By now, i'm sure you've either seen Primanti Brothers on the travel channel, suggested to President Obama on the Daily Show or somewhere else.
It's the place with the giant sandwiches piled high with french fries and coleslaw.
After the show we were HUNGRY and opted to drive about 45 minutes out of our way to sample the wares of this famous establishment.
It was exactly what i was expecting. We walked in to a small crowd and found some seats easily. Unable to put three brains together and figure out an order we opted to just get a few standby's and share it all. We ended up with Turkey, Corned Beef and Roast Beef.
Deliciousness...
While the fries were soggy and pretty bland, the coleslaw provided lots of flavor and crunch. The meats were top quality and the bread was solid, if pedestrian.
I can definitely see why this is a must hit landmark for all visitors to the 'burgh and a mandatory late night stop (open 24 hrs) for the boozers, but this is NOT something you can eat on a regular basis.
I hear the breakfast is really good as are the other more creative sandwiches.
Grades:
Turkey: B+
Roast Beef: B- (meat wasn't very rare and made it dryish)
Corned Beef - B+ (not my style of corned beef, but still very good)
Friday, June 26, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Ahhhhh Page
One of the most widely spread comments after Hampton was how great it was to have Page turned up in the mix. Page was on fire (see reviews below).
The sound at Hampton was like nothing I'd ever heard before. So clean and crisp and each band member was perfectly audible.
This has not been the case over the summer, where sometimes i can barely hear Gordon and Page has definitely been turned down and Trey has been louder than he needs to be on many occasions.
Also, what's up with the short Squirming Coil endings?
One of the most beautiful moments from many shows has been the set ending Coil soloing. The interplay with the three instrumentalists fading slowly to a wonderfully improvised Grand Piano outro has been a career long highlight and i sometimes feel as if its just getting cut short now.
The sound at Hampton was like nothing I'd ever heard before. So clean and crisp and each band member was perfectly audible.
This has not been the case over the summer, where sometimes i can barely hear Gordon and Page has definitely been turned down and Trey has been louder than he needs to be on many occasions.
Also, what's up with the short Squirming Coil endings?
One of the most beautiful moments from many shows has been the set ending Coil soloing. The interplay with the three instrumentalists fading slowly to a wonderfully improvised Grand Piano outro has been a career long highlight and i sometimes feel as if its just getting cut short now.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Pittsburgh Food Review: The O
Hot Dogs. Lots and lots of hot dogs. And fries!
I don't think CR ever wavered in her decision to bring us first and foremost to this piece of Pittsburgh history.
The place is built almost like three different restaurants.
When you first walk in you're presented with a wall of hot dog choices. and ONLY hot dog choices. Beef or mixed? I choose beef (kosher). The toppings are too many to discuss, but i went with spicy brown mustard and chopped yellow onions. Classic.
We will save the discussion of whether or not ketchup deserves to be on a hot dog if you're over the age of 7 another time, but the Mrs. insists on this huhribble treatment of dogs.
But while the dogs were great, every 'burgher knows why you go to "The O."
The fries.
We got a medium, which took up most of a cafeteria style tray. The fries were STUPENDOUS!!!
And best of all, they came with cheese sauce (excellent) and gravy (good, but not the best overall cheese fries with gravy I've ever had...).
Over at the fry station you could also get anything other than a hot dog...fried fish or chicken, burgers, etc.
When we sat down to gorge ourselves, i noticed that there was also a pizza making station. Insane.
And what a beer selection...just amazing.
Grades:
Hot Dog: A
Fries: A+
I don't think CR ever wavered in her decision to bring us first and foremost to this piece of Pittsburgh history.
The place is built almost like three different restaurants.
When you first walk in you're presented with a wall of hot dog choices. and ONLY hot dog choices. Beef or mixed? I choose beef (kosher). The toppings are too many to discuss, but i went with spicy brown mustard and chopped yellow onions. Classic.
We will save the discussion of whether or not ketchup deserves to be on a hot dog if you're over the age of 7 another time, but the Mrs. insists on this huhribble treatment of dogs.
But while the dogs were great, every 'burgher knows why you go to "The O."
The fries.
We got a medium, which took up most of a cafeteria style tray. The fries were STUPENDOUS!!!
And best of all, they came with cheese sauce (excellent) and gravy (good, but not the best overall cheese fries with gravy I've ever had...).
Over at the fry station you could also get anything other than a hot dog...fried fish or chicken, burgers, etc.
When we sat down to gorge ourselves, i noticed that there was also a pizza making station. Insane.
And what a beer selection...just amazing.
Grades:
Hot Dog: A
Fries: A+
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Pittsburgh Food Review: Aiello's Pizza
As if we needed more food after The O, the lot, Primanti Bros and Pamela's (reviews for all coming) I jumped out of the car and ran down the street to CR's fav "cuts," Aiello's.
Now, it probably won't surprise many that know me, but i'm a little bit of a pizza snob. So i was certainly a little weary (not to mention queasy) about what kind of pizza i would find in the burgh.
When i walked in i was greeting with the familiar smell of singed dough and melting cheese. Good start.
Two Italians (or close enough) bantering back and forth inaudibly while patting out dough. Excellent.
What appeared to be a set of regulars who have been occupying the same space every day for 23 years in the back corner. Beautiful!
So with some trepidation removed, but a sliver of doubt remaining i ordered a pie to go (which they understood...some places don't call it a pie). Threw it in the trunk and headed back to DC.
By the time we got back to DC we were hungry and busted straight into the cold box of pizza. And it was good. Later in the evening i reheated some and that was very good as well.
Differences i noticed:
The cheese is not straight up mozz. There was def some parm, maybe some asiago or something.
The sauce was sweeter and more flavorful. The sauce in NY serves as more of a glue to keep everything together and provide a background flavor. I felt like the Aiello's sauce had a bit more body. It was thickish, whereas NY sauce is very thin.
Overall Grade: B+
Now, it probably won't surprise many that know me, but i'm a little bit of a pizza snob. So i was certainly a little weary (not to mention queasy) about what kind of pizza i would find in the burgh.
When i walked in i was greeting with the familiar smell of singed dough and melting cheese. Good start.
Two Italians (or close enough) bantering back and forth inaudibly while patting out dough. Excellent.
What appeared to be a set of regulars who have been occupying the same space every day for 23 years in the back corner. Beautiful!
So with some trepidation removed, but a sliver of doubt remaining i ordered a pie to go (which they understood...some places don't call it a pie). Threw it in the trunk and headed back to DC.
By the time we got back to DC we were hungry and busted straight into the cold box of pizza. And it was good. Later in the evening i reheated some and that was very good as well.
Differences i noticed:
The cheese is not straight up mozz. There was def some parm, maybe some asiago or something.
The sauce was sweeter and more flavorful. The sauce in NY serves as more of a glue to keep everything together and provide a background flavor. I felt like the Aiello's sauce had a bit more body. It was thickish, whereas NY sauce is very thin.
Overall Grade: B+
Where are the loop jams???
Ok...i started this post this morning before getting to 6/14/09 and hearing the loop drop in Jiboo. But that's still not enough. Mostly because i think Trey turns it off after a few moments.
The loops are not just a musical action, it sets the tone for the upcoming improvisational activities.
The loop signifies that everyone needs to chill and get comfortable because this piece of music is going to take a while...in a really good way. It helps the band members find their groove and helps the audience (at least me) move to the proper frame of mind.
If anyone has seen the loops, please let me know.
The loops are not just a musical action, it sets the tone for the upcoming improvisational activities.
The loop signifies that everyone needs to chill and get comfortable because this piece of music is going to take a while...in a really good way. It helps the band members find their groove and helps the audience (at least me) move to the proper frame of mind.
If anyone has seen the loops, please let me know.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Audio Review: Knoxville 6/10/09
UPDATED
i know these are incredibly out of order, but i'm trying to get through all of these shows as quick as possible.
I think i'm going to save Camden, DC and the 2 Alpine's for last since those seem to be the shows everyone is raving about.
06/10/09 Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, TN
Set I: Runaway Jim, Punch You in the Eye, Ocelot, Foam, Train Song, Undermind, Mike's Song> I am Hydrogen> Weekapaug Groove, The Squirming Coil, Character Zero
Set II: Back On The Train, Waves> A Song I Heard The Ocean Sing> David Bowie, Army of One, Reba, Hello My Baby1, Julius, Cavern, Harry Hood
Encore: Frankenstein
1 Last Played 12/5/1999 (135 Shows)
Good friends Ev, Bri, Kelly, Stitch and Jenny were at this show and while i haven't spoken to them about it, word of mouth has led me to believe this was a good one.
Lots of energy with Jim and PYITE. Ocelot is fine, but nothing special. Ditto for Foam (tight) and Train Song (nice bustout). After Hampton, i'm a big Undermind fan.
Previously i wrote that "The Mike's Groove was OK."
I'd like to revise that statement. While nothing completely mind blowing it was maybe the tightest Groove that we've heard this year. Smooth transitions, nailed Hydrogen and well rounded Weekapaug.
Decent (but short) Coil and Char Zero.
Second set was where this show was at for me. Funky GBOTT and i LOVED Waves->SIHTOS.
I want to re-emphasize that last point. There are a few songs that I enjoy from 2.0 and neither of these were on that list until recently. This is a nice glimpse as to where the band could be taking us in the future.
The Bowie and Reba had some great moments, but is there anything better than hearing what you think is a set ending Julius, Cavern only to be blessed with the descending tom hits we all know and love as HOOD?!?!?!?
I say not.
Hood has definitely been a highlight since they've come back. It's been played often, but played well, and allowed for some of the best exploration and build and release on the tour.
i know these are incredibly out of order, but i'm trying to get through all of these shows as quick as possible.
