Icky Thumped.....

G-Man got word of the 'secret' White Stripes concert to be at the Fillmore on Tuesday, June 19, so he set his alarm to early Saturday morning and zoomed into Manhattan to get his tickets. Five hundred were to be sold, two max per customer. He was reassured by the guy behind him, a self-proclaimed veteran of these things ( he must have done Paul McCartney at the Hillside last Wednesday), that they were in- no prob. But no go. About 75 people short. Daily Nuggets includes a YouTube video of "the line." Also, here is a concert review and some cellphone pics from The Modern Age.

A truly exquisite review of the concert was posted on Brooklyn Vegan by someone named Bliss (or else that was his signoff):

Fuck Paul McCartney Fuck Interpol Fuck Franz Ferdinand Fuck every other show This was the show of the year so far. This show had everything Nasty Guitar licks Beautiful Heartfelt Blues Meg's Amazing Breasts flapping to and fro An absolutely horrible opening group Stupid Record Company people Hipsters galore Moron Lugheads(specifcally fat guy in red shirt, imbicile in white shirt and jerkoff in the fireman t-shirt of which 2 were thrown out) Your requiste celebs(Drea Demateo, Shooter Jennings, Rufus Wainwright, Jim Jarmusch, Aziz from Human Giant, One of the guys from 30 Rock,Danny Masterson And finally what amazing show would not be complete without shout outs to Yonkers. Bliss

This week's Rolling Stone has both an interview (Inside Icky Thump, where Jack White "tells the stories behind the tunes on the White Stripes' heavy, eclectic new disc.") and a review (3.5 of 5 stars - high praise, but dissing his songwriting, saying he is a 'sonic architect')