19 dec 99 knoxville, tn
the electric ball room
ex-spectator instrumental with jerry drumming
merchandise
latin roots
facet squared
foreman's dog
birthday pony
public witness
closed captioned with jerry drumming
song 5 with jerry drumming
exit only
reclamation
recap
margin walker
burning too
f/d
break
oh with jerry drumming
shut the door
encore:
arpeggiator with jerry drumming
smallpox champion
5 corporations
last chance for a slow dance
repeater
after greeting us, ian acknowledged the strange setup in this place.
there were stairs down the front of the stage leading to a little ledge
where about 40 people stood. so the band could look out and see 40 people
in front of them and a bunch of sitters in the balcony. considering that,
they put on a great show. i can't ever remember hearing "latin roots"
live before. that was nice. the drug kids ruined it pretty early on by
being jerks. i couldn't see brendan or joe from where i was standing. it
looked to me like the band was having some trouble connecting with us.
guy broke a string during his new song. ian broke one during shut the
door. all that guitar abuse kept jerry busher busy stringing guitars.
and speaking of which...
i have to admit when i first saw jerry come on stage with his trumpet a
year ago, i thought he was invading our space. i didn't really care for
it. now i've come to anticipate his part of the show and expect the heavy
drums he provides.
the moshers, talkers, hecklers, idiots, one crowdsurfer, and heroin kids
made it hard to credit the audience with anything. no offense to my
knoxville friends, but some kids there do not know how to show their
appreciation for loud music without getting stupid and angry. i tried to
ignore them. a couple of us really had good clean fun, but we may have
been in the minority.
i had a really great time. fugazi always give it their
all.
there will be a tape floating around, but i did not get the recorder's
phone number. keep checking the ftp
site. he told me he's taped a couple
other shows on the tour too.
update: has anyone heard from this guy? still no word here.