If you've heard any of Joe Pernice's songs, you wouldn't think of them as the kind of thing that'd make him work up a sweat while playing. Wrong ! While Thom Monahan and Peyton Pinkerton got to sit down and play, Joe stood up, and while he had his glasses on he almost seemed a little Elvis Costello-like, raising his eyebrows as he played and generally looking like he was really making an effort. Towards the end of it, he was dripping sweat as he played. He talked a little, joked a little, and I had a great time.

The set list (which I don't normally bother writing down these days), was like so. As you can see, he played tracks from every album, which was a very nice surprise.

• bum leg.
• crestfallen.
• everyone else is evolving.
• she heightened everything.
• bryte side.
• overcome by happiness.
• the ballad of bjorn borg.
• hundred dollar pocket.
• "we're gonna try something out on you," Joe said : pipe bomb (with drum machine).
• television.
• working girls.
• flaming wreck.
• nobody's watching.
• monkey suit.
• chicken wire.
• grudge f***.

• silo (solo).
• freight of fire (silo).
• cronulla breakdown.
• prince valium.

• all i know.
• wait to stop.

Support was by Lisa Miller, who did the nice country singer type of thing, with a nice strong voice and a strangely familiar backup band - Shane O'Mara (who went sick on a few tracks with some weird guitar pedals, to much applause afterwards), Bill McDonald, and Peter Jones (they've have all played together with Stephen Cummings) !

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