KET

I love love love Dusk. It's one song that I often find playing in the back of my head from out of nowhere. Beautiful.

One of my all-time favourites, for sure, both musically and lyrically. Absolutely incredible. It's rare that I can hear it without getting emotional. He played it last night in Moncton... completely made my night. It was my one "really want to hear."

Hey all... don't post here very much but I've been following this thread so I thought I'd jump in after last night's Moncton show. Here's the set list: Boy Who Could Explode Hello Time Bomb Great Whales Load Me Up Born Losers Us Remains Impossible Silent Army Last Parade Future is X-rated Single Explosion Weapon Apparitions -------------- Giant Empty's Theme Park Everything is Automatic Very classic-heavy. And no Volcanoes! Sorry to miss that one as it's one of my favourites. BUT, he did do A Single Explosion, which is definitely one of my favourites and one I didn't think I'd get to hear this time around. (Actually, it's the one I singled out as most wanting to hear, so. Yay.) But, as someone else said, no talking! Show moved ahead at a pretty swift clip and was over fairly early. I have to say, knowing what Matt is like, the lack of talking made me feel like something was off... like he was having a bad night or something. I know, poor guy can't win. Talk too much, some ass tells you to shut the fuck up. Talk too little and some chick thinks something was wrong. It's not a complaint; just a little let down because I do enjoy that aspect of shows, not just with him but with any performer. (And Matt does have a rep of giving good banter. Or rant, as the case may be.) Band was great, though Milos seemed a little bored, to be honest. I don't remember his demeanour on the last tour... maybe that's just his usual stage look? Heh. Stu and Blake were great to watch... talk about getting into it. Standouts, for me, were Great Whales (surprisingly to me, since I like that song but don't adore it like some of the others), X-rated (so glad he played this), Single Explosion (mainly because he could spoken-word his way through this song and I'd still be happy to hear it... but damn, when the band cuts in... holy, how incredible is that moment?), and Giant (I will never get tired of that song). Empty's Theme Park... I liked the arrangement, but I still prefer the album version. But it was still great... it's one of my favourites from Vancouver (along with Volcanoes). Oh... and I really need to get a new camera. Was standing RIGHT next to the stage and still didn't end up with a good shot. Grrr.

Wait, was your group the one that nutcase was referring to, going on about his personal life? I am so completely baffled by every aspect of that story. People find new ways to shock me everyday.

The way things have been going lately, it's no surprise that he needs a break. Between the paintball incident, someone trying to break on the bus, the fighting at shows, and dealing with drunks at the autograph sessions... not to mention feeling under the weather... and not to mention all the negative e-mails he must get (and which he specifically mentioned in regards to the Juno Beach entry and the meet-n-greet entry). As well, someone at the St. Catharine's show wrote a pretty unpleasant and rude blog comment about his performance and his after-show behaviour, which has to be a slap in the face. His latest entry floored me... seriously, what is wrong with people? Expecting him to play in a storm? Threatening some random woman in the UK? ("People will take matters into their own hands"? WTF?) I'd say he needs a good, long breather. There are far too many idiots in the world, and he's far too accessible to them. I'd hate to see him burn out to the point that he cuts himself off completely from everyone, even the respectful ones, which seem to be the majority of those who comment on his site (though, granted, as he said, the negative ones tend to do so over e-mail, not publicly, so I really have no idea what the postive/negative balance is). (Also: hi everyone!)