Been about a week off and I'm in the mood again to listen. Onwards with 2019.
7/2/19 Saratoga
Great looking setlist on this one.
Set 1 -
Cathy's Clown - Cool! Anyone know if there was a reason for the
random Everly Bros cover to open the show? Awesome either way and
actually good enough for another performance, imo!
Tweeprise - In the 2nd slot?! WHY THE HECK NOT! This is list worthy just for surprise WTF factor alone! 
Carini - Great first set jam. It's Carini and you get what you
expect but it is excellent. Great playing from all. Builds to a massive,
awesome peak! Totally worth your time. Great little Carini!
>AC/DC Bag - Nothing list worthy, but a standard hot Bag 
>Moma Dance - Great false vocal start from Fish that leads to some fun back and forth banter between the guys. Very, very funny!
The crowd laps it up too and the guys keep the intro going forever,
milking the humor. The jam on this is pretty short, but this Moma is hot
and the fun vibes from that "intro" just spur the guys on to kick some
Type I tail. Not list worthy, but still worth checking out for the humor
factor!
>Theme From the Bottom - Great Type I jam that is pretty
lengthy. Wonderful Theme. Just a terrific A+ Type I Theme From the
Bottom!!!!! Loaded with extra mustard sauce!
Meat - SICK. The guys really dig deep in that groove and get
FUNKY. Full on 1998 funky at that!! It stays Type I, but everyone does
so much playing around the structure that it's like a Type II jam INSIDE
a Type I jam - or something like that. Must hear
Home - Oh man, the first lowlight of the set. It's not horrible,
but definitely sounds like the "only 7th time played" performance that
it is. Just sounds not-played-enough, ya know? Really awesome dark jam
on this one. Would love to see this get dragged out ala Down With
Disease or something, cuz they could drive this to outer space. Easily.
Awesome Home!!! Dark and jazzy and begging to be taken out there.
Unfortunately ripcorded into Gin...
Bathtub Gin - It's Gin. You know what you are getting. Great Type
I version that just seems to have a little more pizazz than other
"normal" versions.
Walls of the Cave - It's Walls of the Cave. Nothing special. Just hotter than the sun.
All in all, this was a wonderful first set! Most of it was
list-worthy, but even the stuff that wasn't was still strong and played
great. Lots of fun vibes and you can tell they are having a blast.
Terrific flow as well!! An A+ first set!!!!
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Played the excellent (and very FUN!) first set the other night.
I have time to continue today, so here we go with set 2:
Cool Amber and Mercury - Not my favorite of the KV songs but it grows on
me the more I hear it. Interesting choice to open the set! Dance party,
I imagine. I know in Charleston everyone was grooving.
This one is pretty great Type I fun to kick off the set. "FACEPLANT
INTO ROCK!" - sample abuse from Page, lol In the end its too short and
dies out just as it was starting to evolve, so it doesnt get on the
highlights list. Great start to the set though. Pretty cool outro though
- the guys drift into ambience and then Cactus fires up the DWD lick
>Down With Disease - YES. A 2019 DWD that does not sound asleep at the wheel! There is fire here! Also, CHECK OUT GORDO'S NASTY TONE!!! Dude, this sucker is NASTY!! Lots
of different sections, the guys dig deep and hard. Reminds me of that
2011 Clarkston Disease. Really amazing DWD. A definite tour highlight.
They go ALL OVER THE PLACE. A bit of this, a bit of that. Sometimes jams
like this disorient me (I'm all about the journey, yo!) but they flowed
pretty smoothly from one section to another avoiding whiplash for the
most part. Really awesome. DWD.
>Scents and Subtle Sounds - The DWD quickly concludes and the
guys launch into a Scents with intro! Cool and different jam on this!
Very jazzy and stuttery! This is not a quiet jam! This is a jam to run
around the room to.
You can hear Twist coming from a mile away and thank god they went into
it because if not that would've been the ultimate blue-ball.... THIS JAM IS FREAKING AWESOME! DONT SKIP IT!!!
>Twist - Short but fantastic. 'Nuff said.
Wilson - Is Wilson. Is awesome. But nothing special.
>Scent of a Mule - Talk about an unexpected segue! As with Wilson, Scent is Scent. Great to hear but nothing special.
F Your Face - Oh yea, here we go. 
After that raging Scent, Gordo gets a 2nd vocal chance to, well, deliver sexual delights upon our oral orifices.....
>Halley's Comet - Great to hear. Always a favorite of mine. See Wilson and Scent though.
Harry Hood - Others might call this list-worthy, but I swear guys, every
Hood sounds exactly the same to me and I have a hard time telling them
apart. This sounded to me like just another bliss-peak, fun Hood.
Fee - This should be list worthy for rarity factor, but Trey butchers
the lyrics so bad and it sounds like they are playing it just to play
it. Wish it was better.
A Life Beyond the Dream - Freaking love this song. Honestly I think this
might be the best Dad-rock song Trey has written since probably
Wingsuit. Just a beautiful song. I remember not being familiar with it
in Charleston but thinking it was a beautiful song. This one isn't that
special, but it's always a welcome song by me.
First Tube - Since Harry Hood or so its like the guys kinda ran out of
steam a little bit. A raging FTube to close is a raging FTube to close.
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Overall, this show had some very strong highs, a lot of "that was very
good but nothing special", one or two big flubs. I think .NET has this
rated at a 4.1 and that's about what I would rate it too. A strong show,
but not a 2019 classic. Worth your time to check out once.
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