We were hot with no outsiders to know that. Dynamite Dine-O-Mat and a backwards second set.
First Set
One More Saturday Night
Terrapin Station->
Same Thing
Mississippi Halfstep->
Franklin's Tower
Second Set
Help on the Way->
Slipknot!
Black Muddy River->
Standing on the Moon
Foolish Heart->
Victim or the Crime
Box of Rain
Like a Road
Notes
This night was a very normal
night that continued in the Deadstein tradition
of freaking ahead. Upside out and inside
down without a passenger left us doing things
backwards. Instead of the traditional 11
song first set and 5 song second set, well that
is at least a goal, we played the short first set
and long second set. In addition, the
second set was continued backwards and we did
okay with it.
There was no else in the room
but us Freaks of Deadstein. The playing was
good. It is becoming more complex,
integrated and redundant in it's foundation to
the point that it takes on a life of its
own. There is a whole little world of
music's Deadstein to jump around in a play.
It's like the moon ride at the local fair.
It's great, you jump around, do a few flips,
impress yourself with your acrobatics then you
get tired an eventually hurt. But you come
back for more. That's the mark of a good
ride.
Freakboy was there and did a
great job attending to WWI and our food
needs. I didn't see him dance to
much. I think Deadstein is becoming like
work to him because he slept through most of it.
First Set Comments
From second one of the
Saturday Night you could tell it was to be
good. As usual, everyone was waiting for me
to start as I wasn't even tuned, taped or turned
to page when the jam started, I think it's
called the "I'm Waiting for Larry to Get
Ready Jam." Well as I got up off the
floor we went beautifully into the Saturday
Night. While it wasn't perfect, it did have
a coolness to it that made the experience worth
it.
Terrapin was pretty
scoppy. While it felt sloppy at time yet it
was very interesting and fun. Doing it
early in the night provided some incentive to do
it well. The so called Maritime jam, the
big one in the middle in F, was a flowing
trip through maritime freakdom that. Waves
and roles rocked us through the deep fog running
through the very essence of "Der fliegende
Hollander." As a literary character
"The Flying Dutchman", made most famous
by the Spillchick's favorite musician and hero of
the Nazis, Richard Wagner, and is now being
played through our music. Our lost sailor
in this maritime jam eventually found refuge on a
rough a rocky shore of the rest of the
Terrapin. The ending jam was hot, not
flawless but it was the place to be if you know
what I mean.
We transitioned very well into
the Same Thing. I heard Larry lay the first
note of it decided to jump in on that relatively
strongly and we got it going pretty well.
For the first time in a long time I felt really
comfortable with the rhythm of the song. As
a matter of fact I don't think I played one riff
of it by note and only stuck with chords.
It flowed out of me better than usual.
I took a 3 round lead.
I'm glad I took the 3rd round because it gave me
a chance to make up for the moments I lost in the
first round. Hey, when you play one
or two leads a night these a precious
moments. I flew with great sound and speed
but a lack of fluidity and vision compromised its
stature. I've been working out on some fast
notes recently and at full volume, distortion,
the heavy wood of the Ibanez. and the strong
backing of Deadstein make it easy extrude notes
through a nozzle of my dreams. It's an
unbelievable feeling to do. You know it's
getting late after a long night of Deadstein,
ride home, etc. and I'm watch some Cindy Crawford
talk show on after Conan.
Half Step may have been the
weekest song of the night, but even so it is
still pretty good.
Half Time Eating Comments
Dine-O-Mat
Number one rating from
all. Broke the $100 mark with lots of
drinks a rickies.
Fries were number one,
Hey! Onion rings.
Popeye salad no dressing.
Sliders that were good.
Mashed potatoes
BLT's which were good.
There were complaints about a lack of bacon but
the toast was good..
Kevy's burnt cheese burger
required ketchup
Left over desserts from last
week were a kind find.
Eventhough the meal was modest
in size a cost a fortune, it didn't seem to knock
us out the way it usual does.
Second Set Comments
During the Slipknot we
were deep in jam and all of a sudden I
looked up and it was Larry M. in front of
me just walking by and scared the shit
out of me.
Weather
A beautiful night. but cold
and blustery outside. It was the official
lighting of the NYC Christmas Tree in the
neighborhood but Deadstein felt no impact of
it. We did our own lighting.