Tom's Kosmic Radio
@ Four Winds Cafe
September 17, 1999
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Tom's Kosmic Radio @ Halloween PCP
October 30, 1999
Take Me Away#, Galusch, Medicine, Awesome
Sound#, Monster Mash#, Michael Stipe#,
E.F.F# > We Want The Funk > E.F.F., Psycho Killer, Runaround Sue#*, Cous-Cous,
Mindbender
* w/ Josh Feldman on vocals
Pat's Review:
It all swirls together….one big blur of music and sound and smiles and people and lights….it’s all music….it’s all life….a hurricane of life….tonight it sweeps me up and takes me away to some other land….i can’t much control it, my timing is not quite right….tonight big plans and lots of practice are useless, they confuse us more than they center us….but it doesn’t matter….they’ll be more shows….for this night, at least, it’s more fun to lose control and stand in the middle of the hurricane than it is to keep control and be left standing on the outside. Oh, and I remember that “Galusch” was really awesome too. One of the best we ever played, it was like a hurricane…
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Tom’c Kosmic Radio @ The Atari InfoShop
January 29, 2000
Medicine, Funky Bitch, Take Me Away, Evelyn’s
Kitchen#, Crooked Line, Sneaking Sally# > Vocal Jam, Pfeffernusse*, Heavy
Things, Dealer#, Dragamuffin**, Mr. Charlie, Breathe#, Tube
* w/ Chris on drums, Ian on dijeridoo, Pat and Furry on percussion during
drum break.
**w/ Alvaro on vocals
Entire Show w/ Andrew Noune on Bass
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Tom’s Kosmic Radio @ New College Day
February 12, 2000
Funky Bitch*, Voodoo Stomp, Tube > Mr.
Charlie > Tube, Medicine, Galusch, E.F.F**, Michael Stipe, Pfeffernusse
*Soundcheck
** w/ Erik naked
*** show began at "high noon"
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Tom’s Kosmic Radio @ Valentine's Day
PCP
February 19, 2000
Soundcheck: Cold Water#, Push It Jam
Breathe, Medicine*, Evelyn’s Kitchen, Galusch, Crooked Line**, Dealer, Muck#***,
Michael Stipe, Pfeffernusse
* w/ Indian Outlaw tease
** w/ Stomp and We Want The Funk teases
*** w/ Angel is the Centerfold tease
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Tom’s Cosmic Radio @ The Lightpainter
Gallery
February 25, 2000
Soundcheck: Take Me Away, Wolfman’s Brother
Voodoo Stomp, Medicine*, Galusch, Muck, Tube, Evelyn’s Kitchen, Michael
Stipe, Crooked Line, Pfeffernuse
* w/ Indian Outlaw tease.
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Tom's Cosmic Radio @ The Four Winds Cafe
March 18, 2000
Cold Water, Best Band Ever#, Crooked Line,
Amazing Grace*, Psycho Killer, Evelyn's Kitchen, Michael Stipe**, Galusch,
Wolfman's Brother > Voodoo Stomp***, Medicine, Breathe, Dealer, Muck > Pickle
Bath#**** > Muck > Pirates of Penzance song#, Pfeffernusse*****, Dropped
D#
* w/ various female audience members on vocals.
** w/ false start, Pat corrects lyrical misquote in recent Catalyst article,
saying "Night Swimming is not funk!"
*** w/ Indian Outlaw tease
**** Chris tells the story of how he wrote this song in a dream (where he
found several middle school boys set up playing music in a NY subway station
and joined them for a jam which eventually turned into Pickle Bath. Upon
waking he realised something new had been born, namely the tradition of
the "Pickle Bath Stew" in which he and Gregg Sanford walk from door to door
at the dorms with a recycling bin filled with pickle juice and ask for contributions,
anything goes, to be added to the bucket, until someone is so grossed out
by the contents of the bucket that they actually "hurl in the pickle bath
stew.") (Unfortunely, the ceremony has never been carried out.)
