Subject: Michigan Reviews (Part 2 of 2)
From: "J.R. Trimpe" 

HEY! Here is the promised review of the two shows I saw of the tour. A 
short reminder, the application for the OE tree is now available on the 
web page as well as on this newsgroup.

For reference, I've seen about 11 or so shows now but have around 350 
hours on tape. This is not going to be a "Everything Phish does is 
wonderful!!!" review.

11/11/96 Grand Rapids, MI

I had heard horror stories about how the security was exceptionally 
restrictive in this new arena built for the new GR hockey team. I was 
pleased to see that it was not excessive in any way. No more ticket 
checks than I would expect at the symphony. Made me happy. Getting in was 
not obnoxious either. The line was slow, but there was a purpose to 
everything you went through. Ticket check outside, search and rip, go to 
your seat. It was reasonable.

The floor was GA, but I was on the side. I think that every seat in this 
place would provide a decent view. Surprizingly enough, it was not sold 
out. In fact, the back wall on the upper bowl was EXTREMELY empty.

I had a really good feeling about tonight. They walked out and gave us...

CHALK DUST TORTURE: Nothing special, but really tight. Got the crowd 
moving and set the energy right.

GUELAH PAPYRUS: Believe it or not, I had never seen this live. Much more 
exciting in person than on tape. Nice little dance Trey and Mike do =)

CARS TRUCKS BUSES: Cool! I like this. So far, the energy was riding high 
for this show and this was no different. Page was really on (as he would 
be for the rest of the night)

AC/DC BAG: Cool. Took them a long time build the ending jam, but it just 
seemed like it kept on growing and growing! It really went over the edge 
in excitement.

SPARKLE: No matter what anybody says, I like to dance to this tune. No 
matter what people say, it's just a good song.

BROTHER: YEAH! I'd never seen this live. Cool tune. I'm glad they pulled 
it out again. I'll bet they could really take it over the edge if they 
tried or got inspired enough...

THEME FROM THE BOTTOM: Great tune. I've loved it ever since Lowell. Like 
AC/DC Bag, it really went on. The ending jam really had good stuff going 
on. Really exciting.

AXILLA (PART ONE): WOW! Another new one. I love the whole Axilla series, 
but to get the first part was a real treat. Trey lost his cord to his amp 
near the end, it was only out for about 5 seconds. A few flubs by Fish 
here and there.

RUNAWAY JIM: I used to not care for this song, but since Kalamazoo of 
last year, it was really turned on to me. This version waas nothing like 
NYE95, but is was straight forward and firey. End of the first set, a 
surprisingly short 56 minutes.

During the intermission, the crowd started doing the wave. I couldn't 
believe it. It was kinda funny and cool in it's own way. 40 minutes 
later, they came out for what I was expecting to be another notch higher 
in the second set.

TIMBER HO: Great set opener, and it jammed. A few more flubs by Fish, but 
in all, this textural jam was nice.

DIVIDED SKY: Wait a sec, they did this at their last show. Maybe it was 
to make up for the fact that it sucked at the Palace. They more than made 
up for it. An all fall down signal during the long pause before the 
resolution note was a welcome addition. The end never seemed to come in 
the final jam and it didn't bother me at all. HIGH energy.

GUMBO: Never seen it without horns. Pretty cool. Page's solo became this 
popular ragtime tune that I can't think of the name right now. Really 
cool and fun!

CURTAIN: I seem to get this a lot live. Maybe I'm just lucky. Personally, 
I would go ape shit if they fell back into the 1990 and earlier version 
of this. Either way, I had a feeling that I knew what it would be seguing 
into next. I was almost right. Instead of going straight to Tweezer, they 
threw inbetween...

SAMPLE IN A JAR: I like this song. It's just good music. Not a stelar jam 
out at the end, but a really solid version. Tons of fun. The last note 
held the first notes of

TWEEZER: Short version, only 15 minutes, but it was a continuous 
crescendo. The begining lasted about 4:30 (for all you Dirk420 fans ;) 
and went into a very light, percussive textural jam. Trey on his kit plus 
that weird sampler thing he has been hitting as well as Mike kicking that 
bell on the floor near his pedals (when did he add this? I noticed it at 
the Palace show as well). Eventually it grew up to the end and that was 
it. Nice, probably will get about a 7 on the CD scale.

SWEPT AWAY > STEEP: Another repeat from the last show. Weird. Never seen 
them do anything like that before. The vocals were not nearly as tight 
this time however. This segued directly into...

MAZE: YEAH! Really intense, One of the highlights of the night for me. It 
was dark and spicy. You will definately love listening to this on tape.

CONTACT: A few Fish flubs, but all in all solid. Such a fun little tune.

SLAVE TO THE TRAFFIC LIGHT: Finally, I get to see it live. The jam was 
really cool, not as inspiried as some of the earlier ones from the night, 
but then again, after the wild ride we all went on, can you blame them? 
It was a long second set, about 85 minutes.

WASTE: I love this song. I love their slow yet jamming tunes like this, 
FEFY, and If I could. This was a REAL treat to get.

CAVERN: I was PISSED! This is the 4th Tweezer that I have seen and NOT 
gotten a Reprise! It's almost as if they know I'll be there and do not 
want to give it to me. Can you hear me? I am dying to dance and jam out 
to a Reprise! I love the Tweezer Reprise!!! As far as Cavern goes, it was 
good. Really melodic. The end was loud, they just hit as much stuff as 
possible, complete with megaphone feedback, bells, the whole bit. Encores 
were 11 minutes total.

In general, the GR show had all the energy I could ask for. Page was 
really on which made up for the fact the Fishman wasn't. I great time had 
by all. So when did Mike start playing with his big old bell?

OK, this was a really long review, but I hope you liked it. The tree for 
these shows are up, you'll want the GR show!

Take care!


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Subject: Grand Rapids, 11/11/96 - Setlist and Review
From: "Laughlin" 

Ready? Here is the MONSTER setlist from tonight:

I. Chalkdust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Cars Trucks Buses, AC/DC Bag,
Sparkle, Brother, Theme from the Bottom, Axilla I --> Runaway Jim

II. Timber Ho!, Divided Sky, Gumbo, The Curtain, Sample in a Jar, Tweezer
--> Swept Away -->Steep, Maze, Contact, Slave to the Traffic Light

E: Waste, Cavern

Wow. Almost a dream setlist. Especially the end of Set one and pretty much
all of set 2. I'll make this as brief as possible, because I REALLY need
to
go to bed:

Chalkdut Torture - a great opener. They opened with MF, MF last time they
were in GR, I was calling a repeat, but this was definitely more welcome.

