8 October 2003
Patriot Center,
George Mason University,
Fairfax, VA
Rob R. = CoreSound Binaurals > PCM-M1 DAT
Disc One 71:35
01. Finest Worksong
02. Begin The Begin
03. Exhuming McCarthy
04. Drive
05. Animal
06. Fall On Me
07. Daysleeper
08. Bad Day
09. The One I Love
10. (Don't Go Back To) Rockville
11. Orange Crush
12. World Leader Pretend
13. I Believe
14. Losing My Religion
15. Find The River
Disc Two 52:42
01. She Just Wants To Be
02. Walk Unafraid
03. Man On The Moon
encore:
04. Life And How To Live It
05. Nightswimming
06. Final Straw
07. Imitation Of Life
08. Permanent Vacation
09. It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Grade: B
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R.E.M.
Patriot Center, George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
Wednesday 8 October 2003
Support: Pete Yorn
Venue name as of October 2020: EagleBank Arena
Recorded by: Tommy Keswick, Core Sound Low Cost Binaurals > Sharp MD-MS702 from Sec-1, Row F, Seat 8
Transferred by: matt3846, MD master > optical > DAT > coax > DATport > WAV (CDwav) > CDR
Encoded by: Tommy Keswick, EAC > disc image > Adobe Audition > Group Waveform Normalized to -8.4db (disc 1) and -8.7db (disc 2) with Equal Loudness Contour > split WAV by CUE sheet (EAC) > FLAC level 8
Originally uploaded to Easytree in October 2004 and Dime in June 2009. Remastered version uploaded to Dime by eckythump 22 October 2020.
Eckythump October 2020 remaster: iZotope RX8 Advanced (azimuth adjustment) -> Ozone 9 (EQ adjustment) -> Audacity 2.4.2 (split tracks and export to FLAC Level 8) -> Foobar2000 1.6.1 (Files tagged)
Track List:
00 - Intro
01 - Finest Worksong
02 - Begin The Begin
03 - Exhuming McCarthy
04 - Drive
05 - Animal
06 - Fall On Me
07 - Daysleeper
08 - Bad Day
09 - The One I Love
10 - (Don't Go Back To) Rockville
11 - Orange Crush
12 - World Leader Pretend
13 - I Believe
14 - Losing My Religion
15 - Find The River
16 - She Just Wants To Be
17 - Walk Unafraid
18 - Man On The Moon
19 - Encore break
20 - Life And How To Live It
21 - Nightswimming
22 - Final Straw
23 - Michael talks - band intros
24 - Imitation Of Life
25 - Permanent Vacation
26 - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Michael Stipe - Vocals, harmonica
Peter Buck - Guitar, mandolin
Mike Mills - Bass Guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Scott McCaughey - Guitar, backing vocals
Bill Rieflin - Drums
Ken Stringfellow - Keyboards, guitar
Show notes: Only 3 shows left on the North American leg of the 2003 tour and the band starts moving south towards home territory, with a stopover near the nation's capital. With George Bush Jr. still in the White House, it's not surprising songs like Exhuming McCarthy and World Leader Pretend made the setlist. Also with Rockville, MD not far away it's no surprise Mike got up to sing that one here. I love any show with I Believe in the setlist, so this one is another winner for me.
Recording notes: This is a great recording, nice job Tommy if you're out there reading this. I gave it a spruce up in iZotope, it's an easy listen and another great recording from the 2003 tour.
Torrent notes: This was originally uploaded to Easytree in October 2004. It then was reseeded on Dime by 'grow' in June 2009, and hasn't been seen here since. I think this is a nice remaster and would make a good upgrade if you've already got this one. Enjoy!
http://www.remtimeline.com/ for all your R.E.M. setlist needs!
Grade: A
Notes:
-After Drive MS reminisces "We haven't played this room since 1987 with 10,00 Maniacs opening for us" before explaining the request process.
-After Animal MS "I'm trying to drive the last nail in the coffin of hip hop (?) I'm the whitest guy in the U.S.".
-After Fall On ME MS notes that he isn't Morrissey and gives his take on the current state of hip hop "Now you turn on the radio and have this watered down version of something that was once brilliant."
-MS sends Bad Day out to someone and then notes "We fucking hate the current administration".
-After Orange Crush MS gives his friend Marilyn instructions on how to get through security so they can talk after the show, then sends the song out to her and Curt Cobain.
-PB flubs intro to SJWTB of all things. He also stumbles (pun intended) during the intro of L&HTLI
-Before Permanent Vacation MS remembers an earlier visit "1982. The 9:30 Club. We didn't get all the money that we were supposed to but we're still friends".