***** w/ 2001 and Funky Bitch teases
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Tom's Cosmic Radio @ The 47th St. House
April 7, 2000
I: Closer#*, Wall of Sound# > Silk Pajamas#**,
Medicine, Making Soap Intro#***,
Pfeffernusse > Robin Hood#, Robin Hood, Robin Hood, TK421#, Wolfmans's Brother
> Voodoo Stomp
II: Crooked Line, Evelyn's Kitchen, Galush, Tube, Funky Bitch, Iko#****
> Women Are Smarter#****, Franklin's Tower#****, Scarlet Begonias#****,
Sweet Home Alabama#****,
* w/ Ian on lounge vocals and brian on drums
** band announced as "The Brian Turk Allstars, A.k.a. The Cooter Cooter
Jazz Ensemble Of Sarasota" and also as "Chomsky."
*** Song by Chomsky
**** w/ Gregg Sanford on guitar and vocals
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Joketime w/ Ian and Keith, Clio#, Medicine,
Voodoo Stomp, Dealer, Evelyn's Kitchen, Crooked Line, Michael Stipe, Muck,
TK421, Galusch*, Dropped D, Pfeffernuse**
E: Funky Bitch
* w/ instrumental "Happy Birthday to Kristin"
** very long, w/ 2001 teases
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Tom’s Cosmic Radio @ Sainer Auditorium
May 19, 2000
I: Voodoo Stomp, Michael Stipe, Captain#, Two Years#,
Lupi’s Greyhound Farm#, Galusch, Dropped D
II: Breathe, Crooked Line, Muck, Dealer, Butterflies#, Evelyn’s Kitchen,
Pfeffernuse*, Medicine**
E: Funky Bitch
* w/ Capoiera roda during drum break. Chris on drums, Ian on dij, pat and
brian on percussion.
** w/ reggae ending
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Tom's Cosmic Radio @ Graduation PCP
May 27,2000
Best Band Ever, Medicine*, Stomp, Galusch, Butterflies,
Lupi's Greyhound Farm, Down on The Corner#, Captain
* w/ reggae ending
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Tom's Cosmic Radio @ 47th St. House
August 25, 2000
Voodoo Stomp, Medicine, Butterflies, Crooked
Line, Funky Bitch, Lupi's Greyhound Farm, Galusch, Evelyn's, Psycho Killer,
Wolfman's Brother, Heavy Things*
w/ Brian on guitar & Chris on Bass
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Tom’s Cosmic Radio @ The 4 Winds Cafe
September 8, 2000
Bertha#, Butterflies, Bifnaki#, Mystery
Jam#, Medicine, Mystery Jam, Voodoo Stomp, Chain Of Fools#* > Mystery Jam
E: Evelyn’s Kitchen, Funky Bitch
* w/ Monique Lacour on vocals
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Tom’s Cosmic Radio @ The
Brownstone Cafe
September 30, 2000
I: Jam# > Breathe, Voodoo Stomp, Butterflies,
Captain, Medicine*, Tube > Snappabiffer > Clio > Tube
II: Happy birthday to Gregg (and Trey), Galusch**, Evelyn’s Kitchen, Crooked
Line***, Robin Hood, Michael Stipe****, Two Years, Draggamuffin*****, Pfeffernusse,
Dropped D
* w/ Angel is the Centerfold tease
** w/ Pickle Bath and Muck jams
*** w/Billie Jean tease
**** w/ E.F.F. chant
***** w/ Alvaro on vocals
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Tom's Cosmic Radio @ Cafe
Kaldi
November 3, 2000
Jam > Psycho Killer, Medicine, Pfeffernusse,
Butterflies, Evelyn's Kitchen, Captain, Snappabiffer, Voodoo Stomp > Chameleon
> Voodoo Stomp, Lupi's Greyhound Farm, Wolfman's Brother, Galusch
E: Butterflies
* First show w/ Andrew Noune on percussion.
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Tom's Cosmic Radio @ New College Day
November 11, 2000
Jam > Bifnakie, Lupi's Greyhound Farm,
Butterflies, Dealer, Attack of the Mucus Men Episode
1: Meet The Mild Mannered Mr. Mucus#, Voodoo Stomp, Galusch > Drums
> Galusch, Best Band Ever, Cold Water*, Pfeffernusse > Ambient Jam#, E N
Jam > Drums
* dedicated to Young Drew in an effort to get him to walk to Shell and buy
the band beer
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Tom's Cosmic Radio @ Cafe Kaldi
December 1, 2000
Drum Jam# > Crack Jam, Pffefernuse, Mr.
