oooooh, oooooh mee! Meeee! Just bought my tickets the other night (after a frantic few moments thinking it was sold out: turns out you have to hit "find tickets" not just the enter button on ticketmaster ) I have also cohersedbribed strong-armed er, invited a bunch of friends and right now there's looking to be about 7 of us.
Last year it was easier b/c I worked only 15 min away in Springfield, but now I work nearly 45 min away so I'll be leaving work insanely early so I can get good seats, preferably within an 'opening-band-panty-hurling' range.
Awesome pic JoAnn...I'm sure the fellow minion that took that pic would maintain that it certainly did *not* look like Storm was poking you in the boobie through the view finder, I swear! (If you need me to take yet more incriminating photos, Iemme know ;-)
Yes! People should come up and say hi to me as well if you see me (ignore the fact Paul is nearly dislocating my shoulder in the pic...)
My friend just tried to get tickets to the Birchmere show but it seems that they are all sold out (boo!, er, yay? er...wait...) Anyhew, she asked if I would post to see if anyone had a spare ticket. If you do and would be willing to sell it, we'll even buy you a beer (or a soda if you are under 21).
Last time this was brought up, we were discussing the possibility of my showing up at this. If my relative inactivity on Birchmere-related topics hasn't signaled it already, I should say this isn't so much of a possibility any more, I'm afraid, not least because apparently no tickets are left. (Also I don't have a fast, cheap, convenient way to get there from Boston.)
Well shoot... my boyfriend and I were really looking forward to going, it never occurred to me to worry about actually getting tickets until they were all gone! If anyone has 2 tickets to spare (or your friends can't go, or anything) and would be willing to sell please let me know, we'd be so appreciative. Otherwise, see you all there, I will be the girl outside trying to see if anyone will part with tickets! :-/
@Kat, HAL and other looking for tix: Should be noted that P&S recently posted on their main page that "A few last-minute tix may be available at the box office that night, though we cant promise anything" for both Birchmere and Rams Head. Best of luck to anyone trying! Get there early! Hope you make it in, Kat, HAL9000!
Every time I see a discussion on the Birchmere, I can't help but reminisce about that wonderful evening I had there. It was a great venue. Sounds like it may be too small now for JoCo though.
What year were you on our side of the pond, Kerrin? The '07 or '08 show? Hope you enjoyed our fair little town of Alexandria :-)
For a few days there it looked like I wouldn't be able to make this show b/c I had to suddenly leave town for an emergency, but tomorrow morning I'm loading up on coffee and driving the 4 hrs back to DC. Someone have a beer and a coffee waiting for me at the venue...
*gak* I'm twitter-less and getting ready to leave for the show! Someone twitter a request for "Laptop Like You" or "Kennesaw". Oh and someone tell P&S "Better Version" or "Int'l Language"!
Well, I just staggered my tired butt back in from the show. Wow, that was several kinds of awesome. Much thanks to Colleenky!! We got both 'Better Version" and "Kennesaw"! and afterwards I told him I went through you from the forum to request KML he went "Oh. Oh! Yeah! I saw that!"
Hmm, briefly (b/c I'm tired) what else? -The snuggies. Oh God, the snuggies. I think I started to hyperventilate I laughed so hard. I made sure to get video proof so they will never live it down. -Even with Paul's alleged sore throat, P&S were awesome as always. Made my little minion heart happy. -Jonathan had a pretty eclectic set and naturally blamed it on the internets, but it was a fun blend of old and new set lists. Afterwards he told me it was a odd mix but he really liked it. -A long JoCo rant about cylons, harmonicas, Darth Vader and why he keeps spacing out on stage. And they think P&S fans have ADD? -JoCoPaSto Birchmere shows are eventually going to end up being all Neil Diamond, all the time. We got both 'Crackin' Rosie' AND 'Sweet Caroline' - 'Space Doggity' w/ P&S on back up vocals: wow. Just wow. Loved the arrangement.
