SlipBase: 2005
Updated: Thu Dec 14 11:43:20 EST 2023
02/11/2005: Matt Murphy's Public House: Brookline, MA
Set I: Jam #1, Jam #2, Wolof, The Shouters, Goes Around Comes Around, Jam #3
Set II: Cowboy Up, Jam #4, Lonely Boy, You'll Find a Home%, Even Rats, "Bouba's Jam"*^, 12/8 Blues^
Notes: Timo Shanko on Tenor all night. Goes Around Comes Around is a Timo Shanko composition. # with Grayson Farmer on trumpet%. * with Boubacar Diabate on vocals, Peter Barr on djembe. ^ with Steve Fell on guitar. Unannounced warm up gig for the Japan run with Timo. [ cleantone - Sat Feb 12, 2005 ]
02/18/2005: Shibuya O-East: Tokyo, JP
Set I: Landing> Even Rats, ?> Sometimes True to Nothing, Cowboy Up, Lonely Boy, Happy Snails
Set II: Proud, Children of December, Wolof, Suffocation Keep, You'll Find a Home
Encore: Honey Melon*
Notes: Organic Groove Festival (PhatLeaf Presents). w/ Timo Shanko on Tenor Saxophone. * with members the Sim Redmond Band [ cleantone - Jul 25, 2005]
02/19/2005: Osanbashi Hall (The Green Room Festival): Yokohama, JP
Set I: Landing> Even Rats, Get Me with Fuji, Poor Boy, ???, Soft Warm Simple Wonder*, Paper Birds
Notes: w/Timo Shanko (entire show). *w/Isaac Taylor [ lumpmaster - Sun Feb 20 EST 2005 - from BitTorrent ]
03/31/2005: Paradise Rock Club (Surprise Me Mr. Davis): Boston, MA
Set I: I Want to Get to Heaven, Tin Can Coffee Cup, Who Am I?, Cloudy Skies, Everything Must, Holly Would, Summer of My Fall, Ambrosia Drunk, Unprotected Sex Song, Back in 15 Minutes, Rubber Ball, Sisyphus, Last One Standing, Red Sky, Hunny, Real World, Mardis Gras, Modern Love
Encore: By the Light, I'm in No Hurry to Get to Heaven
Notes: Cleantone [ casey - cpthomas at gmail dot com - Apr 8 2005 ]
04/01/2005: The Big Easy (Surprise Me Mr. Davis): Portland, ME
Set I: I Want to Get to Heaven, Everything Must Go, Red Sky, Hunny, Fat King of Gods, Mardi Gras, Holly Would, Summer of My Fall, Suffocation Keep, Poor Boy, Money Money Money, Rubber Ball, Last One Standing, I'm in No Hurry to Get to Heaven
Encore: Last One Ever, Unprotected Sex Song, Before You Were Born, Cloudy Skies, You Don't Have to Say You're Sorry Till You Go
Notes: [casey <cpthomas at gmail dot com> - Apr 13 2005]
04/02/2005: Higher Ground (Surprise Me Mr. Davis): Winooski, VT
Set I: I Want to Get to Heaven before I Die, Tin Can Coffee Cup, Everything Must Go, Holly Would, Red Sky, Fat King of Gods, Rubber Ball, By the Light, I Hate Love, Mardis Gras, Summer of My Fall, Unprotected Sex Song, "Magic Trick", Hunny, Suffocation Keep, Poor Boy, As Long As There's One of Us Standing, No Hurry to Get to Heaven
Encore: Real World, Modern Love, Before You Was Born
Notes: cleantone - Tue Dec 27 16:14:26 EST 2005
04/03/2005: Knitting Factory (Surprise Me Mr. Davis): New York, NY
Set I: I Want to Get to Heaven Before I Die, Red Sky, Tin Can Coffee Cup, Cloudy Skies, Holly Would, Poor Boy, Fat King of Gods, Mardi Gras*, "Magic Trick, cutting Marco in half", Real World, Rubber Ball, I Hate Love, Summer of My Fall, Ambrosia Drunk, Unprotected Sex Song, Hunny, Last One Standing, You Don't Have To Say Your Sorry Till You Go, Last One Ever, I'm In No Hurry to Get to Heaven
Notes: * w/ Marco Benevento [ casey - cpthomas at gmail dot com - Apr 8 2005 ]
