The Meat Puppets started the night with "Oh, Me." Then, they played a couple new songs that I didn't recognize. Sorry, I've been out of touch with The Meat Puppets for the last 10 years, or so. Then, was "New Gods" and "Plateau," and a couple other new songs. "Up On The Sun" and "Go To Your Head" were played at some point... Finally, another song that I recognized: "Backwater." And, of course, "Lake Of Fire." They put on a good show. It sucks that the audience wasn't into them that much. They kept saying stuff like, "We want STP!"
After another long wait, Stone Temple Pilots finally came out at almost 9:30. Not a moment too soon. The audience was getting pretty restless, and drunk, by that time. Drunk people are weird... There was a fight right across from me, and people were passing out and stuff... Anyway, "Silver Gun Superman" got everyone's attention. Good way to open the show. "Wicked Garden" was next. During "Vasoline" some guy threw a t-shirt on stage, and Scott Weiland caught it. "Thanks for the shirt, Buddy!" Heh heh. "Big Empty" was next. After that there was a little conversation moment (the only one of the night, actually). Dean DeLeo asked his brother, "So, what do you think, Robert? Do we like Columbus, Ohio?" Robert said, "Hell yeah!" Then, my favorite song, "Lounge Fly." I couldn't believe they were playing that one! "Army Ants," "Sour Girl," "Creep," "Crackerman," "Plush," "Interstate Love Song," "Down," "Sex Type Thing," and "Unglued." They took a surprisingly short encore break after that (considering the earlier delays). Then, they came back out to play two more songs, "Dead And Bloated (which featured an intro from some guy in the audience. Pretty cool...)." SW: "Would you like to hear one more?" "Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart." It was a fairly short concert. It was over by 11:00, but, like I said, I think it was my favorite concert. It also dawned on me while I was there that it would be my last concert before becoming a dad... It's a boy, by the way.
