Monday, November 24, 2008

Town Hall, Twice.

Ani Difranco played The Town Hall on Friday and Saturday nights, and I was there. Of course. Because I'm a huge fan and I have to go to as many shows as I can. I tallied them up, and turns out, these two were shows #29 and #30. This is not that absurd--some people who are fans of, say, the Broadway musical "Rent," saw it more than 150 times.

Her band is simply astounding: relaxed but energetic, textural, goofy looking. And the new songs, although a bit on the obvious side when it comes to lyrics, are still spotted with those trademark Ani-isms that somehow break it all down.

Take this:
Promiscuity is nothing more than traveling
There's more than one way to see the world
And some of us like to stay close to home
And some of us are Columbus, what can i say
Both shows were so fantastic. Setlists are here, for those of you who also get it:

11/21:
-LPC
-Paradigm
-Fuel
-Present/Infant
-Smiling Underneath
-Here for now
-Red Letter Year
-Napoleon
-Nicotine
-The Atom
-Promiscuity
-Everest
-Splinter
-Alla This
-November 4
-Landing Gear
-Gravel
==
-Every state line
-Overlap


11/22:
-God's Country
-Paradigm
-Swan Dive
-Smiling Underneath
-Back, Back, Back
-Untouchable Face
-'Round a Pole
-Emancipated Minor
-As Is
-The Atom
-Present/Infant
-Promiscuity
-Way Tight
-Alla This
-November 4
-Splinter
-Shameless
==
-Both hands
-Hypnotized

1 comment:

gjclimer said...

You just used "people who saw Rent more than 150 times" as the benchmark of not absurd.

Wow. I can't think of a single witty thing to say in response. That's how dumbfounded i am.