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Tour Board / York, PA - April 22nd 2017

« on: April 23, 2017, 12:48:51 PM »

Stuff isn't in order.  It's also possible I forgot something.

First half:

• Phone in a Pool
• Annie Waits
• Bastard
• Landed
• Not a Fan
• Capable of Anything

Second Half:

• Rock This Bitch Improv (about using the word "Choose" instead of "Pick" when someone yelled to pick their paper airplane)
• Video
• Levi Johnston Blues
• Battle of Who Could Care Less (audience did the harmony)
• Army
• The Luckiest
• Fred Jones, Part II
• One Angry Dwarf

Encore:

• Zak & Sara

I will say, I never saw someone head bang to Fred Jones, but I guess there's a first for everything.  Someone was also really hammered sitting next to us, and passed out during OAD.  I did request Fear of Pop in the paper airplanes, but he sadly didn't see it (or threw it out, ha).

Great concert.

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Tour Board / MPAC, Morristown, NJ - September 18th, 2016

« on: September 18, 2016, 02:52:59 PM »

I did the sound check experience thing, we're in the middle of waiting for the full show later, so I'll update with a set list probably tonight/tomorrow.

In terms of uncommon (?) songs he sampled, we got:
Silver Street
Fired
Twin Falls
Ascent of Stan

I yelled for Fannie Packs, but he sadly didn't hear me.

Set list so far:
(Part I)
Annie Waits
Last Polka
Phone in a Pool
Effington
Bastard
Landed
Not the Same
Capable of Anything
I'm Not the Man
Rockin' the Bitch Pushing a VW Bug (story from 1992 pushing a classic VW bug owned by a teacher)
Not a Fan - explained the backstory as a man, decked out in tattoos got back stage at a Folds Five concert, asking what Brick was about (he wasn't a fan, but his girlfriend was).  Ben described him as a zealot.  Upon Ben's "leaving it to the listener" explanation, the guy pulled a knife saying, "I think I know what it's about," and security grabbed him.

Part II is upcoming, and will be a paper airplane request.
 
(Part II)
Jackson Cannery
Song for the Dumped
Doc Pomus
Kate
Bitches Ain't Shit
Philosophy
The Luckiest
Alice Childress
Tiny Dancer

EDIT: Forgot Bastard in the opening set.  We did the 4 part counter point as an audience.

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Tour Board / Fillmore, Philadelphia PA, May 6th, 2016

« on: May 08, 2016, 03:58:52 PM »

The opening act was pretty chill.

- Beautiful Machines - yMusic
- So There
- Rock this Bitch (Ben was in the middle of explaining a joke, then some dude in the back yelled RTB, and so RTB was a story about the joke)
- Long Way to Go
- Not a Fan (Ben didn't come in right for the opening lyric, and restarted)
- Effington
- I'm Not the Man
- Phone in a Pool
- Mess
- Music in Circles -yMusic
- Song for the Dumped
- Capable of Anything
- Steven's Last Night in Town
- You Don't Know Me

Encore:
- Army
- Not the Same

I'm not entirely sure of the setlist's order, but I think that was everything.  This was the show that prompted the story about the passport photos that were posted to facebook/instagram since he got them done near Philly when he first started.

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Tour Board / Temple Performing Arts Center - Philadelphia, PA 5-13-15

« on: May 14, 2015, 01:51:35 PM »

There weren't too many people at the venue, so it was somewhat depressing.  Overall, though, it was a great show.  I haven't heard anything coming from the new album, so it was a whole new experience for me and my friends.

Riding off the setlist provided by Kidney05, I'll attempt to piece together what was played (as it was largely the same).

Beautiful Mechanical -yMusic
So There
Long Way To Go (I enjoyed the reuse of the WtN leak)
Not A Fan (ended with a nice "f*ck you")
Effington
I'm Not The Man
-Ben kept laughing and screwing up on this one, where he then asked if anyone in the audience had any poetry on hand that him and yMusic could free style.  Two pieces where given from the audience, and we got two RtB's out of it.  They were both fantastic!
Mess
Music In Circles (yMusic solo)
Yes Man
Erase Me
Jesusland
Capable Of Anything
Phone in the Pool (apparent debut.  It'll be recorded officially soon)
Steven's Last Night in Town
You Don't Know Me
Not the Same

Encore:
Cigarette
(Ben solo)
Bastard
 (Ben solo)
Sentimental Guy (solo)
Annie Waits

EDIT: Evaporated was in there, too (full band)

If anyone else was there, go ahead and correct the setlist, since after getting home at like 12:30AM and going to work, my memory's a bit hazy.

Stayed afterwards and met Sam and most of the yMusic members.  Again, it was a great show!

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Tour Board / The Mann Center w/ the Philly Orchestra, June 24th, 2014

« on: June 27, 2014, 06:41:15 PM »

Good show from start to finish.  I'll do my best to remember the setlist...