Guelah Papyrus - pretty standard stuff

Cars Trucks Buses - This one is getting REALLY good, I think. I like
hearing Page cranked up above everyone else sometimes.

AC/DC Bag - I knew we'd hear it tonight. The solo at the end (esp after
Fishman goes into double-time) was did not disappoint.

Sparkle - So far not a whole lot of surprises and already 5 songs in. It
seems like they've been bringing out the big guns pretty early on this
tour
so far, but I had absolutely nothing to worry about, as we shall soon see.
Sparkle went over well and Trey kicked some butt.

Brother - Wow. My first. Glad to finally meet you in person, Mr. Brother.
Mike just rocked on this one.

Theme from the Bottom - This song solidified itself tonight as my favorite
BB song. This one is just going to grow and grow, folks, the end is so
beautiful and so well-worked, I believe it will be just as welcome as Hood
or Slave someday down the line. It is THAT beautiful, IMHO.

Axilla - This and Brother in the same set? Weird. But very welcome. My
brother had been at the Champaign show when the boys pulled this one from
the vaults, and was with me to see it again tonight. He said after the
song, and I totally agree with him here, that the arrangement of this, for
some reason, is much more intense than Axilla II. The same song,
musically,
but the original kicks #2's butt.

Runaway Jim - This list was getting curiouser and curiouser, to quote a
well-known little girl. I knew it was the end of the set, and I know why I
like it to open a set now more than ever.

II.

Timber Ho! - my first and very welcome. The jam is so different from
almost
anything else they do and it's a great way to open a set.

Divided Sky - wasn't this two nights in a row? I wasn't complaining. I
wasn't at Detroit =] Trey seemed to be having some problems with his stack
(as he did during much of the second), but he seemed to have a lot of
confidence up there, otherwise I doubt he'd have done this song. It wasn't
a technically brilliant Divided Sky, but the end was just gorgeous. Oh -
and something very weird - they did the all fall down thing during Divided
Sky. has this happened before in this song?

Gumbo - nice Gumbo.

The Curtain - yes. I love this song. Mike kicked butt tonight folks, and
as
far as I was concerned, he worked the hardest on this song.

Sample in a Jar - Pittsburgh was a better Sample, I thought, but it was a
nice one to hear before:

Tweezer - didn't go on as long as it could have, but it was nice. For
those
of you who hate Trey's drumkit- here's something to think about- doing the
drumkit lets Page go wild- and while he didn't exactly go wild while Trey
played on his kit during Tweezer for about 5 minutes (?!), Page did some
really really cool stuff on multiple keyboards.

Swept Away-->Steep - I was a little distracted on this one, because it was
here that the two buttwipes next to me decided it was time to get in a
fight over who dropped the one guy's coat on the ground (and apparently,
it
was his favorite COAT! Oh MY!)

Maze - Always welcome. Again, Pittsburgh was a little better, but Trey put
in a very impressive piece of work at the end.

Contact - here was the end of the show, I thought. Especially when they do
their little wave bye-bye at the end. Could have sworn it was the end, the
set had been going on for so long, but then Trey too his pick hand and
strummed the opening chords of

Slave to the Traffic Light - Wow was I happy. They actually did this song
the last time they were in Grand Rapids, but it was my first show back
then
in 1994 and I didn't know the difference. It was killer tonight. I called
a
Slave for tonigth - I think it's been like 7 shows. Not a huge gap, mind
you, but I thought we were due.

E: Waste - My brother hadn't heard this one live yet, and he was happy. I
was really hoping for them to go into Tweezer Rep., it would have been a
very strange choice for a second encore song, but I knew they couldnt' go
out on Waste, not after the set they had just pulled off. After Waste,
Trey
took his guitar off and we sighed. Oh well. No-- wait- he's just getting a
different guitar!

Cavern - not my favorite phish song, but a great way to close the night.
The noise they make after the pause -then "Thanks everyone we had a great
time tonight" was great tonight.

So- a great setlist and a very well played show. Scott Jordan, this one
gets at least a 7. Maybe even a 7.5!

--Joachim
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Subject: THE DAMN MICHIGAN WEATHER!!!
From: Mark Hutchison 

Ohhh!   Tonight was a night plagues with obsticles.  We left for Grand 
Rapids tonight at 5pm from Ann Arbor (we had ride troubles previously) 
figuring that we could make it in less than two hours, while allowing 
ourselves some extra time for the falling snow.  We drove nearly 30 miles 
by 6:30,  (For those of you not good at math...that's SLOW)  at which 
point highway 96 came to an absolute standstill.  We sat there for 30 
minutes.  Apparently, the trucks could not make it up the hills due to the 
generous layer of ice that covered every stretch of pavement from here to 
Kalamazoo.  Apparently 96 was closed (well, thanks for telling us!!!)  
and all we could do was sit in the middle of the endless stream of cars 
and pray for a sudden meraicle, like a helicopter to come rescue us from 
the cruel twist of fate that had been dealt us by mother nature (who, 
tonight, I regretfully say, was a bitch to Eastern Michigan Phisheads.)  
My caravan did meet up with two other lost souls wandering the ice-laden 
shoulders of the interstate.  They too expressed their grief upon viewing 
the immense mass of automobileage that spanned to the brink of the 
horizon.  

But, alas, all we could do was sit in our car with the heat running,
listening to 8/13/96 (incidently a great show to listen to while stuck in
a blizzard: an Indiana summer....ahhh).  When the road finally cleared, we
realized that we would, for all intents and purposes, NEVER make the show. 
While sobbs, snivels, shrieks of remorse and the sounds of self-inflicted
pain escaped our small Ford Probe, we decided to stop in to the local pub
in whatever the hell-town we were trapped in, and grab a bite to eat.  I
can't say that nachos and water are a healthy replacement for a good
jammed-out concert, but I did leave Barry's Bar & Grill content.  Not
happy, but content. 

The drive back to Ann Arbor was a long and sad one.

So, I guess the point of my thread is how many of the rest of you were 
fineagled (sp?) out of a (great?) show tonight?  And for those of you 
whom rain, nor sleet, nor the absence of navigable roads could keep you 
from another night of bliss, how was tonight's show?  Did it seem like 
a lot of people were missing???

