8/25/2000 (Friday)

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Reading Festival (Radio One Evening Session Stage)
Little John's Farm, Reading, England

Take Me Away, Don't Get 2 Close (2 My Fantasy), Even If You Don't, Waving My Dick in the Wind, Mister Richard Smoker, Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down), Roses Are Free, Back to Basom, Bananas and Blow, Voodoo Lady, Buckingham Green
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Deaner's Tour Diary

24 hours on a bus sucks, no matter what your final destination. When you're going to England, on a bus with no music, with a driver who hates you, to a festival packed to the gills with shitty bands, with diesel fumes blowing out of the vents into your bunk,it can have a devastating effect on the morale of a tour. We had just taken the ferry from Belgium back over to Dover, England and we had about 3 and a half hours to get to our hotel in Redhill where we would rest before the Reading Festival. I had eaten a bunch of some girl's menstrual cramp medicine with a lot of vodka and passed out in the upstairs lounge in front of the tv watching "Men in Black" when the bus suddenly stopped on the side of the road. Our driver had seen enough of Ween apparently, and called the police on his cell phone to meet him at a pre-determined location. He came into the back of the bus and the dialogue went something like this. "The police are here,get your shit and get the fuck off me bus..." The cocksucker had called the police and left us on the side of the road. In retrospect, this was probably a smart move on his part for 2 reasons. 1) where I come from, this is justifiable cause for a complete beatdown, and the police probably saved his life... and 2) we were seriously considering setting the bus on fire at the end of the "tour." Fortunately, the hotel was only a short distance away, and it was agreed between the police, driver, and Paulie (our tour manager) that the driver would drive our equipment to a rest area and wait for a new bus company to come get our shit. Dave Dreiwitz took pictures of this whole fiasco, I'll try and post them soon. Our new bus driver was named Uncle Mattie and he was about 7 feet tall. We got along great, altho this bus wasn't allowed to pull a trailer, which forced us to finish the tour with the equipment on the bus... in the aisles. Oh yeah, the Reading Festival sucked balls, and our new bus broke down 10 miles outside the festival on the first day. The poopship was now in full effect, with it's coordinates firmly locked on any unfortunate motherfucker who would cross our path.

Explain Stats

  • LTP = Last Time Played
  • SSL = Shows Since Last
  • TPB = Times Played Before
  • NTP = Next Time Played
  • SUN = Shows Until Next
  • TPA = Times Played After
  • TTP = Total Times Played
  • -SSL and SUN do not include shows with no setlist
  • -TPB, TPA and TTP do not include teases or incompletes

Setlist Stats

Column Sort
Set Position#Song TitleLast Time PlayedLTPShows Since LastSSLTimes Played BeforeTPBNext Time PlayedNTPShows Until NextSUNTimes Played AfterTPATotal Times PlayedTTP
1Take Me Awaylast played : 08-23-2000(1 show ago)times played before: 242next played: 08-27-2000(2 shows after)times played after : 377total times played : 620
2Don't Get 2 Close (2 My Fantasy)last played : 08-23-2000(1 show ago)times played before: 291next played: 08-27-2000(2 shows after)times played after : 145total times played : 437
3Even If You Don'tlast played : 08-22-2000(2 shows ago)times played before: 60next played: 08-26-2000(1 show after)times played after : 151total times played : 212
4Waving My Dick in the Windlast played : 08-23-2000(1 show ago)times played before: 205next played: 08-26-2000(1 show after)times played after : 283total times played : 489
5Mister Richard Smokerlast played : 08-23-2000(1 show ago)times played before: 172next played: 08-27-2000(2 shows after)times played after : 161total times played : 334
6Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)last played : 08-23-2000(1 show ago)times played before: 291next played: 08-26-2000(1 show after)times played after : 366total times played : 658
7Roses Are Freelast played : 08-23-2000(1 show ago)times played before: 97next played: 08-26-2000(1 show after)times played after : 300total times played : 398
8Back to Basomlast played : 08-23-2000(1 show ago)times played before: 59next played: 09-02-2000(6 shows after)times played after : 91total times played : 151
9Bananas and Blowlast played : 08-23-2000(1 show ago)times played before: 82next played: 08-26-2000(1 show after)times played after : 330total times played : 413
10Voodoo Ladylast played : 08-23-2000(1 show ago)times played before: 212next played: 08-26-2000(1 show after)times played after : 328total times played : 541
11Buckingham Greenlast played : 08-23-2000(1 show ago)times played before: 209next played: 08-26-2000(1 show after)times played after : 414total times played : 624

Songs Debuted

19992
19981
19971
19962
19933
19921
19911

Misc Stats

Previous Show08-23-2000
(2 days before)
Repeats of Prev Show10 songs
Avg Shows Since Last1.1
Avg Times Played Before174.6
Next Show08-26-2000
(1 day after)
Repeats at Next Show7 songs
Avg Shows Until Next1.7
Avg Times Played After267.8
Avg Total Times Played443.4

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