"...there is no doubt, I'm one of the devout..."

Behold, discuss:


1. Introspectre
2. A Pain That I'm Used To
3. John The Revelator
4. A Question Of Time
5. Policy Of Truth
6. Precious
7. Walking In My Shoes
8. Suffer Well
9. Damage People
10. Home
11. I Want It All
12. The Sinner In Me
13. I Feel You
14. Behind The Wheel
15. World In My Eyes
16. Personal Jesus
17. Enjoy the Silence (obligatory crowd sing-along version)



First, thanks to me sis for the ticket, more specifically, thanks to sis' friend who couldn't go and allowed me to go in her stead! well, it was me, sis, the Nig and the Chick, at the exclusive warm-up gig for Depeche Mode's Touring the Angel at the Bowery Ballroom. I got there a little after 7pm and met up w/ the gang...who were front row center!! so basically, we were right in the action, dave sweated on us and was less than 5 feet in front of us!! it was an unorthodox DM setup...full drum kit and guitar rack! as well as the synths and the fake keyboards to appease Fletch, who gave us the appearance of playing them.

the show was ridiculously amazing...i realized that dave went to the mick jagger school of dance and that he's real skinny. martin came out w/ his guitar donning a cool skicap w/ a mohawk. oh yeah, Fletch showed up too--and was such a good boy, he deserves an A for effort. I kid Fletch despite the fact that i did get the Hi-5 from him (denied by dave...but sis and chick got the hookup). sis got dave's water and chick got dave's sweaty towel!! the hour and 1/2 show was one big singalong...you could hear everyone singing almost drowning dave out...but we were upfront, so it was ok.

and this blonde gal was trying to tell me that carlos D(bassist for Interpol) was coming to the show b/c he's a big DM fan and that she had spoken to Paul (lead vocals, guitar for Interpol) who told her that he hated DM and wasn't going to the show. as i nodded my head and feigned interest, my brain was blaring "BULLSHIT!!" at her, that she must have heard. But low and behold, i did see Carlos D as i was walking out after the show, so she was right.

this goes down in the annals of concert history somewhere in the realm of Morrissey sweating on us at the Jones Beach, the Jones Beach Cure show that simone007 will still cry about, and the Liberty State Park Radiohead show...it was that good. they gave an awesome show and now i don't feel so bad that i have such crappy seats for the MSG show in december.

Chick took a whole bunch of pics and i hope to get a copy of them and i'll share when i do.

De...man, you should have been there...but i was thinking about you!!! de, i don't know if you were with me in 11th or 12th grade, when me and 2 others (can't remember) were on a field trip to see Les Miz and we performed an a capella version of "behind the wheel", ahhh, good times, good times--that's what i was thinking about when BehindTheWheel came on. we'll discuss more when i talk to you.

did i mention that the show was friggin' awesome???