October 19, 2007

-Lovin' the 1st set, especially the ~>Shem~>Buddha and the transition into Liquid Handcuffs, which is my favorite version hands down Charlie Brown...terrific. -Spaga is way above average. -Triumph's got it going on. the ending jam(last half of song) is heavenly as it melts into the inverted Astronaut.

• 'Astronaut' is no all-timer but such a solid take that it cannot be dismissed. At around 16 minutes in a Magner led charge lays down a nice keyboard cavalry while Barber plays rhythm, this is a huge Magner moment in this show, really good playing. It sounds like a possible 'I-Man' situation is developing but it doesn't. -The 42 is downright evil. It is very well played with Allen & Brownie really getting galactic. One of the better ones from this period alongside other incredible "42's":: Camp Day 1 '08 out of an inverted Boop ; 2009-04-18 & 2017-06-01 to name a few. -This is a great show but it would have reached epic status if they didn't run out of steam so to say from 7-11 onwards until the end. There are excellent jams in a few spots there but nothing like the previous inspiration (IMO) ~ :::::Teases::::: -Spaga - "Great Gig In The Sky" opening tease -Triumph - "Dazed & Confused" & "Over The Hills And Far Away" teaser jams + "Fool In The Rain" tease around 1/4 way in (forgot timestamp) -42 - "Astronaut" tease ~ Strain For The Brain. A perfect sativa to help the Biscuits' soul to take vacancy in your spirit: [MAUI WOWIE] an old favorite that never disappoints. Huge positive head high. Happy nugs lead to tasty hugs.

ps - I remember seeing Barber on that midi keyboard and doing absolutely nothing with it lol. A hugely entertaining Monty Python moment...Mr.Mags "hold my beer, darling"

Biscuits Lesson # 16:: “Fitting in is about assessing a situation and becoming who you need to be to be accepted. Belonging, on the other hand, doesn't require us to change who we are; it requires us to be who we are.”

peace.

The jam out of Floodlights is a much more rock oriented jam, but they kinda kill this. Barber has some absolutely marvelous lead riffs here. In particular, the riff at 9:47 is beautiful. Really interesting, well-played, and not trying to do too much. Great stuff. The jam out of Shem-Rah features Barber on the MIDI keyboard, and while he doesn’t really add anything useful at all, the stuff that Magner does here more than makes up for Barber’s uselessness. Magner uses the “siren” lead from the 06/30/07 I-Man that I adore so much, and (not surprisingly) comes up with a brilliant odyssean lead. The Buddha jam doesn’t move me all that much. Barber has a few really cool leads, but overall this just didn’t do a lot for me beyond that. There were times I felt like this was on the cusp of greatness, but never really got there. The Liquid Handcuffs jam begins with a pretty straightforward DNB jam. The band is cacophonous and disorganized, and this feels like it’s headed for disaster. Ironically, Barber jumping on the MIDI keyboard is what settles the band here. What results is an absolutely phenomenal, interesting bit of interplay between Marc, Aron, and Barber. Allen even gets in on the action with some great e-drum work. This is what their DNB jams should try to be. This is brilliant, and probably my favorite version of Liquid Handcuffs. This transforms flawlessly (and beautifully) into major key territory into the ending of Bazaar Escape. Great stuff. First Spaga jam starts off as mostly forgettable DNB, but has a great little interlude section where the band drops to half-time and has an uptempo reggae feel to the jam. This is really neat, and frankly I wish they would have expanded more here.

The Triumph jam has two distinctly different jams. The first is a 5-6 minute long uptempo dance jam that has some wonderful guitar work from Barber, and interesting interplay from Magner. Then it feels like they’re going to drop into Astronaut, only for them to pull back and play a 7-minute Astronaut ending jam. Okay then. This is really solid, but feel like it could have been better if they had just charged right into the Astronaut ending. The first portion of this jam has shade of Blissco. There is a very short SITA jam that goes basically nowhere. However, the jam out of Astronaut into 42 is absolutely incredible. When people talk about the Duntzgeon, this is what they’re talking about. Dark, unrelenting, digital, dirty, and feels like the band might never stop playing this creepy theme. Awesome, awesome stuff. The 42 jam winds up much the same way. This is a little less dark, and more just kind of ethereal and hypnotic. Great stuff from Magner, and Barber on the MIDI actually adds some interesting textures here. Still, this is basically all Magner. Technically there is an “outro” jam after 42 into the beginning of 7-11. This is really just like 2 minutes of Barber/Magner playing noise. Not a lot going on here, and as much as I normally dig these, this one just doesn’t do it for me. 7-11 has a very short “towel” jam, and an extended trance jam out into Waves. Neither of these is memorable (certainly not compared to the rest of the night). The final 3 jams (Reactor, Memphis 1, and Memphis 2) similarly pale in comparison with the rest of this absolutely stellar show.

Highlights: Floodlights*, SRB*, Liquid Handcuffs**, Spaga, Triumph**, Astronaut (2**), 42**