(TV) DC show 3/24/03

["stephen wilson" <esde2xu@hotmail.com>]

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The DC show was great - a bit like an open rehearsal, with those new songs 
and with old ones getting stretched into new shapes. A good crowd for a 
Monday night in the uneasy capitol. The 930 was a dark and cavernous space - 
the stage lighting added only a very slight glow to the proceedings.  The 
setlist:
-1880 or so
   Richard is so amazing, as he was all evening, right out of the box on 
this one.
-new tune ('Open up the flower shop/ that's where I hang out')
   seems a bit like 'Kaleidoscopin', it has the same deep groove. ("Pop, 
pop, pop") Wonderful - I can't wait to hear it again.
-Venus
-Call Mr. Lee
-Beauty Trip
-Sleep All Day
    This is a weird one. My ears couldn't adapt quickly enough to keep up.
-See No Evil
   For me, one of the high, high points of the evening. As exciting as the 
first time I heard this song. Whew.
-Prove It
   kind of an energy drop from the previous tune.
-(bursts of electric screwdriver)(know your hardware Emily!)into-The Rocket
-Rhyme
    a little wordplay ("trouble with customs,...trouble with customs. Even 
when there's no trouble....there's always trouble with...........customs")
- wild new song('Persia')
  Middle Eastern scales over a rock solid blues base; some spacy slide 
guitar; some singing and soloing in unison by Tom. This is great stuff.
-Marquee Moon
(encores)
-Little Johnny J. ("...Go ahead and run, J.J., run run") featuring Tom's 
longest and most out front soloing of the evening. I like the way he slowed 
down the singing at the end; very spooky.
-Glory
   like Marquee Moon, this seemed to come to a quiet finish, then rev up 
again.
-Psychotic Reaction
  (funny ending - "Reac....reac.......SHUN")

I'm glad they're working up these new songs in public. I get the sense of 
the band moving forward, in exploratory mode. Tom seemed pretty engaged, 
based on previous reports anyway - his singing was pretty loud and clear, he 
might have missed some words.
I can't believe, the guy standing right in front of us kept talking about 
'the reviews of the NY shows' - huh what reviews?? finally I had to ask him, 
uh, are you on The List? Lo and behold, it was Mr eRacerX himself! So nice 
to meet you!



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