bearman: HATE HATE HATE. i was so proud of myself, having nabbed a setlist from the sound tech. was about to post it, but you beat me by a few minutes. oh well, you saved me all that typing
a great show indeed, surpassed my expectations. might make the bottom of my year's top 10, TBD (of course). i was on the floor, about 10-12 feet back, and the sound was amazing - arguably the best i've ever heard the club's PA sound. "j'ai dormi" and "la femme" were killer. the boys on stage were obviously having a good time. main set was about 55 mins, encore (after a mercifully short break) was about 15-20. i hung out by the back alley and got jean-benoit to sign my setlist, he was very nice and approchable (and short!). spoke with the keyboardist/bassist tour musician (right side of the stage - Steve Jones?) as well, who informed me that
Air will be playing the club again in September. you heard it here first.
Kate Havnevik was damn good too, although a tad sedated. sound wasn't as good, resurrect my suspicion that sound tech purposefully make the openers sound bad/a tad worse than the main act. great voice.
i got to the club about 10 minutes before kate hit the stage, hoping to catch a few of kosmo's selections - but he informed me that kate had "walk on music" (correct term?) so i probably didn't hear any of his set. kosmo, do post your set list.
aside: as predicted, the crowd was chatty. grrrr. downright disrespectful during kate's set, spent a good chuck of her set coming up with evil things to do to the yappers (suggestions that won't get me arrested appreciated). low frat-boy content. club about 80-90% full by the time Air hit the stage. seth and rob from thievery hung out on the stage left balcony (was that twangirl with you?)
seth - thanks again for bringing them to the club. a memorable night.
