shows shows shows

june 12, 2005.
first, malkmus at the fetus. setlist, from the stephenmalkmus.com board:

1. Pink India
2. Phantasies
3. Vanessa From Queens
4. It Kills
5. Freeze the Saints
6. Loud Cloud Crowd




(i accidentally wrote over one of the photos, so that's all i have. :'( )


we then headed to downtown to get some food and see spoon. we missed clientele (well, saw the last song, but does that even count?), but got pretty decent spots to see spoon. they were SOOOOOO good. just simply amazing. played most of the new album, and a good mix of stuff off their old albums. some songs played (in no particular order), include:

the beast and dragon, adored
monsieur valentine
i turn my camera on
my mathematical mind
the delicate place
sister jack
i summon you
the way we get by
jonathan fisk
paper tiger
someone something
everything hits at once
me and the bean
the fitted shirt
utilitarian

and some more. it was super SUPER good. just really one of the best shows ever, i think. seriously. if you have the chance to see spoon, GO! GO! GO! GO! britt daniel is really cute, too, just so you all know. i almost had a chance to talk to him, but i chickened out because it was during the late malkmus show and i didn't want to disrupt his viewing pleasure. i totally wish i had, though. oh well. next time....next time. we did brush shoulders. does that count for anything?

then, we cleared out and saw malkmus outside and i talked to him and got a photo (of course) and had another brief conversation (i high fived him and had him sign my "face the truth" after the fetus show).

and then we went back in, heard the sound check, and malkmus played. he was good, but probably not as good as spoon live. that's just a fact. i think that if i hadn't just seen spoon, i would have loved his set, but it was kind of laissez-faire (typical malkmus) and also there were some drunkies that were kind of distracting from the show. and then the whole "do i talk to britt? DO I?" dilemma, that kind of marred the encore. the setlist, again, according to the sm.com board was:

Pencil Rot
Dynamic
(Do not Feed the) Oyster
Loud Cloud Crowd
Wow Ass
Post-Paint Boy
It Kills
Malediction
I've Hardly Been
No More Shoes (which was really excellent)
Baby C'mon (thus making my prediction that they would close the set with that wrong)
Church on White
Freeze the Saints
Water and a Seat
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Jo Jo's Jacket
Incense
Carl the Clod

ghostly pics!





in all, it was a fantastic night.

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june 14, 2005
ted leo and the pharmacists at first ave.

another excellent show! though i maybe only knew 60-70% of the songs, it was still quite good and ted leo was really energetic and fantastic and guitarry and melodic and funny. and stuff. plus, he covered the boss, and you can hardly go wrong with that.

more ghostly/blurry pics.






tonight? sleater-kinney.
i'm going to be so tired. i already am. :'(