http://slashtheseats.com/term/news/2538 en http://slashtheseats.com/node/9066 <div class="fb-social-like-widget"><fb:like href="http://slashtheseats.com/node/9066" send="false" layout="button_count" show_faces="false" width="350" action="like" font="verdana" colorscheme="light"></fb:like></div><div class="field field-type-text field-field-newsfeed-story-abstract"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p><a style="display: inline;" href="http://soundbites.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c81bd53ef01116898b2c6970c-pi"><img border="0" title="MJ_BB" src="http://soundbites.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c81bd53ef01116898b2c6970c-800wi" class="at-xid-6a00d8341c81bd53ef01116898b2c6970c" alt="MJ_BB" /></a></p> <p>Last we saw <a target="_blank" href="http://www.myspace.com/mysteryjets"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mystery Jets</span></a>, <a href="http://soundbites.typepad.com/soundbites/2006/03/mystery_jets_me.html">circa 2006 at Mercury Lounge</a>, they were crusty youth who weren&#8217;t sure whether they wanted to be Dexy&#8217;s Midnight Runners or King Crimson. Fast forward two years and we&#8217;re at a mostly packed Bowery Ballroom and a lot has changed for the band. Gone is 50-something Henry Harrision, singer Blaine&#8217;s dad who played with the group and probably said thing&#8217;s like &quot;That&#8217;s not how Rick Wakeman would&#8217;ve done it!&#8217; at practice. With him went Mystery Jets proggy tendencies, replaced by soaring hooks and a love of Big &#8217;80s pop.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> Their look has changed too, an unfortunate sparkly fashion sense seemingly inspired by Blanche on Golden Girls, complete with Prom Pearls. But we all wore some regrettable things when we were 20, as evidenced by the very young crowd many of whom looked like they&#8217;d just come from Neverland. (The island, not Michael Jackson&#8217;s former ranch.) But I&nbsp;digress.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div> <p><a style="display: inline;" href="http://soundbites.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c81bd53ef01116898b2c6970c-pi"><img border=&#8221;0&#8221; title=&#8221;MJ_BB&#8221;&nbsp;src=&#8221;http://soundbites.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c81bd53</a></p></div><p><a href="http://slashtheseats.com/node/9066" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://slashtheseats.com/node/9066#comments Henry Harrision Michael Jackson mystery jets Rick Wakeman Twenty One Two Doors Down Whitney Houston William Rees Yes You Can't Fool Me Dennis Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:33:10 +0000 soundbites 9066 at http://slashtheseats.com