Charlie, Attack of the Mucus Men - Episode 2: Meet
Mr. Mucus' Secret Alter Ego - Captain Hero: Astral Jedi, Evelyn's Kitchen,
Crooked Line, Best Band Ever, Michael Stipe, Funky Bitch, Voodoo Stomp*,
Butterflies, Lupi's Greyhound Farm**, Tube*** > Clio Jam, Galusch, Mystery
Jam > Captain Hero Theme**** > Medicine*****, Jazz is Jazz Intro > Medicine******,
Brian Turk Solo > Medicine*******
* w/ Brian on Guitar, Pat on Bass, Ian on Keys, and Chris on Drums. Ian
introduced the entire band as if they were on their regular instruments
("Patrick Hickey on Guitar, Brian Turk on Bass, the awesome web designer
of HTTP, colon, backslash,
backslash, WWW, dot, GEOCITIES, dot, COM, backslash, KRINKLYMAN, backslash,
index, dot, html on Drums and me, Chris Mitchell, on Keyboards") and
whoever was actually playing the instrument took a solo.
** w/ "16 bar cowbell solo" and "32 bar audience clapping solo"
*** w/ "I want my MTV" teases.
**** extended, w/ "audience participation"
***** aborted after Pat's guitar wouldn't work
****** aborted after Chris forgot the words
******* begun from "the C#", w/ jam AND reggae ending. (revolutionary!!!)
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Tom's Cosmic Radio @ The Brownstone Cafe
December 9, 2000 (with *POP*)
Send Another Round#*, Astropostrephedic
Jam > Bifnakie, Evelyn's Kitchen, Best Band Ever, Attack
of The Mucus Men, Episode 3: The Evil Lord Phlegmsnorg > Vocal Jam,
Butterflies, Voodoo Stomp**, Song for Sara II#***, Lupi's Greyhound Farm****,
Medicine > Sweetie#*****
* played by chris alone on acoustic guitar and vocals. Click
Here for the lyrics.
** w/ E.F.F. chant, E.F.F stripped down to his undies on top of a table...
*** Click Here for the lyrics.
**** w/ "Spyhunter" tease and "World's First Wind Chime Solo" by Furry Andrew.
(ruined by Maggie Ray.)
***** "Clio" w/ new words. Click Here for the
lyrics.
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Tom's Cosmic Radio @ The Landingstrip
Lounge
February 2, 2001 (with The High As A Kite String
Band)
Bifnakie, Sneaking Sally > Vocal Jam >
Jam > Bubblehouse# > Drum solo > Voodoo Stomp, Mr. Charlie, Funky Bitch,
Butterflies, Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain#*, Long Black Veil#*, Not Fade
Away#*, Scarlet Begonias*
* w/ Gregg and Liz
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Tom's Cosmic Radio @ The Crucial Cruise
BBQ
February 3, 2001
It Takes A Lot To Laugh#, Bifnakie, Funky
Bitch, Stomp > Vocal Jam > Jam* > Stomp, Butterflies
* w/ variuos band and audience members stompin' and clappin', a-hootin'
and a-hollerin'.
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Tom's Cosmic Radio @ The Landingstrip
Lounge
February 9, 2001
Phat Sweeties PhreePhlow# > Jam > Chameleon
> Voodoo Stomp, Medicine, Mr. Charlie*, Attack of the Mucus Men Episode
4, Evelyn's Kitchen, Butterflies, Long Black Veil**, Scarlet Begonias**
> Drum Circle***, Down On the Corner**, Not Fade Away**, Sweet Home Alabama**,
Franklin's Tower**, Wolfman's Brother, Butterflies
*dedicated to Brian's Lady Friend
**w/ Gregg and Liz
*** w/ Furry Andrew on Belafone
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Tom's Cosmic Radio @ Valentine's Day
PCP
February 17, 2001
Amorpheosphelicsphereoneous Jam > Bifnakie,
Evelyn's Kitchen, Voodoo Stomp, Butterflies, Best Band Ever > Wolfman's
Brother, Funky Bitch > Vocal Jam Forever
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Tom's Cosmic Radio @ The Brownstone Cafe
February 25, 2001
Delication Jam, Atmospheredelic Hipsquad
Asspants Necktie Blowjam, Medicine, Michael Stipe*, Earl#**, Best Band Ever,
Attack of the Mucus Men Episode 5, Crooked Line*** > Ebonotronic Jam, Butterflies,
Awesome Sound Tease, You Know You Want To Fly Tease, Mr. Charlie > Piano
Interlude# > Bifnakie, Dealer****, Mon Vrai Desten Tease, Chameleon > Stomp,
Astronaut Song Tease, The Disco Buddha Song#
E: Ambient Hour with "The Backwards Cheesecake Factory"#, "Variations on
'The Eye'" by Dara Matthews#
* w/ Audience deciding to sing a verse of "Higher Ground" over the intro.
