The White Stripes
Endsession 71 @ 107.7 THE end
Glenn Sound Recording Studio

June 08 2002

SET LIST:
01 Introduction
02 Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground
03 Ball and Biscuit
04 Medoly -  St. James Infirmary Blues/Look Me Over Closely
05 Medoly -  I Think I Smell A Rat/Little Room/The Union Forever
06 Rated X
07 Outro

(19:35)

Source:
All tracks recorded from FM Stereo Broadcast using a GE Super Radio running directly into a Macintosh G4, recording with Soundjam in AIFF mode, then run through Bias Peak to normalize and split tracks.
Tracks are encoded at 192 Kbps, normal stereo

Sound Quality:
A (FM Radio)

Comments:
From "The Ebbtide", The News Publication of Shoreline Community College
© 2002 Shoreline Community Collegeª

The White Stripes are latest band to play 'Endsessions'
Travis Hay
Ebbtide Editor-in-Chief
Class of 2002

Since it first hit Seattle airwaves in the early nineties the radio station The End (107.7 FM) has provided Seattle with an alternative rock radio pulse.

The station was the first in the nation to play bands like Bush, Pearl Jam, KoRn and Everclear. In 1997, the station added another impressive notch to its resume by creating its own special concert series for listeners.

The idea goes as follows: radio contest winners get a private intimate concert from one of the bands that the station plays. These exclusive concerts are dubbed 'Endsessions.'

Since inception there has been 71 Endsessions. Artists like Moby, Tenacious D, the Smashing Pumpkins and Everclear have all played Endsessions. On June 8 Endsession number 71 was held at Glenn Sound recording studio with The White Stripes.

A recent influx of retro-seventies rock bands like The Strokes, The Hives and The Vines have taken over alternative rock radio airwaves.

The throwback-rock styles of these bands give contemporary music a much needed adrenaline boost with blazing guitars and catchy hooks. But perhaps the most impacting of these new/old style rockers are The White Stripes. Their brand of rock takes R&B back to its basics, a guitar and drums.

One thing that allows the band to stand out above all of the other seventies style rockers out there is that they are a two piece band, a la Local H.

The band consists of Jack White playing guitar and doing the vocals, and Meg White playing drums. Adding to the brother and sister duo's uniqueness is their fetish with red and white, the only two colors they wear while performing.

Their current single "Fell In Love With A Girl" is a fast two-and-a-half minutes of in your face verse/chorus/verse rock. The new album "White Blood Cells" would make a great addition to anyone's CD collection. The tempo of the album's songs range from bluesy-rock, to acoustic ballads, to faster paced rock n roll.

The group's Endsession promptly began when Meg, with her pale white skin and long dark hair, plopped herself behind the drum kit. Then Jack, with his pale white skin and short black hair giving him an Edward Scissorhands in red appearance, told the audience of 36 to just shut up.

Their music translated well into a 25-minute intimate in-studio performance. Jack's blaring guitar solos and cracked voice filled the room with rock n roll vibes.

Sadly and fortunately the Jack White Show overshadowed Meg's background drumming. Meg played her simple drumbeats while carelessly flailing her drumsticks and banging her drums. She created a complimentary backdrop for her brother's rock star wannabe on-stage antics.

However, during the entire set she kept looking towards Jack, in a strange sexual tension sort of way, waiting for him to tell her what to do next.

The White Stripes did give a rock star caliber performance with a rock solid set. It started with a bang when they performed "Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground," and ended with "Rated X," a duet between the two siblings. The surprise of the set was "Little Room" a 57 second tambourine and kick drum song that fell near the ending of the performance.

After the quick set Jack left behind his rock star persona and was all smiles at a meet and greet, where he shook hands and signed autographs