October 31, 2000
Trax · Charlottesville, VA
13 songs6 segues3 sets
Set 1Chemical Warfare Brigade, Mindless Dribble★* > Little Betty Boop > Floodlights* > Little Betty Boop* > Voices Insane
Set 2Spaga, Floes, Jam > The Big Happy > Munchkin Invasion, Cherub Rock*
Encore 1Run Like Hell
Footnotes
Mindless Dribble - An absolute masterpiece, and contender for the best Dribble of all time. The main jam begins unassumingly, with a repeating synth line over a backdrop of mostly ambient noodling. The rhythm is pretty standard, but Sammy tosses in an occasional breakbeat measure or two. As the Dribble hits come in after a few minutes, Barber takes on more of a leading role, laying down a very catchy repeating riff. After settling into a more mellow passage, the jam begins to build to a crescendo. Sammy’s drumming becomes thunderous, Barber’s playing becomes more ominous, and Magner’s synths take on the quality of drills boring holes into your skull. After a fakeout of the ending, the jam breaks down completely into a second, thoroughly type two theme. Magner crafts a tense atmosphere with a very subtle synth effect. After a further breakdown, Barber takes the lead. He utilizes the muted distortion to great effect, and shortly afterward Magner switches to a heavily electronic synth, reminiscent of a laser beam. After about 4 minutes, Barber switches back to a more regular effect, and builds up to a devastating Dribble ending.
The outro jam features liberal acid synth usage, and toes the line between creepy and uplifting, until a tense breakdown places it firmly in creepy territory. Barber’s riffs take on a decidedly more melancholy quality as Magner’s synths become more foreboding. Sammy begins to increase the tempo, and Magner moves to a more distorted synth effect, as the jam approaches Boop territory.
Floodlights - The jam starts off unassumingly, but by the middle the band, led by Magner, finds an infectiously catchy theme. The band builds from this theme into a more triumphant passage, which peaks and begins to build back up to Boop.
Setlist data from the Biscuits Internet Project (discobiscuits.net).