I think i'm going to save Camden, DC and the 2 Alpine's for last since those seem to be the shows everyone is raving about.
06/10/09 Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, TN
Set I: Runaway Jim, Punch You in the Eye, Ocelot, Foam, Train Song, Undermind, Mike's Song> I am Hydrogen> Weekapaug Groove, The Squirming Coil, Character Zero
Set II: Back On The Train, Waves> A Song I Heard The Ocean Sing> David Bowie, Army of One, Reba, Hello My Baby1, Julius, Cavern, Harry Hood
Encore: Frankenstein
1 Last Played 12/5/1999 (135 Shows)
Good friends Ev, Bri, Kelly, Stitch and Jenny were at this show and while i haven't spoken to them about it, word of mouth has led me to believe this was a good one.
Lots of energy with Jim and PYITE. Ocelot is fine, but nothing special. Ditto for Foam (tight) and Train Song (nice bustout). After Hampton, i'm a big Undermind fan.
Previously i wrote that "The Mike's Groove was OK."
I'd like to revise that statement. While nothing completely mind blowing it was maybe the tightest Groove that we've heard this year. Smooth transitions, nailed Hydrogen and well rounded Weekapaug.
Decent (but short) Coil and Char Zero.
Second set was where this show was at for me. Funky GBOTT and i LOVED Waves->SIHTOS.
I want to re-emphasize that last point. There are a few songs that I enjoy from 2.0 and neither of these were on that list until recently. This is a nice glimpse as to where the band could be taking us in the future.
The Bowie and Reba had some great moments, but is there anything better than hearing what you think is a set ending Julius, Cavern only to be blessed with the descending tom hits we all know and love as HOOD?!?!?!?
I say not.
Hood has definitely been a highlight since they've come back. It's been played often, but played well, and allowed for some of the best exploration and build and release on the tour.
Quick Thoughts on PBurgh
Overall, one of the better overall Phish experiences i've had.
Great lot scene. Great venue. Great show.
Many thanks to CR and her crew for showing us a good pburgh time.
First Set Highlights: Wolfman's, Tube
Second Set Highlights: All
I want to re-listen before providing any more insight.
Can't wait for RR!
Great lot scene. Great venue. Great show.
Many thanks to CR and her crew for showing us a good pburgh time.
First Set Highlights: Wolfman's, Tube
Second Set Highlights: All
I want to re-listen before providing any more insight.
Can't wait for RR!
Friday, June 19, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Live Updates Tomorrow
I will be updating LIVE from the City of Grease....err, Pittsburgh. According to Wikipedia its actually the City of Bridges, or the City of Champions, or the Steel City, or the Iron City. All i know is that they put fries and coleslaw on their sandwiches so they get an A+ in my book.
CR and her crew will be guiding us around so I'm sure there will be plenty of pics to post.
CR and her crew will be guiding us around so I'm sure there will be plenty of pics to post.
Audio Review: Asheville 6/9/09
06/09/09 Asheville Civic Center, Asheville, NC
Set I: Kill Devil Falls, The Moma Dance, Sample in a Jar, Stash, Dog Faced Boy, Gumbo, Tube, Lengthwise1, The Divided Sky, When The Cactus Is In Bloom2, Bold as Love3
Set II: Backwards Down The Number Line> Ghost> Fast Enough For You, Halley's Comet> Maze, Alaska4, Theme from the Bottom, Golgi Apparatus, Possum
Encore: Loving Cup
1 Last Played 7/28/1998 (230 Shows)
2 First Time Played (Bill Monroe)
3 Last Played 10/6/2000 (74 Shows)
4 First Time Played
Don't know anyone who was there so i don't have any first hand accounts to bounce this against.
There was no song in here that i stopped the ipod and said, "i've got to hear that again," but it was a pretty solid show from top to bottom. Good song selection, some nice energy.
Apparently Kill Devil Falls is now an opener we should get used to (see the Fox from last night).
Bold as Love was a nice bust out and one of my fav covers...the Ghost seemed to go places. Not sure how i feel about Alaska yet. Seems like another honky tonkish rocker.
Set I: Kill Devil Falls, The Moma Dance, Sample in a Jar, Stash, Dog Faced Boy, Gumbo, Tube, Lengthwise1, The Divided Sky, When The Cactus Is In Bloom2, Bold as Love3
Set II: Backwards Down The Number Line> Ghost> Fast Enough For You, Halley's Comet> Maze, Alaska4, Theme from the Bottom, Golgi Apparatus, Possum
Encore: Loving Cup
1 Last Played 7/28/1998 (230 Shows)
2 First Time Played (Bill Monroe)
3 Last Played 10/6/2000 (74 Shows)
4 First Time Played
Don't know anyone who was there so i don't have any first hand accounts to bounce this against.
There was no song in here that i stopped the ipod and said, "i've got to hear that again," but it was a pretty solid show from top to bottom. Good song selection, some nice energy.
Apparently Kill Devil Falls is now an opener we should get used to (see the Fox from last night).
Bold as Love was a nice bust out and one of my fav covers...the Ghost seemed to go places. Not sure how i feel about Alaska yet. Seems like another honky tonkish rocker.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Review - JB1 6/2/09
06/02/09 Jones Beach Amphitheatre, Wantagh, NY
Set I: Runaway Jim, Foam, Stealing Time From The Faulty Plan1, Timber (Jerry the Mule), Cities, Driver, Reba, Possum, Farmhouse, If I Could2
Set II: Mike's Song> Simple> Wolfman's Brother> Weekapaug Groove, When the Circus Comes to Town, Kill Devil Falls1, Harry Hood, Loving Cup
Encore: Suzy Greenberg
1 First Time Played
2 Last Played 6/28/2000 (101 Shows)
It was a scene all too comfortable, and yet it shouldn't have been.
Phish (and the accompanying circus) at Jones Beach felt perfectly placed. A large expansive lot right on the beach. A full shakedown complete with food, crafts and other vending.
But within minutes it became clear that this was slightly different. No clear drinking allowed. Cops in full dress were patrolling the aisles giving out tickets and arresting people for alcohol violations. Undercovers were swarming the lot, making it hard to figure out if they were trying to be "undercover" at all. There was a holding cell on site with a judge that was exceptionally efficient in getting people processed and bailed out.
But enough about the scene.
This was a reunion show in more ways than one. I was at a show with Wurtz (who i took to his first show...or rather he drove us since we didn't have licenses yet and i had the ticket to his first show), and Evan, who I've seen a ton of shows with over the years (Hershey, Philly, Nassau, BKNY).
Having been at Hampton, i think i didn't quite appreciate the excitement building in my friends. At Hampton i was dizzy with anticipation, literally holding my stomach as we tried to enter the building.
Here i was joyous. Truly thrilled to be back on tour. And in my hometown nonetheless.
Amy and I spent a little while chillin at Wurtz' ocean side abode waiting out the rain before heading over. Did a quick lap before meeting up with Evan and his crew and headed inside to our actual seats, which turned out to be great.
Nice opener with Jim, nothing special though. A tight Foam, led into my favorite new song right now "Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan."
Aside from its infectious repeating chorus of "I've got a blank space where my mind should be," i thought the rock composition was natural and not forced as some Phish rockers end up sounding, especially upon early listens.
Timber is one of my favs and I'm not sure that I've heard it live before...good version, a little first set jamming. The Cities was FUN-KY. I loved the groove at the end that they get into.
Driver was standard. A good song that I've never loved. It was always placed with Albuquerque or something during the acoustic breaks in 99-00 and i while the songs are good, i was never a big fan.
Reba was hands down the first set highlight. I can still hear the jam shift in my head. Type I jamming, type II jamming. It was all there.
Nice high energy Possum followed by a standard Farmhouse and a not so standard If I Could.
I've already talked a bit about the strangeness that followed the ending of If I Could, but i would like to re-emphasize the soloing at the end. Beautiful and amazing.
Quick set break and we're back.
I feel like no matter how many times i listen to this set, I'm still not sure where to place it. It was a set filled with monster songs, but no monster moments.
The Mike's jam seemed to be going places but then sloppily landed in Simple. The Wolfman's was a treat in that slot, but again seemed to just sort of end up (via Fishman) in Weekapaug.
I always like a good Circus, and then we got Kill Devil Falls, which we all decided sounds alot like Birds of a Feather (and had confirmed the next night). It's a catchy rockish tune (that i cannot get out of my head in a REALLY bad way) that I'm sure could lead to nice moments in the future. TBD.
Hood was tight. Excellent jam section, multiple builds, multiple releases, but again, the ending just sort of happened after all the incredible peaking.
Loving Cup is always great and who is going to argue with a Suzy encore. I like my Suzy's a little longer with an OKP intro, but this was a nice way to end the show. Seemed like they were getting close to the 11:30 curfew though and were rushing a bit.
Set I: Runaway Jim, Foam, Stealing Time From The Faulty Plan1, Timber (Jerry the Mule), Cities, Driver, Reba, Possum, Farmhouse, If I Could2
Set II: Mike's Song> Simple> Wolfman's Brother> Weekapaug Groove, When the Circus Comes to Town, Kill Devil Falls1, Harry Hood, Loving Cup
Encore: Suzy Greenberg
1 First Time Played
2 Last Played 6/28/2000 (101 Shows)
It was a scene all too comfortable, and yet it shouldn't have been.
Phish (and the accompanying circus) at Jones Beach felt perfectly placed. A large expansive lot right on the beach. A full shakedown complete with food, crafts and other vending.
