(Setlist found at the bottom of this article.)

1. Man With No Country
2. The Likes of You Again
3. Requiem for a Dying Song
4. Selfish Man
5. The Worst Day Since Yesterday
6. You Won't Make a Fool Out of Me
7. (No More) Paddy's Lament
8. Drunken Lullabies
9. Us of Lesser Gods
10. The Son Never Shines (On Closed Doors)
11. Float
12. Tobacco Island
13. The Kilburn High Road
14. Rebels of the Sacred Heart
15. If I Ever Leave This World Alive
16. The Lightning Storm
17. What's Left of the Flag
18. Seven Deadly Sins
19. The Story So Far

Encore:
1. Grace of God Go I
2. Devil's Dance Floor
3. Salty Dog

My thoughts on the Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab Yule update, part two: miscellany...

( Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! )

My thoughts on the Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab Yule update, part one: the Yules...

( Let well-tuned words amaze / With harmony divine )

The songs, with albums in parentheses (I'm always curious to see which albums get the most and least love). Commentary below the cut.

FIRST SET
1. Donkey Riding (Play, 1997)
2. Captain Kidd (The Hard and the Easy, 2005)
3. Love Me Tonight (Fortune’s Favor, 2008)
4. The Night Pat Murphy Died (Play, 1997)
5. When I'm Up (Play, 1997)
6. Jack Hinks (Turn, 1999)
7. England (Fortune’s Favor, 2008)
8. Concerning Charlie Horse (The Hard and the Easy, 2005)
9. Ferryland Sealer (Turn, 1999)
10. River Driver (The Hard and the Easy, 2005)
11. Here & Now (Fortune’s Favor, 2008)
12. Tennessee Stud (Murray solo: Johnny Cash cover)
13. Singers' Medley: Summer Lovin'/I Fought the Law/(I Would Walk) 500 Miles/Bohemian Rhapsody
14. Run Runaway (Up, 1995)

SECOND SET
15. Instrumental Tunes
16. Lukey (Up, 1995)
17. The Chemical Worker's Song (Process Man) (Up, 1995)
18. When I Am King (Something Beautiful, 2004)
19. Captain Wedderburn (Turn, 1999)
20. Scolding Wife (Sea of No Cares, 2002)
21. Everything Shines (The Push Stars cover)
22. Helmethead (Something Beautiful, 2004)
23. Feel It Turn (Turn, 1999)
24. Consequence Free (Turn, 1999)
25. Mari-Mac (Up, 1995)
26. Ordinary Day (Play, 1997)

ENCORE
27. Straight to Hell (Fortune’s Favor, 2008)
28. Excursion Around the Bay (Great Big Sea, 1993)
29. Fortune (Sea of No Cares, 2002)
30. Old Brown's Daughter (Turn, 1999)

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(Constructed this setlist from memory immediately after the concert, then corrected a few transpositions via the Google)

Bouncing Off Clouds
Little Earthquakes
Juárez
Little Amsterdam
Beauty of Speed
Girl Disappearing
(Interlude based on Professional Widow)
Big Wheel
Crucify
Sugar
Cornflake Girl
Mother Revolution
Caught A Lite Sneeze
Frog on My Toe
Mother
Virginia
A Sorta Fairytale
Code Red

Encore:
Precious Things
Hey Jupiter

(Memories here.)

The setlist (check out the albums here):

• Louise (from Kindling and Voices on the Verge)
• Hunger (from Voices on the Verge)
• How It Comes to This (from Kindling)
• What You Can Never Have (from Kindling)
• Come Down (from Kindling)
• Swing (from Reverie)
• Untitled Waltz (from Reverie)
• How Long (new)
• Glass Beads, Brass Coins (new)
• End of July (from Reverie)
• Loneliest Night (from Reverie)
• Lonely Rider (from Kindling)
• Hello Baby (from Reverie)
• Michigan (from Reverie)
• Simple, This Farewell (from Kindling)
• You’re Welcome (from Kindling)
• Saint Mark (from A Thousand Miles)

(Memories are here.)

I'm going to collect the various set lists I've compiled from concerts I attended over the years here; I have a few on my public blog, but since I suspect they're only of interest to me, I figure my LJ is a better place for them.  I'll leave them public, though, since you never know when some poor soul with interests similar to mine insofar as music and keeping lists goes might be searching for them.  (That's on my mind because I didn't write down the set list at the Dar Williams concert we went to in August, figuring I'd be able to find it online.  Just my luck, though -- it's nowhere to be found.  That'll learn me.)

So, y'all's friends lists are about to be flooded (relatively speaking) with set lists, which I have on the brain because I saw my favoritest band ever, Great Big Sea, twice over the weekend, and at one concert the dude next to me was writing the set list down and I gave him my e-mail address and asked him to e-mail it to me (will he or won't he?  We shall see...), and at the other concert I was able to take pictures of the actual physical set list on the stage floor, so I intend to post those with commentary and stuff, predominantly for my own edification and memories, of course.  *shrug*  I dunno what I'm on about.  Short version: I like music and I like concerts and I like listing things.  And there you have it.

Happy happy belated birthdays (both on 8/9!) to mq_musings and kakiphony!!! I hope your days were wonderful, and that the new year ahead brings many joys.

I spent the majority of the weekend in bed with the cold o' doom. Was really hoping to be relatively productive given that the house is a disaster and my dad is coming this weekend (not staying with us, though, thank goodness), but... oh well.

