10.24.2010

unscathed



Victory!  No mishaps of the personal, vehicular, or gear variety.  Just good times with good bands and unbelievable support from our dear friends.  When every night is grand, and feels better than the night before, things are hum-hum-humming.  As a consequence, this post may appear overly enthusiastic, but some times there are highs...

Our friends make amazing music.  Chris Bathgate's set Thursday was among my favorite of the year.  Matt Jones is playing new jams that will kill you harder than the deadly old jams.  Sublunar Minds debuted the streamlined 4-piece line-up with supreme effect.  Small Houses hushed the room in two whispered notes.  The Chimneys absolutely floored me Saturday.  As the Voice of Harold would say, "a must."

New friends Magic Bullets are all dreamy energy and punch, and great folks to boot, despite being devoted SF Giants fans (clutch win, dudes).  Christine Hoberg, Christoper Paul Sterling, and Cheyenne Marie Mize are all so lovely and communicative we're lost in their amber.  How to remain depressive, drunken, outsiders in the face of such welcome company?

Here are the setlists.  Hope we mixed it up enough for those who came night after night.  

TUESDAY - EAST VILLAGE RADIO
a winter's tale

WEDNESDAY - BRUAR FALLS
evelyn wears a tiara
we swimmers
ain't no weather fouler
no love
a winter's tale
leaving las vegas, reno, laughlin...
the train, the cross
the last desperate stand of the last fair man

THURSDAY - SIDEWALK CAFE
fireworks (never tell)
you left the wrong girl
no love
promises end
asshole brother
low
the train the cross
the real tina turner

SATURDAY - SURREAL ESTATE
seagulls (no fantasies) (fading bones)
low
the hardest truth (the failing glow of a gas lamp)
time spent underground
international small arms traffic blues
you left the wrong girl
promises end
guilt

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