lexington
was there. the show was pure intensity, power, emotion and heart. a tear jerker as well. it more than made up for our not being able to go to the wheel house show. i just wish jen didn\'t have to use ear plugs and have an ear infection. i applaud her dedication and patience.
the opening jam was as good as any song they played during the set. in the flesh was only described as epic. phaddy boom baddy was really, really tight, hard hitting, somewhat short, but straight to the point. i\'d hoped to see love lake and it was everything it could\'ve and should\'ve ever been. absolutely amazing. got to me a few times too. ldz was on fire. and buquebus, well, it was exhausting. it seemed to jump right into the techno
**** right away and then come back to the end very fast, but then it settled in and just crushed. i almost lost my footing a few times. amazing first set.
opening with ep3??! i can\'t even remember the last time i heard that one. they, though i can\'t understand how, have this ability to pull out a not so often played song and blow it up like the play it everyday. eh, you know what i mean. the peaks were so high and emotional it made me shudder a few time and the blues section at the end, with possibly the best playing i\'ve
ever seen from matt got even the guys who wouldn\'t shut the
**** up the whole 1st set to actually do so, and go up front. i believe the one who told the little group to, "get up front now," was the one saying, "i really don\'t like this
****, let\'s take off," throughout the set. matt started the solo on the organ, went to piano and scorched the keys, and then went back to the organ. i really can\'t wait till those who couldn\'t be there hear it. whew.
ain\'t wastin\' time no more was beatiful. i was glad to hear matt\'s true singing voice, which by the way is very decent, not to be confused with the way with the vocals of ludwig von beethoven sounded for lawn boy. just beautifully played.
new begining got me obviously when ron sreamed, "i dooooonnn\'t wanna goooo!!!" it was a rough one my friends. spunk was off the fuckin\' charts. so goddamn intense. my god. the drum solo that followed was something that i can\'t decribe. i was standing next to lexington, who wasn\'t even there and the "wind" from the bass drum made the hair stand up on our arms and actually made my hat move and knocked a beer off of someone\'s monitor. wonder whose it was.
i don\'t really even know what to say about the wild pack to close it out. i really don\'t the groove is just tremendous. tim was a fuckin\' lunatic and, i think he was thanking us for being as he put it, "members" of the wild pack. adrian was yelling that, "whose is this in this movie,"
****. dave was at top form for this one. good old liquored up dave. silly.
the encore.....if no one shed a tear by now, then well, you\'ve got to hide your love away took care of that. 2 debuts?!? i hoped that would\'nt be it. i really think that the perfectly built up slow starting simpleton, was as good as it could\'ve ever possbibly been. i wouldn\'t considering loose noodling while dave screams in tim\'s face, "no regret!!!" a segue, but whatever. now that
**** was the perfect ending to a pretty much perfect show. the ronny spears chant was a lot to handle. i actually thought he was gonna say something by the way he walked to the front corner of the stage and leaned toward the stage. what the hell could he have even said?
i won\'t forget this ones. i\'m glad the dirty
**** there didn\'t make it onto the stage this time, because they were professional
**** as far as i was concerned. someone would\'ve torn someone\'s clothes off....
****.