Robert Pollard's Boston Spaceships Tour

[blathrop2000]

Has anyone seen a show from this tour? Thinking about going to the NYC show on Wed., and wondering what the setlist might look like. Might they play some from "Off to Business" and other stuff from Bob's "solo career" in addition to the Spaceships record? Don't think I'm going to miss a rare Pollard show, but just wondering what I'm getting. . .

[blathrop2000]

Oh man. Just found this interview http://www.expressnightout.com/content/2008/09/rule_the_waves_boston_spaceships_are_all.php --

"We'll be doing "Brown Submarine" in its entirety as well as three or four songs from the second album. We'll play all of "Off to Business" and a song or two from my next solo album. And we'll do about nine or 10 old Guided by Voices songs. Obscure ones from "Suitcase." Maybe a couple of crowd favorites. Oh, and two Psycho and the Birds songs from "We've Moved" and three Takeovers songs. And maybe an ELO cover or two."

See you at the show!

[Matt]

Here's a setlist I found:

Boston Spaceships Set List 09.26.08 - Grog Shop Cleveland

My setlist has a few holes, and it may have actually been 41 or 42 songs, but I'm sure those GBV devotees out there can help me fill in the blanks.

1. Psych Threat (Boston Spaceships)
2. Zero Fix (Boston Spaceships)
3. To the Path (Robert Pollard)
4.
5. Winston's Atomic Bird (Boston Spaceships)
6. You Satisfy Me (Boston Spaceships)
7.
8. Headache Revolution (Robert Pollard)
9. No One But I (Robert Pollard)
10. Still in Rome (Boston Spaceships)
11. The Original Heart (Robert Pollard)
12. This one was by The Takeovers, but I can't read my notes. Sh*t happens after a few drinks.
13. Rat Trap (Boston Spaceships)
14. From the next Robert Pollard solo album
15.
16. Ate it Twice (Boston Spaceships)
17. From the next Boston Spaceships album
18. Little Green Onion Man (The Takeovers)
19. Confessions of a Teenage Jerk-Off (Robert Pollard)
20. Andy Playboy (Boston Spaceships)
21. North 11 AM (Boston Spaceships)
22. Soggy Beavers (Boston Spaceships)
23. From the next Boston Spaceships album
24. Ate it Twice (Boston Spaceships)
25. Blue Gill (Guided by Voices)
26. Ready to Pop (Boston Spaceships)
27. Hound Has the Advantage (Robert Pollard)
28. Weatherman and Skin Goddess (Robert Pollard)
29. Western Centipede (Robert Pollard)
30. Go For the Exit (Boston Spaceships)
31. Wealth and Hell Being (Robert Pollard)
32. The Blondes (Robert Pollard)
33. Sensational Gravity Boy (Robert Pollard)
34.
35. I Have a Heavy Crown (from the next BS album)
36. Gratification to Concrete (Robert Pollard)
37. Game of Pricks (Guided by Voices)
38. Goodnight (Cheap Trick cover)
39. Cut-Out Witch (Guided By Voices)
40. Tractor Rape Chain (Guided by Voices)