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I'll be there.

I saw you scurrying to and fro that night trying to get your vinyl YHF signed, Marijn! Of course I had no idea that was you or I would have said hi. See Dunja? When in doubt, you should always go to the show and ask questions later! (Haha.)

I think the last time the full band played in LA was June '05 at the Greek... The Roots with Vernon Reid opened and Jeff went into the crowd to sing Hummingbird to his family, if I'm not mistaken. What a fun show that was. The only question this time is whether a certain floppy-haired musical genius will be playing anytime close to Aug. 29...

Yeah, you're right. I fixed it in my earlier post. Funny, I'm 100 percent certain I typed it in, but as I was working on an extremely ghetto computer in an Internet cafe-cum-laundromat, it must have gotten deleted somehow. This is my first time online since then, so thanks for pointing that out.

Not that Kot would've gotten it wrong, but this September show at Milennium Park does indeed seem legit from what I hear. Should be a really interesting one. I wonder whether it will be free or not. My understanding is the Decemberists show in July is, but correct me if I'm wrong...

I did indeed hit a Wifi drought, Dunja. But have no fear, the setlist from last night's final club show on the Euro tour was as follows: Either Way You Are My Face IATTBYH Handshake Drugs War on War (w/A Shot in the Arm false start) Impossible Germany Sky Blue Sky At Least That's What You Said A Shot in the Arm Side With The Seeds Via Chicago Shake It Off Jesus, etc. Walken I'm The Man Who Loves You Hummingbird --------------------------------- On and On and On Pot Kettle Black Poor Places> Spiders (Kidsmoke) ---------------------------------- Misunderstood The Late Greats I'm A Wheel

Some kind Dutch (or American, for that matter) soul will surely be waiting outside the Paradiso to hook you guys up, Dunja! See you there, right? I should say, by way of a quick comment, that I do hope for one more listen to Kamera before this European tour is done. I was going to mention this the other night when they played it, but I wanted to make sure I had heard it right first. Aside from returning to the slightly fuzzed-out electric guitar version that I love, the band has also rearranged the song just a bit so that Glenn doesn't have to play the complicated part on crotales at the e

Here's the setlist for now: Side With The Seeds You Are My Face IATTBYH Kamera Muzzle of Bees Handshake Drugs A Shot in the Arm Impossible Germany Sky Blue Sky Shake It Off Hummingbird War on War Jesus, etc. Walken I'm The Man Who Loves You ---------------------------------- The Late Greats Via Chicago Spiders (Kidsmoke) ---------------------------------- Hate It Here Heavy Metal Drummer Misunderstood On and On and On

Well, it's a GA show so you wouldn't have to be together at all other than walking through the door. It's obviously someone who only needed one ticket for themselves but bought two anyway and is now scalping it...for a completely outrageous price, I might add. No matter what you do, I guess there's always a work-around. Boo.

The aforementioned full setlist: You Are My Face IATTBYH Muzzle of Bees Handshake Drugs A Shot in the Arm At Least That's What You Said Side With The Seeds Either Way War on War Via Chicago Jesus, etc. Walken I'm The Man Who Loves You Hummingbird On And On And On ------------------------- Impossible Germany Sky Blue Sky Spiders (Kidsmoke) ------------------------- Hate It Here I'm Always in Love The Late Greats A little bit of a shorter-than-usual set tonight because of a strict curfew, but the Paris crowd was really enthusiastic once again and the band seemed to feed off it. Was very glad

They're usually good for about 2 hours, give or take. If there's a curfew at the venue, though, it could be less. But I'd plan on a two-hour set if you want to see the whole thing...

Mart, the big one is here and you're looking and sounding better than ever! Have a great birthday. Live it up NYC style for me and I'll catch you and CM when I get back from Europe...

