03/23/89 - London, England @ Kilburn National Ballroom

QUOTES

T: "What do you wanna do? We're not gonna start until everybody is on stage! There's only one bouncer. [laughs] But I'm sure he could kick my ass, so...This guy's um..."
L: "We have mellow bouncers."
K: "1 2 3 4!"
- Brother James
T: "I broke a string. At least when we [?] tune up I'll play something."
["Close To You" by the Carpenters plays]
K: "Could I have more light?"
["We've Only Just Begun" by the Carpenters plays]
T: "Alright sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. There's three Spacemen 3 t-shirts in the front."
L: "Let's go man, let's go!"
T: "That's pretty, pretty mystic. This song is called 'The Wonder'."
- The Wonder [segue into "Hyperstation"]
- Hyperstation
T: "Hey it's Epic Soundtracks' birthday today! Happy birthday Ep."
L: "And uh, since he's tripping, this next song goes out to him tonight. Cuz he's in Texas. This is called 'Eric's Trip'. He's with Mike Watt."
- Eric's Trip
["We've Only Just Begun" by the Carpenters plays]
- Candle
T: "Thanks! What? [??]"
- Kissability
["We've Only Just Begun" by the Carpenters plays]
- The Sprawl
- 'Cross the Breeze
T: "[?] WHAT?? I agree. [??]" [briefly plays proper intro to "Teenage Riot"] "This song is about teenagers from Mars."
- Teen Age Riot [no intro]
T: "Is this kid, is he alright? Are you alright dude? You look kinda like your head might be in the clouds. [?] Aren't you the human pillow? This song is [??] for you. Hey [??] man!"
L: "This is called 'Hey Joni'."
- Hey Joni
["We've Only Just Begun" by the Carpenters plays]
L: "Is that kid gonna stage dive or what?"
T: "What? You from Alabama?"
L: "You gotta touch this guy, he's sick!"
T: "He called you a fucking...This song is called 'White Kross'."
- White Kross
T: "Who's that mohawk man? You know um, we could either, we should uh...I broke all the strings on this guitar for like the last song. Improvise."
K: "Thurston, do you wanna do [?]? Okay."
[band confers onstage but can not be heard on the video]
T: "Yeah I have to improvise! What? Yeah I wish. You wish! I'm gonna need some notes."
L: "We asked the bouncers to cool it, so I don't know if that'll make any difference."
T: "Gimme an E! O! Can I have an um, G#? Somebody? Alright. [??] Alright! Enough!"
K: "This is just as boring for us as it is for you, I'm sorry."
T: "I always wanted to do that in front of 2000 people. We never said we were professional. You wanna take, you wanna take pictures? Okay. We'll pose! Do you want us to pose? [?] This song is called 'I Am the King of the Posers'."
- Expressway
T: "Thanks."
[encore break]
["Providence" tape plays through encore break]
- Silver Rocket
K: "Thanks a lot!"
[encore break]
T: "What time's the tube stop? Midnight? Hey Lee, you should...Lee! You should use Steve's guitar. Or tune [?]"
L: "I don't wanna!"
T: "What?"
L: [sarcastically in response to crowd shout] "That is so gay!"
T: "Oh I'll just use Kim's bass. I'll use Kim's bass. [??] Hey!"
?: "You son of a bitch!"
T: "Ladies and gentlemen, Iggy Pop! How's it going man?"
?: "You son of a bitch!"
T: "What's new in Detroit?"
Matt Lukin: "Killdozer, Killdozer! We got the guys from Killdozer here, let's give em a big hand. Those drunken [?] son of a bitches."
T: "Give me some power."
Matt Lukin: "Let's get em out here to help me out here!"
T: "Some bass power."
Matt Lukin: "Can't do this by myself, you son of a bitch."
T: "Fuck you Lee! Sounds good."
Matt Lukin?: "Let's get some more [?] Where's [???]"
T: "Mudhoney! Hey Steve, get your fuckin' ass out here!"
[Lee and Matt can be seen talking to but are drowned out by guitar feedback]
Matt Lukin: "Where's the little funny guy at? Where's Mike?"
T: [with accent] "That cat right there man. That cat right there man." [laughs]
L: "[???]"
Matt Lukin: "[?]"
T: [with accent] "I'd like to thank the Hell's Angels who just hit our guitar player [?]"
L: "It's a bad scene!"
T: "Epic Soundtracks! What the fuck is going on??"
[more people talking but tuning and distortion makes it hard to discern]
L: "I'm sorry, I'm being balled out by my dad."
?: "You [?] son of a bitch!"
L: "He's already mad at me. I didn't take out the garbage. Now my fucking guitar's not working!"
Matt Lukin: "Hey Dan! What about that hitchhiker girl? Dan! Dan!"
Mark Arm: "We're [???] no no, fuck him, this is a waste of time, let's just...I'm sorry, this is stupid, this is stupid."
K: "Carpenters please!"
- I Wanna Be Yr Dog [w. members of Mudhoney + Killdozer]
["Top of the World" by the Carpenters plays]

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