the missionaries: me plus these guys..
the set:
Goin' Against Your Mind
Made Up Dreams
Else
Distopian Dream Girl
Kicked It In The Sun
Mess With Time
Re-Arrange (The Gladiators)
Sidewalk
[New Song - starts: "daylight feels like midnight"]
Conventional Wisdom (dedicated to Hugo Chavez)
Bomb Shelter
Big Dipper
Carry the Zero
E: Randy Described Eternity (25+ minutes.. an absolute monster!)
hello ridiculousness! what an incredible show!! i walked out of there, mind completely blown, and i probably couldnt put it any more straight forward than that. right from the getgo with the goin against your mind opener - 2 songs later i finally got my else... i hadnt even seen the slip cover it.. the closest i ever got was a tease in toronto, and although this was the real deal, it was still an abbreviated real deal - but hey, when its built to spill and its else, i'll take what i can get. distopian dream girl was a real surprise for me - just not a song i would have thought i'd hear going into it, but such a treat. nothing wrong with love was probably the first album of theirs i fell in love with and it stirs up some good memories for me - needless to say i was belting it out at the top of my lungs. no matter, i couldnt even hear myself from how loud it was in there - probably didnt help that we set up shop 8 ft. from the speakers. the re-arrange cover was great, and the band really kicked it into high gear to close out the set, starting with an insane conventional wisdom - damn that is such a great song, that sweet breakdown can make anyone feel good... great dedication to mr. chavez as well, hahah. bomb shelter was a great jam with some interesting pre-recorded speech about eco-terrorism and right wing nut jobs - i like to see bands speaking out in their own way and built to spill certainly did that throughout the night. big dipper was another great cut from nothing wrong with love and the set finished with a big big BIG carry the zero... i thought my head was gonna explode, and again, i think i tore some vocal chords, but hell if i could hear myself. i really liked their use of the video screen throughout the show, as well.
the encore, i had thought was 2 songs, but upon finding a setlist, i guess it was only one. but i do remember how monstrous that one was. Randy Described Eternity went on for nearly an eternity, a solid 25 plus minutes of the crunchiest, heaviest, thickest, waves of music. they took the outro and jammed the living hell out of it, building up this incredible wall of sound that just kept climbing higher and getting bigger and coming harder - it was a class 1 lake superior storm if i ever heard one. a beautiful wash of sound to be drowning in and i lapped up ever second of it, jaw to the floor, tongue out. i noticed doug gave way a fair share of solos to the other guys throughout the show, but man was he a force on Randy - he was huge. i love doug martsch's guitar playing, i mean, what fan of built to spill doesnt, so i was just in my glory being able to take it all in from so close - i consider the man a legend in this world of rock n roll.
overall, the show was incredible. the venue was amazing, and the sound was great. even though we were close in to the speakers, and it was so loud, you could still pick apart all the instrumentation and even hear the vocals pretty clearly. props to the sound guy for controlling that gorgeous room. i wish i could see all my favourite bands in that venue, it was that sweet. great sight lines everywhere, 3 levels that are comfortable and easy to get around on, holds maybe a thousand people, but i'd say maybe 750 - 800 were there. perfect.
opening bands werent really worth mentioning... well, the 2nd opening band was, but only for how terrible they were, so i wont go there. lines of the night, courtesy of the heckler:
"jammin' for jesus... for christ sake!"
"you got a can of cream of corn soup in you beard!"
"you look 9 months pregnant, and beautiful"
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