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jangle-poets-digest     Saturday, October 19 2002     Volume 04 : Number 124



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  [JP] Gandalf + Kennedys in NYC  [bernadette gallagher <berngallagher@yahoo]

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Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 07:05:56 -0700 (PDT)
From: bernadette gallagher <berngallagher@yahoo.com>
Subject: [JP] Gandalf + Kennedys in NYC

Conehead wrote:
> Finally Bern fell asleep.
April wrote:
Nope... she's at The Kennedys/Gandalf Murphy show
tonight :-) LuckyBern :-)

Yes, I am and yes I was. I finally got to meet Gandalf
in person, they are as easy and cool as I expected
them to be. We got some new songs. A small audience,
but an enthusiastic bunch @ Maker, although they did
not check my bag as someone here claimed they would.
The last Kennedys show @ Makor was the day before
Falcon Ridge 2001, the first time the Kennedys played
w/ Dave and Tracy, so Dave was on their minds of
course. In both sets there was not much chatter.

It was also e.e. cummings birthday, which is
serendipitous b/c the wedding I attended in L.I. over
the weekend had some heavy e.e. quotes in the
ceremony. Maura read a few of e.e.'s poems. She is a
very gifted poetry reader. must be the jeans. :-)

e.e. poem Patchin Place segue into
River of Falling Stars
**Original Sin - new song, very good song. There's a
line 'bout buddhists standing on front of a sheriff
and Sister Rose and Brother Moses
Didn't It Rain
Fortuneteller Road
Can't Kill Hope With A Gun
Bend In The River (P+M say they like to watch the
Mission on mute and just play the soundtrack)
**Dave song, i forget the title, "#92, shining city"
y'all know it. I think it's on drum hat buddha. [from Sheila: It's
"Happytown," indeed from DHB]
P+M talk about Dave a bit, how they met him the last
time they were there and how he'd given them his tape
on 67th St.
**When I Go segued into
Run Red Horses (which Maura claimed was a surprise to
her but which really worked beuatifully both musically
and lyrically
Sea Chanty/Down Down Down
e.e. poem, my notes say "yes by microcosms" and
"merest me"
Sirens, with Pete doing more harmony with Maura than
I'm used to, those ever-morphing Kennedys.
Maura solo on a chair (she rocks)
Get It Right
*encore*
Life Is Large

Gandalf:
<Josiah promised to bring out a few new ones. As he
mentioned at one point "There's this guy on Gandalf
web who keeps telling us that we're always playing it
safe by doing the tried and true stuff that everybody
knows. Seeing as he isn't here this evening, we
thought we'd play some new songs for you.">
Slambovia
Circus
Come To The Mystic - *new song* (J says this is a tip
of the hat to van morrison and hasn't been sung
before)
Genius, request by me, to which Tink warns "if we play
'Genius' there will be a new song you don't get to
hear," but they played it anyway, and then a few new
songs, some of which may be conflated here:
If The Sun Refused To Shine
Better Life
Sullivan Lane (a song about ADD)
**Chinese song* requested by Maura, apparently she
heard them singing it backstage somewhere and wanted
them to sing it live. I hope they do this more often.
It is awesome. I don't know the song's name, but
Josiah gave us a URL, cuijiangonline, thouigh Tink
protested "that's not how he spells it."
She's In Her Own World - new song -"This one's about
Tink and my daughter."
<Someone requested "Alice In Chains"!!! Everyone
cracked up and somehow Josiah was inspired to take off
on a yodel spree, which Tink pretended to be unexcited
about.>
Yodelling
Bike (I can't wait for the new album, which they said
will be appearing SOON!!!)
Little Bit Of Love
<Josiah claimed that Tink wanted them to play more
"sissy songs," and that's why all the new songs are
"sissy songs.">
Sissy Song *new song, title unannounced
Never Fit
*encore*
Alice

Sorry if I got some Gandalf titles wrong. I'm still a
novice, but I will surely travel to see Gandalf again.
It was also fun wearing my Gandalf shirt. Now if only
we could get the Kennedys to make a shirt.

travel safely all,
bern, "maybe I'll hang around a while, just to be
sure..."

Check out the Kennedys' Official Home Page: http://www.KennedysMusic.com/
Fab photos, the Official tour diary, dashboard Buddha haiku, groovy
merchandise...what more could you ask for?

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