But within minutes it became clear that this was slightly different. No clear drinking allowed. Cops in full dress were patrolling the aisles giving out tickets and arresting people for alcohol violations. Undercovers were swarming the lot, making it hard to figure out if they were trying to be "undercover" at all. There was a holding cell on site with a judge that was exceptionally efficient in getting people processed and bailed out.
But enough about the scene.
This was a reunion show in more ways than one. I was at a show with Wurtz (who i took to his first show...or rather he drove us since we didn't have licenses yet and i had the ticket to his first show), and Evan, who I've seen a ton of shows with over the years (Hershey, Philly, Nassau, BKNY).
Having been at Hampton, i think i didn't quite appreciate the excitement building in my friends. At Hampton i was dizzy with anticipation, literally holding my stomach as we tried to enter the building.
Here i was joyous. Truly thrilled to be back on tour. And in my hometown nonetheless.
Amy and I spent a little while chillin at Wurtz' ocean side abode waiting out the rain before heading over. Did a quick lap before meeting up with Evan and his crew and headed inside to our actual seats, which turned out to be great.
Nice opener with Jim, nothing special though. A tight Foam, led into my favorite new song right now "Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan."
Aside from its infectious repeating chorus of "I've got a blank space where my mind should be," i thought the rock composition was natural and not forced as some Phish rockers end up sounding, especially upon early listens.
Timber is one of my favs and I'm not sure that I've heard it live before...good version, a little first set jamming. The Cities was FUN-KY. I loved the groove at the end that they get into.
Driver was standard. A good song that I've never loved. It was always placed with Albuquerque or something during the acoustic breaks in 99-00 and i while the songs are good, i was never a big fan.
Reba was hands down the first set highlight. I can still hear the jam shift in my head. Type I jamming, type II jamming. It was all there.
Nice high energy Possum followed by a standard Farmhouse and a not so standard If I Could.
I've already talked a bit about the strangeness that followed the ending of If I Could, but i would like to re-emphasize the soloing at the end. Beautiful and amazing.
Quick set break and we're back.
I feel like no matter how many times i listen to this set, I'm still not sure where to place it. It was a set filled with monster songs, but no monster moments.
The Mike's jam seemed to be going places but then sloppily landed in Simple. The Wolfman's was a treat in that slot, but again seemed to just sort of end up (via Fishman) in Weekapaug.
I always like a good Circus, and then we got Kill Devil Falls, which we all decided sounds alot like Birds of a Feather (and had confirmed the next night). It's a catchy rockish tune (that i cannot get out of my head in a REALLY bad way) that I'm sure could lead to nice moments in the future. TBD.
Hood was tight. Excellent jam section, multiple builds, multiple releases, but again, the ending just sort of happened after all the incredible peaking.
Loving Cup is always great and who is going to argue with a Suzy encore. I like my Suzy's a little longer with an OKP intro, but this was a nice way to end the show. Seemed like they were getting close to the 11:30 curfew though and were rushing a bit.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Reviews Coming
I have LOTS of listening to catch up on, (i'm only halfway through the 6/2 show...) so as soon as i finish those i'll post my reviews.
I'll also do a quick dump of Fenway, Mansfield, JB3 and Camden after listening to all of those. From the looks of the setlist, i'm thinking Camden may be THE show of tour so far.
Just over a week till Pburgh!
I'll also do a quick dump of Fenway, Mansfield, JB3 and Camden after listening to all of those. From the looks of the setlist, i'm thinking Camden may be THE show of tour so far.
Just over a week till Pburgh!
Friday, June 5, 2009
Initial Thoughts Jones Beach 6/4
First Set...unbelievable.
Divided Sky might be the most impressive piece of music I've heard since they came back. Legendary.
Good Ghost, but i still pine for the space funk of the late '90s. A little too much fuzz on these 2.o/3.0 versions.
Second set...TBD.
Drowned->Meatstick was really fun. YEM was...well, YEM.
I guess i have to say something about Time Turns Elastic. Some parts i absolutely loved and thought brought great energy. Other parts really made me wonder if its a set killer. I think in the future placement will be key. It's an opener or an encore. It definitely sucked the wind out of the second set and though Waste was better than it was in Hampton (but not as sentimental), by time you got to YEM, it seemed as though they were reaching for a life vest.
Wurtz and i were discussing this on the way home since i was a little surprised at the repeats of Ocelot, TTE and YEM after just one show, but i guess this is Phish's way of telling us that there will be plenty of shows and they don't need to play their entire catalogue before repeating any songs.
So my advice is to savor the bust outs, because you never know when you'll see it again and don't fret the quick repeat. If Trey is happy to be playing YEM every day for the rest of his life, then I'm ready to listen.
Divided Sky might be the most impressive piece of music I've heard since they came back. Legendary.
Good Ghost, but i still pine for the space funk of the late '90s. A little too much fuzz on these 2.o/3.0 versions.
Second set...TBD.
Drowned->Meatstick was really fun. YEM was...well, YEM.
I guess i have to say something about Time Turns Elastic. Some parts i absolutely loved and thought brought great energy. Other parts really made me wonder if its a set killer. I think in the future placement will be key. It's an opener or an encore. It definitely sucked the wind out of the second set and though Waste was better than it was in Hampton (but not as sentimental), by time you got to YEM, it seemed as though they were reaching for a life vest.
Wurtz and i were discussing this on the way home since i was a little surprised at the repeats of Ocelot, TTE and YEM after just one show, but i guess this is Phish's way of telling us that there will be plenty of shows and they don't need to play their entire catalogue before repeating any songs.
So my advice is to savor the bust outs, because you never know when you'll see it again and don't fret the quick repeat. If Trey is happy to be playing YEM every day for the rest of his life, then I'm ready to listen.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Quote of the Night
Forgot to post this yesterday.
"Nice...a shirtless dude." - ET
I wasn't really sure what to say so I just jotted it down.
"Nice...a shirtless dude." - ET
I wasn't really sure what to say so I just jotted it down.
First Impressions June 2 Jones Beach
Some shows knock you off your socks immediately.
Others grow on you.
Some just end up being mediocre.
I have no idea where to place this one yet.
They were tight. Tighter than Hampton, but still searching each other out. I've seen lots of stuff about the rehearsal sessions etc, but live improvisation in front of thousands of people is different.
As you can read below, 3rd night of Hampton was when it came together. Nicely woven sets. Interesting jams with fun interplay and smooth endings and transitions.
I haven't heard Fenway yet, but i imagine a similar trajectory will occur on this tour. The more shows they play, the better it will sound.
It was good. Definitely not bad. The first set was incredibly tight, but i thought we were missing something to close the set. The outro of If I could was incredible, but the energy was very low and a short rocker would have been cool.
Speaking of rockers, both new songs were OK. Personally, i can pass on Kill Devil Falls, but Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan was good and i hope it stays in the rotation. It would have been perfect in the set ending slot.
Last night we were all saying second set better than the first, but I'm not so sure. I'll have more to say after the re-listen. The transition from Mike's to Simple was sloppy, but the jam was nice (both songs). I actually enjoyed the Fishman segue into Weekapaug, though it was half brilliance, half rescuing the jam. Hood flubbed, again...
Seemed like the curfew was closing in fast, but Loving Cup and a quick Suzy was a good way to end the show.
As I'm writing this my initial impressions are fading into second thoughts. First set may have been better. Jim was great. Foam tight. Timber amazing. Cities appropriately funky. Reba better than Hampton. Maybe more highlights than the second set which was more exploratory. The Hood jam was probably the highlight of the night for me, but it settled weirdly and felt that they sort of fell into the closing section after stringing together some nice peaks and valleys.
Others grow on you.
Some just end up being mediocre.
I have no idea where to place this one yet.
They were tight. Tighter than Hampton, but still searching each other out. I've seen lots of stuff about the rehearsal sessions etc, but live improvisation in front of thousands of people is different.
As you can read below, 3rd night of Hampton was when it came together. Nicely woven sets. Interesting jams with fun interplay and smooth endings and transitions.
I haven't heard Fenway yet, but i imagine a similar trajectory will occur on this tour. The more shows they play, the better it will sound.
It was good. Definitely not bad. The first set was incredibly tight, but i thought we were missing something to close the set. The outro of If I could was incredible, but the energy was very low and a short rocker would have been cool.
Speaking of rockers, both new songs were OK. Personally, i can pass on Kill Devil Falls, but Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan was good and i hope it stays in the rotation. It would have been perfect in the set ending slot.
Last night we were all saying second set better than the first, but I'm not so sure. I'll have more to say after the re-listen. The transition from Mike's to Simple was sloppy, but the jam was nice (both songs). I actually enjoyed the Fishman segue into Weekapaug, though it was half brilliance, half rescuing the jam. Hood flubbed, again...
Seemed like the curfew was closing in fast, but Loving Cup and a quick Suzy was a good way to end the show.
As I'm writing this my initial impressions are fading into second thoughts. First set may have been better. Jim was great. Foam tight. Timber amazing. Cities appropriately funky. Reba better than Hampton. Maybe more highlights than the second set which was more exploratory. The Hood jam was probably the highlight of the night for me, but it settled weirdly and felt that they sort of fell into the closing section after stringing together some nice peaks and valleys.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Summer Tour
Figured i'd continue to post reviews ala Hampton from my various summer stops. Look out for setlists, pics andreviews from these shows as well as Sonic (and all the other disgusting food i'll eat from around the nation.
