02/18/03 - Tokyo, Japan @ Akasaka Blitz

QUOTES

[100 seconds of noise]
T: "1 2 3 4"
- Disconnection Notice
T: "Alright."
- Bull in the Heather
L: "This is called 'Eric's Trip'."
T: "Ready!"
- Eric's Trip
T: "(singing) 'Back in the saddle again'...You guys like Aerosmith? No? [laughs] They're like a New England thing, New Hampshire rock. Aerosmith. [?] talk like Joe Perry. Cool it."
L: "We're doing the '1 2 3 4'?"
[not exactly sure what happens here, either Thurston or a crowd member starts shouting in a weird voice and people laugh]
L: "It's on my set list dude!"
- 1234
[thurston attempts to segue into 'empty page' but is way out of tune]
L: "Whoa!"
- The Empty Page
T: "Thank you. We got a little problem here. (singing) 'Problem...' [sounds like others join in off mic]"
K: "Maybe if it was actually working."
T: "You guys enjoying the punk renaissance? [off mic chatter - sounds like Kim's gear isn't working, Lee or Jim is responding to Thurston] Punk! Renaissance! Remember Renaissance? They [?] punk."
L: "The pomegranate renaissance?"
T: "Remember that band Renaissance? White. Bird. Was that them?"
L: "No. Who did that song "White Bird"?"
T: "The joy of cooking?"
J: "White Bird?"
L: "(singing) In a golden cage..."
T: "I'm sorry, who did 'White Bird'?"
L: "We're trying to figure it out."
T: "Oh, It's A Beautiful Day. I'm sorry I don't have my mainstream prog credentials. This is the freeform part of the show. You okay?Just checking. You guys thirsty? That's easy for you to say. 1 2 3 4."
- Rain on Tin
T: "Busted frets."
L: "Busted frets in Baton Rouge."
K: "K this is called 'Plastic Sun'." [quick 'Plastic Sun' false start] "Plastic fingers!"
T: "Busted brain."
S?: "Alright, let's give it to em, 1 2..."
- Plastic Sun
- The Burning Spear
- Karenology
- Kissability
- Kool Thing
Kim's "Kool Thing" spiel: "Hey Kool Thing, c'mere. There's something I gotta ask you. Don't be shy, sit down beside me. I just wanna know, what are you gonna do for me? Are you gonna liberate us girls from male white corporate oppression? Fear of a female planet. Yeah that's right baby. I mean, I wanna know why...I wanna know why, why girls feel like they have to show their breasts on the cover of Rolling Stone becuz you know, it's not like their record company told them to do it. But they know if they do it they'll sell more records. It's genetically encoded. But I just want you to know that hey, we can still be friends."
K: "Thanks."
- White Kross
[indistinct stage chatter]
L: "Don't stop it yet, don't stop!"
[more chatter under building noise]
- Sympathy for the Strawberry [w. 2'45" noise intro]
K: "Thanks a lot, thanks for coming out."
[encore break]
L: "You know they're gonna tear this place down!" [someone in crowd: "tonight?"] "Not tonight!"
- Mariah Carey and the Arthur Doyle Hand Cream
L: "Go ahead."
- Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style
K: "Thanks a lot."
[encore break]
- 100%
K: "Thanks again."

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