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Tally Hall

Guess they couldn't get those hometown faves OK Go.

Black Kids

Black Lips

I've been waiting for these two to be on the same bill. Now if they could just get the Black Angels, Black Mountain and the Black Keys!

Newton Faulkner

Awesome, lol. Solo Bohemian Rhapsody here we come!

Jun 6 2008 8:00P The Nels Cline Singers @ The Paramount Charlottesville, North Carolina

Jun 8 2008 8:00P The Nels Cline Singers @ La Sala Rossa Montreal

 

Charlottesville sure is strange.

Definitely strange since it's in Virginia.

That is a pretty bearish drive from Virginia to Montreal, though. They do have an off-day in between, but I'm guessing a lot of that will be spent in the car/van.

I didnt get a setlist

C'mon froggie...Some of us are counting on you here!

Holy shit, Dunja...Not sure how I missed this for so long. What a traumatic thing! I can't imagine what was going through your mind when you heard about the accident, but I'm so glad to hear that Tara is going to be OK! Thank God. Please pass along my best wishes for a speedy speedy recovery!

The printed setlist had The Lonely 1 preceding Spiders in the second encore, which would have been pretty awesome had it been done. A solid show, nonetheless, considering the seated venue. I personally thought there might be a little more Mermaid stuff in Welly, but I guess they're sticking to mostly post YHF material, considering these are the first full-length shows they've done in NZ.

And the banter about the post-Easter tradition of wearing your metal T-shirts was hilarious, considering you couldn't walk around town for five minutes yesterday without seeing either an Ozzy or KISS shirt. Personally, though, I was hoping for a Bret Michaels or Rikki Rockett sighting.

For Wilco's first "real" (i.e. non-festival) show in New Zealand, the setlist was as follows:

Sunken Treasure

You Are My Face

Muzzle of Bees

Handshake Drugs

War on War

Side With The Seeds

A Shot in the Arm

Radio Cure

Shake It Off

Pot Kettle Black

Impossible Germany

Via Chicago

California Stars

Forget the Flowers

Jesus, etc.

Walken

I'm The Man Who Loves You

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Hummingbird

On and On and On

Spiders (Kidsmoke)

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Hate It Here

Kingpin

The Late Greats

Actually, I saw on a printed setlist that after The Late Greats, the show was supposed to conclude with the trio of Red-Eyed and Blue>I Got You (At The End of the Century)>Outtasite (Outta Mind), but those didn't get played (perhaps for time reasons). Still, no sign of the technical problems that plagued them at the Bluesfest the previous evening and the BM Centre was a pretty nifty little place to see a show -- both general admission and reserved seating, low stage, no barricade and a total capacity of about 1,100.

A Shot in the Arm

Radio Cure

You Are My Face

Impossible Germany

Handshake Drugs

Pot Kettle Black

Side with the Seeds

She's a Jar

Misunderstood

Was I (In Your Dreams)

Forget the Flowers

A Magazine Called Sunset

Jesus, etc.

Too Far Apart

I'm Always In Love

I'm The Man who Loves you

Poor Places>

Spiders (Kidsmoke)

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On & On & On

Walken

Hate It Here

Can't Stand It

Casino Queen

I'm A Wheel

Hoodoo Voodoo

A belated happy happy birthday, Judy. Yay minor holiday birthdays!

Miss you! (See you soon, though!)

Easy! Easy! Easy!

I was kind of hoping Noble would jump off Dave's desk or something, but it was good to see them nevertheless.

hi, paul!!!

 

i saw you from a distance in line before the show, but i didn't say hi because i'm strangely shy like that.

 

hope iowa treated you well!

oh, kara...i thought i saw you as well, but it was freezing and i didn't make it over to see for sure. don't be strangely shy next time! sorry to hear you had trouble with security.

to be honest, i still think val air is a pretty cool place for a show

it's killing me to have to leave town and miss the TWO SHOWS they are playing this weekend.

 

i'm gonna have to find a coachella ticket now.

so glad you had a good time, evonne! i take it the parish was just a slightly better venue than the verizon? haha.

coachella!

(p.s. if you hear about anyone trying to unload a decent ticket for radio city, let me know... )

didn't see this on the setlist

It might have been on the printed setlist, but it wasn't played.

I hope to god the crazy asian gentleman beside me frequents this place because he got some excellent pictures.

Not sure how I feel about that characterization, but...

Complete setlist for the Val Air show:

Ashes of American Flags

Remember The Mountain Bed

You Are My Face

Muzzle of Bees

Handshake Drugs

Cars Can't Escape

Pot Kettle Black

A Shot in the Arm

Side With The Seeds

She's a Jar

Impossible Germany

California Stars (dedicated to John Doe and band)

Summer Teeth

A Magazine Called Sunset

Via Chicago

Jesus, etc.

Walken

I'm The Man Who Loves You

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Hate It Here

Kingpin

Passenger Side

Heavy Metal Drummer

Red-Eyed and Blue>

I Got You (At The End of the Century)

Monday>

Outtasite (Outta Mind)

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I'm A Wheel

Before I collapse, a brief report...

Cain's Ballroom is the coolest! Tonight was a very fun, loose show. Jeff took voice steroids!

Ashes of American Flags was soundchecked and was on the setlist, but not played. The Lonely 1 was also slated to be the closer, but they rocked it out instead.

Here was the setlist:

You Are My Face

Muzzle of Bees

One By One

California Stars

Impossible Germany

Handshake Drugs

I'm Always In Love

A Shot in the Arm

Side With The Seeds

She's a Jar

Jesus, etc.

