San Francisco, CA - Slims - 7/30/2000
By Dan Trudell

No Knife busted their Bass amp, but SDRE was kind enough to lend them
theirs for the set. I was a bit worried, because if they broke one...then
what if they broke SDRE's...I was nervous. However, the concert gods
smiled upon us, and the amp was ready to go for SDRE. The first thing
said when they went on stage was "How many people were here last
night?" I shouted as loud as I could. I was not alone, but us serial
SDRE show seers were clearly the minority. This was good, because both
nights were sold out. My friend has been seeing shows at slims for years,
and said that it is definitely rare for a band to sell out slim's both
nights. Then they said that they'd change up the setlist a
little. DRAT! me without my pen. Here's my best guess as to the setlist
(durned memory):

KBAA
One
Pillars
The Ocean
ESTYA
Fool
G & VG
Snibe
TimH (TimH and Dissapear may be transposed)
Dissapear
J'nuh
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In Circles
8
TRT

People were again shouting song names. Jeremy said there would be another
tour soon, and that they would play more of the old stuff. Then they said
something to the effect of "we'll take requests for the tour
now" WOOHOO!!! I think I busted a vocal chord shouting Spade and Parade
and GREEeeeeeeNNNNNNNNDeeLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!! I teamed up with the guy behind
me, and we took turns shouting grendel. Dan said something like "That
one's difficult" to which I replied "WORTH IT!!" The bit they added onto
TRT was cool both nights On saturday, it led into In Circles. Sunday, it
was last, so they did a relly cool exit. By that point, everybody who
didn't have a drunstick in their hand was on guitar/bass. Everybody
(exept Will, of course) left a feedback riff on their guitar as they left,
one at a time. Jeremy threw his pic into the audience. Whoever got it is
soooo lucky. The last person to leave was the guy on Keyboards. He left
a feedback loop on his guitar that lasted a while after they were all off
stage.

In all....the whole weekend ROCKED!!! I still have a big ol' grin on my
face.

Dan T.