moe.
April 22,2007
Shibuya Ax, Earthday Love and Music Day 2007
Shibuya, Tokyo
Japan

Taper: dwonk (Andy Liu)
Field: Neumann AK50 > LC3KA > KM100 > Oade W+mod UA-5 > (spdif) RB H120
Location: Set I - DINA DFC 5m back, 2.0m high; Set II - DINA 3.5m RoC 12m back, 2.5m high.
Transfer: H120 (USB2.0) > IBM T42 > CDWave 1.94 > FLAC

Set I:
(56:40)
01. Intro
02. The Road
03. Captain America
04. Y.O.Y.
05. Tailspin
06. Kyle's Song>
07. Kids

Set II:
(86:46)
01. Intro
02. Not Coming Down>
03. Wormwood>
04. Wind it up
05. Happy Hour Hero>
06. Mexico
07. Plane Crash
08. -encore break-
09. Time>
10. Spaz Medicine

Place encores on disc one to fit onto two discs.

Technical Notes: Kwon DINA bar used with Shure A53M shock. Bumblebee MiAgi Interconnects between KM100 and UA-5. Rockbox Build 2006-07-17.

Notes: I would like to sincerely give my appreciation and apologies to moe. Tour Manager, Skip Richman. I disobeyed the house rules and ran FOB during the first set. When accosted by security, I did eveything I could - like a rat that I am - to continue taping FOB. This essentially came down to me dropping his name to get security off my back but instead they fetched Skip to tell me to break down. Skip was understanding to let me finish the first set despite he and security being unhappy with the situation.

After listening to this carefully I have to say that moe. Soundman, Steve Young, did a fabulous job of mixing at the AX, the sound was just as good back there as it was up front. I have learned a valuable lesson as a taper from this embarassing episode: location is important but the mix is more important!

I also want to extend my thanks to Julie Glendenning for her coaxing me to the show. I had been on the fence about moe. for the past four years and had a wonderful time seeing them this time.

Last but not least, a super huge thanks to Bill Martin. He kept me company and ran along side with him (b/c I told him it was OK). He helped to smooth things over between me and Skip.