Setlist: Bob Mould — Barracuda, New York NY, 11 Jul 1999

Wishing Well
Hoover Dam
Taking Everything
Your Favorite Thing
New #1
Can't Help You Anymore
The Last Night
Eternally Fried
Brasilia Crossed With Trenton
[unknown new song]
Sunset Safety Glass+
[unknown new song]+
[unknown new song]+*
Surveyors And Cranes+*
First Drag Of The Day*
Moving Trucks*
The Act We Act*
Egøverride*
Makes No Sense At All*

Benefit performance for the NYC Gay & Lesbian Anti-Violence Project. Solo acoustic except (*) solo electric and (+) DAT backing tracks.

Thanks to Mark Weygandt, from whose website (now defunct) this information was retrieved, along with the informal show reviews and comments below, which were originally posted to the Sugar internet mailing list:

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From: FMartens

A small, intimate venue. A good crowd, Bob in great form. Some new songs, 
interesting, experimental DAT backing tracks, with drums, guitars, keyboards, 
and vocals all for Bob to play along with. Some fun stuff.

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From: Kevin Parker/Barbara Laudisi

Just wanted to echo the comments on last night's show. Very good set and very 
promising new songs. I brought a friend who had never seen Bob before and he 
walked away very impressed. I can't wait to hear the finished products of the 
new material. Brasilia and the electric set were high points for me. 

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From: Novotny, Joe

Hmmmm...I don't know. The Barracuda show was good, but it was not my
favorite Bob show by any means. Brasilia was great, but a song that big
needs a bigger sound system. I think I am just spoiled since every time I've
seen Bob he has played venues that better accommodate his sound. I thought
Barracuda was intimate, though you really had to be up front to enjoy the
show. The sound in the back was merely okay, and the tracks with DAT backing
were really a blur. It was almost as if Bob was hooked up through a boom
box. But the new material is good, and I think that he will really take an
interesting turn with some of his work. He was very enthusiastic about
taking time off and writing, and I think he has been writing a lot of
material. But for those who missed the Barracuda show, don't worry. It was
good, but not the defining performance of his career.


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