Mercury Jazz-Austin, TX set 1: Get Me With Fuji, 10Fold, PYT, Jumby, Nashua Rose, Untitled (Fast Blues'ish number that segued briefly into Walk This Way, late props to JMJ) set 2: Untitled (gorgeous, sounds like Marc, I forgot to ask, thought at 1st it was Driving Backwards, but nope, Brad had the black strat out ;) George Dubya faces the music, Love and Tears (Andrew beatbox to close), Spice Groove>Blige jam>Divide (A Nathan/Brad tune) Moral Decay, E1: STTN, E2: Dogs on Bikes
Fun show, Austin is an interesting place to be for Halloween. They close the main drag and parade around (thousands of very drunk college kids, UT is a few blocks away), never saw so many pregnant catholic school girls. Best was the boy scout/pregnant brownie couple....Brad celebrated Austin's strange public exposure laws by playing the whole show in his undies (male nipples need to be covered?), along with a blue russian beret and a rainbow tire wrap (don't ask, the Village People would have loved him ;) Andrew had a Joe Stalin look going (fake mustache, russian fez), and Marc was himself ;) He did have the faux mustache and a pair of headphones along with a blue pencil flashlight dangling from the Fender. PYT was resurrected for a fan who saw them play the '97 MIT 'ween gig and had since relocated, darn good considering it was totally off the cuff. The George Dubya skit was high comedy, Andrew jumped off his kit and Brad took over and laid down a nice groove with Marc whil! e Andrew berated road manager Tim Lanterman (shit eating grin Dubya mask and prisoner garb) telling him to go back to DC and stop the warmongering. Tim groveled at Andrew's feet (Andrew still with the Stalin look, but I'm not sure that was what he was going for here ;) Andrew asked the crowd for dog biscuits, but not everyone was enjoying the way the former governor was being portrayed (even the thickest got the point). Dubya eventually left the stage looking very enlightened (big tribute to Tim's acting). Spice Groove has blown up a bit with the Mary J addition, they ended up in the Nathan tune, first time I'd heard it, so I'm not sure of the title. Nathan is apparently doing well in Santa Fe, playing in a new 4 piece, the name escapes me right now...this was the first Decay in a while for me, sounded very fresh (they had dedicated this tune to Dubya the last time I saw them here (before Jazzfest in 01). Never shy about their politics, these three.... They're in NY tomorrow and it should be a good one, given the paradox that they always seem to play well in bad rooms, and the Lion's Den is truly awful ;) Cheers, Jim --------------------------------------- ** We welcome your thoughtful comments - especially newbies!. Please participate by sending an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Web archive at http://email.theslip.net ** To unsubscribe: Send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'signoff theslip' in the body of the message
