May 22 2005 @ 9:30 Club Washington, DC

Another great show. Started out with Angelo in the crowd in front of the sound mixer doing poetry through a bullhorn. It was unclear all the words but I'm pretty sure he ended it with his Fishbone Soldier poem as he made his way to the stage. Joe Keys then introduced the band wearing a bright yellow dress shirt and suspenders with a straw hat. He told a story how 21 years ago he heard about Fishbone and decided he needed to check them out. Halfway through the set he "screamed like a white girl at a beatles show". The band then broke into Unyielding Conditioning. While the audience consisted of mostly junior high kids there to see SS, they really warmed up to Fishbone and were going crazy by the end. Before Alcoholic, Norwood said that he got arrested last night for public drunkeness, which he's been doing for the past 6 weeks, "at least". About halfway through the set Steward chided a girl for going to sleep, and then Angelo jumped down to the front row and recited a poem to her. It was about spending a lot of money on a girl and getting married, only to have her sit on the couch drinking wine all day and giving him suffering. They then played The Suffering. They also played a song I wasn't familiar with, I think it's called "rub a dub soldier", but Dre Gipson sang it. The crowd went nuts for Fishbone's version of "date rape" which Norwood said they only started playing last night. All in all, a great show. The band was tight and played with a lot of energy and seemed to be having a good time. They also appeared sober. It was interesting to see a camera following Angelo before and after the show, and then filming the whole show. There also appeared to be someone doing an audio recording. I'm not sure what this was for, but hopefully they're planning on doing something with it. I was surprised at how long Fishbone played although there were 3 bands tonight. If you're on the fence about this tour thinking that you aren't going to get enough Fishbone, I'd say go anyway, cause they do play a long time and put on an amazing show. (edited by author, thanks Bb)

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actually, the guy that introduced the band was not rocky, his name is joe keys, a legendary d.c. cat that had to come down and check the bone. rocky played the whole set, he was on stage right - next to norwood. it was a great set with fishbone sitting in with slightly stoopid for about 5 songs.

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