SlipBase: 2004

Updated: Thu Dec 14 11:43:20 EST 2023

02/26/2004:   Webster Theater:   Hartford, CT   
Set I: jazz opener* > Snowed In!, Dying Man's Diamond, false start > To Us to Truth Tonight to You?, Holly Would?, Fallen Angel, Movin By Lovin', "I know, I know", (Nathan leaves) Aptos@, Hoc no Seh, When Cloudy Hushes Moon, (Nathan comes back drunk) Mardi Gras Song, It's Alright Ma I'm Only Bleeding#, instrumental$, "I'm in no hurry to get to heaven", pirate-style poem%, another unknown song^
Encore: "Nowhere from Here to Go", Sometimes There's Wine&
Notes: One long-ass set, all the quotation marks are lyrics that appeared numerous times in these songs that were unheard, and unknown up until now. *John Zorn cover. ! with Leslie Helpert dressed in a tu-tu.
02/27/2004:   Iron Horse Music Hall:   Northampton, MA    reviews/20040227/hoby.html
Set I: Snowed In!, I Know I Know, Run Run River Run@, The Lucky Dragon, "Such strange company"#, Ambrosia Drunk$, "Bring back Everything"$, Poor Boy$, Mardi Gras Song$, When Cloudy Hushes Moon, Holly Would$ > Dying Man's Diamond$, May I Stay%
Encore: 19th Nervous Breakdown^, Nellie Jean& > You Don't Have to Say You're Sorry Til You Go$
Notes: ! w/ leslie helpert. $ Nathan Moore covers.
02/28/2004:   The Middle East:   Cambridge, MA   
Set I: pirate-style poem> (new vocal slip tune)*, Run Run River Run, "To Us to Truth Tonight to You", The Lucky Dragon, "Bring Me Back Everything!", Before You Were Born, Poor Boy
Set II: 19th Nervous Breakdown@, Snowed In#, "The Real World", "Such Strange Company", Holly Would> Get Me with Fuji, Mardi Gras Song, "What a Beautiful Day"
Encore: Ambrosia Drunk->Movin' by Lovin'
Notes: * someone called this song "Solitude" last tour. ! with leslie helpert, Andrew on melodica and Marc on glockenschpiel.
02/29/2004:   Ultra:   Providence, RI   
Set I: Mardi Gras, Sometimes There's Wine, Master Plan, I Give You, Witch in the Kitchen, Ruins, Tin Can Coffee Cup, 19th Nervous Breakdown
Set II: Holly Would#, Dying Man's Diamond (Helluva Night), To You, When Cloudy Hushes Moon, May I Stay, I Can Dance*, There's Nowhere from Here To Go, I Know I Know, You Don't Have To Say You're Sorry 'Til You Go
Encore: Sorry> With or Without You, Ambrosia Drunk
Notes: # House lights turned on to light up the audience at the start. *Nathan Solo [torph & pablo - 4/6/04]
03/01/2004:   Southpaw:   New York, NY   
Set I: Summer of My Fall, Run Run River Run, Master Plan, Fallen Angel, Poor Boy, The Real World, Sometimes True To Nothing^, Mardi Gras, Nathan solo song?, I Give You**
Set II: Nowhere From Here To Go, Holly Would, Lucky Dragon, Snowed In, Back In 15 Minutes, Tin Can Coffe Cup
Encore: Hallelujah*, 19th Nervous Breakdown%, Before You Was Born, May I Stay
Notes: ^ regular version. the rest of Sometimes True To Nothing's from Davis tour featured Marc playing the lead melody on the new danolectro 6-string bass-thats-tuned-like-a-guitar and Brad on nylon-stringed acoustic. ** aka "Never a Boy Again", "The Shouters". *Leonard Cohen cover. % Stones. No Dano for Marc. Leslie opened, Brad & Andrew joined in for part. [ torph & pablo - 4/6/04, Johnny Bahr]
03/03/2004:   Tin Angel:   Philadelphia, PA   
Set I: (mini set*): Alleghany Street, The Field, Southland Rain Mr. Davis: "Rolling Home", "to us, to truth, tonight, to you"**, "I Give You"***, Predicting The Rain#, "Hurry To Heaven", My Room##, Yellow Medicine (slower)##, Tin Can Coffee Cup, Coffee and Butts (Sometimes Theres Wine), "I opened a Window, she came in through the wall", "Counting Sheep"@, Talking Blues@, Before you Was Born, Holly Would@@
Encore: You Don't Have to Say You're Sorry 'Til You Go, Mardi Gras Song
Notes: * Set was performed by Brad and Leslie. Unfortunately, Leslie lost her voice earlier that day and was unable to sing. Brad and she played three instrumentals ** Nathan mentioned that he wrote this tune while on the road with The Slip a few years ago as their merchandise guy. *** Brad used an ambient guitar delay, lots of reverb on the voice # with Leslie on small percussion box played with mallets ## without Nathan
03/04/2004:   Savannah's:   Albany, NY    reviews/20040304/hoby.html
Set I: Money, Money, Money, Tin Can Coffee Cup, Snowed In > Poor Boy, Predicting The Rain *, (instrumental jazz number) *, Mardi Gras Song, Summer of My Fall, 19th Nervous Breakdown
Set II: May I Stay, "Little Piece of String" Eulogy, I'm In No Hurry To Get To Heaven, Chopin Prelude (in Fm?) > Back In 15 Minutes, Sometimes True To Nothing *, Never A Boy Again (working title), Holly Would, Big Light, Movin By Lovin', Before You Were Born, Nowhere From Here To Go
Encore: It's Good To Be Back Home, Ambrosia Drunk, Hunny, You Don't Have To Say You.re Sorry 'Til You Go
Notes: * without Nathan [See review for details.] Soundcheck included "A whistling samba tune", Sometimes True To Nothing, Ruins (also played samba-style), and Happiness is a Warm Gun. [hoby]
03/05/2004:   Radio Bean Coffee House:   Burlington, VT   
Set I: It's Been Too Long, Yeah Yeahy, Sometimes There's Wine, Richest Man Alive, Sisyphus, Butcher Girl (Nate solo), Talkin' Walkin' Round Town Blues (Nathan solo), Predicting the Rain (Brad solo), instrumental classical tune (Brad solo), Mardi Gras#, Before You Was Born, "Loose Change", It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleedin')@
Set II: Blue Sky, Real World, Who Am I, 74, Nowhere From Here To Go (version 1)!, Nowhere From Here To Go (version 2)$, Chopin song%> Back in 15 Minutes, Snowed In^ > drum jam > "Beautiful Day"
Notes: BRAD AND Nathan DUO.........# with Brad on house piano.
03/05/2004:   Club Metronome:   Burlington, VT   
Set I: Ambrosia Drunk, "unprotected sex song", "she came through the wall", Holly Would> "beneath the weeping willow", Hoc No Seh, My Room, "I Just Got Some Bad News" (new Nathan song) > Poor Boy, Protest Song, "Such strange company / world is full of thieves" (Brad vocal), Money Money Money, I'm in No Hurry to Get to Heaven!, Ruins, short new intro@ ("bring me back everything?" > Sometimes True to Nothing#
Notes: *from hoc no seh on is all i heard of the set. ! "blackbird" (the beatles) tease in intro, also featured a holding breath contest between Brad and Nathan.