04/04/2005: Schine Underground (Surprise Me Mr. Davis): Syracuse, NY
Set I: I Want To Get To Heaven, Tin Can Coffee Cup, Real World, Everything Must Go, Rubber Ball, Holly Would, Summer of My Fall, Cloudy Skies, Red Sky, Hunny, ?, I Hate Love, Mardi Gras, Suffocation Keep, Poor Boy
Encore: I'm In No Hurry To Get To Heaven, Last One Standing
Notes: setlist from graffitti boards post by Betty [ casey - cpthomas at gmail dot com> - Apr 8 2005 ]
04/05/2005: The Mug (Vassar College): Poughkeepsie, NY
Set I: I Want To Get To Heaven, Everything Must Go, Red Sky, Rubber Ball, Unprotected Sex Song#, Fat King of Gods, Holly Would, You Don't Have To Say You're Sorry Till You Go, (magic trick with Sara), Cloudy Skies, Summer of My Fall, Suffocation Keep, Poor Boy, Mardi Gras, Real World, I Hate Love, Last One Standing
Notes: SMMD show. *BAM got wheeled out onto the stage in a giant animal cage by Tim, who allowed the audience to poke at the band. # Sam Leonard sang most of the lyrics to this one. (setlist from graffitti boards post by Betty) [ casey - cpthomas at gmail dot com> - Apr 8 2005 ]
04/06/2005: Iron Horse Music Hall (Surprise Me Mr. Davis): Northampton, MA
Set I: I Want to Get to Heaven, Summer of My Fall, Ambrosia Drunk, Everything Must Go, Red Sky, Rubber Ball, I Hate Love, Hunny, Last One Standing, Fat King of Gods, "magic trick", Holly Would, By the Light, Suffocation Keep, Poor Boy, Unprotected Sex Song*
Encore: Modern Love, Nowhere from Here to Go^, I'm in No Hurry to Get to Heaven
Notes: * Sam Leonard on vocals for the 1st verse. ^ first performance this tour [ cleantone - Apr 7 2005]
04/07/2005: Narrows Center for the Arts: Fall River, MA
Set I: I Want to Get to Heaven, Everything Must Go, Tin Can Coffee Cup, Fat King of Gods, Hunny, Rubber Ball, Summer of My Fall, I Hate Love, "magic rope", Holly Would, By the Light, Last One Standing, You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Till You Go
Encore: Unprotected Sex Song*, Red Sky, Suffocation Keep, Rolling Home, I'm In No Hurry to Get to Heaven, Brotherhood^
Notes: * with Sam Leonard on vocals. ^ with Meowskers on vocals. [Apr 8 2005]
05/04/2005: The Stone Church: Newmarket, NH
Set I: Cut From the Cloth, Even Rats, I Hate Love!, Nellie Jean, The Soft Machine, Everything Must Go!, Headshot> Mr. Meowskers
Set II: Proud, Paper Birds, Lonely Boy, Something Learned, Let the Morning In, Aptos> The Shouters
Encore: (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and Understanding> Even Rats (ending)
Notes: ! Debuts - both songs lyrics written by Nathan Moore and played with Surprise Me Mr. Davis. Marc made his vocal debut with The Slip but again had been singing with the Mr. Davis project. [ cleantone - Thu May 5 EDT 2005]
05/05/2005: WSCA 106.1 FM: Portsmouth, NH
Set I: Children of December #, Before You Were Born *, Let the Morning In *, Imagine @
Notes: Brad and Andrew appeared in the studio for an interview to promote the Stone Church concert this evening. They went on air at about 7:15pm. This was NOT an on air performance. The music was played on CD over the air and there were interviews between each track that were live on the air. The interviews minus the music totaled about 16 minutes. # demo recording. * Aliveacoustic.
