The Pod
Iron Clad Lou
Dreamboat
Then in semi-accurate order:
Pinch and Roll
Green To Me
Apollo
Stars
Comin' Home
Suicide Machine
I Hate It Too
Winder

Encore:
Why I Like The Robins
I'd Like Your Hair Long

2nd Encore:
???(they played something but i'm drawing an absolute blank!)
Scraper (i think)

Then after the show i went and bought a t-shirt. I came back onto the floor and found my dad having a conversation with Bryan. It was really cool. My dad was telling him that i played a lot of their stuff on guitar, so he started telling me about tunings that Matt uses.
He said he used some C tuning for Apollo and he went on about some other stuff. He was a really nice guy. Then i had him sign the inseam of DiH. After that i wandered around a little more and found Jeff. I talked to him for a little while and had him sign DiH.
Then i had my girlfriend take a picture of me and him. That was awsome. I shook Matt's hand when he came out from backstage, but i didn't get to talk to him at all. He was in kind of a rush.
Tim was no where to be seen. So all in all it was a pretty good nite. Got to meet Hum...pretty cool. Well, later fellas.

-Jed
"I'm thinking of a number between everything and two"

Review By: bburn@umich.edu (KillRhythm)

good lord. that was amazing.
here's the set:
afternoon (w/intro)
the pod
iron clad lou (this is the same intro as the chicago show)
dreamboat (just the first half)
i hate it too (with long jam ending)
green to me
comin home
suicide machine
pinch and roll
apollo
stars
winder

encore:
ovrthrstr
i'd like your hair long

then half of the crowd left, the sound guys were starting to dismantle the stage, and the crowd broke into this kind of cheesy but ultimately cool HUM, HUM, HUM chant with foot stomping..
one of the sound guys got visibly agitated as he saw hum coming back on stage again...Matt had his flannel on over his SHINER t-shirt, they obviously hadn't planned on another encore, they stood around for a couple of minutes deciding what to play...matt looked so bewildered...

2nd encore:
little dipper
scraper

I haven't seen them play little dipper since the first time I saw them right after ypaa came out...that was in the basement of St. Andrews, called the Shelter..there were about 50 people at that show--last night it was packed.
After a killer version of scraper (much more intense than the version played at the Chicago show, complete with the final line..."shut your eyes and fuck you too!"), HUM finally exited stage, commenting that they were "too old to play any more", and they were clearly exhausted.

They were tighter than I have ever seen them, this was my fifth HUM show.
Matt was in his best circa e2k form that I have witnessed thus far, his vocals were outstanding, ranging from long sustained clean notes to splintering screams in pnr, winder, and scraper.
The vox were the most up front in the mix that I have witnessed live, and it sounded damn good. Bryan's drumming as usual was mind-boggling.
That intro portion of 'afternoon' is so basic, but his drumming makes the sound fascinating...tim and matt exchanged so many smiles while jamming together all night, they clearly felt the magic all those of us in attendance were bathed in, and were having a blast.

the light show was well done, too. lots of greens and purples, lots of strobes and backlights.
they even got the mirrorball kickin during i hate it too.

you guys waiting to see them still, hang in there. it's SO worth the wait...
--bill

'a love song for everyone i know, arms wide open, here we go...'