Take care, all.  I can't wait for the to come back to my 
area...preferably in _warmer_ months.

 - Mark H
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Subject: 11/11 Review (long) Van Schwagdel arena
Date:Tue, 12 Nov 1996 12:32:55 -0500
From:Corey Lennon Fields

OK here goes...

Got to Grand Rapids at about 5:30 after driving over an hour
in miserable condition.  GR didn't seem too overrun with 'heads
, which kinda surprised me.  There was real "lot" at this show, 
just a bunch of people hanging out outside the arena...

For those of you not intheknow, Van Andel Arena is brand spankin'
new.  I lked how it was set up, reminded me of the Wings Stadium
show in Kzoo last year.  To their credit, they've figured out
how to stop people from "stubbing down".  They collected every-
body's Gen. Adm. Tix upon entrance to the floor and provided
wristbands.  My little brother was there with me for his first
show, but alas he was stuck up in the seats the whole time...

ANYWAY, I remember thinking before the show how incredibly GOOD
everything was.  I saw so many people I knew, and the overall
feeling was much more family-like than the Palace (go figure).
Hi to Josh and Steve from Midland who were very kind kind indeed
during the show..  ;)

I found the security situation kinda funny.  Before the show, they
were on people's asses for cigarettes and pot.  They weren't really
being dicks, they just weren't allowing smoking of any kind.  But
as soon as the boys took the stage, the whole arena erupted into
one giant cloud of pot smoke.  After that, including the set
break, they didn't even try to stop anyone.  That's a Phish show 
for ya.

Also, (to Darius), the crowd this time was MUCH BETTER.  Some
cheeseball clapping, but that's OK.  I didn't have anybody
talking during great jams near me, etc. Everyone was pretty 
attentive.  I agree with your comments about The Palace, but
that's to be expected.  Were you at the Palace show last year?
Same thing, maybe not QUITE as bad, but still shitty.  Just 
doesn't feel like a PHish show in that place.

The show started with CHALKDUST.  Good opener!  Trey was all smiles,
which of course was reflected on my face.  I can't think of too
many other ways to ease into a great show.

Immediately after, Trey started the chords to GUELAH PAPYRUS!!!
woohoo!  My first Guelah in 13 shows (how does that happen?).  I 
was totally unprepared for the little Guelah dance, which got every-
one fired up.  If you haven't seen it, you must.  It blows the
the SOAMule jig out of the water.  As for the song, it was as
good as I know it on tape.  I really love THe ASSe FesTIval.  It 
is sooooo beautiful.  The AF reminds me of the musical parts of
Esther where Trey and Page are melodiously following each other...
awesome.

CARS, TRUCKS, AND BUSES:  Good and funky.  Trey was doing some
funky feedback thangs with the 'doc, while Page funks the house
down.

AC/DC Bag:  Good placement I thought.  This is where I like my
'Bags, middle of the first set.  Much better than an opener.  As
usual, there was a cool little (not very long) jam at the end.  The
Ball version was better, but I guess that's saying a lot.

SPARKLE:  I've said it before, I'll say it again.  I love this song.
No idea why people complain about it.  Sure, there is no glorious
improv, it's the same everytime, but it gets the crowd going.  I 
also think this song is quite psychedelic.  

BROTHER:  I didn't know what was up at first.  I looked at my
friend Barney and he screamed "BROTHER!!!".  woohoo!  My first
since the Ball.  I was just happy we got a rare (or used to be rare)
song here.  The crowd was pretty silent and unmoving during this...
I think that's why they don't play these olden-goldies anymore???
Anyone?  There is just not that many people at a given show that
get into this.  Weird.  Oh yeah, I like the vocals at the end, 
where Trey and Mike (page too?) put their fingers up and jiggle
their throats (couldn't think of any other way to describe it!).
Makes for weird vocals.... ;0

THEME FROM THE BOTTOM:  Surprisingly, this was the highlight of
the night for me.  The jam at the end will, I think, replace Hood
in gloriousness.  It's sooo beautiful.  Melodic.  Trance forming...
god.  I felt numb...  Best Theme I've heard without a doubt.

AXILLA Pt. 1:  Have to admit, I was pretty clueless during.  I've
never heard Pt. 1 before.  For the record, I HATE Axilla Pt. 2!
For a PHish song, mind you, it sucks.  For some reason, Pt. 1
seamed a little more tolerable.  Definitely arena anthem rock  ;)
I like the lyrics much better.  Well, I guess I really couldn't
understand what they were, but they FLOWED much better than the 
latest version of Axilla.  I just hate the "AXILLA! AXILLA! AXILLA!"
part....

RUNAWAY JIM:  Badly placed IMO, and kind of a letdown.  They seemed
tired at this point, and the jam at the end (which can be quite
glorious, see 6.16.95, Red Rocks version, etc.) didn't 
develop into anything interesting IMO.  

Typically awesome set for PHish.  I would have given it a 5, but I 
think the Brother and Theme pushed it up to a 6.

Setbreak was LOOOOOONGGG.  Longest I've been a part of for sure.  
Besides the Ball of course. (45min.).  then again, I don't mind
long set breaks, I actually prefer them.  Stretches the show out, 
chill and smoke, etc.

Second set opened with 
TIMBER HO!:  this song is evil.  I love it.  It's so dark and
gloomy, which is a good thing on occasion.  I couln't help no-
ticing how much Fishman gets into this song.  He was bobbing
his head up and down almost as much as Trey!  I can see why, 
the drums are the meat of this song IMO.

DIVIDED SKY:  Huh?  Didn't I just hear this last time?  That's
OK, tonight's was glorious!  Got me moving physically and 
emotionally.  Well, I was thinking, at least they repeated this
awesome song and not something like Swept Away->Steep (doh! 
See later)  Trey was pumping his fist during the fast parts...
cracks me up.  During the silent part, Trey gave us the Fall
down signal.  Pretty cool, totally unexpected in this song (have
they ever done this during D.sky?)  The crowd of course had 
no idea what was up.

GUMBO:  I don't get into this at all.  I really like the lyrics
(Fishman?).  I don't mind page's solo either, it's just a little
too sing-songy for me.  To all you anti-clappers:  Trey and
Mike were clapping during Page's solo.  They seemed to dig
the audience clapping with them.

THE CURTAIN:  good.  Nothing to say, just happy to hear it.  I think
at this point the crowd was losing interest.