05/05/2005: The Stone Church: Newmarket, NH
Set I: Reddish Moon, Ambrosia Drunk, Poor Boy->Wolof, Chasing Rabbits, Cowboy Up, Something True To Nothing
Set II: Children of December, Suffocation Keep, So Dope, Modern Love*, Get Me with Fuji#, If One of Us Should Fall
Encore: 1: untitled "freeze, politician's on his knees..."@, Moral Decay 2: untitled "life in disguise"@
Notes: *David Bowie cover. # included Tequila teases for Cinco De Mayo.
05/06/2005: O'Dwyer's: Saratoga Springs NY
Set I: Intro > Lots of Socks > Paper Birds, Nellie Jean > The Soft Machine, Cut From the Cloth, I Hate Love
Set II: Life in Disguise*, Even Rats, Miss Prism@, Lonely Boy > Children of December, Suffocation Keep, Poor Boy, Sometimes True to Nothing
Encore: Proud, Sway#
Notes:
05/07/2005: Connecticut College: New London, CT
Set I: Even Rats, "Freeze", I Hate Love, The Soft Machine, Children of December, Get Me with Fuji, If One of Us Should Fall, Sorry> With or Without You> Sorry
Notes: "Freeze" is for reference, song is untitled. [ cleantone - May 7 2005 ]
06/01/2005: Matt Murphy's Public House: Brookline, MA
Set I: I Hate Love, 74, "Freeze", Predicting the Rain, Shiver, Reddish Moon, Before You Were Born, "Life in Disguise"
Set II: Something's Got to Be Arranged, Proud, The Soft Machine, "Through the Wall", Sometimes True to Nothing, Modern Love, Alleghany St. Blues
Notes: Brad Barr solo show. 74 was on Banjo and a few tunes he used a "Time Tapper" old school drum machine. cleantone - Thu Jun 2 11:05:35 EDT 2005
06/24/2005: The Independent: San Francisco, CA
Set I: intro > The Soft Machine, Even Rats, Get Me with Fuji, (new tune), Something Learned, Thunder Rose (?)
Set II: Paper Birds, Cut from the Cloth, I Hate Love, Suffocation Keep, Children of December
Encore: Reddish Moon, Poor Boy
Notes: The first one was really short, 3 minutes or so, no jam. The set closer was super rockin with crunchy Keith Richards-esque guitar parts. Good light show too. [ Bear - Jun 28 2005 ] The Heartless Bastards opened.
06/27/2005: Connecticut Yankee: San Francisco, CA
Set I: Shiver Intro (just the guitar melody)> Predicting the Rain, Before You Was Born, ? ("Well the world is only a stage"), I Hate Love, Wonderful World*, ("Remember when you were 9 years old....put that poster on your wall"), Paper Birds
Set II: Sweet Thing**, Womb of the Mother Night, Through the Iron Gate > With or Without You, ? ("man on fire"), Reddish Moon, Alsoa, ^Modern Love
Encore: Something's Got to be Arranged, Sometimes There's Wine, Soft Warm Simple Wonder
Notes: *Sam Cooke - all instrumental, with the audience taking on the vocals occasionally. **Van Morrison. ^Brad excuses himself to the bathroom. "I just can't relax up here, I'll be right back" [ Lumpy - Jun 28 2005 ]
07/01/2005: High Sierra Music Festival (Late-night Stage) : Quincy, CA
Set I: "pre-set", Lotsa Socks> The Soft Machine, banter, "Thunder Rose"> Wolof, I Hate Love, banter, Suffocation Keep, Children of December, banter, Happy Snails*, Proud, "post-set"
Notes: Recorded by Ian Stone. *w/ Marco Benevento on Melodica and Jessica Lurie on drums. [ Cleantone, Dan, Robyn L. - erlikkana_dragon at yahoo dot com - Jul 16, EDT 2005 ]
07/02/2005: High Sierra Music Festival (Vaudeville Stage): Quincy, CA
Set I: Jam, Rolling Home*, Jam, ?, "Spoken Wordz"^