03/06/2004:   Eclipse Theater (Starlight Lounge):   Waitsfield, VT   
Set I: Rolling Home, To You, Money Money Money, "I have tons of unprotected sex, I smoke lots of cigarettes...", Tin Can Coffee Cup, Nellie Jean^, Mardi Gras, Summer of My Fall
Set II: Hell of a Night*, I'm in No Hurry to Get to Heaven, 19th Nervous Breakdown, Holly Would, Big Lights, Snowed In, Leslie tune-?, The Woods, Movin' by Lovin'
Encore: Before You Were Born> Moral Decay> It's Good to Be Back Home, Ambrosia Drunk
Notes: ^ w/ "Knives Out" (Radiohead) tease. * Tetris song. [ tasoula and kosta ]
03/11/2004:   Zeitgeist Gallery:   Cambridge, MA   
Set I: Astro Blues, Corcovado, untitled, Oil Burner, Radar Detector, Scratch My Arm^
Set II: untitled, Two Ways, untitled+, Lullaby for a Serpentfly#, First Day of June, Eternal Harvest*
Encore: free-form improv%, untitled
Notes: Ben Schwendener w/BAM. Sets at 8 & 10 PM. Mostly Schwendener and tunes and jazz standards, all instrumentals. ^ Marc composition. + Schwendener wrote this piece for one of his students. # possibly heard at Brad solo show. * "a difficult piece to play" - made more difficult by half the musicians dropping their sheet music a few minutes into the tune ;). % about 30 min. of free-form improv; at one point w/ Andrew on the crumpling papers, Brad on the tape recorder, and Marc playing bass with the pot lid. [kosta and tasoula]
03/18/2004:   South By Southwest (Red Eyed Fly):   Austin, TX   
Set I: More Intense Surveillance> Children of December, Poor Boy, Sometimes True to Nothing, Get Me with Fuji
Notes: [ScS - scott dot schnepf at gmail dot com - Fri Nov 19 2004]
03/19/2004:   Club Dada:   Dallas, TX   
Set I: The Earth, Headshot > Mr. Meowskers, Before You Were Born, Predicting the Rain, Sorry (?), [setlist incomplete]
Set II: The Soft Machine, Dear Milena, Johnny's Tune, Children of December, S'Debatable (?) [setlist incomplete]
Notes: Here's as much as I can remember from Saturday night in Dallas: I'll try to add more as my memory unclouds itself. [Brent]
03/20/2004:   Sticky Fingerz:   Little Rock, AR   
setlist missing
03/21/2004:   Chester's Place:   Fayetteville, AR   
setlist missing
03/23/2004:   12th and Porter:   Nashville, TN   
setlist missing
03/24/2004:   Cicero's:   St. Louis, MO   
Set I: More Intense Surveillance, Chasing Rabbits, Cut From the Cloth, The Soft Machine, 74, Rhythm-A-Ning
Set II: Children of December, Sometimes True To Nothing^, Yellow Medicine, Jumby, Poor Boy
Encore: If One of Us Should Fall, Johnny's Tune> Improv$
Notes: ^ (Marc broke bass string!?!What!!?!). $ huge! Brad on wind-up toys and odds and ends...tight..out stuff. House lights came up during the E: and the band played till the last moment possible...the place was still bumping. ["setlist man" on Graffiti 3/25/04]
03/25/2004:   Green Room:   Iowa City, IA   
Set I: Chasing Rabbits, Rainmaker, Nellie Jean> Headshot-esque improv & 'Big Door' jam*> Don't Foil the Mohel
Set II: (Take A) Beetle to the Badlands> (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and Understanding> Beetle, Hey Worrier, The Shouters%, Else> Blue Moon, Children of December#, Yaki Soba
Encore: 19th Nervous Breakdown, Nowhere from Here to Go
Notes: [TK] * 'big door or big doors' jam was Brad looping a suggested name change voicemail through the guitar and a recorder while Andrew and Marc laid down the rhythm section that makes them the best (in my book and yours). % "The Shouters" is the new slow vocal tune, of course still tentatively named, beautiful melody, there's a line about the doctor shooting your mouth with novacaine, played a lot in november, used to be called "untitled in b-flat" on that tour. # aka The Zeroes.
03/26/2004:   Double Door:   Chicago, IL   
Set I: Chasing Rabbits, PoorBoy, Predicting the Rain, Aptos, The Soft Machine, Sometimes True to Nothing, Happy Snails, Children of December, Yaki Soba
Encore: Get Me with Fuji> Headshot> Fuji, If One of Us Should Fall, (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and Understanding
Notes: One set + E:. May be missing a song or two at the end of the set. Orquestra Ranura opened. [Phrazz]
03/27/2004:   The Rathskeller:   Madison, WI   
Set I: Yo Yo My Little Brown-Eyed Babushka*, Get Me with Fuji, Chasing Rabbits, Poor Boy, Predicting the Rain, Live is My Jumby
Set II: Wolof> Never A Boy Again?, So Dope, Sorry, Sometimes True to Nothing> Else> CRAZY JAM%> Dogs on Bikes
Encore: Children of December
Notes: *Yellow Medicine tease. ? tentative title; %Self-titled. Free Show at Memorial Union on the University of Wisconsin campus (may need corrections) [ ScS <acoustichrmny at hotmail dot com> ]
03/29/2004:   Jack Quinn's Emerald Ballroom:   Covington, KY   
Set I: Yo Yo Ma Little Brown-Eyed Babushka, Nellie Jean, The Witch in the Kitchen, Proud!, Mr. Meowskers, Don't Foil the Mohel
Set II: Chasing Rabbits, Predicting the Rain, ??? (setlist incomplete)
Encore: Children of December
Notes: ! Debut: Marc on guitar (w/ bass pedals). Setlists incomplete?, taken from June 2004 issue of Relix Magazine (p.21). Hairy Apes BMX opened. [Phrazz]
03/30/2004:   The Blue Gator:   Athens, OH   
Set I: Back in 15 Minutes, Babushka, Before You Were Born, Predicting the Rain, Poor Boy, Sometimes True to Nothing, Yaki Soba, Children of December
Encore: Happiness is a Warm Gun^
Notes: ^ w/ Blue Moon tease. [Ryan] (setlist may need adjustment)
03/31/2004:   The Grog Shop:   Cleveland Heights, OH   
Set I: (Slow and Dirty)* > Children of December, The Rainmaker, Chasing Rabbits, Poor Boy, Chrysanthemum$, Wolof, Never A Boy Again, Hunny%, Tonight We Leave Chicago, Happy Snails#, Baba O'Riley
Encore: Get Me with Fuji
Notes: * My name, Marc on Danelectro (could be More Intense Surveillance. $ aka "Something Learned". % No vocals, only kazoo. # w/ Mike and John from Hairy Apes BMX [Ethan]
04/01/2004:   Newport Music Hall:   Columbus, OH   
Set I: Catacea> Invocation, Chasing Rabbits, 74, Mudslide, Predicting the Rain, Wolof *, The Shouters*, Proud> The Soft Machine> Ashland
Encore: Children of December
Notes: Wolof and new tune "the shouters" featured Mike Dillon and John from Hairy Apes BMX on percussion. For E: Brad climbed to the top of the speaker stack, about 6' up, with his guitar and Tim held the microphone stand up so Brad could sing. Very, very rockstar. Thanks for another great night BAM. [Jerel <helix350 at aol.com> ]
04/02/2004:   Mr. Smalls Theatre:   Millvale, PA   
Set I: (new instrumental), Fear of Falling, Cumulus, Aptos, Chasing Rabbits, Poor Boy, So Dope, 74, Sorry, With or Without You, "ole" ?, Children of December
Encore: If One of Us Should Fall
Notes: ? Spanish-style song w/Brad on Mike Sanders' Tele. [Phrazz]
04/03/2004:   Episcopal High School:   Alexandria, VA   
setlist missing
04/04/2004:   River Street Jazz Cafe:   Plains, PA   
Set I: Song*, Chasing Rabbits*, Predicting the Rain*, Yaki Soba, Sometimes True to Nothing
Set II: Chrysanthemum, Wolof, Johnny's Tune, Hoc no Seh, The Soft Machine^, Poor Boy*, Children of December
Encore: Get Me with Fuji, Happiness is a Warm Gun^$> Else^
Notes: * Brad on Acoustic. ^ Marc playing guitar w/Bass foot pedals. Brad: "not that we ever make setlists...but tonight we figured we'd wing it and just get it all out". $ Blue Moon and Sleepers (?) teases. [ Pstehley - patrick.stehleyATverizonDotnet, Robyn ]
04/09/2004:   Higher Ground:   Winooski, VT   
Set I: Intro> 74, Chasing Rabbits, (common intro jam) > Wolof> The Shouters, TEWDACYATM
Set II: Fear of Falling, Cumulus> Higher Ground> Cumulus, slow intro> Poor Boy, Predicting the Rain, Johnny's Tune, Children of December*
Encore: Sorry> Crazy Heels Tease> Sorry> You Don't Have to Say Sorry til' You Go
Notes: *some different lyrics during the second verse, something about treasure... [ pablo - moldavite9 at yahoo ]. Apr. 25th 2004 was slated to be final day of Higher Ground in Winooski - venue now resides in South Burlington VT [Phrazz Nov 23, 2021].