SAMPLE IN A JAR:  ugh.  I'd rather hear this open a show to get
it out of the way.  However, all you netheads, it shouldn't be
hard to see why they play it a lot.  They like it, but most of all,
the crowd fucking goes nuts.  But basically, this song sucks.
Oh yeah, to the guy who complained about people saying "Sample
was Sample":  What the hell do you want me to say about it???
It was the same thing.  Once again,
sample was sample.  That's the best way to describe it.
After the closing notes, I yelled for Tweezer...

TWEEZER:  Not an excellent version, but good though.  The 
beginning Jam segment was pretty spacy (not what I like).
OH yeah, trey was doing that weird percussion thing tonight
a la the Palace YEM.  I thought it was funny as hell.  I get
a kick out of watching Trey grin like a little kid at a 
croaking noise coming out of his kit.  The rest of the band
and the audience dug this too.
I don't get into Tweezer's like this however.  BUT, it changed.
Trey got back on the 'doc and started wailing.  Yeah!  This
is definitely not a drumkit song. It needs to be ballstothewall
(Dirksen term) jammed all the way through (see the Ball version, 
not the best, but very jammed).

SWEPT AWAY -> STEEP:  Doh!  Why?  Brought the momentum WAY
down.  blah.  We get the point, guys.

MAZE:  This Maze fucking smoked!  Jammed hard all the
way through...  This song can do wonders for the old energy
level....  wooohooo!  High jam point of the night for sure.

CONTACT:  First of the tour, right?  It was pretty cool.  
The cheesy hand waving cracks me up.  I don't mind it at
all... Trey had that shit-eating grin on during the hand
waving part.  Does anyone think Mike looks like a ghoul on
stage?  The lights during his solos make his eyes HUGE black
circles...  
I was hoping this wouldn't close the set.  I needed something
uplifting like a Suzie, or mellow like a 

SLAVE TO THE TRAFFIC LIGHT:  Awesome version.  I really 
really love this song.  Soo beautiful.  builds like Hood.
explodes like Hood. gorgeous.  AND:  how many other bands
can you see that play a song regurlarly that was written over
ten years ago????  aaaahhhhh....  perfect closer.

The crowd wasn't as crazy as Wings last year pre-encore (or in
general).  Still loud though.

Encore:

WASTE:  Oh god.  The absolute WORST encore.  This song is a 
complete WASTE of time in the first place.  It's not beautiful, 
it's a big slice of Velveeta cheese.  I mean c'mon
"Don't wanna be a writer;  with my thoughts out on the page"
Cheese.  I've always wanted to know if this song is a joke.
Yeah, that's the ticket!  It's a joke, just like Strange Design.

CAVERN:  Thank you thank you for not closing with that horrid 
song.  I like Cavern.  A lot.  It was my first since 6.19.95, 
and I really enjoyed it.

Overall a good set.  Would have been below average if not for
the intensity of DIVIDED SKY and MAZE, and the emotion of SLAVE.
Those songs alone pushed the set to an even 5.  

I'd give this show a 5.5  I had a great time....kinda bummed
after, because I have no idea when I'll see the boys again.  
Spring tour, maybe summer?  Weird feeling.

For the record, I DO NOT HAVE TAPES OF THIS SHOW!!!  thank you.


thanks for listening.

Corey
fieldsco@cps.msu.edu
http://www.cps.msu.edu/~fieldsco/tapes.html
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Subject: 11/11/96-short review
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 18:50:57 -0500
From: Peter L Fishman


I haven't seen this show reveiwed yet so here goes......

Well, originally i was expecting a shitty palace show and an amazing GR
show.  Then after they nearly blew my mind oin saturday i wasn't sure what
to expect for mon.
well, a couple hours before the show i saw page in the lot.  I shook hands
with him and told him how much i enjoyed the show at the palace.   He
started blabbing on about something.  then i asked if there were any big
suprises in store for tonight.  he said "there just might be, but i can't
tell you that."
after hearing this, i was really psyched for the show.

well, after waiting for another hour in the cold we got inside and stood
next to the stage for about 90 min. 
finally the boys too the stage and I was really stoked.  I was no more
than 10 feet from trey.

I will skip review on each song and just note the strange and wonderful
things.
Divided sky was great, even though we got it at the palace.  This version
was even better.  the language signals right at the silent part of div.
sky was amazing.  I heard the que and listened carefully.  i heard all
fall down and i started to fall, but because the crowd was really shitty
so i fell about a quarter of the way, then they all pushed me back up.

also during div sky trey was getting a real kick out of the pedal on his
drum kit.  every now and then he'd give it a few taps then start cracking
upu hysterically.

During Slave Trey couldn't stop laughing for about 5 min.  hge was
laughing so hard that he fucked up a few notes.  Oh well, as long as he's
having fun!

then they came out for the encore and mike tossed a bag of cat food down
to some girl who had brought a cat into the show.
at the end of cavern trey said something about it but i couldn't really
understand him.

The second set and encore went 109 min.  holy shit!!! this has got to be
the longest set in a long time.  it definately made up for the first set
which was only about 55 min.

All around I felt this show was pretty darn good.  I'd give it a 6.7.
Let me know what everyone else at the show thought........

                                        fish
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Date: 14 Nov 1996 18:14:54 GMT
From: Uncle Pen


Just for reference: This was my 24th(?) show, my fifth this tour after
Charlotte, 'Ween, Champaign and The Palace. I have about 400 hours of
Phish on tape. I'm a musician so I think I know what I'm talking about.

Preshow: It was phreakin' cold. The doors were supposed to open at 6:30
and
didn't. I saw a guy getting chased by a cop (presumably for peacefully
selling drugs) and the crowd helped the guy get lost and block the cop.
Hopefully this guy didn't murder anybody or something like that. Anyway,
that doesn't matter, only the show does.

I
Chalkdust: Good opener, helped everybody get warmed up. Appropriate since
a lot of us had class that day and the next.

Guelah: I love seeing this live (as opposed to seeing it dead?). It's a
lot of phun. Trey and Mike have added this weird litle dance step at the
end that is just hilarious. I think it's new. It kinda looks like they're
trying to keep their balance on a swaying ship.

CTB: This has grown a lot since last phall. I like it 'cause it's one of
the few pieces that Trey can't upstage Page.

