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Any HeAthens gonna celebrate 4th of July in Toronto with me and the Mrs?

1. Legal Weed
2. 3 Nights of DBT
3. A Leader not named Trump

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I am considering it.
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I am in. Since the 4th is on a Thursday my work decided to give us Friday off too.
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IN!

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headhunter wrote:Any HeAthens gonna celebrate 4th of July in Toronto with me and the Mrs?

1. Legal Weed
2. 3 Nights of DBT
3. A Leader not named Trump
Hey...don't get too smug up there.

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pearlbeer wrote:
headhunter wrote:Any HeAthens gonna celebrate 4th of July in Toronto with me and the Mrs?

1. Legal Weed
2. 3 Nights of DBT
3. A Leader not named Trump
Hey...don't get too smug up there.

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We don't have that guy anymore but we have a different Ford and he's just as heinous as the original one and he is devoted to the Trump playbook. :oops: :oops: :oops:
His facial expression is terrifying. He's basically the equine Chucky.

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Yee ha! Saddle up them horses, ponygirl!! We'll be there July 4th & 5th. As birthday presents go, this one is right up there w/ the surprise trip to Paris for my 40th, especially since it's not even my birthday for another few weeks :) Plans not fully thought through yet but will arrive either late on on the 3rd or morning of the 4th and stay in the area until Sunday. Looking forward to sharing some great times w/ the rest a youse heAthens too!! :D :D :D
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beantownbubba wrote:Yee ha! Saddle up them horses, ponygirl!! We'll be there July 4th & 5th. As birthday presents go, this one is right up there w/ the surprise trip to Paris for my 40th, especially since it's not even my birthday for another few weeks :) Plans not fully thought through yet but will arrive either late on on the 3rd or morning of the 4th and stay in the area until Sunday. Looking forward to sharing some great times w/ the rest a youse heAthens too!! :D :D :D
Well that's THE BEST news! I am super excited! I will most definitely drag my sorry ass back from La Belle Province now.

I have fucked up my back so I haven't ridden a horse properly THIS YEAR. It feels like the rug has been pulled out from under me because usually I'm pretty focused on training and goals and competition, so right now I'm like, "Who am I and what am I going to do this summer?" But of course I am still paying for my horse, so I can't afford to fuck off to Europe or anything. This information makes me very happy!

Are you traveling with the lovely, highly interesting and delightful Mrs.? I would love to hang with her too. I'm making reservations at some great dinner spots now!

Yay!
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Got my tickoots yesterday. Should be a great week! :ugeek: :mrgreen:

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Gonna need some good bar recommendations, etc!

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Zip Up to Michigan wrote:Gonna need some good bar recommendations, etc!
I don't know much about Toronto having only been there once, but one thing I'm sure of is that there's no shortage of good bars and etc's.
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See y'all there, eh?

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I am in for all 3 shows.
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Bill in CT wrote:I am in for all 3 shows.
In other news, the sky is still blue, water is still wet, and Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.
Now it's dark.

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Two more sleeps!! :D

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Two more sleeps before three “evenings with”.

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Anybody know long ago board member April Twister? She lives in Toronto, or at least used to and I wonder whether she'll be at the show(s). She was at the last Toronto show I was at.
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4th Of July crowd already wore me out. My town swells from 2000 to 20000 this week. DBT Canada is a brilliant escape option. Red Sox Blue Jays this evening.

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boyyourself wrote: Red Sox Blue Jays this evening.
Yeah, wish I had planned better. FYI, Worldwide Bill was planning to attend the game tonight as of the last time I spoke to him.
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beantownbubba wrote:Anybody know long ago board member April Twister? She lives in Toronto, or at least used to and I wonder whether she'll be at the show(s). She was at the last Toronto show I was at.
I've been in touch. She'll be there Friday night.

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uncle rickey wrote:
beantownbubba wrote:Anybody know long ago board member April Twister? She lives in Toronto, or at least used to and I wonder whether she'll be at the show(s). She was at the last Toronto show I was at.
I've been in touch. She'll be there Friday night.

Good news! Alas, to balance that, MK is a late scratch. She needs to stay home w/ Harper who is going through some more tough doggie times.
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I have one ticket available for each of the thursday & friday nite shows in Toronto. Post here or PM me if you're interested.
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Sox win! one loonie hot dog night at the sky dome. WW Bill and I ate em all. The roof was closed for warmups then retracted for the game. Beautiful night in Toronto.