Summer Tour
6/2 - Jones Beach
6/4 - Jones Beach
6/18 - Burgettstown, PA
Late Summer Tour
7/30 - Red Rocks
7/31 - Red Rocks
8/1 - Red Rocks
8/2 - Red Rocks
8/7 - The Gorge
8/8 - The Gorge
8/15 - Merriweather
Summer Tour
6/2 - Jones Beach
6/4 - Jones Beach
6/18 - Burgettstown, PA
Late Summer Tour
7/30 - Red Rocks
7/31 - Red Rocks
8/1 - Red Rocks
8/2 - Red Rocks
8/7 - The Gorge
8/8 - The Gorge
8/15 - Merriweather
Monday, March 16, 2009
Review - Night Three
03/08/09 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
"Can you still have fun?"
So the final day of Hampton 09 was upon us and though we were a little nauseous (thank you Denny's) and tired (ever been in a hotel where they go around knocking on doors at check out time? neither had I...)
But we were on our way to pick up AMY! YAY!!! Amy's first Phish show!
One more stop at Sonic, a detour to Krispy Kreme and we were on our way back to the lot.
We had lots of time to relax this day and we took full advantage.
Once we made our way toward the entrance mob, we saw maybe the funniest thing of the entire weekend.
For this final night of phishery the local cops had decided to line the entrance way with German Shepards. The dogs were freaking out. Barking nonstop and being held back with choke collars by their handlers.
An artist i may be, a genius i am not, but i bet putting drug sniffing dogs next to the line of people going into a PHISH show is bound to set them off.
My guess is they were looking for the morons who decided to flip a bitch once they saw the dogs, but c'mon, was that really necessary? The poor dogs were like "DRUGS! DRUGS! Don't you see them?!?!?!" Laughable.
We made it in with ease once again, though got patted down more intensely than any other night.
Found our usual seats and got settled in. Each night we seemed to get to our seats earlier and earlier. Amy was pretty much in awe.
Lights down. Body up. Phinal show of the run.
Oh, my Sanity. "I've lost my mind just a couple of times..." How many people in the audience knew this? I feel like this was a great WTF moment from the band to those waiting for some high powered opener. Like the old days of the secret language. If you knew, you knew.
One of the great moments of the weekend was up next. I was hoping that they would play something Amy recognized early in the set to get her engaged and what better way than to revisit our old friend WILLLLLLLLLSOOON. Duh duh. Duh duh.
As Amy knows from when we tried to name our newest little pup (Sawyer), Wilson is a bad, bad man.
Sick version, and Beth turns to me and goes, "Hey i think Trey looks fucked up tonight." True or not, that usually makes for good music.
Years ago i was not a big Foam fan, but I've actually come to love hearing this live. Great interplay between all four and as i noted on my re listen post, this was great.
Part of me spent this entire weekend listening to the composed songs and just waiting for the flub or mistake to bring the energy down. The first night they surprised me (for the most part) and the second night let me down a drop on these sections, but on this night (other than a brief flub on Maze) they nailed it all.
Great Bathtub (another one Amy knew) led me to believe that this could finally be the night where they really took the jams someplace. They seemed relaxed and patient and it was coming out in the music.
Undermind completely threw me. Real funky...never appreciated (or heard) this song. I'd place it sort of in the same category as GBOTT or Jiboo/Twist (without the jam potential). Def a good song live as a break from some of the madness....which was soon on its way.
Best song of the set: AC/DC Bag...sick glowstick war (youtube link coming), great energy.
My Friend, Scent and Maze were allgreat old school tunes. Good soloing on Scent and Maze was TIGHT.
Not a huge fan of the slower countryish songs, but i guess its not bluegrass so whatever.
Tube, Cars Trucks Buses, Free, Frankenstein
Finally the asshole in front of me could stop yelling for Tube. According to people listening to the soundboards from Sat night he was standing right there. Maybe they could play Slave next so the other douchebag behind me could stop yelling it after every single song.
Loved the jam section and was hoping they'd go for an extended jam ala Hershey 2000. No such luck.
CTB was great and i always love Free. Gordon dropping the bombs as usual. Decent jam, nothing crazy though.
But then Page comes out from behind the boards and HOLY FUCK its the KEYTAR! That's right, i said KEYTAR. And he sure does play a mean keytar. (buh dum cha). Just nasty version of frankenstein...Flawless.
So GREAT first set...At one point Amy turns to me and goes, "Are all the sets this long?" No of course not sweetie, only the great ones!
Though it had some low points in the middle, this set started hot and ended hotter. Best set of the weekend so far (little did i know...). The sentimentallity of Set I friday night automatically makes it the most memorable set, but musically, this had been the best so far.
After the greatest Snickers bar i have ever known, the lights dim and that would be the last time i was in my seat until they left the stage for good.
Ambient noise to open up the second? Check.
Gordon dropping those sweet, sweet opening notes of Disease. Check.
Best improvisation of the weekend? You betcha.
I've said a few times (many times) in the past week, but this set was THE reason we will still pay to go see this band.
Creative, playful, thoughtful and just a joy to listen to.
Some of the "new" songs from 2.0 that have actually grown on me:
Seven Below
Pebbles and Marbles
Undermind
Walls of the Cave
As DWD transitioned beautifully into Seven Below (never thought i'd say that) i was becoming truly excited for this set.
Not only was it the last set of music we'd hear for a few months, but it was all clicking. They were having fun and they were past the jitters of the first time playing together live again. The music was bursting towards the audience through dam that just couldnt hold the waterback anymore.
Good jam in 7 below and then a great highlight of the weekend for me with The Horse -> Silent In the Morning.
One of the most touching compositions written by this band, I've only heard it live once before (at Vegas, and honestly who even remembers Vegas?), never pre-hiatus, so it was a real treat for me. Nailed the ending after a tiny flub on the break.
Twist has absolutely become a monster jam vehicle and this was a sort of jazzy/funky version with ambience toward the end. And as the jam started to decline that signature Fishman beat of 2001 kicked in and the place went absolutely nuts!
As the completed a fairly short version, all i was thinking about was, "please don't let the energy fall out of this place with some country song!"
Ye ask and ye shall receive.
Splash! And we were groovin' to the Moma Dance. EXACTLY what we needed. Short but solid version.
WMGGW, Velvet Sea
After all that jamming who could blame them for a few straight forward but extremely sick songs. Trey's soloing on the Beatles classic was legendary.
Velvet Sea from Coventry is one of those moments i will always remember (even though i was watching in the theater). It was extremely sad to see them finally realize that it could be the last time they ever played together. I seriously doubted whether they would play it upon returning to the stage.
But it was monumental and *happy*! Unbelievable how music can be that way. 5 years ago this was the saddest moment of a show and this time it was a renewing experience.
As the song ended, our friend "Slave...Play Slave!!!!!" sitting behind us finally got his wish.
And we knew that this was it. The set closer for a weekend of incredible times.
They built this jam note by note, line by line and soaring melody over incredible harmony. It was the good old days again and by listening alone you couldn't tell if it was 1989, 1999 or 2009.
The peak was incredible and as they left the stage, the feeling I'd forgot came upon me once again. Smiles all around.
When they came back for the encore and Trey finally spoke to the audience (since the YEM restart) they seemed truly happy to be back, truly happy that we were all there and sincerely dedicated to playing great music once again.
Preceded by Happy Birthday to Fish's dad (the trombone player), the fan favorite Contact got everyone standing and waving their arms. But that couldn't be the end...
Bug? Ok...and as i noted, i'm continually surprised by this version and how much i actually enjoyed it. But that couldn't be the last notes these guys played...
After Bug:
Amy: What's the song you said they'd probably play during the encore tonight?
Alan: Tweeprise, its like Tweezer but shorter and more energetic.
Amy: Doesn't look like they're going to play it.
Alan: Give them a moment.
Tweeprise.
Now that's how you end a fucking comeback weekend!
I'm more excited to hear new music from these guys than ever. Summer should be amazing and they've recently announced shows at some of the most incredible venues in the nation (SPAC, Merriweather, Gorge, Darien, RED FUCKING ROCKS).
This band is worth listening to now more than ever, if only because of what appears to be a completely refreshed sense of what they want to accomplish with each and every time they step on stage together.
I'm so glad and lucky to have been there for this incredible weekend, and i look forward to many more.
Peace
Set I: Sanity, Wilson, Foam, Bathtub Gin, Undermind, AC/DC Bag, My Friend My Friend, Scent of a Mule, All of These Dreams, Maze, She Thinks I Still Care, Army of One, Tube, Cars Trucks Buses, Free, Frankenstein
Set II: Down With Disease, Seven Below, The Horse> Silent in the Morning, Twist, Also Sprach Zarathustra, The Moma Dance, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Contact, Bug, Tweezer Reprise
"Can you still have fun?"
So the final day of Hampton 09 was upon us and though we were a little nauseous (thank you Denny's) and tired (ever been in a hotel where they go around knocking on doors at check out time? neither had I...)
But we were on our way to pick up AMY! YAY!!! Amy's first Phish show!
One more stop at Sonic, a detour to Krispy Kreme and we were on our way back to the lot.
We had lots of time to relax this day and we took full advantage.
Once we made our way toward the entrance mob, we saw maybe the funniest thing of the entire weekend.
For this final night of phishery the local cops had decided to line the entrance way with German Shepards. The dogs were freaking out. Barking nonstop and being held back with choke collars by their handlers.
An artist i may be, a genius i am not, but i bet putting drug sniffing dogs next to the line of people going into a PHISH show is bound to set them off.
My guess is they were looking for the morons who decided to flip a bitch once they saw the dogs, but c'mon, was that really necessary? The poor dogs were like "DRUGS! DRUGS! Don't you see them?!?!?!" Laughable.
We made it in with ease once again, though got patted down more intensely than any other night.
Found our usual seats and got settled in. Each night we seemed to get to our seats earlier and earlier. Amy was pretty much in awe.
