Ithaca, Here I Come!!

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YEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!

car is rented, and in my mind, i am already there!!

not including SMMD in Syracuse in the spring, i havent seen my boys tear it up since 10.15.04 in Hamilton... CANT FUCKING WAIT!!!!!!

gimme the soft machine opener, the paper birds, the dec. kids, suffocation, i hate love, etc etc etc... all the regulars these days, i dont care, i just cant wait to hear it LIVE, again!!!!

[Northern Wish]

Have fun Guigsy..........

Wish I could be there with ya.

Portland here I come.

Sean

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fun is definitely on the agenda... i penciled it in this morning.

we'll catch a show together, proper, one of these days...

hope things are well, man.

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here's the ithaca set from thursday nite...

set I:

moderate threat > cowboy up
soft machine
i hate love*
paper birds
something learned
even rats
sorry

set II:
december's children
get me with fuji
sometimes true to nothing
new song ?
new song (white soda?)

encore:
proud
if one of us should fall

*w/ "knick knack paddywack" harmonica solo by brad


fuji was NASTY, STTN was rather huge, i dug the "white soda" new tune (those were the only lyrics i remember from it, but a sweet upbeat, poppy number, iirc), and i think brad's voice was best on i hate love, although he had a good night all around, vocally. friedman stood out all night. and i really enjoyed hearing something learned, cuz i really dig the song and never seen them do it live - they rocked it out!

good times all around, visited a shitload of waterfalls the next day, had a great host, good eats, and introduced a friend to The Slip and the whole road trip/show experience, which she dug quite a bit... right on!

i was just glad to get my slip fix... Ithaca is Gorges!

[Cleantone]

Thanks for the setlist. Was the "new song" super quiet and mellow? "All I Saw Was You" perhaps?

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hey, no problem, man... also of note, sadly, not a taper in sight..

about that other new tune, i dont remember it being super quiet and mellow, but i also dont recall it being a rocker, either.. to be honest, i dont remember much about it... but, is "all i saw was you" a mostly a-capella marc tune? someone told me marc has a new tune that he sings mostly by himself - if that's true, then no, that wasnt it. and it wasnt "Thunder Rose", or "Brazilian" or whatever it might be called, either - i've heard that one and nope, dont think so... really have no clue what it was... i did get to talk with brad briefly after the show, but totally blanked on asking him about the new tunes...

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^^^^ = me. timed out.

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got set 2 figured out...

set II:
december's children
get me with fuji
sometimes true to nothing
Life in Disguise
Wine and White Soda