-Why is it so cumbersome to get an account on BoCPages? I can think of dozens of useful edits but have no account to do them with.
-Once I had this dream where Mike and Marcus were doing a live show at the Blossom Music Center or something very close to it (I saw Steely Dan there last summer, excellent show!). The dream started off with a long walk from a grassy parking lot to the actual amphitheater at sundown, and the show didn't start until it was already pretty dark. Mike and Marcus were somewhat out-of-character though, like talking to the audience and whatnot. At the beginning Mike (or Marcus?) said something along the lines of "Um, hello, we're gonna play some songs for you tonight. Some of 'em you might recognize, some of 'em, if you do recognize them then you're very naughty." I racked my brain for several minutes that morning to try and recall the set list, it went pretty much like this:
1. Triangles and Rhombuses (long intro)
1.5. It's Too Orangey (you could clearly tell they were doing this one by hand, it slowed down near the end)
2. Cold Earth
3. A short interlude that I didn't recognize
4. A longer track that I didn't recognize (Sort of like a faster Mansel with shades of Tomorrow's Harvest)
5. Skimming Stones
6. Alpha And Omega
7. A ~30 second interlude that sounded like Sundown mixed with the end of Kaini Industries, but as fuzzy as A13
At this point, the show stopped for a moment before Marcus (or Mike?) walked up to the mic and said something like "We'll be back in a moment, gotta go get my fuckin' bass" followed by him running out the back door. In the intervening time Mike decided to kill all the amphitheater lights save for a few white searchlights noodling about in the audience. He starts to loop Circle while waiting for Marcus to come back, occasionally triggering samples in the background. Eventually Marcus got back and the room lit up again. At this point the set got back on track:
8. Dayvan Cowboy
9. Unknown Interlude, if I recall correctly it was something like A10 mixed with Under The Coke Sign
10. Another short interlude like track, very heavy bass guitar from Marcus mixed with low, droning synths and a vocal sample towards the end that I couldn't really understand. (Remmy Kid?)
One of the brothers steps up to the mic at this point and says something to the effect of "We're gonna have an old friend of hours join us for this one. He's in the audience, you know who you are 'cause we talked about it before the show, come on up here!" A curtain pulls up to reveal a drum kit, which the guy (Chris?) comes up and sits at. The other brother steps up to the mic and says "This one's called...
11. Wouldn't You Like To Be Free?" *cue almost ear-shattering cheering from the audience*
The brothers go back and talk to the guy on the drums, then one comes up to the mic and says "Okay, he's gonna stick around for one more. We used to play with him, in case you couldn't tell. Anyways, here's one you all really wanna hear for some reason:
12. Infinite Lines Of Colourful Sevens" *cue even more cheering followed by what sounded like a longer A08*
13. An unknown track that sounded like Red Sky Night
14. An unknown track that sounded like Cryonaut's "Halcyon"
"Well, this has been our longest set ever, thank you all for coming out, don't worry, we've got one, well, 2 more for you!" says one of the brothers.
15. Bocuma
16. Roygbiv (longer version, not the Alphaquest mix though)
After a Magic Window's length of silence and the lights staying off:
E1. Echus
E2. Nothing Is Real
E3. Unknown outrolude
-This will go nicely alongside Play By Numbers in my collection of albums with terrifying babies on the cover:
-That's all, no more thinking for tonight