Orchestra opened with Tchaikovsky's Moscow (I think?)
Effington
Smoke
Jesusland
Annie Waits
Gracie
Picture Window
[First Movement from the Piano Concerto was somewhere in the middle]
Landed
Zak & Sara
Brick
Steven's Last Night in Town
Cologne
Fred Jones, Part 2
Not the Same [Orchestra + Audience]
Encore:
One Angry Dwarf

Setlist isn't in the right order, but I think I remembered everything.

EDIT: forgot Effington and the Concerto movement.

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Tour Board / Philadelphia, PA - The Mann Center - 7/18/2013

« on: July 19, 2013, 08:04:34 PM »

I'm trying to remember the setlist...

-Michael Praytor
-Alice Childress
-Landed
-Erase Me
-Sky High
-Brick
-Do It Anyway
-One Angry Dwarf
-Underground
-Song for the Dumped (had a cool improv section where Ben and Robert traded off)
-Army

This is not complete, nor in the right order.  So, if someone else that was there last night remembers, please post!

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Tour Board / XPN Festival 7/24/11

« on: July 24, 2011, 10:12:52 AM »

Ben's on at 6:40ish, and I think XPN is streaming it online (xpn.org).

Anyone else going?  I'll be there. I'll try and remember the setlist.  And, if it's online, someone bootleg it PLEASE.

EDIT:
It was just Ben Folds and a piano!

Setlist:
Effington
Sentimental Guy
Annie Waits
Eddie Walker
Bitch Went Nuts
"Free Aleu" RtB
Gone
Picture Window
Landed
Zak and Sara
Not the Same
Army

Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head (it started raining, so he played this)

Good show; first time I heard Bitch Went Nuts with just a piano (I have half the song on video, which I'll upload later).  Also saw Jukebox the Ghost and the act before Folds (can't remember her name, sicne I was so focused on the bass player who stole the show by being so awesome).

If anyone else was there, I was the dude in the Pac-Man hat.

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General Board / The Supreme Topic of Bootlegs

« on: February 15, 2011, 05:32:37 PM »

EDIT: I went back through here looking for some stuff, and it appears as though MediaFire decided to delete a bulk of my uploads without informing me.  So, I apologize for the lack of linkage to a variety of bootlegs listed here.  Hopefully, someone has them downloaded and can reupload them.


 

UPDATED: 11/12


...that aren't on WUWTL


ALL ARE FLAC UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED

SOLO:

La Zona Rosa, Austin, TX (3/10/2002)

Live in Athens November 29, 2001 - From this thread.

Live in New York City January 10, 2003 (ft. Joe Jackson) - From this thread.

SPIN Live in NYC - (Lonely Avenue promotion) Ripped by myself.  Included is every song/intro in 320kps VBR MP3 and a big 'ol FLAC of the whole thing.

From Above Live - acoustic version, recorded by myself.  I also edited the MP3 to 'nixed Nick's speaking, since I couldn't stand it when I'd listen to it.

2002-03-18 Big Easy Concert House in Boise, ID (Also on DIME)

2009-09-03 Melbourne, Australia – Palais Theatre - MP3.  (Also on DIME)

Live at the WXPN Festival, 2011 (MP3).  Large file is the original I split everything from.

SOLO W/BAND:

Live on World Cafe NPR - (Lonely Aveune promotion) Recorded by myself.  Includes 320kps VBR MP3s, as well as the flv file I downloaded to extract the songs from.  You can listen to the original webcast here.

Live on Jimmy Fallon - (Lonely Aveune promotion) Recorded by myself.  Included is a flac of the show, as well as a 320kps VBR MP3.  Note that it isn't a direct copy, but I used recording via Audacity.

2009-02-21 Columbus, OH – Lifestyle Communities Pavilion - MP3 @ 256kps

2005-05-14 Boston, MA - Avalon (disc 1) - MP3 @ 320kps VBR
2005-05-14 Boston, MA – Avalon (disc 2) - MP3 @ 320kps VBR

Live Music Hall, Cologne, Germany (3/8/2011) - MP3 (FLAC on DIME)

Southampton Guildhall - 22nd February 2011 - MP3. (FLAC)

DMB Caravan 2011, Chicago, IL, 2011-07-09 (16bit)  (TORRENTS: 16 24)

2011-07-13, Denver, CO (DIME)

FOLDS FIVE:

1996-03-21 Theater of Living Arts in Philidelphia, PA - from this thread.

1997-06-01 Metropol in Pittsburgh, PA - from this thread.

1997-04-27 "Idiot's Delight" New York City Radio - from this thread.

1999-09-11 Kokusai Forum in Tokyo, Japan - from this thread.

