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03/07/05 - Tantric Sex
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02/21/05 - Big Afrin
02/14/05 - Talk To Me
02/07/05 - Boogers
01/31/05 - Volleyball
01/24/05 - Cough Rhythm
01/17/05 - Cold and Flu
01/10/05 - Spiders On LSD
01/03/05 - Seven Seas
12/27/04 - Lost In Chr.
12/20/04 - Boyd's Broccoli
12/13/04 - Dave's Pissed
12/06/04 - Forgiveness
11/29/04 - Little Mouse
11/22/04 - Yesterday
11/15/04 - Underpants
11/08/04 - Smelly Show
11/01/04 - Vote 4 Change
10/25/04 - Carpal Tunnel
10/18/04 - Always Great
10/11/04 - Vote 4 Change
10/04/04 - Hit The Cow
09/27/04 - Frog in Throat
09/20/04 - Chrysalis/BF
09/13/04 - Soda vs. Pop
09/06/04 - Round A Fire
08/30/04 - Love Ur Mother
08/23/04 - Little Grace
08/16/04 - Play Anything
08/09/04 - Computers
08/02/04 - Dave DooDoo
07/26/04 - I am Batman
07/19/04 - Bloody Show
07/12/04 - Unplugged
06/28/04 - Dave is Sorry
06/21/04 - Fart Trick
06/14/04 - Ricola Spit
06/06/04 - E. Clapton
05/31/04 - Steak/Sweat
05/24/04 - Scream & ; ; ; Yell
05/17/04 - Monk
05/10/04 - Forgotten
05/03/04 - Boydspeak?
04/26/04 - Wooh or Booh
04/19/04 - Bra Mosaic
04/12/04 - Boogs & ; ; ; Bugs
04/05/04 - Cold Hands
03/29/04 - Carter / Cricket
03/22/04 - Alcohol B-Day
03/15/04 - Tune a Guitar
03/08/04 - Feaked Coffee
03/01/04 - Whipped
02/23/04 - Neuticles
02/16/04 - Dave For Pres
02/09/04 - Grammy Win
02/02/04 - Penis Song
01/26/04 - Goat Penis
01/19/04 - Don't Throw
03/15/04 - East vs. West
01/12/04 - Crap 4 Sale
01/05/04 - Stefan Hurt
12/29/03 - Winn Dixie
 
 
Man of Fire
October 24th, 2005

Mail Man"Thank you very much. Once upon a time. I have shoes. Mhmm.

Yeah, there was a man that I used to a, tour with. Not for very long. I wasn't playing music. I was his fall-guy. He was a juggler and a knife-thrower. And he was really good at it, thank goodness, cause he used to throw these really big knives at me, and um, I had to pretend I was scared. Of course, I was scared, but it was kind of fun, you know, and I was feeling kind of dead-endy anyway. So he used to wing knives at me. He used to pour, um, it wasn't gasoline cause that would have burned too hot, but he burned some, like, petroleum on me, and then he'd light me on fire and stuff. But it was all, it was all comedy, and people would laugh a lot. Yep. We used to go to those a, renaissance fairs, and he'd light me on fire.

Used to juggle an egg and a chainsaw and a bowling ball, but I'll tell ya what. The egg wasn't real. So I knew that about him. I know he was, he was faking the people out with the egg. Anyway, I got bruised and beat up for a while there, and then the last straw. We were doing a gig in, wasn't really a gig, we were just kind of juggle-busking. Yep. In Baltimore. Right on.

Anyway, so because he drove, and because he was the juggler, cause we made a lot of money that day, we. It was a killer day. That was the day that he said, 'No, we're changing the split.' And I was like, 'Yeah, but you throw knives at me. I need danger-pay.' Wasn't going to have it. And I felt that I didn't have enough creative input to the whole process, and sometimes he'd make me do really stupid things besides throwing knives at me. And lighting me on fire. He was really talented, though. But, we had to go our separate ways. And so, he continues to juggle. And I don't.

He's got a big beard. Got a big beard now, I think. Last time I saw him, he was really hairy. But then, no, wait. I heard that he cut all his hair off. He had one of those Rasta styles going on. But then it was a little bit dirty-looking. And he had a big beard, too. And then, I think he cut it all off and moved to Japan, where apparently juggling is a hot item.

Especially at the possibility of losing fingers is involved. They like to live on the edge over there sometimes. They like that edgy entertainment. They do, I'm not, it's not a weird, bigoted thing I'm going, but they like that edgy entertainment. They like the Jackass. He's a big star over there. He's like the Beatles. I'm lying right now. Making all this shit up.

'Cept for the fire and the knives and the Japanese thing. So other than that, it's all false news right there. Ramble on. Mhmm. Cause I can.

Anyway, thank you very much everybody for coming. I hope you're having a good time."

Dave Matthews Band
Date: 03/29/03
Venue: ASU
Location: Boone, NC

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