02/27/99 - NYC, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom

QUOTES

T: "Uh good evening ladies and gentlemen. We're The Sonic Youth from New York City and this is called 'Schizophrenia'."
- Schizophrenia
K: "Thanks. Thanks a lot."
T: "She's fine dude. This is a song called 'Sunday'."
- Sunday
K: "Okay, this song is called 'Female Mechanic Now On Duty'."
- Female Mechanic Now On Duty
L: "Alright. Thank you very much."
T: "This next song is for my friend Eric, God bless him."
L: "Okay. This is 'Eric's Trip'."
- Eric's Trip
L: "Thanks."
- She Is Not Alone
T: "We wrote that song in 1980. This next song was wrote, written, wroten in '98. 'The Ineffable Me'."
- The Ineffable Me
T: "Got your video camera going. [laughs] Did you sneak that in here? Congratulations. This is called 'Sugar Kane' 1 2 3 4"
- Sugar Kane
T: "[?]"
- French Tickler
- Karen Koltrane
L: [over intro of "Karen Koltrane"] "This is called 'Karen Koltrane'."
- Bull in the Heather
K: "Thanks."
T: "This song is for Monica. This is called 'Wildflower'."
- Wildflower Soul
- Hoarfrost [w. 90-second noise intro] [alternate lyrics: "high above like spiders, we watched the colours turning brown / thru the tracks, thru the trees, i took your hand and we knelt down / we're drifting off with the snow, we're up inside the wind / i catch your eyes as we go and you come inside again"]
- Teen Age Riot [final chord held for 3'50"]
T: "Goodnight ladies and gentlemen, thank you."
[encore break]
L: "Thanks a lot everybody, it's great to be here."
- Shadow of a Doubt
K: "Thanks. [?]"
T: "Uh this next song was written for Tom Verlaine, a long time ago. Who uh, I used to follow around, I used to actually stalk, around 1976. [laughs] First time I ever admitted that. This song is called 'Tom Violence'."
- Tom Violence
K: "Okay this is a song called 'Blonde Red Head' by, uh, DNA."
- Blonde Red Head
T: "1 2 3 4!"
- Brother James
T: "Bye! Thanks. Goodnight."

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