This is a history of my performances in Taipei.
All songs by john unless otherwise indicated.
* Over there, to the right: open jam night in effect
This is a history of my performances in Taipei.All songs by john unless otherwise indicated.* Over there, to the right: open jam night in effect |
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Thursday, March 13, 2003
1. the only bonus track you'll ever need 2. how to overdose in Chiang Kai Shek's cadillac and still retain your residency status (aka: the whole world is one big inside joke) 3. adventure and romance 4. we know she's lonely 5. My Drug Buddy (E. Dando) Thursday, March 20, 2003 1. uncertainty 2. i lost her (van gogh's earring) 3. we know she's lonely 4. It's About Time (E. Dando) 5. holy shit George Bush looks like James Vanderbiek but with a lot more weight on his shoulders (aka: the whole world is one big inside joke) |
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Thursday, March 27, 2003
1. travel your love 2. the only bonus track you'll ever need 3. you can't write (aka: the whole world is one big inside joke) 4. Sweet Jane Says (P. Farrell/L. Reed) 5. mud puddle (+ hip hop ho-down w/ MC Rumblebasskin & DJ Stephanie Michelle) Thursday, April 3, 2003 1. i lost her (van gogh's earring) 2. Exit Music (T. Yorke/J. Greenwood) 3. Inter-sitcom Newsflash (Inst.) 4. adventure and romance 5. movin' 6. You Are My sunshine (in G minor) |
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Thursday, April 10, 2003
1. we know she's lonely 2. Somewhere Over the Rainbow (jazz) 3. Rainbow Connection (one verse & chorus) 4. travel your love 5. he's the one (with verse from another song) 6. movin' Thursday, April 17, 2003 1. there's uncertainty in the air (aka: uncertainty) 2. movin' 3. mitote [convulsions: how to get free admission at the National Palace Museum] 4. afterwords [a reading of "Them" from Douglas Coupland's Souvenir of Canada 5. Somewhere Over the Rainbow (jazz w/ sax) 6a. why are the beastie boys playing at a cigarette factory? (aka: the whole world is one big inside joke) 6b. No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn (A. Horovitz/M. Diamond/A. Yauch) |
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Thursday, April 24, 2003
intro:[convulsions: how to get free admission at the National Palace Museum] 1a. Cyanide Breath Mint (Beck Hansen) ["Luke, I am your Father"] 2. (if) you're not yourself today ["Bob Saget Impression"] 3. ch ["My Impression...of the Life...at Big Bri's House"] 4. i hope so ["This Man has a Heart Condition"] 5. Harrison Ford's the one [aka: he's the one] encore: who is the girl with the red dress on? [aka: movin'] Thursday, May 1, 2003 1. the only bonus track...(intro only) b. (i lost her) van gogh's earring (w/ Jeremy on drums) 2. mud puddle (+ parts of movin') 3. ch [hair brush scream: how to get free admission at the National Palace Museum THE REMIX] 4. Diamond in the Sleaze (Beck Hansen) [how to floss] 5. sticky the man (w/ bass, drums, and 2nd guitar) |
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Thursday, May 8, 2003
[a non-SARS-related message from the Cobra Commander] 1. he's the one [phone call to Penny] 2. i hope so 3. madonnalauperus 80s grab-bag (R. Bolland/F. Bolland/P. Brown/Culture Club/B. Elliot/R. Hazard/R.Hyman/C. Lauper/P. Leonard/Madonna/R. Rans/ Wham!) [Billy Bob Thornton vs. Peter Piper] 4. we know she's lonely 5. bag of meat (w/ MC Rumblebasskin feat. DJ Stephanie Michelle on drums and John Stamos on bass) Thursday, May 15, 2003 [a new SARS mask that receives air from above via a tube] 1. movin' (w/ parts of mud puddle & hip hop ho-down & chorus of bag of meat) 2. dr. mcgillicuddy [audience participation: what are you drinking?] 3. better living through auto-neuropsychopharmacology 4. (wt:) demethylate me 5. take a load off SALLY (aka: the whole world is one big inside joke) (w/ verses and chorus of It's Tricky by RUN DMC) 6. Where is My Mind? (Pixies) (w/ Matt on mandolin and lead vocals) |