Notes: Marco Benevento sat in for Brad (who had vertigo and did not play). *w/ Nathan Moore. ^w/ Al Howard (K23 Orchestra) [ cleantone - Jul 24, 2005]
07/03/2005: High Sierra Music Festival (Surprise Me Mr. Davis - Vaudeville Stage): Quincy, CA
Set I: Soundcheck+, I Want to Get to Heaven, banter, Everything Must Go, Summer of My Fall, Money Money Money, banter, Red Sky, Rubber Ball, banter, Fat King of Gods, banter, Hunny, I Hate Love+
Set II: ?, banter, One of Us Standing(?), banter, Holly Would, banter, Lonely Boy%, How Would I Know?%, No Hurry to Get to Heaven, Tin Can Coffee Cup
Notes: * the crackling heard on this track was present in the PA and is not a source flaw. + w/ Joe Russo. % w/ Aimee Curl. [lumpy - taped by Arizona Mike - aavisualATyahooDOTcom - seeded to etree by bpogue]
07/04/2005: High Sierra Music Festival (Playshop Stage): Quincy, CA
Notes: More Double Rhythm with Allan Hertz, Kai Eckhardt, Marc Friedman and Andrew Barr. Q & A sessions as well as some jams. [Cleantone - July 13, 2005]
07/05/2005: Kuumbwa Jazz Center: Santa Cruz, CA
Set I: Lotsa Sox, Improv, Reddish Moon, Nellie Jean, Lonely Boy, Old George
Set II: Moderate Threat, Sometimes True to Nothing, Even Rats, "Mingus tune", The Soft Machine
Encore: If One of Us Should Fall, Children of December
Notes: Mingus Tune featured a Piano. [ cleantone - Wed Aug 17 15:52:14 EDT 2005 ]
07/09/2005: Shoreline Fest: Rollo Bay, PEI
Set I: Improv (instrumental)> Proud, The Soft Machine, I Hate Love, Children of December
Notes: Brad and Andrew Barr with Marco Benevento. Brad sat in with the Duo. 7:30 PM Sat. [Sean Taylor]
07/10/2005: Shoreline Fest: PEI
Set I: unamped soundcheck "The Revolution"?, Instrumental?, Predicting the Rain, 74, Before You Were Born, I Hate Love*, ???, Predicting the Rain? (or leave me laughing?), Paper Birds
Notes: Brad solo show. * w/ Joe Russo and Jeremy Lutes. Sunday 10:20 AM. PEI = Prince Edward Island (Canada).
07/16/2005: AS220: Providence, RI
Set I: Even Rats, The Soft Machine, Lonely Boy, Children of December, Proud
Notes: 45min outdoor set. Empire Street was blocked off for an outdoor festival (free show). There were various vendors and many musical acts. [ cleantone - Jul 17, 2005 ]
08/05/2005: NuGroove Festival (Echo Lake Campground): Afton, NY
Set I: Poor Boy, The Soft Machine, Get Me with Fuji, Even Rats, I Hate Love, Dear Milena, Lonely Boy, Children of December
Encore: Suffocation Keep, Proud [ Francis <billynuggetsATgmail.com> - Aug 8 2005 ]
08/07/2005: Festival of Cultural Exchange: Portland, ME
Set I: Predicting the Rain, Song, Nellie Jean> I Hate Love, The Soft Machine, Lonely Boy
Set II: Childen of December, Even Rats, If One of Us Should Fall, I Hate Love*, Get Me with Fuji*, Suffocation Keep, Poor Boy
Notes: The Slip played one set at 1:30 PM and another at 6:00 PM on the same stage at the festival. * with Grayson Farmer on Trumpet [ cleantone - Aug 8 EDT 2005 ]
08/13/2005: Higher Ground (Club room): South Burlington, VT
Set I: Intro> 74, Before You Were Born, I Know, Vesuvius Fountains, Ten Long Years, Allagheny Blues, I Hate Love, "Japan Song", Modern Love, Suffocation Keep*
Notes: * with Marco Benevento and Andrew Barr. Brad Barr solo set . Opened for Marc Friedman, Marco Benevento, and Andrew Barr. [ cleantone - Tue Jul 25 12:21:50 EDT 2006 ]
