[toshi]

hi george,

good to know that your trip was okay and you are at home now. and thanks a lot for your post here.

i got flu this week… i was lucky because it didn’t happen during ‘the fog’ dates.

toshi

[toshi]

hey toshie et al.

good to see someone from japan. i am posting my impressions. so here it goes…

i would say the first night, at shibuya club quattro, was one of the best shows i ever seen. the play was perfect, the sound was the loudest, and at the same time, very clear. the set list was quite similar to the ones that were posted on this site, good mixture of new fog tunes and dino classics. i really enjoyed it.

everyone seemed excited from the beginning, but the intro of out there, the third song, turned the venue into the mosh pit. for me, the peak came with little fury things, and my high time lasted until the end.

and toshie, i agree with you. i was happy to hear sludgefeast, too. another screaming song just like heaven was enjoyable as well, and a good choice for the last song, i thought.

j played the purple jazzmaster (with many stickers on the pickguard, his main gear maybe) for the whole show but the encore where he played black jazzmaster with brass pickguard.

matt, the new bass guy, was great. he reminds me of mike johnson. i’m not sure why, but it could be because he was playing fender. or it could be because he was supporting j very well.
i heard someone saying that "wow, mike (watt) is not around." i was another guy who thought like that, but i loved matt as well as mike. while mike does it very hot and plays very hard driving bass, matt does way cool and solid. i like both and i could enjoy the difference.

george was great as always. i cannot imagine j playing without him, unless we have another j for drums.

this was the first time seeing j live in the last eleven months, since i caught him in his acoustic (but plugged-in with fuzz) show. i liked the show a lot, but i gotta say that j is perfect when playing electric. now i wonder when i can catch him next time…

anyway thanks a lot, j, george, and matt for coming all the way to japan. i really hope to see you guys again soon.

toshi

[toshi]

Hi folks,

Here’s the setlist, as I promised.

LA Blues
Real Cool Time
Loose
1970
1969
Down On The Street
Not Right
Little Doll
I Wanna Be Your Dog
TV Eye
(encore)
No Fun

Correction is welcome!

Toshi
(now in Cambridge, MA to catch J’s solo on Thursday!)

[toshi]

It was a great show. Thanks, J, Mike, Ron, Scott.

LA Blues
Real Cool Time (w/Thurston)
Loose
1970
…

I don’t remember the rest of the setlist right now.
Later!

Toshi

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