Today has been a very good day for me. I went out to a party last night, got a good bit of homework done, cleaned my room, and last, but certainly not least, went to a
Stuart Davis show at
People's tonight.
This was the first time I'd been in
People's since I turned 21 (I was there for a
Local H concert my freshman year), and was fairly impressed. It's very much a Greek bar, but their prices for
Jack and Cokes are fairly decent.
As always,
Stu put on an excellent show. Including all the banter and tuning (that guy turns tuning a guitar into entertainment), he did one three hour long set of 34 songs. Unfortunately, I didn't bring a pen with me, so I'm going off memory for the set list here, but hopefully I'm pretty close:
- Dresden
- Grace (Unreleased)
- Inventions (Unreleased)
- Doppleganger Body Donor
- A cover of an 80s song that I don't know the name of (She was right there with me and she was...)
- Ladders - An interesting song talking about evolution, and "Will the id become an angel?
- Savoring Samsara
- Universe Communion
- Atavistic Viking
- Sugar Bullets (Unreleased)
- Amsterdam
- Seven Wonders of the Soul
- Fall Awake
- Unknown, unreleased song
- Unknown, unreleased song
- Whisper
- Unknown song
- Nothing in Between (Unreleased)
- Infinity Hymn
- Unknown Song
- Immanence
- Eclipse
- Your House
- Mermaids
- I'm Dead, a cover of an Elvis Costello song]
- Veronica, another Elvis Costello song I believe
- Windmills and Wheatfields (Unreleased)
- It's all Just Because
- Swim
- Drown
- A song I can't remember that starts with I
- A song I can't remember that starts with P
- Jonah
- A cool combo of Rock Stars and Models and Only Changing Drugs. He asked the audience to applaude for the one they wanted, and since they basically tied, played both, more or less at the same time.
Overall this was a great show. It was the first time I'd seen
Stuart at
People's instead of the
Maintenance Shop, and conservatively the fourth time I've seen him. Sorry about all the songs that I can't remember, but like I said, this was done through my memory (and a healthy dose of
mnemonics). I'll add any that I think of later. If you've never heard
Stuart Davis before, I strongly suggest you at least give him a try. There are samples at www.stuartdavis.com