2nd: glass house, pomona, ca. 3rd: soho, santa barbara, ca. in terms of sonics, the show at the glass house took the cake, but they were all fantastic. steve smiles a lot now onstage. joanna makes jokes. there was a funny moment at the soho show when a heckler said steve’s mom was hot. steve didn’t hear him, but joanna said ‘wait. did he just say “your mom is hot”?’ steve thought joanna meant him and said ‘no. i didn’t say that.’ joanna laughed and they launched into some awesome song or another. Later on steve thanked his cousin and sister for showing up.
anyway, after the show i ran off to get some cash from an atm while the super sweet merch girl waited. when i came back she was there with janet weiss and i held up a shirt to check the size. just then a man walked up to janet + merch girl and said to me ‘that’s the one. that’s your shirt. you should buy it because this is the pre-release tour. once the album comes out they’re gonna have all new sirts and this one will be the cool shirt.’ i said ‘well, i think you just made the band 15 clams.’
i went outside and had a smoke. the band was packing up their gear and carrying it out the side door where i was. they were running back and forth as i sat on a bench kind of half paying attention. then the shirt guy walked out and offered me a camel. he asked if i’d seen malkmus before and what i thought of the show. i told him i’d just seen three and that they were great. that steve seems genuinely happy – which this man says is certainly true. i told him i’d been a fan since i was 15 (so, 10 years) and i’d caught the pave at the fillmore (sf) on the terror twilight tour. he asked if i’d met steve & i said no. he said ‘you should meet him he’s around here somewhere. he’s a really nice guy.’ “i’m pretty certain he is, i just don’t know what i’d say.’ i told him i was especially excited about the new material/record because these songs are fantastic. he asked if i play music. ‘i do.’ he said ‘ok, cool. next time we meet you’ll be playing and we’ll come see you.’ he said good night. i said ‘the merch girl has really pretty hair.’ what a fool my tongue is. i question its timing with that statement bigtime. nice thing to say, akward time to say it. that’s it.
so i didn’t meet the malk, but i crossed paths with miss weiss and malk’s brother in law. oh, i did rub elbows with malk before the show when i went to get tix. he was there at the bar eating with the merch girl next to him and joanna was there as well as paz (bass/violin player for entrance). big whoop!
