“It’s bound and it’s willing to explode” [Modest Mouse, Electric Factory, Philadelphia, 3/14/09]

Dramamine (with Life Like Weeds interlude)
Dashboard
Black Cadillacs
Parting of the Sensory
Interstate 8
Doing the Cockroach
Bukowski
Float On
3rd Planet
The View
Fire It Up
Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset
Here it Comes
Tiny Cities Made of Ashes
Baby Blue Sedan (after getting through the first verse of Custom Concern, stopping, and asking the band/audience “Can we do a different song?” and explaining that doing this one is boring)
Spitting Venom
[encore:]
Jesus Christ Was An Only Child
Paper Thin Walls
Night on the Sun
The Good Times Are Killing Me

A few thoughts:
–I’m thinking “Night on the Sun” is one of my favorite MM songs. I don’t listen to it much, because I’m still an album listener, and my copy of Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks is a record, so when I’m pulling out a MM album to take in the car, it’s not there. Perhaps this retains its glory, that I haven’t worn it out. Anyway, regardless of this, as good as the song is on record/cd/digital, it’s much better live. Putting that raw guitar sound onto it, loosening it up a bit, the words getting shouted more, really make it great. Especially as an encore, after the audience and band have been riled up for two hours.
–Mr. Brock’s words for the audience were so constantly timed to be during the applause/screaming/whooping after songs that I’m pretty sure he was doing it on purpose. Especially since the little I could catch was kind of nonsensical.
–The played for two hours; twenty songs.
–The new songs (from the last album) stood up really well. “Parting of the Sensory” was huge and awesome, as was “Spitting Venom.” In fact, after a brief look at the track listing of that album, these were exactly the songs I wanted to hear. As much of a “hit” as it is, I really love “Missed the Boat,” but I’m kind of glad we didn’t hear it sans-James Mercer (although it would’ve been interesting to see what happened).
–Pretty sure he said something about never having played “Jesus Christ Was An Only Child” live before. Something along those lines. [I actually made several incorrect predictions to e, first asking her opinion on odds of "Trailer Trash" happening (I put it at 60%), then guaranteeing "Wild Pack of Family Dogs" upon seeing an acoustic guitar and what I thought was a woodblock. As e said, that they can surprise me with set list choices is a good thing...]

Thanks to e for the birthday present. It couldn’t've been better.

[Also successful: eating the World's Largest Slice from Angelo's (I give it an A on monstrousness, and a C+ to B on taste--the first half was pretty thin and goopy, although this is understandable from trying to make a pizza this huge), and getting a double cheeseburger from a rest area Roy Rogers at 2:30 in the morning.]