January 27, 1999

Rec Room · Towson, MD

13 songs3 segues3 sets

Set 1The Overture, Once the Fiddler Paid, Helicopters* > Run Like Hell* > Helicopters*, Magellan

Set 2Little Betty Boop > Aquatic Ape, Little Shimmy in a Conga Line, Mulberry's Dream, Above the Waves, Hot Air Balloon

Footnotes

Helicopters - A great early Helicopters jam which begins with Magner playing around with a very digital synth. Barber noodles for a bit but locks into a great theme with Magner around 4:30. They build on this theme for most of the jam, but it breaks down by the ten minute mark and rebuilds into an excellent Run Like Hell intro

Run Like Hell - In contrast to the jam into it, the jam out of Run Like Hell sees Magner make liberal use of the 1998 synths. The early part of the jam sounds not unlike the 12/30/98 Nughuffer jam. Barber's playing is very minimalist and atmospheric; it is Magner who leads the way at first. Barber becomes more involved around the 13 minute mark, and joins in a chaotic breakdown of the previous theme from 14-16 minutes. From out of this chaos Barber leads the band into a gorgeous Helicopters peak

Helicopters - A strong bookend to the Helicopters > Run Like Hell > Helicopters sandwich

Setlist data from the Biscuits Internet Project (discobiscuits.net).