I just got back from the Dismemberment Plan show. It was pretty great. They played for about two hours, which covered practically everything on Emergency & I and Change. The atmosphere was also pretty good(not surprising considering the show sold out in 4 minutes apparently).

Um...DETAILS, PLEASE?!

Yes please list some details. The Plan are one of my all time favorite artists and it killed me that this show sold out so quickly. Were there any differences in the live renditions of any songs? Did they play "Time Bomb" or "Spider In the Snow" or "Ice of Boston"? So many questions!

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Did they play "Time Bomb" or "Spider In the Snow" or "Ice of Boston"?

Yes, yes, and yes.

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Were there any differences in the live renditions of any songs?

The songs were instantly recognizable. He changed the delivery a tiny bit on certain parts of some songs, but in general I would still say they sounded pretty identical to how they sounded on the albums.

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Um...DETAILS, PLEASE?!

Yeah, sorry, I would've given more details last night but I was exhausted, moderately drunk, and I didn't know that anyone would care:

As expected, the crowd was pretty much packed with fans who knew all of the songs pretty well. It might be my own skewed perception(I know and like Emergency & I the best), but it seemed like place lit up the most when they played Emergency & I songs. Off the top of my head, I particularly remember the place exploding during(not surprisingly) "What Do You Want Me To Say", "The City", and "You Are Invited" from Emergency & I and also "Time Bomb" and "Ice of Boston". During "The City", several girls jumped on stage and started dancing. It was cool(if not moderately awkward). Exploding is also kind of a relative term, because the place was rollicking the whole time. The first encore started with "Ice of Boston" I believe, and during that song there had to have been at least 25 people climb onto the stage. I couldn't spot anyone in the band at that point besides Travis. I was astounded that seemingly everybody who climbed onto the stage knew every single word to the song. It was pretty impressive.

Anyways, as I said before, they hit almost everything on Emergency & I(except I think Memory Machine may have been a notable exception). They hit probably a little more than half of Change. It seemed like the band was having a blast, and they sounded great(definitely didn't seem like they were playing for the first time in four years). There was at least one pirate joke... "What's a pirates favorite vegetable? Arrrrtichoke". During "Girl O'Clock", Travis had to sit on the bassist's lap, because one of their keyboards was broken. They played probably four or five songs on the encore and then two or three more on the second. Anyways, I'm just rambling randomly now, so I'll wrap this up.

All in all, it was a really fantastic show. Definitely one of the best I've been to recently. They played from 11:30 until about 1:30. Rather than going into details on the order of songs, I'll see if I can find a set list. Any other questions?

Oh, and just FYI... I think frequently you can buy face value tickets to the show if you go there. For example, I had an extra ticket that I unloaded, and there was another stranger trying to unload one of his tickets. It wasn't like there were throngs of people trying to get tickets, so I think the odds would have been in your favor. Also, indie rock concert goers don't strike me as the type to charge you more than face value.

It didn't take very long to find the set list:

http://www.last.fm/user/TheMaestro21/journal/2007/04/30/409635/

Did anyone see the pitchfork review of that show? It was the worst written piece of work I've seen in a long time - read like a gifted 7th grader wrote it.

Yeah, I saw that review. I dunno, I thought he captured the show fairly well. Then again, if I've demonstrated nothing else in my time here, it should be that I'm a piss-poor writer myself, so I don't consider myself one to judge.

and now that I think of it, it was a pretty affecting version of spider in the snow.

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The circumstances of the reunion kept there from being too much pressure on the band.

To be honest, really I just saw this sentence, wanted to scream and couldn't finish reading it.

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Originally posted by vitunkrapula:

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The circumstances of the reunion kept there from being too much pressure on the band.

To be honest, really I just saw this sentence, wanted to scream and couldn't finish reading it.

Ah, I shouldn't reply, I know I shouldn't. This is against my better judgment. Just let it slide MajorNougat. Why do I care about defending pitchfork anyways? Ahhh, Screw it.

First of all, so you made a sweeping generalization about an entire article based on one debatable statement in the second paragraph?

Second, while the point the author made was debatable, I don't think he was necessarily incorrect. I mean, it was a show for charity. They didn't take home a dollar for the show. Certainly there was still pressure considering it was their first show in four years, but you would have to think the pressure would've been greater if they'd charged 50$ a ticket and were pocketing 75% of the proceeds, right?

Third, if you really want to take issue with the article, take issue with the second to last line:
"The opening lyric of that song is 'The only thing worse than bad memories/ Is no memories at all.' Fortunately, those aren't our only options, and they certainly weren't at these shows."
I'll admit it's kind of a corny way to finish, but whatever.

Anyways, once again, I'll state for the record that I'm possibly one of the worst people on here to judge someone's writing skills, so maybe the article was poorly written. I'll get off your case now.

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Originally posted by MajorNougat:

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Originally posted by vitunkrapula:

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The circumstances of the reunion kept there from being too much pressure on the band.

To be honest, really I just saw this sentence, wanted to scream and couldn't finish reading it.

Ah, I shouldn't reply, I know I shouldn't. This is against my better judgment. Just let it slide MajorNougat. Why do I care about defending pitchfork anyways? Ahhh, Screw it.

First of all, so you made a sweeping generalization about an entire article based on one debatable statement in the second paragraph?

Second, while the point the author made was debatable, I don't think he was necessarily incorrect. I mean, it was a show for charity. They didn't take home a dollar for the show. Certainly there was still pressure considering it was their first show in four years, but you would have to think the pressure would've been greater if they'd charged 50$ a ticket and were pocketing 75% of the proceeds, right?

Third, if you really want to take issue with the article, take issue with the second to last line:
"The opening lyric of that song is 'The only thing worse than bad memories/ Is no memories at all.' Fortunately, those aren't our only options, and they certainly weren't at these shows."
I'll admit it's kind of a corny way to finish, but whatever.

Anyways, once again, I'll state for the record that I'm possibly one of the worst people on here to judge someone's writing skills, so maybe the article was poorly written. I'll get off your case now.

No - you're right. I wasn't trying to argue against you - it was a hasty generalization and I realized that upon revisiting the article. But I was in a bit of a rush when I replied, so I didn't explain myself.

The second to last line also bugged me.

Don't get me wrong - I love the D-Plan and that they're still playing reasonably priced shows after they've called it quits. It's just that those couple lines really coulda shoulda been edited. It would have taken maybe 5-10 minutes to reword those bits.