Gotta say the first set on paper looks horrible as far as song selection goes.
AC/DC Bag was too drudgy as an opener - I like the song but it's always
hit and miss for me. If its uptempo and banging, then all right! But too
often it feels like it is dragging or something. This is one of those
versions. It was still pretty good though - I'd give it a B+
Martian Monster and Ass Handed are both SKIPs for me.
On to Everything's Right - I really enjoy this tune. This version is
exceptionally chill and laid back. The jamming doesn't really go that
far out, but we do get some nice jazzy playing for a few minutes. Pretty
solid stuff!
So, as usual, it appears I spoke too soon.
Everything's Right ended up being a heavy banger towards the end and 555 KILLED. I was straight up headbanging along 
Also, I didn't realize until I checked .NET that the first set includes Theme and Gin, so points get added for those.
I hear great thing about the upcoming Ocelot as well....
This isn't Ocelot. No, this frickin' CAN'T be.
WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?! THIS IS FREAKING AWESOME!!!
Let me put it like this, if you played this jam for someone, they would
never, ever, in a million years realize that it stemmed from a mere
Ocelot.
WOW!
Oh yea, Wedge was pretty rockin' too
Ok, so Theme and Gin to end set 1. Theme seemed very good and quite
powerful. Gin was 13 minutes of "just ok". Just a "generic, good Gin".
Limb By Limb into 2001 was again fun but unspectacular. Just good stuff.
YEM was great though and the rocking Suzy sent us happily on our way.
This show was about as good as night 1. A solid B+ gig that just screamed "warm up" for the most part (aside from that incredible Ocelot!!!)
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