Setlists for the year 2004:

Neon Brown 12.07.04
Graceland (Seattle)


Set 1
For Savin' Time > Hoodoo, Clay Castle --> Static, Ocean Waves, A Place, Get Round

Notes:
Opening for 'Upwell' and 'Westward Expansion'


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Neon Brown 12.04.04
Stuart's Coffee House (Bellingham)


Set 1
Savin' Five > Match, CNFISP-->Static, Falling, A Place, Ocean Waves, Beginner's Mind

Set 2*
Jams

Notes:
* With Jun on Sax and Tim (winkler's papa) on Rhodes.

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Neon Brown 11.06.04
The Brown Lantern (Anacortes)


Set 1
Three Square > Match, Cityscape #2, Inertia, Falling, Pants then Shoes, Waves, Tippin' the Fridge.

Set 2*
A place, His Knees Are Rubber, Aphid Tea, Static, Bionic, Riddle-->Loop Jam, CNFISP, Sidewalk Blues, Fancy Walkin'#, NeoBurn&.

Notes:
* This was a long set. (...probably over an hour and a half...The recording, which begins at the third tune, 'Aphid Tea', is over 76 minutes long.)
# encore 1
& encore 2


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Neon Brown 11.05.04
The Blue Moon Tavern (U. District)


Set 1
For Savin' Time-->Get Round, Bionic, Falling, A place, Waves*, Aphid Tea > Awesome Sound.

Notes:
First time at this venue.
Neon Brown played after the debut of A&A's new three-piece project with TQ Berg on Vbass -- "Indonesian Junk" -- and before "Dumb Found Dead".
* First time played.


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Neon Brown 10.19.04
Suckerpunch Productions (Bellevue)


Set 1
Saving Five* > Match, Cityscape#2*, Pants Then Shoes, Tippin' the Fridge^-->jam^-->jam^ > HKAR%

Set 2^
Jam#, jam@, jam, Freebird!

Notes:
'neon brown' played for the ship/moving-party at Andrew's videogame-production-company's office.
* With lyrical reference to Sly II (Band Of Thieves), the game that Suckerpunch had just shipped.
^ With Bill Wolford on electric guitar.
% Followed by requests for "Freebird" and a brief Freebird tease.
# With Dan Brakely on Drums.
@ Preceded by requests for Freebird and a loose jam over some of the chord changes...eventually called to a dramatic halt by Andrew.
! Adrian started in with the vocals and then Andrew joined in with improvised lyrics telling everyone to go home.


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Neon Brown 08.30.04
Living:Room (Fremont)


Set 1
Three Square-->Cityscape#2, Pants Then Shoes, Static, Aphid Tea, Keychain, HKAR

Set 2
NeoBurn > Falling#, Glisten

Notes:
First time at this venue.
# First time played in this greatly simplified arrangement (and the first time, period, in at least three years (?)) ...included some spontaneous interaction (cowering in fear) with the bunny-toy images that were part of the video-projection loop playing behind the stage.


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Neon Brown 08.11.04
Mr. Spot's Chai House


Set 1
Three Square-->CNFISP, A Place, Toast Fantasy-->Jam*

Set 2
Jams%

Notes:
A 'Neon Brown Presents:' event ("The Heavy Metal Years")
* Early into this jam, RL Heyer joined in on Laptop-Slidesteel and stayed for the remainder of the set, which continued for approximately 15 minutes.
% With Denali Williams on miscellaneous Percussion and RL Heyer on Lap-Slide and B.C.Rich Electric Sitar. Included at least two lyrical explorations of the theme "The Heavy Metal Years".


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Neon Brown 07.28.04
Mr. Spot's Chai House


Set 1
Three Square-->Cityscape#2, A place, Match, Pants Then Shoes

Notes:
A 'Neon Brown Presents:' event ("Mr. Brian F#@$king Kenney Fresno!")
Neon Brown was immediately followed by Brian Kenney Fresno of Fresno, CA.

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Neon Brown 07.23.04
The Flowmotion Summer Meltdown (Sedro Woolley, WA)


*For Savin Time-->Aphid Tea, Get Round, Tippin the Fridge

Notes:
Neon Brown's first time playing the Meltdown.
* After three hours in traffic heading north, Andrew and Adrian both arrived independently at about 5 minutes after the time they were supposed to start playing. A fairly quick setup commenced, but with electric-shock-issues with Andrew's gear and his mic to the PA, they quickly decided to play an instrumental set (with the exception of Get Round, where Adrian does most of the singing).