Stolen from Elise:

My LiveJournal Sitcom
bassclefgirl's House (ABCFAM, 10:30): bassclefgirl (Rob Lowe) unknowingly gets high before a meeting with ladycoldfire (Bela Lugosi). Also, stellans (Sarah Bernhardt) takes fortytricks (Angela Lansbury) bowling. Later that day, pennylvb (Juliette Binoche) and zekejojo (Jack Benny) buy a grocery store. At the same time, stophittinyrslf (Valerie Bertinelli) hires wytchchyld (Clark Gable) to perform pantomime at a Broadway show. In the next town over, pavlov112 (Richard Dean Anderson) and ralenth (Dick Van Dyke) write a children's book. Presented in HDTV.
What's Your LiveJournal Sitcom? (by rfreebern)

Been ogling shoes lately.  (That is, in fact, not entirely accurate.  I pretty much always ogle shoes; I just am feeling like I actually want to buy some shoes at present.)  Not sure if I want someone to talk me down from buying them, or talk me into buying them, but I think it's the latter.  The Boy isn't much help because he just doesn't appreciate shoes the way I do.  *sigh*  ;)  Here's what I've currently got my eye on (both are from Simple):

Toepaz.  $75 with free shipping from Zappos.  I'd go with Zappos because I'm not sure about the fit, and I can send 'em back if need be.



Tenny.  $25 (plus shipping) on ebay.  The reviewers at Zappos recommend going a half-size up in this style, so I feel pretty safe buying a 7.  The general style is available at Zappos, but not in this print; I like this print a lot.

So -- what say you folk?

:D

The amazing Elise is having a sale!  And in addition to her usual lovelies, there are tektites to bid on!  And gorgeous planet beads!  Lots of pretty pretty things to ogle, if nothing else.  Go check it out!  :D

I'm a sheepie sheep!  ;)  But this is indeed a fun little exercise.  (Stolen from Coldie!)

I figured that this would be fun. There are people here that I know really well and those that I don't know at all. Whether I know you well or not, I'd love to see your answers.

1. name:
2. birthday:
3. place of residence:
4. what makes you happy:
5. what are you listening to now/have listened to last:
6. do you read my lj?:
7. if you do, what is particularly good/bad about it:
8. an interesting fact about you:
9. are you in love/do you have a crush at the moment:
10. favorite place to be:
11. favorite lyric:
12. best time of the year:

recommend:
1. a film:
2. a book:
3. a band, a song and an album:

plus:
1. one thing you like about me:
2. two things you like about yourself:
3. put this in your lj so i can tell you what i think of you

I hope your day is wonderful, and that this new year brings you many joys. I wish I was there to help you celebrate! Sending you virtual hugs -- and keep an eye on your mailbox... :D

1) What author do you own the most books by?
It's between Nora Roberts and Shakespeare, I should think. ( But wait, there's more! )

Blessed be, little sis.  I'm proud of you.  And here is a picture for you:



*grins cheekily, then scurries off*

EB, this morning: I don't like winter. It's just a sucky-ass version of fall, if you ask me.

The past couple of nights we've had to be sure to leave the faucets dripping, so the pipes don't freeze. This morning when we got up (in the dark, of course), it was in the 50s in the house. (The heat was still set much higher, but between the drafty windows and the fact that it's just been really damn cold, our heater couldn't keep up.)

So, yeah, I'm done with winter.

(On the plus side, the weekend is supposed to be lovely: mostly sunny and in the 40s. It's going to end up leading to muddy paws, I'm sure, but at this point, I don't mind.)

Posting my thoughts on the update (which caught me totally off guard!), largely as a way of deciding what decants I want to order.  But hey, if anyone else is interested in reading 'em... *shrug*  ;)

Also on the subject of BPAL, I don't know whether or not I should buy a back-up bottle of Snake Charmer before it goes down.  [I was going to link to the review thread, but I can't find it.  Am I losing my mind?]  I've never even come close to finishing off a bottle (I don't think I've even used up a half-bottle of anything yet), so it might be a bit silly, but it's just so gorgeous...

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Last night I dreamt that the Boy and I went back to the indie/arthouse movie theater where we went a couple of weeks ago to see Milk.  We bought our tickets, and then the woman behind the counter wanted to see my ID.  I handed my license over, but she didn't trust it (because, apparently... we weren't in Kansas anymore...).  She asked if I had a Home Depot card, and I said no.  I felt like she was being bitchy, and so I basically started getting out everything I had with my name on it, from my library card to credit cards to my Barnes & Noble card (which doesn't actually have my name on it, but oh well), just to sort of prove that my license was valid, I guess.

After a bit, it finally occurred to me to ask why she needed to see my ID.  The woman told me that in the theater we were going to be in, the third row from the back was indented on both sides, and the person sitting in the outermost seat had access to a chainsaw, which was to be used in the case of a zombie attack.  I thought that was quite silly...

...because of the logistics: you couldn't leave the chainsaws running the whole time, because no one would be able to hear the movie.  The people sitting in those end seats, then, would have to be able to start the chainsaws up, without faltering, at a moment's notice.  Besides, how could we tell what direction the zombies might come from?  Or whether they would be slow zombies or fast zombies?  A chainsaw would be a completely impractical weapon for such a scenario!

:)

Because I feel like my posts here are downers far too much of the time, here's a change of pace: a video of a dog happily romping in approximately 54 inches of snow.  Enjoy!