06/06/09: Artpark: Lewiston, NY

[todtrev]

19: Yawning or Snarling
20: Inevitability of Death
Woah, Woah! This setlist took a turn from the poppiness of Coffee Girl and In View into the back-to-back DFN Darkness in these YorS and IOD. Interesting move boys!

no shit

damn , woulda liked to see that

Believe me boys that Yawning into I.O.D. was EPIC!!!!!! Gordie was feelin it all night " How ya feelin Artpark?!! Yeah me too"

[todtrev]

I went to all 4 shows.
And tonights 2nd set blew the roof off the god damn place!

No asses in their seats tonight - girls and guys dancing up and down the aisles.

For Sure this show was EPIC! Gordie was truly a pleasure to see tonight, the band really in TOP form.

[bstrauss24]

My fave of the Artpark shows, and the hottest crowd of the bunch. Great set...very different from last night especially. I was sad LTR didn't make an Artpark show though.

IMO, Wheat Kings should be played like that forever more...no more Gord yelling over the guitars....just a great mix on that tune.

Great run of shows for the band. I'm sad I have a wedding to go to for the Rochester show, which means I will probably over pay for Hamilton.

The coolest part of the show for me had to be Gord letting a fan strum the guitar during BobC....

I will continue waiting for Cordelia

[thompson girl]

No asses in their seats tonight - girls and guys dancing up and down the aisles.

That's what I loved most about these shows. Everybody was so into it!

I love that no matter how many times they've played Meridian or NOIS, they still play them like they've never played them before. I was getting a little tired of hearing Meridian and the rant, but lately, I've been loving it again (sans rant - the instrumental stuff where there rant used to be is awesome).

I love Art Park. They should play there at least once a year.

Oh, and the border crossing people were much nicer last night than Friday night.

[chris]

I went to all 4 shows.
And tonights 2nd set blew the roof off the god damn place!

No asses in their seats tonight - girls and guys dancing up and down the aisles.

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[Tthip]

[Smokey]

WOW, 2nd set was slamming. Just loved it. Crowd was a pleasure, band sounded great. The D F N material was outstanding, had to listen to the album on the ride home. Also thaought Tiger was a great wauy to close out the first set. Still, to me, Grace on FRI. was the best of the 2 nights. Band seemed to enjoy it and the crawd took it to another level.

FRI. had best song of htwe weekend but Sat. was just DEEP, DARK HIP and it was great.

[Buffalo37]

OUTSTANDING SHOW !! Seeing the band 3 of the 4 nights. Each was better the the last.
This show was ONE OF THE BEST EVER ... (this was about my 70th show)

[Pudge7681]

As I have said in other threads, I was front row pit for all the shows. Tuesday started with amazing energy. Thursday was mellow but great set list. Friday the energy had gotten a bit more ramped up and the set was great. But Saturday blew any show I've ever seen out of the water. The crowd was on fire. The band fed on the energy. And as I was in the front catching the full effect of the crowd noise I can say that during the encore my ears hurt from the crowd yells more than from the speakers 6 inches from me. My highlights of the week were Gord eating bugs off my head on Tuesday, Singing "Blow" back and forth with Gord on Thursday, literally running into Gord and his family on the sidewalk in Lewiston (had he been alone I may have stopped and asked for an autograph or pic but with his family I let him walk past with a knowing glance when we caught each others eyes) and to finish the shows off it was the personal thank you I got from Rob and Gord at the end of the series of shows as my wife and I had been standing in the same spot for all four shows. Can't wait for Rochester!

[todtrev]

OUTSTANDING SHOW !! Seeing the band 3 of the 4 nights. Each was better the the last.
This show was ONE OF THE BEST EVER ... (this was about my 70th show)

For sure one of the BEST shows I've ever seen and I have about 30 under my belt now. I'd put last night right behind Oct. 2000 Rochester. I keep saying "wow" about every 5 minutes!

[lenphish]

they played my WHEAT KINGS!!! great set otherwise too!! intense

some idiot was apparently punchin people out (woman included) at the encore; all drunk and stupid... i was outside near the food vendor area kinda near the front gate... i was eating french fries on one of those cement seats; and hear comes this drunk fat guy with no shirt on and like 15 guards like 2 car lengths behind him, he was hammered and looked mean!!

as he was just about to pass me, when he turned to look at the guards, and i stuck my foot out and the fat bastard fell on his face. the guards got him and held him for police. the one guard tapped me on the shoulder, and gave me this look, then proceded to shake my hand!!!

[chris]

they played my WHEAT KINGS!!! great set otherwise too!! intense

some idiot was apparently punchin people out (woman included) at the encore; all drunk and stupid... i was outside near the food vendor area kinda near the front gate... i was eating french fries on one of those cement seats; and hear comes this drunk fat guy with no shirt on and like 15 guards like 2 car lengths behind him, he was hammered and looked mean!!

as he was just about to pass me, when he turned to look at the guards, and i stuck my foot out and the fat bastard fell on his face. the guards got him and held him for police. the one guard tapped me on the shoulder, and gave me this look, then proceded to shake my hand!!!

LOL!!! You must have been right behind us. Nothing good is going to happen when a fat drunk guy takes off his shirt at a concert.

[lenphish]

well for the show, i was in the lawn/ center/ like 10 rows up!! every once in awhile i wandered, cuz that hill does a number on me!!! but all of a sudden, just before encore, my belly was growlin and couldnt fight the hunger!!!

but yea, true to that

encore: fat guy, no shirt, rampage, quick foot action/ guard intervention, ha ha

love this site guys.... gets me so pumped for HIP!!!

[chris]

well for the show, i was in the lawn/ center/ like 10 rows up!! every once in awhile i wandered, cuz that hill does a number on me!!! but all of a sudden, just before encore, my belly was growlin and couldnt fight the hunger!!!

but yea, true to that

encore: fat guy, no shirt, rampage, quick foot action/ guard intervention, ha ha

love this site guys.... gets me so pumped for HIP!!!

Sorry... I meant right behind us as we were leaving - the cop escorted the drunk in cuffs past us right near the gates.

During the show we were dead centre, row Z. Right in front of the sound board.

[woopop]

Posted via Twitter member woopop - Sat Jun 06 2009 18:13:16 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)

Here's the rest of my mediocre cell phone pics from that set. Had an absolute blast!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woopop/set ... 394356236/