Its a bit passed midnight, I recently took some cold medicine that may cause drowsiness, so who knows where this will go.
I am feeling similar to Poo. I’m getting sick, some sort of virus type of dealy, hopefully it will go away in 20 min. The drum lesson is tomorrow, I practiced for an hour tonight in my craptastic state, and made a few breakthroughs, I hope I dont look like a tool once again.
Now, about last night…Lets begin with the dissappointments. First and foremost, Trey Anastasio. His new material just seems uninspired, he lost something. We actually left during his set to prevent the tainting of any back in the day memories. Dave Matthews, and particularly his fans, I have had enough of that garbage. His fans do not appreciate anything except the DMB, they can all go to hell. His set followed the TW, and really, who is gonna follow that? Here is a transcript of a conversation between myself and my homey Dave during the Matthews set. The part of Steve will be played by S, the part of Dave on this special occasion is played by the letter D
D: Dude, where is the keg?
S: I dont know, have you seen my white hat?
D: I think you left it at the frat house
S: Shit, is there an abercrombie around here?
D: This place IS an Abercrombie
We proceeded to sit in near silence for the rest of his set until Trey came out and disgraced a few Phish songs. Oy Vey
But the Waits, wow. As the curtain rose, Waits was in the center of the stage with the band already playing, tilted to one side clapping like an escaped mental patient. He looked exactly like his voice sounds- completely insane. They opened with “Down In The Hole” an oldie but goodie. Its amazing how is Lo Fi sound was still captured on a giant stage in front of thousands of people. Althought there were many feedback problems, almost causing him to leave the stage, it was an event I will never forget. When he sat at the upright piano to do a few ballads, you could feel the joy in the house. He closed his set with “House Where Nobody Lives” and dudes, lets be honest, I had to hold back some tears. Listen to the Mule Variations album and try not to get emotional. Take an hour right now, go ,do it, then come back……..
See, you got all emotional didn’t you? I thought so.
He left the stage, me and the Waits fans in my section (which consisted of myself and Dave) stood up, and did not stop clappinng. You know how sometimes its like “ok, i know he’s gonna come out for an encore, so i can back off on the applause” this was not the case. His set was in the middle of the show, so he easily could have not come back, but I was not gonna let that shit happen. The minotiy of the crowd gave a shit, but those who did gave it all they had. Finally, he returned to do “Make It Rain” and fucking rocked the house.
It was probably the best 45 minutes I have seen anyone play. You can’t top that.