Jun 26 2001 @ Ziggy's by the Sea Atlantic Beach, NC

some quick thoughts before I ramble: Left my setlist at home- had it in my hand this morning and apparently wasn't coherent enough to take it out the door. I'll send it and any related comments in pt. 2.

Small crowd, but better than I expected for a Tuesday night in a tourist/resort area.

Lots of new songs- Norwood quoted 5 after the show but I think he...

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best i can recall, they didn't deviate from this: Walt: Understand Me Nuttmeg World FB: Skankin' Karma Skank'n Go Nuttz Heat Of Anger Primadawnutt Frey'd Fuck'n Nerve Endingz Behavior Control Tech. Aids & Arm Shakey Ground Suffering Alcoholic Pressure Riot Freddy Servitude encore: Party

also listed for the 1st encore were One Planet and Cholly but they had to stop at midnight 'cause it was a weekday (residential neighborhood close by). Deep Inside and Sunless were listed for the 2nd encore.

so, starting the show with 8 non-album/unreleased songs had us few diehard fans groovin' but didn't help the general energy, esp. since the fellas seemed a bit let down by the turnout and were probably also getting very tired by this point of the tour, as Sarah alluded to me. these tunes were completely unfamiliar to the casual fans that made up the majority of the small crowd. BCT got things jumpin', then the next 3 songs were played really slow, even Suffering, which is already a bit slow but was played even slower. by the last 5 songs of the set the crowd had thickened somewhat, coincidentally as the songs became faster/more aggressive, so the energy in the room was greatly heightened by this point. the crowd was noisy & energetic enough to bring them out for the short encore.

other notes i forgot from pt. 1- Norwood remembered me from last year- obviously not my name or from where, but I reminded him I interviewed him, Steward & McNight over dinner in Winston-Salem in May 2000, hung w/him quite a bit pre-show in Wilmington the next night, and again along with Angelo in Sept. in Atlantic Beach. Also met 'Wood's son Everett at the merch booth- indeed, a very cool, intelligent kid! He seems to really enjoy touring with "Pop's" band. He advised me to keep on the lookout for "major changes" in Fishbone and Nuttsactor 5, but like a good soldier he didn't let on any more than that! I asked him about McNight and all he told me was that he took another gig for more money. he didn't allude one way or the other whether he was permanantly out of the band...

speaking of him, i'm apparently the only Nuttwork soldier so far who missed McNutt (or someone) on keys/trombone/guitar... i think they made up for it very well but the horn parts were thinner, and some songs suffered from the lack of keys & 2nd guitar. casual fans wouldn't miss it but some of Spacey's substitute parts left things gaping a bit, and sounded weird going from that back to the guitar part, and although i love Angelo's theremin playing (really creative, and since it's movement-based, it really suits him), it doesn't quite fill the gap either. just my opinion... any chance they can get Anthony Brewster back if McNight's out for good? (Does anyone know if he's out for good?)

-Tim

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