AC/DC: Woohoo! My first this phall. Nothing earth shattering, but I think
I
remember the jam getting a little weirder than usual. That could just be
my
state of mind, though.

Sparkle: Some girl next to me asked me for a light during this song; for a
cigarette. I don't mind somebody asking me for a light during a song if
they're gonna smoke me down, but not for a cigarette. Didn't bother me
too much, though, it was only Sparkle.

Brother: Wow! A first set Brother. This was much better, imnsho, than the
'Ween version. It was a lot more dissonant, less melodic, more intense.
I could see a lot of people that didn't have a clue that were really
confused by the reaction to this one.

Theme: Set closer for sure, I thought. Wrong!

Axilla: I was calling an Axilla part II, kinda bringing a sense of closure
after the Axilla in Champign (there were a lot of people at all three
shows
from Champaign to GR). I was ecsatic to be wrong, I love the feel of part
I more than part II. I was also happy that all my phriends that I told
about
the part I in Champaign but couldn't be there could see it. No jam, unless
you want to count the spacey part at the end.

Jim: Uh, didn't they play this at the last show? Who gives a shit, this
one was better than the one at the Palace. I think. I remeber the jam
being stranger than the Palace, but nothing really mindblowing. A good
closer for the set.

Setbreak: Moved to center of floor after the herd migrated to the drinking
fountains/bathrooms. Much better spot than where I was during I, to the
left
of the soundboard.

II
Timber: The jam wasn't as high energy as most Timber jams, it was a little
spacey at the beginning. I like to see things change, though. Trey ripped
through the end of the jam, though, ripping my brain outta my skull in the
process. From here on out I'm flying on instruments.

Divided Sky: Uh, didn't they just play this at the Palace? Once again, who
gives a shit? Both Trey and Fish dropped the ball during the composed
section at one point or another at the Palace, so I figured they wanted to
make up for it. They did. The composed section was almost flawless. During
the pause Trey played the All Fall Down Signal, which I couldn't make out
because of the screaming of the audience. I heard something I knew
shouldn't
be there, though, and I heard the guy next to me say, "Fall down." Which I
did, along with my three phriends around me. I looked up to see the guy
who
said it standing up, though. Go figure. Anyway, the jam was beautiful. I
don't remember anything really notable, but they played their asses off.

Gumbo: A nice breather after the first two songs. It was going really well
until Page's piano solo at the end. The clapping idiots ruined it. At
first
he just kept bopping along, but he messed with the rhythm after a bit to
try
to shake the idiots. Didn't work, so he ended it kinda like Keith Emmerson
(form ELP) ends "The Sherrif." Page didn't look real pleased after that
song.

The Curtain: " A prelude to Tweezer, no doubt," I thought to myself.
Wrong!

Sample: The jam was pretty much non-existent at the end. I expected a
really
jammed out version coming at this point in the show. Oh well, I figured...

Tweezer: would make up for it. I was going absolutely apeshit (in a quiet
way) when I first heard the opening lick. The Ebeneezer part was
terrifying,
lots of screaming and strobes. The jam started off really spacey, with
Trey
on his percussion kit. It was nice to see Page get a chance to stretch out
a bit during Tweezer for once. It was a good thing I enjoyed it, 'cause
when Trey took over it was like a premature ejaculation: high energy,
short,
and not very creative. Without a doubt it was the lamest performance from
Trey during Tweezer that I have been witness too. _But_, it was a Tweezer,
and I'll take a lamer version of Tweezer over a kickass Cracklin' Rosie
anyday. ( I figured we would here Rosie 'cause Neil Diamond played the
first show at this brand new arena.) I liked the spacey parts, but they
could have explored a bit more, that's what Tweezer is all about. I guess
that's what happens when you go into a Phish show with expectations. I
thought I had learned that lesson a long time ago.

Swept Away->Steep: I love the hypnotic feel created during this piece. It
takes me to a place nothing else can. I like the scream at the end, too,
'cause it really phreaks people out. Hehehe.

Maze: My third  out of five shows this phall. Do you hear me complaining?
Nope. Coming after that scream at the end of SA->S Maze really phreaks
people out (as if Maze wouldn't phreak people out anyway). This Maze was
the most angry of any I have seen. ('Ween's was scarier, but not angry.)
The tension between Trey and Page during Page's solo was amazing, and it
seemed to push Page to a level he doesn't usually achieve during Maze. As
good as Page's solo was, though, Trey ripped him apart. Trey's solo felt
like a drill being driven into the spine at the base of my neck. I loved
it. Only Phish can do that and make it pleasurable.

Contact: Always a treat. Plus it meant that there would be at least one
more piece.

Slave: The band did a good job with it, but Chris's lights were
incredible,
stupendous, amazing, phat, thrilling, mesmerizing and just plain
beautiful.
I wish there were words to convey the majesty of the lights, but there are
none. Great way to close the set.

E:Waste: This was about the last song I expected to see as an encore, so
that made it really special. It also meant there would probably be one
more.

  Cavern: A phriend who was close to the front said he was yelling for
Cavern between songs. Thanks asshole, no Reprise.:) (That's the second
time
they have done that to MI in three years.) It was a lot of phun, though.

All in all it was a pretty good show, but there was a definite lack of
jamming. I guess they just weren't in mood to jam. I guess I'll just have
to see the holiday shows if I want to see some more jamming before the
end of the year. I can live with that. If you made it this far, thanks.
Feedback is always welcome. Peace y'all,
                                        Pen.
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Subject:11-11-96 Review/Setlist
Date:12 Nov 1996 16:42:44 GMT
From: Michael J Szeidel

Well... I'm glad we left when we did! I hear some people had trouble with
icy roads... course I always like getting to a show early! Though it was
DAMN
cold last night... anyways, I liked some things about this show a lot
better
then the Palace, such as the general crowd, the sound, and my seats, yet
suprisingly still had a better time at the Palace. 

CHALKDUST opened... this is a decent opener but nothing too special...
typical
Chalkdust...

GUELAH was next... I thought this was cool to hear since I haven't heard
it
since 93... I dug the little dance Trey and Mike were doing....

CARS TRUCKS BUSES is one of the new songs that to me actually seems like
Phish.
I dig this song a lot... and feel they could have done a lot more with it
on
the album....

AC/DC BAG I've seen like the last 4 out of 5 shows I've been to, and as
always,
a good tune... but odd placement...

SPARKLE is one song I don't understand people bitching about... I love
this
song! The end jam was a bit speedier than I remember it being the last
time I
heard it...

