02/07/99 - Brussels, Belgium @ Ancienne Belgique

QUOTES

- Cotton Crown
T: "Thanks a lot. Uh, we haven't really played that song in about, a good, uh, a good few years. We thought we'd try it tonight anyways, so thanks! Um, we're called The Sonic Youth and we come from New York City and it's nice to be here, back in Brussels!"
- French Tickler
L: "Thanks a lot. This is another oldie. This is called 'Eric's Trip'."
- Eric's Trip
T: "Thank you very much ladies and gentlemen. It was a beautiful Sunday here in Belgium, I don't know if any of you got out today but it was um, it was wonderful. Um, it would snow, then it would stop, then it would start snowing again, and it would stop. And uh...I didn't know what to do! Thank God for Mannekin Pis, cuz he never stops. I took my four-year-old daughter over there and she didn't want to see it, she had no interest. I drived her over there and she, uh, she said, um, 'You're right, it is beautiful.' This is for her, and all the other kids, this is called 'Wildflower'."
- Wildflower Soul
T: "Got your dobro on bro? Dobro bro? This song..."
- Bull in the Heather
K: "Thank you."
T: "Thanks. Um. Wow. That's an arcane [?]. Here's an appropriate number called 'Sunday'."
- Sunday
T: "Good catch [?]. Good catch! I was admiring [?] Gentle, yet firm. Um, [?] This is a song called 'Schizophrenia'."
- Schizophrenia
T: "[???] a tissue? Nevermind!"
K: "Uh, this song is called 'Female Mechanic Now On Duty'. Except Thurston always forgets to blow his nose, cuz he's so excited to come on stage and play." [Kim starts song but nobody joins in]
T: "Sorry, I'm sorry! [??]"
- Female Mechanic Now On Duty
T: "'Tom Violence'."
- Tom Violence
T: "[??] Uh, this song is called 'The Ineffable Me'."
- The Ineffable Me
T: "Destroy all record companies! This song is called 'Sugar Kane'. 1..."
- Sugar Kane
T: "Thank you very much, goodnight everybody!"
[encore break]
T: "What's up? Okay, hand...hand check. That's what they used to say at my school, hand check [?]. [laughs] I got a, I caught a bad cold in Paris. That's like a Joni Mitchell song. Don't go to Brasserie Lipp."
- Shadow of a Doubt
L: [over intro of "Karen Koltrane"] "This is called 'Karen Koltrane'."
- Karen Koltrane
- Death Valley '69 [with 10'30" noise outro including Kim spoken word]

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