04/10/2004:   The Big Easy:   Portland, ME   
Set I: Intro > Get Me with Fuji, Chasing Rabbits, Poor Boy, So Dope, Sometimes True to Nothing, Ride On!, The Soft Machine, Gemini (Kingdom of Light)*, Rhythm-A-Ning^, Children of December%.
Encore: Happiness is a Warm Gun#
Notes: * w/ Mark Chulemi (sp?) on trumpet. ! AC/DC cover. ^ Theolonious Monk cover. [$ new Andrew tune, reggae-flavored?] % Brad mentions Moshe's daughter Mali (Feb 29 - leap year baby). # The Beatles cover - w/ Star Spangled Banner quote. Brad & Andrew Barr's Dad's birthday. [Marcus Jaynes, Moshe Weitzman - 4/11/04; Cleantone updates 10/7/2007]
04/15/2004:   Tabor Academy:   Marion, MA   
Set I: New Song> Predicting The Rain Chasing Rabbits Nellie Jean> Drums~> Jam> Tabor Alma Mater@ Happy Snails# Yaki Soba^
Set II: Get Me with Fuji%, (Brad Talks...), Fear of Falling, Poor Boy*, Sometimes True To Nothing, The Woods+, Before You Were Born
Encore: Dogs on Bikes
Notes: -~ Marc and Brad slowly fade out at beginning -@ As this was a private concert for the students and faculty of The Slip's high school alma mater, the school song was played by Marc on the Danelectro 6 String Bass. -# Brad invites Phil Kazlauskas, a senior at Tabor up to play shakers on Happy Snails. As Tim Lanterman (The Slip's Road Manager) was not on hand for the show, Phil sat in his place.The song was preceded by an "Ode To Joy" tube solo by Andrew.Brad referenced meeting students the afternoon before the show. Prior to the show, the band offered a music workshop to students of the school, where they played songs such as Happy Snails, Yellow Medicine and Munf. This workshop was not taped. Phil also played shakers during the workshop that afternoon. -^ Brief dropout ~.15 Seconds at 1:20.2 -All songs labeled "New Song" are in fact new, and as a result, remain untitled. -% Recording starts a few seconds late -* With Blues Intro. -+ With Band Introductions at the end [ Matt - Mattsloan AT hotmail dot com ]
04/18/2004:   Axis:   Boston, MA   
Set I: Chasing Rabbits, Get Me with Fuji, Cut from the Cloth^, The Soft Machine, Yaki Soba
Set II: Aptos*> Terra Delu#, Fear of Falling, Clementine, For He's a Jolly Good Fellow@, Happy Snails, Mudslide%~, 74@~
Encore: Children of December&> audience clapping/percussion jam
Notes: ^ included tease of Nirvana's Heart-Shaped Box (fka Come Over). * w/DJ Klock. # "New Marc tune": A vast and sweet instrumental in some kind of compound meter. At first I thought it was in a fast 5/4 but then I started hearing the phrases as two bars of 4 and one bar of 2/4. Either way, a great new tune.. looking forward to hearing it again.
04/24/2004:   Shibuya O-East:   Tokyo, JP   
Set I: The Shouters (War Is In Your Mind), Horses in the Sky?, Fuji, Fuka-Midori, Amami Island Song (Traditional), Milk Tea, Children of Atlantis/The Island of Peace$, Sometimes True to Nothing$
Set II: Chasing Rabbits, Poor Boy, Cumulus, The Soft Machine, Headshot%, Children of December > With or Without You
Encore: E1: Strawberry Time*$ E2: (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding!
Notes: * Entire first set and first E: with Ua, a magically beautiful Japanese pop singer. $ With Diasuke Fujiwara on sax (aka Dice-K of PHAT). % With Yoshie of "Ego Wrappin'" on vocal improv [Ted K]. ! Elvis Costello cover. ? only appears once, is this title correct? and is it an original or cover? [Phrazz Nov 23, 2021]
05/02/2004:   Mullins Center (UMASS):   Amherst, MA   
Set I: Poor Boy, Chasing Rabbits, Nellie Jean > Get Me with Fuji, Children of December
Notes: Huge venue! Small set (45 min). Bands billed were Slightly Cheaper, The Slip, Jurassic 5, Busta Rhymes. [Cleantone]
05/03/2004:   Humboldt State University (Kate Buchanan Room):   Arcata, CA   
Set I: intro jam (~4 min), Never a Boy Again, Get Me with Fuji, Fear of Falling, Tinderbox, Sorry
Set II: Headshot > jam, Yellow Medicine, Sometimes True to Nothing > Come Abide with Me
Encore: vocal tune, Song (of Mysterious Origin)
Notes: BAM played, then Saul Williams did spoken word, then DJ Spooky rocked. The Slip came back on until just after midnight. Set I (old): Get Me with Fuji, Tinderbox, Angels instrumental, Sorry, Chasing Rabbits, Fear of Falling, Tenfold, Sometimes True To Nothing [Set I has not been verified, but this was posted with set II, so it looks legit.]
05/04/2004:   Kuumbwa Jazz Center:   Santa Cruz, CA   
Set I: Space jam> Chasing Rabbits, Predicting the Rain, Aptos, slow vocal tune with long intro, Yaki Soba
Set II: Hey Worrier, Wolof, Fear of Falling, When Cloudy Hushes Moon, Jumby, Sandman^ > Children of December
Encore: Poor Boy, Before You Was Born
Notes: ^ Improv. w/ elements of Sorry (Sandman?), Rhythm and Gold, The Times They Are A-Changin', then into the Zeroes [Matt Sloan, Hoby].
