Dec 04 1998 @ Tramps New York, NY

Just came home from the show. It was so much fun. Best I have ever heard them. Who said they were tight in DC? Raise your hand. They were great. 2 hours and 45 minutes of the Bone!!! Even the bouncers were cool. But, that pole in the middle of Tramps has got to go. Ok, so when will they be back??? Great show.

Yeah, last night in NYCight was pretty fucking kickass... I'll start with the set list... in album order..

Ugly Party at Ground Zero VTTOFTDGF Lyin Ass Bitch When Problems Arise Cholly Give it Up Freddy's Dead Ma and Pa Question of Life If I Were a I'd...(all of them) HouseWork Behavior Control Technician Pray to the JunkieMaker Sunless Saturday Pressure Junk...

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SETLIST FOR DA NUC SHOW LAST NIGHT!!! (I got spacey T's and Norwoods)

Sunless Saturday Words And Music Give It Up Bonin' In The Boneyard When Problems Arise (Slow Version) Cholly Unyielding Conditioning Black Box Alcoholic If I... (They did all of them straight) Skankin' To The Beat Ugly Ma And Pa Question Of Life Housework Lemon Meringue The Goose Junkie's ...

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I have a theremin running in my right ear. My legs hurt. My voice is non-existant. But, ooooh am I happy!

Niko and Adam got the set list right. Except they didn't play Pray to the Junkie Maker. I looked for Vijay but no dice. Met up with Serena and Niko. I talked to Gaston. He was kinda bombarded with duties. Not too apologetic though.

Angelo proved that all men are created equal in a display of penis shrinkage. I was appalled. He recited Jah Jah on the Telephone and that new one on Unutted.

A first for me- We could finally see Walter's eyes! I always wondered what were behind those glasses.

Dieon did some interesting fills and stuff. A little busier than Phillip. At some point during the set he became a father. Does that mean he'll be leaving soon too?

Just like someone from DC said, Norwood didn't seem stoned for the first time in a long time. He introduced a lot of songs and sang mad back-ups. One thing I noticed was they all seemed so happy!

John Mcknight was impressive, but there was too much high end on the keyboards. Mixed with the theremin it made for some occasional ear pain.

Spacy T.'s family was in the house. Yes, folks, his father is Mr. T!

Pfluid. assholemotherfucker spit water in my eye. He didn't sing one actual melody the whole set. Before his last song he had the nerve to give shout outs to Kendall Jones, Chris Dowd, John Bigham, and Phil Fisher. It had this vibe to it like he was being controversial. What a fool.

What a tight-ass show! Pressure had this stop and go thing to it. It was great to hear the newer shit with a proper mix. Words and Music was especially pogo-making. I just wish they would play "Are U Wid It?" It was also the first time the new cats got a chance to really contribute to the repertoire. Spacy played some interesting stuff on Housework and Lemon Merenge. He also got to expand his tone a bit.

In case anyone is interested, before Pfluid and right after Fishbone, that was Fela Kuti that was being played over the PA.

By the way, I still haven't slept since. I ended up geting home at like 10:00 AM. It is time to crash!

Michael Noonan-Goenaga

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I was there. It was the second best fisbone show I have ever seen. The best one I saw was the first one I saw. The best concert I have ever been to. Fishbone/Primus. SUNY Stony Brook 1991.

Peace, Vijay

"I called Earl from an airplane carrying me from Minneapolis to New York to see if he had secured us entrance to the Fishbone show. He had. So, after some side-tracking with a Wendy's Number 1 Combo, we arrived just in time to hear Pfluid (the new band of ex-24-7 SPYZ Peter Fluid) say thank you and goodnight. Sorry I can't tell you much about it (other than, not being familiar with his work with t...

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