September 12, 2001
Newport Music Hall · Columbus, OH
11 songs1 segues3 sets
Set 2M.E.M.P.H.I.S.* > Sound One★*, Crickets*, Spy, Basis for a Day★*
Encore 1Frog Legs
Footnotes
Svenghali - Somber dnb with a stronger-than-average moody Magner theme before the usual triumphant peak.
Humuhumunukunukuapua'a - This shortlist best-ever contender builds on the success of the 9/2 version. Magner pushes the traditional bliss vehicle into darker and darker territory until Barber brings it all home.
M.E.M.P.H.I.S. - The best M.E.M.P.H.I.S. jam since the spring tour is distinctly fall 99 flavored. Like the jams from that era, it is a delicately layered series of groove themes (replete with pan flute patch) that lumber towards the massive rock god peak.
Sound One - Like every version from September, a contender for best ever. The first theme is both sinister and triumphant, and it ultimately builds to a glorious conclusion, but it does threaten to become bogged down in the middle.
Crickets - The jam follows the typical Crickets blueprint, except for a brief dip into minor key territory shortly before the peak.
Basis for a Day - The intro jam possesses a demonic undercurrent. Magner crafts a haunting theme before Barber begins to build up to the peak, which is thrilling and emotional.
The main jam features the same brooding melancholy of the first. Magner layers on symphonic synth effects and busts out the Gates of Hell synth before the jam returns to major key territory for the Basis peak.
Setlist data from the Biscuits Internet Project (discobiscuits.net).