Lex, I recently stumbled upon this live version of Int'l Language, and it was only sung b/c it was a called out request. The song makes me giggle like an idiot every time.
Glad I could help, Ann. I don't know how much good I did, because a few folks asked for KML on Twitter. I do think "we" were the only ones to request Better Version, though, so there's that. Thanks for the update! :-)
I had such a blast these last two nights! And I took notes for you guys. Here are the set lists from the Birchmere and Ram's Head Annapolis (poor Ram's Head, doesn't have it's own thread...)
And Ann, I agree, Space Doggity is among the prettiest things I've ever heard the three of them sing together. I was blown away. (PnS didn't use the snuggies at Ram's Head. I asked why, they said they were too hot. I commented on all the dog hair flying off of them when they waved around, and how funny that was, and Paul said, "And that was AFTER I put them through the dryer TWICE!") I also have a partial set list from Birchmere and full set list from Ram's Head for Paul and Storm. Say so if you want me to post them.
*played both nights
Birchmere 2/20 1. Not About You* 2. Better 3. Shop Vac 4. Someone is Crazy 5. The Presidents* 6. Millionaire Girlfriend* 7. I Crush Everything 8. Code Monkey* 9. Kennesaw Mountain Landis 10. Soft Rocked* (You've Got a Friend, Mandy, We Are The World, some Bruce Springsteen song I don't recognize, Longer, the "nah nahs' from Hey Jude with some What's Going On mixed in (there will be video of this) 11. Space Doggity* 12. Creepy Doll* 13. I Feel Fantastic 14. Mr. Fancy Pants* (with the Rickroll, of course) 15. Skullcrusher Mountain* (faked us out - started it, then went into Cracklin' Rose for a couple of lines. AWESOME!) 16. Mandelbrot Set 17. Still Alive* 18. Re: Your Brains* 19. First of May* 20. Sweet Caroline
Ram's Head Annapolis 2/21 1. Big Bad World One 2. Not About You* 3. Over There (he admitted he did it because I requested it - you could see that he didn't really want to do it, but it went over really well!) 4. Skullcrusher Mountain* 5. Still Alive* 6. Millionaire Girlfriend* 7. Code Monkey* 8. Curl 9. Always the Moon (on ukulele) 10. Soft Rocked* (with You've Got A Friend, Do You Really Want to Hurt Me, Mandy, What's Going On (4 Non-Blondes), Nah nahs from Hey Jude (video coming) 11. Space Doggity* 12. Mr. Fancy Pants* (with the Rickroll, of course) 13. The Presidents* 14. Saturday Boy 15. Dance, Soterious Johnson, Dance (said this was a request; thought he'd mess it up, but just had one little glitch) 16. Re: Your Brains* 17. A Talk With George 18. First Of May*
ETA: Am I the only one who LOVES how JoCo is mixing up his setlist lately, but is slightly disapointed he's taken The Future Soon out of the regular rotation? For some reason it just doesn't seem like a full JoCo show without it.
My husband had never heard "Space Doggity" before, and kept commenting in a semi-mournful tone "It was so saaaad!". So total win for JoCo on that one, yup yup yup.
I'm glad he played Doggity. A friend of mine from another forum was going, and wanted to hear it, so I launched off a twitter request. No doubt he was going to play it anyway, since it seems to have become a setlist regular, but it's nice to think I played a part in that.
Oo! He's been practicing Someone Is Crazy. It has evolved since the recent San Francisco show. (I'm thinking specifically of the new walking base line leading into the chorus.) Also, even at the San Fran show, I noticed that he's changed the words from "She can change the game / She can make you say you're sorry" to "She can handle me / She can make me say I'm sorry." Wonder why.
I have a feeling it's cause he only has a vague grasp of the words. See the most recent performance, where he changed one of the lines to "She does...something else!"