05/05/2004:   The Independent:   San Francisco, CA   
Set I: Children of December, Driving Backwards With You, Get Me with Fuji, Chasing Rabbits, River Sang to Buddha*, Dogs on Bikes
Set II: Predicting the Rain, The Soft Machine, Never a Boy Again, Sometimes True to Nothing, If One of Us Should Fall^
Encore: Wolof, Yaki Soba
Notes: * Brad said they named this song, but name was *something* "corruptus"??? ^Brad explained they heard that Elvin Jones (legendary jazz drummer) had passed away (and dedicated the song to him), but this turned out to be a hoax. Also, a friend Diana put the lyrics to the song in sign language. [Dave] Ted Kartzman is writing a review on JamBase. Brad's amp blew out? [Ted K, jenn - pittpharmgirl at hotmail ]
05/06/2004:   SoHo:   Santa Barbara, CA   
Set I: Song> piano jam%,
Set I: Get Me with Fuji*, Fear of Falling, Chasing Rabbits, Tonight We Leave Chicago, Back in 15 Minutes (setlist incomplete)
Encore: The Weight of Solomon^
Notes: % A few minutes into the show, the power went out, but Andrew kept playing. People brought candles up to the stage, used cell phones as flashlights, and all the while, Andrew continued to pound the skins, creating some sick beats while Marc and Brad both jumped on the grand piano (Marc on the high notes and Brad on the lower notes, then they switched later on), it turned out to be an amazing improv that they brought back around when the lights came back on. The loop was still running, and they picked back up where they left off. The crowd moved on up to the front of the stage, and Andrew commented that he wondered how long it would have taken for everyone to get up there if the power had not gone out. :-) * Nasty, one of the best in a while! ^ Brad on grand piano. [Ted Kartzman - 5/7/04, Jenn - pittpharmgirl at hotmail - 5/12/2004]
05/07/2004:   Knitting Factory (Main Space):   Hollywood, CA   
Set I: Song, So Dope, Chasing Rabbits, Predicting the Rain, Get Me with Fuji, Sometimes True to Nothing
Set II: Children of December, Aptos, Never a Boy Again, The Soft Machine > Holly Would
Encore: Dogs on Bikes
Notes: [jenn - pittpharmgirl at hotmail.com - 5/13/2004 ]
05/08/2004:   Winston's:   San Diego, CA    
Set I: % instrumental1* > Nellie Jean > instrumental2, The Woods, Fear of Falling, Sorry > In Life You Were An Ocean In Death You Are the Rain> Sorry
Set II: Poor Boy, Chasing Rabbits, Don't Foil the Mohel^, Tinderbox, Munf^
Encore: (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and Understanding, If One of Us Should Fall
Notes: % just before the show, Brad was playing some phat beats on Andrew's kit. * This was played as an intro into a different song in one of the other Cali shows. ^ might be mislabeled. [ jenn - pittpharmgirl at hotmail.com]
05/09/2004:   Joshua Tree Music Festival:   Joshua Tree, CA   
Set I: Song, Predicting the Rain, Children of December, Take a Beetle to the Badlands (setlist incomplete, maybe out of order)
Encore: Poor Boy (Let the Morning In tease)
05/21/2004:   Tabor Academy:   Marion, MA   
Set I: Get Me with Fuji, Love And Tears, Don't Foil the Mohel> The Shouters^, The Soft Machine, Honey Melon, Chasing Rabbits, Poor Boy
Encore: Sorry> (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and Understanding, Sometimes True to Nothing
Notes: ^debut. [Cleantone, Phrazz]
05/22/2004:   Red Hook Brewery (Spring Fling):   Portsmouth, NH   
Set I: Intro> Nellie Jean> Tin Can Coffee Cup^, Johnny's Tune*, The Woods, Aptos*, Children of December
Notes: * Brad on a coffee can with a rubber band around it. tight set...the crowd was beggin' for more slip. [Jon Bahr] ^ Nathan Moore cover.
05/27/2004:   Cabaret Music Hall:   Montreal, QUE    reviews/20040527/luke.html
Set I: Intro jam> Get Me with Fuji, Fear of Falling, Wolof> The Shouters, Out on the Weekend^, Poor Boy, Predicting the Rain, River Sang to Buddha#, The Soft Machine%, Ode to Joy> Happy Snails&, Children of December
Encore: E1: Dogs on Bikes E2: If One of Us Should Fall*
Notes: ^Neil Young cover (instrumental) - Brad introduced Neil as, "one of the best humans, who happened to be Canadian." # still actually untitled. %interesting new intro, slower and very beautiful. & Mr. Meowskers on shakers. * dedicated to Elvin Jones. [ Betty - furbally1 at aol dot com , luke]
05/28/2004:   Shaker Festival at Woodbourne:   Bayside, NB   
show canceled
05/29/2004:   Shaker Festival at Woodbourne:   Bayside, NB   
show canceled
06/12/2004:   Lupo's at the Strand:   Providence, RI   
Set I: Old George*$, More Intense Surveillance, Fear of Falling, Nellie Jean, The Air Is the Body* > calypso tune* > The Air Is the Body
Set II: If One of Us Should Fall^ > Children of December!, Ho Syne No Day^ / The Bongo Dance*+ > Four Chords*#, Seranetta&, Chasing Rabbits, Proud?
Encore: Get Me with Fuji*, Imagine%
Notes: *w/ Pete Barr on Steel Pan and Django Carranza (of Fully Celebrated Orchestra [http://www.xape.net/fco]) on percussion. $ lyrics by Patrick Dunn. new bluesy tune, sort of sounds like a mix between the Rolling Stones and Spiritualized. ^ Brad commented on the death of Ray Charles, and this song wasn't officially dedicated to anyone, but I'm sure it went out to him. ! Brad ended the song by climbing up on top of the speakers as high as the lights in true rock and roll fashion, he then came down and never missed a beat. ^ written by Hubert Raphael Charles. + written by Errol Duke.
06/29/2004:   Crocodile Cafe:   Seattle, WA   
Set I: More Intense Surveillance> Headshot> Meowskers, (new song "socks"...), Chasing Rabbits, Alsoa!
Set II: Get Me with Fuji, The Soft Machine (Brad on Acoustic), Poor Boy, Yaki Soba, Children of December
Encore: Sometimes True to Nothing E2: Imagine -> If One of Us Should Fall
06/30/2004:   Berbati's Pan:   Portland, OR   
Set I: Intro> Get Me with Fuji> Fear of Falling> The Shouters, "voter registration"*, Don't Foil the Mohel, The Soft Machine, ?, Nellie Jean, Dear Milena
Encore: ???
Notes: * took a moment to mention they had brought registration forms to get out the vote! Fear of Falling may be called "Simple Slender" I think. [Cleantone]
07/01/2004:   McDonald Theater:   Eugene, OR   
setlist missing
07/03/2004:   High Sierra Music Festival (Tulsa E. Scott stage, Plumas Fairgrounds):   Quincy, CA   
Set I: Children of December, Get Me with Fuji, Improv > The Soft Machine, (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and Understanding, You'll Find a Home * > If One of Us Should Fall*!, Sometimes True to Nothing*
Notes: * w/ Marco Benevento on organ & keys. ! Dedicated to Marlon Brando. [ Joe Budzelek - joebudzjoeATaol.com - Sat Oct 30 18:05:59 EDT 2004]
07/04/2004:   High Sierra Music Festival (Big Meadow Stage - Plumas Fairgrounds):   Quincy, CA   
Set I: Lotsa Sox improv, Fear of Falling, Nellie Jean, Old George, Proud, Children of December, Wolof
Notes: [fremont - corrections 9/2004] [orig setI: You'll Find a Home (dedicated to Elvin Jones), Wolof, Nellie Jean, Children of December, Fear of Falling, Old George, new Marc tune (not Terra Delu). ] Brad sat in w/ Marco & Joe at their late-night set. [ Fremont ]
07/03/2004:   High Sierra Music Festival (Tulsa E. Scott room):   Quincy, CA   
Set I: The Shouters > Tin Can Coffee Cup, Summer of My Fall, Holly Would, blues jam > Poor Boy, To You, Unprotected Sex Song, Last One Ever (with Marco Benevento), 19th Nervous Breakdown
Notes: The Slip set listed in 2003 is correct. [ Harry McQuillen - Apr 24 2008 ]

07/08/2004:   The Fillmore:   San Francisco, CA   
Set I: Landing, Reddish Moon%, Old George, The Soft Machine, Don't Foil the Mohel*, Children of December, Planet of Inexperience*, The Shouters^
Encore: Get Me with Fuji
Notes: % Andrew on recorder at beginning. * w/Mike Dillon (of Hairy Apes BMX) on percussion and xylophone. ^ Brad said he was going to do his best Pete Townshend, towards the end climbing high up on a speaker, level with the chandelier. $ during intro, Andrew held a metal pan (4" deep, maybe 13-15" dia.) that people threw coins into, which he used to make cool sounds--at one point throwing up a handful which landed all over his drum kit--folks chucking coins from halfway across the room. BAM opened for The Motet. [dennis, maura, cleantone]
07/09/2004:   Google (employee party):   Mountain View, CA   
setlist missing
Notes: Mai Tais were great. [ethan]
07/10/2004:   The Winery:   Aptos, CA   
Set I: The Highlands, Carry the Zero, Lion on a Rock (setlist incomplete, out of order)
Notes: At a friend's house in beautiful Aptos (town of the song so named). Not recorded. [ethan]
07/17/2004:   The Knitting Factory (Tap Bar):   New York, NY   
Set I: looping intro > "shooting bullets into paper birds"!, "tonight there's a reddish moon", "tweet tweet, coo coo", Bill Frisellian intro > 74, Predicting The Rain > Brad's Zoo@ > Moonlight Mile#, Alsoa
Set II: Little Red Corvette*, Something Got to be Arranged, If One of Us Should Fall^, long drum/feedback intro > Song^, jazzy familiar piano instrumental, Sometimes There's Wine
Notes: [Brad Barr solo performance] ! sounds almost exactly like "Anthems for a 17yr old girl" by Broken Social Scene,
07/18/2004:   Gathering of the Vibes - Indian Lookout Country Club:   Mariaville, NY    
Notes: Show canceled due to Brad and Andrew's equipment being stolen early AM in the Village. Marc showed up and played on one song with 2 guys from Assembly of Dust, then played a rocking instrumental "America the Beautiful." [Casey]
07/30/2004:   B.B. King's Blues Club:   New York, NY   
Set I: Landlord (paper birds)*, Wolof, The Soft Machine, Reddish Moon*, riff jam > Spice Groove > Girl from Ipanema, Old George
Set II: Proud, The Shouters, Children of December, Fear of Falling, Get Me with Fuji!
