en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 60 http://www.audioscrobbler.net/data/webservices http://www.last.fm/user/jwheare/journal The Last.fm journal for jwheare. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. http://www.last.fm/user/jwheare/journal/2008/12/01/2b6190_ben_folds_@_shepherds_bush_empire_20081130 Mon, 1 Dec 2008 01:08:34 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/jwheare/journal/2008/12/01/2b6190_ben_folds_@_shepherds_bush_empire_20081130 Sun 30 Nov – Ben Folds, Rachel Unthank & The Winterset @ Shepherds Bush Empire



Awesome show! Maybe just cos I know the new songs now, or maybe he was just on better form than last time, and we were at the front on the piano side this time. Either way, this was lovely.

Setlist (playlist):

Effington
Brainwascht
Bitch Went Nutz
Annie Waits
Hiroshima (B B B Benny Hit His Head)
Lovesick Diagnostician
Dr. Yang
Before Cologne
Cologne
Kylie From Connecticut
Free Coffee
You To Thank
You Don't Know Me (featuring Regina Spektor) - performed with Holly Partridge of The SheBeats
Landed
Fred Jones, Part 2
Lullabye
Emaline
Bitch Went Nuts
Zak And Sara
Fair
Jesusland
Army
Still Fighting It
Philosophy
Not The Same
Frowne Song (Feeble Anthem)
One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces

]]> http://www.last.fm/user/jwheare/journal/2008/06/26/21juzv_just_like_quiet_riot_did Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:21:21 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/jwheare/journal/2008/06/26/21juzv_just_like_quiet_riot_did Ben Folds, Wed 25 June 2008, Shepherds Bush Empire

In response to Good gig, bad venue (ish) by Zoonie:

Ach, for my first Ben Folds gig I have to say I was kinda disappointed. Not being able to see *and* being tall made me feel both guilty and annoyed, and the sound was pretty crap. I guess I had high expectations, but didn't feel I could really enjoy myself for various crowd related reasons.

It was great to finally see him live, and was that (fomer drummer) Lindsay Jamieson who kept wandering on with the tambourine? I thought he'd slipped a disc.

I'm sort of ambivalent about the singalongyness. It's really fun (especially Ben's trademark three part "harmony" schtick) but also quite distracting. Would be OK if the sound was better I suppose. He wasn't always singing into his mic either!

Anyway, going back in November too, right at the front, on the left near the keys! Come on Ben, let's do it properly this time!]]>