I'm pretty excited - I just uploaded my first video to youtube! I'll be posting more videos over the days, but the first one is up - JoCo playing The Saturday Boy at Ram's Head on 2/21! Watch in high quality! (That's me in the beginning saying, "But you're awesome!" It was in reaction to him saying the song spoke to him because it's about inadequacy, which you can kind of make out as the video begins.)
Thanks for putting those up Gina, those are great. Especially since there aren't many videos of either song on youtube already. Did you happen to get the Space Doggity that everyone's raving about?
Also, how'd he do on the lyrics to The Presidents? I think I'd feel cheated if I went to a JoCo show and he did that song, and got all the lyrics right
I'm going to upload the Space Doggity from Birchmere, but the sound is not great on my video. It's just from my point and shoot... But hopefully you can get the idea how grand it was. Even though I have an 8gb card, I wasn't sure how much video I could take, so I had to pick and choose what to record. The beginnings are cut off of some of the videos I'm going to put up. This includes the Skullcrusher Mountain with Cracklin' Rose leading in, plus JoCo talks about the monkey/pony monster (placed onstage during the song) at the end. It's very impressive.
I don't know when I'll get things up but I will post here as soon as I do. As I recall, he did The Presidents fine at the Birchmere, and had a very small pause at one point at Ram's Head.
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cohersedbribedstrong-armeder, invited a bunch of friends and right now there's looking to be about 7 of us.Last year it was easier b/c I worked only 15 min away in Springfield, but now I work nearly 45 min away so I'll be leaving work insanely early so I can get good seats, preferably within an 'opening-band-panty-hurling' range.
Awesome pic JoAnn...I'm sure the fellow minion that took that pic would maintain that it certainly did *not* look like Storm was poking you in the boobie through the view finder, I swear! (If you need me to take yet more incriminating photos, Iemme know ;-)
Yes! People should come up and say hi to me as well if you see me (ignore the fact Paul is nearly dislocating my shoulder in the pic...)
Anyhew, she asked if I would post to see if anyone had a spare ticket. If you do and would be willing to sell it, we'll even buy you a beer (or a soda if you are under 21).
Thank you much.
For a few days there it looked like I wouldn't be able to make this show b/c I had to suddenly leave town for an emergency, but tomorrow morning I'm loading up on coffee and driving the 4 hrs back to DC. Someone have a beer and a coffee waiting for me at the venue...
Have fun tonight y'all. I'm sure you will.
I have been asked by a few people now about the extra ticket. At this point, it has been given to another desperate JoCo fan.
Lori
I'm not going to the show, and I'm not on Twitter, but I'd request "Vienna" if I could.
If I were requesting a P&S song, I would request Internet Porn. Hilarious!
ETA: That's a recording from the Bob & Tom Show. Hearing the guys (Bob and Tom, I assume) laughing in the background is half the fun....
Also, I haven't heard that song in ages. Thanks for the link
Sooooooo..... shows over, anyone up and feel like telling us about it? Setlist? I know he played Kenesaw Mountain Landis.
Hopefully someone there had a decent camcorder!
Hmm, briefly (b/c I'm tired) what else?
-The snuggies. Oh God, the snuggies. I think I started to hyperventilate I laughed so hard. I made sure to get video proof so they will never live it down.
-Even with Paul's alleged sore throat, P&S were awesome as always. Made my little minion heart happy.
-Jonathan had a pretty eclectic set and naturally blamed it on the internets, but it was a fun blend of old and new set lists. Afterwards he told me it was a odd mix but he really liked it.
-A long JoCo rant about cylons, harmonicas, Darth Vader and why he keeps spacing out on stage. And they think P&S fans have ADD?
-JoCoPaSto Birchmere shows are eventually going to end up being all Neil Diamond, all the time. We got both 'Crackin' Rosie' AND 'Sweet Caroline'
- 'Space Doggity' w/ P&S on back up vocals: wow. Just wow. Loved the arrangement.
