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Stanford University Live presents Goose
Frost Amphitheatre
Stanford University, 351 Lasuen St, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
6:30 PM, Saturday, September 28, 2024

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Promo art for this gig

[6:25 PM] {“in the event of emergency” announcement}
[6:50 PM] {performers out; PA: alright SF, how ya doing?}

1. [6:51 PM] Animal
2. [7:04 PM] California Magic
3. [7:10 PM] Silver Rising
4. [7:20 PM] Feel It Now (PA)
   [7:29 PM] {PA: how's it going?}
5. [7:30 PM] Rockdale
   [7:45 PM] {dead air}
6. [7:45 PM] Fish in the Sea »
7. [7:58 PM] Thatch
   [8:14 PM] {set ends}

today's poster

[8:41 PM] {lights down, performers out}

1. [8:42 PM] Arrow »
2. [8:59 PM] Travelers »
3. [9:09 PM] Elmeg the Wise
   [9:27 PM] {full stop; pause for a breath or two}
4. [9:29 PM] Hungersite
   [9:43 PM] {all off}
   
   Encore
   [9:46 PM] {PA: thx to all; biggest crowd ever for Colo-fornia (sic)}
5. [9:47 PM] Empress of Organos
   [9:59 PM] {show ends; bow up front; all off!}

blue variant of today's poster

Goose

• Peter Anspach: keyboards, guitar, vox;
• Jeff Arevalo: percussion;
• Cotter Ellis: drums;
• Trevor Weekz: 5-string bass;
• Rick Mitarotonda: guitar, vox.

Saturday traffic is sort of a mess, but we're not really in a rush, so I veg out and groove on tunes while we inch our way down to Palo Alto for tonight's show. Parking is really easy, and because we're a few minutes after for time, there's no line at all when we walk up to the venue: perfect!

Walking inside, the lower bowl is already about 2/3 full, and primo spots in the upper bowl are getting claimed too. We walk over to the soundboard, then cut down towards the stage, stopping at a clear spot in what normally would be the center aisle: 8 steps up from the pit, and 6 steps down from the main cross aisle. Good enough for a slacker's effort!

Looking around, it's of that we don't see all that many familiar faces. There are certainly plenty of heads here, but the Terrapin Nation is suspiciously absent! My guess is that a decent contingent is up in Berkeley for Hot Tuna, and another faction is just up the street, waiting for Melvin Seals and JGB at the Guild Theatre. Both excellent options, but not announced until after we committed to tonight's Frost show. No biggie: I'm long past worrying about whether any particular nights musical adventure is the best option… Only that it's good enough to rock my socks off!

I'm happy to have recognized the first two songs of the show, but my song-ID skills fail after that: although I recognize a few songs as things I've heard, I have no idea what they're called, and the vocal blend from the PA is unhelpfully indistinct. Hopefully it's not my ears!

By the end of set one the venue has really filled up. It's not so crowded as to be uncomfortable, but there isn't much free space left: it's all filled up with twirlers & dancers! Set two is a blast, and while the 10 PM curfew isn't unexpected, it's still a disappointment when the proceedings grind to a halt at 9:59 PM. Damn you anti-fun anti-noise enforcers!!

Wanna listen to the show? You can, for free! Head over to Bandcamp.

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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