September 26, 2001
House of Blues · Las Vegas, NV
12 songs2 segues3 sets
Set 1Morph Dusseldorf, Astronaut > The Very Moon* > Floes*, Pat and Dex
Set 2The Tunnel★*, Mulberry's Dream★*, And the Ladies Were the Rest of the Night, Spy, Spacebirdmatingcall*, Floodlights
Encore 1Frog Legs
Footnotes
The Very Moon - Solid, mostly type one, Very funk jam, which builds to a glorious crescendo before melting into Floes.
Floes - Another strong fall 2001 version. A spacey groove develops organically out of the song, settles into a marching dub theme, and moves just as smoothly back into the ending.
The Tunnel - The Tunnel, like Spacebird, is written in an odd time signature, and the band took a while to get comfortable exploring beyond the confines of the song. This version is for The Tunnel what 5/8/01 was for Spacebird—the first to break the song’s confines. Sammy settles into a standard four on the floor, and Magner crafts a compelling atmospheric theme over it.
Mulberry's Dream - A rare type two jam in Barber’s solo, in which he plays minimalistically and allows Magner to craft a hauntingly familiar theme. This procession moves very naturally into dub-tinged territory before building to the searing peak.
Spacebirdmatingcall - After some Tunnel teases, the band departs Spacebird territory immediately. The first theme is tense and brooding, although short lived. It recedes into more ambient territory and begins to build, very steadily, back to Spacebird territory.
Setlist data from the Biscuits Internet Project (discobiscuits.net).