BROTHER!! I didn't think I'd see another Brother after the Ball for a
while,
and this was an extremely pleasant suprise... one of the gems of the
evening...

THEME FROM THE BOTTOM zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

AXILLA zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

RUNAWAY JIM normally I really dig this song, but they weren't as tight as
usual
last night... good closer, but I've seen a lot better Jim's.

TIMBER HO! opened up the second set, and I really love this song so I was
overjoyed to hear it... along with Brother, this was my fav of the
evening.

DIVIDED SKY really through me for a loop, because I'd just heard it at the
Palace.. I could see them playing a new song twice, but this shocked me!
Though
this version was extremely better than at the Palace (kudos to Chris for
the
lights on the song!) I felt the time could be better taken up by something
else... so I didn't enjoy this as much as I probably should of.....

GUMBO zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

CURTAIN zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

SAMPLE IN A JAR By this point in the second set I was starting to get
really
disappointed... after a long repeat and then the sleepy Gumbo and
Curtain... I
wanted something cool... instead we got Sample. Yuck.

TWEEZER changed my mood quite a bit though... Mike got in a really funky
groove
similar to the one they got in during YEM at the Palace... short for a
Tweezer,
but extremely enjoyable nonetheless, especially since the rest of the set
pretty much sucked so far.

SWEPT AWAY->STEEP zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

MAZE Odd placement... I'd have rather seen almost any other long jamming
song
here... Possum, Antelope, anything, but they did an ok job with it.
Nothing
special.

CONTACT same old contact... on to the next song...

SLAVE was cut a little short... while I love this song I'd rather have
seen
something to blow the roof off the place like the Hood at the Palace...
but
instead we got a mellow Slave... nice jam though...

WASTE was the first song in the encore... and when they started it I
thought it
would be a bad end to an ok night...

CAVERN changed my mind a bit though... I like this tune live and kind of
wish
they would play it more... standard but a good way to end the show (better
than
the previous song and Julius at the Palace anyhow)

My general impressions of the night were that it wasn't that great of a
show,
not half as good as the Palace, but way better than Buffalo. There were a
few
jams throughout the evening, but for the most part the show was pretty
standard. I had a good time though since the crowd was 100 times better
than
the Palace show (which I will agree was the lamest crowd ever at a show)
and
after the show started the security was cool as hell. Anyways... I guess
all I
can do for now is wait for my NYE mail order to come back... if this is my
last
show for a while I'll be pretty sad cause it was so mediocre...

Mikey 
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Subject: Grand Rapids is REALLY Cold (11/11 Review)
Date:12 Nov 1996 23:12:35 GMT
	
Man it was cold. Cold cold cold cold cold. Changing that flat tire was
NOT fun, but amazingly we made it to Grand Rapids by 6:45. First
impressions: nice city, lots of new buildings, about 500 parking
garages. I don't get it - why is everyone parking? Whatever. The venue
mercifully opened it's doors at around 7:00. Wow is the Van Andel arena
cool. Lotsa glass, marble floors and more souvenier cups! Yee haw. 

Security wasn't bad at all. Non-existent in the upper sections. The GA
bracelet idea was good but breachable. We saw about 15 people hop onto
the floor and walk right past the guards. Good job. And if you were
really crafty, you could make you own bracelet like Joy :).

Show started at 7:55. 
The Chalkdust opener was the Chalkdust opener. I was hoping for My
Friend My Friend, but this more then sufficed to get everyone rockin.
IMO, better then Clifford Ball, but nothing too spectacular.

Guelah is just a cool song. A little slow, but you gotta love the Asse
Fest. This was cool because the day before I was trying to show someone
the Guelah dance. Yes, I failed miserably.

CT&B was funky. The best I've seen. Page was goin off more then usual
and Trey was funkin sans drum kit. Yee-haw!

AC/DC Bag was amazing. A really intense, tight, fairly long solo that
entranced us all. Trey was hitting everything, and man did it sound
good. The closest thing to a hose I'd heard since the Ball. This was
shaping up to be a great set.

Sparkle. How can you not like this song? Yeah, they always mess up a
couple of times, but it's such an enery boost.

Brother! Allright! This was the PERFECT song for them to play at this
moment. Trey was still on fire and was hitting everything. Some great
drone, flowing jamming. IMO, better then the Clifford Ball version. Man,
another hose and it's only the first set!  

Boy did Theme change since the summer. They used to just play power
chords during the "jam" section, but what we got last night was a real
JAM. Trey was going off, Mike was changing things around, and Fish was
adding some great fills. Really tight and good. Love that ending.

Axilla I was definitly the low point of the set. Fish and Trey both
screwed up a few times, and it just lacked something. I like the part 1
lyrics, though: "I pulled the witch from out the ditch". Yeah yeah -
pull her!

Out of the Axilla ashes rose Runaway Jim. Very nice - another jamming
song. The band seemed a little tired, but that really didn't hamper
anything. They were still hot and gave us a geat closer. A little short,
but it IS only the first set.

This set was incredible. IMO, it was better then the entire Palace show.
We got four seperate jamming songs, all of which were way above average.
It gets an 8 from me on the scaly scale. From all of the tapes I have
and shows I've been to, I can't think of a better first set. The 2nd set
should be even better, right?

To open we were Timber Hoed (man that doesn't sound good), which is
funny because on the ride over I was telling someone how much I hated
this song. This was a good one, though, and the jam was much less choppy
then the Hos from last year. 

Divided Sky? Uh, guys, you played that in Detriot. I just don't get it.
Maybe they forgot or something. Yeah, this version was twice as good as
the Palace's, but still it just seemed weird. This is where the set
started to suck. The all fall down thing had a chance to work since it
was GA, but just didn't. Good try, though. 

Gumbo. Good song, but pretty boring. It's getting late - when are we
gonna get our Tweezer? 

Curtain. OK. Nice. Good things ALWAYS follow the curtain, right?
Tweezer? 

Sample. Oh man, this set was growing on me like a fungus. Quite possibly
the worst placed song ever. Sucked that cool Curtain vibe right out of
the room.

Tweezer. Finally. But I think it was too late. This version was pretty
cool, though. The jam started out the same as the Palace YEM - Trey
doing that silly synth sound and Page and Mike goin off. This went on
for about 5 minutes, and was equal to if not more FUNKY the the Palace
YEM. Kind of a Stevie Wonder, Superstious groove thing. Nice. For the
second part, Trey did the usual Tweezer build up, hit the note, slow
down thing. Great jamming, but nothing crazy.

