Subject: so that's what deaner was talking about
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 21:00:45 PDT
From: "damon jonnier"
charlestone
SUN-august 3 1997
music farm
charlestone can now count itself as yet another town
smathered to bits by the Poopship Destroyer. the good
brothers ween transformed the music farm into a glowing
underwater opium den sunday night, and i was there to
witness it.
my holmes crew and i arrived at the show early with
tenderly delicious chicken burritos and cheese quesadillas
for the ween folk. they were prepared for us specially by
clint at juanita's burrito palace. if you ever go to
charleston you should stop there, they got the dankest
burritos in town. anyway, the mexican vittles were enough
to get the four of us backstage as soon as we got there.
we chilled in the upper chambers by ourself for a while,
drinking a couple of beers and writing on the walls. the
music farm people came by and tried to bust us, but we
said we were just delivering the tasties to ween.
eventually the time was right and the weeners came right
up and chilled there too. i asked mickey how the poopship
was doing and he said, with a grin, "it's Rolling Mightily!"
how true this was. later gener wanted some time with the
band alone so we split downstairs, leaving the burritos and
dias for the cast and crew. it was, indeed, most righteously
moist to hang with the brothers, if only for a bit.
moments after we departed, the mighty brown
wonderweens mounted the stage. the lights dimmed, for a
perfect opener of
Dancing In The Show Tonight
replete with gener blowing us a kiss at the right moments.
then we saw
What Deaner Was Talking About and then
Freedom Of '76
after that gener's amp blew and they had to find a new one.
while we were waiting, someone told deaner to tell a story.
he said, "Hey we're Ween and we have shitty gear." but
they fixed it right quick and blew into a fine
Now I'm Freaking Out and i was, cause the green had just
been gotten into- and then-
The Golden Eel *absolutely mindblowing* the only words for it
Stallion, Part 3 golden. i can float in the air
HIV/AIDS great crowd participation
Sketches of Winkle rip van winkle lives on in my dreams
a purpling of the lights led to "a country song":
Piss Up A Rope then
Push Th' Lil Daisies kind of redone but still shiny
and then- as deaner announced it- "a song off our album
The Mollusk,
The Mollusk" with a better organ solo than any keith
godchaux ever busted which paused and broke into the
unbelievable english terrapin
Buckingham GREEN which is (if you can believe it) MANY
times better live than on cd. then -
Baby Bitch
Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down) ROCKIN VERSION!!!
Mr Would You Please Help My Pony
how does deaner do that?
Frank flowin like the Blob
Waving My Dick In The Wind i'm doin the best i can
gotdammit!
Tick
and then the insane opener that you MUST SEE at some
point in your life, the Hindu Call To Prayer into->
Can't Put My Finger On It
Mr. Richard Smoker
("this is about a friend of ours, Dick" -papa
gene)
then a pause, at which the weenheads who have been at
the shows or reading these vein reviews began calling for
*Guns N Roses!* I wanted to hear Sweet Child O' Mine
personally. the brethren ween heard the cries from the
audience, and broke into a crystal version of FREEBIRD
solos intact they rocked the HELL out of this one- and
busted to
Hot For Teacher once again scorchingly intact, better
than eddie!
The Blarney Stone brought a tear to me eye
Awesome Sound which they jammed the innards out of.
proved their point over and over. at one point even
started rappin DEEEEZ NUUUTTTS, confirming the
rumors about their love of the Doggystyle-
Polka Dot Tail much better than on cd
You Fucked Up nice little moshpit action on this one
and they left the stage, of course to massive applause from
the tiny music farm. i think everyone's brains had more or less
COMPLETELY leaked out on the floor when they returned to
the stage and encored with
Don't Get 2 Close (2 My Fantasy) extended acapella remix-
then a mad
Pumpin 4 The Man
and then, finally responding to requests, pumped out
SEXUAL HEALING! shockingly fat oldschool marvin gaye
techniques. Word Up.
Big Jilm could it get any better than this???
A Tear For Eddie i guess so. ten minutes of maggot brain,
weenstyle.
then they stopped, and gener asked,
"Wasn't yesterday Jerry Garcia's birthday?"
