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TOPIC: Slim's San Francisco
Posted  Saturday, January 29, 2005 at 2:17 AM
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This show was sold out for about two weeks prior to the event. I eventually found one willing soul to sell me a ticket for $40, which was $24 more than the venue price. The guy who sold it to me actually turned out to be a really cool person, who had moved out from North Carolina. He bought me a few beers to make up for the price difference.

I didn't get a setlist or write anything down, but the Features opened with Circus and ended with Thursday. Then all of the regular songs: Exhibit A, Me and the Skirts, Million Ways, The way its meant to be, etc, with a couple new ones that I have never heard. When they walked out on stage, a guy in front of me said, "these guys look way too healthy." I'm still not sure exactly sure what that guy meant. The venue sound for the Features was an overall good mix. To give you an idea of the setting, this is probably the first Features show I have ever seen where there was absolutely no cigarette smoking, but plenty of people smoking pot freely.

I think the band had a good time, the crowd seemed to enjoy it. Roadie made a few appearances on stage to give matt his guitars. I saw many nods of approval, especially towards Rollum who had a stage position right between matt and Roger in the front. It was very cool to see the Features in San Francisco, I hope they can make it out here more often.

I stayed for half of the Kings of Leon set. I have never seen them before tonight. They were alright. They seemed to have a very tight guitar sound to them, and the vocalist has a pretty unique voice. I couldn't hear the vocals very well though, the guitars drowned them out in the mix. I hear they will be opening for U2 on their upcoming tour?

Anyway, that's about all I have to say.
Thanks for a good evening.
GSTP