Subject:      Ween Show Tampa @ the Rubb 1/23/98
  From:         Jeff Harmon   ( harmonjl@gru.com )


This is the first time I have seen Ween and I must say they were one of the 
most entertaining bands I have had the pleasure to witness. They really 
look like they are having fun. As seems to be their modus operandi, they 
started slow, showing very little life. Mostly, it looked like they warmed 
up for an hour. After this first hour, they stopped and left the stage 
except for Gener who sat around in the blue back lit dark playing a simple 
riff over and over. Soon, some members of the previous band came out and 
the drummer took the mic. What a surprise when they suddenly broke into Hot 
for Teacher. After that, they really came alive. They had the crowd whipped 
up into a frenzy. They finally ended a marathon show that started at about 
11 and ended at 1:15 and I was saddened to see them go. That and I didn't 
get a Tshirt. What jerkoff decided to bring only 10 larges to the show?
Song list? They did most of Chocolate and Cheese. Gener sang Piss up a Rope 
and really got into it. That guy has got a real twisted country bent. 
Blarney Stone. I don't remember Ocean Man or Buckingham Green. Little off 
the latest. These guys are crowd pleasers. They continually asked what the 
crowd wanted to hear. Someone yelled cold and wet and Gener laughed and 
said no one had asked in years for that. That is a shame. Oh yeah, what a 
classic version of Birthday Boy they did. Now I realize how they fucked 
that song up on the album. All in all, they are a don't miss. A breath of 
freshness in the self-important sad world of rock.