Midnight Oil

[Powderworks] business cards-song request

nina ninajill73@hotmail.com
Mon, 06 May 2002 12:27:05 -0500


what was the comment about "basement flat"? that's one of two songs i would
request and i was wondering if they even remembered it enough to play it
spontaneously.

nina


on 5/6/02 10:54 AM, Helstad, Jonathan R   APX at HelstJR@HPD.Abbott.com
wrote:

> The box with all the cards was brought back to the green room after the
> show. Some of the crew and I think Peter Garrett briefly looked at the cards
> to see what songs were requested. Later, others used the cards as scrap
> paper to write their phone #, email, etc.. on to give to the band. I think
> the box of cards was left behind when everyone left for Boulder, Colorado at
> 3am. For the record, I requested "Stand in Line".
> 
> "Basement Flat" wasn't picked out of the box- a fan up front yelled for it,
> and Peter made a comment about it, just before "No Time for Games" was
> picked. Can't wait for the July shows! Jon.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kate Adams [mailto:kate@dnki.net]
> Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 5:12 PM
> To: Helstad, Jonathan R APX
> Cc: 'dbrunner@execpc.com'; 'powderworks@cs.colorado.edu'
> Subject: Re: [Powderworks] May 2-3
> 
> 
> So what did they do with all the business cards?
> 
> At 03:41 PM 5/3/02 -0500, Helstad, Jonathan R   APX wrote:
>> The Oils went on at Midnight and played until about 1:45 am. They asked the
>> audience to write a song request on their business card, collected them
>> throughout the night in a box, and when they came out for the encore,
> picked
>> a business card that wanted "No Time for Games". That was the only card
> they
>> picked out of the box to play. I'm too tired to write anything else- made
> it
>> into work today at 745 am. Ah, the miracle that is Mountain Dew! Jon
>> 
>> May 2 HOB Chicago
>> 
>> Been Away Too Long
>> Too Much Sunshine
>> Dreamworld
>> Capricornia
>> Concrete
>> Truganini
>> -----------
>> Luritja
>> Short Memory
>> Now or Never
>> Blue Sky
>> --------------
>> Poets & Slaves
>> Say Your Prayers
>> Golden Age
>> King/River(seg)
>> Strong
>> Dead Heart
>> Redneck
>> 
>> encore
>> 
>> No Time for Games (from the box)
>> Tone Poem
>> Beds
>> Forgotten Years
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dbrunner@execpc.com [mailto:dbrunner@execpc.com]
>> Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 10:18 AM
>> To: Powderworks@cs.colorado.edu
>> Subject: [Powderworks] Anyone have May 2nd Review
>> 
>> 
>> Would anyone like to comment on the May 2nd show?  Setlists?  The
>> Wheel?  What time the Oils started? ect ect.
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> 
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