08/27/2005: Evolve Festival (Surprise Me Mr. Davis): Antigonish, NS
Set I: No Hurry to Get to Heaven, Poor Boy, Everything Must Go, Tin Can Coffee Cup, Rubber Ball, Ambrosia Drunk, I Hate Love, How Would I Know?, Unprotected Sex, Last One Standing, Summer of My Fall
Notes: I Want to Get to Heaven Before I Die [ cleantone - Aug 30 2005 ]
09/18/2005: Fall River Music Festival: Fall River, MA
Set I: Suffocation Keep, Paper Birds, I Hate Love, Children of December, Last One Standing, Proud> Even Rats
Encore: Sometimes True to Nothing, If One of Us Should Fall, Rhythm and Gold*
Notes: * w/ a bad-ass blues jam at the end. [ Joe Budzelek - joebudzjoeATaolDOTcom> - Sun Sep 18 2005 ]
09/24/2005: Adirondack Forest Festival (Moose River Campground): Lyonsdale, NY
show canceled
09/30/2005: Le Swimming - Pop Montreal: Montreal, QC
Set I: The Soft Machine, Children of December, I Hate Love, "Brazilian", Poor Boy, Even Rats, ?, Paper Birds, ?, Sometimes True to Nothing, If One of Us Should Fall, ?, Cowboy Up
Notes: [ cleantone - Sun Oct 2 2005 ]
10/07/2005: Mill Street Brews at ADC: Southbridge, MA
Set I: The Soft Machine, Even Rats, I Hate Love, Moderate Threat, Cowboy Up, Lonely Boy, Paper Birds, Hey Worrier, Poor Boy, Sometimes True to Nothing, Children of December
Encore: Sway, Proud
Notes: [ cleantone - Sat Oct 8 2005 ]
10/08/2005: Southpaw: New York, NY
Set I: The Soft Machine, Even Rats, I Hate Love, Moderate Threat > Cowboy Up, Paper Birds, Children of December, Suffocation Keep, Poor Boy, Sometimes True To Nothing
Encore: Life In Disguise, Miss Prism^, If One of Us Should Fall
Notes: ^aka "Thunder Rose", "Freeze" and "Brazilian". The best slip show I have ever seen! In Brooklyn. [ jeffro - Sun Oct 9 2005 ]
10/19/2005: Mercury Lounge: New York, NY
Set I: The Soft Machine, Even Rats, I Hate Love, Miss Prism, New Song*, Paper Birds, Moderate Threat > Cowboy Up, Children of December, Suffocation Keep, Sometimes True To Nothing, Poor Boy
Encore: Proud, If One of Us Should Fall, What's So Funny 'Bout Peace Love and Understanding?
Notes: * pretty song with three-part vocal harmony. Manhattan. [ jeffro - jmalinowATgwu.edu> - Thu Oct 20 2005]
10/20/2005: The Stone Church: Newmarket, NH
Set I: "Vesuvius Mountains"*, The Soft Machine, The Woods, Moderate Threat> Cowboy Up, Paper Birds, I Hate Love
Set II: Autobody Experience> Cumulus, Even Rats, Lonely Boy, Children of December, Planet of Inexperience, instrumental^
Encore: The Poster, Last One Standing
Notes: * untitled debut by Brad. ^ Chet Atkins like (also played by Brad at Pablo's birthday party in Burlington [the night with all the noise ordinance fines]). [ cleantone - Fri Oct 21 2005 ]
10/21/2005: Higher Ground Ballroom: Burlington, VT
Set I: untitled - debut > The Soft Machine, Sometimes True to Nothing, Even Rats, I Hate Love, All I Saw Was You*, Moderate Threat > Cowboy Up
Set II: Paper Birds > Sunday Bloody Sunday# > Children of December, Cumulus, Suffocation Keep, Poor Boy
Encore: As Long As There Is One of Us Standing, Dogs on Bikes
Notes: * mostly acapella. # U2 cover (instrumental). Not 100% of song titles, but Brad helped me during intermission with Set I. Not sure of the Surprise Me Mr. Davis title for the first E:. Fantastic energy during the second set. As tight as I have ever heard the band. [ Booche <darkstarotheroneAThotmail.com> - Mon Oct 24 21:40:16 EDT 2005 , MATT]
