Ok all, here's reviews of both Saturday and Sunday's SF/slim's shows. Saturday, --------- My friend and I arrived in the area at about 6p. We went to Wa Ha Ka to meet listies, but we were a good hour earlier than I told everybody. I would have stayed until 7, but I could only listen to the music for so long, sorry to all the people who showed. So after a good hour+ wait in line, the doors opened at 8p and we deposited ourselves front & center at the stage. No Knife started out strong, lulled, and then rocked a bit more. Then came SDRE. The setlist: Fool Pillars One The Ocean KBAA G & VG Snibe ESTYA Dissapear TimH J'nuh ----- 8 TRT In Circles After Fool, which truly rocked btw, people were shouting out song names. I thought I'd be cool and show how encyclopaedic my knowlege was. I looked Jeremy square in the eye (he was 3 feet in front of me) and shouted "Something I learned from X(Z?)eno", which I promptly remembered he didn't sing on. How embarrassing for me. That didn't phase him, though, because the rest of the show blew last years tour clear out of the water. I had the best time last year, but Man, it was night and day. Dan looked like the happiest man on earth. His brothers were there, and we all cheered for them. There were times I was worried that if he jumped any higher, he'd get stuck in the roof. The floor literally shook during Tearing in my Heart. The last time my bones rattled that much, I was 20 yards from a supersonic jet taking off. Talk about moving songs, the earth moved for them. SDRE is too much band for their equipment. Jeremy broke a string on 8 (or was it j'nuh, I don't remember if it was before/during the encore). Sunday ------ No Knife busted their Bass amp, but SDRE was kind enough to lend them theirs for the set. I was a bit worried, because if they broke one...then what if they broke SDRE's...I was nervous. However, the concert gods smiled upon us, and the amp was ready to go for SDRE. The first thing said when they went on stage was "How many people were here last night?" I shouted as loud as I could. I was not alone, but us serial SDRE show seers were clearly the minority. This was good, because both nights were sold out. My friend has been seeing shows at slims for years, and said that it is definitely rare for a band to sell out slim's both nights. Then they said that they'd change up the setlist a little. DRAT! me without my pen. Here's my best guess as to the setlist (durned memory): KBAA One Pillars The Ocean ESTYA Fool G & VG Snibe TimH (TimH and Dissapear may be transposed) Dissapear J'nuh ----- In Circles 8 TRT People were again shouting song names. Jeremy said there would be another tour soon, and that they would play more of the old stuff. Then they said something to the effect of "we'll take requests for the tour now" WOOHOO!!! I think I busted a vocal chord shouting Spade and Parade and GREEeeeeeeNNNNNNNNDeeLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!! I teamed up with the guy behind me, and we took turns shouting grendel. Dan said something like "That one's difficult" to which I replied "WORTH IT!!" The bit they added onto TRT was cool both nights On saturday, it led into In Circles. Sunday, it was last, so they did a relly cool exit. By that point, everybody who didn't have a drunstick in their hand was on guitar/bass. Everybody (exept Will, of course) left a feedback riff on their guitar as they left, one at a time. Jeremy threw his pic into the audience. Whoever got it is soooo lucky. The last person to leave was the guy on Keyboards. He left a feedback loop on his guitar that lasted a while after they were all off stage. In all....the whole weekend ROCKED!!! I still have a big ol' grin on my face. Dan T.