Encore: Happy Snails, If One of Us Should Fall, (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and Understanding
Notes: * Unknown titles so I guessed. ! Brad played slide with a metal lampshade-esque thing. [ Jeffro - jmalinowATgwu.edu ]
07/31/2004:   Mill Hill Club:   West Yarmouth, MA   
Set I: new Brad song*, So Dope, Fear of Falling, "Tonite There's A Reddish Moon"^, Else!, Poor Boy#, Hold Me Tender Melody$, Sorry, Witch In The Kitchen Tease > Yellow Medicine, Children of December's
Encore: Proud, Before You Were Born#, Dogs on Bikes
Notes: * New song dedicated to their landlord. ^ There was a full moon on this night (title unsure). ! Built To Spill cover. # Sick version! $ Slow song on new acoustic (only second show with the guitar; title unsure). # Slower tempo than usual. [ Joe Bergeron <JoeBer519 AT aol DOT com> ]
08/05/2004:   Live at Five:   Portland, ME   
Set I: Sometimes True To Nothing, Torque, Reddish Moon, Poor Boy, Proud, Children of December, Get Me with Fuji
08/07/2004:   Tyrone Farm - The Ice Cream Truck:   Pomfret, CT   
Set I: Boubacar Giabate (master Kora player/singer from Senegal) with Brad & Andrew play set of West African music.
Set II: Eube!, Mudslide, Back in 15 Minutes, Paper Birds > Fear of Falling, beautiful intro > The Soft Machine, Sweet Thing+, Come Over, Proud@, Spice Groove > The Shouters#, More about Me%, Dogs on Bikes
Encore: Children of December > With or Without You^
Notes: ! note missing. + Van Morrison cover. @ missing note. # missing note. % missing note. ^ U2 cover. [Not sure where notes went missing...Phrazz]
08/13/2004:   Sustainable Grassfest - Kirkwood Mountain Resort:   South Lake Tahoe, CA   
Notes: show canceled
08/20/2004:   Meadowbrook Farm:   Gilford, NH   
Set I: Proud > Poor Boy, Nellie Jean, Get Me with Fuji > Slow That Boat, Children of December
Notes: The Slip opened for The Allman Brothers. [Ted Kartzman]
08/21/2004:   Tweeter Center:   Mansfield, MA    
Set I: Poor Boy, Get Me with Fuji, Nellie Jean, The Weight of Solomon^, Children of December
Notes: ^ Sesame Street tease ("chasin' the clouds away"). [Cleantone, Matt] BAM opened for the Allman Brothers.
08/27/2004:   Evolve Festival #5:   Antigonish, NS   
Set I: Wolof, Poor Boy, The Soft Machine, Nellie Jean, If One of Us Should Fall, Get Me with Fuji, Proud
Notes: [cleantone - Mon Aug 22 12:14:51 EDT 2005]
08/29/2004:   Ascension (OfficeOps rooftop):   New York, NY   
Set I: Intro > Song, Headshot > Mr. Meowskers, Fear of Falling^, Planet of Inexperience, Wolof
Set II: More Intense Surveillance, Sometimes True to Nothing > jam > R&B Blues Number*%, Cumulus*, Children of December*
Notes: ^ verse of My Landlord (aka Paper Birds) right smack in the middle; the integration was flawless: it was hard to tell that there was something abnormal about the song. [Betty] %Brad on keyboard. *Andrew had kick drum pedal problems throughout the show. Different folks played Andrew's kick drum for him around the front of his kit, Roth?, Justin, and i forgot the last person. In Brooklyn (Sam Gustin was there) [ Pablo - moldavite9 AT yahoo - 8/31/04 ]
09/06/2004:   Castaways:   Ithaca, NY   
setlist missing
09/07/2004:   Carnegie Mellon University - The Underground:   Pittsburgh, PA    
Set I: the funk -> torque, Tin Can Coffee Cup, TEWDACYATM, Most Auspicious Confederate (Reddish Moon), new vocal tune (w/ up Marc/Andrew intro), The Soft Machine, Trane-ing
Set II: Chasing Rabbits, Paper Birds, new tune (Sketches of Gil), Clementine, If One of Us Should Fall
Encore: Old George, Poor Boy
Notes: Fri Sep 10 2004 - from Graffiti post - ethan
09/08/2004:   Oberlin College:   Oberlin, OH   
Set I: Intro > Fear of Falling, Get Me with Fuji, new vocal tune (same as last night), "Massachusetts to DC", (not a Gilberto Gil tune), Aptos, hot hot intro > Paper Birds, Gymnopaedie 3 (or 4 by Erik Satie), new Marc tune&, The Soft Machine, Proud (!!!!), Sometimes True to Nothing
Encore: Children of December> Sorry
Notes: & Marc on Uke, maybe on tune before also. 9/10/04 - ethan
09/09/2004:   The Patio:   Indianapolis, IN   
Set I: More Intense Surveillance, My Landlord, Spice Groove^, Even Rats, (Erik Satie cover), Golden Rod#, Poor Boy, Chasing Rabbits, Reddish Moon, Proud, Dogs on Bikes
Encore: Children of December
Notes: Marco Benevento played on some songs. ^ Eminem tease. #New Marc song played on the Ukulele [ casey - cpthomas at gmail dot com - Oct 31 2004]
09/10/2004:   The Double Door:   Chicago, IL   
Set I: Lotsa Sox, Fear of Falling, Intro > Paper Birds, Get Me with Fuji, Even Rats, "Massachusetts to DC"*
Set II: Wolof, The Shouters, Proud, Let the Morning In, Sometimes True to Nothing*
Encore: Reddish Moon, Children of December
Notes: *with Marco Benevento and Joe Russo. Brad also sat in for a song of Benevento/Russo's opening set. [Matt Pernack; Lotsa Sox and Proud confirmed 11/2/04]
09/11/2004:   Mississippi Nights:   St. Louis, MO    
setlist missing
09/12/2004:   The Bottleneck:   Lawrence, KS   
setlist missing
09/14/2004:   Glenn Miller Ballroom - University of Colorado:   Boulder, CO   
Set I: Lotsa Sox, Fear of Falling, From the Gecko> Paper Birds, Gilberto Gil, Reddish Moon, Poor Boy, Even Rats, Get Me with Fuji, If One of Us Should Fall, Children of December
Notes: [ robert - Fri Sep 17 2004
09/15/2004:   Aggie Theatre:   Fort Collins, CO   
Set I: Lotsa Sox, Chasing Rabbits, Poor Boy, Trane-ing, Nellie Jean$ > Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell%, Reddish Moon
Set II: Even Rats, Get Me with Fuji*, Let the Mornin' In, Proud, Paper Birds, The Shouters
Encore: Children of December
Notes: $ w/ big piece of River Sang to Buddha in the end jam. % Flaming Lips cover. * Sweet Child of Mine tease from Brad. [Ethan - Fri Sep 17, 2004]
09/16/2004:   Bluebird Theater:   Denver, CO   
Set I: Lotsa Sox, Fear of Falling, 74, Wolof, Even Rats, Let the Mornin' In, Reddish Moon*, Poor Boy, Paper Birds**, Massachusetts to DC (?), Sorry > With or Without You, Sometimes True to Nothing$
Encore: Soft Warm Simple Wonder!, Children of December$, Dogs on Bikes> (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and Understanding&
Notes: $ Extended Marc solo. * Brad dedicated this song to some family members who were at the show. ** Brad announced that this song was written by Marc, and its called either reddish moon, or my landlord. ! Some people had been requesting this one throughout the show, the seemed very happy when it was played. Brads guitar came unplugged in the middle of the song leading to a little dissaray, but recovered quickly. Brad Tossed his strat a good 15 to 20 feet across the stage to Andrew, who joined in on the opening chords. This was easily the best show of the run. Really solid setlist, everything was great, but it REALLY took off at sorry. Sorry was spectacular with an on the dime segue into the best version of WOWOY ive ever heard, some real intensity here. From here on out the room was absolutely rocking. I also thought That Brads singing was particularly on tonight, he hit every note perfectly. As a whole the run was really great, maybe lacking the intimacy and tender magic that is sometimes present at a REALLY amazing slip show (although the last half of thursday was getting there), but completely enjoyable and moderately mind boggling. The songs that i hadnt heard before ( Even rats, reddish moon, paper birds) Were really great, and i was more than happy to hear them each night. Even Rats is going to be a fan favorite very soon. Its amazing to me the smallness of the crowds here in colorado, theres something wrong, because i know there are plenty of people here who do/would LOVE this music. [robert] & tease at end of chorus of Run Run River Run (Nathan Moore tune). [Katie]