(???)
** Originally to be titled "The Electric Monkey Swan."
*** w/ wicked light show by Chris' back. W/ Shakedown Street tease. Unfinished.
**** In French (j/k)
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Tom's Cosmic Radio @ The Landing Strip
Lounge
March 2, 2001
Set I: Ameridelphonic Lubenitude Jam, Bifnaki,
Crooked Line, Dealer, Medicine, Best Band Ever, Michael Stipe, Nautilus#*,
Lion Song#, Evelyn's Kitchen, Awesome Sound > Pfeffernusse
Set II: Vocal Jam > Goobliss Goobless Jam, Robin Hood**, Attack Of The Mucus
Men Episode 6, Mr. Charlie, Earl, Butterflies, Voodoo Stomp, Lion Song,
Not Fade Away, Lupi's Greyhound Farm
* Bob James cover
** "The Ultimate"
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Tom's Cosmic Radio @ The Landing Strip
Lounge
April 20, 2001
Medicine, Nautilus > Bifnaki > Mr. Charlie,
Butterflies, Dealer, Lion's Song, Attack of the Mucus Men Episode 7, Voodoo
Stomp
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Tom's Cosmic Radio @ New College Earth
Day Celebration
April 22, 2001
ECOmedian Introduction ->Annie's Intro,
Lion's Song, Evelyn's Kitchen, Riding The Electric Funky Swan#*, Bifnaki,
Voodoo Stomp > EFF**, Attack of the Mucus Men Episode 8, Butterflies
* w/ a girl VERY high up in a tree, hanging upside-down.
** w/ Erik stripping and doing a flip into the bay.
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Tom's Cosmic Radio @ The 47th St. House
Graduation Celebration
May 24,2001
Best Band Ever, Voodoo Stomp*, Lupi's,
Bifnaki, Evelyn's Kitchen**, Lion's Song, Dealer***, Earl****, Attack of
the Mucus Men*****, Butterflies, We Bid You Goodnight******
*w/ EFF chant
** Ladies And Gentlemen
*** stopped in the first verse due to "tuning issues"
**** w/ "give money for the keg for the PCP" rap by Chris
("Wow! He's really good!")
***** w/ another EFF chant, Chris thinks this part "rocked."
****** started by Furry, mostly audience singing and Chris on guitar
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Tom's Cosmic Radio @ Lake Shipp on Graduation
PCP
May 25,2001
Mystery Jam, Bifnaki*, Voodoo Stomp** >
Best Band Ever > Voodoo Stomp**, Lion's Song***, Butterflies****, Attack
of the Mucus Men > "He's Furry, He's Furry, He's Coming To Get You." Chant
> Furry Percussion Jam > Mucus Men > Pfeffernusse > Dijeridoo Drum Jam >
Chut Up! Jam > Pfeffernusse*****
* This part "really rocked."
** 1st Stomp unfinished, at the end of BBE (in a sort of *daze*) Ian starts
up the Stomp again and the band finishes it.
*** w/ Chris yelling "Turn it up, Turn it up man!" during ("Ladies and Gentlemen")Pat's
solo.
**** extended, w/ special guest Casi Tanenbaum on vocals
***** extended, w/ crazy ass foreign friend of Alexis on vocals for "Chut
Up!" jam
(p.s. - that's a lot of damn segueing at the end. Almost like the songs
seemed to melt into one undulating mound of melody and rhythm.)
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TCR 2002 @ The PCP Discofunk Lounge
May 23,2002 - TCR Reunion Lovefest Blowout
Showtime: 2:30 am - 6:30 am
Preshow Music: Dave's Discofunk Dance Mix
Set I (2 hours long)
Jam ->Bifnaki#, Michael Stipe*, Voodoo Stomp$*, Butterflies~, Lion's Song,
Earl@ -> Bubblehouse Jam
Set II
Jam ->Mr. Charlie, Jam - >Best Band Ever+->Voodoo Stomp* ->Wolfman's Brother^*,
Lupi's!*, Attack of the Mucus Men%
# 35-40 minutes, with audience dancing all around band. Chris begins the
(infamous) "Wassup Wassup" shit. "SaraSOTA..."