10/22/2005: E. O'Dwyer's: Saratoga Springs, NY
setlist missing
10/27/2005: Castaways: Ithaca, NY
Set I: Moderate Threat> Cowboy Up, The Soft Machine, I Hate Love*, Paper Birds%> Something Learned, Even Rats, Sorry
Set II: Children of December, Get Me with Fuji, Sometimes True to Nothing, The Waltz, Wine and White Soda
Encore: Proud, If One of Us Should Fall
Notes: * w/ "knick knack paddy whack" harmonica solo by Brad. % Sunday Bloody Sunday instrumental jam. [ Nov 8 2005 ]
10/28/2005: Pearl Street Ballroom: Northampton, MA
Set I: Lotsa Sox, The Soft Machine, Even Rats, Wine and White Soda, I Hate Love, All I Saw Was You, Paper Birds, From the Gecko, Children of December*, Cowboy Up, Suffocation Keep, Sometimes True to Nothing
Encore: Last One Standing, Else^
Notes: * with 30 kids onstage dancing. ^ Built to Spill cover, with Rivers of Babylon (Melodians) jam. [ Greggy B - Oct 30 EST 2005, Cleantone ]
10/29/2005: The Big Easy: Portland, ME
Set I: Instrumental Jam> The Soft Machine, Even Rats, Yellow Medicine, Wine and White Soda, I Hate Love, Cowboy Up tease> Moderate Threat> Cowboy Up, Suffocation Keep, Poor Boy, Children of December
Encore: Alsoa
Notes: [cleantone - 10/30/2005 ]
11/01/2005: Tonic: New York, NY
Notes: Imaginational Anthem CD Release: Jesse Sparhawk, Harris Newman and Brad Barr. [Cleantone 11/2/2005]
11/02/2005: Mercury Lounge: New York, NY
Set I: Children of December, Even Rats, If One of Us Should Fall, Miss Prism, Wine and White Soda, Suffocation Keep, I Hate Love, Paper Birds > Sunday Bloody Lonely Boy > freakout jam, Cut from the Cloth, Life In Disguise, The Soft Machine
Encore: As Long As There's One of Us Standing, Sometimes True To Nothing
Notes: [jeff - Nov 3 2005 ]
11/03/2005: 8x10 Club: Baltimore, MD
setlist missing
11/04/2005: Mezzanotte Lounge: Syracuse, NY
Set I: The Soft Machine, Even Rats, I Hate Love, Driving Backwards With You, Wine and White Soda, Miss Prism, Get Me with Fuji, Life in Disguise
Set II: Moderate Threat > Cowboy Up, Children of December, Else, Sorry > With or Without You, Poor Boy, As Long As There's One of Us Standing, Dogs on Bikes
Encore: Proud, Sometimes True to Nothing
Notes: Else contained a "Blue Moon" jam at the end. A pretty off the wall Sorry, jamming off into the abyss, only to bring it back to the main riff, and repeat. Sometimes True To Nothing contained a frenzy-of-noise jam at the end. [ francis billynuggetsATgmail.com - Nov 5 EST 2005 ]
11/11/2005: Somerville Theatre: Somerville, MA
Set I: All I Saw Was You, Paper Birds, I Hate Love, Wine and White Soda, Reddish Moon, Even Rats, From the Gecko, Suffocation Keep, Miss Prism, Intro> Cumulus, "Man On Fire" (new acoustic song), Moderate Threat> Cowboy Up> The Soft Machine
Encore: Modern Love#, As Long as One of Us Is Standing
Notes: #David Bowie. A neat little theater with a big sound. Near the end, some girls got up on stage and danced. Cumulus was neat with a "rain" intro. [ Dan Bagnall - dannyb123abcATgmail.com - Nov 12 2005 ]
11/14/2005: Triple Door: Seattle, WA
Set I: I Want to Get to Heaven before I Die, Everything Must Go, Holly Would?, Rubber Ball, The Soft Machine^, Ambrosia Drunk, Red Sky?, As Long as There is One of Us Standing, How Stupid I Am?, Unprotected Sex Song?, No Hurry to Get to Heaven , If One of Us Should Fall???
