Jam that opened the show was kinda one where they were feeling things out, almost seemed out of synch a bit, then Tunage started. It seemed also to be feeling things out then it took of and went out of control. Garcian just doesn\'t do it for me when it\'s split up, good, but as I said, don\'t split it up. Reel Time seemed looked like it was just decided on the spot and it was good. Drunk Monk was great. But Escher\'s 3 & 4 really made the set great, a lot of newbs there, were really starting to dance their asses off, myself included. Part 4 was the best part of the set for me. Excellent Coma to wrap things up.
Yes, yes, second set was clearly defined by Scheme, but more later. Shotgun Butterfly was decent. And the jam was more like a prolonged momentum building intro to Mayfly, which imo, is the way it always should be. Phaddy Boom Baddy was quite good and everyone in there seemed to love it, especially the wild jam towards the end.
Scheme was without question, the best one I\'ve seen. From the start it had more intensity than usual, almost like the whole show was just them stretching out their arms and legs for that marathon that this song was going to be. Absolutely tremendous, which was funnny to me because Mandler and I were talking about how ya just never know, what they\'ve got up their sleeves or what they\'ve been sitting on for a while. Scheme to me was perfect, everything that it could\'ve been and then some. Then came the bass and drum solo, which actually started as a bass solo, where Dangles was seemingly testing out different combinations of effects until he was ready to jump into it. Same goes for Adrian when he first joined him, they were just hanging back and then...boom, there it was...until Adrian just went out of his mind. It seemed like, everything came out for that solo, frustration, happiness, anger, etc. Just fuckin\' insane. Then right one cue, they all came back and built into the most intense solo I\'ve ever seen Jordo play. I mean, holy shit, not a knock at him or anything, but I didn\'t know he had it in him, and if he did, why the hell don\'t we see it more?!?!? The whole band loved it too, especially, Chris, unless he was staring at him and jumping up and down as the truly mind blowing peak was approaching, by coincidence
. Guess you could say I like it.
I was yelling (like an asshole) for Cult of Personality, which I thought would\'ve been perfect, I think Dangles did too...but it was not to be. Instead we were treated to a rippin\' Wild Pack...
What a good time, glad to hear it was taped, and to be honest, I\'ve never seen anyone literally rig himself with wires and mics and not be in a mafia movie. Hope it comes out good, cuz everyone, there and not deserves a recording of this one.
Btw, I enjoyed Grand Scheme of Things.