Swept Away > Steep. I really like these songs, but hearing them two
shows in a row just isn't necessary.

Maze - This was a GREAT Maze. The highlight of the set. Trey was jamming
like he was in the 1st set, and Mazed us for an extra long time.
Woo-Hoo!

Contact is a pretty boring song. Fun, but I'd rather hear Slave.

Slave - wow, thanks! This was also an above average version, and
everybody knew it. Nothing interesting, but typically great.

We were Wasted for the encore, which was a dissappointment. This song
just isn't an encore. Luckily the band realized this and Caverned us,
which is alway good to hear. 

This second set was really weird. There were a lot of songs in there
that seem like thay would fit much better in a 1st set. The set didn't
really congeal together well. But is was 101 minutes long (with the
encore), and the Timber, Divided, Tweezer, and Maze were quite
enjoyable. It get a 5.5 on ol' the Scale-'O-Meter. Not as good as the
1st set. The whole show would probably be around 5.5-6. 

Overall, another good concert experience, and another long-ass review.
I'm done until Boston (sniff). I hope to see you all at New Years.

~~josh
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Subject: 
            Grand Rapids Review (longish)
       Date: 
            Wed, 13 Nov 1996 09:48:52 -0500
       From: 
            jonathansen 
Organization: 
            Grand Valley State University
 Newsgroups: 
            rec.music.phish


Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids MI

I:   Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Cars Trucks Buses, AC/DC Bag,
     Sparkle, Brother, Theme from the Bottom, Axilla Pt 1, Runaway Jim

II:  Timber Ho!, Divided Sky*, Gumbo, The Curtain, Sample in a Jar,
Tweezer,
     Swept Away > Steep > Maze, Contact, Slave to the Traffic Light

E:    Waste, Cavern

The pre-show scene was interesting.  Since Van Andel is in the middle of
downtown Grand Rapids, there was limited parking in the actual parking
lot, but plenty of free parking on the streets of GR.  Because of the
small lot, the vending et al was done in one row and it pretty tightly
packed, which was kind of cool, it gave the appearance of a little market.
Plenty of the usual stuff to buy. I was humored by two things: 1.) Amidst
the cries of "Buy Beer, Warm Up for the show!" "Cool stickers, here!" was
one guy, shouting "Pop, I've got pop!" 2.) There was one guy sitting
outside of the arena pointing to a patch of ice on the sidewalk and
warning everybody, "Watch out, It's Ice!"  I responded, "Yeah, I hope they
play that too."  He didn't get it.

Inside the arena, we scrambled to the front of the floor to get as close
as possible to the stage.  We ended up 10 yards or so from the front,
stage right, with a perfect view of Trey & Page.

The 7:30 show started at 7:50ish, mike dressed as one prepared to
go jogging at night, with brick-colored pants (I think) and a yellow
day-glo shirt.  Their truancy was amended by starting with:

CHALKDUST TORTURE:  I don't know how to explain it, but this song really
moves me, somehow.  The lyrics feel like they're written for me, and it
was really intense.  As this was the closest I have ever been to the
stage, I enjoyed watching Trey make interesting shapes with his mouth, 
in time with his solo, most likely singing his melodic line.  Nice opener.

GUELAH PAPYRUS: Nice.  Pretty straightforward.

CTB: Cool little diddy, which they enjoy playing.  As a pianist, I always
enjoy when Page is featured.  I noted that they started with three songs
in a row in which they had "fake stops" after the solos.  The audience
fell for each one.

AC/DC BAG: The really poor Bag I heard at last year's Palace show really
soured my attitude towards this tune.  As I have been forced to listen to
other versions of it, I have gained a greater appreciation of it.  Trey's
solo started out slow and meaningless, but he finally built up to a nice
climax towards the end, complimented by the lights.

SPARKLE: ugh.  This tune got the crowd jumping, but I wasn't tremendously
geeked about it.  In the beginning, Fish's hi hat crashes were off tempo,
and the end "fell apart" as intended.  They were four individuals by the
end of that song, not a band.

BROTHER: My first live Brother.  I enjoyed it.  Their screaming is more in
tune, these days.

THEME FROM THE BOTTOM: I have always loved this song.  Trey soloed very
nicely, building a climax well.  Very nicely done.

AXILLA PT. I: I was surprised to hear this one.  It was ... nice.

RUNAWAY JIM: Another of my favorites.  Really cool crazy solo to finish
the set.

Overall, a less-than-outstanding set, IMHO.  Rather than having one mood
in the set, they seemed to alternate between a couple deep mysterious
songs and a couple upbeat or silly songs.  Highlights were Theme & Runaway
Jim.

After a 40 min./so "short little break" -- during which quite a few left
the floor and I got closer ;^) -- they came back; this time Mike lost the
yellow day-glo and was wearing a slightly more conservative red/blue
striped shirt and they began the set with:

TIMBER HO!  Cool song which I didn't expect.  Good set opener, though not
an atypical TH.  Driving mysterious solo by Trey.

DIVIDED SKY: This was a REAL surprise.  I wasn't at this year's Palace
show, unfortunately, but was pretty sure that they had play this.  Thus, I
came in to the show being disappointed that I wouldn't here divided sky.
I was happily mistaken.  The song started out nicely, and I began to
pray "Please, crowd, shut up before the singing part."  Needless to say,
my prayers were unanswered.  One complaint about this song: 'The'
really high note that Trey sticks on for a long time in the second half of
the song (either a high A or B, depending on what key they play this in)
was heinously out of tune.  And he plays that same note forever.  That
note annoys me, but that was the only lowlight of the song.

GUMBO: Page's organ solo was weak, at best, but he more than redeemed
himself with his Joplin-esque piano solo in the end.

THE CURTAIN: I don't remember anything about this song.  Hmm...

SAMPLE IN A JAR: Stuck out like a sore thumb.  This song is nothing more
than a lame jingle.

TWEEZER: This song tends to be long.  Page's keyboard stuff would have
been cooler, but it was too quiet to be heard.  In general, as usual,
Page's volume needed to be turned up considerably.

SWEPT AWAY & STEEP: I wasn't as excited about these songs in themselves,
just curious as to what they would lead into.  During Tweezer, I saw Trey
mouth what looked like the word "Maze" to Page, and presumbably Mike &
Fish.  I thought they would play that after Tweezer, but reformulated my
hypothesis to place it after these two.  And I was right.

