Primus
Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
MacEwan Hall
402 Collegiate Boulevard North West
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Taper:  LeifH
Source:  CSBs (filter) &gt; Sony PCM M10 @ 24/48 &gt; Duracell 8GB microSD card
Transfer:  Memory card &gt; PC via USB &gt; Wavepad Master's Edition (amplify, edits, downsample to 16/44.1) &gt; flac (8) via Frontend

Set  I:  1:01:07
00 intro - clown dream
01 Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers
02 Duchess and the Proverbial Mindspread
03 The Last Salmon Man
04 Frizzle Fry
05 Over the Falls
06 Lee Van Cleef
07 The Heckler
08 My Name is Mud
09 Jerry Was a Racecar Driver

Set II:  1:06:21
10 Southbound Pachyderm
11 Moron TV
12 Golden Boy
13 Seas of Cheese
14 Jilly's On Smack
15 John the Fisherman
16 Del Davis Tree Farm
17 Hamburger Train
18 Tommy the Cat
19 The Toys Go Winding Down
20 Here Come The Bastards

My ninth Primus show.  Took the bus from Edmonton to Calgary the morning of.  We hung around the loading doors a while before doors to the show were open and ran into Primus again.  "You guys made it," said Ler as we told them in Edmonton we'd be in Calgary too.  We gave Jay two more j's, which he seemed to not only appreciate, but may have also inspired this night's setlist cartoon for the first set.  The venue is part of a university campus and most of the people I spoke to weren't going to the show, just coming or going to class.  We left a pile of empties by the garbage can closest to the tour bus and got in line once the doors were open.

This show was very different from the Edmonton show.  Possibly the better of the two.  Being a general admission show, there were no seats, which created a higher energy level and the band seemed a little more lively.  The previous night, everyone sat down the entire show less the encore, which was nice for recording.  I was going to try to video tape the Calgary show but gave up after getting the first song.  Too many heads in the way and my arms were very tired from holding this heavy camera the night before for the duration of the show.  There were no drinks allowed in the hall itself, which meant everyone was getting well liquored before hand and in the beer garden.  The crowd was very noisy and less respectful than Edmonton, moreso during the second set.  You could tell a lot of people there weren't necessarily big Primus fans, but took it upon themselves to see the first 3D rock tour.  They also had the merch booth inside the venue as opposed to the lobby, which is more of a hallway/passage to the food court and outside.

I was probably about 12 rows back from the stage, dead centre.  The sound was great, and looking at the venue before hand I had doubts being that's its basically a cinderblock hall.  Between the Heckler and My Name is Mud, there was some noodling which was very similar to Cosmic Highway but not the real deal.  I didn't get the first setlist, but got a picture of it.  Afterwards I got the second setlist and one of Ler's guitar picks.  Also included are some pictures I took.

