Philzone.org Discussion Board: Archive 2004: Non-PF/Dead Show Reviews Archive 2004: Govt Mule Portland 10/16/04

What a great show!! Get your tix now guys and gals cause they are rockin it hard!!
Setlist Thorazine Shuffle
Fool's Moon
Perfect Shelter
Bad Little Doggie
About to Rage
Rocking Horse
Birth of the Mule
Slackjaw Jezebel

John The Revelator
Larger Than Life
GameFace
Trane Silent Scream
Effigy
Mule

E: Long Distance Call (muddy waters tune)
Andy Hess has a super funky long ass bass jam!!
Great game face into Trane jam
Effigy was scorching with Andy telling warren WOW that was fuckin in your face man!! after warrens solo.
I love the new stuff plenty of room for the boys to work it out and jam. about to rage and silent scream was best slackjaw in portland was a little off. But Bostons rocked!!!!
Fools moon was awesome and the rockin horse was a scorcher!!

extry extry read all about it

gang o old school zonahs wook the VIP ulti seating


nice job, folks


again





SOON

Nice!!
That 2nd set looks so damn tasty. The perfect picture of the modern Mule. That's exactly how I want it baby!! I am ready!!

Mule with
shall we not fail to mention
the "Who Do Ya LOVVVVVVE" bit

LH, the level of musicianship on stage with The Mule is AMAZING. If I were the kind of person who had to choose btwn The Dead in SF or The Mule in NYC, no contest; if I wanted music, I'd see the Mule.

Creative Friction Brings Sparks that Set Fires

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was the WDYL in the middle of the Mule? Was there a bass jam? Andy's Bass brings so much character to the Mule sound, so much like what Allen brought, but of course, very different. Allen was the thunder, the raw energy, Andy's is subsonic, the web of energy.

Really glad to hear you are all about it Huckberry, I am only waiting in anticipation. This is history. A glimpse of what everything else has led up to.

John The Revelator

Larger Than Life

GameFace

Trane

Silent Scream

Effigy

Mule

Yeaaaahhhhh!!!

I cant sleep
must be post party bliss
and the long ass nap so....

MULE KICKED MAJOR ASS
best Mule show next to last
years NYE at the Beacon.

The jammin was unbelievable
felt goosebumps a few times
as warren wailed.
Effigy was AMZING.

My first time hearing Slackjaw Jezebel
and I love it, I hear Bostons was better, oh well

I was entrhalled all night
rockin with the ZONAHS to
the sweet ass kickin soulful
energy of MULE!

Damn gimmee more!

Rippin' show for sure!!!

Here's a few shots that i managed to take without too much blur... I really need to learn how to take better LIVE shots.. blur blur blur

Hell I guess I was in blur land due to the pre-game at Kates... So great seeing everyone and to finally be able to sit and chat with Huck was a def HIGH-LIGHT!!






>>>>If I were the kind of person who had to choose btwn The Dead in SF or The Mule in NYC, no contest; if I wanted music, I'd see the Mule.<<<<<

I'd see MULE over The Dead ANY day of the week..


"We are the show"

>>gang o old school zonahs wook the VIP ulti seating

Excellent use of "wook" as a verb, Huck...I think

>>shall we not fail to mention
the "Who Do Ya LOVVVVVVE" bit

And correct me if I'm wrong (this being my sole Mule experience thus far), but didn't they do Jimi's "Third Stone from the Sun" late in the 2nd set?

Yup, Dan-o. Twas a highLIGHT to finally spend real time with you MOS DEF.

We Are The Show
actually, that comes from the final words in my Raleigh review from the summer
still completely applicable....

"but wait

you see
I don't need tickets
tell Monsieur Clear Channel
to STICK IT
YOU are the show
(well, when tour's done)
and damn I know
WE'LL STILL HAVE FUN

Easties bark
and Easties BITE
but I wish I could corral you each and ev-er-y night
to one more rodeo in town
lay yer frickin money down
I promise dreams
I promise chaos
sounds & vision
Cosmic Payoff

So, see you round, kids, more tomorrow -
you know I'll show
beg steal or borrow

but really
THANKS
for all you give
that you SHOW UP
that you
LIVE
for heart and help and perfect smiles
THIS ZONE I LOVE
dawg - rabbit pile "

yes, the WDYL was in the middle of Mule. Bass solo? Not sure, LH, it blurs. Andy is scorching, though.

but, for clarity....wookin the VIP.
We've got this GREAT but rather rambunctious gaggle of Zoners heading into the show. Kindmomma, Peggy-o, Dandreams, Sideshow Bob (and Alex), Jessica Rabbit, Fritzy, Keyshawn, Sweet C(eleste), Scooter, me. It's a LOT of people. At a GA show and we're walking in at showtime. I'm a little concerned as to where the mega group show will settle in....