09/17/2004:   Austin City Limits Festival:   Austin, TX   
Set I: Intro > ? (short up-tempo jam), OooOooO, Paper Birds, Get Me with Fuji, Reddish Moon, Poor Boy, Children of December
Notes: One set - 2 to 3 PM. Setlist may be out of order. Brad mentioned they had just finished playing Colorado eight hours earlier. Fri Sep 17 2004
09/24/2004:   UVM - Outdoor Club Party:   Burlington, VT   
Set I: Lotsa Sox > Fear of Falling, Get Me with Fuji#, Children of December, fast intro> Paper Birds> Else> Blue Moon> Else, Even Rats, Let The Mornin' In, Massachusetts to DC, Proud
Encore: Reddish Moon, Sometimes True To Nothing^
Notes: The crowd tonight was especially loud and "jumpy". # Brad/Androo did the flying guitar trick. ^ two students jumped on stage to dance, they got escorted off by security, but Brad said, "Its okay." [ Betty <furbally1ATaol.com>, Torph, Pablo, Kt, Jon Bahr. Free show on the Bailey-Howe green at 7 PM. (w/ Ten Mile Tide)
10/01/2004:   Clark University - The Grind:   Worcester, MA    
Set I: Song, Chasing Rabbits, Even Rats, Get Me with Fuji, Paper Birds (setlist incomplete)
Set II: Sometimes True to Nothing, Reddish Moon, Poor Boy^, Alsoa (setlist incomplete)
Encore: Children of December%, Johnny's Tune&
Notes: ^ Zeppelin slide teases. % Brad, while still playing guitar, with his back to the crowd got up on some floor monitors and crowd-surfed around while Andrew went nuts during end of CoD. & Lots of rock-sounding teases and sub-jams; also, Andrew's kit blew up mid-jam (pretty "rock star": high-hat flew off and stuff...so cool!) [John - jkuckens AT wheatonma DOT edu ]
10/02/2004:   Paradise Rock Club - NEMO Show:   Boston, MA   
Set I: Lots of Socks, Chasing Rabbits, Blues Intro > Poor Boy, Get Me with Fuji, Reddish Moon, Even Rats, Paper Birds, Suffocation Keep, Wolof, Proud
Encore: Sometimes True to Nothing
Notes: 2-disc CD set released as "Instant Live: The Paradise: Boston, MA 10/2/04", engineered by Sam Leonard. [Newbury Comics, UPC 82782300772] "Even Rats" titled (often interchangeably) with "A Little More Jill".
10/07/2004:   Revolution Hall:   Troy, NY    reviews/20041007/Revolution_Hall-hoby.html
Set I: non-drowsy formula jam **> Paper Birds, Reddish Moon, Headshot > Mr. Meowskers %, Fear of Falling, Even Rats #, The Suffocation Keep, So Dope @, You'll Find a Home > (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and Understanding
Encore: Nellie Jean > AMAZING SPACE > The Soft Machine, Children of December
Notes: ** Brad was battling a terrible chest cold and was feeling miserable. I ran out before the show and picked him up some non-drowsy formula cold medicine (it wasn't yellow.) The opening jam was waaaay uptempo and exploded out of the gate. I figured the medicine must've worked. % with a vocal section I've never heard before. # working title.
10/08/2004:   The Funk Box:   Baltimore, MD   
Set I: Paper Birds > Mudslide*, Even Rats, Sometimes True to Nothing > Get Me with Fuji, Boston/DC Blues**, Reddish Moon, Proud
Encore: Poor Boy, Suffocation Keep
Notes: * Brad switched guitars halfway through the song. ** with Cochemea Gastelum of 20th Congress on alto sax. [ jeffro - jmalinowatgwudotedu ]
10/09/2004:   Theater of the Living Arts:   Philadelphia, PA   
Set I: Lots of Socks> Paper Birds intro> Paper Birds, Blues intro> Poor Boy, Reddish Moon, Domo Vocoder Tribal intro> Get Me with Fuji, Even Rats, Before You Were Born, So Dope, If One of Us Should Fall.
Encore: Children of December [ tim ]
10/10/2004:   Buttonwood Tree:   Middletown, CT   
Set I: Song, Reddish Moon, ?, Torque, Lonely Boy, River Sang To Buddha, Munf
Set II: The Shouters, Tin Can Coffee Cup, Trane-ing, Even Rats, Suffocation Keep
Encore: Rhythm and Gold
Notes: ? new song with eerie string synth by Andrew...sounded like a radiohead/jazz ballad kind of crazy thing. There were only about 70 people allowed in, the room was sooo small. the sound was incredible. many people were forced to sit for most of the show, some stood by the large windows outside and danced in the street. Definate slip magic tonight. Andrew and Marc were tearing up the place. They brought back alot of old stuff, and brought new and better froce to it. There was so much energy in that small place - people were very quiet and intense as well. Between sets BAM kinda hung out with people and just chilled. [ Josh and Johnny Kuckens - jkuckensATwheatonmaDOTedu ]
10/11/2004:   River Street Jazz Cafe:   Plains, PA   
Set I: The Highlands, Invocation, Phase One> All Blues, Dead Flowers*, Paper Birds, Still Shiver (whisper me off to sleep)^, Joe Higley, Johnny's Tune, Reddish Moon, (Brad speaks), Song, You'll Find a Home, You Can't Always Get What You Want
Encore: Proud, Before You Were Born
Notes: * Rolling Stones songs. ^ Always before (as far as I know) listed as 'whisper me off to sleep'. Brad speaks: Talked about how hard it was being on the road sometimes... just trying to please people... (so take it easy on them guys!) at the same time... smoking 2 cigarettes and doing a shot of Johnny Walker. After the show I was talking to Brad and he actually helped correct a couple things on what I had written down... but then he said... and these words are burned into my head... "write this down on the message board.. those kids will flip"... probably my 2nd best show... crowd was minimal... but the boys (thanks to sam and matt... ) dusted off some really fucking old songs... Tim.. I know you're really jealous.. should have gone... Hey diesel... no december's children All in all... awesome show... nice venue.. bad turnout... and unfortunately... so far as I know... no tapers... I'm hoping Sam's has a copy and they'll send it out... that would be a wish come true... [Pstehley - patrick.stehleyATverizon.net - Mon Oct 11 2004
10/12/2004:   Nietzsche's:   Buffalo, NY   
Set I: Paper Birds, Get Me with Fuji, Even Rats, Suffocation Keep, Poor Boy, Wolof, The Shouters, Proud> Children of December, Reddish Moon, Yaki Soba
Encore: Rhythm and Gold (? maybe not, might have been different E:)
Notes: [ ethan - Sat Oct 16 2004
10/14/2004:   El Mocambo:   Toronto, ON    reviews/20041014/El_Mocambo-Luke.html
Set I: Funk Startro, Paper Birds, Mudslide, Nellie Jean> "Making Science"> "Go Nowhere jam", Lonely Boy, Even Rats, Chasing Rabbits, Reddish Moon, Poor Boy, 19th Nervous Breakdown$, Let The Morning In (BJs Furniture Warehouse Theme), Sometimes True to Nothing*
Encore: Proud> Fields of Joy^> Porno Boulevard Stroll, If One of Us Should Fall
Notes: $tones. * Else tease. ^ Lenny Kravitz. [sm, Luke - 10/15/2004 Graffiti post.]