* w/ Eric Napier on guitar
$ w/ extended jam and someone in the audience bringing in trippy lights
to shine on the band... Pat, Eric, & Chris all bring the dude
~ Pat brings the dude, ian hits the hithat on the last beat of the intro,
which is a very funny joke that he used to play (no pun) on us back in the
day. actually, its not really a joke, because a joke has a setup, a delivery,
and a punch line. (it's got fucking cheese, fucking lettuce...)
@ Eric, Chis & Brian bring the dude
+ w/the whole band bringing the dude at various times.....when Ian brings
the dude, the dude brings the Stomp
^ extended, with pretty jam
! w/ Eric looping the dude
% dedicated to "the mushroom kids." There was this one part where the jam
sort of suddenly died out but instead of bringing the dude, Chris put his
mouth entirely around the microphone and suddenly the room was filled with
a wall-shaking vibration of om. (this jam was the jam.)
**##$ Between sets, Chris' younger brother Adam tells him to stop saying
"Yeah, Wassup, Wassup" over and over again, because he "sounds really fucked
up"
**##$$ Adam proceeds to pass out on the couch for the remainder of the show, because, in fact, he is "really fucked up."
Otras : Somewhere in there there was an EFF chant (dedicated to eff) where
chris tried to get everyone to get naked and dance around like animals.
(failed.) At one point Robert the maintenance man came in and boogied down
like a madman. He was later reported to have said "Damn, them white boys
jam all night."
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TCR 2002 @ The Blue Parrot
May 25, 2002 - The Reunion Encore show
Jam ->Bifnaki#, Evelyn's Kitchen, Best Band Ever*, Voodoo Stomp*, Lion's
Song$, Butterflies, Earl, Medicine**
# "The Old Standby"
*w/ Eric Napier on guitar
$ w/ space lion blastoff ("Psssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhoooooooooommmmmm")
**w/ reggae ending and "Everybody Here Say All Right" jam
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TCR @ Graduation PCP, "The Enchantment Under The Sea
Ball"
May 23, 2003 - Phish(discobiscuits)bowl, New College, Sarasota, FL, USA
Showtime: 2:45am - 4:20am
FM Jam > Best Band Ever, Earl, Evelyn's Kitchen, Lion's Song, PeePee Jam*
> Push It Jam > Bifnaki**, Mr. Charlie, Voodoo Stomp, Mucus Men***, Butterflies
* w/ Chris on drums, Ian on toilet. (har har)
** w/ "Miles Davis" on trumpet and flute
*** aborted during "Mucus Section" due to Ian's generally pekid face and
"cut it" gesture with drum stick across throat.
Chris' Review:
I remember being in Palm Court right before we played
and trying to get everything organized. I hadn't really seen brian or
ian, but heard they were ready. I was walking around with my sister telling
everyone i saw "It's go time!" Went to the room, it was too bright. turned
off lights. plugged in shit. room felt cold and empty and strange. tried
to fill with ambient sounds. remembered we wanted to start with Best Band
Ever, switched to ambient sounds in f minor. people started coming in.
started playing. BBE sounded extra funky to me, like some electric 70's
shit. earl felt wicked and evil on organ and extra long C section. looked
up during lion's song, was happy to see room full of dancing hippies and
nuevo collegians. Evelyn's Kitchen felt good like some barnyard stomp
for us country hillbilly floridians. At some point Rene brought the dude
on shaker. Ian was not doing well by the end, but most of us failed to
notice (sorry dude.) decided to go out with butterflies, felt good to
hear pat playing the little melody over the instrumental break in the
chorus. ended song, put down guitar, turned off amps, wondered "but is
it really the end??"
Pat's Review:
During this show my bandmates learned a lesson that I learned during
Halloween PCP 1999. I can’t say what that lesson is, as one must
experience this lesson in order to learn it. On to the show…..
The Phishbowl looked nice. We hung a bunch of fish up and had some rainbow
rope lights behind Chris.
