Ben Kweller

[you be betty]

anyone making the trek thursday night?  i'm excited.

[Lamb007]

Kicking around the idea but with shows on Fri, Sat, and Sun, not sure I have enough spunk to make it a 4 way. Kweller is always a good show. Played a couple of new songs at Lollapalooza this summer that sounded fantastic.

[challenged]

Originally posted by you be betty:
  anyone making the trek thursday night?  i'm excited.

$20 seems steep.  No new material.

[you be betty]

nothing is steep for Ben Kweller.  this might be noted by my username.  i love that man with every fiber of my being.
 
 
 it's a rough week for me too, though, i'm definitely going to like two or three shows and not getting any sleep due to other things...yikes

[you be betty]

PS there is some kid in the area that i spotted at a Ratatat show who looks JUST LIKE BEN...we were almost convinced it was him, but he was a bit too tall.  insane.  i hope he's at the show tomorrow night; i really do.  it'll be a party.

[Driveway]

I'll be there.  I think I saw Ben 4 times on the Sha Sha tour and then just once with Death Cab on the 'last tour.'  Can't wait.  What time will he go on?

[you be betty]

8pm doors, Ben is supposed to be on at 10...

[eilo97]

anyone want to report a setlist?  i couldn't go but am curious about what he's playing these days.

[Driveway]

mostly stuff from sha sha.  he did hospital bed and on my way from the second album... and bk baby, problems and 3 new songs.  
 
 he was good solo, but needs a band to be GREAT.  I hope I never hear another note from that opening guy ever again.

[you be betty]

yeah!  it was crazy!
 
 haha, i was the one that requested hospital bed...i especially loved when he fudged the lyrics.  on multiple occasions.  hee.
 
 let me see what i can remember.  
 he opened with BK Baby
 
 other songs he played (out of order):
 Commerce
 Sha Sha
 Hospital Bed
 Problems
 Family Tree
 Lizzy
 2 or 3 new songs...i know one of them was called Run...
 Falling (i think)
 The Rules (this mighta been part of the encore)
 
 some more that i don't remember  off the top of my head...
 
 the encore started with In Other Words and he closed the set with Wasted...i don't remember if there was something in between there or not.
 
 anyway, it was great!  i'll have pictures and videos probably by tomorrow or something, if anyone wants just send a PM...

[eilo97]

Originally posted by you be betty:
  yeah!  it was crazy!
 
 haha, i was the one that requested hospital bed...i especially loved when he fudged the lyrics.  on multiple occasions.  hee.
 
 let me see what i can remember.  
 he opened with BK Baby
 
 other songs he played (out of order):
 Commerce
 Sha Sha
 Hospital Bed
 Problems
 Family Tree
 Lizzy
 2 or 3 new songs...i know one of them was called Run...
 Falling (i think)
 The Rules (this mighta been part of the encore)
 
 some more that i don't remember  off the top of my head...
 
 the encore started with In Other Words and he closed the set with Wasted...i don't remember if there was something in between there or not.
 
 anyway, it was great!  i'll have pictures and videos probably by tomorrow or something, if anyone wants just send a PM...

ah sounds like it was amazing!  i'm so jealous :-(  i'm sorry you had to see michael tolcher... i saw him opening for someone last year and was less than impressed.