You can also find photos on my Facebook...I only really have night four, as that was the only night I remembered my camera.
Notes from night 1:
-Stephen is really, really aloof compared to the rest of the band.
-Bob is the lifeblood of the show, he runs around and screams stuff into the microphone, talks the most to the audience and generally is the most active, and I fucking love it.
-They played most everything I wanted to hear, there were two songs I actually didn't recognize which I figure were on either the Watery Domestic EP or the Westing comp, both of which I'm less familiar with than their studio albums proper.
-Thanks, drunk guy, for ruining the most tender moment in the show ("We Dance" to close out the main set) and the most cathartic moment of the show ("Here" to end the show, period).
-I'm already pretty damn tired, how'm I supposed to sustain this for four nights?
Night 2:
-Mostly repeats except for a couple tracks. Still had two tracks I didn't recognize, one of them from the previous night. "The Hexx" finally appeared, though, which was fantastic.
-The band seemed to get to a slower start but when they got loose it was awesome.
-Giant inflated balloons for the second encore. Awesome.
-They ended with "Stop Breathin'" which was a peculiar choice. "Fin" was especially with Stephen's solo-ing, but Pavement has always been a rather messy band to me.
-No drunk people ruining my favorite songs, though "Here" did not show up tonight.
-Tonight was much more manageable than last night in terms of tiredness.
Night 3:
-Major issues with Stephen's guitar to start. "Frontwards" and the next song were kinda busts because his guitar parts are sort of necessary.
-Something was off tonight..."In the Mouth a Desert" imploded near the end. When they got their shit together in the middle-late of the show, it was awesome, but the show also ended sort of strangely with Stephen just jamming on the guitar sitting right in front of his amp.
-The crowd was a little more subdued tonight, Night 2's was still be best in terms of crowd.
-Giant balloons came out during encore 1. Apparently they're left over from the Flaming Lips' appearance there.
-I finally figured out the two songs I didn't know were, both off of the Westing comp: "Shoot the Singer" and "Debris Slide."
-"Box Elder" kicked all fucking sorts of ass.
edit: -apparently they played a song i didn't know: Lions (Linden), which i guess i forgot they played, probably because i didn't know what it was.
Night 4:
-One of the two nights I saw the opener (first night was the Clean, who I saw). Broken Social Scene was way awesome. Must listen to them more.
-Pavement came out firing. "Grounded" was ace. They were really tight tonight and they sounded great and energetic whereas the day before was languid and flagging. Part of it may have been the crowd, from the start the crowd was loud and really into it.
-Apparently Stephen's weird behavior at the end of the show yesterday (occurring on "Conduit for Sale!" was due to a nosebleed incurred by "Stop Breathin'"
-Stephen was a lot happier tonight and definitely less aloof, more chatty. There was ridiculous banter between Stephen and Bob about Cialis, Viagra, and really bad hangovers.
-The set was a bit shorter this time around, approximately 2 songs, as the show ended slightly before 11. Previous shows ended right at the 11pm mark or slightly after.
-No "Frontwards," "Box Elder," "Starlings in the Slipstream," but night 4 was their best night performance wise BY FAR so it was more than worth it.
-So glad I went to all four days.
-"Range Life" was a fitting closer..."I want a range life/if I could settle down/if I could settle down/then I would settle down"
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