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Neon Brown 06.23.04
Tost Lounge


Set 1
For Savin' Time-->Get Round*, Cityscape#2, Glisten, Match, Beginner's Mind, Keychain, Bionic

Set 2
A Place, Pants Then Shoes, BaileyRog%, Lost Baggage, Blue Fiber

Notes:
* with further-departing jam at the top of the bridge.
% Denali Williams (of Cracker Factory) joined in on Percussion in the middle of "BaileyRog" and stayed through the end of the set.

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Neon Brown 06.12.04
The Brown Lantern (Anacortes)


Set 1
Three Square-->Match, Get Round, The Riddle-->Loop Jam > Blue Fiber, Bionic, NeoBurn

Set 2
Nice Feathers-->Looper-->HKAR, A Place, Keychain%, Beginner's Mind, Inertia, BaileyRog-->Loop Jam% > Type

Notes:
The Anacortes "Nice Feathers" CD-release party.
% Including the repeated harmonized Whitesnake refrain "Still of the Night, still of the night, still of the night." (Before Inertia (and earlier, before Nice Feathers) Adrian had asked the crowd if they liked "The Rock and Roll", which degenerated into the performance and discussion of "the buttrock cheer". Someone in the crowd asked for some buttrock, and Andrew promised that this one would be "butt-ambient".)

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Neon Brown 06.11.04
Patti Summers' (Pike Place Market)


Set 1
Nice Feathers-->ForSavin'Time, Pants Then Shoes, Fancy Walkin', Aphid Tea, A Place#, Match

Notes:
The "Nice Feathers" CD-release party.
Cracker Factory played before NB.
# First time played (tentative title)
After this set, there was roughly an hour of improv, starting with NB and CF, who were eventually joined by TQ (on vbass) and Anders (on Electric 4-string).

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WHAT HAPPENED TO THE NBP SHOWS FROM MAY?

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Neon Brown 05.22.04
Tost (Fremont)


Set 1
For Savin' Time > Match, Pants Then Shoes, Aphid Tea > Bionic, Blues, Nice Feathers-->CNFISP-->Nice Feathers, Clay Castle, Tippin' The Fridge, HKAR, Cucumber Slumber, Fancy Walkin'

Notes:
First time at this venue
A single long (happy hour) set from roughly 6:20-8:00pm


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Neon Brown 04.28.04
Mr. Spot's Chai House


Set 1
Cityscape#2-->FancyWalkin', Horn, Hunkasaurus Jr. > Inertia, Blues, NeoBurn

Set 2
Jams$&

Notes:
A 'Neon Brown Presents:' event: "Can't Brain Today"
$ with Anders, Jacob, and Zane of 'The Consul'.
& Including numerous instrumental and vocal explorations on the evening's theme.


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Neon Brown 04.14.04
Mr. Spot's Chai House


Set 1
Freejam (with some looping)* > Match, Anyday Traffic, Lost Baggage, Bionic, Glass Turtle, Inertia, Cityscape#2-->Jamming with Guests$

Notes:
A 'Neon Brown Presents:' event: "I'm a little Girl!"
* This was the band's first departure from intentionally placing a polymetric loop jam at the top of the setlist and was more loosely improvised.
$ The end of Cityscape#2 featured the addition of TQ Berg (V-bass), Five Philpin (Electric Guitar), Coulby Styles (Percussion and Slide Bass) and morphed into an extended (hour-plus) freejam with the eventual addition of Colin Higgins (Electric Guitar).


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Neon Brown 04.04.04
Seattle Center House (for the World Rhythm Festival)


Set 1
Three Square-->Static, Keychain, Get Round, CNFISP, Tippin' the Fridge, Match, HKAR

Notes:
Neon Brown was the last act of the Festival on that stage...Since there was no one going on after them, HKAR was played as an encore.
Numerous diverse percussion ensembles played before them.


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Neon Brown 04.02.04
The Old Pequliar (Ballard)


Set 1
Savin' Five-->Pants Then Shoes, Blues, Nice Feathers-->Jam-->Aphid Tea-->Nice Feathers, Cityscape#1, Horn%, NeoBurn

Set 2
Get Round, Tippin' the Fridge, Match, Awesome Sound-->Trevor's Birthday Loop Jam@-->Awesome Sound, Bionic, Static, Type, Bailey Rog, Blue Fiber, *FancyWalkin', &Eddy-->Jam

Notes:
% By Phish...First Time Played
@ Featuring the lyrics, "Today's your birthday and the party's gonna never end...Today's the party for the birthday of the Trevorend" * Encore1 ...opened with an abstract harmonized vocal jam.
& Encore2


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Neon Brown 03.06.04
Fremont Drumshop Studio Space


Set 1
Three Square --> Get Round, Aphid Tea, Inertia, Tippin' The Fridge, His Knees Are Rubber.

