Subject:         Roxy Ballroom 1/31/98
  From:            Jason Soares  (  suarez@mindless.com  )


I just saw WEEN perform in Boston over the weekend and couldn't be
happier with the show.  It cost a measly $14.50 and the entertainment
value was unsurpassed in modern times.  The band played for 2-1/2 hours,
featuring material from all their albums.  Dean was phenomenal on guitar
and Gene sang like a very big canary the whole time.  Mean came out for
a nice sing along, and left shortly thereafter.  My friend and I had a
blast and will definitely see the Ween brothers the next time they come
around.  LMLYP was a good encore and ended up being quite a funky little
jam.  Overall, the show was entertaining, both comically and musically.

thanks

Jason Soares
New Haven




Subject:      review of ween in boston 1-31-98
  From:         "Eric A. Epps"   (  eepps@smcvt.edu  )

Ween took the stage around 6:40 (the tickets said 6:00-9:00).  They 
seemed genuinely psyched about being at the Roxy as opposed to 
the other venues they played in Massachusetts on past tours.  Deaner 
said something like, "We used to play at the Middle Eastern Resturaunt 
(The MiddleEast is a club they played on the country tour)."  After 
informing the audience that they had only eaten Dunkin' Donuts and 
whiskey all day, they kicked things off with "Dancing in the Show".  
There were a few technical difficulites (feedback and monitor stuff) 
which prompted Gener to assure us after just about everyone of the 
first 5 or so songs "We're getting there Boston town, were getting our 
shit together."  Deaner let us know that the Poopship has definately 
landed in Boston and then played pretty rad versions of "Don't Get 
Too Close to my Fantasy" and "Poopship Destroyer".  The show went
relatively smoothly after that.  Claude agreed to do "Hot For Teacher" 
one more time since it was the last show of the tour and he did an 
incredible David Lee Roth vocal impersonation while still keeping the 
beat.  For "Blarney Stone" Mean Ween came out on stage to sing along 
on the chorus and Deaner did an extra verse  that took him about five 
minutes to find the lyric sheet in his pocket.  "Blarney Stone" won the 
audience over, more so than probably any song on the set, and Deaner 
just added fuel to the fire by rhyming the word "ass" with itself in the 
brilliant extra verse (something like: your mom's on my cock/
iv'e got worms in my ass/my pee is red/and ive got zits on my ass).  
Ween came back for encores and announced that they only had ten 
minutes left because the club was turning back into a disco at 10.  
Then the proceded to stretch "You Fucked Up" and "LMLYP" into a 35-40
minute encore, that no doubt got the folks at the Roxy a bit angry.  While 
continuing the neverending LMLYP jam Claude knocked over a tom which 
Deaner impaled with his guitar.  Then they pretty much destroyed their 
entire set, while the "Dancing in the Show Reprise" played in the 
background.  They all came out again and took a group bow, announced 
several times how drunk they were going to get, and asked that any 
audience members with drugs to meet them promptly backstage.

This is the entire set, but I have the order pretty mixed up. 
Dancing in the SHow 
What was Deaner Talking About 
Spinal Meningitis 
Golden Eel 
Nan 
Piss Up A Rope 
HIV song 
Frank 
Waving MY Dick in the Wind 
Don't Get too Close too My fantasy 
Poopship Destroyer 
Mr. Richard Smoker 
Tear For Eddie 
Mollusk 
Take Me Away 
Voodoo Lady 
Pumpin 4 the Man 
Stallion Pt. 3 
Hot For Teacher 
Indian Chant Thang/ can't Put My Finger On it 
Ocean Man 
Dr. Rock 
Blarney Stone 
-Encores 
You Fucked Up 
LMLYP