Lights down. Body up. Phinal show of the run.
Oh, my Sanity. "I've lost my mind just a couple of times..." How many people in the audience knew this? I feel like this was a great WTF moment from the band to those waiting for some high powered opener. Like the old days of the secret language. If you knew, you knew.
One of the great moments of the weekend was up next. I was hoping that they would play something Amy recognized early in the set to get her engaged and what better way than to revisit our old friend WILLLLLLLLLSOOON. Duh duh. Duh duh.
As Amy knows from when we tried to name our newest little pup (Sawyer), Wilson is a bad, bad man.
Sick version, and Beth turns to me and goes, "Hey i think Trey looks fucked up tonight." True or not, that usually makes for good music.
Years ago i was not a big Foam fan, but I've actually come to love hearing this live. Great interplay between all four and as i noted on my re listen post, this was great.
Part of me spent this entire weekend listening to the composed songs and just waiting for the flub or mistake to bring the energy down. The first night they surprised me (for the most part) and the second night let me down a drop on these sections, but on this night (other than a brief flub on Maze) they nailed it all.
Great Bathtub (another one Amy knew) led me to believe that this could finally be the night where they really took the jams someplace. They seemed relaxed and patient and it was coming out in the music.
Undermind completely threw me. Real funky...never appreciated (or heard) this song. I'd place it sort of in the same category as GBOTT or Jiboo/Twist (without the jam potential). Def a good song live as a break from some of the madness....which was soon on its way.
Best song of the set: AC/DC Bag...sick glowstick war (youtube link coming), great energy.
My Friend, Scent and Maze were allgreat old school tunes. Good soloing on Scent and Maze was TIGHT.
Not a huge fan of the slower countryish songs, but i guess its not bluegrass so whatever.
Tube, Cars Trucks Buses, Free, Frankenstein
Finally the asshole in front of me could stop yelling for Tube. According to people listening to the soundboards from Sat night he was standing right there. Maybe they could play Slave next so the other douchebag behind me could stop yelling it after every single song.
Loved the jam section and was hoping they'd go for an extended jam ala Hershey 2000. No such luck.
CTB was great and i always love Free. Gordon dropping the bombs as usual. Decent jam, nothing crazy though.
But then Page comes out from behind the boards and HOLY FUCK its the KEYTAR! That's right, i said KEYTAR. And he sure does play a mean keytar. (buh dum cha). Just nasty version of frankenstein...Flawless.
So GREAT first set...At one point Amy turns to me and goes, "Are all the sets this long?" No of course not sweetie, only the great ones!
Though it had some low points in the middle, this set started hot and ended hotter. Best set of the weekend so far (little did i know...). The sentimentallity of Set I friday night automatically makes it the most memorable set, but musically, this had been the best so far.
After the greatest Snickers bar i have ever known, the lights dim and that would be the last time i was in my seat until they left the stage for good.
Ambient noise to open up the second? Check.
Gordon dropping those sweet, sweet opening notes of Disease. Check.
Best improvisation of the weekend? You betcha.
I've said a few times (many times) in the past week, but this set was THE reason we will still pay to go see this band.
Creative, playful, thoughtful and just a joy to listen to.
Some of the "new" songs from 2.0 that have actually grown on me:
Seven Below
Pebbles and Marbles
Undermind
Walls of the Cave
As DWD transitioned beautifully into Seven Below (never thought i'd say that) i was becoming truly excited for this set.
Not only was it the last set of music we'd hear for a few months, but it was all clicking. They were having fun and they were past the jitters of the first time playing together live again. The music was bursting towards the audience through dam that just couldnt hold the waterback anymore.
Good jam in 7 below and then a great highlight of the weekend for me with The Horse -> Silent In the Morning.
One of the most touching compositions written by this band, I've only heard it live once before (at Vegas, and honestly who even remembers Vegas?), never pre-hiatus, so it was a real treat for me. Nailed the ending after a tiny flub on the break.
Twist has absolutely become a monster jam vehicle and this was a sort of jazzy/funky version with ambience toward the end. And as the jam started to decline that signature Fishman beat of 2001 kicked in and the place went absolutely nuts!
As the completed a fairly short version, all i was thinking about was, "please don't let the energy fall out of this place with some country song!"
Ye ask and ye shall receive.
Splash! And we were groovin' to the Moma Dance. EXACTLY what we needed. Short but solid version.
WMGGW, Velvet Sea
After all that jamming who could blame them for a few straight forward but extremely sick songs. Trey's soloing on the Beatles classic was legendary.
Velvet Sea from Coventry is one of those moments i will always remember (even though i was watching in the theater). It was extremely sad to see them finally realize that it could be the last time they ever played together. I seriously doubted whether they would play it upon returning to the stage.
But it was monumental and *happy*! Unbelievable how music can be that way. 5 years ago this was the saddest moment of a show and this time it was a renewing experience.
As the song ended, our friend "Slave...Play Slave!!!!!" sitting behind us finally got his wish.
And we knew that this was it. The set closer for a weekend of incredible times.
They built this jam note by note, line by line and soaring melody over incredible harmony. It was the good old days again and by listening alone you couldn't tell if it was 1989, 1999 or 2009.
The peak was incredible and as they left the stage, the feeling I'd forgot came upon me once again. Smiles all around.
When they came back for the encore and Trey finally spoke to the audience (since the YEM restart) they seemed truly happy to be back, truly happy that we were all there and sincerely dedicated to playing great music once again.
Preceded by Happy Birthday to Fish's dad (the trombone player), the fan favorite Contact got everyone standing and waving their arms. But that couldn't be the end...
Bug? Ok...and as i noted, i'm continually surprised by this version and how much i actually enjoyed it. But that couldn't be the last notes these guys played...
After Bug:
Amy: What's the song you said they'd probably play during the encore tonight?
Alan: Tweeprise, its like Tweezer but shorter and more energetic.
Amy: Doesn't look like they're going to play it.
Alan: Give them a moment.
Tweeprise.
Now that's how you end a fucking comeback weekend!
I'm more excited to hear new music from these guys than ever. Summer should be amazing and they've recently announced shows at some of the most incredible venues in the nation (SPAC, Merriweather, Gorge, Darien, RED FUCKING ROCKS).
This band is worth listening to now more than ever, if only because of what appears to be a completely refreshed sense of what they want to accomplish with each and every time they step on stage together.
I'm so glad and lucky to have been there for this incredible weekend, and i look forward to many more.
Peace
Friday, March 13, 2009
From the Archives: Review of Merriweather Sept 2000
Thought i would post this for comparison. Trying to find
other reviews i wrote from phish.net.
I've read the reviews already posted and i'm pretty surprised...i got to the scene a bit later, like 6,
and parked in the parking garage down the road on the other side of the pavillion. After sitting in
tons of traffic we parked the car with no problem. In this parking garage there was a decent
scene..some bbq's...a few people selling things...a couple of nitrous
tanks...and NO COPS AT ALL. After leaving the lot i walked to another lot in
what seemed to be a field with trees...shakedown was nothing..i walked up to
the guy holding my ticket and he said take off your hat...i was amazed...at
all other venues they pat me down..(i always wear cargos and a hooded
sweatshirt)...this time they did nothing...oh well...so i made my way into the
pavillion and found some good seats..one thing that i do agree with one of the
other reviewers is that the older phans are not appreciating the fact that
younger phans have the same love for the music and band as they do...i met a
guy who claimed to have been to over 200 shows who was the biggest asshole i
met that night...i was dancing and i accidently moved 2 inches into his space
and he started yelling at me about how much he payed for these tickets, and
how kids are ruining the shows...he was clearly drunk and was taking bong hits
the entire show and talked through most of it to his girlfriend...i dont
understand how he could say something like that to me when all i was doing was
dancing and enjoying the music??? anyway, on to the music...it doesnt really
need more explanation than has already been given but i will describe some of
the high points for me...i was at the 7/3 show for that amazing bathtub and
this one equalled it if not surpassed it...the jam went from fast to ambient
to fast again with trey ripping it up and mike grabbing every note to the
fullest...limb x limb is a personal favorite of mine, the 12/29/98 version
being my favorite version that i've seen...this one was good, pretty basic
jamming though...when trey started fluffhead i thought to myslef "wow a great
first set, what a closer"...as soon as they dropped the last line on us though
he started the Curtain With...BLOWN AWAY cannot describe how i felt upon
hearing this...and then trey smiles ( i was 5th row so i saw) and starts
chalkdust, he was having sooo much fun up there...short break then on to one
of the best sets i have ever seen...Rock and roll was standard right up until
the jam which was tight, long, and beautiful...they went from rock to space,
and all over the place on this one...when it died down fishman kicked in
repetative short staccato hits on the high hat and i couldnt really tell what
was next...when page started Theme i was defintly happy...some of my friends
have been waiting lifetimes to hear this and i heard 2 this year, always a
great song...when trey started the reggae beat, i knew the song was
unfinished an dthough it was just jamming but then mike looked over and they
both smiled...MY FIRST DOG LOG!!! blown away again...these guys are
amazing...great mango song with amazing jam similar to 6/30 in Hartford...then
one of my all time favorites...since i was so close i saw trey start the
opening chords of FREE early on and flipped out...it was such a great free,
just great, and a great way to end the set cuase that's the exact way i felt,
free, after this show i had no worries at all!!! Now i lost my shit when they
came out and played CONTACT...it was perfect...just shows how much fun they
were having that night...and rocky top is always a great closer...that was my
last show for the time being...and to top it off i got a great veggie burito
in the lot after the show...damn wookies really know how to cook!!! peace,
other reviews i wrote from phish.net.
