That went by quickly. Seems like yesterday that we were first relearning the songs and wondering if we could be ready by April 27th - I think things worked out nicely. Both nights felt just like old Plan shows in their own way, and it seemed like everyone had a great time. I know we did.

Some thanks are in order - Thank you to the Black Cat and City Paper for working together to cover the club costs for this show, so that we could give all of the ticket sale money to the Robbins family. Thank you to Kim and Bill at DeSoto Records for starting the charity push for Cal Robbins, and for helping with press and merchandise for the show. Thanks to Pilot to Gunner and the Oranges Band (both who traveled for the show) for coming down to play on Friday, and thanks to Owls and Crows and Beauty Pill for playing on Saturday. Thanks to our sound guy Phil for mixing, and to all of the Black Cat staff for making things go smoothly. And finally, thanks to everyone who came out for the shows. I know ticket sales were kind of nuts, sorry to folks who didn't get in. But I met people who came in from London, LA, Seattle, Chicago, Boston...all over the damn place. Hope the trip was worth it.

I saw a ton of cameras, so I'm guessing that there will be some videos and photos on the internet sometime soon. I just hope that it does the crowd insanity some justice. There's some high energy people out there, this is the truth. cheers.

UPDATE #2 - Ok, the 2nd show is sold out now, too. The club held on to a few tickets to sell at their box office, which are on sale NOW (8:30pm, Wednesday, March 7th). If you live in the area, or have someone who can head down there, they're selling them at a two per person limit. Directions to the club are here. That's it for now.

UPDATE #1 - If you're reading this, you probably know that the benefit show for Cal Robbins that we're doing sold out in a few minutes. We're adding a second Cal show the night before - Friday, April 27th also at the Black Cat. This show will be with The Oranges Band and Pilot to Gunner. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, March 7th (today) at 5pm via Ticketmaster. Tickets are $15, and the limit is 4 (four) this time.

As for the last show, I saw some speculating online that the limit was 50 and that mainly scalpers got tickets. For what it's worth, the limit was 10, which one person bought. A few people bought 6, but most sales were 2 or 4. The club gets a printout from Ticketmaster, so we know this for a fact. That's all for now. More info coming soon as we get it. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone at the end of April. Thanks.

As many of you know, our good friends J. Robbins and Janet Morgan had a son last year who was born with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). When DeSoto Records set up a PayPal account for donating money to the Robbins' family, it was brought to our attention that there were exorbitant medical bills and costs outside of their insurance plan to be dealt with. In light of this, The Dismemberment Plan will be playing a benefit show for Cal Robbins at the Black Cat in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, April 28th. Tickets are $15, and with help from the City Paper and the Black Cat, all proceeds from this show will go to help Cal Robbins. Tickets will go on sale Friday, March 2nd at 5pm through the Black Cat or Ticketmaster

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1. The Face of the Earth (Parae)
2. What Do You Want Me To Say? (Drop Dynasty) [Download MP3]
3. Academy Award (Cex)
4. Following Through (Cynyc)
5. The Other Side (Justin Norvell)
6. A Life of Possibilities (Quruli/Noise McCartney)
7. Pay For The Piano (Grandmaster Incongruous)
8. Time Bomb (ASCDI)
9. Automatic (Deadverse)
10. The City (Ev)
The Jitters (Ender)
12. Superpowers (Erik Gundel) [Download MP3]

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1. Sentimental Man
2. The Face of the Earth [Download MP3]
3. Superpowers
4. Pay for the Piano
5. Come Home
6. Secret Curse
7. Automatic
8. Following Through
9. Time Bomb [Download MP3] [Quicktime Video]
10. The Other Side
11. Ellen and Ben [Download MP3]

1. The Dismemberment Plan Gets Rich
2. Non-Equivalents (Juno)
3. High Noon (Juno)
4. Crush

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1. A Life of Possibilities
2. Memory Machine
3. What Do You Want Me to Say? [Download MP3]
4. Spider in the Snow
5. The Jitters
6. I Love A Magician
7. You Are Invited
8. Gyroscope
9. The City [Download MP3]
10. Girl O' Clock
11. 8 1/2 Minutes
12. Back and Forth

1. The Ice of Boston
2. The First Anniversary of Your Last Phone Call
3. Just Like You
4. Spider in the Snow

1. What Do You Want Me To Say?
2. Since You Died

1. Just Like You

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1. Tonight We Mean It
2. That's When The Party Started
3. The Ice of Boston
4. Academy Award
5. Bra
6. Do The Standing Still
7. This Is The Life
8. One Too Many Blows to the Head
9. It's So You
10. Manipulate Me
11. Respect is Due

2. The Love War [mpeg3]

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1. Survey Says
2. The Things That Matter
3. The Small Stuff
4. Ok, Joke's Over
5. Soon To Be Ex-Quaker
6. I'm Going To Buy You A Gun
7. If I Don't Write
8. Wouldn't You Like to Know?
9. 13th and Euclid
10. Fantastic!
11. Onward, Fat Girl
12. Rusty

16. Close To Me [mpeg3]

Alcove + Spring 1994

1. Can We Be Mature?
2. Wouldn't You Like to Know
3. If I Don't Write
4. When Have I Ever Been Known To Say No [Cassette Only]