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Thursday, May 29, 2003
[My latest in anti-SARS technology: the sponge method] 1. Alya is the girl with the red dress on [aka: movin'] 2. Alya Pirani 3. Alya's Starting to Happen (E. Dando) 4. it's the shampoo song [aka: the whole world is one big inside joke w/ one line from Born in the U.S.A. by B. Springsteen] 5. bag of meat (w/ MC Rumblebasskin feat. DJ Stephanie Michelle on drums and Shep Dogg on bass, extra vocals and harmonica by Mr. X) [incl. segments of Mother Nature's Son by P. Mcartney, and Killing in the Name of by Rage Against the Machine] Thursday, June 5, 2003 1. (i lost her) van gogh's earring 2. (if) you're not yourself today 3. madonnalauperus 80s grab-bag (R. Bolland/F. Bolland/P. Brown/Culture Club/B. Elliot/R. Hazard/R.Hyman/C. Lauper/P. Leonard/Madonna/R. Rans/ Wham!) 4. Karma Police (T. Yorke/J. Greenwood) [Western food auction] 5. dr. mcgillicuddy ["It's Shake n' Bake...and Ayyyyyyyye Hepped"] 6. [Untitled Instrumental piece] |
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Thursday, June 12, 2003
1. With A Little Help From My Friends/Wonder Years monologue (J. Lennon/P. McCartney) (monologue by L.F. Padilla, F. Savage) [featuring Brian on guitar and Lance on vocals] 2. madonnalauperus 80s grab-bag (P. Brown/Culture Club/B. Elliot/R. Hazard/R.Hyman/C. Lauper/P. Leonard/Madonna/R. Rans/ Wham!/Men Without Hats) 3. insomnia 4. who is the girl with the red dress on? [aka: movin'] b. Happy Birthday 5. ch 6. better living through auto-neuropsychopharmacology 7. demethylate me encore: bag of meat [with DJ Stephanie on drums, Some Guy on bass] |
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Thursday, June 19, 2003 - The $100 000 quiet show - many songs played and mixed so order is not exact
- adventure and romance - afterwords - Cyanide Breath Mint (B. Hansen) - If You're Happy and You Know It (major/minor breakdown) - insomnia - It's About Time (E. Dando) - My Drug Buddy (E. Dando) - My Favorite Things (O. Hammerstein II/R. Rodgers) - Somewhere Over the Rainbow (jazz) - The Girl From Ipanema (T. Jobim/V. de Moraes) - the only bonus track you'll ever need - travel your love (one verse) - we know she's lonely - You Are My Sunshine (in G minor) - etc. |
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Thursday, June 27, 2003 - the end of an era
1. he's the one (w/ the Bebopalicious 23 skidoo keeners) 2. madonnalauperus 80s grab-bag (P. Brown/Culture Club/Depeche Mode/B. Elliot/R. Hazard/R.Hyman/C. Lauper/P. Leonard/Madonna/Men At Work/R. Rans/ Wham!/Youth) 3. insomnia 4. bag of meat (w/ hip hop ho-down) 5. the title is the chorusline 6. movin' encore [untitled instrumental piece] |
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...but wait...there's more...
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Thursday, August 21, 2003 - The Return of...
1. the only bonus track you'll ever need 2. (i lost her) van gogh's earring 3. madonnalauperus 80s grab-bag (P. Brown/Culture Club/B. Elliot/R. Hazard/R.Hyman/C. Lauper/P. Leonard/Madonna/R. Rans/ Wham!/K. Cobain/Youth) 4. movin' 5. mud puddle [w/ hip hop ho-down] (incl. segment of Boys Don't Cry by The Cure) [chorus of Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want by The Smiths 6. the title is the chorusline Saturday, August 23, 2003 - An evening with two musicians, one not Canadian, and one not Scottish 1. (i lost her) van gogh's earring 2. he's the one 3. madonnalauperus 80s grab-bag (P. Brown/Culture Club/B. Elliot/R. Hazard/R.Hyman/C. Lauper/P. Leonard/Madonna/R. Rans/ Wham!/K. Cobain/Youth) 4. the whole world is one big inside joke 5. insomnia 6. we know she's lonely 7. movin' 8. bag of meat (acoustic) 9. [untitled instrumental piece] |
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...and that's all i wrote...as far as Citizen Cain goes...
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