I've read the reviews already posted and i'm pretty surprised...i got to the scene a bit later, like 6,
and parked in the parking garage down the road on the other side of the pavillion. After sitting in
tons of traffic we parked the car with no problem. In this parking garage there was a decent
scene..some bbq's...a few people selling things...a couple of nitrous
tanks...and NO COPS AT ALL. After leaving the lot i walked to another lot in
what seemed to be a field with trees...shakedown was nothing..i walked up to
the guy holding my ticket and he said take off your hat...i was amazed...at
all other venues they pat me down..(i always wear cargos and a hooded
sweatshirt)...this time they did nothing...oh well...so i made my way into the
pavillion and found some good seats..one thing that i do agree with one of the
other reviewers is that the older phans are not appreciating the fact that
younger phans have the same love for the music and band as they do...i met a
guy who claimed to have been to over 200 shows who was the biggest asshole i
met that night...i was dancing and i accidently moved 2 inches into his space
and he started yelling at me about how much he payed for these tickets, and
how kids are ruining the shows...he was clearly drunk and was taking bong hits
the entire show and talked through most of it to his girlfriend...i dont
understand how he could say something like that to me when all i was doing was
dancing and enjoying the music??? anyway, on to the music...it doesnt really
need more explanation than has already been given but i will describe some of
the high points for me...i was at the 7/3 show for that amazing bathtub and
this one equalled it if not surpassed it...the jam went from fast to ambient
to fast again with trey ripping it up and mike grabbing every note to the
fullest...limb x limb is a personal favorite of mine, the 12/29/98 version
being my favorite version that i've seen...this one was good, pretty basic
jamming though...when trey started fluffhead i thought to myslef "wow a great
first set, what a closer"...as soon as they dropped the last line on us though
he started the Curtain With...BLOWN AWAY cannot describe how i felt upon
hearing this...and then trey smiles ( i was 5th row so i saw) and starts
chalkdust, he was having sooo much fun up there...short break then on to one
of the best sets i have ever seen...Rock and roll was standard right up until
the jam which was tight, long, and beautiful...they went from rock to space,
and all over the place on this one...when it died down fishman kicked in
repetative short staccato hits on the high hat and i couldnt really tell what
was next...when page started Theme i was defintly happy...some of my friends
have been waiting lifetimes to hear this and i heard 2 this year, always a
great song...when trey started the reggae beat, i knew the song was
unfinished an dthough it was just jamming but then mike looked over and they
both smiled...MY FIRST DOG LOG!!! blown away again...these guys are
amazing...great mango song with amazing jam similar to 6/30 in Hartford...then
one of my all time favorites...since i was so close i saw trey start the
opening chords of FREE early on and flipped out...it was such a great free,
just great, and a great way to end the set cuase that's the exact way i felt,
free, after this show i had no worries at all!!! Now i lost my shit when they
came out and played CONTACT...it was perfect...just shows how much fun they
were having that night...and rocky top is always a great closer...that was my
last show for the time being...and to top it off i got a great veggie burito
in the lot after the show...damn wookies really know how to cook!!! peace,
Review - Night Two
03/07/09 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
After maybe the best meal of my life around 1AM at Denny's in VA Beach and a refreshing rest Beth and I headed to our little Mecca for the weekend....SONIC.
I'd never been to a Sonic before and I was, well...full and amused.
We had two Sonic experiences this weekend and the second was far superior. I choose to remember the latter and pretend that that's the only time i've eaten at a Sonic. My stomach is currently reminding me of the damage i've done.
Mini Post: The food we ate since leaving DC:
1. Popeye's
2. Cookies
3. The Soft Pretzel that Saved My Life
4. Denny's
5. Sonic
6. Cookies
7. The Soft Pretzel that Saved My Life
8. The Great Denny's Mistake
9. Sonic
9b. Krispy Kreme
10. The Soft Pretzel that Saved My Life
11. The Greatest Snickers Bar EVER
12. Pilot Gas Subway Sandwich
So we make our way to the lot with plenty of time to chill and start our sign creation process.
It's too bad i don't have pics, because they were pathetic.
In any case, I did not find a trade for my Deer Creek tix (i need jones beach if anyone cares) but we did sell some cookies ("How long do you think the little Asian girl and her friend debated before coming over and asking us for cookies?") and chatted with some new "friends."
With good timing once again we waited on a bathroom line and joined the mob to get in.
Once inside we went back to our "spot" but soon got in touch with "New York Scott" as our friend Vegas Mike likes to call him, and got some good seats with a front view of the stage.
Nerves were doing a bit better this night, but not much. The feeling you get when those house lights go down is still incredible every time.
The first set on this night had highs and lows and left me a bit unsettled. Luckily the second set made up for that, but it was just a weird first set. Lets use that as the word of the night WEIRD.
GBOTT was funky and tight...great opener. I love Runaway Jim (see: Eric diving through Alan's car window and waving his legs circa Summer 2000) but this version was lacking...good energy, but i was hoping the they'd "take off" during the jam, but it never happened.
Sloppy Brian and Robert led to Split Open...at the time it also seemed unfulfilling, but upon the relisten was really tight.
A standard, but tight Heavy Things brings us to one of the best moments of the weekend. You can't hear it on the MP3's, but the "Hey!" during PYITE was one of the most powerful communal singing/shouting experiences i've ever been a part of. It's almost like everyone was waiting for a great high energy song to really take the set in another direction and we got it!
Well...sort of...Trey butchered the beginning of Landlady. They recovered well, but it brought the energy down significantly.
However, this led to a GREAT string of songs. Gumbo (yea beth!), Reba (sickeningly tight upon relisten), Mexican Cousin i can do without, but apparently the crowd was into it. Any song with a tequilla refrain i guess...
It's Ice was OK, good to hear, but not an incredible version.
But then they kicked it into "high gear."
The Halley's was amazing, Page's "Beauty of a Broken Heart" was a tad awkward at first, but i love Phish playing it. They sounded real good on it.
Guelah Papyrus was NAILED, Lawn Boy with Page up front was pure fun and then we got our antelope fix.
It may have been a little sloppy, but the "run run" section (again, you can't hear this on the MP3's) had the place literally ROCKING.
It was a fine recovery for a somewhat sketchy set.
Then we had the best set yet of the weekend...I love Rock and Roll set openers. Heard one at Merriweather back in 2000. Good but short jam led to one of my favs from the weekend, Limb by Limb. Again short jam, but tight.
A rockesque Ghost (not quite as rocky as Vegas 04, but not the spacey cow-funk i was hoping for...) petered out into what could have been a weekend highlight...our red red worm, Piper.
The build up was good, but what the heck was Trey doing when he started singing? No one else was ready...and that jam went nowhere fast, which led to Trey forcing BOAF onto us. This was surprisingly good though.
A comforting Wolfman's gave way to again, a suprisingly good Prince Caspian. I've never been a huge fan of this song (except for the album version strangely enough) but it was good.
Mike's->Hydro->Weekapaug
Always a highlight of any set, but i was left wanting. The build up for the Mike's transition was sloppy, the hydrogen was flubbed, but the weekapaug was tight as all fucking hell.
Gordon's solos all wekeend were a great highlight (see: YEM, Weekapaug).
The encore, again, provided some weirdness. An amazing Day in the Life ended and we thought we'd get another song or two, but the band sort of just shrugged and left the stage.
And that's sort of how we left the venue that night...just shrugging, looking forward to a redeeming show the next night.
Was this the Phish we came back for?
Set I: Back On The Train, Runaway Jim, Brian and Robert, Split Open and Melt, Heavy Things, Punch You in the Eye, Gumbo, Reba, Mexican Cousin, It's Ice, Halley's Comet, Beauty of a Broken Heart, Guelah Papyrus, Lawn Boy, Run Like An Antelope
Set II: Rock and Roll, Limb By Limb, Ghost, Piper, Birds of a Feather, Wolfman's Brother, Prince Caspian, Mike's Song> I am Hydrogen> Weekapaug Groove, Character Zero
Encore: A Day in the Life
After maybe the best meal of my life around 1AM at Denny's in VA Beach and a refreshing rest Beth and I headed to our little Mecca for the weekend....SONIC.
I'd never been to a Sonic before and I was, well...full and amused.
We had two Sonic experiences this weekend and the second was far superior. I choose to remember the latter and pretend that that's the only time i've eaten at a Sonic. My stomach is currently reminding me of the damage i've done.
Mini Post: The food we ate since leaving DC:
1. Popeye's
2. Cookies
3. The Soft Pretzel that Saved My Life
4. Denny's
5. Sonic
6. Cookies
7. The Soft Pretzel that Saved My Life
8. The Great Denny's Mistake
9. Sonic
9b. Krispy Kreme
10. The Soft Pretzel that Saved My Life
11. The Greatest Snickers Bar EVER
12. Pilot Gas Subway Sandwich
So we make our way to the lot with plenty of time to chill and start our sign creation process.
It's too bad i don't have pics, because they were pathetic.
In any case, I did not find a trade for my Deer Creek tix (i need jones beach if anyone cares) but we did sell some cookies ("How long do you think the little Asian girl and her friend debated before coming over and asking us for cookies?") and chatted with some new "friends."
With good timing once again we waited on a bathroom line and joined the mob to get in.
Once inside we went back to our "spot" but soon got in touch with "New York Scott" as our friend Vegas Mike likes to call him, and got some good seats with a front view of the stage.
Nerves were doing a bit better this night, but not much. The feeling you get when those house lights go down is still incredible every time.
The first set on this night had highs and lows and left me a bit unsettled. Luckily the second set made up for that, but it was just a weird first set. Lets use that as the word of the night WEIRD.