Lex, I recently stumbled upon this live version of Int'l Language, and it was only sung b/c it was a called out request. The song makes me giggle like an idiot every time.
Thanks for the details Ann!
For the wiki....
Here are the set lists from the Birchmere and Ram's Head Annapolis (poor Ram's Head, doesn't have it's own thread...)
And Ann, I agree, Space Doggity is among the prettiest things I've ever heard the three of them sing together. I was blown away.
(PnS didn't use the snuggies at Ram's Head. I asked why, they said they were too hot. I commented on all the dog hair flying off of them when they waved around, and how funny that was, and Paul said, "And that was AFTER I put them through the dryer TWICE!")
I also have a partial set list from Birchmere and full set list from Ram's Head for Paul and Storm. Say so if you want me to post them.
*played both nights
Birchmere 2/20
1. Not About You*
2. Better
3. Shop Vac
4. Someone is Crazy
5. The Presidents*
6. Millionaire Girlfriend*
7. I Crush Everything
8. Code Monkey*
9. Kennesaw Mountain Landis
10. Soft Rocked* (You've Got a Friend, Mandy, We Are The World, some Bruce Springsteen song I don't recognize, Longer, the "nah nahs' from Hey Jude with some What's Going On mixed in (there will be video of this)
11. Space Doggity*
12. Creepy Doll*
13. I Feel Fantastic
14. Mr. Fancy Pants* (with the Rickroll, of course)
15. Skullcrusher Mountain* (faked us out - started it, then went into Cracklin' Rose for a couple of lines. AWESOME!)
16. Mandelbrot Set
17. Still Alive*
18. Re: Your Brains*
19. First of May*
20. Sweet Caroline
Ram's Head Annapolis 2/21
1. Big Bad World One
2. Not About You*
3. Over There (he admitted he did it because I requested it - you could see that he didn't really want to do it, but it went over really well!)
4. Skullcrusher Mountain*
5. Still Alive*
6. Millionaire Girlfriend*
7. Code Monkey*
8. Curl
9. Always the Moon (on ukulele)
10. Soft Rocked* (with You've Got A Friend, Do You Really Want to Hurt Me, Mandy, What's Going On (4 Non-Blondes), Nah nahs from Hey Jude (video coming)
11. Space Doggity*
12. Mr. Fancy Pants* (with the Rickroll, of course)
13. The Presidents*
14. Saturday Boy
15. Dance, Soterious Johnson, Dance (said this was a request; thought he'd mess it up, but just had one little glitch)
16. Re: Your Brains*
17. A Talk With George
18. First Of May*
-Gina, who is still doing happy dances
Hoping for video of that Space Doggity....
ETA: Am I the only one who LOVES how JoCo is mixing up his setlist lately, but is slightly disapointed he's taken The Future Soon out of the regular rotation? For some reason it just doesn't seem like a full JoCo show without it.
The "me say I'm" way, that is.
The previous line did change, though.
Watch in high quality!
(That's me in the beginning saying, "But you're awesome!" It was in reaction to him saying the song spoke to him because it's about inadequacy, which you can kind of make out as the video begins.)
Also, how'd he do on the lyrics to The Presidents? I think I'd feel cheated if I went to a JoCo show and he did that song, and got all the lyrics right
Even though I have an 8gb card, I wasn't sure how much video I could take, so I had to pick and choose what to record. The beginnings are cut off of some of the videos I'm going to put up. This includes the Skullcrusher Mountain with Cracklin' Rose leading in, plus JoCo talks about the monkey/pony monster (placed onstage during the song) at the end. It's very impressive.
I don't know when I'll get things up but I will post here as soon as I do.
As I recall, he did The Presidents fine at the Birchmere, and had a very small pause at one point at Ram's Head.
I wish I'd gotten the beginning. He started with the opening strums of Skullcrusher and totally faked us out by singing Cracklin' Rose. It was great.