(note: yesterday was the day Jerry Garcia DIED two
years ago)
and then started playing Friend Of The Devil as a
joke- then
Buenos Tardes Amigo once again a 15-min version with crazy
solos & audience clapping. everyone listened to papa gene
tell his dark tale. at the close they left the stage. this had to
be the end! we heard Reprise
come out of the house speakers- but then they ran
back onstage all of a sudden and rocked out an insane
WARPIGS! i can't describe how crazy the crowd went. this was
nuts. ozzy would have been proud. they forgot the words in the
middle though and got the crowd to sing along for them. then-
Dr. Rock always a pleasure to visit the doctor- then gene said-
"hey, looks like half of y'all have left. okay, we're
starting the second set!" and then the opening chords of
Shockadelica rocked the music farm to its very foundations.
unbelievable.
Let Me Lick Your Pussy extended to about a twenty minute
musical orgasm,
led by deaner on guitar incredible and gener on
lyrical oracles.
this was, indeed, a magical experience with the great and almighty
poopship. them boys are rockin, and they are rockin hard for the
lord.
do not miss this tour. repeat. come let forever be forever be
free.
upon leaving the venue i noticed it was past 3 a.m.
this totals to a playtime of at least three hours and thirty minutes.
the phone is ringin. oh my god.
see you in chapel hill
disco dan
From: Burgil)
Subject: Ween @ the Music Farm
Date: 5 Aug 1997 01:23:52 GMT
WOW!!!!!!!!!
Ween took the stage at approx. 11:00pm Sunday and I left the
venue at 2:59 am Monday morning.
The Music Farm is a cool venue. A local radio station (96 WAVE)
was doing a remote there and promoting Ween very heavily prior
to the show. I heard them play two Ween tunes (I don't wan't to
leave you on the farm ("farm" "Music Farm") and Ocean Man
("Charleston" "ocean") on the way to the show. I wish they had
done an interview with Ween but all our wishes don't come true
or do they?
I got there at around 10:00 or so and the place was kinda dead.
There was a opening band that played about 30 min starting at
around 10:30. Then shortly after their set was done it was time
for Ween.
At this time the venue was pretty full and so was Deaner (he said
that they just got done eating "a big fucking meal" and that he
felt "like a big sack of shit".)
Their setlist looks a whole lot like the show from Atlanta with a
few exceptions.
Some of the highlites include Free Bird (It's funny, on the way to
Charleston I drove by "The Free Bird Lounge" and thought to
myself "SELF, wouldn't it be cool if they played Free Bird tonite"
and by hell they did). It was a shortened down version but none
the less it was a version of Free Bird done by Ween and yes the
crowd responded favorably. Then they backed that up with Van
Halen's"teacher" Which by the way was tight as hell. (A real
crowd pleaser.)
Other highlites were the playing of (Sketches of Winkle,Frank,
Awesome Sound and a version of Buenas Tardes w/ Gener
playing an accoustic lead that was "fucking amazing man").
Gener's been practicing I tell ya'. Then after like into their
second or third encore they played "War Pigs",backed it
up with Dr. Rock then proceeded to kick into a fantastic
version of l.m.l.y.p. (This was the third time I've heard Ween
play l.m.l.y.p. and this version just totally kicked ass! As have
all the versions that I've heard) Probably lasted 10 to 15 min.
After they finished with l.m.l.y.p. Ween hung out and signed
autographs and mingled with everyone. I spoke mainly with
Claude and Dave. (I'll bug Gene and Dean tomorrow) But Claude
said they are just going to hang and rest for a day and enjoy the
beach before they play Carrboro. We talked a little golf and
talked about other Ween shows I've attended. Then, when I had
a chance to speak with Dave Dreiwitz (the bassist) I realized he
WAS one of the dudes from Instant Death.I thought it was him
when he took the stage but wasn't 100% sure, even though I
requested "The Enabler" a time or two. We talked about times
that I saw Instant Death and the "Enabler 7"" and stuff.
There is so much that went on during the show like Gener's amp
blowing up(2 or 3 songs into the set), Deaner throwing his guitar
at one of his amps and Gener asking the nubiles, a few times, to
"show us your tits" . Jack Daniels and Budweiser seemed to be
the drinks of choice along with some little airplane bottles of
some kinda clear shit they were drinking.
This was the first time that Ween has played Charleston but after
the show they put on I'll bet it won't be their last.
There are some cool shirts to be had people. The Mollusk Album
cover shirt and a very cool Boognish shirt( in black or white).
Hope everyone gets to experience this version of Ween but I
really feel sorry for those of you that are going to Horde just to
see Ween because they will only play for a half hour or so. But
you gotta take what you can get, I reckon.