1997-08-02 HORDE Festival East Troy, WI - Folds Five and a string quartet.

1998-02-15 Chicago Cybercast Part (DIME torrent)

5/28/98 'Live at the World Cafe' Philadelphia Radio

1996-03-24 'Sunday Night' New York City Radio -> Track18 (Steven's Last Night in Town) is incomplete in this upload.  Here's a completed version.

The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA from 11/28/97


The Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA (6/14/98) - MP3 (FLAC)

Giants Stadium E.Rutherford NJ 6-7-98 - MP3. (FLAC) - Folds Five.

Live at Club Quattro; Tokyo, Japan; 1996 [MP3] [FLAC]

Ben Folds Five - 2012-09-13, Holyoke, MA

Ben Folds Five - Ryman Auditorium - Nashville TN - September 17, 2012

*NEW* Ben Folds Five - 2012-10-15 - Toronto, ON [sp-cmc-2.ls11 with Kate Miller-Heidke (jsr)]

OTHER:

Ben Folds and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - (Used to be on DIME, however it has vanished from their tracker)  -The audio quality gets better in the later half due to some girl singing along the entire time...

2009-10-31 Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, MN - (Also on DIME)

Berlin DVD (zip files; 4.49GB):
[down, since megaupload is gone.  Request a reupload if wanted.]



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SHOWS STILL ON TORRENTS:

(as in shouldn't be uploaded to wokeup until the torrent dies, which hopefully never happens   )

Ben Fold Five-1997-07-18 Phoenix, AZ H.O.R.D.E. Festival - Folds Five + String Quartet

2010-05-16 San Francisco CA 16-bit & 24-bit - Folds solo w/KM.

2009-05-17 Oakland, CA - Solo.

2-21-2009 - LC Pavilion, Columbus, OH - Solo.

2007-06-19 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Bonner Springs, KS - Solo.


REGISTRATION REQUIRED:

2011-03-08 Cologne, Live Music Hall - Solo w/Band.

1998-06-14 - The Tabernacle, Atlanta, Georgia - Folds Five.

Ben Folds - 2011-07-22, Warfield, San Francisco - cmc34 16 bit

The Bens (Ben Kweller, Ben Lee, Ben Folds) - 2003-03-24, Palais, Melbourne, AUS - AUD MASTER

Ben Folds 2011-07-10 Crossroads Kansas City, MO

The Bens (Ben Lee, Ben Folds, Ben Kweller) - 2003-03-16, Newcastle, AUS, AUD

Ben Folds - College Park MD - 2010-04-30 - 24bit/96kHz - Solo.

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Use a download manager like jDownloader to get everything quickly and painlessly.  Extracting from a series of .7z or .rar files can be done easily by 7zip, WinRAR, and a variety of other archival programs (be sure to download each part, or else you won't be able to do anything with the files!).
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General Board / Unofficial DVDs

« on: February 12, 2011, 12:21:31 PM »

Anyone have the Freaking Out Fan DVD or the Live at Summer Stage 7/14/04 DVD?  [Preferably in an ISO form, but it doesn't matter]

It'd be much appreciated.

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News / Ben Folds and Nick Hornby on NPR 11/12

« on: November 14, 2010, 03:37:37 PM »

http://www.npr.org/2010/11/12/131270338/ben-folds-nick-hornby-on-world-cafe

I haven't bothered to listen to the whole thing yet, but I heard part of Picture Window while driving today from this broadcast.

EDIT: There's a little more tracks on there than what the set list says; some of them are not album versions, either.  I downloaded the stream, but I can't convert to anything for the life of it for editing (and VLC poops itself when I try to skip around).  And there's, how should I say, *KrZZZZZZZZzh* moments in it for cursing, lawl.

EDIT2: I now have the three songs (Levi Johnston, Doc Pomus, and Picture Window) in mp3 format, they sound pretty good, too.  Plus, there's a lot more piano with these recordings.

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Tour Board / Tower Theater, Upper Darby PA 11/13/2010

« on: November 13, 2010, 09:46:47 PM »

Amazing show, just got back.

Working Day
Doc Pomus
Sleazy [by Kesha] - Alternate
Belinda
Gone
Saskia Hamilton
"Going to Unleash this Shit Storm At the Tower Theater" RTB
Effington
Bastard
From Above
Landed
You Don't Know Me

[Solo]
The Luckiest
Mess
The Last Polka
Practical Amanda

[Band back]
Levi Johnston's Blues
Kate
Rockin' the Suburbs
Zak & Sara
Not the Same
Philosophy (inc Misirlou) + Chopsticks
Army

The songs probably aren't in the right order, and there's some other songs I'm forgetting, but I can't remember right now.  I have some videos I took that'll put up on YouTube later.

EDIT: My videos are up, and there's another person (stonefosho) whose uploaded a few from the show, so they're linked to, too.