Notes:
Neon Brown played between numerous percussion bands, drum circles, etc...for this Saturday gathering -- of roughly a hundred hand-percussionists -- of the Fremont Drum 'n' Dance workshop (kicking off the 12th annual World Rhythm festival).


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Neon Brown 03.05.04
Patti Summers


Set 1
Seven on Six (loop jam) --> Wookie, Cityscape#2, Bionic, Pants Then Shoes, Match, LoopJam-->Type, HKAR%

Notes:
Neon Brown played before The Consul in a two-band event, "Transmorgafied(sic)/Deifargomsnart!".
% encore number
After both band's sets, all five of them got up and jammed for another 45 minutes or so.
(AW: another amazing jam-recording succumbs to software error.)

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Neon Brown 02.25.04
Mr. Spot's Chai House


Set 1
Seven on Six (loop jam) --> Blues, Fancy Walkin', CNFISP > Match, Bailey Rog

Set 2*
jam^, jam

Notes:
A 'Neon Brown Presents:' event ("40 oz. of Good Love Hangover")
* with Colin Higgins on Electric Guitar and James Whiton on Standup Bass...this set consisted of two, roughly 25-minute, continuous improv sections (with James and Colin introduced at the end of each section)
^ Including muffled lyrics on the evening's theme at the very beginning
(AW: a fantastic second set with some extremely intense techno-funk energy peaks!...not represented on the JOTW page due to recording error.)

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Neon Brown 02.11.04
Mr. Spot's Chai House


Set 1
Three Square > Cucumber Slumber, Static, Bionic, Tippin' The Fridge^

Set 2*
jam, jam

Notes:
A 'Neon Brown Presents:' event ("Holy Chinese Pimpfish")
* With Antoinette (Keyboards and Vocals) Dave (Drums), and Trevor (Electric Bass) of The Revolving Jugglers, and a surprise appearance by Marc Smason (on Trombone).
^ Antoinette, Dave, and Trevor were setting up during this.

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Neon Brown 02.07.04
The Brown Lantern (Anacortes)


Set 1
Savin' Five --> Get Round, Keychain, Cityscape#1, Nice Feathers --> Eddy --> Loop Jam --> Nice Feathers, Beginner's Mind, His Knees Are Rubber

Set 2
Match, The Riddle --> Aphid Tea, Bionic, Fancy Walkin', ToastFantasy --> Loop Jam*, NeoBurn, Blue Fiber

Set 3#
Tippin' The Fridge

Notes:
* Included the lyrics "happy birthday tex...we hope you get some sex" as a 21st birthday dedication for one of the listeners
# some friends of the establishment showed up shortly after Blue Fiber (but before A & A had begun tearing down the gear) and asked for one more so they could what the band sounded like...most of the second set crowd was still around and game for another, so Tippin' The Fridge was played about 15 minutes after Blue Fiber.


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Neon Brown 01.28.04
Mr. Spot's Chai House


Set 1
One in Thirty > Match*, Anyday Traffic, Cityscape#1, Toast Fantasy, Lost Baggagge, Bionic%

Set 2^
jam#

Notes:
A 'Neon Brown Presents:' event ("Psycho Batshit! (no way dude!))
* previously called 'Burn'
% TQ and Five were setting up during this tune.
^ with TQ Berg on his brand new "V-bass", and Five Philpin on Electric Guitar
# One -- approximately 50-minute -- jam, with many movements...near the beginning and end included lyrical repetitions of the evening's title.


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Neon Brown 01.14.04
Mr. Spot's Chai House


Set 1
Three Square > Wookie, BaileyRog, Bionic, Burn

Set 2^
jam#

Notes:
A 'Neon Brown Presents:' event ("Artichoke Pee Hat")
* previously called 'Burn'
^ with Bill Wolford on drum-loops, Synth, Voice, and Trumpet, and Adrian switching to mostly his electrical instruments, Voice, and Mixing Board
# Bill started up with some ambient synth near the end of the break. Then Adrian and Andrew joined him for over an hour of improvised trance, closing with a development into pure rhythmless soundscaping and eventually "out" walking-jazz.

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Neon Brown 01.09.04
Stuart's Coffee House (Bellingham, WA)


Set 1
One in Thirty > Pants Then Shoes, Keychain, Tippin The Fridge, Blues, His Knees Are Rubber, BaileyRog --> Cucumber Slumber

Set 2
Fancy Walkin'@, Cityscape#2, Burn*, CNFISP > Inertia, Eddy --> Loop Jam, Bionic%

Notes:
@ In waving his hand to cut off the final vocal hold, Andrew knocked over Adrian's mic stand. Adrian made an impressive save/catch, and there was much rejoicing.
* First time played (not necessarily the final title for the song)
% First time played

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