In my opinion this album started a new phase in JR's career that lasts up till present (2011)

Jerry

I totally agree JB with your opinion below.

Her Mystery Not Of High Heels and Eyeshadow (2001)

Her Mystery Not Of High Heels and Eyeshadow

How is JR able to point out things that rarely get pointed out in such a lucid way?

A super show that includes quite a few rarities.

2002 Feb 15 Atlanta USA The Variety Playhouse

She's not so scary she's got all of my records! 

The term "Vampire Girl" has entered into my natural dialect because of this song

2002 Feb 23 Columbus USA Little Brothers

2002 Mar 31 San Francisco USA The Make Out Room

Copied straight from the taper. Most of the show's here, there's just a couple of songs that are missing because of some background noise.Some background info to the show... apparently Jonathans guitar had got broken during the flight over so somebody lent him a couple of guitars on the night, and a few songs near the end are played with electric guitar. I've had to take guess at the title of the very last song, it seems to have only been played on this particular tour, and even then just a few times.

"He Gave Us the Wine to Taste", "Couples Must Fight", and "Give Paris One More Chance" are with electric guitar

2003 Mar 4 Madrid Spain Sala El Sol

Doesn't seem to get played much anymore, but I love this song

2003 Mar 5 Madrid Spain Sala El Sol

"Here Come the Martian Martians" and "Mary Anne" are together

2003 Mar 6 Valencia Spain Sala Roxy

A super sounding show and a pretty long concert. Jonathan does quite a few French songs tonight, as well as a French version of 'Not in my Name'.

C'etait Toujours Toi means "It Was Always You"

2003 Mar 14 Paris France Cafe de la Danse

A great show this!We recorded this one ourselves from a great position, in the centre and about 15 feet out from the stage. The recording came out nicely and Jonathan plays quite a few new songs. He also has a really funny new section mid way through "Let her go into the darkness", involving four languages, great stuff!

2003 Mar 20 Liverpool UK Liverpool University

I love it when JR writes songs about real people. Velvet Underground,Pablo Picasso,Walter Johnson, etc.

Another great sounding Italian show, and straight from the taper too...  It's a fairly short set though, of maybe only 50 minutes, but a very good recording, and it also gives a good example of Jonathan's multi language abilities... 

2003 Apr 4 Sesto Calende Italy Verbano Park

2003 Oct 16 Indianapolis USA The Patio

It's weird when JR get's political...but it happens so rarely that you know it's a subject that means a lot to him

The first of two recordings that we made ourselves during the Spring 2004 tour, the other one was at the next night's show, 'Night and Day Cafe', Manchester: both nights were excellent and featured a clutch of new songs, some of which, hopefully, will find their way on to Jonathan's next official CD.Tonight's show is in a small pub-type venue with a pretty tightly packed audience, well pretty tightly packed where we were anyway, of probably about 150 people, tops. There's a little bit of conversation picked up on this one, but not too much, and it sounds fine.Tonight's highlight is a great sounding 'Let her go into the Darkness' with the full boyfriend/girlfriend argument done in all five languages... English, Spanish, French, Italian, and Hebrew... great fun!A bit of special show for me too, coz it's the first one that I could take my daughter to: she's now just old enough to start going to see shows, so I was really pleased to be able to take her to a Jonathan one, and Yes, she had a great time too! her words afterwards were... 'I enjoyed it loads...take me again!!'

2004 Apr 9 York UK Fibbers

"That Summer Feeling" is cut due to tape flip

2004 Apr 20 Madrid Spain Sala El Sol

Some tape cuts on "Girlfirend", "Maybe a Walk Home...", and "My Love For Her Ain't Sad"

2004 Apr 23 Santiago de Compostela Spain Sala Capitol

A pretty good show this, with quite a lively audience and a pretty long one. The sound for the first 30 seconds is a bit off but from there on the recording sharpens up and the sound is pretty good for the rest of the night. Like I said it's a pretty long one this - at about one and three quarter hours and with several encores... Jonathan has has said in the past how much he enjoys playing to Spanish audiences.. this is a good example why... the rapport's great here!

In "She Cracked", the beginning is cut due to a tape flip

2004 Apr 24 Bilbao Spain Kafe Antzokia

2004 Nov 6 Cleveland USA The Grog Shop

Chiusa la festa, chiusa la sera (?) is a new song in Italian... 'ends the party, ends the night'

2006 Nov 1 Guadalajara Spain Teatro Moderno

Post about this song: http://jojofiles.blogspot.com/2008/06/stupenda-e-misera-citt.html

2007 May 19 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain Teatro Felo Monzon

Jonathan performing this in someone's backyard!: http://vimeo.com/1385299

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