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Where the Devil Don’t Stay
Tornadoes
Self-Destructive Zones
Wednesday
Women Without Whiskey
Heroin Again
Slow Ride Argument
Babies in Cages
Ramon Casiano
After the Scene Dies
When the Pin Hits the Shell*
Do It Yourself
Gravity’s Gone
Sinkhole
Uncle Frank
Goode’s Field Road
Made Up English Oceans
Rosemary with a Bible and a Gun
Sounds Better in the Song
(Something’s Got to) Give Pretty Soon
Three Dimes Down
Used to be a Cop
Guitar Man Upstairs
Careless
Shit Shots Count
Dead, Drink and Naked
Zip City
Grand Canyon

*possibly the best version ever

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Setlist speaks for itself. Epic.

I absolutely loved Heroin Again. I thought the song was forgotten so it was great to hear Patterson say it’ll be on the new record and then just slay that version.

Other than that, I genuinely can’t talk highlights because the whole show was something else. I guess you know you’re in for it with a Devil opener.

I was told there was a taper in the house. This is very good news.

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Epic set indeed. Cooley playing with a pick is a refreshing change to the ever evolving evolution of our band. And I hadn’t noticed Patterson had thrown his pick out into the audience but I felt it bounce off my arm. I found it on the ground and a fellow was very happy for me and I asked him if he wanted it and he said yes and was super stoked about that. Surreal to have two more nights to go.
Thanks as always to UR for posting the set list.

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I'm holding out for when they play

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The Fourth Night of My Drinking
A Ghost to Most
Days of Graduation—>
Ronnie and Neil
72 (This Highway’s Mean)
Birmingham
Three Dimes Down
Drag the Lake Charlie
One of These Days
Awaiting Resurrection
First Air of Autumn
My Sweet Annette
Marry Me
Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love
Kinky Hypocrite
Buttholeville
Sounds Better in the Song
Pauline Hawkins
Women Without Whiskey
Tales Facing Up
Filthy and Fried
The Righteous Path
Surrender Under Protest
The KKK Took My Baby Away
Darkened Flags on the Cusp of Dawn
Gravity’s Gone
Plastic Flowers on the Highway
Shut Up and Get on the Plane
Angels and Fuselage
Encore:*
Rockin’ in the Free World

*legit fucking encore where they were done but the crowd insisted

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Sorry, ponygirl, but you had to know this was coming: The band was on fire and the people were great.

Really :)

Wow. That was a show to remember, complete with, as uncle rickey noted, an earned encore, which turned into a fiery "Rockin' in the Free World" which both honored Neil Young in his sort of hometown and also got in a mention of the "red, white and blue" on the 4th of July. Not a lot of Independence Day political talk but Patterson did express his satisfaction that it apparently rained on the donald's parade. As patterson noted, a lot of people were praying for that to happen and it may have been the first time that "thoughts and prayers" actually worked :)

I am always handicapped when talking about drums and drummers because I know even less about that subject than i do about other instruments. But I don't care; I 'm just going to go ahead and say that Brad was spectacular tonight, possibly the best I've ever heard him. At several points he seemed to be "leading from behind" taking songs in the direction he wanted to go. Very powerful drumming, too.

In some ways it was an appropriate show for a "throwback thursday." The show felt different than recent shows and more like the shows of several years ago: Lots of extended guitar madness and a structure that saw the band reach a peak, plateau, peak again, plateau, etc, about 3 or 4 times, as opposed to the more linear format of most recent shows which sort of start slowly and gradually build to a peak by the end.

Used to be that when the band opened opened w/ "Lookout Mtn" it was pretty much a guarantee of a great show. I'm starting to think that "4th Night" sends the same kind of signal. Not as much of a barn burner as Lookout but it sets a nice groove/tone and it just seems that recent shows which opened that way have been among the better shows.

Thirty songs in about 2 hours and 40 minutes. Outstanding. There were brilliant moments throughout; I'll try to get to some of them tomorrow but a couple of tidbits for now: Loved "Sounds Better in the Song" followed by "Pauline Hawkins", they worked great together. Plus I continue to be knocked out by my recent re-discovery or realization of just how great a song "Sounds Better" is. If u haven't listened in a while and sort of take it for granted, check it out again. Similarly, "My Sweet Annette" was one of the songs which made me fall in love w/ the band originally and it's great to have it back. Tonight's version was just wonderful.

BTW, who was that idiot who said that "Righteous Path" seems to have found a home somewhere between the 2nd and 4th slots? It did more than fine much later in the show tonight.

The show was either sold out or close enough to it that it didn't matter. As is obvious from the "earned encore" the fans were very, very, very into the show and made plenty of noise throughout. :)
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