For the 2nd straight year in a row, Chris set up all his keyboard equipment
way before the show started. And for the 2nd straight year Chris walked
into the room and his keyboard equipment was NOT set up. Poor Chris! After
some minor adjustments, Chris began to make some sounds. The band joined
in, and before we knew it the Best Band Ever was rocking the Phishbowl.
This BBE felt tight. Totally jamming, the boys were back in town! I was
jumping up and down while playing, just so happy to be back playing with
the boys again. The buildup part of BBE is always fun and I was jumping
up and down like a little kid. Unfortunately, everyone sat down through
the whole song. So, after BBE ends I make some wiseass comments about
getting permits from the cops that allow everyone to get up and dance.
Definitely the most relaxed I’ve ever felt speaking into a microphone
in front of a crowd. That trend would continue throughout the weekend
as I just couldn’t shut up.
Earl was rockin’. We almost fell asleep in practice the night before
trying over and over again to get the song right, so it was good to have
it all turn out OK. People got up and danced. Nice extended C section.
The C jam was one big orgy of dancing, smiling people. I tried to get
Sara to come and play trumpet during the trippy part of Earl, but she
didn’t see me. Too bad, I would have much rather had her on trumpet
than Miles Davis. More on Miles later….
Evelyn’s was nice. Just swaying around and singing aloud and smiling
at everyone. Lion’s Song kicked up the energy in the room. I was
filled with joy. I love watching people smile and dance and be happy.
Unfortunately, the distortion setting on my pedal was totally f-ed, so
I botched the beginning of the solo. Luckily, I fixed that by the next
night.
The PeePee jam kind of killed the momentum we had built, but, hey, when
ya gotta go, ya gotta go.
Bifnaki was ruined by Miles Davis. “Miles Davis” is some
kid who used to live at the 47th St. house. The funny thing is, I specifically
asked him not to play with us before we went on, but apparently Chris
had told him that it was okay. I was not so happy with Miles. He was a
fine musician, but he soloed over everyone. I get 2 days a year to play
with TCR, and I’m sorry, but I want to play with TCR, not some random
kid who wants to be in front of a crowd. I’m not so big on someone
who jumps up and just starts soloing. I kept doing the “cut”
sign to Chris, trying to get him to take the microphone away from Miles,
but BabyReece didn’t see me. I was very not happy that I couldn’t
hear Chris or Erock. Bifnaki is kind of our “tag-team” song
where we play off of the weird noises that the other is making. During
Bifnaki, I want to hear some trippy keyboards, some pounding drums, some
funky gui-tar and some bumpin’ bass. I DO NOT want to hear some
whack-off trumpet solo drowning out everything else. Oh well, you win
some, you lose some.
Mr. Charlie was a good way to get some energy going after that Bifnaki.
The distortion problem on my pedal meant no punch to my solos, but I had
a good time playing around with the 12 bars anyway. Someone later told
me how excited they were that we played Mr. C because it was one of their
favorite Dead songs, so I’m glad we played it.
Stomp was great. People were freaking, and we all had fun. Miles Davis
tried to join us, but I finally got Chris to take the mic away. I saw
EFF’s brother and started an EFF chant, but apparently EFF drank
too much too fast, and was at home asleep while we were chanting his name
and trying to get him to get naked. Oh well, it brought a smile to his
brother’s face, at least.
Mucus Men was good. Keith B. came up and started talking to Ian in the
middle of this. I really think that was not so helpful for Ian at that
point. Too much stimuli, if you know what I’m saying. I think it
hastened the end of our set, but I guess that was what was meant to be.
I got to go out and enjoy the last hour and a half of PCP, so every cloud
has a silver lining.
Butterflies ended the show. Ian tried to stop it in the middle, but we
wouldn’t let him. I looked at Ian at one point and noticed that
he wasn’t looking so good. Chris extended the instrumental section,
and in my head I was saying “dude! Cut it out! Ian is not doing
good! Let’s just get to the end and finish!”, but unfortunately
Chris does not have the power of ESP. I thought Chris had noticed Ian’s
sickly state and was extending the song anyway, but I found out later
that Chris had no clue. Ian continued on like the true rockstar he is,
and we finished up on a nice note. I remember making eye contact with
everyone I could and smiling and dancing. That was the nice part about
both reunion shows, just sitting back and looking at people and smiling
at them and dancing “with” them.
