Raconteurs at Tower Records: The Line
Hi everyone… were you braving the rain and waiting on line today to get a wristband (and commemorative laminate) to the Raconteurs in-store at Tower Records on Thursday? Will you be at the show? One of the first people on the line had a baby in a snuggly and two young children. Around 9:30 I saw the line was about midway down the block…
But what’s up with them putting the wristbands on each and every wrist? People are reporting that they feel as though they’ve been forced to be Julian Casablancas for 48 hours and/or they just got out of the hospital.
1. danfun | 7:08 am on May 16th, 2006
I got there around 8:30 and got he wristband around 9:30 not too bad. Let’s hope they play more than just afew songs.
2. ... | 7:50 am on May 16th, 2006
she was brave to bring those kids so early in the morning
3. gooogg | 7:53 am on May 16th, 2006
Y’all idiots..and pawns of mediocre rock bands.
4. Anonymous | 8:45 am on May 16th, 2006
They are still available. Just got mine…………..guess they aren’t gaining that much attention.
5. fo | 9:29 am on May 16th, 2006
oh yeh! that was today!
6. Anonymous | 10:26 am on May 16th, 2006
maybe if you quit wasting your time indulging your need to feel superior you could actually create something worthwhile yourself, “gooogg”.
7. Anonymous | 10:27 am on May 16th, 2006
i woke up at 5am to wait in line and said f’ it. got there at 10:45 and they had a good amount left! i couldn’t believe it!
8. Anonymous | 10:29 am on May 16th, 2006
oh - and note they put the wrist band on you TODAY so you have to wear it until thursday - no joke - no joke…
9. Qbertplaya | 11:10 am on May 16th, 2006
as of 2:25pm they had roughly 20-30 left.
10. Anonymous | 12:19 pm on May 16th, 2006
i was there at around 2:30 and they had a bunch left
11. diana | 3:00 pm on May 16th, 2006
aaah! i lined up at 6:30 for the wristband! i thought they would run out quickly, especially since the r-teurs’ irving show sold out like instanteously… oh and it was cold. i was shivering.
12. Anonymous | 3:15 pm on May 16th, 2006
my friend got one around 5 in the evening. i was there at 630 in the morning by the lady with all the kids and another guy was there since 2 am.
13. favian | 4:52 pm on May 16th, 2006
was there today as well. arrived at 8pm to an already long line but it seemed like everyone got a wristband. purchased the new spin and nme with raconteurs on the cover while i was at it too.
my question is where the hell are they going to perform in that tiny record store and fit all those people?
14. Anonymous | 7:10 pm on May 16th, 2006
does everybody’s cd say “saboteurs” in the artist section on computers? i guess it makes sense if they have to change their name in australia or whatever the deal was.
15. Channy | 8:00 pm on May 16th, 2006
midpage, a nice live interview(about 28 mins)and they play about 5 songs live http://www.npr.org/programs/worldcafe/
16. tobias funke | 8:02 am on May 17th, 2006
How is the packaging for the cd?
17. Anonymous | 8:12 am on May 17th, 2006
My hand/wrist is a little hairier than laura’s(i am a dude). She’s a much better hand model than me. Packaging for the CD is quite bland. Nothing crazy
18. Anonymous | 8:16 am on May 17th, 2006
I am not sure how feel about the rule about the wristband being on you until the event.. I work at the UN and it really is not the right environment to b wearing a wristband like that at high level seminars and discussions.. i already have hard enough time convincing people that i am not an intern but a Managing Director of an organization there. the wristband thing does not help my cause… i did convince the individual to make it loose so that I could slide it up my arm out of view (or shhhh take it off)
honestly, i really don’t think that they have the right to dictate that i have to wear it…. if someone is going to scalp it, they probably already a more clever plan to do it. but you know what the scalping situation has really got out of hand lately… i have never have had so much trouble attaining tickets in new york as of late…..
but enough about that… not a really big deal…. more excited about getting to see them in a small venue… now if radiohead would do something like this….
19. Anonymous | 8:32 am on May 17th, 2006
This is somewhat unrelated.. does anybody know where the ‘message’ section of whitestripes.com has gone? You know, the bit where jack posts stuff..
20. Anonymous | 9:32 am on May 17th, 2006
i agree with the scalping comment - i feel like such an idiot walking around my office with the wrist band on!
the message section has been off of the white stripe page for a few months now….
21. Karissa | 12:34 pm on May 17th, 2006
19, I’m guessing it’s because of the controversy that came up every time Jack would say something. Someone on some website would take something too far, and a huge battle between people on the internet would occur, and nothing good would ever happen.
22. Qbertplaya | 2:47 pm on May 17th, 2006
i had no problems sliding the bracelet off of my wrist! but now i have to worry about losing it and/or forgetting it for thursday night!
23. sarah-maria | 8:52 am on May 18th, 2006
oh i wish i could go! but since i live a 2-hour drive from the city and i accompnied my husband to guns’n'roses last night (they were on stage until 2AM and yes i am at work right now) i just can’t make it. hopefully they’ll play new york again soon!
24. laura | 8:53 am on May 18th, 2006
OMG! how was it?!
25. The Modern Age » The Raconteurs So Electric, the Power Goes Out | 10:59 pm on May 18th, 2006
[...] During a lull in the performance, Brendan Benson asked if anyone had any requests. Someone in the front shouted “Blue Veins” to which he said, “Well we’ll have to check with Jack since he sings that one.” Jack said ok and they ripped into bluesy “BV”. And somewhere over the course of the evening Jack thanked us for wearing those things on our wrists for 3 days. Uh HUH. Oh and drummer Patrick Keeler? Still officially the most adorable member of the band. [...]
26. sarah-maria | 6:53 am on May 23rd, 2006
laura - if you were asking about GNR it was pretty darn great. i’m not a huge fan (my husband dragged me there) but axl put on quite a show! he was running all over the stage for the whole 2 and a half hours of action. pyrotechnics, izzy, sebastian bach and kid rock. the crowd got more tired than the band….
27. The Cable Guy | 6:49 pm on May 30th, 2006
The Raconteurs Live!
2 shows, 2 stores, 1 day!
Thursday, June 8th
Amoeba Music, Hollywood 11:00 am
Amoeba Music, San Francisco 9:30 pm
This is a FREE and ALL AGES event!
Space is limited!
Amoeba Music, San Francisco
1855 Haight St.
San Francisco, Ca
(415) 831-1200
Amoeba Music, Hollywood
6400 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, Ca
(323) 245-6400
http://www.amoebamusic.com