"Potatoes and Pearl Jam"
November 3rd, 2000
Idaho Center: Nampa,
Idaho
Main
Set...
Of the Girl, Go, Corduroy,
Grievance, Last Exit, Tremor Christ, Elderly Woman, Insignificance, Animal,
Nothing As It Seems, I Got Shit, Romanza, Better Man, Even Flow, Daughter,
Light Years, Jeremy, Given to Fly, Rearviewmirror
First
Encore...
Don't Be Shy, Black, Crazy
Mary, Do the Evolution, Spin the Black Circle, State of Love and Trust,
Parting Ways
Second
Encore...
Rockin' In the Free World
Instead of "Potatoes
and Pearl Jam" I should call this "No Sleep 'til Pearl Jam" since I really
didn't have any in me. Bowman, Carolina, and I headed to the Seattle airport
immediately following the Portland show and intended on "sleeping" there
since our flight was at like 6 am anyways. Haha sleeping in airport chairs
is NO FUN. We maybe got an hour at most of real sleep that "night." The
best was when I thought it was 5 am...and I woke Carolina and Bowman up,
"Come on guys, it's 5...let's go check in!" And like three seconds after
Carolina and I gather up our shit, Ryan's like, "Jess, it's only 4." Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck.
So...of course, 5 reached us...and we waited to board our plane. Carolina
and Ryan conked right on out...but for some reason, I couldn't sleep...after
I saw the mountains outside the plane window. You know...I remember taking
a picture now...and I guess the damn THING didn't turn out. It was incredible.
As you all may know, there are no mountains in the Detroit area;-)
When we flew
into Boise, yet again, I was the only one awake, and I couldn't help thinking,
"You have got to be kidding me!" The city was so pathetic! It's like every
house had a potato farm in it's backyard! I thought the midwest was flat...damn!
I mean, in the distance, there were mountains...but the area consisted
of like no tall buildings. It was weird! So we landed, and we had to wait
for Protzel's flight to arrive like an hour and half later...so Ryan and
Carolina found McDonald's and had breakfast, and I found a TCBY that was
serving yogurt at like 8am and had some for breakfast because I am weird
like that.
Protzel's flight
(Portland to Boise) was packed with the Pearl Jammy crowd. We then went
and rented a car and got a hotel room. We washed up and then ran some errands
and then headed to the Idaho Center where all the driving people were there
to greet us...I mean make fun of our wimpiness;-)
The Idaho Center
was on top a hill...and there was a decent amount of fan club members waiting
for their tickets. It was pretty chilly...and I kept trying to find a warm
spot in the sun...no such luck for me:-) By the time we would have to enter
the doors to get in, we were all freezing our asses off...thanks to daylight
savings time since the sun was long gone.
I was so beat
by the time Supergrass hit the stage. I fell dead asleep. Like I had fallen
asleep during Sonic Youth for the first night in Philly...BUT...I was waaaaaaaaay
sleeping for Supergrass. Like I fell asleep twice and thought I was dreaming
about music being on the radio...I'd wake up and be scared because I really
did not know where I was.
This show was
really a secret wishlist show for me. They opened with Of the Girl...my
all time favorite Binaural opener. Last Exit into Tremor Christ...how kickass
is that?!? I got to hear Don't By Shy...which really depressed me when
I was back at home when it was played for the first time.
Our seats really
kinda sucked, so in-between the encore and main set, Carolina and I moved
to the side of the stage where there were a bunch of empty seats. Was a
really kickass view (as you can tell from my pics...).
One of the
coolest things was Ed really emphasizing in Spin the Black Circle "I fuckin'
HATE CDS!!!" :-) I really wanted to hear Parting Ways one more time before
the tour ended, so I was thrilled for them to play it in Boise.
The ultimate
was...ROCKIN' IN THE FRICKEN FREE WORLD! That was only the 2nd time I had
ever seen it...and I so desperately wanted to see it again!!! Thank goodness
Pearl Jam loves me so much;-)
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