Just Portland and Seattle for me this time. Haven't seen them since seeing Bellingham and Seattle on the aborted "rehab" tour. B-ham was the worst ween show I've ever seen, Seattle was the best (maybe tied with the country seattle show). I heard that the Oregon and Reno shows on the last west coast tour were good, but didn't go. I guess I have low expectations even though it's my favorite band, since Friends sucked except for I got to put the hammer down and I made the choice to not get La Cucaracha before the show so it would be brand new. My fellow seattle weenies are all panning the cockroach, though. My friend from Arizona thought that Tucson was so-so and that the new songs still were flat live.

There's a great interview with deaner on the onion AV club, check it out. he's turning into a grouchy old man, and you have to love that.