since his tenure is officially dunzo.  what were your highlight shows?  personally i think the best Matt-era shows put a hurtin on most trio/original lineup shows.

for me:

November 29th, 2007b - Wheel House Tavern; Narragansett, RI
I: jam > Puppetry, Great Big Fiery Ball In The Sky* > Hard Luck Harry > Night Of The Thumpasorus Peoples
II: Space City Affair > Rust > LDZ > jam > Wake Up In A Coma > Mooboo\'s Voodoo (Episode 2) > Wake Up In A Coma > Mooboo\'s Voodoo (Episode 2) > jam > Merge > When The Levee Breaks** > Hard Luck Harry^
E: May Fly Disarray^^

* with extended guitar intro.
** Led Zeppelin cover; first time played.
^ with \'When The Levee Breaks\' (Led Zeppelin) teases.
^^ with \'Riders On The Storm\' (The Doors) jam.

September 29th, 2007 - The Terrace @ University of Wisconsin; Madison, WI
I: Wake Up In A Coma, Honey Butter, The Chase, Beef Barley, Tom Sawyer, May Fly Disarray
II: jam > Over Exposure, Gladys Pimp And Kangaroos With Me > Tunage > Jump > Tunage
E: The Vermont Song*

December 29th, 2007 - Toad\'s Place; New Haven, CT

I: jam > Wild Pack Of Asscracks, Buquebus, May Fly Disarray, Reba*, No Regret
II: Space City Affair > Intension > Mommy What\'s A Funkadelic?** > Intension > Hard Luck Harry > The Late And The Great > Hard Luck Harry, Love Lake, Mooboo\'s Voodoo (Episode 2)^ > Funky Bill\'s Circus Clich?^
E: See The Light^# > Karn Evil 9^

June 13th, 2008 - Electric Company; Utica, NY
I: jam > Beef Barley, Synergy*, Reel Time, Infrequently Asked Questions**, Honey Butter >
   Land Of Confusion^
II: jam > Tribal Funk Affliction > Reba^^, jam > Taboo Or Not Taboot, jam# > Buquebus##, jam >  Son Of Simpleton

* with \'Episode 1 (Happy)\' jam
** first time played
^ Genesis cover; first time played
^^ unfinished.
# with \'Stone Cold Bush\' (Red Hot Chili Peppers) tease.
## with \'**** Me\' (Nirvana) tease.

electric company and the big easy

August 30th, 2007 - Electric Company; Utica, NY

I: Space City Affair > jam > Great Big Fiery Ball In The Sky > Wake Up In A Coma > jam > Puppetry,
   Keyboard Solo > The Chase, Drunk Monk Bar

II: May Fly Disarray, Good Things > Hard Luck Harry > Rufus > Surreal Radio

III: Tom Sawyer, jam > Buquebus, Utica jam > Gravity

E: Drum Solo > jam* > The Vermont Song*, Hot For Teacher


September 14th, 2007 - Daniel Street; Milford, CT

I: Space City Affair > jam > The Chase, Drunk Monk Bar, Great Big Fiery Ball In The Sky >
    Space Oddity > Rufus

II: Honey Butter > Hard Luck Harry > Honey Butter > Hard Luck Harry$ > So What* >
    The Grand Scheme Of Things**, Happy Birthday^ > What The Funk^^

E: Walk This Way tease, Rockin\' In The Free World#


2008-04-18 - Iron Horse Music Hall; Northampton, MA

I: Space City Affair > Beef Barley, The Sound, Space City Affair > Escher\'s Etchings (Parts 1 & 2)* > Reel Time, Hard Luck Harry** > Inner Glimpse, Gladys Pimp And Kangaroos With Me^ > Tunage^^

E: Wake Up In A Coma > Over Exposure


2008-09-05 - Sully\'s; Hartford, CT

I: Synergy, Rust > Rufus*

II: jam > Hard Luck Harry, Gravity*^ > Merge > Taboo Or Not Taboot**

E: Cut Me Some Slack^^

......

and most fun was probably at Up North fest

I have to check out that Big Easy show. Must be heady.

Here are some that I think are great Striker shows,

8-23-07 Toad\'s
9-20-07 Red Square
10-6-07 Osiris Cafe
3-27-08 Canton
4-11-08 Crepe Place
4-26-08 Sully\'s
6-14-08 Utica
6-27-08 Bridgeport

I listening to 2-23-08 Sullivan Hall right now and it is a perfect morning soundtrack.

Rufus > MayFly!

I second Zuke\'s vote.  This show has been in permanent rotation in my car CD player since I downloaded it.

2008-08-15 - Daniel Street

Why isn\'t last years\' freakout being mentioned?