12-29-95 The Centrum, Worcester, MA
1: My Friend My Friend, Poor Heart, Down With Disease, Fog That Surrounds, NICU, Stash, Fluffhead, Llama, Sweet Adeline
2: Makisupa Policeman, Cars Trucks Buses, Bathtub Gin-> The Real Me-> Bathtub Gin, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Big Black Furry Creature From Mars, Bass Duo*-> La Grange, Bouncing Around the Room, Fire
E: Golgi Apparatus
*Mike and Jim Stinett, Mike’s bass instructor.
Gin gets a lot of press, deservedly so, but this is an all around sick show.
Yeah this whole show is teh heat. My Friend is still one of my favorite openers and this one is followed by a whole slew of high-energy tunes in the first set. This Stash is one of my favorites too.
The Real Gin gets a lot of attention and it is sweet, but I LOVE the bass duo and LOVE the fact that it comes right between BBFCFM and LaGrange. Every time I listen to this bass duo I think “every band should have two bassists”. There’s something about dueling bassists that makes my balls tingle.