23 October 2009

fall. (Boston, MA)

Greetings from Massachusetts. We just wrapped up our show at Boston College, which was quite fun and relaxing, given that we’ve played here before – we know what to expect for load-in, we know what the room looks and sounds like, we know how to get there in a straight shot, and we know that they have a wide array of chocolate items to consume pre-, during, and post-show. Here’s how the setlist panned out:

SET I
IIOKYN
Story Of… *
Emil
From The World I Have Known
Marula Binge
View From Way Up Here **
Hazel
List ^
Don
Nightlite
Flume %
Park

SET II
Obey # >
Life During Wartime @
Diminished Returns
Years Ago
Lift
ZED $
Heat
Eoghan, Late Saturday
I’ll Race Ya
Turn My Egg !

* “Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes” (Paul Simon) Vocal Outro
** “Star Wars Main Theme” (John Williams) Teases
^ “Englishman In New York” (Sting) Vocal Outro
% Bon Iver Cover
# “Dear Prudence” (Beatles) Teases
@ Talking Heads Cover, Beethoven’s “Fur Elise” Teases
$ “Easy” (Commodores) Vocal Outro
! “Jessica” (Alman Brothers) Teases

Fred took down the setlist, thus all the nice notations above (thanks, Fred!). We’re losing Fred tonight, as he lives in Boston and will stay here as we make our way back down the coast to Washington, D.C. tomorrow. It’s always great having him with us, as company and as a huge help running sound, lights, merch, etc.

Tomorrow’s gig in D.C. is up in the air at the moment, as we’ve been trying to reach and confirm with the promoter. I’ll be calling her in an hour after we’re done loading out, and I’ll try her again in the morning. This is after emailing all week with no reply… and thus is the game of booking. Fun it is not, but necessary it is. Can’t wait to have a booking agent someday…

So we either play in D.C. tomorrow night, or we just head to Charlottesville to the place we’re staying for the night. Either way, we have to head south – so we’re going to skip I-95 this time and head slightly further to the west. It adds about 60 miles to our trip, but believe it or not, it’s still worth it (read my previous post below).

Going to sign off for now and head to the farm for the night. More later… here are some photos from the trip today (NJ to MA):