2008 June 26th - House of Blues, Los Angeles, CA

cujofats · Post by **cujofats** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 1:30 am

Here's the set list for the HOB L.A. show June 26th, 2008. This was part of the Sunset Strip Music Festival. Everclear was the headliner, with Camper Van Beethoven opening the show and Soul Asylum in the middle spot. Both Camper and Soul Asylum got 45 minute sets with no encore. Soul Asylum brought out violinist Jesse Green for 2 songs. I saw at least 4 people filming with pro gear so maybe some of the footage will turn up.
1. Somebody To Shove
2. All Is Well
3. Misery
4. Lately
5. Without A Trace
6. Black Gold w/Jesse
7. See You Later
8. Watcha Need
9. Cartoon
10. Sometime To Return
11. Stand Up & Be Strong w/Jesse

messy · Post by **messy** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 8:31 pm

notice there was no runaway train. i almost got in a fight with this dude who had the nerve to say (to michael bland, no less) "how can a one hit wonder not play their one hit?" i tried to reason with him..."if you wrote a thousand fantastic songs, how would you feel if (obnoxious) people always called out for one silly song?", but he was still being a butthead so i kinda told him he could stfu or we could take it outside

jessie was a great addition. but where was that adorable tour manager that they usually bring out for stand up and be strong??

norma023 · Post by **norma023** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:55 pm

thanks for the report/review Cujo! Too bad you saw such a short set, but when can you do (expect) in a setting like this with someone else headlining. Did you make it to Vegas at all??

hmmm, "adorable" tour manager joining on stage for Stand Up, not sure who that is.

lune ellise · Post by **lune ellise** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:05 am

messy wrote:i almost got in a fight with this dude who had the nerve to say (to michael bland, no less) "how can a one hit wonder not play their one hit?"

Soul Asylum is NOT a one-hit wonder! What an a*hole.

Closer · Post by **Closer** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 7:31 am

lune ellise wrote:
messy wrote:i almost got in a fight with this dude who had the nerve to say (to michael bland, no less) "how can a one hit wonder not play their one hit?"
Soul Asylum is NOT a one-hit wonder! What an a*hole.

Of course they are not, but for a lot of people they are. In my country Runaway Train is the only song that made it into the charts so they are considered a classic one-hit wonder band.
But the other singles from GDU did well in the charts in America and I believe that Misery sold more copies in America than Runaway Train did so technically they can't even be a one-hit wonder. But who cares anyway?

Anyway, I think it's good that they left Runaway Train out of it. I don't think they play many shows without it.

cujofats · Post by **cujofats** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 2:38 pm

Maybe Messy is thinking of Susan....wasn't she part of the crew with Benny & Kyle?....

Norma023-No, I did not make it out for the Vegas show this time around. I'm hoping to catch them one more time before the summer is over though. Maybe I'll get lucky and they'll add a bay area show. Otherwise the Montana date is the closest to me.

Regarding the L.A. songs--there were 3 more on the set list, Runaway Train, Bus Named Desire and Just Like Anyone. Runaway is on the list after Black Gold, but Dave was having some kind of tech problems with both his acoustic guitars. I assume that's why they dropped it. (Jon was down in front, he may have seen more of what was going on with that situation) after that I think they simply ran out of time and had to drop other songs. Camper Van Beethoven, who were great by the way, also had the 45 minute cap and they commented that it was a little weird, although they were glad to be there.

After Soul Asylum's set I noticed someone had written a note on a napkin that was left near the bar. I kept it just because it was odd. It says "The only shit like this is great-like they're out Huskering Husker Du".
I know, weird, but at least it's a positive (I think)

Sometime to Return · Post by **Sometime to Return** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 5:59 pm

messy

Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 7:31 pm

Re: June 26th-House Of Blues, Los Angeles
notice there was no runaway train. i almost got in a fight with this dude who had the nerve to say (to michael bland, no less) "how can a one hit wonder not play their one hit?" i tried to reason with him..."if you wrote a thousand fantastic songs, how would you feel if (obnoxious) people always called out for one silly song?", but he was still being a butthead so i kinda told him he could stfu or we could take it outside

Either laugh because this dude is such a punk and tell him to go find his balls or tell him to STFU and take it outside.

Any guy that wants to hear "runaway train" because that is the only song they know needs to go find their SACK anyways.

P.S. I am not ripping "RT"; I enjoy the song more now than I did when it first came but if it's not in the setlist I am not disappointed. Although, my wife does like to hear it.

inasimplerhyme · Post by **inasimplerhyme** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 7:53 pm

A great show, as always. Too short of course, but I'm just grateful I get to hear them play!

I've uploaded some photos of the show to my myspace page:

http://www.myspace.com/cuthbert84

"Adorable tour manager" - if you mean the guy usually wearing a baseball hat, glasses and beard, then you mean Benny. I'm not sure where he was, either. He posts on this forum occasionally.

Guitar problems - I'm afraid I'm not sure what the problem was, exactly. I'm not a guitarist, so it wasn't plainly obviously to me. I was guessing that the guitar simply wasn't coming out of the mains.

It was nice hearing, "See You Later". I haven't heard that in a while. (All though I would practically kill to hear them do, "Freaks." )

- Jon

...or "The Game." I love that song.