^google.

seriously



and wow, was that incredible or what, I thought it started at 8:45 so I was right up front about 2 rows back right in front of the flute chick.

what the hell was the nintendo duck hunter-gun looking instrument, some sort of electric sax?

and the choir was smokin

for the most part

5/14/2007 1:31:13 AM

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"what the hell was the nintendo duck hunter-gun looking instrument, some sort of electric sax?"

I was trying to figure that out too! I'm short so I couldn't see the bottom of the thing.

Also, how many people were on stage? I counted 18 and my much taller boyfriend caught 20+. When people were walking on or off stage I'd see someone who I didn't even know was on stage before they moved

but gah, what an awesome show

5/14/2007 1:59:51 PM

[Edited on May 14, 2007 at 2:59 PM. Reason : placeholder until i find what i was looking for]

5/14/2007 2:55:05 PM

There were 22 members in the actual band at my count. They also had a sound guy in the booth, a camera guy taking pictures, and one roadie. At one point the cameraman and roadie were on the stage at the same time as the band so 24 at the most.

5/14/2007 3:01:21 PM

Photos: http://www.jonathanhawkins.net/photos/thumbnails.php?album=176

5/14/2007 7:46:26 PM

^haha, the back of my head is juuuuuuuust far enough right so that you can't see it in any of those pictures got any of the flute or keyboardist, I WANNA SEE MY HEAD


and yeah, I counted 22


and it was amazing when the band left the first time and everyone was still singing with just the Harp-player on stage

[Edited on May 14, 2007 at 11:36 PM. Reason : hfsd]

5/14/2007 11:34:02 PM

ha, i see my orange hat in about half of those photos

5/15/2007 12:37:52 AM

^i was standing a few feet behind you, i recognize the hat

and those are some great pics

5/15/2007 3:57:17 PM

I like the album. A lot.

Wish they had played "Overblown Your Nest".

5/15/2007 3:58:48 PM

I wound up seeing them in Asheville, Norfolk, and Athens. All amazing shows.

They just released a bunch more dates for the summer:

05-27 George, WA - The Gorge Amphitheatre (Sasquatch! Festival)
06-23 Dallas, TX - Granada Theatre
06-24 Austin, TX - Stubbs BBQ
06-25 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
06-26 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
06-27 Atlanta, GA - Roxy Theatre
06-29 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts
06-30 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
07-01 Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw
07-02 Boston, MA - Avalon
07-03 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis
07-05 Toronto Ontario - Phoenix Concert Theatre
07-06 Detroit, MI - The Majestic
07-07 Cleveland, OH - House Of Blues
07-08 Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
07-09 Milwaukee, WI - The Rave II
07-10 Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line Music Cafe
07-13 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
07-14 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theatre
07-15 Seattle, WA - The Showbox
07-17 San Francisco CA - Great American Music Hall
07-18 Los Angeles CA - El Rey Theatre
07-20 San Diego CA - Canes Bar & Grill
07-22 Denver CO - Gothic Theatre
07-23 Aspen CO - The Belly Up
08-04 Chicago, IL - Grant Park (Lollapalooza)
08-11 Osaka, Japan - Summersonic Festival
08-12 Tokyo, Japan - Summersonic Festival
09-01 Stradbally, Ireland - Stradbally Estate (Electric Picnic Festival)
09-02 Argyll, Scotland - Inveraray Castle (Connect Festival)

5/16/2007 8:51:03 AM

I hope they play Bonnaroo

They do seem to have a big gap around june 14-17

5/16/2007 3:44:04 PM

http://music.aol.com/video/running-away/the-polyphonic-spree/1919422

6/4/2007 9:10:33 PM

The more videos of them I see, the more pissed I am at myself for missing this show

6/5/2007 11:28:54 AM

The videos and the fact that I knew they'd have to fit 20+ people and instruments on stage is what made up my mind on it

and holy god, I'm glad I went. That was one of the better shows that I've seen in awhile.

6/6/2007 9:14:19 PM