Awww...thanks, Dunja, Not sure whether to put this in this thread or the actual show thread, but Jeff singled out a little group of loud Americans at the show in Stuttgart tonight. He basically just said something to the effect of Americans are so loud and you can have a good time without being so loud. He later apologized to them, going over and blowing them a kiss during Hummingbird. But the point is, there's just no need to be the loudmouth, ugly American. Much better to be the subtle American, I think. Anyway, the guys tonight were apparently from Chicago and made it eminently clear by

What a setlist, especially if you're a YHF fan. It almost felt like a tour-ending show tonight...but there's still three shows left to go! Shake It Off You Are My Face IATTBYH Kamera Handshake Drugs A Shot in the Arm Side With The Seeds Via Chicago Pot Kettle Black War on War Hummingbird Jesus, etc. Hate It Here Walken I'm The Man Who Loves You ---------------------------------- Impossible Germany Sky Blue Sky Poor Places> Spiders (Kidsmoke) ---------------------------------- On and On and On Heavy Metal Drummer The Late Greats I'm Always In Love I'm A Wheel

According to my guidebook, Vonnegut was actually in the convention center during the firebombing -- I guess it

I think Jeff just started to realize that the more he egged them on, the more loud and obnoxious they were going to get, so he stopped. From my vantage point, that was kind of the gist of the look that Nels gave Jeff. Actually, the hooting and hollering wasn't that obnoxious, really. I think part of what Jeff meant with the whole "we come over here to get away from you people" statement was just that that sort of stuff happens all the time in America and maybe being in Europe, there's some hope that it won't be as prevalent over here. That is to say that one of the main reasons the band play

no, to clear up any misunderstanding, it was with the whole band. i just noted jeff and nels because jeff has played the song with both electric and acoustic guitars and nels has played it with electric versus lap steel, so i wanted to note the variation. pat also stepped out to "the front line" with an electric guitar for that one, which is what he has been doing. the other guys played their normal roles, and quite nicely i might add...

Just a couple of other notes from the show last night... --On And On And On was originally slated to be the first song of the second encore, but Jeff changed the order after he came out and said what a sweet audience the Dresden crowd had been. A very earnest German fan replied, "So does that mean we can get some Calee--four--nee-a Starss?" Jeff then said something like "Well, that wasn't on the original plan, but we might be able to get to it." To which the German guy replied, "It's OK, we can wait." They eventually got to it. --They've been working on Why Would You Wanna Live for a coupl

That's what I've been told. I keep meaning to, honestly!

Since you asked, I've really enjoyed the set she's been doing. With some slight variations in order from night to night, it's basically been a five/six song rotation of: -Marmalade (with Bobb Bruno on bass) -Times Square (with Nels Cline on guitar) -new song [i think] (with Nels Cline on guitar) -Nels' Box>Pissing (with Nels Cline on guitar, Bobb Bruno on bass and Glenn Kotche on percussion) -Baby, That's The Creeps (with Mike Jorgensen on keyboards) For me, Times Square has been a highlight. I know that they've done that song a fair bit in the past, but I'll just say that it's really s

Reporting for setlist duty... Sunken Treasure (Jeff acoustic; Nels on lap steel) You Are My Face Side With The Seeds Handshake Drugs IATTBYH A Shot in the Arm Impossible Germany Sky Blue Sky Muzzle of Bees Shake It Off Hummingbird Via Chicago Jesus, etc. Walken I'm The Man Who Loves You (w/crew on tambourine and maraca) --------------------------------------- War on War Why Would You Wanna Live [started and restarted] Poor Places> Reservations> Spiders (Kidsmoke) --------------------------------------- The Late Greats California Stars Hate It Here I'm A Wheel

Here was the setlist for the almost absurdly early (finished by 9:45 p.m.) show tonight... You Are My Face IATTBYH Handshake Drugs A Shot in the Arm At Least That's What You Said Side With The Seeds War on War Via Chicago Pot Kettle Black Hummingbird Jesus, etc. Walken Theologians I'm The Man Who Loves You --------------------------------- Impossible Germany Sky Blue Sky Poor Places> Spiders (Kidsmoke) --------------------------------- What Light The Late Greats I'm A Wheel

For record-keeping purposes, here was the Cologne setlist: Side With The Seeds You Are My Face IATTBYH Muzzle of Bees Handshake Drugs A Shot in the Arm At Least That's What You Said Sky Blue Sky Impossible Germany Jesus, etc. War on War Via Chicago Walken Theologians I'm The Man Who Loves You Hummingbird ------------------------- Hate It Here The Late Greats Kingpin I'm A Wheel ------------------------ Misunderstood Spiders (Kidsmoke)

I took down the setlist for that one. It's accurate, believe me. The recording of the show that is circulating was almost certainly done by my friend, a noted NYC taper. If so, it's an audience recording but a high quality one because I remember him bringing in his rig and good mics that night. It was a sweet show.

I raise a glass to you, Lou. Happy birthday!