Thighs Wide Shut

while we’ve all gone to look for ‘America’, some dudes back home in the very hitchhickable Saginaw etched parts of that beautiful poem on overground walls!!!

UPDATE!!!!! - graffiti motivation explained!!!!!

Be careful, his bowtie is really a camera!!!!

‘America’ [d-lode]

‘America’ (live in Central Park)

‘A Poem On The Underground Wall’ (live)

The 25th Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Anniversary Concerts – Night 1
Madison Square Garden
Rocktober 29th

this once in a zillion lifetimes concert contained the criznazzyiest of criznazzy collaborations and a super-sized sizzling sing-a-long setlist that set everyone’s ears ablaze and heads into a daze (see belows, complied by Thighlandium’s favorite son, Mr Pibbums), so much so that a listing of the who and what does all the talking and the walking that anyone would ever need to say or walk about the greatestestetstesteteststest 5 hour and 40ish minute concert wees have ever beens to and evers will. great googly mooogly!!!

Jerry Lee Lewis

‘Whole Lotta Shakin’

Crosby, Stills & Nash

‘Woodstock’

‘Marrakesh Express’

‘Almost Cut My Hair’

‘Love Has No Pride’ (Bonnie Raitt)
w/Bonnie Raitt

‘Midnight Rider’ (Allman Bros)
w/Bonnie Raitt

‘The Pretender’ (Jackson Browne)
w/Jackson Browne

‘Mexico’ (James Taylor)
w/James Taylor

‘Love The One You’re With’
w/James Taylor

‘Rock n’ Roll Woman’ (Buffalo Springfield)

‘Teach Your Children’
w/James Taylor, Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt

Paul Simon

‘Diamonds On The Soles of Her Shoes’

‘Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard’

‘You Can Call Me Al’

‘The Wanderer’ (Dion & the Belmonts)
w/Dion

‘Here Comes The Sun’ (The Beatles)
w/Graham Nash and David Crosby

‘Late In The Evening’

‘Two People In The World’ (The Imperials)
w/L’il Anthony & The Imperials

Simon & Garfunkel

‘Sound of Silence’

‘Mrs Robinson’

‘Not Fade Away’ (Buddy Holly)

‘The Boxer’

‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’

‘Cecilia’

(this is udder BS, since they needed their own 5+ hour set)

Stevie Wonder

‘Blowin’ In The Wind’ (Bob Dylan)

‘Uptight’

‘I Was Made To Love You’

‘For Once In My Life’

‘Signed Sealed Delivered’

‘Boogie On Reggae Woman’

‘Tracks of My Tears’ (Smokey Robinson)
w/Smokey Robinson

‘Mercy Mercy Me’ (Marvin Gaye)
w/John Legend

‘The Way You Make Me Feel’ (Michael Jackson)
w/John Legend

‘The Thrill Is Gone’ (BB King)
w/BB King

‘Living for the City’

‘Higher Ground’
w/Sting

‘Roxanne’ (The Police)
w/Sting

‘Superstition’
w/Jeff Beck

Bruce Springsteen
& the E Street Band

‘Tenth Avenue Freeze Out’

‘Hold On I’m Coming’ (Sam & Dave)
w/Sam Moore

‘Soul Man’ (Sam & Dave)
w/Sam Moore

‘The Ghost of Tom Joad’
w/Tom Morello

‘Fortunate Son’ (CCR)
w/John Fogerty

‘Proud Mary’ (CCR)
w/John Fogerty

‘Pretty Woman’ (Roy Orbison)
w/John Fogerty

‘Jungleland’

‘Fine Fine Boy’ (Darlene Love)
w/Darlene Love

‘Da Doo Ron Ron’ (The Crystals)
w/Darlene Love

‘London Calling’ (The Clash)
w/Tom Morello

‘Badlands’
w/Tom Morello

‘You May Be Right’ (Billy Joel)
w/Billy Joel

‘Only The Good Die Young’ (Billy Joel)
w/Billy Joel

‘New York State of Mind’ (Billy Joel)
w/Billy Joel

‘Born To Run’
w/Billy Joel

‘Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher’ (Jackie Wilson)
w/Billy Joel, John Fogerty, Jackson Browne, Tom Morello, Sam Moore and Darlene Love

my/our lord. we may never be able to fully comprehend that bestness that befell our be-eyes & be-ears be-last night. bi the gay, if you really want to know our thoughts on the show, czech our Twitter feed from last noche, and do the same tonight for Part 2 w/U2, Urethra, Metallica and Clapton’s replacement, Jeff Beck

Paul Simon & Friends
Under African Skies
BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music
April 11th

Paul Simon’s Graceland is without question one of the greatesteiststest albums of balls thyme. We’ve been jamming out to it ever since we gots the cassette tape for our 9th birthday, while we were having a sugar overload fest at Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour in Wheaton Plaza. We were beyond obsessed with ‘You Can Call Me Al’ that we made a homemade recording of it, with help from the the 45 record single (if we every find that recording, we’ll mp3 it like the wind). The video for ‘Al’ was tres best, although at that early age, the role reversal in the video led us to believe that Chevy Chase was also Paul Simon. Anywho, his follow-up, Rhythm of the Saints aint nearly as thumcredible, but it’s mos certainly toecredible to say the least. And with that in mind, it was the biggest no-brainer to snag tickets to a show where Paul would be rockin both of these albums with a little help from his friends, including Ladysmith Black Mambazo (duh), David Byrne, Kaïssa, Vusi Mahlasela, Luciana Souza and Cyro Baptista. Sounds like a dream come true, right? Edward james ALMOST!

Apparently it was his friends who were doing the rocking with a little help from Simon. Paul only sang about 5 of the songs, and decided to let the others do the rest of the work. While the stand-ins played the part of Paul Simon quite well (David Byrne nailed ‘I Know What I Know’, although we didn’t go ga-ga for his rendition of ‘You Can Call Me Al’), it was still a huge disappointment that Edie Brickell‘s husband took a backseat pretty much the entire night. It felt like a wasted opportunity, especially since we were too young to see the Graceland tour in ’87 and thus have waited an eternity to hear PS play the entire album. For the love of dog, he spankfully joined Ladysmith BM on ‘Diamonds On The Soles of Her Shoes’. If he didn’t they may have been a riot. Who knows if Paul will ever play the album live again, so we’ll take this over nothing, even if in our hearts we knew the show coulda better than it turned out to be

Bye the gay, we’ve never seen a more white crowd in all our lives. Why do Asians, blacks, Hispanics and Eskimos hate Paul Simon so much? Is it cause he’s so short and created some of the bestestestest tunes mt EVERest? We don’t know, but what we do know, we know, and we’ll sing what we said, and who are we to blow against the wind?

further bleeding:

mo pics from judester1213
paulfournier’s pics
NY Times review
Variety review
PradaShoppeNYC’s review

bestest show we did ever see: Simon & Garfunkel, MSG, 12/4/03 (pre-TWS daze)