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Did you attend the ZPZ show at O-EAST in Tokyo?

Dweezil and the band love reading your reviews.

Please do not post in this thread if you did not attend the show.

Mikey
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is there some way to have the webmaster or someone post upcoming setlists? i think these will probably be hard to come by from our non-english speaking friends who make up most of this tour. i would be particularly interested considering the recent band changes...

You beat me to it. SETLISTS PLEASE!!!!!

Dear ZPZ members,

Greetings from Oz.

Looking forward big time to the show in Perth and maybe even Brisbane (here on working/holiday currently). I've told Billy its slightly wet here in Queensland presently but still warm. Perth should be warmer tho.

Disappointed to hear of Aaron's departure and Ray's no show! Very inconsiderate of the latter...maybe an idea to update players lineup on web page when you get a chance hey?

Anyway we know you guys and (girl) will still kick ass so have a great tour downunder and perhaps we will see you after the show.

Take care & Cheers,

Mick, Pete and gang from Perth

* My mate Pete met you guys thru Aaron in Adelaide a couple of years back. He has been your best PR man in Oz ever since!

Does no set list mean no show? Does anyone know whether or not this show went ahead? I sure hope it did. Looking forward to catching ZPZ in Sydney.

[quote="yusufhamal"]is there some way to have the webmaster or someone post upcoming setlists? i think these will probably be hard to come by from our non-english speaking friends who make up most of this tour. i would be particularly interested considering the recent band changes...[/quote]

I'd say that 10-15% of the Tokyo audience are non-Japanese (based on last year's shows and the 4/8 performance). So if there aren't any set lists, its not due to a language issue...its because those folks aren't posting. (I'll post my set list for 4/8 as soon as that thread is activated).

Yer wish is my command (just takes a little while) :

Set list c/o The Mighty Glynn at the soundboard, as friendly and approachable as last year at Zep Tokyo (Thanks Glynn! Don't forget to pass that diskie around to the rest of the band :-)

< A "review" of sorts to follow when I can write it. >

Cheers,

A.

Thanks for the setlist...looks like Apostrophe was the feature album on this leg.
Yellow Snow/ St Alphonso's/ Father O'Blivion made it into the set the next night!

BTW Adamski, Were you the guy who plays Zappa on the recorder?
If that's the case Dweezel and ZPZ were looking for you last night to join them on stage during the
solos section!

sukeroku writes:
>> Thanks for the setlist...looks like Apostrophe was the feature album on this leg.
>> Yellow Snow/ St Alphonso's/ Father O'Blivion made it into the set the next night!

My take on both shows was that "Roxy" remains the centerpiece (with some justification :-), with a pretty broad selection of tunes from essentially the same band iteration (Nappy, Georgie, Ruthie, Tommy, Ralph & Chester) to broaden the interest somewhat. Nice they squeezed in a couple of numbers from "Hot Rats" to provide a spark of nostalgia for the 'old folks' who only know that album (of which there are still many), and pretty good segues between song in the sets, though perhaps a bit too predictably close to the Roxy originals (for example, squeezing in a few minutes of full-blown "Orange County Lumber Truck" between "Son of O.C." and "More Trouble" might have been a nifty and somewhat unexpected twist on a familiar refrain.) Personally, I was delighted to hear them reach back a bit farther for "Pound For A Brown," and would have loved to have heard more from them distant days, but I was certainly pleased with what they managed to pack into the two shows. No complaints here.

sukeroku :
>> BTW Adamski, Were you the guy who does plays Zappa on the recorder?
>> If that's the case Dweezel and ZPZ were looking for you last night to join them on stage during the solos section![/quote]

Hah! Don't I wish!
That cat lit up from the right side of the soundboard encampment about 5 minutes after the show ended and most folk had already drifted out (but for those at the front of the stage greeting Dweezil), and you couldn't help but take notice. Glad Dweezil did too. You could see the smile cross his face as he was busily signing autographs after the show, looking up with a twinkle in his eye when it became apparent this guy wasn't a one-trick pony. Can't remember all the tunes he played (about a half-dozen), but he certainly had them down, and with very little fudging on the key changes, which can't be easy on a recorder (I seem to recall "King Kong" as well as "Chunga's Revenge," but I might have imagined it). Sure would have been a treat to see him enjoy his 15 minutes of fame on stage with Dweezil and gang. Who know? He might have been there but either didn't understand or got cold feet at the invitation. Evidently a local lad, I wonder if he knows the guy in the Kuricorder Quartet?


Cheers,

A.