GBOTT was funky and tight...great opener. I love Runaway Jim (see: Eric diving through Alan's car window and waving his legs circa Summer 2000) but this version was lacking...good energy, but i was hoping the they'd "take off" during the jam, but it never happened.
Sloppy Brian and Robert led to Split Open...at the time it also seemed unfulfilling, but upon the relisten was really tight.
A standard, but tight Heavy Things brings us to one of the best moments of the weekend. You can't hear it on the MP3's, but the "Hey!" during PYITE was one of the most powerful communal singing/shouting experiences i've ever been a part of. It's almost like everyone was waiting for a great high energy song to really take the set in another direction and we got it!
Well...sort of...Trey butchered the beginning of Landlady. They recovered well, but it brought the energy down significantly.
However, this led to a GREAT string of songs. Gumbo (yea beth!), Reba (sickeningly tight upon relisten), Mexican Cousin i can do without, but apparently the crowd was into it. Any song with a tequilla refrain i guess...
It's Ice was OK, good to hear, but not an incredible version.
But then they kicked it into "high gear."
The Halley's was amazing, Page's "Beauty of a Broken Heart" was a tad awkward at first, but i love Phish playing it. They sounded real good on it.
Guelah Papyrus was NAILED, Lawn Boy with Page up front was pure fun and then we got our antelope fix.
It may have been a little sloppy, but the "run run" section (again, you can't hear this on the MP3's) had the place literally ROCKING.
It was a fine recovery for a somewhat sketchy set.
Then we had the best set yet of the weekend...I love Rock and Roll set openers. Heard one at Merriweather back in 2000. Good but short jam led to one of my favs from the weekend, Limb by Limb. Again short jam, but tight.
A rockesque Ghost (not quite as rocky as Vegas 04, but not the spacey cow-funk i was hoping for...) petered out into what could have been a weekend highlight...our red red worm, Piper.
The build up was good, but what the heck was Trey doing when he started singing? No one else was ready...and that jam went nowhere fast, which led to Trey forcing BOAF onto us. This was surprisingly good though.
A comforting Wolfman's gave way to again, a suprisingly good Prince Caspian. I've never been a huge fan of this song (except for the album version strangely enough) but it was good.
Mike's->Hydro->Weekapaug
Always a highlight of any set, but i was left wanting. The build up for the Mike's transition was sloppy, the hydrogen was flubbed, but the weekapaug was tight as all fucking hell.
Gordon's solos all wekeend were a great highlight (see: YEM, Weekapaug).
The encore, again, provided some weirdness. An amazing Day in the Life ended and we thought we'd get another song or two, but the band sort of just shrugged and left the stage.
And that's sort of how we left the venue that night...just shrugging, looking forward to a redeeming show the next night.
Was this the Phish we came back for?
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Review - Night One
03/06/09 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
Energy...it was the word of the weekend and holy shit was there ever energy down in Hampton!
There's nothing to describe the "buzz," almost a literal humming of excitement that could be felt all around for three solid days.
After making our way to Hampton around 4pm with very little traffic, we continued to VA Beach to check into our hotel...BIG MISTAKE. As the desk clerk said after checking in, dropping our stuff off and running back out the door, "you shouldn't have left after 2pm." It was 5:30.
Who knew there was a bridge/tunnel combo that for no explicable reason gets backed up for over 10 miles? Apparently everyone else but us. Note for future Hampton shows...STAY NORTH OF HAMPTON.
So once our mini (or not so mini) panic attacks subsided as traffic began to move after the tunnel we pulled in easily to the lot, jumped out of the car and joined the mob around the fountain waiting to get in.
Now, there's always a little bit of butterflies in my stomach before a big show, ball game or election day, but this was a fucking swarm of cicadas or something. Beth knows what I'm talking about.
So the event staff got a little smarter each day, but on the first night here was how you got inside the venue:
1. Get in back of the "line" (see post below).
2. Make sure you don't cut your feet on the glass bottles strewn everywhere...i thought hippies recycled?
3. As your mob started moving toward checkpoint 1, take your ticket out of your pocket and hold it as high in the air as possible.
4. Use your remaining free arm to lock arms with your group to make sure you don't get separated in the next rush towards the doors.
5. Once inside the "pen" rush the door. Remember to keep your ticket high in the air.
6. As you approach an actual door to the venue shove that ticket hand towards the beeping sound.
7. Once your ticket is scanned, be prepared to be grabbed by the wrist and thrown inside the venue by a cop.
8. Once all of your group has made it inside...CHEER!!!!!!!!!
Ok, now that we're all inside. Let's try and find some seats.
Beth and i had previously agreed that our "spot" for Phish shows is up and slightly behind the band, so we got inside the bowl and found seats rather easily.
The room was decorated with giant balloons illuminated brightly. One thing i loved about Hampton was that there were no "house lights" to speak of. The pre-show and set break bright lights were the yellow stage lights shining on the balloons.
As you can imagine, the anticipation at this point is uncontrollable. I was just rocking back and forth holding my stomach and i'm pretty sure beth was doing the same.
At almost 8pm the moment we'd been waiting for happened. Other than the final applause on Sunday night, I've never EVER heard anything louder than the uproar that occurred as they took the stage.
Of course, the question on everyone's mind was WHAT WILL THEY OPEN WITH?
And they couldn't have made us happier...***FLUFFY FLUFFY HEAD***
Really? Fluffhead...i thought it could be a joke at first and after the first few lines they would start playing something else, but sure enough we were treated to the first Fluffhead since 2000.
It was maybe the happiest music I've ever heard. Just unbelievable to be listening to this band again live, and even more unbelievable that they choose to play Fluff and get it out of the way. Honestly, great choice, because we would have just spent the whole weekend waiting for it, and with Fluff out of the way, we could move on to bigger and better things.
Like D. Sky, Chalkdust, Sample, Stash. By time I took a breath during IDK I realized that the "statement" we were all looking for from the opening song and first set had been made.
"We practiced, we rehearsed the vocals, we're back and we're gonna have alot of fun."
From Fluff through Stash our fearsome foursome tore through what many would consider some of their "hits" with a lack of inhibition and torrid playfulness not often seen in post-hiatus phish. There were flubs, mistakes and miscues, but WHO THE HELL CARES?!?!?!
That's not why we saw shows 10 years ago so why should it be a problem now? In 1999 Trey was forgetting lyrics and flubbing songs for reasons that we all know of, but we still came back for more...and in 2000 we saw many unbelievable sets (Japan, Darien etc)
This is a different band than the one that left the stage sadly in 2004. And we didn't know the half of it yet...
"I didn't know that i was that far gone," was applicable to every person standing inside the venue at this point. In our altered states we just weren't yet aware that after what we could have considered a set closing OKP->Suzy was only the segue into basically another full set of music.
A mellow (but incredibly soloed) Farmhouse gave way to a pumped up (if sloppy) NICU.
It was hard NOT to look back on those days when our lives were a haze glaring out at 14,000 people all singing the same words at the same time with the most incredible look of bliss across their faces. Our vantage point allowed us to see not just the band, but the entire light show spread along the floor. Kuroda was on FIRE this entire weekend (see: Hood, Maze, AC/DC Bag, 2001).
Horn, Rift, Train Song, Water in the Sky (country version).
Mostly composed songs that were a nice break in the constant movement (barring Rift).
And then we thought we were getting our set closer, the fan favorite Squirming Coil. But wait a second...that was a really short Page solo section...and they're not leaving the stage...OH SNAP...its BOWIE!
Untouchable. The climax was amazing and when the last notes were played we were exhausted and exhilarated. The set lasted two hours. It was basically two sets in one (we didn't know this would become the standard for the weekend). We just sat down and stared ahead for a moment taking it all in...and then ran to get into the bathroom and water lines (a constant theme of the weekend).
Phish was back. We were there and there was still 5 sets to go in what was fast becoming an incredible weekend.
Quick note on Page...he was completely bonkers all weekend. Best individual performance out of the four. Hands down.
As noted in my "Surprising Songs" post Backwards Down the Number Line didn't sound great at the time, but upon the relisten, sounds great. Good song, that i think there's alot of promise for.
Then came more ENERGY. Noodled Tweezer->Taste was rockin'. Possum, standard and fun. Theme and First Tube just brought the house down. There was a "zone" at this point that couldn't be broken. Everyone was lifted to a higher place.
A soulful Waste led to the best song of the night...restart or not. Flubs or not. Shit...
Best jam of the night, sick Gordon solo, crazy vocal jam...it was all there.
A pretty straightforward encore of Grind, Bouncin' (with the giant balloons falling from the ceiling) and Lovin Cup left us the most beautiful buzz we'd felt in years. Seriously. I could have been stone cold sober and I would have left that night walking on air.
Not only was Phish back, but there was immense promise for the next few nights.
This show read like a Greatest Hits of Phish with a couple of hints at what was to come.
Trey's sound was no longer the garage-rock superstar of 2002-2004 (thank god for Ross compressors), Fishman and Gordon held down the rythym like they'd never stopped playing together and Page...ahhhh Page.
More to come...
Set I: Fluffhead, The Divided Sky, Chalkdust Torture, Sample in a Jar, Stash, I Didn't Know, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony, Suzy Greenberg, Farmhouse, NICU, Horn, Rift, Train Song, Water in the Sky, The Squirming Coil, David Bowie
Set II: Backwards Down The Number Line, Tweezer, Taste, Possum, Theme from the Bottom, First Tube, Harry Hood, Waste, You Enjoy Myself
Encore: Grind, Bouncing Around the Room, Loving Cup
Energy...it was the word of the weekend and holy shit was there ever energy down in Hampton!