MAZE:  Wow.  This was smokin'!  Page's solo rocked (w/awesome climax),
Trey's solos rocked (w/awesome climaxes).  This was a truly amazing
rendition.  This was LEAGUES better than last year's Palace Maze.

CONTACT: Funny little tune.  Entertaining every time.

SLAVE TO THE TRAFFIC LIGHT:  The lights really add to this song.  I'd
never seen it live.  They finished the set and came back with:

WASTE: Well sung, but dull.  As Trey began take his guitar off, I sank in
dispair, fearing the end of the show on a weak note.  Fortunately, he was
changing guitars and came back with:

CAVERN: Funky, and nice to end the h.

On the whole, a really cool show.  They redeemed themselves with the
second set, by far.  Weak points in the 2nd set were Tweezer and Sample.
This was a fun show, complimented by my close placement.

Thanks for reading,
Jonathansen
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Subject: 
            Grand Rapids Show Review Here!!
       Date: 
            Tue, 12 Nov 1996 06:01:24 GMT
       From: 
            antelope@net-link.net
Organization: 
            NetLink Systems, LLC.
 Newsgroups: 
            rec.music.phish


I just got back , took me an hour to drive 45 miles, I live in K-zoo.
and yes the roads are shit 131 S-bound especially.  I can't remember
the set list song for song so I'll just tell you the highlights, first
set, Brother, though no one knew what the hell it was, lots of "new"
fans, aka people there to get high and sit on their hands.  Other than
that the first set was a big downer, all really quick songs, no
jamming, a radio friendly set if I ever heard one. Opened with
Chalkdust and included AC/DC Bag, Sparkle, Runaway Jim closed. 
Second set, after a short 50min first I was looking forward to a
better second set, my last show was 8/13/96 so I'm kinda biased
towards shows now as that one was so kick ass. A Divided Sky, a
Tweezer, and a Slave closed it out, a Curtain and a Contact thrown in
there, along with Sample, encore was Waste (yawn)and Picture of
Nectar.  I was really glad they didn't end with Waste, although all
night long we kept thinking that they were going to do Fee as an
encore because Trey brought out the megaphone.
All in all not the greatest show, nice new arena, security was pretty
lax, they even announced outside if you had an marijuana or
hallucinagenics to put them in your pocket because they weren't going
to check, a cruel joke?  Nope the entrance we went through they just
check around chest that's all.  Something seemed weird tonight and
Trey sang everything save for Contact.

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Subject: 
            Van Andel review
       Date: 
            13 Nov 1996 11:24:56 GMT
       From: 
            "S K" 
Organization: 
            Berkeley phish.net to USENET Gateway
 Newsgroups: 
            rec.music.phish


Does anyone else think this venue is great?!! This show was one of the
first
ones at the new venue.  I'm sure the kind people in Grand Rapids would
like to
thank them for doing such a fantastic job breaking the place in.

This was my 17th show - 3rd this tour (I was fortunate enough to see
Hampton
and Charlotte)  I missed the Palace (saw Bela and his crew in Kalamazoo)
but
this show made up for it.

There was no "lot scene" here - this could be due to the weather, the
smack-dab-in-the-city local, or I just had blinders on.  Who cares anyway?
I
didn't really miss the drunk asses stealing some paying fans ticket well,
no
need to go off there. 

I had GA main floor and got to sport a fancy wristband for the evening and
now
that I think about it I never did go get my stub back like the guy said I
could
- I knew that would happen!!
I personally thought the crowd here was very cool.  Hey - it's Michigan -
it's
monday - it's showtime.

This place is tiny!

Oh, before the setlist- does anyone know what they were playing before the
show?  Jazzy.

Chalk Dust: This is a pretty good opener I think, I mean everyone loves
Chalk
Dust. I don't recall anything special about it.

Guelah Papyrus:  I was very happy to hear this one.  Pretty sneeky - kinda
set
the mood that I was hoping for.

CTB:  This song is one of my favorites off BB and I thought this was an
above
average CTB.  Of course, now that I'm actually writing this I am realizing
that
I remember less and less of last night.

AC/DC Bag:  THANK YOU!!!

Sparkle::::::

Brother:  My friends I was with were phreaking over Brother - very cool.
They
can keep Brother comin' for the rest of the tour.

Theme: Nice. 

Axilla Pt I:  Hell yes!! I hadn't heard this one live and the boys were
rockin'.  

Runaway Jim:  They just don't stop do they?  For some reason I hadn't
expected
the Runaway Jim for this show. Does anyone else think this setlist has a
wierd
flow to it?

Intermission is lame .

Timber Ho!:  I think this is a great second set opener - it really makes
us
kids feel like bad-asses. 

Divided Sky:  So what if they played this at the Palace Saturday night.
I'm
sure this was one of my favorites for the evening - the look on Trey's
face for
most of the jam is worth my $27.
They did the fall down signals which is very entertaining especially for
first
timers.

Gumbo:  Mike, Mike, Mike!! The funk - the feel - I love the Gumbo (even
more
when I "call" it before the show)

The Curtain: This could be the perfect set.... but

Sample:  This one brought the house down.

Tweezer:  Very funky and of course Trey got on his kit for a while (a long
while) this time he had  some whooo -whooo sound samples or something.  He
and
Page traded off freaky sounds for a while which made for a very Tweezery
Tweezer.

SweptAway > Steep > Maze:  I'm not going to say anything about the
whatever
Sweptblahsteep first time I've heard that shit so I don't know maybe it
hasn't
sunk in yet.  BUT THE MAZE!!!THE MAZE!!! It was the highlight of the show
for
sure - sick jam - hope you all can get tapes of this one.  It was one of
those
where you almost start to feel uncomfortable and creeped out - you know.

Contact:  - perfect for after the Maze madness

Slave:  A girl next to me was so excited to hear this that she hugged my
friend
like a mad woman!! I was thrilled for her and the tune.

Encore - Waste:  I am one of those that think this is a pretty song even
without the acoustic get-up, but for an encore after Slave it made me feel
kinda funny.
Cavern: Take care of your shoes.


Post-Show music:  The BeeGees "More than a woman"

That is my non-technical review or at least long version of posting a
setlist. 

See you all in St. Louis!!! 

Sunny.
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