....and once we're all in and have beers....we go hang on the back level of the orch. Oh, look - there's Grateful Kate....and Larry!! (The State in Portland very much feels like a GA Warfield). We hover around a reserved VIP sectioned off bit...for the Stone Coast Brewing Co., one table for "Beth and Mike". Well, where the hell are they? It's a half hour PAST showtime now...we all think of jumping the rope but decide to wait till the lights go down. Lights go down and we step over the velvet rope. We might actually pull this off.

Oh, but there's the security guard.
"You're with the VIP group here?"
"Oh, yeah, the Stone Coast Brewing Company."
"Yeah? Who are you with?"
"Why, Beth and Mike."

IT WORKS.
There were some folks in VIP that seemed to rightfully be there, but only about six, though, in a space that COULD hold thirty. And we all peacefully co-existed.

Anyway, we held court in there all night. As we had been there from the start, we seemed to be the rightful owners. Dream Real Estate.

and it just occurs to me that Stone Coast MUST be responsible for that enormous 420 beer gobo light thing on the wall, that thing I kept pointing at and saying how awful it was. AY

A Rollicker......I feel WRUNG OUT.

right on, Scooter....though my four sets of Mule this weekend are getting ALL spunny.....I thought it was early in the Portland first set.....but I will take yr word for it.

Hey scooter pie i missed you at the pre party and bailed out to meet some folks from Georgia and get front row, in front of warren. Hell yeah that was a sick third stone jam!!!! Warren did jimi proud as usual. Hope to catch you on NYE in NYC for MULE!!

Scooter, you are absolutely correct...they did play "3rd Stone From The Sun" in the jammin' toward the end o' the Portland Show.
I was sittin' at that table in the V.I.P. Box, and right after the Show ended you turned to me and asked me what Hendrix song that was.
Due to circumstances of the FINEST kynd out of my control , I jus' couldn't quit come up with the name...even with it still ringin' in my ears.
LOL
Then 'bout 10-15 seconds later we both said, "3rd Stone From The Sun"!

Ahhh, right from "Thoraine Shuffle" on, that show RRRRRRRRRRRRROCKED!
And Bahstan wasn't too shabby, either

A BEAUTIFUL THANG to experience with all o' you guys!
This weekend MOST definitely....RRRRRRRRRRRROCKED A F**KIN' PARRRRRRRRTY!

>Oh, but there's the security guard.
"You're with the VIP group here?"
"Oh, yeah, the Stone Coast Brewing Company." <

I can't believe I didn't realize this! I was bummed to be too busy Saturday to make it up to Kate's, but figured I'd find a way to run into the Zoners at the show. I even brought a bunch of my CD mixes to give away to some of you. And I spent about 1/3 of the show in the same section, hanging out w/ a couple buddies from Stone Coast! D'oh.

I tought it was a very fun show, but after seeing them a few times lately, I'd definitely say Mule is my least favorite of Warren's 4 bands. They rip, but sometimes it all starts to sound kind of the same. More than anything I think they need backup vocals. There's just this heavy, muddy sound that needs to be mixed up more for my tastes. The keys could certainly be turned up and that would help, but it seems more like a sax, or a vocalist with some high-end range would add a huge amount to this band. I'll still go see them any time they come close (and I'll be @ Beacon on 12/30!), but I'm never completely blown away by a Mule show. I think if they'd throw in a few more covers it would take things up a notch for me as well.

>>>right from "Thoraine Shuffle"..

Damn keys!
LOL

you guys almost forgot it was a sick, almost old school- Minus woody, trane>third stone jam>insanity drums !MR MATT ABTS!, thank you >silent scream. the only thing missing in the trane was the st. stephen jam and woody<rip> from the live from roseland CD, Andy Hess definetly does it justice though, gotta love that MULE
KEEP ON KEEPING ON BOYS, fuck the critics

Nice reviews! That second set looks might fine. 11 days til Warren in the Iron City!

Phunkytown420 wrote
you guys almost forgot it was a sick, almost old school- Minus woody, trane>third stone jam>insanity drums !MR MATT ABTS!, thank you >silent scream. the only thing missing in the trane was the st. stephen jam and woody<rip> from the live from roseland CD, Andy Hess definetly does it justice though, gotta love that MULE

KEEP ON KEEPING ON BOYS, fuck the critics
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No more bitter nor truer words have been spoken.

Was listening to the radio this morning on the way to work, and they play Little Toy Brain. OK, this station has played it before, so I'm not shocked, but happy enough. Then the jock (Claudia Marshall) gets on and says that the lyric is so mean that she feels uncomfortable playing the song.

That can't help...

wellllllllll welllllll welllllll
another one of those comfort junkies.

and yet we all know comfort = death.


No Worries, Zeke, we disregard all those followers and numb ones anyway

heard that too~

too funny

then she said something like "I have no idea who thats directed too"

song after that by ' Badly Drawn Boy was REAL good, IMHO

411?

anybody do the mule in ann arbor???