10/15/2004:   Hamilton Pepper Jack's:   Hamilton, ON   
Set I: Intro> Tonight We Leave Chicago, Wolof, Fear of Falling, Predicting the Rain, Poor Boy*, Driving Backwards With You
Set II: Moonlight Mile$, Get Me with Fuji, Children of December#, Spice Groove, intro/banter> Suffocation Keep
Notes: * Weight of Solomon tease. $tones. # Sweet Child of Mine vocal tease. [luke - Sat Oct 16 2004]
10/16/2004:   Cafe Petite Campus:   Montreal, QC   
Set I: intro> Paper Birds, Tonight We Leave Chicago, Wolof, Lonely Boy???, Driving Backwards With You, Even Rats#
Set II: Fear of Falling, Proud, Get Me with Fuji > Cowboy Up > Get Me with Fuji, Children of December, Sorry> With or Without You
Encore: Suffocation Keep, (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and Understanding^
Notes: * there was a song played with very distorted vocals on the classical guitar, not sure what it was, I thought it might be that Lonely Boy song. # not an official title, still untitled. ^ at the end, Brad sang some lyrics from Weight of Solomon probably because there was a crowd of people outside singing it a capella before the show. [Betty <furbally1ATaol.com>]
10/17/2004:   Great Grass Harvest Festival (Eclipse Theater):   Waitsfield, VT   
Set I: Intro> Cut From the Cloth, Reddish Moon, Mudslide, Paper Birds, Trane-ing, Fear of Falling, stones tune?, Even Rats
Encore: Suffocation Keep, 74, Honey Melon
Notes: One set - Slip started around midnight. [Mike - stankdogAThotmail.com, Katie - kcultreraATsmcvt.edu ]
10/29/2004:   The Big Easy:   Portland, ME   
Set I: intro> Cut from the Cloth, Even Rats, Reddish Moon, Paper Birds*, new sample-based tune*, Get Me with Fuji
Set II: Yaki Soba, Old George, (new Marc song)** > Love & Tears, Proud, Children of December, Let the Morning In
Encore: If One of Us Should Fall
Notes: *Brad on Harmonica, Clinton's electric 12'er w/slide; Andrew dropping the "dirty sample" & others. 1st time played. **a retro-sounding tune, 1st time played (also played next night). Bizarre incidents abound- a fight outside after the show and threatened ass-whoopings, all involving territorial Portland residents. There might have been another tune somewhere in there and the order of 1st half of set I is a little uncertain. [torph - Wed Nov 3 15:25:47 EST 2004]
10/30/2004:   Pearl Street Nightclub:   Northampton, MA   
Set I: "Ventriloquism Jam" &, (new instrumental), Even Rats, The Shouters, Landlord, Yellow Medicine
Set II: Mudslide, Boston to DC*, Sometimes True to Nothing*, Driving Backwards With You, Suffocation Keep^
Encore: Everybody Wants to Rule the World#, Children of December
Notes: The Benevento/Russo Duo (Joe Russo & Marco Benevento) opened. The guitarist and bass player from Ween joined them for a few tunes. & Brad, Marc, and Andrew played their instruments (A. on drum pad) from the back of the venue as Meowskers and company air-played their parts on stage. * w/ Marco Benevento. ^ w/ Marc on ukulele and Andrew on harmonium. # Tears for Fears cover - w/ Marco Benevento (organ), Mr. Meowskers (lead vocals) and friends (Spon Com back-up dancers). [ tasoula - anastasiazoeATgmail.com - Sun Oct 31 02:07:00 EST 2004 ]
11/05/2004:   Tonic:   New York, NY   
Set I: Cut from the Cloth, Moderate Threat > Cowboy Up, A Little More Jill*, Paper Birds (My Landlord), Suffocation Keep
Set II: Proud, Fear of Falling, Old George, Get Me with Fuji, Children of December, If One of Us Should Fall
Encore: Cumulus
Notes: *formally "Even Rats" [torph <fredwtorphyAThotmail.com> - Sat Nov 6 12:40:08 EST 2004]
11/06/2004:   Mercury Lounge:   New York, NY   
Set I: Sometimes True to Nothing, Reddish Moon, Moderate Threat> Cowboy Up, Poor Boy, Suffocation Keep, A Little More Jill#
Set 2: Cut From The Cloth, Nellie Jean, Else*, Let The AM In, "River Sang to.."**, Proud
Encore: Mass To DC% > Dogs on Bikes > Mass To DC, Sorry> With or Without You
Notes: # New title (aka Even Rats) derived from what Brad handed in for the Paradise NEMO show track list for the online sony store. We'll see if it sticks. *Blue Moon tease. **no title as of yet... % without usual intro -- instead, it started like they were launching into Dogs but holding back on playing the head. After going back into Mass to DC they threw in a typical Dogs ending. Classic Sandwich...mmmm. [ torph <fredwtorphyAThotmail.com> - Mon Nov 8 12:08:15 EST 2004 ]
11/10/2004:   Mexicali Blues Cafe:   Teaneck, NJ   
Set I: Even Rats (setlist incomplete)
Set II: Poor Boy* (setlist incomplete)
Notes: * Brad on acoustic. [Matt - lawdawgyAThotmailDOTcom]
11/11/2004:   Velvet Lounge:   Washington, DC   
Set I: Suffocation Keep, Jam > Wolof, Fear of Falling, Sometimes True to Nothing, Let the Morning In
Set II: Moderate Threat > Cowboy Up, A Little More Jill, Children of December^, Alsoa, Get Me with Fuji
Notes: ^ w/ "Fields of Joy" (Lenny Kravitz) jam. [Jeffro - jmalinowATgwuDOTedu> - Fri Nov 12 15:59:15 EST 2004, JBahr]
11/12/2004:   Starr Hill Music Hall:   Charlottesville, VA   
Set I: Lots of Socks, Cut from the Cloth, Even Rats, Cowboy Up, Paper Birds, Fear of Falling, Old George, Suffocation Keep, Proud, Reddish Moon
Encore: Children of December
Notes: [Phrazz, Tim & Diesel <you know it> - Sat Nov 13 04:56:03 EST 2004]
11/13/2004:   Stella Blue:   Asheville, NC   
Set I: Proud, Cut From The Cloth, Cowboy Up, A Little More Jill, The Weight of Solomon%> Before You Were Born, Boston to DC*, Get Me with Fuji^ (?) ,Old George, Reddish Moon, Poor Boy, Suffocation Keep#
Encore: Children of December, Yaki Soba
Notes: One Set w/E. % with guitar for piano parts. * Currently Unnamed. ^ Brad Loses a string and takes the time to restring it while Marc and Androo continue playing. #Androo on keys. [ Jeff Hartzell "JEFFfromNC" - slipserverATcarolina.rr.com - Sun Nov 14 14:34:52 EST 2004 - corrections: Matthew McIhenny - Thu 11/18/04, Cleanton 12/1/04 ]
11/15/2004:   Barley's:   Knoxville, TN    
Set I: Predicting the Rain, 74, Torque, Lonely Boy, The Soft Machine, Proud, The Witch in the Kitchen
Set II: Old George, Fear of Falling, Cowboy Up, Stand by Me, Happy Snails*, Suffocation Keep, If One of Us Should Fall
Notes: ? songs not played in Asheville. * by request and without PVC pipes. No E:. [Matthew McIlhenny - matthewATsyonic.com - Thu Nov 18 2004
11/16/2004:   40 Watt Club:   Athens, GA    
Set I: Improv*> Cut from the Cloth, Happy Snails^, Paper Birds, Reddish Moon, Cowboy Up%, Rhythm-A-Ning@, Planet of Inexperience, Children of December!
