Alltel Pavillion @ Walnut Creek, Raleigh, NC
4/25/03

Raliegh Friday Night Review (by Lincoln C)

What a beautiful weekend! Yea, it was cloudy, raining at times, but
soon as panic stepped on the stage both nights, the rain stopped and
the jamming commenced. My old sponsor/the best friend I have in the
world came down from New York for the weekend to experience his first
panic shows and his first experience with the soberfans and he was
not disappointed by either!

Here's my Friday 4/26 review:

Walking into Walnut Creek on Friday was miserable. It was pouring,
and I mean POURING, rain. I was completely soaked when I finally
found Courbin holding down the fort at the table. We were hooked up
with a nice table placement at Raleigh. They set us up right
outside/inside a radio station booth that was not being usedsoon to
be renamed the sober shack. It was not far from the stage on
School's side, so even if you were at the table you could still enjoy
the music.

Panic kicked off Friday's show with a nice Thin Air and then blasted
off into space with a kicking Pigeons and then into Send Your Mind.
The boys had come to lay it down and they did just that with a
very "jammy" Low Rider that just seem to go on forever. Although,
I'm not a big Low Rider fan, this one had me dancin' out of my Teva's
for almost 20 minutes. Then came one of my soberfan anthems, I'm Not
Alone. Damn, I love this song and as always I was glad that some
sober cats were near. Panic closed out the first set dirty and
raunchy with Sleeping Man and ILS.

It was a solid first set and the boys seem to be gelling and having a
lot of fun up there. I actually can't remember seeing them smile so
much and positively interact the way they did this past weekend.

We had about 10 people for the meeting at set break inside our little
sober shack with its dimmed lights and slow moving fan that moved the
air and the smiles around the little carpeted shack. The gratitude
and the lightheadedness I was experiencing from the release of
tension that a Panic show brings me was oozing from my pores. I felt
so blessed to be sitting there with fellow sober freaks, to be at a
show, to be dancing with sober sweat kissing the ground as I'm
smiling a smile the size of Alaska and thanking a God for the Gift of
acceptance and life. Damn I am lucky!! DAMN WE ARE LUCKY!

They opened up the second set with drums, which was strange and in my
opinion left the second set a little off balance. Not that the
second set wasn't a treat, the drums placement just threw me
off..change and me..we go back and forth all the time. Of course,
I'll take the drums 2nd set opener if they will follow it with a
Disco every time. The Radio Child>Jam>Tall Boy was rockin and left
my muscles and bones screaming for me to stop dancing. Although my
muscles got a brief rest during Tortured Artist, they would not get
another rest for the remainder of the show. North>BWM>Jam>Fishwater
and then Cilly H20 to close out the 2nd set and then City of Beans
for the encores. I should also mention that Jojo and Schools were
sporting "Fuck Jerry Joseph" shirts during the 2nd set. I don't know
if someone was selling them in the lot or not, but they were
defiantly made as a response to JJ comments on the war in Iraq.
Apparently, JoJo and Schools couldn't help themselves by bringing
some humor to the whole thing.

It was a wonderful night for an evening. The only low points for me
was the Chilly, which seem to be lacking the punch, but besides that
it was a very solid show.

I will let someone else have the honors of reviewing Saturday's show
as I spent most of Saturday evening dancing and enjoying the show
from the table.

UIC, Chicago, IL
4/11-12/03

Chicago review (by Jimmy D)

hey everybody! just got back from chitown and already miss it! i'll
start with the set list and give a quick review after each.
04-11-03
I. arleen> climb to safety, makes sense, notalone, some new song,
stop&go, pilgrims, all time low
II. porch> fishwater, don't wanna lose you, pidgeons> drums>
imitation> barstools
E. down, papa legi thought the song selection was great but it seemed
to me to be one of those nights that the boys were not into it.
George seemed to be struggling. thanks to Jeff & Mike for working the
tables. Seven of us at the meeting and we all stayed sober. i am
terrible with names, i'm not even sure if i got Mikes name right, but
i really enjoyed meeting everyone and really appreciate you all being
there.
alright! second night, and any reservations i had after the less than
stellar performance from the previous show were quickly laid to rest.
I. disco>greta>jam> north, blue indian, blackout> blight> radio
child> action man
II. drums> feels like Mississippi, jack> * spoonfull> jam> red hot
mama> jam> papas home> drums> papas home, aint life grand
E. drivin> heaven> drivin
the boys were much tighter and George was sick! Colonel Bruce came
out for spoonfull. there was alot more improvisation and deep jams.
there were a few times when the boys were all playing together with
their backs to the crowd. Schools came over to jam with george and
they were smokin! these were the boys i saw in atlanta. George really
blew me away on a few tunes. Thanks to Tim D. for working the table.
There was quite a bit of drugging going on around me( more than usual
at a show) i left my seat and went to hang out with Tim. You are a
lifesaver man! Thanks again to everyone i met both nights. I hope to
see you all again real soon. Go cubs!!
jimmy duckworth
901-553-0104