Encore: I Hate Love
Notes: Surprise Me Mr. Davis tour opener. ^ Nathan joins the audience. Setlist incomplete & ?? order. [Phrazz, cleantone - Fri Nov 18 14:37:57 EST 2005 ]
11/15/2005: The Goodfoot Lounge: Portland, OR
Set I: I Want to Get to Heaven before I Die, Tin Can Coffee Cup, Holly Would, Even When You're Sleeping You're Dreaming, Rubber Ball, As Long as There's One of Us Standing
Set II: Love's Been Looking for You, Fat King of Gods, I Hate Love, You Don't Have to Say You're Sorry 'til You Go, Wine & White Soda, Rollin' Home, Money Money, How Stupid I am, This Machine Fights Fascists, Last One Standing
Encore: (mexican sounding song...???)
Notes: Phrazz [12/7/2005]
11/16/2005: Mobius: Ashland, OR
Set I: Rise and Shine (Sleepy Head), "magic trick", No Hurry to Get to Heaven, How Stupid I Am, "This Machine", Mardi Gras, Hunny, To Us To Truth To Night To You, Rubber Ball
Set II: Sisyphus, Back in 15 Minutes, Cloudy Skies, Summer of My Fall, Holly Would, Fat King of Gods, All I Saw Was You, You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Till You Go, 9 to 5 Suicide, By the Light, Everything Must Go
Encore: I Want to Get to Heaven Before I Die
Notes: cleantone - Feb 19 2006
11/17/2005: Six Rivers Brewery: McKinleyville, CA
Set I: Intro> Sleepy Head, Dying Man's Diamond, How Stupid I Am, Cowboy Up, I Hate Love, Ambrosia Drunk, Rubber Ball, 9 to 5 Suicide, Standing in the Ruins
Set II: Unprotected Sex Song, Everything Must Go, Red Sky, Hallelujah, Back in 15 Minutes, Poor Boy, Holly Would
Encore: As Long As There's One of Us Standing
Notes: [ Gypsybird 11/20/2005, cleantone - Thu Dec 1 22:26:48 EST 2005 ]
11/18/2005: The Independent: San Francisco, CA
Set I: I Want to Get to Heaven (Before I Die), Don't Have to Say You're Sorry 'Til You Go, Sleepy Head, Rubber Ball, Fat King of Gods, Cloudy Skies, How Stupid I Am, I Hate Love, Everything Must Go, Holly Would, If I Didn't Love You, 9 to 5 Suicide, As Long as One of Us is Standing
Set II: More Intense Surveillance> Even Rats, Wolof, Paper Birds, Wine and White Soda, Happy Snails, Children of December, Lonely Boy, If One of Us Should Fall, The Soft Machine
Encore: Dying Man's Diamond*, The Last One Ever
Notes: Surprise Me Mr. Davis set I & E. Slip set II. [ bear, pogo, and lumpy off graffiti - Sat Nov 19 13:15:12 EST 2005 ]
11/19/2005: Sweetwater Cafe: Mill Valley, CA
Set I: Before You Were Born, Tin Can Coffee Cup, Summer of My Fall, The Shouters, Sleepy Head, Unprotected Sex Song, Lord Lord Lord*, I Hate Love, Everything Must Go, 9 to 5 Suicide
Encore: Understand Under
Notes: Surprise Me Mr. Davis show. * Nathan tune, Surprise Me debut. Apparently Marc learned the tune as they played it. Great venue, wish they could play longer... [ Bear - Nov 20 06:32:25 EST 2005 ]
11/20/2005: Moe's Alley: Santa Cruz, CA
Set I: The Shouters, Fat King of Gods, I Wanna Get To Heaven before I Die, Everything Must Go, Red Sky, Standing In the Ruins*
Rubber Ball^, How Stupid I Am, I Hate Love, All I Saw Was You, If I Didn't Love You, Poor Boy, As Long As There's One of Us Standing
Encore: Rise and Shine (Sleepy Head) %, White Wine & Soda, Last One Ever
Notes: *w/ Andrew on bass & Marc on drums, also with violin & mandolin from Taarka. % I'm pretty sure Nathan said it was called Rise & Shine. ^w/ v & m. Rockin show. the entire crowd was asked up on stage during "this is the last one ever". [ scott - Nov 28 2005]
11/21/2005: Spaceland: Los Angeles, CA
Set I: Intro> Children of December, Even Rats, I Hate Love, If One of Us Should Fall, The Soft Machine, Sleepy Head*
