[adam brinkman]

I too went to both Boulder, Colorado shows.  The kinetics festival was
really fun, maybe too much sunshine, but a great show.  My wife and I
managed to get a spot upfront, which made the excitement even more intense.
The band was great, but like a lot of live shows, the sound wasn't the best.
At the end my wife got a broken drum stick from one of the roadies.  Pretty
cool I must say!

The show at the Boulder Theater (e-town) was my favorite.  It was a small
show, sound was great, I had awesome seats and the crowed was really into
it.  I have never had a better time at a concert.  I do wish we could have
danced a little more, but it was a live taping for the e-town radio show.
Because the show was more of an acoustic performance, the Oils plays some
rare tunes which I have never heard live before.  They played Tin Legs, Now
or Never Land and Short Memory to name a few.  The band that opened for the
Oils was Great Big Sea.  Although a whole world away from each other
(Newfoundland, Canada & Australia), the two bands were a great match.  Both
focused music on their homeland and the environmental issues at hand.  With
a nice tall dark beer, my wife at my side and the band not more than about
15 feet away, this show will be hard to beat!!

Adam Brinkman
----- Original Message -----
From: "Timothy Towns" <towns@us.ibm.com>
To: <powderworks@cs.colorado.edu>
Cc: <gumpadeyo@mindspring.com>; <denni@us.ibm.com>;
<s.kevin@encoremedia.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 9:37 AM
Subject: [Powderworks] Boulder, Co. shows


> I attended both performances here in Boulder over the weekend.
>
> The 5 May (Saturday) show was the Kinetics outdoor event with 30,000 in
> attendance and Dishwalla opening.  This was the 23rd year for Kinetics
> which is a really crazy race of multi-human powered vehicles.  I had never
> witnessed Kinetics before so I really did not know what to expect.
> Basically, these vehicles have to traverse a five mile course over water,
> primarily, and land.  The designers generally dress up these vehicles in
> all sorts of unusual ways.  This year there were a praying mantis, a dog,
a
> toilet bowl, and the NYC skyline among others.  Of course, of the 30 or so
> entries in the race, about a third sink or breakdown within the first few
> hundred feet.  :-)
>
> I do not have a set list for this show primarily due to having to manage
> kids and a camera.  Here is what I recall them playing in approximate
> order:
>
> Redneck Wonderland
> Too Much Sunshine
> Under The Overpass
> Dreamworld
> Capricornia
> Truganni
> Golden Age
>
> <acoustic>
> Lurjita Way
> Warakurna
> Blue Sky Mine
> Now or Never
>
> RiverRuns
> Tone Poem
> Dead Heart
> Say Your Prayers
> Forgotten Years
> King Of The Mt.
>
> Beds <encore>
>
> Maybe someone will post a more exact and complete list later but since no
> one had posted anything yet, I thought I would at least try.
>
> One highlight of the show was just after the acoustic set, COPIRG
(Colorado
> Public Interest Research Group; one of the state PIRGs) ran a huge sign
> across the stage that denounced the shipping of radio active material to
> Yucca Mountain in Nevada.  Peter stood in front of the sign and went off
> about how "this dangerous stuff" was going to be shipped down I-70 through
> Denver on it's way to Nevada.  He ranted for a few minutes about it
> encouraging folks to come up after the show to sign post cards addressed
to
> Colorado's senators in Washington.  One humorous item here was that Pete
> got Ben Nighthorse Campbell's name wrong repeatedly.  He kept calling him
> Ben Nightingale.  :-)  Whatever.  Some of the crowd got a big laugh since
> Mr. Campbell is one of the biggest do-nothings in Washington.  He is an
> American Indian which does a lot to keep him elected but seems to does
> nothing for his political views.
>
> I went up after the show and asked the COPIRG folks how they got MO to do
> the Yucca Mt. bit and they said it was MO's idea.  Furthermore, they said
> the sign belonged to MO.  They were smiling a lot as I conversed with
them.
>
> The show really rocked and there was good fan support.  Pete climbed up on
> top of a speaker bank during his Blue Sky harmonica bit which caused the
> fans to go wild but also generated some smiles from the band members.  :-)
>
> The e-town show (etown.org) on Sunday was a completely different
> experience.  The radio show taping requires a semi-controlled audience and
> all sorts of folks wander around on stage during the taping but not during
> the performances or interviews.  The Boulder Theater was completely
packed,
> it holds a few hundred, I would guess.  Great Big Sea from Newfoundland
was
> first up.  They were very upbeat, enjoyable, and showed a great deal of
> talent.  I plan on picking up their latest cd, "Sea Of No Cares".
>
> The Oils were the headliners, of course.  They came out and played the
> following with an interview with Peter in the middle.  Note that all songs
> were performed acoustically.
>
> Lujirita Way
> Short Memory
> Golden Age
> <interview>
> Tin Legs And Tin Mines
> Blue Sky
> Now Or Never
> Beds
>
> I really enjoyed this short set.  It was such an intimate setting with the
> crowd really focused on the band.  Of course, folks were focused on
> Saturday as well but there were plenty of distractions like helicopters
> flying over, skimpy bikinis bouncing by, and drunks fighting to deal with.
>
> The interview with Peter covered a lot of the usual topics like Pete
> running for Australian Senate but I thought it reasonably well done when I
> contrast it with some of the American reviews and articles that have been
> posted on this list.  Instead, of me regurgitating this interview, I
> recommend that you check etown.org and find a radio station in your area
> that will be carrying the show.  The e-town folks indicated that it would
> be broadcast in the next four weeks or so.
>
> It was fabulous to see the boys perform two days consecutively.  My family
> was very supportive of my indulgence and for this I am indeed thankful.
> Now I have a wife, 9 year old, and 14 month old who are now solid Oils
> fans!  Go Oils!
>
> Tim Towns
> towns@us.ibm.com
>
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