Pick Up The Change

Airline to Heaven

Forget the Flowers

At My Window Sad and Lonely

Hotel Arizona

War on War

Via Chicago

The Late Greats

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Hate It Here

Heavy Metal Drummer

Walken

I'm The Man Who Loves You

Red-Eyed and Blue>

I Got You (At The End of the Century)

Dave, I so so wish I could be there but I'm sure it will be a great night! I'll make it one of these days...

I think someone posted a setlist in the webcast thread in Just A Fan, but here it is for good measure (and I was fortunate to be at the show, so I was able to see when the Total Pros were playing, which might not always have come through over the Internet):

(Was I) In Your Dreams (w/Total Pros horns)

Pieholden Suite w/TPs; Nels on banjo and tambourine)

You Are My Face

Company In My Back

Impossible Germany

Handshake Drugs

A Shot in the Arm

Pot Kettle Black

Side With The Seeds

Pick Up The Change

Hesitating Beauty

Jesus, etc.

Heavy Metal Drummer

Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway(again)

A Magazine Called Sunset

Too Far Apart

Theologians

Walken (w/TPs)

I'm The Man Who Loves You (w/TPs)

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What Light (w/TPs)

Hate It Here (w/TPs; dedicated to Tony Sansone-Pat's dad, I believe.)

The Thanks I Get (w/TPs)

Just A Kid

Monday>

Outtasite (Outta Mind)

Casino Queen

I'm A Wheel

The Late Greats (w/TPs)

A couple of notes:

The first third or so of the set was kind of derailed by Jeff's run-ins with a jackass down front. I'm pretty sure he was one of the guys wearing the misspelled "John Stirot's Fan Club" T-shirts that both Jeff (and John Doe) ridiculed. He was apparently recording with a handheld camcorder and Jeff saw it and literally leaned out into the crowd and took it away from him. The guy got it back after the show, but you've got to be kidding me. That was after "You Are My Face." Then, right before Pick Up The Change, the guy started heckling Jeff or something and they basically got into a brief back-and-forth. Anyway, that was weird.

This was sadly the last show for the Total Pros, as Jeff mentioned. The DVD crew said they'll be at the Tulsa show and that's it for them (no Houston or Des Moines).

John Doe's set absolutely killed tonight. I just loved the orginal stuff they played, including the great "The Golden State," and "Hwy. 5" which I don't think I had seen them play yet on this tour (edit: I had, but it's still a great song). And then the covers...they did Joni Mitchell's A Case of You (which I hadn't been fortunate to see yet) and of course just tore the place up with Nels' help on their set-ending version of the Stones' "Gimme Shelter." And on top of that, we got the New World-Revolution segue as well.

John Doe. You should get there early and check him and his band out! (You might even get a little bonus Nels Cline for your trouble. )

I'd say around 11, if last night was any indication.

I'm in buddy.....PM me!

Awesome, dude! I take it you found a ticket...?

Reporting for duty...

They do it late down here in the Big Easy. Show didn't end until past 1 a.m. Much beer was consumed, and Jeff commented on the apparently large quantity of weed being smoked.

Tip's, of course, is tiny and great. The Total Pros actually had to play from the balcony because the stage was too small to fit everyone. They set up in the balcony, stage left, which made for kind of a weird arrangement. Watching John's family and friends in the balcony during "It's Just That Simple" was very cute.

DVD filming was in full effect.

Celebrity sighting: John C. Reilly.

Setlist:

(Was I) In Your Dreams (w/Total Pros horns)

The Late Greats (w/TPs)

I'm Always In Love

A Shot in the Arm

At Least That's What You Said

You Are My Face

Side With The Seeds

Box Full Of Letters

Airline to Heaven

California Stars (w/TPs; dedicated to John Doe)

Impossible Germany

Via Chicago

Blood of the Lamb (w/clarinet only)

Forget The Flowers

Someday Soon

Summer Teeth

Jesus, etc.

Walken (w/TPs)

I'm The Man Who Loves You (w/TPs)

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It's Just That Simple

Hate It Here (w/TPs)

Can't Stand It (w/TPs)

Kingpin ["livin' in New Orleans"]

Red-Eyed and Blue>

I Got You (At The End of the Century)

Monday (w/TPs)

It's been a while since they've played that live, hasn't it?

They played it last Tuesday in Washington, D.C.

There's a reason I'm not a music critic, so here's my entirely worthless review of last night's show:

 

Zooey is beautiful, her voice is amazing, and I liked the songs, on first hearing. M. didn't sing much; duets on some covers, but not much on the originals. I was kind of expecting the whole thing to be more duet-y, which I think I might have preferred, but it seems to be a showcase for her voice as much as anything else.

 

Not much chatting with the crowd, the best bit of banter came from an audience member, a woman who yelled "You're lovely!" Then when Zooey said "Ooh, thanks... Wait, do you mean me or Matt?", she answered "Matt!"

Oh, I thought it was 'You're dreamy..." but either way, it was hilarious.

I haven't heard any leaks of the record or anything, but Zooey's voice is quite charming and surprisingly powerful live. In terms of the original stuff, it sounded pretty good but I'd need a few more listens to evaluate the songwriting. It did seem like the whole "She and Him" project was very much a showcase for her, though, with Matt there in more of a supporting/confidence boosting role. They played about 40-45 minutes in all, including a brief two-song encore.

P.S. Great to see you, Maud!

What song or songs did Nels play with his new guitar?

He just used it for "Someday Soon," actually.

Bbop has a picture of Nels with the shiny brand new (I mean really new, there was not so much as a fingerprint on it) double-necked guitar, and he'll post it shortly. Besides bringing a little Van Halenesque je ne sais quoi, it really sounded beautiful. It was kinda breathtaking actually but then I feel that way about Nels' playing pretty often.

Better late than never...