I looked up at the clock as Butterflies was ending, and noticed that
it was 4:20. How fitting. I wished everyone a happy 4:20 and thanked them
for coming. Another one bites the dust…
Overall, this show was alright, but the real action was on Saturday night.
I think that perhaps the wonderfulness of last year’s PCP performance
spoiled us and set our expectations too high. Our jams were very ambient
on Friday, and I enjoyed just kind of sitting back and listening to everything.
BBE and Earl were off the hook, though. It was great to see all our friends,
and to play together again. Lots of smiles all around. It could have been
better, but that doesn’t really matter at this point. What matters
is that we all had lots of fun, and as my elementary school gym teacher
used to say, “if you had fun, you won.”
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TCR @ The 47th Street House
May 24, 2003 - Last Damn Jam
Showtime: 1:30am - 4:20am (no joke!)
Funky Bitch, Bifnaki, Lion's Song, Medicine*, Earl > Bubblehouse > Drum
Solo > EFF > Voodoo Stomp > Chameleon > Voodoo Stomp, Best Band Ever*,
Evelyn's Kitchen, Butterflies, Mystery Jam, Michael Stipe, Lion's Song,
Wolfman's Brother > Voodoo Stomp > Bubblehouse, Cold Water**, Butterflies***
* dedicated to Meagan Mitchell
** Put put his guitar down and joined the people singin' and swayin' in
front of the band
*** Pat brings the dude "to make up for last year" and introduces the
band one by one to thunderous applause
NOTE: entire show without "miles davis" on trumpet and flute, or
congas, or anything else for that matter due to some "advanced planning"
by Pat. ("Oh Chris, what's that? Furry isn't coming out tonight? Okay,
so I'll just put these congas upstairs then...")
ALSO NOTE: beginning of show with "extra pep" due to some more
"advanced planning" by Pat. (thanks dude.)
Chris' Review:
Funky Bitch was an interesting and
different (no Jam > Bifnaki?) way to start a show. ("Alright boys, blues
in C") Pat was ripping up the opening riff and wrestled the fuck out of
the solo. Bifnaki was a long nice meandering with Erock dropping some
cool shit on guitar. felt like we were kind of exploring our collective
imiganitions while waiting for more people to fill up the house. At some
point EFF showed up to an immediate EFF chant, complete with samba whistle
(a gift for Chris from EFF) and some freaky moves by eff, including pouring
vodka down his pants. I think it might have been the most intense EFF
ever, except maybe the famous Flip Into The Bay version... As soon as
he was done and had all his clothes back on we busted right back into
another eff chant for him (or was it for the ladies????). I think i actually
remembered all the words to Evelyn's Kitchen BOTH of these nights. Lots
of Afrobeat teases as a little joke between me and brian ("dude, Karl
Denson, he's like a BARON.") Good old Chameleon. Pat thinks we played
Mucus Men. I think we didn't. who knows. As the night went on Maggie Ray
showed up with a big old bottle of Mr. Boston's Premium Vodka and started
pouring shots down our throats while we played (read: Rock Stars.) After
Evenlyn's Kitchen we all kind of looked at each other and were like "THIS
IS IT, the Final Version of Butterflies, the Final TCR song ever, The
LAST DAMNN JAM, etc" but once it was over everyone was yelling for more
and we (minus Ian of course) were like "hey, why not?" More shots and
more eff dancing and more repeted songs ensued. Seemed like we wound up
putting bubblehouse in the middle of just about every song with a jam
in it. Cold Water was a great great good old fashion american drunk ass
sing along moment, it's too bad Young Drew wasn't there to see it. Somehow
we got through Michael Stipe without fucking up, despite not playing it
in two years or whatever. (and yet we butchered freaking butterflies
the night before...) I tried to make a joke by singing the chorus of Long
December over the last chorus of Butterflies, but no one seemed to have
a clue what i was talking about. I kept having this "all fall down together"
feeling while we played that last Butterflies, there at the 47th street
house, getting drunk with all the true Antennaheads and having a retarded
good time. Then Pat stretched out the ending riff and i said something
about "last damn note" and we hit the last chord (Buterflies > Wall Of
Sound?) then we took a nice (vodka covered) retirement bow and it was
all over.
(or is it?????)
(j/k)
(or am I???)
Pat's Review:
Cocaine is a helluva drug
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