From: owner-edheads-digest@efohio.com (edheads-digest) To: edheads-digest@smoe.org Subject: edheads-digest V5 #148 Reply-To: edheads@efohio.com Sender: owner-edheads-digest@efohio.com Errors-To: owner-edheads-digest@efohio.com Precedence: bulk edheads-digest Sunday, July 7 2002 Volume 05 : Number 148 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Lyle and Julia ["Ron Rosen" ] FRFF suggestion--- [Just1duk@aol.com] 95 Degrees in the Town Square... [Matthew Sheren Subject: Lyle and Julia Lyle Lovett is on Sessions at West 54th on Trio right now doing If I had A Boat even as I type. And Julia Roberts married a camera man yesterday. Coincidence? I don't think so. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2002 01:13:14 EDT From: Just1duk@aol.com Subject: FRFF suggestion--- I don't think I saw very fine funeral---- It's such an awesome song you gotta have it Luv, Ducki PS-- Happy 5th everyone! The best day in the world!! God bless the USA! ___________________ * * * * * * * * *___________________ * * * * * * * * ___________________ * * * * * * * * *___________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2002 19:09:55 -0400 From: Matthew Sheren Subject: 95 Degrees in the Town Square... ...94 in the dell. Two shows in two days, a treat for us central New Jersey Edheads. I clocked out of work right at 6:00 on Tuesday, had my mother meet me at work (a non-concert going Edhead until this week), and barrelled down Route 1 and I-95 towards Exton, PA, usually a 70-minute trip, for a concert set to begin in 58 minutes. 63 (woohoo!) minutes later, I nestled Youppi into an Eagleview parking spot just as the Kennedys strummed their first chords. We claimed a spot on the Eagleview Town Square right behind the crest of the lawn, making for some slightly difficult viewing, and tried to be as comfortable as we could in the stifling, hazy, blechy air. EFO took the stage at 7.57, opening with Old Dominion. Stupid American and Number 6 Driver followed, in a very professional, but unremarkable fashion. Nobody (not even Julie) was smiling, and there was a noticeable lack of banter, save for plugging the show in Media in September, and a tad about the Philadelphia and Falcon Ridge Festivals. Following on, Best of Me, and Great Day, which had a group of 10 or 12 kids in tie-dye at the back of the crowd waay too excited to be hearing the song. Robbie threw in a line about singing it to Exton and Philadelphia, which went well over the crowd's collective head. Quick, Imagine Me, Farmer Brown (aside from the merch table crew, I was a lonely Joe in the middle). Irish Dream, Eddie's Drum Solo (which drew the biggest applause of the night), and Candido. After that, someone (I think Julie), announced that Exton had a strict noise ordinance, and that the concert would have to end right now (well, after an Operator with a really great outro). Offstage at 8.58, and the crowd reception was politely warm, but nothing that even approached enthusiastic. Between the noise ordinance promising to make the show short, and the heat index well over 100, the lack of shade or breezes anywhere in the venue wasn't pleasant for the crowd, and we were just sitting there. I'm sure it wasn't at all conducive for four performers to give their hearts out like they wanted to. They remained on for an encore, bringing up the Kennedys to join them and sing Down to the River (Julie: We're going to have to be really quick about this). Problem was, Pete and Maura didn't know the words! Pete stood at stage Eddie, rocking back and forth, while Maura just gazed longingly at Mike (aren't we all). For the choruses, Mike whispered the key word to Maura who made an effort, but it looked a lil' funny. The 9pm noise ordinance really put a damper on things, and two songs were on the setlist but would up cut from the show (Don't Think Twice after Irish Dream and Eddie's Concubine after Candido). After the show, I went up to Mike (this was behind the stage, there was no meet and greet) and requested From Dacca, my favourite EFO song, the first one that I'd ever heard, but had gone 0-4 in shows up to that point. Mike said he'd put it in the request bin, and that it was good to mix things up every so often. As we walked back to the car, my mother made a quip about the concert being equal to the drive, which was strangely appropriate seeing as how I drove 5 hours from Montreal to Somerville, MA for (among other things) a show that didn't let out until 11:45. As we also walked back to the car, we heard ice cream truck music, but with nary an ice cream truck in sight. We figured it was just the background soundtrack to this contrivedly idyllic neighbourhood (complete with logo water bottles), pre-planned to postmodern perfection with an office park, community, and town square right in the middle. The next night began much the same way. Left work right at 6, but Haddon Heights is only 45 minutes from Princeton, and the concert wasn't due to start until 7:30. We got there nice and early, and found that McLaughlin-Norcross Memorial Dell was more of an ampitheatre, so we left the blanket in the car, and picked out the 6th row, on the aisle. Kennedys were better this time, and invited EFO up to help out on Just Like Henry David. EFO went on at 8.16, and opened with Robbie's extended into to Woman of Faith, and then Eddie's featured intro to Loitering in the Lobby. A bit about being 'tuckered' (Mike: Mothertuckered!) led into Number 6 Driver. Mike then asked if anyone had been there the night before, my mother raised her forearm, I cheered wildly for the .4 seconds that it took me to realize that no one else was cheering. Mike said something about 'both of you,' and then mentioned that the next song had been requested the night before... From Dacca! (Thank you Mike!) Hey Little Man (singular... don't tell Liam, he might get swell-headed on his brother), Quick, and a story about how the Constitution was designed to keep down women led into Mesolithic. 1,000 Sarahs, Atlantic (dedicated to someone's birthday - someone at the merch table, probably on this list, sorry that I forgot her name), Tommy the Canexican (second Mike song), and then the Drum Solo with Candido afterwards. Another Eddie intro, this time for Irish Dream (with a story somewhere in there about Julie swallowing a fly and then horking it up onstage [Mike: shock folk - Julie: bulima-folk]). As they started the final banter, a town fireworks display started somewhere near us (behind the audience), and the explosions were punctuating the stories in a very amusing fashion. Julie starts Old Dominion, with the background of pyrotechnics fitting nicely into the 'fireworks of fall' line. Offstage at 9.33, after a very satisfying, well-mixed, energtic, delightful, and full 77 minute, 14 song set. Despite the still-stifling heat (97 and humid), this venue was shaded, and although it was still extremely hot, the atmosphere was better for a show (and Mike's Yuengling jokes kept it cool, too). An encore of America the Beautiful finished this third of July (celebration's starting?) show perfectly, with the fireworks still going off in the background. After the show, I thanked Mike for fulfilling my request, and it seemed he was just as appreciative that I had gone to both of the shows. Even though the weather wasn't the greatest, EFO yet again showed their talent and energy to make for a superb concert experience. My mother was taken aback by how wonderful the shows were, and now *she's* bugging me to go to Rockwood next Sunday for the show there. To Julie, Mike, Eddie, and Robbie (Bob the Soundman, too); thank you for two more chances to experience the best show around. Matthew :) ------------------------------ End of edheads-digest V5 #148 *****************************