Thursday, May 26, 2005

Knickerbockers

Performed with: Eyes Catch Fire and Playing With Matches

Setlist:

Review:
This was by far one of our best shows. The crowd was into it from the beginning, we played a pretty much flawless set, our camera man, Duhn, got it all on tape from every angle imaginable, and we sold some merch. and made some dough. What else can you ask for?...except a hit single. But we got that on the way.

posted by RICK # 10:00 PM

Tuesday, May 17, 2005

Knickerbockers

Performed with: The Hooligans

Setlist:

* = the Tenacious D cover that we are now playing (and by we, I mean Ryan and Connealy) found its way onto the setlist...though it wasn't originally scheduled to be played.

Review:

This was definitely one of our more "fan-friendly" shows, as we improved many a section of the show. How so, you might ask? Well, it goes a little something like this...list:

-We started off the show with Omaha, and by not telling Connealy until we started the show, he couldn't complain about us playing the song with his bass solo first.
-During the Run Away section where Stein's shinanigans often take place, he had nothing exciting to do this show, so he jumped off Ged's amp and did some free-style walking (in mid-air mind you), then walked back to his kit and promptly knocked a cymbal over with his "cold, dead hands"...which Connealy picked up while continuing to play.
-With a largely Kosola and Connealy crowd, we added the new Tenacious D cover (F Her Gently) to the setlist, which brought the house down and really got the crowd singing, cheering, clapping, and just generally into the show. During this song, Ged and Tay went and got some beer.
-Sometime during the course of the show, Connealy's mic cut out (we blame Superfan for not checking the mics before the show) so See You Again was a mic trading bonanza.
-We added Sit Down to the set and it was one of the best "crowd participation" Sit Down's we've ever had. Trooper came on stage (which he said he would if we played it) and sat down next to Ryan until the Sing-A-Long part. Stein broke it down to just snare and kick drum, while Ryan was giving the crowd complicated instructions on when and when not to sing. Fun was had by all...all I tell you.
-Threw in Save Us after Tonic because we were having so much fun playing we didn't want to stop.
-Take Me Back took awhile to end.

So there it is. The setlist don't get much better than that.