Encore: Suffocation Keep
Notes: * ambient intro, Brad tweaking knobs, Vox etc. ^ Andrew used xylophone and a snare instead of pvc pipes. % Brad lays down during the end jam.
11/17/2004:   Smith's Olde Bar:   Atlanta, GA   
Set I: Poor Boy, Cut from the Cloth, Old George, Even Rats, Wolof, The Shouters, Paper Birds, Reddish Moon, Proud, Children of December
Encore: Suffocation Keep
Notes: One set. Lotus opened. Much better turnout, high energy crowd and performance, I think this covers it, Paper Birds may be in a different slot, no antics, 5 repeats from the night before, but this new material is so strong who cares? A couple of tapers there -- this one should be BT'ed soon. Thanks to The Slip for a wonderful 2 nights of music here in GA. Hopefully we wont have to wait 'til next November again. ;) [jeff - Thu Nov 18 2004
11/18/2004:   Murphy's:   Boone, NC    
show canceled
11/19/2004:   The Pour House Music Hall:   Raleigh, NC   
Set I: The Shouters, Something Learned, Gilberto Gil (F.K.A. "Massachusetts to DC"), Even Rats (A.K.A. "A Little More Jill"), Moderate Threat > Cowboy Up*, Sweet Thing@, Get Me with Fuji$
Set II: Children of December, Soft Warm Simple Wonder, Carry the Zero%, Reddish Moon, Old George, Poor Boy, Mr. Brownstone# > Patience#, Tin Can Coffee Cup!, unnamed song^, Message in a Bottle** > The Nashua Rose > Message in a Bottle**
Encore: Moral Decay
Notes: * After Cowboy Up, an announcement was made that it was girls' request night. All requests were put into a basket at the merchandise table, some were picked by BAM and played.
11/20/2004:   Station 2:   Norfolk, VA   
Set I: Intro, Paper Birds%, In Your Dreams, Memories of You, Something Learned, Gilberto Gil, Lonely Boy, Suffocation Keep, Reddish Moon, Sandman (set break?)
Set II: Children of December, Moderate Threat> Cowboy Up, Even Rats, Mudslide, Else, ???, new song (played 1st time in Raleigh, then night before), Proud
Notes: % FKA/aka "My Landlord". Benefit show which seemed closed to the general public -- $35. included buffet dinner. Crowd and establishment was "high class" and folks didn't really loosen up and start dancing until second set. Benefit for "Catfish Hunter Foundation" to fight Lou Gehrig's disease (?). Set-break maybe a song or two off. Before the show, we caught the annual Norfolk "Festival of Lights" parade from the front patio, complete with floats, Marching bands and cops doing piroettes on Segue scooters. ;-} (Setlist by Jeff, notes by Phrazz.) [Jeff Hartzell <slipserverATcarolinaDOTrrDOTcom> - Tue Nov 23 22:07:36 EST 2004 ]
12/04/2004:   Fallstaff's (Skidmore College):   Saratoga Springs, NY   
Set I: Chasing Rabbits, The Shouters, instrumental, Something Learned, Gilberto Gil, Get Me with Fuji
Set II: Old George, Children of December>* Happy Birthday, Cowboy Up, Proud, Imagine (inst), Poor Boy^, Sometimes True to Nothing
Encore: Suffocation Keep, A Little More Jill
Notes: *played at midnight for Sam Leonard's december 5th birthday! ^ Brad on Strat. [ cleantone - Dec 5 13:42 EST 2004, pablo 12/7/04 ]
12/24/2004:   Sirius Radio Broadcast:   New York, NY   
Set I: Suffocation Keep, Children of December> With or Without You, Even Rats, Lonely Boy, If One of Us Should Fall, Proud, Old George
Notes: Broadcast on Sirius Satellite radio to almost 1 million people on Christmas Eve at 12 PM and 9 PM EDT. Recorded starting at 1 PM on 12/10/2004. A very rainy day to load up 36 floors in Rockefeller Center, overlooking Freedom Plaza. Brad broke a string during his solo on Old George (damned Sirius Strat) and came back into the head guitarless, but his portable raga saved the day with drone. [torph - 12/24/2004]
12/28/2004:   Southpaw:   New York, NY   
Set I: Even Rats, Fear of Falling, Something Learned, Catacea> The Soft Machine, Torque, Before You Were Born
Set II: Chasing Rabbits* , Don't Foil the Mohel, Paper Birds > Children of December, Lonely Boy, Clementine, Alsoa
Notes: * electric. Brooklyn NY. [Joe Budzelek - joebudzjoeATaol.com - Dec 29 2004]
12/29/2004:   Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel:   Providence, RI   
Set I: Reddish Moon, Even Rats, Gilberto Gil (Mass to DC), Wompsett, Let the Morning In, Something Learned, Wolof > The Shouters#, Christmas carol intro > Something True to Nothing
Encore: Get Me with Fuji, Proud, Suffocation Keep, Old George^
Notes: Entire show with a puppet show visualization by Dan Butterworth behind BAM, back lit onto a screen, at times, very erotic! But due to some problems, the puppets didn't start dancing until The Shouters. ^ chock-full of Brad shredding up the guitar, kind of tempted to rename the band "BAM Halen".... [Betty - furbally1ATaol.com - Dec 30 2004]
12/31/2004:   Narrows Center for the Arts:   Fall River, MA    
Set I: Intro > Even Rats, "Franklin Horatio Marshalls III"* > Autobody Experience > Cumulus-, From the Gecko=, Mt. Zion, "Franklin Horatio Marshalls III"%, Honey Melon, Yellow Medicine
Set II: "Franklin Horatio Marshalls III", "Space" > Hey Worrier, You Might Say > "New Years" (Meowskers rant/count down) > Children of December#, "Entertainer jam", Johnny's Tune, Else^, Blue Moon
Set III: Paper Birds!> Even Rats, More about Me*, Proud, "banter", Joe Higley~, Suffocation Keep
Encore: "E:", (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and Understanding, If One of Us Should Fall+, "post show"
Notes: * Mr. Meowskers (aka Matthew Rudnicki), who says "The New Year is lost, and must be found!". - unfinished version. = Brad plays while laying down for more of the slow part. % "The Slip time continuum". # for Rosie (Jan. 1st birthday) - in the middle, BAM sang her happy birthday. ! new lyrics towards the end, probably improvised by Brad to welcome in 2005 "I'm so alive, in 2005!". ~ dedicated to Ian Kaley, who requested it. ^ w/Borderline (Madonna) tease, also w/Blue Moon jam. * w/Sara Azriel on vocals. + best performance of this song in its history, BAM almost was forced into a second E: but wanted to end on that note. [Betty, Cleantone, J. Booth - Jan 1, 2004]

109 total shows for 2004

9 setlists missing for 2004 (8.26%)