Notes: * with and by Nathan Moore. Free show. [ Cleantone - Fri Dec 2 16:37:51 EST 2005 ]
11/22/2005: The Knitting Factory: Los Angeles, CA
Set I: I Want to Get to Heaven Before I Die, Rise and Shine, Holly Would, How Stupid I Am, Poor Boy, The Shouters, Fat King of Gods, I Hate Love, Rubber Ball, Summer of My Fall, How Would I Know, Am I The Only One*, For You^, 9 to 5 Suicide, You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Till You Go
Encore: Everything Must Go
Notes: * The Slip without Nathan. ^ Brad on guitar and every one on vocals. [ cleantone - Wed Nov 23 12:09:24 EST 2005 ]
11/23/2005: Winston's (Ocean Beach): San Diego, CA
Set I: Rise and Shine (Sleepy Head), "When a Woman"*, Sisyphus, The Shouters, Everything Must Go, Red Sky, I Hate Love, I Want to Get to Heaven Before I Die
Set II: Summer of My Fall, Wine and White Soda, Back in 15 Minutes, All I Saw Was You> Instrumental^, Unprotected Sex Song, "Cup Trick", Fat King of Gods, Rubber Ball, As Long as There's One of Us Standing, Understand Under, The Real World
Encore: Rolling Home, Poor Boy, 19th Nervous Breakdown#
Notes: * debut (written during soundcheck in LA). ^ written during soundcheck in Santa Cruz. # Rolling Stones. [ cleantone - 12/7/2005 ]
12/28/2005: Lupo's at the Strand (aka Diesel): Providence, RI
Set I: (102 min) TEWDACYATM, Even Rats, Rainmaker, Rise and Shine (Sleepy Head), Cowboy Up*, ?**, All I Saw Was You, If One of Us Should Fall, Children of December***, Paper Birds
Encore: (33 min) I Hate Love****, Whisper Me off to Sleep, 74*****, The Soft Machine
Notes: * w/ harmonica jam at the end. ** not sure of the title, mostly instrumental rocker with some vox at the end but I couldn't pick out any lyrics. *** Brad broke a string and grabbed the "Alsoa" guitar (does anyone still call it that?) and got on top of the speakers while Marc played with his pedals for him. For a moment I swear I was watching the Who. **** w/ "Just a Friend" (Biz Markie) quotes from Andrew. ***** Brad on banjo, Marc on strat, Andrew on bass, bass drum and hi-hat. Apollo Sunshine opened. [ bear - Dec 29 03:39:32 EST 2005 ]
12/30/2005: Southpaw: New York, NY
Set I: Poor Boy, Even Rats, I Hate Love, December's Children, Wake Up Sleepy Head, Even Rats, White Wine and Soda, Cowboy Up*, Lonely Boy, All I Saw Was You?, Get Me with Fuji, Mudslide
Notes: * w/ Sam and Jesse from Apollo Sunshine. ? Pic of Marc singing w/no bass, guess. Setlist incomplete [pieced together from addled memories from Graffiti posts ;-}]. Apollo Sunshine opened. Torph, Klue, Bear, et al - Thu Jan 5 17:37:22 EST 2006
12/31/2005: Pearl Street (NYE): Northampton, MA
Set I: (110 min) Poor Boy, Children of December*, ?**, Rise and Shine (Sleepy Head), Get Me with Fuji, Even Rats***, The Soft Machine, Cowboy Up -> Pinata jam**** -> Auld Lang Syne, You Can't Always Get What You Want#, Proud
Encore: (22 min) As Long As One of Us is Standing, Honey Melon!!!
Notes: * Brad broke a string, again. And got up on Marc's amp a la every rockin' CoD. ** played at lupos, Marc tune w/ Marc on Strat. *** Marc and Viva played the "guitar hero" game on big screen as Brad sang and Andrew played drums. rest of the song was pre-recorded. **** w/ members of Apollo Sunshine. Brad and lead singer of Apollo hit 4 pinatas filled with glitter, one for each number, 2006. w/ random dready guy on cowbell. # Rolling Stones song, ftp. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! [ Jan 1 01:18:37 EST 2006 ]
61 total shows for 2005
2 setlists missing for 2005 (3.28%)