Sinister: Re: Philly show

Fri May 10 02:20:35 BST 2002

The Philly show was indeed quite splendid and everyone
was in a great mood.It was well worth the wait.Here's
what I remember of the set list (not in any sort of
order):

Rocky theme
Sleep the Clock Around
Waking up to Us
Seeing Other People
Boy with the Arab Strap
Dirty Dream #2
Seymour Stein
Fox in the Snow
Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying
Judy and the Dream of Horses
String Bean Jean
Loneliness of a Middle Distance Lover
Don't Leave the Light on Baby
I Fought in a War
The Model
The Wrong Girl
There's too Much Love
Cover song( it was familiar,the name is on the tip of
my tongue...)
2 new songs, one of them an instrumental

Encore(that's right,we got an encore!)

Me and the Major

--- Jenny Payne <jpayne at mail.wrl.org> wrote:
> 
> I started writing this days ago... but was too
> distracted to send, then
> too down to send... then too busy to send.  But now
> I'm finally going
> to get this sent.  I have the new Elbow CD on... #6,
> "Asleep in the Back"
> is really amazing...
> 
> 
> philly show -
> 
> I got to the Tower Theatre in time to catch just
> five songs or so... I
> guess that works out to be a song for every hour
> spent getting there!  It
> was worth it.  The venue was perfect aside from
> being in a sketchy
> neighborhood.  I liked the formality of the ushers'
> black and white suits.
> The lights were amazing.  We found seats better than
> my ticketed ones,
> which was nice, but we weren't in them long.  I sat
> for Seymour Stein but
> had to dance for the next one.  And what exactly
> *was* that song?  The one
> with all the clapping... it was fantastic.  So was
> the crowd.  The band
> not only sounded astounding but they looked like
> they were genuinely
> having a good time up there.  Did anyone note a
> setlist for Philly?  I
> didn't see one.  On the way out I bought one of the
> tea-towels... which I
> have deemed "most interesting concert souvenir ever
> bought" (closely
> followed by my Man or Astroman? pennant, Sof' Boy
> comic by Archer Prewitt
> and Madness fleece....).
> 
> Who was the fella in the tan corduroys who had
> travelled over from the
> U.K. who was looking for the after-party?  I hope he
> found it ok.
> 
> Thanks to two quite friendly and helpful locals (the
> people in Philly are
> great!), we managed to find our way into the
> after-party club after
> someone had apparently just set off a fire
> extinguisher.  A nosebleed and
> several drinks after, we were dancing to a fun mix
> of records.
> 
> I learned a few things on my trip, the first one
> being that if you wait
> until 6 a.m. to try and get a hotel room, you can
> essentially get the next
> night free because they list it as Saturday morning.
>  After sleeping a
> couple of hours, we headed out to the zoo, where I
> learned more new stuff
> like the fact that black spider monkeys have no
> thumbs and that zoo hot
> dogs are extremely vile.  Well, I kinda knew that
> last part ahead of time.
> I saw these funky little nekkid animals that are the
> world's only
> hairless mammal. **  Amusingly, they sold little
> stuffed naked mole rats
> in the gift shop, which I have deemed "most
> interesting zoo souvenir ever
> bought."  It's all pink and squishy with funny
> teeth... reminds me of
> someone I used to date!  haha
> 
> 
> d.c. show -
> 
> The friend who left me with an extra PA ticket is
> also making my D.C. trip
> plans difficult.  I think I need new "friends." 
> Anyway, I'm not missing
> any part of this one *or* Sleater-Kinney.  Dammit. 
> I was trying to set up
> some kind of fun pre-show party/meet with some
> friends of mine who have a
> record shop up there... but guess what week they
> decide to move the
> *entire* shop?  Sigh.  And Belle and Sebastian has
> long been their
> best-seller in the shop.  So it coulda been huge. 
> Vilkas and I were
> talking about doing something also.  Does anyone
> know if there are good
> places to meet near DAR Constitution Hall?  I've
> never been there since I
> tend to stick to the Black Cat and other small
> venues.  Drop me a line if
> you have ideas.  A picnic on the mall lawn with
> kites could be fun... but
> weather, parking and several other things could be
> problems...
> 
> Luv from -
> Jenny
> 
> ** Want to see some nekkid mole rats too?
> http://natzoo.si.edu/Webcams/molerat1/nmcam.htm
> These guys are indecent.  Somebody oughta crochet
> them little sweaters or
> somethin'.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>
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