There's nothing to describe the "buzz," almost a literal humming of excitement that could be felt all around for three solid days.
After making our way to Hampton around 4pm with very little traffic, we continued to VA Beach to check into our hotel...BIG MISTAKE. As the desk clerk said after checking in, dropping our stuff off and running back out the door, "you shouldn't have left after 2pm." It was 5:30.
Who knew there was a bridge/tunnel combo that for no explicable reason gets backed up for over 10 miles? Apparently everyone else but us. Note for future Hampton shows...STAY NORTH OF HAMPTON.
So once our mini (or not so mini) panic attacks subsided as traffic began to move after the tunnel we pulled in easily to the lot, jumped out of the car and joined the mob around the fountain waiting to get in.
Now, there's always a little bit of butterflies in my stomach before a big show, ball game or election day, but this was a fucking swarm of cicadas or something. Beth knows what I'm talking about.
So the event staff got a little smarter each day, but on the first night here was how you got inside the venue:
1. Get in back of the "line" (see post below).
2. Make sure you don't cut your feet on the glass bottles strewn everywhere...i thought hippies recycled?
3. As your mob started moving toward checkpoint 1, take your ticket out of your pocket and hold it as high in the air as possible.
4. Use your remaining free arm to lock arms with your group to make sure you don't get separated in the next rush towards the doors.
5. Once inside the "pen" rush the door. Remember to keep your ticket high in the air.
6. As you approach an actual door to the venue shove that ticket hand towards the beeping sound.
7. Once your ticket is scanned, be prepared to be grabbed by the wrist and thrown inside the venue by a cop.
8. Once all of your group has made it inside...CHEER!!!!!!!!!
Ok, now that we're all inside. Let's try and find some seats.
Beth and i had previously agreed that our "spot" for Phish shows is up and slightly behind the band, so we got inside the bowl and found seats rather easily.
The room was decorated with giant balloons illuminated brightly. One thing i loved about Hampton was that there were no "house lights" to speak of. The pre-show and set break bright lights were the yellow stage lights shining on the balloons.
As you can imagine, the anticipation at this point is uncontrollable. I was just rocking back and forth holding my stomach and i'm pretty sure beth was doing the same.
At almost 8pm the moment we'd been waiting for happened. Other than the final applause on Sunday night, I've never EVER heard anything louder than the uproar that occurred as they took the stage.
Of course, the question on everyone's mind was WHAT WILL THEY OPEN WITH?
And they couldn't have made us happier...***FLUFFY FLUFFY HEAD***
Really? Fluffhead...i thought it could be a joke at first and after the first few lines they would start playing something else, but sure enough we were treated to the first Fluffhead since 2000.
It was maybe the happiest music I've ever heard. Just unbelievable to be listening to this band again live, and even more unbelievable that they choose to play Fluff and get it out of the way. Honestly, great choice, because we would have just spent the whole weekend waiting for it, and with Fluff out of the way, we could move on to bigger and better things.
Like D. Sky, Chalkdust, Sample, Stash. By time I took a breath during IDK I realized that the "statement" we were all looking for from the opening song and first set had been made.
"We practiced, we rehearsed the vocals, we're back and we're gonna have alot of fun."
From Fluff through Stash our fearsome foursome tore through what many would consider some of their "hits" with a lack of inhibition and torrid playfulness not often seen in post-hiatus phish. There were flubs, mistakes and miscues, but WHO THE HELL CARES?!?!?!
That's not why we saw shows 10 years ago so why should it be a problem now? In 1999 Trey was forgetting lyrics and flubbing songs for reasons that we all know of, but we still came back for more...and in 2000 we saw many unbelievable sets (Japan, Darien etc)
This is a different band than the one that left the stage sadly in 2004. And we didn't know the half of it yet...
"I didn't know that i was that far gone," was applicable to every person standing inside the venue at this point. In our altered states we just weren't yet aware that after what we could have considered a set closing OKP->Suzy was only the segue into basically another full set of music.
A mellow (but incredibly soloed) Farmhouse gave way to a pumped up (if sloppy) NICU.
It was hard NOT to look back on those days when our lives were a haze glaring out at 14,000 people all singing the same words at the same time with the most incredible look of bliss across their faces. Our vantage point allowed us to see not just the band, but the entire light show spread along the floor. Kuroda was on FIRE this entire weekend (see: Hood, Maze, AC/DC Bag, 2001).
Horn, Rift, Train Song, Water in the Sky (country version).
Mostly composed songs that were a nice break in the constant movement (barring Rift).
And then we thought we were getting our set closer, the fan favorite Squirming Coil. But wait a second...that was a really short Page solo section...and they're not leaving the stage...OH SNAP...its BOWIE!
Untouchable. The climax was amazing and when the last notes were played we were exhausted and exhilarated. The set lasted two hours. It was basically two sets in one (we didn't know this would become the standard for the weekend). We just sat down and stared ahead for a moment taking it all in...and then ran to get into the bathroom and water lines (a constant theme of the weekend).
Phish was back. We were there and there was still 5 sets to go in what was fast becoming an incredible weekend.
Quick note on Page...he was completely bonkers all weekend. Best individual performance out of the four. Hands down.
As noted in my "Surprising Songs" post Backwards Down the Number Line didn't sound great at the time, but upon the relisten, sounds great. Good song, that i think there's alot of promise for.
Then came more ENERGY. Noodled Tweezer->Taste was rockin'. Possum, standard and fun. Theme and First Tube just brought the house down. There was a "zone" at this point that couldn't be broken. Everyone was lifted to a higher place.
A soulful Waste led to the best song of the night...restart or not. Flubs or not. Shit...
Best jam of the night, sick Gordon solo, crazy vocal jam...it was all there.
A pretty straightforward encore of Grind, Bouncin' (with the giant balloons falling from the ceiling) and Lovin Cup left us the most beautiful buzz we'd felt in years. Seriously. I could have been stone cold sober and I would have left that night walking on air.
Not only was Phish back, but there was immense promise for the next few nights.
This show read like a Greatest Hits of Phish with a couple of hints at what was to come.
Trey's sound was no longer the garage-rock superstar of 2002-2004 (thank god for Ross compressors), Fishman and Gordon held down the rythym like they'd never stopped playing together and Page...ahhhh Page.
More to come...
Suprisingly Good Songs from the Re-Listen
In order of appearance:
1. Farmhouse
2. Backwards Down the Number Line
3. YEM - nasty after the restart
4. Split Open and Melt
5. Guelah Papyrus
6. Limb by Limb
7. Prince Caspian
8. Undermind - liked this at the time, but was still surprised.
9. All of These Dreams
10. Birds of A Feather
11. Foam
12. Undermind
13. Bug
1. Farmhouse
2. Backwards Down the Number Line
3. YEM - nasty after the restart
4. Split Open and Melt
5. Guelah Papyrus
6. Limb by Limb
7. Prince Caspian
8. Undermind - liked this at the time, but was still surprised.
9. All of These Dreams
10. Birds of A Feather
11. Foam
12. Undermind
13. Bug
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Top Moments
Full reviews coming soon, but for now:
1. Fluffhead. Period.
2. AC/DC Bag GLOW STICK WAR!
3. DWD Jam...they're BACK.
4. Velvet Sea (if you knew, you knew)
5. Run run run run run run (it was literally shaking)
6. 2001->Moma Dance (see: they're back)
7. Bowie Climax
8. HEY!!!!!!!
9. Gumbo (for beth)
10. Halley's Jam
11. Maze climax
12. Look back on those days when my life was a haze.
13. Slave Jam
14. ....can you still have fun?
15. I've lost my mind just a couple of times.
1. Fluffhead. Period.
2. AC/DC Bag GLOW STICK WAR!
3. DWD Jam...they're BACK.
4. Velvet Sea (if you knew, you knew)
5. Run run run run run run (it was literally shaking)
6. 2001->Moma Dance (see: they're back)
7. Bowie Climax
8. HEY!!!!!!!
9. Gumbo (for beth)
10. Halley's Jam
11. Maze climax
12. Look back on those days when my life was a haze.
13. Slave Jam
14. ....can you still have fun?
15. I've lost my mind just a couple of times.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Set two
Dwd
Seven below
The horse
Silent in the morning
Twist
2001
Moma dance
While my guitar gently weeps
Velvet sea
Slave
Seven below
The horse
Silent in the morning
Twist
2001
Moma dance
While my guitar gently weeps
Velvet sea
Slave
Set one
Sanity
Wilson
Foam
Bathtub gin
Undermind
Ac dc bag
My friend my friend
Scent
All of these dreams
Maze
She thinks I still care
Army of one
Tube
Cars trucks and buses
Free
Frankenstein
Wilson
Foam
Bathtub gin
Undermind
Ac dc bag
My friend my friend
Scent
All of these dreams
Maze
She thinks I still care
Army of one
Tube
Cars trucks and buses
Free
Frankenstein
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Friday, March 6, 2009
Second set
Backwards Down The Number Line - 1st time
Tweezer
Taste
Possum
Theme
First tube
Hood
Waste
YEM restart
Tweezer
Taste
Possum
Theme
First tube
Hood
Waste
YEM restart
First set
Fluff
D sky
Chalkdust
Sample
Stash
I didn't know with vacuum and trey on drums
Oh kee pa
Suzie
Farmhouse
Nicu
Horn
Rift
Train song
Water in the sky
Squirming coil
Bowie
D sky
Chalkdust
Sample
Stash
I didn't know with vacuum and trey on drums
Oh kee pa
Suzie
Farmhouse
Nicu
Horn
Rift
Train song
Water in the sky
Squirming coil
Bowie
Thursday, March 5, 2009
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